Chapter 64: Making Money 3/3

After spinning a few times, Jin Xiaoye put Li Qingzhi down. “Ah Qing, I’m so happy!”

Li Qingzhi asked, “Did you earn a lot of money?”

Jin Xiaoye nodded happily. “Yes, after paying the wages, I can still earn twenty taels of silver. And I haven’t even calculated the money from those scrap cloth pieces!”

Compared to the silver Li Qingzhi brought home, the twenty taels Jin Xiaoye earned didn’t seem like much.

Moreover, this was a large order she had taken, and she might not earn as much in the future.

But this was what she earned herself!

Six months ago, she couldn’t have imagined earning twenty taels of silver in a month.

Li Qingzhi touched Jin Xiaoye’s hair.

In reality, Jin Xiaoye’s twenty taels of silver were not easy to earn. She invested a lot of capital, enlisted many people to help with the work, and exerted a lot of mental and physical effort overseeing everything.

But this was a very good start.

However… when he recovered, it would be him carrying Jin Xiaoye, not the other way around!

Li Qingzhi tried to use his abilities to stimulate muscle growth as he slept at night.

Someday, he would have the perfect physique!

Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye slept together affectionately, but in the Wu family, Wu Baichuan couldn’t sleep at all.

After visiting Jin Xiaoye earlier that day, he immediately summoned the steward of his household upon returning home and instructed him to find someone well-informed to inquire about news regarding Hong Hui.

Not only that, he also selected three servants from his own household and instructed them to take turns guarding near Sister Wang’s house, ensuring the safety of the goods and Jin Xiaoye’s group.

Taking someone’s life was a serious matter, and while Hong Hui might not dare to kill, he might resort to other sinister methods. Wu Baichuan had to keep an eye on him.

After arranging these matters, Wu Baichuan felt somewhat relieved.

Zhang Yunquan and the people under him had all been arrested, and the public security in Chongcheng County had been particularly good recently, so the probability of incidents occurring was low.

The next day, Jin Xiaoye set off early. On the way to the county town, she boasted to Jin Xiaoshu, “Xiaoshu, after completing this order with Mr. Wu, I can earn ten taels of silver!”

In reality, she could earn over twenty taels, but she intentionally understated it.

She would say the same thing in front of Wang Jie and the others.

“Sis, you’re amazing!” Jin Xiaoshu looked at her with admiration. He earned quite a bit himself now, but at the end of the month, he only earned about one or two taels of silver. His sister was truly remarkable.

Thinking about this, Jin Xiaoshu asked, “Sis, how much do the people working for you earn?”

There was nothing to hide. Women who worked for her calculated their earnings based on the pieces they made, so they could roughly estimate how much others earned. Jin Xiaoye replied, “Mrs. Xu earns the most, over three taels, and Wang Jie earns about two.”

“What about Fang Jinniang?” Jin Xiaoshu asked.

“She also earns about two taels.” Fang Jinniang worked more diligently than Wang Jie, but once she sat down, she could stay still for the whole afternoon.

But Fang Jinniang’s eyesight wasn’t good, so she didn’t do as much work.

After hearing this, Jin Xiaoshu looked somewhat worried. “They… they all earn more than me.”

Jin Xiaoye said, “They have a set amount of work they can do in a month, so it’s not possible for them to earn significantly more. But you’re different. If you work harder to sell more things, you might earn five or ten taels in a month.”

Jin Xiaoshu nodded, planning to work even harder to sell things tomorrow.

Jin Xiaoye was particularly busy that day. Early in the morning, Wu Baichuan sent people to load the goods from her place, and it took the whole morning to load them.

By the afternoon, the women who had worked for her came to collect their pay.

Jin Xiaoye used pen and paper, along with an abacus, to calculate and distribute their wages one by one, without any time to rest.

Li Qingzhi didn’t go to the county town that day; instead, he stayed at home writing.

He was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges. Although he didn’t like Hong Hui before, he didn’t plan to do anything about it. But this time was different.

He happened to be writing the story of how Guo, the magistrate of Guo County, eradicated Zhang Yunquan. Hong Hui could be given a name for it.

Hong Hui was Sun’s student, and Zhang Yunquan even wanted to marry his daughter to him… Tsk tsk!

As Li Qingzhi wrote down the two words “Hong Hui” on the paper, Hong Hui was fuming.

What Wu Baichuan had thought was correct. Hong Hui’s plans to deal with Jin Xiaoye went beyond just getting Wu Baichuan to break the agreement.

When he initially contacted Wu Baichuan, he wanted him to destroy the goods and then not pay Jin Xiaoye, causing her to suffer heavy losses.

But Wu Baichuan was unwilling… he only made Wu Baichuan break the agreement.

Initially, Wu Baichuan had discussed with Jin Xiaoye that once she had prepared a portion of the goods, he would take them away and give her a certain amount of money.

If they really did that, Hong Hui wouldn’t be able to destroy all the goods.

So he told Wu Baichuan not to pick up the goods, and then… he planned to contact Zhang Yunquan’s people after Jin Xiaoye had prepared all the goods and have them destroy the goods.

There was no need for arson or anything like that; just pouring dye onto the goods would ruin them!

However, he had just planned this when Zhang Yunquan got into trouble… Fortunately, he could still get it done with a subordinate from his family.

But he hadn’t done anything yet, and Wu Baichuan unexpectedly took away all the goods?

Hearing this news, Hong Hui was furious.

He had already bought the dye and planned to have his subordinates break into Sister Wang’s house in two days and destroy the goods.

He even thought about adding some excrement besides the dye.

But now… Jin Xiaoye had already made her money!

Hong Hui knew why Wu Baichuan had done this. This opportunist definitely wanted to please Magistrate Guo, and Magistrate Guo valued Li Qingzhi highly.

It was ridiculous how the people of Chongcheng County thought Magistrate Guo was a good official. They placed so much importance on Li Qingzhi just because he praised him… Magistrate Guo was just a man who pursued personal gain and fame!

The recent days in the Hong family were extremely difficult, and to make matters worse, both Zhu Qian and Li Qingzhi were doing better and better… The more Hong Hui thought about it, the more he hated it.

Li Qingzhi was unaware of Hong Hui’s thoughts.

He didn’t write much that day, and when he saw that it was almost time, he began to cook.

He had Li Laogen buy two catties of pork belly to make braised pork.

Li Qingzhi’s cooking skills weren’t that great, and sugar was expensive… He didn’t caramelize sugar but instead used soy sauce to make the braised pork, adding a little sugar, of course.

Without MSG at this time, adding some sugar could enhance the flavor.

In addition to the braised pork, Li Qingzhi also planned to make some other dishes. After all… today was his wedding night.