The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

Mother Zhou looked at the money her daughter-in-law pushed over and it would be a lie to say she wasn't touched. How many daughters-in-law could be as selfless as Chen? She came up with the recipe herself and made money with everyone else without keeping anything for herself.

Zhou's mother also wanted to see what her other two daughters-in-law thought, so she didn't say how to distribute the money first.

He asked Zhang and Li directly: "Chen gave me this money. I want to hear everyone's opinions on how to divide it. What do you think, eldest daughter-in-law and third daughter-in-law?"

Zhang thought for a moment and said, "How the money is divided is up to you, mother. However, I have an idea.

This dish and the idea were all the brainchild of Xiuying and her husband. No matter how much we earn, we must never forget our roots. We can't just let others give us money for free while we earn our own money, right? We're not that kind of person.

I think we should give at least a penny to the second brother's family for every piece of cold skin or pound of sea jelly we sell. Even if the second brother and his wife go to Beijing to take the imperial examinations in the future, as long as we are still doing this business, we should count them as a share."

Mrs. Li also followed up and said, "Sister-in-law said what I wanted to say. I think so too. Let's calculate the money for the second brother's family separately, and then calculate the remaining money."

Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe also expressed their opinions that they could not let their second brother/second elder brother come up with ideas in vain, and the money must be given.

After listening to everyone's words, Zhou's mother nodded with satisfaction.

"It's great that everyone thinks this way. If we all think and work together, our family will get better and better. I'll listen to you then.

Xiuying and Dajiang, you've set an example, and your elder brother and sister-in-law, your younger brothers and sisters-in-law, have all seen it. From now on, as long as this family does this business, you'll have a share of the money. This will remain the case from now on, no matter where you are.

"The remaining money, Lao Er, how much is your wiper? I'll pay for it with the public money."

As he said this, he first gave Chen Xiuying the 660 coins that belonged to the second wife.

Zhou Dajiang scratched his head. "I haven't decided on a price for the scrubbers yet. Making these tools did cost me quite a few taels of silver. The key is that the wooden stamping machine is expensive, but this thing can be processed into a lot of scrubbers, so the average cost is not expensive."

Zhou's mother: "Then I'll give it to you when you've made up your mind. I'll keep the rest of the money and we'll share it at the end of the month."

No one disagreed. What a joke. The wages we got today alone were quite a lot, more than 300 wen per family. It was good enough to earn this money.

After taking the money, everyone did not leave. They all looked at Zhou Dajiang, waiting to hear what he would say about the next arrangements.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to express his opinion, Zhou Dajiang said, "We have a market every three days here, and a big market every seven days. We won't go to the small markets, and we will set up three stalls on the big market days like today.

On weekdays, we let the villagers take the goods from us and sell them. We only earn the labor costs, and of course I also add the penny that belongs to my family."

As long as they can make money, no one disagrees.

Zhou Dajiang then encouraged everyone, saying, "Don't underestimate ordinary days. If you sell separately and go to different places one by one, you can still sell a lot in a day, no less than the big market."

As a result, he really said it.

In the evening, Zhou Dajiang's home welcomed another large crowd, this time all of whom wanted to take goods to sell. Money was hard to come by these days, and even the smallest bit of money was still meat. With this in mind, more than twenty people arrived.

Standing outside the gate, Zhou Dajiang said to everyone, "I know everyone wants to make money. Don't worry, our Zhou family isn't one to eat alone. I can distribute the cold noodles to everyone."

However, there are a few things I need to clarify. If you agree, we can continue our discussion. If you disagree, you can withdraw now."

Everyone said, "No matter what you say, as long as you let us get the goods, we will agree!"

Zhou Dajiang said, "First, to avoid vicious competition, everyone must unify the selling price. If I hear that someone is deliberately raising or lowering the price, their selling qualification will be revoked and replaced by someone else."

"Agreed!" Someone shouted.

"Secondly, to ensure everyone can make money, only one person per village can sell goods. Those who want to buy goods from me must first state the place name. If it's the same place as mine, I'm sorry, but I can't give you the goods. Is this clear?"

Everyone said in unison: "Clear!"

"Third, everyone should act within their means and decide on the quantity before ordering. The weather is hot, and the cold noodles have a short shelf life. They can only be sold on the same day. If they are not sold out, they will go bad. They cannot be left until the next day."

"Ok!"

"Just tell me how much it is!"

Everyone was very anxious, fearing that others would take away their business.

"Liangpi noodles without seasoning cost three cents each, while those sold to the public cost four cents each.

The seasoning is five cents per portion, and you have to prepare the dishes yourself. The retail price is seven cents.

There are too few ingredients for sea jelly, so I won’t give them to you.

Besides, we have to set up our own stall on the big market day, so we won’t be supplying goods on that day.”

After everyone calculated, if they sold the cold noodles individually, they would only make one cent per piece, but if they sold them mixed together, they would make a net profit of two cents per piece, which was still quite profitable.

Moreover, Zhou Dajiang agreed that I could pay the bill later, without having to pay cash. This kind of work only takes about half a day, is not tiring, and does not require any capital upfront, which is much better than going out to work.

So everyone quickly reported the village they wanted to go to and the quantity of goods they wanted, for fear that if they reported too late, someone else would get to the place they liked first.

In order to make more money, everyone ordered cold noodles with seasoning.

Zhou Dajiang took out a pen and paper and wrote down the number of people who had decided on and the places they wanted to go.

The first day was just a test run, and everyone asked for a small number of tickets. Including the more distant villages, there were about a dozen, so the average number of tickets per person was only 20 to 30. But when we counted the number, it was quite astonishing: nearly 500.

Time is tight and the goods are needed early the next morning, so we have to act quickly to ensure that the quantity is met.

Don’t even bother sleeping. Those who need to wash their faces should wash their faces, and those who need to light the fire should light the fire. Chen Xiuying didn’t care about Zhou Sisi anymore. She had to quickly prepare chili oil, seasoning water and garlic water.

Since Zhang's side was short of one person, they pulled Zhou Dahai over to help.

As a result, both stoves in Zhou Dajiang's house were occupied.

Zhou's mother and Li went back to the old house to steam the food, and sent Tietou and Suotou to bring some firewood to their second uncle's house.