latelenovela Chapter 127 Divide Money
Chapter 127 Divide Money
Li Laosan went out of Nongchao Building from the back door and saw a sneaky figure following him in the alley. He put on his clothes and did not bring any luggage, so he was alone. The figure looked at him for a few seconds and then continued to lurk in the alley, probably thinking he was just a guy from Nongchao Building.
Li Laosan secretly admired Li Yuer's intelligence and accurate predictions.
He went straight to Liu's cloth shop, explained his purpose and needs, and Manager Liu immediately gave him a 10% discount. Li Laosan described that Manager Liu selected ready-made clothes, and all he picked were affordable fine cloth clothes without embroidery and the prices were not high.
A total of one and a half taels were used to buy clothes for everyone.
After they changed their clothes, Li Yuer said, "I have already told Uncle Qian about our luggage. We will leave it here first and come back to pick it up after the New Year.
We can't go out together, we have to go out in groups. My eldest brother and I are in one group, my third uncle and Shitou are in one group, and the rest of us are in one group.
We can't go out at the same time, and we can't gather at the entrance of the town. Who knows if anyone will be blocking us at the entrance of the town.
After we leave town, we'll meet at Three Trees."
The three trees are three old locust trees beside the official road leading to Xinpu Town, about two miles away from Xinpu Town. Because the three trees grow side by side on the road, tall and straight, they gradually become a common signpost.
When the weather is hot, people coming to town will occasionally stop under the trees to cool off.
Several people acted quickly, and went out of the front and back doors of Nongchao Building in groups of three or two.
When I went out, I saw someone watching me in the alley or under the trees at the back door and front door.
Li Laosan felt even more dangerous when he saw these unfamiliar people.
They have been in Xinpu Town for several years and are familiar with all the big and small shady forces in the town. These people do not belong to any force in Xinpu Town.
Thanks to Li Yuer's clever plan, they all managed to leave the town smoothly and successfully gathered at the three trees.
Everyone didn't dare to stop and quickened their pace to hurry back. Li Yuer's legs were too short to keep up, so Li Laosan and Li Erlang took turns carrying him for a while.
When Zhao opened the door and let the few people in, they were panting like cows. House Sparrow was the weakest, and it was so frightened that it ran for its life. Now that the string was broken, it fell directly to the ground.
"What happened?" Zhao was startled and her heart was pounding. Could it be that she encountered a wolf in the wild?
The road from the village to the town inevitably passes through some barren areas, and occasionally one will encounter wild animals coming down the mountain to hunt for food. Wolves are undoubtedly the most dangerous of them.
"No, it's okay, aunt, I want to drink some water." Li Erlang said intermittently while panting, bending down and resting his hands on his knees.
Li Erlang has been getting close to Zhao recently. Even though Mrs. Cai and her family have returned to Rabbit Island, Li Erlang, Li Laosan and Li Yuer are still living in Cai's house.
This makes it easy to get in and out of town.
"Don't stand in the yard. You'll catch a cold easily. Go back to the house and warm up. I'll bring you some water later."
After they drank some water and had a good rest, they began to feel scared.
"Yu Baoer, luckily you have foresight, otherwise we wouldn't know what kind of suffering we would have suffered today." Li Erlang said.
"That's right. Didn't you see those guys in the alley? They are all tall and strong, with broad backs and strong muscles. How can we end up well at their hands?" Laizi Taohua's eyes were full of indignation.
It was as if he had never robbed anyone else, but they definitely had no intention of harming anyone.
Jia Que'er was timid, and his face was still pale. "Third brother, those people came here in a strange way, and their faces were very nervous."
Li Laosan's eyes flickered and he said, "No matter who they are, we have escaped a disaster today. Robbers usually won't rob us a second time. Since we failed this time, they should know that we are on guard."
Datou took out the account book and asked everyone to hand over the money they had. He seemed calm, but his hands holding the money basket were shaking slightly.
In order to avoid being stopped while escaping, they divided the money and hid it among different people.
Li Yuer covered her mouth and nose with her hands and couldn't help laughing secretly. This accountant was quite dedicated. It was rare that he would think of checking the accounts first at this time. There were not many employees with such high professional ethics in his previous life.
"Plop!" The silver fell into the basket.
"Ding-dang!" "Clatter!" The copper coins fell into the basket.
Li Erlang took out an abacus and started to settle accounts with Datou. The others stood around and watched with shining eyes.
It feels different when you earn your own money.
After half an hour, all the accounts were finally sorted out.
There were actually ninety-six taels, of which the largest income was the fifty taels given by Young Master Jing, followed by the batch of special-grade oil lamps sent to Nongchao Tower, and finally the oil lamps sold individually at the big market. The average price was more than two hundred wen, and there were more than one thousand lamps, which also brought in more than twenty taels of income.
Datou began to report the accounts: "According to Yu Baoer's method of division, it will be divided into eight parts in total, each part is twelve taels. The year-end benefit for employees includes one and a half taels of silver for buying clothes today, and the remaining twelve taels per person."
Datou looked at everyone and said, "First think about whether this account is correct. If it is, you can take the money and then put your fingerprints on it."
Datou put the account book on the table for people to check.
"What are you looking at? I still don't trust you. You are just unlucky, otherwise it would be no problem for you to pass the examination to become a student, maybe even a scholar."
After Laizi finished speaking, he was the first to put his fingerprints on the account book.
With him taking the lead, others also put their fingerprints on the document.
Before, Young Master Jing gave Li Yuer fifty taels of silver notes. Li Yuer had already expected that it would be difficult to divide it, and there would be a handling fee if he went to the money shop to exchange it, so he exchanged it directly with Shopkeeper Qian.
Nongchaolou exchanges loose change for silver bills on a regular basis, which also incurs a certain amount of handling fees, but Li Yuer and his friends want to exchange for loose change, so the two sides can exchange for silver, which is a perfect match for both parties and a win-win situation.
After dividing the money, Zhao called a few people to eat.
Before, Jiaque'er and his friends cooked for themselves. Datou, Jiaque'er and Shitou could all cook some simple meals. But after Laizi came, he didn't know how to cook, and the rice he cooked was either watery or mushy. Not only was it not tasty, it also wasted food.
Finally, Datou suggested that they could give Aunt Zhao some money and then eat together.
After some negotiation with Li Laosan, Zhao agreed to provide them with food and, in addition to the cost of the food, pay them an extra hundred coins per month.
In this way, they only need to spend twenty-five cents more per person per month to eat delicious meals.
It costs one cent to make a wicker box for Li Yuer, and twenty-five cents means more than twenty wicker boxes.
They did not eat at the same table with the Cai family. Zhao had the food delivered to the main room in the west wing.
There is a new dish on the Cai family’s dinner table today: cold pickled sea cucumber. This was made by Li Yuer and Li Meir before, and it’s ready to be eaten today.
Mr. Cai tasted a piece of it and praised it, "It's delicious. It's chewy but not too chewy. It must be good with wine."
Cai Chengping also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's fresh and chewy, it's really a good thing to eat with wine."
"You said that we have been guarding the seaside for most of our lives, but we didn't know that sea mice can be eaten and are so delicious." Zhao said.
Li Yuer ate several mouthfuls of it with the porridge. It must be delicious. In the past life, wild sea cucumbers were expensive and it was easy to buy fake ones. They were not as good as this one, which was unpolluted and full of original flavor.