Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

"Our ice jelly is three cents a bowl. As for the price of the raw materials per pound, I won't tell you. I bought a lot of things and it's hard to tell you exactly. I will tell you directly how much it costs each time and how much I earn in total."

"We went to the market three times in total. The first time, the cost of the raw materials was 109 wen, and we sold them for 891 wen. The second and third times, the cost of the raw materials was 276 wen, and we sold them for 924 wen the second time and 2,017 wen the third time."

As the last word fell, the children all gasped.

How much?! Two thousand and seventeen coins? That's more than two taels of silver!

How much copper coins would that be? I can't even lift it!

Get rich! Get rich!

Tao'er, Dashu and other children who had already been there were also shocked but they quickly raised their heads with an expression of pride.

"You heard it right, we did make that much money. But since our family lacked so many things, we went to the market several times to buy things and spent a lot of money, so we didn't have much money left after these three times." Zheng Yuan continued after the children's whispers died down.

"Apart from the cost of the raw materials, the oxcart ride, the cost of going into the city, and the food and clothing we bought these days, we still have 1,070 coins left from selling the ice jelly. This is our pure income."

"Although it's not much, as long as we keep working hard, it will definitely increase, and our wallets will get fatter and fatter. Don't feel any pressure, we two will take care of the money-making, just follow us, eat when you need to eat, drink when you need to drink. I've also told Erhe that money is earned to be spent."

"Our ice jelly business is a seasonal business, and we probably won't be able to do it until the end of autumn. But there are still a few months from now, and while the weather is hot, we can make a small profit. I'm sure we'll have a good year with you guys this year."

After hearing this, the children didn't know what to say for a moment.

Mom, how many families in the surrounding villages can make a net profit of one or two taels of silver in less than half a month. Even if they divide it equally between the two families, there are more than 500 coins, and not many families can do it.

What's more, the food prices have increased dramatically in the past few days. Just now when they came in, they saw two full buckets of meat piled up next to the water tank. How much would that cost?

So the family income of two taels was used by them to offer sacrifices to the five stomach temples. Even so, my mother still said that the money she earned was small and not much.

If the children knew the word Versailles, they would definitely think it was extremely suitable for Zheng Yuan who was talking so eloquently at the moment.

After Zheng Yuan finished speaking, Duan Minmin continued to explain: "I have told you before that we are now a real family. Since we are a family, we cannot be divided, so our money will not be divided. I don't have the talent for accounting. Whether it is the money earned before or in the future, your Aunt Zheng will collect and manage it."

"Tao'er, you three sisters shouldn't have any ideas in your mind. Your Aunt Zheng used to do this. It's a piece of cake for her to manage the accounts of a family. She will definitely remember every expenditure and income clearly."

"Besides, I am also there as a supervisor. I can check the account books at any time. As long as your Aunt Zheng dares to embezzle and commit corruption, I will be the first to arrest her. There must not be a corrupt person in our family. In the future, no matter what doubts you have, you can come to us."

What the hell? Did you do this before? Corruption?

Duan Minmin spoke passionately, but the children were completely confused. Aunt Duan always said something strange and weird.

"Mom, you used to work as an accountant?" Dashu looked at Zheng Yuan with admiration.

The other children also had questions in their minds and looked at her curiously.

Zheng Yuan glanced at Duan Minmin quietly. Here she goes again. This talkative person lets something slip again. Every time she has to smooth things over.

"How could I? I don't have that ability. I just learned a little from your grandmother before I got married. I can barely keep accounts, but I can't be a bookkeeper. Besides, there are no female bookkeepers in this world."

Duan Minmin knew that she had let the cat out of the bag, so while the children were all looking at Zheng Yuan, she patted her mouth and gave her a flattering smile.

After graduation, Zheng Yuan has been working as a budget clerk in a state-owned construction company. She deals with various ledgers all day long and is called "cousin". There are budget revenues, cost expenditures, and countless ledgers. She was indeed right. She was in this line of work.

Fortunately, the children had not seen much of the world and were easier to fool. Zheng Yuan gave them a lot of explanations and no one doubted him.

"Anyway, from now on I will be responsible for keeping accounts of all expenses of our big family. Tao'er and Dashu, if you have any questions, you can come and ask me."

"Aunt, we trust you. Just keep the accounts in your own way. You don't have to explain it to us." Taoer quickly expressed her opinion.

"Yes, yes, mother, we all believe you."

Several children followed suit.

Although there would definitely be no problem with Zheng Yuan's accounts, I still felt relieved to hear the children say this.

"Okay, now that it's settled, I'll be in charge of all the expenses from now on. Now, let's talk about something happier. Come on, Minmin, let's go get the things for the children."

After that, the two walked towards Zheng Yuan's room. The children were left staring at each other. What happier thing could they talk about? Why did they leave in the middle of talking?

Since their mother didn't tell them to leave, they didn't dare to move. They just sat on the stools and looked out the door.

Just as I was looking outside, I saw Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin walk in with the cloth they bought today.

Are you going to make new clothes?

Looking at the cloth in their hands, the children were secretly looking forward to it, but they were a little bit unbelieving. These were new clothes!

Before Dad passed away, they would have gotten a new set of clothes for the New Year. After Dad passed away, they couldn't remember how long it had been since they had worn new clothes, and their eyes were red with excitement.

After all, they are still children, who wouldn't like new clothes?

"We have asked the cloth shop owner about these pieces of cloth, and he said they should be enough for each person to make a set of clothes. Since there are many girls in our family, we can give the three pieces of bright green cloth to us. The other piece of indigo cloth will be used by the three boys."

"Your Aunt Duan and I still have to take care of the jelly, so I'll leave the clothes-making to you. Hui Niang, you can take a few girls and make a set of clothes for each of our family members, okay?"

Neither of them would ever admit that they couldn't make clothes, it's just because they were too busy.

Seeing that her mother-in-law trusted her so much, Xu Hui Niang nodded. Life was getting better day by day. When she was at her mother's house before, she didn't have many sets of clothes. The last new dress she had was when she married Dashu. In order not to lose face, her mother reluctantly made one for her.

After handing the cloth to Xu Hui Niang, Zheng Yuan took the Sanzi and placed it on the table.

"Oh, right, there are these two packets of Sanzi. Share them among yourselves. Don't keep them to yourself or they may be eaten by rats at night. Although we used to be so poor that we were sad when rats came in, now that we are doing well, it is inevitable that some rats with sharp noses will come when they smell the food."

The children were all amused by her and laughed. For a moment the house was very lively, as if it was New Year's Day.