Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Five thousand eight hundred jin, twenty cents a jin, a total of one hundred and sixteen taels. From the last redemption and the medical expenses paid, the Li family owed the shopkeeper a total of ten taels of silver. After deductions, there were still one hundred and six taels left.

Lai Fu helped the old man Li and his wife onto a carriage separately, and took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and six taels of silver coins from his sleeve.

"Grandpa Li, please take a look. There are a total of 106 taels here. By the way, please sign your name and put your fingerprint on the account book."

Old man Li took the banknote tremblingly and handed it to his wife.

"Mother, please keep it."

Mrs. Cai could not hide her excitement at this moment, her hands were trembling slightly, and her forehead was hot the moment she took the banknote.

One hundred taels! One hundred taels!

How much is one hundred taels?

They don't know how to count, and have never calculated how much silver they can be sold for!

Silver bills! They had never seen a single silver dime in their lives.

When she got married, her family gave her five taels of silver as a safe deposit. That was the first time she had ever touched silver in her life.

Soon, the money was spent on buying a boat.

Seeing his wife accept the banknote, Old Man Li put his fingerprint on the account book. He could not write, so he could only put his fingerprint on it.

After getting the whale tail, Lai Fu was anxious to go back and report. Fearing that the whale tail would be damaged during the journey, he tied the whale tail to his car alone.

The fish tail passed through the carriage upright, with both ends raised. It looked a bit strange, but Lai Fu, sitting on the shaft, was happily humming a tune.

Li Erlang approached Old Man Li and asked quietly, "Grandpa, how much silver did you get?"

"Go away! You are just a kid, what are you asking about? You need food and clothes, so learn from your sister." Old Mrs. Cai pushed Li Erlang away with disgust.

He then pulled Li Yu'er in front of him, held her hand, and said lovingly: "Your dear Yu Bao'er is blessed, well-behaved and sensible, unlike those stupid boys who don't know the cold or the heat! They just know how to eat every day!"

Li Yuer: Embarrassing~

Li Erlang: Humph! You favor girls over boys! You are blinded by money!

Isn't it just asking? He didn't want it, he just wanted to confirm what Yu Baoer said yesterday, whether there were several hundred taels.

Although they were very tired, the Li family members were so excited that they seemed to be given an injection of chicken blood and walked with light steps.

That night, Old Mrs. Cai steamed dry rice for the first time ever and paired it with the fried fragrant whale meat. The Li family members ate it with great delight.

After dinner, Mrs. Cai asked for a family meeting.

Two porcelain whale oil lamps were placed high up, and indeed, they lit up brightly, filling the cabin with light.

The cabin curtains were drawn, and everyone could see and hear each other.

Mrs. Cai put the dowry box containing the banknotes on the deck and said, "Today I made a total of 106 taels from selling whale meat. It's all here.

Our Li family has already split up, and the money should have belonged to each family. However, as things became urgent this time, we have to live together again.

We share the hardship together, and we should also share the money.

The silver will be divided into three parts, but it will be divided according to contribution, and the silver owed by the second house will be deducted from it."

As she spoke, Old Lady Cai looked at the second son and his wife. Li Erlang quickly nodded and said that it was right. The Fan couple followed suit and naturally agreed.

Old Lady Cai continued, "This whale was discovered by our Yu Bao'er. I, an old woman, will give Yu Bao'er twenty taels of silver as a dowry. I will keep it with you for now. Do you have any objections?"

Mr. Li's family are all honest and simple-minded. They listen to Mrs. Cai in everything and immediately expressed that they have no objection.

Li Laoer disagreed and said, "Mom, how can this be possible? Yu Baoer is a member of the Li family, so the good things he found naturally belong to the Li family. Moreover, the whales were mainly caught by my eldest brother's family, so how can we take more?"

Fan firmly supported her husband and said that there was no need to give her daughter more dowry.

Mrs. Cai blushed immediately and scolded: "As a parent, how can you use your child's achievements to gain face?"

How could they? The two people felt wronged, but they didn't dare to talk back.

"It's settled. My wife is just informing you. Your opinions won't count."

Old Mrs. Cai showed off her former majesty as the head of the family, and sure enough, her children and grandchildren didn't dare to say anything.

Li Yuer, who was standing by, was not moved by what Old Lady Cai did. She hugged Old Lady Cai's arm and said, "Yu Baoer knows that Grandma loves me, but Yu Baoer doesn't want to get married. Yu Baoer doesn't want a dowry. Do you think this will work?"

Old Mrs. Cai enjoyed watching her little granddaughter acting coquettishly and cutely. When she got old, she liked her grandchildren to hang around her lap.

Old Mrs. Cai asked kindly, "What do you want, Yu Baoer? Tell me and I'll buy it for you. Who dares to say no?"

The old lady's sharp eyes swept across everyone present, scaring them so much that they dared not speak and felt wronged.

Li Yuer blinked her eyes and said playfully, "Grandma, Yu Baoer doesn't want a dowry. Leave the money to you to buy a gold bracelet and make up for your dowry."

As soon as the words came out, everyone present was stunned.

Old Mrs. Cai's eyes instantly became moist. No one in the family mentioned her dowry, and only Yu Baoer was thinking about her old wife.

People in the village said that Old Lady Cai was a mediocre person. Other families favored boys, but she favored girls. So what? Today's incident proved that her granddaughter was caring and understanding.

In this era, dowry is a woman's support in her husband's family. A woman with a rich dowry is not only looked up to by her husband's family, but also looked up to by her children even when she is old.

She used her dowry to buy a boat for her family and to save her second son and his wife.

"Yes, Yu Baoer is right." Old man Li felt guilty. He wondered how he could marry such a good wife who thought of him and his children selflessly.

He is useless and can't even keep his wife's dowry.

The others' eyes also turned red and they all expressed their agreement.

"Good boy, with what you said, even if I don't want a dowry, I will be happy."

Li Yuer said: "Don't worry, grandma. Yu Baoer will make a lot of money in the future. I will give you good food and drink, let you live in a big house, ride in a big carriage, and become an old lady that everyone envies."

At this moment, Mrs. Cai felt extremely warm in her heart and happily hugged Li Yuer in her arms.

Old Mrs. Cai is usually very strict and rarely gets close to her children and grandchildren. This is the first time she has hugged her granddaughter in public.

Li Meir, who was standing by, was not jealous. She knew that their family was able to get through the difficult times and save a large sum of money because Li Yuer found the whale.

Finally, Old Man Li took the initiative to take out twenty taels of silver to give to Old Lady Cai as a dowry. The rest, including tomorrow's income, was divided into 40% for the eldest family and 40% for the second family. Although Li Erlang was the only one who contributed to the second family, it was Li Yuer who discovered the whale, and it was she who led them to negotiate the business with Manager Qian, so 40% was too little.

The third child gets 10%, and the old couple gets 10%.

The 10% for the third brother was offered by the eldest and second brothers Li. Logically, Li Third Brother had no share of it, and the fact that they didn't ask for redemption money or other money from him was already out of consideration for their brotherhood.

Actually, the old man and his wife had selfish motives. Logically, since they lived with the eldest brother's family, they should not take the 10% alone. They planned to leave their share to the third brother Li in the future.

There are three brothers. If the eldest and the second oldest live well in the future, the third oldest will have a big gap and look ugly, which will also have a certain negative impact on the reputation of his two older brothers.

But when Li Lao Da and Li Lao Er saw that there was no share for the third brother, they insisted on giving it to him. In the end, they took out another 10% for the third brother.

The one percent that the old couple owes is the filial piety of their two sons, and it belongs to the old couple themselves.

Li Laosan wanted to refuse, but he couldn't say the words when they came to his lips. It was not because he was greedy, but because he knew that no matter what he said, his two brothers would definitely give him a share.

He couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment. He was really touched, really regretful, and he also felt self-blame and inferior.

Of course, Li Laosan's share of the silver will be kept by the old couple temporarily, and he can only receive it after he gets married.

The money-sharing meeting ended successfully in an atmosphere that everyone was satisfied with.

Of course, Li Yuer also fought for a privilege: that is, they, the children, could make some small items by themselves and sell them in the town, and the money they earned would belong to them.

The small item that Li Yuer mentioned is the whale oil lamp, but the profit it brings can definitely not be called a small item.

Li Yuer: Hehehehe