PNB Chapter 239 Either rich or noble
Chapter 239 Either rich or noble
"Besides, everyone who interacts with Mr. Zheng is either rich or noble! Take my eldest brother for example. When it comes to dressing up, although they don't need to be as extravagant as Mr. Zheng and his friends, they should at least try to be closer to them. You can't lose face for Mr. Zheng, right?
Which of these things doesn't cost money? Not to mention other things, just the ink, paper, and inkstone alone cost a lot of money in a year! In the past, the dividends from selling brine were not enough to cover the expenses!
So, do you still think my family can easily come up with such a large sum of money?" Sanmao frowned and said with a bitter face.
After hearing what he said, everyone in the Li family thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement.
Everyone knows that although both are about taking in apprentices and imparting skills, the only difference is that one teaches the way of studying and learning, while the other teaches a craft.
Since you want to learn from a master, you will naturally have to pay for the money out of your own pocket.
Could it be that your master has taught you all his skills with good intentions, and is looking forward to your future achievements and bringing honor to the master, but in the end you want the master to bear all your expenses?
"Oh! What should we do? Where can we get so much money at home?" One of the cousins said with a worried look on her face.
"That's right! Even if we sell everything that can be sold at home, it would be difficult to raise such a huge amount of money." Another cousin-in-law echoed, her tone full of helplessness and anxiety.
"Aunt, how about our two families work together to find a way to get the money together? Maybe there is still hope." My third uncle's cousin's wife suddenly had an idea and made this suggestion.
"Yes, yes, aunt, please estimate how much silver your family can come up with. If it's not enough, let's figure out how much more we can come up with. Do you think this will work?" My eldest uncle's cousin's wife hurriedly continued, with a glimmer of anticipation in her eyes.
For a while, several cousins were talking to each other and chattering non-stop.
At this time, Sanmao, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked, "My dear cousins, if my family can collect 60,000 taels of silver, and your family can also collect 40,000 taels, then how should the proceeds be distributed? Should it be divided according to the proportion of the amount of silver each family contributed?"
Hearing Sanmao's question, the second cousin's wife from my uncle's family quickly replied: "Of course, we will split the profits according to the 30:70 ratio we agreed on before. You don't have to worry about anything, just wait for the money to be collected. We will be responsible for all matters related to soap making."
"No, I don't need to go to school anymore. I just want to do business well. Besides, although my family doesn't have many people now, it is still more than enough to make soap.
Therefore, a 70%-30% split is definitely not an option. Besides, my family really can't come up with 60,000 taels of silver. At most, we can only come up with 10,000 taels. If you and your family can gather the remaining 90,000 taels of silver, I can go and discuss with Mr. Qi to see if we can get the soap recipe back." Sanmao explained slowly.
"What? Ninety thousand taels? Your family only has ten thousand taels? How is this possible! Your family has many businesses and cooperates with others, how can you only have a mere ten thousand taels in savings?" My second cousin's wife from my uncle's family widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief, and shouted loudly.
"How can it be impossible?" Old Lady Yang, who had been standing aside in silence, finally couldn't help but speak. She said to the young wives of the Li family unhappily, "In order to let Da Mao and his friends have a stable place to live while they are studying, we bought a yard in the capital city before, which almost used up all the money we saved before. Now Da Mao and his friends are going to the capital to study again. Can we buy a yard in the capital city?"
"No, Damao and the others are studying with the teacher. According to common sense, shouldn't they live with the teacher in his house all the time? Why did they spend so much money to buy a yard?" asked the second aunt with a puzzled look on her face.
"Huh! Do I even need to ask why? Of course, it's because now that I have my own yard, I can live in the master's house if I want to, or I can go back to my own home if I want to. This way, others won't say that I'm living under someone else's roof. Besides, if our Da Mao really becomes an official in the future, can he still live in the master's house forever?" As Old Lady Yang spoke, she became more and more excited, and the more she spoke, the more excited she became.