Chapter 10 Make money
Ding Yezi looked at Ding Rou funny, "I said sister, could it be that I told you something yesterday, and you forgot it now?" At a young age, your memory is so bad? ”
Ding Rou frowned, her eyes subconsciously turned up, she was thinking about what Ding Page told her yesterday. Soon, her eyes widened, she pointed to the page with one hand, and shouted, "You don't really dare not give me the money, do you?" ”
Ding Yezi still looked calm and relaxed, and said with a smile: "I still say the same thing, why do you want to give you the silver?" If you don't do anything, you won't get anything. If you want silver, Ming'er will do things with me and my mother, and your share of silver will be indispensable when the time comes. ”
Ding Rou grabbed the words of Ding Page with the tip of her ear, "What do you call my share?" Obviously, all the money is mine, do you want to swallow it privately? ”
Ding Page is easy to talk about, and she is very good at talking to her, but it turns out that Ding Rou has now been spoiled by Ding's mother as a young lady, and she can't listen to what she says at all. In Ding Rou's concept, everyone in the Ding family should respect her, whatever she says is what, and any good things should be handed over to her as soon as possible.
Ding Page shrugged his shoulders and decided not to continue to talk nonsense with her here, sometimes things need to be done a little bit vigorously to be completely effective!
Ding Yezi looked solemn, put on a straight face, and said, "Ding Rou, since you don't remember what I told you yesterday, then I'll tell you again today!" From now on, I will take care of the family's money! If you do something, you will naturally be given money, and you will not be able to get the benefits you deserve. If you don't do things, I can give you food and drink, it's a little bit of sisterhood, and you don't have to complain about me for being ruthless when the time comes. ”
Ding Yezi had already discussed this matter with Ding's mother and obtained her consent, so now Ding Rou is completely alone.
She glared at Ding Page angrily and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Why? ”
Ding Yezi checked a small key in his hand and said with a smile: "Just rely on the key to the cash box in my hand." ”
Ding Rou took a sharp step forward, intending to snatch the key from Ding Page's hand, but where was it so easy? Originally, she didn't do anything at home, and her limbs were not diligent, how could she be as flexible as Ding Page? was immediately let go by Ding Page, and almost fell because of the too strong momentum of the forward rush.
Finally stabilized her body, Ding Rou was so frightened that she slapped her chest and gasped for several breaths.
Ding Yezi smiled again: "Rou'er, when did you disregard your image so much? We're on the street now, and you're not afraid of being seen by others, and you'll ruin your reputation as a virtuous lady when the time comes. ”
Ding Rou was taken aback again, immediately stood up straight, looked dignified, and then glanced down the street to see if her key-snatching virtue just now had been seen by others.
Although she prayed in her heart that the people who passed by just now were blind, after looking around, she was still disappointed to find a number of curious eyes, all staring straight at the two sisters.
Although Ding Rou loves money a little, she is also a person who wants to look good, and when she saw the lively eyes of those people, she immediately regretted it.
She didn't quarrel when and where she was, but on this street, when there were the most people on the street in the morning, she quarreled with Nading Page. It's good now, Ding Yezi ruined her reputation because of what happened last time, and she has nothing to do now, so she has made up with her!
Ding Rou was ashamed and angry, covered her face and ran back to the inner hall.
Ding's mother looked at Ding Rou's back reluctantly, frowned, and smacked her lips: "Page, are the words you just said too heavy?" ”
Ding Page raised his eyebrows, understanding what Ding's mother meant, "What's the weight?" I'm just telling the truth, if she is allowed to go on like this again, not only will this family be defeated by her, but the reputation of our family's ancestral craftsmanship will also be ruined by her. ”
Ding's mother is not a blind foolish person, so she naturally sees that the family's business is not as good as day by day these days, and even those old customers say that the tofu is not as delicious as before. In the final analysis, of course, it is not that Ding Zuozi's skills in making tofu have deteriorated, but that the beans bought by Ding Rou are too inferior, and it is impossible to make good tofu at all.
Ding's mother sighed, "It's all my fault, I used to spoil her too much, and now it's like this." ”
Ding Page wanted to comfort Ding's mother for a few words, but a customer just came, so he stopped thinking and entertained the customer with his heart.
It took less than a quarter of an hour for the remaining pieces of tofu to be sold.
Ding's mother looked at the hour, it was not yet three minutes before the hour, and it had been a long time since she had sold all the tofu so early.
Ding Yezi took down the wooden basin containing tofu from the shelf, and was about to clean up and close the door, and said to Ding's mother: "Mother, look, the quality of the beans is still extremely important for this tofu, right?" ”
The facts were in front of her, and Ding's mother sighed and said with some joy: "I didn't care much about it before, but now that you try it, I can understand it." When your father was around, he didn't tell me about it. ”
Ding Yezi estimated that her father should have taken this as common sense, so he didn't specifically explain it, anyway, he had always bought good beans to grind tofu, until Ding Rou mastered the money at home, so he did everything possible to deduct silver taels from the beans.
After collecting the stall, Ding Page took out the money in the cash box and counted it. Tofu and dried beans are all added together, and a total of one or two or three cents of silver were sold, and after deducting the nine coins of silver used to buy beans yesterday, I earned four cents.
Ding Yezi couldn't help but secretly say, after all, he was doing business in the town, and there was a large flow of people, and this business was better than other places. On this day alone, I earned four taels of silver, and in a month, wouldn't I be able to earn nearly twelve taels of silver? Even if you get rid of some daily expenses, you can always save a few taels of silver.
Thinking about the huge profits, Ding Page couldn't help but be overjoyed, only to feel that he finally had some hope now. As long as you work hard, life will always get better and better.
Ding's mother looked at Ding Page holding the money and smirked, looking like a fan of money, she tugged at her sleeve worriedly, and asked in a low voice, "Page, are you okay?" ”
Ding Yezi hurriedly came back to her senses, grinned at her mother, happily handed all the money in her hand to her mother, and said happily: "Mother, you see, you have made a lot of money today, right?" ”
Although Ding's mother doesn't handle much money and things at home, she still has a lot of money, and at a glance, she knows that it is better than before, and she also shows a happy smile on her face, "Oops...... I've made a lot of money today. ”
Ding Yezi retracted his hand again, took out three coins of silver from it and handed it to Ding's mother, and instructed: "Mother, I will collect this money for you in the future." I'll leave one or two more, nine of which I'll buy beans this evening, and I'll go to the market to buy some food later. ”
Ding's mother hasn't taken care of the accounts for so many years, and she looked at Ding Page's hand stretched out in front of her in a daze, and said hesitantly: "This is not good, your mother and I have never taken care of money, if something goes wrong, what should I do?" ”
Ding Yezi smiled: "Mother, we are not such a big family, the family has a large population, and if we are not careful, there will be problems with this account." There are only three of us in our family, what can go wrong? Besides, you just need to hide the money, and I will keep the expenses on weekdays, and you don't need to take it out. ”
Ding's mother hesitated for a while, and after Ding Yezi's persuasion for a while, she said that it was most appropriate to keep the silver by her side, and Ding's mother accepted it with confidence.
When she returned to the house and put the money away, Ding's mother said, "Page, why don't I go grocery shopping with you." Anyway, our family hasn't eaten anything good for a while. ”
Because the tofu is not easy to sell during this time, I can only keep it for my own family to eat, Ding Page is about to vomit after eating tofu for a while, and finally got some money, so I thought that I could go out and buy some other dishes and come back, and fight the tooth sacrifice.
The mother and son said to Ding Rou and asked her to watch the door at home, and they went out to buy vegetables.
Ding Rou was still sitting in the room angrily, so she was in no mood to take care of them.
Since this day, although Ding Rou has repeatedly asked for regain control of the family's finances, but because Ding Page and Ding's mother disagreed, she could only reluctantly accept the reality. However, she didn't agree to let her do housework, saying that it would rough her hands, and she would rather starve to death than work.
Ding Yezi could really starve her to death, and when he saw that she didn't make a fuss and asked for money, he went with her.
In the afternoon of this day, Ding Yezi had just taken a nap when he heard Ding's mother's greeting, and it seemed that a guest was visiting. She listened again, but found that it was her cheap mother-in-law, and Gao's mother came.
Ding Yezi couldn't help but cover her head and lament, in fact, she was still very satisfied with her current life, at least she was well fed and warmly dressed, had a house to live and something to do, and could save a little money, which made her always feel that she had a lot of hope in the future. However, in addition to living a rich life, there is one thing that makes her most depressed, and that is her marriage!
She came here inexplicably, although she had tried her best to adjust her mentality and try to face the reality, but this marriage that was completely undesirable still made her unacceptable for a while.
Fortunately, the Gao family didn't want to fulfill this marriage contract, and they kept delaying it. In this way, it left her time and opportunity to completely get rid of this family business.
Ding Page hurriedly tidied up his clothes, put on his shoes, and went to the hall, ready to find out what Gao's mother meant, but also to see if there was any chance to withdraw from the family.
At the right time, Ding's mother politely invited Gao's mother to sit in the guest seat, and greeted with a smile: "Sister-in-law Gao, what kind of wind blew you here today, aren't you busy in the shop now?" ”
Gao's mother was a sturdy woman, thinking of the purpose of her coming to Ding's house, she moved her body a little uneasily, and sneered: "It's just a small shop, where is there anything busy, just barely making ends meet." ”