freenovelworld Chapter 531 Monthly Money
Chapter 531 Monthly Money
The two brothers touched its head.
In the yard, Zhou Mi pushed the unloaded cart under the eaves and covered it with a straw mat to protect it from wind and rain.
The old man moved the wine into the room and refused to come out. The lights were still on. He was probably hiding in there drinking secretly. Zhou Guo brought in the bag of peanuts given by the grain shop owner.
Upon looking, they were indeed drinking. There was an opened jar of pear blossom white wine on the kang table. The old man was happily holding a bamboo spoon and pouring wine into the jug one ladle at a time. The aroma of wine filled the air.
She said, "Master, it's so late now, you should drink less. You are only allowed to drink one glass a day. Otherwise, I will take all your wine away and you are only allowed to drink half a glass a day."
The old man paused while scooping the wine, and said helplessly, "I see. You are so lawless at such a young age, yet you dare to control the master."
She put the peanuts in her hand on the table and said, "These are peanuts. They are for your wine. You can only drink one glass. I will come to see you later. If you drink more than one glass, we will have to move the wine tomorrow."
"I got it. Go ahead." The old man opened the cloth bag, ate a peanut, and took a sip of wine happily. He felt that life was nothing more than this.
Inside the room, Li and Zhou Xing were sorting out the things they brought back, starting with the uneaten food.
put it on the table.
Then there were the fabrics and cotton. Three lamps were lit in the room. Although the light was not as bright as during the day, the pieces of cloth with bright colors were still much more beautiful than ordinary fabrics.
Li picked them out, held up a few pieces of cloth and said with a smile, "The colors of these pieces of cloth are quite fresh. I'll make a few skirts for you two sisters tomorrow."
Zhou Guo waved his hand, "Mom, if you want to make it, please make it for my sister. It's inconvenient for me to wear a skirt now. I have to go up the mountain every day. When I don't go up the mountain, I have to go out. You should make me a few Taoist robes, long gowns and straight skirts. They are convenient and handsome. I like them."
Men's clothing is really convenient. If she were to walk outside in a colorful skirt, not only would it be difficult to fight, but she would also inevitably get into trouble.
Li said with a smile, "After wearing men's clothes for a few days, do you really think you are a boy? You are a girl, how can you look in men's clothes all day? No, I have to make a few for you. This yellow one is a skirt. What color is this, purple? Make clothes for you. When you wear them out, I guarantee you will look amazing. We are a pair of sisters. Any little girl will be envious of you."
When she was a child, she was always envious of the girls in the village who wore flowery dresses, but unfortunately she always had to wear tattered and dirty clothes. Now that she has a family background and ability, she must dress up the girls in her family and make the girls in the village envy them.
"I haven't worn the new dresses I made before, and now I have to make this again?" Zhou Xing also likes these fabrics, they are so beautiful!
Zhou Guo thought about it and felt that this color combination was quite nice, so he didn't say anything else. Although men's clothing was handsome, cool and convenient to wear, the skirt was also beautiful to wear. It would look even better if he styled his hair.
Everyone has a love for beauty, and she is no exception.
Zhou Xing was stunned when she saw so much coarse cotton cloth and cotton underneath, "Why buy so much cotton? We don't need it at home."
Zhou Guo said, "I bought it for Wu Jiang and his friends. They are fine, as they have winter clothes and quilts. But the women and children are not so lucky. They don't even have a decent piece of clothing. The weather is getting cold, and we can't let them freeze to death, right?"
Li nodded and said, "That's right. We'll hand these out tomorrow and let them take them back and do it themselves."
Zhou Guo rubbed his eyes and wanted to go to sleep immediately, but thinking of the mountains, he was still a little worried and asked: "Mom, I was away for two days. Nothing happened in the mountains, right?"
Li said, "What could possibly happen? There are people watching everywhere."
Speaking of this, he was all smiles. "The people you found are really good at work. None of them are lazy. Even the children can do a lot of work every day. We don't have to intervene at all. We just watch. If we need people to do something, we just need to call them and several people will come over immediately. It will be done in a short time. It is much faster than doing it ourselves."
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "Mom, you are talking nonsense. We only have a few of us. Wu Jiang and his men have so many people. Of course, we can get things done faster. My monthly salary is not in vain."
Speaking of monthly allowance, Li said, "Back when our family was not so well off, I gave the old man two strings of cash a month. Now that Wu Jiang, the chief steward, is making one string of cash a month, it would be inappropriate to give the old man two strings of cash, wouldn't it?"
Zhou Gu and the others walked in from outside and said with a smile, "What about us? We should also get our monthly allowance, right?"
Yes, even the servants in the house have monthly wages, so how could the young ladies and masters in the family not have any?
How can we justify it if the servants just take out a few strings of cash and the young masters' pockets are cleaner than their faces?
Everyone looked at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Su had gone to bed by now. Zhou Guo was picking up some unfinished dried meat. When she looked up and saw so many eyes staring at her, she smiled and said, "Here, give it all. From tomorrow on, everyone in the family will have a monthly allowance. Each of you young masters will get one and a half strings of coins each month, and our young lady will also get one and a half strings of coins. As for the madam, she will get three strings of coins, and the old man will get the most, four strings of coins, is there anything that is not enough?"
Everyone was already very happy and shook their heads.
In previous years, they had no money at all. They could only get money during the Chinese New Year, and they had to pay it back. Now, they can get more than one string of money every month.
It has always been a lot, enough to cover their family’s expenses for half a year. Now I can earn that much in a month. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
Zhou Guxi said: "One and a half strings of silver, so much, I'm afraid I can't spend it all in a year."
Then they can save more than ten strings of coins a year, which is really a lot!
The more I think about it, the happier I am.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi thought the same way. How could one and a half strings of cash be spent in a month?
Although the family was already very wealthy, the money was in the hands of Zhou Guo and Li. They exchanged it for visible mountains, cloth, jewelry and food, but they still had no money.
Now that I can finally touch the money, it feels really different.
Not to mention them, even Zhou Xing was very excited. She was going to get married soon, and before getting married, she could enjoy the life of a young lady, which she cherished more than anyone else. As for the monthly allowance, she decided not to spend a penny and just save it, since there was no place to spend money at home anyway.
Seeing how happy they were, Zhou Guo felt a little guilty. She had been too busy these days and had forgotten about it. She didn't even think about it for a moment.
While chewing on dried meat, he said to everyone: "It's the middle of the night, everyone is hungry, come and eat something."
In fact, there is nothing left.