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Ye Caiping finished washing the things, closed the door, and began to count the money.
Ye Jin’er and Ye Huan’er looked at the copper coins scattered all over the table, and couldn’t help but gasp.
“Let’s string together 20 copper coins.”
The three girls picked up the string and started working.
After two quarters of an hour, all the copper coins were strung together. Ye Caiping counted them, and there were more than 50 strings, plus a dozen loose wen.
“One, two, three…” Ye Jin’er counted, gasping for breath, her voice trembling at the end: “…ten, eleven… We have eleven strings of money, added together… it’s…”
“It’s 1220 wen, which is one tael and two qian,” Ye Caiping said.
“One tael and two qian? We earned one tael and two qian today?” Ye Huan’er almost exclaimed, but Ye Jin’er covered her mouth.
Ye Caiping said: “We need to deduct the cost. Today’s two buckets of spicy soup cost about 400 wen, let’s just say it’s 400 wen. Subtracting that, and adding the 16 loose wen, we have a total of 836 wen.”
The two sisters looked incredulous.
Ye Jin’er was stunned: “We… earned almost a month’s wages in one day…”
Strong laborers carrying big bags only earn 20 wen a day, 600 wen a month. A waiter in a restaurant earns 500 wen a month, which is considered good.
But they earned so much in just one day.
“Is money… that easy to earn?” Ye Jin’er was dazed, “It’s like it has legs, running into our money bag by itself.”
Ye Caiping smiled: “As long as you find the method and the way, it will have legs.”
Making money is like that, the drought kills the thirsty, the flood drowns the drowning.
When she worked in a factory before, her monthly salary was only 5,000, and she felt that making money was so hard, so hard.
When she started her own business and became successful, she realized that making money wasn’t hard, as long as you found the right method and way, money would run to you with its own legs.
“These people, how come they have so much money, how come they are so willing to spend! Five wen, eight wen, they just spend it,” Ye Huan’er couldn’t understand.
Ye Caiping patted her head: “Don’t use your own economic ability to measure other people’s spending power.”
The two sisters were confused, what is economic ability?
Ye Caiping took 6 wen and gave them 3 wen each: “Take it, it’s your allowance.”
The two sisters were slightly surprised, Ye Jin’er quickly waved her hand: “No need, mother. You said we will move out later, this money should be saved for building a house.”
“Building a house won’t lack these 6 wen. Tomorrow we will add another bucket, we will earn more than today. Take it.”
The two sisters looked at each other, then smiled and accepted: “Thank you, mother.”
“Alright, go out and play!”
After they left, Ye Caiping took out 30 wen, and put the rest in the space.
The space was small, but it was enough to store money and meat.
Ye Caiping came out of the house, and saw Yan Fang, Du Shi, and Wei Shi chatting happily, one was sweeping the chicken coop, two were sewing shoe soles, it was quite lively.
Ye Caiping walked to Yan Fang: “Mother, take this.”
She stuffed 30 wen into her hand.
Yan Fang widened her eyes: “Why are you giving me money?”
“This is your wages, 30 wen a day.”
Yan Fang was even more surprised, even Du Shi and Wei Shi stopped their needlework.
“What are you doing? We are a family, why do we need to give money?”
“That’s different. Even brothers settle accounts clearly. You should take this money, otherwise I wouldn’t dare ask for your help anymore.”
Hearing the words “even brothers settle accounts clearly,” Yan Fang suddenly understood.
This family wasn’t a real family yet. Whether it was the eldest or second family, whatever work they did, whatever they earned, they had to hand it over.
But Ye Caiping’s situation was a bit ambiguous.
If it was considered one family, then every copper coins Ye Caiping earned had to be handed over.
But before Ye Caiping started her business, everyone agreed that this was Ye Caiping’s dowry money, whether she earned or lost, it was all hers.
If she involved the family in her daughter’s business, later when Caiping married or whatever, she was afraid that the family would have ideas about Ye Caiping’s money or business.
If she took the wages, it wouldn’t be the same.
Yan Fang figured it out and accepted: “Yes, even brothers settle accounts clearly, then I’ll take it. But this… 30 wen? It’s too much, no, no, I only worked for half a morning, 10 wen is enough.”
She tried to push the money back, Ye Caiping held her hand and said, “Mother, just take it, this is your daughter’s filial piety.”
Hearing the words “filial piety,” Yan Fang’s eyes turned red. She didn’t expect that in her lifetime, she could receive filial piety from her daughter.
Yan Fang finally accepted it, smiling with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
Ye Caiping gave money in front of her two sisters-in-law, besides Yan Fang’s understanding, there was another meaning.
Firstly, she wanted to tell them that she wouldn’t take advantage of the family, and she would pay the wages she should.
Secondly, she was eating meat, she had to let others have some soup, otherwise, even the most generous person would feel uncomfortable.
Although it’s best not to show off wealth, these are only small amounts of money for now. If because of this small amount of money, the family makes a fuss, then such relatives are not worth associating with in the future.
At this time, Ye Jin’er and Ye Huan’er excitedly ran in and found a backpack in the woodshed.
Ye Caiping stopped them: “Where are you going?”
“The wild jujubes on the mountain are ripe, everyone is picking jujubes there, Yinhua is there too.”
It had been a long time since they had eaten wild jujubes, Ye Caiping was also a little greedy: “I’ll go too.”
The three girls went out, and Yan Fang returned to her room.
Wei Shi then whispered: “Sister-in-law, how much money do you think my younger sister-in-law earned? She gave 30 wen at once!”
Du Shi rolled her eyes: “Tsk, how much she earned is none of my business? Will she give me some to spend? It’s good that she still has a conscience and knows to pay mother wages.”
“30 wen today, what about tomorrow? If there are 30 wen every day, that’s almost one tael a month!”
“Oh my god! That’s one tael! If we save for a year or two, won’t there be hope for Yong’er to marry a wife? Mother must be tired today, I’ll give her a massage.”
Saying that, Du Shi couldn’t sit still, threw the shoe sole into the basket, and ran away.
Wei Shi looked at her sister-in-law who ran away while talking, and was a little dumbfounded.