Chapter 18 Private Property
The things on the stall were sold out. Zhu's father cleaned up the stall and asked Zhu Pingchuan to lead Zhu Ping'an to wait here. He went to the grocery store to sell the rabbit skin.
Because Zhu's father and the grocery store are regular customers, the grocery store will not let Zhu's father suffer losses, so Zhu Ping'an did not insist on following him.
Zhu's father went there for a while and came back. There were a total of five rabbit skins, each of which was twelve cents, and a total of sixty cents.
Seeing his father receiving all the money into his backpack, Zhu Ping'an's eyes shone and said happily, "It's so much money. I'll give it to my mother when I go back, and my mother will definitely be very happy."
"No, we can only leave twenty-four cents of this money, and the rest must be given to our grandmother." Zhu's father touched Zhu Ping'an's head with a funny look and explained.
Oh, I remembered it.
The Zhujia Family Rules stipulate that all the income obtained from taking up the time that should have been done during the day should be paid to the public. As for private nights or other time when you don't have to do farm work, you must pay 80% of the income privately.
In ancient times, private property was not allowed without a separation.
When going up the mountain, you are always doing farm work during the day, so all the income you get up to the public account; if you are weaving bamboo, because most of the money is made by my father at night, you have to pay 80% of the income.
All the money for selling rabbit skins is to be handed over to my grandmother for confiscation. In addition to all the rabbit skins, all the fifty-money earned from the mountain delicacies and wild game this time must be handed over.
Of course, my father also had to pay 80% of the money for selling bamboo weaving. This time my father's bamboo weaving was sold for 120 yuan, and if I handed over, I would have to pay about 100 yuan.
In other words, everything this time is the income from my father's hard work, but this time I have to submit about 200 papers. If it weren't for my honeysuckle, my father would have to pay about 20 papers this time.
As far as Zhu Ping'an knows, the uncle's family seems to have never paid a penny to the house. Instead, they withdraw money from the family's account from time to time. The uncle's family also pays money to meet friends. The third uncle's family has paid, but it is very rare. The fourth uncle's family, forget it, the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt are also trying to take advantage of the account.
Although they paid a lot of money, their grandparents often favored their uncle and fourth uncle's family.
Whenever something happened at home, my grandmother often asked my father to pay for it, and my father would pay it with ease. Because of this, my mother, Chen and her father were angry many times.
Filial piety is right, but you also need to take care of your family. The eldest brother will get married in a few years and have to save money for the eldest brother to get married. My grandparents have always been biased towards the eldest uncle's imperial examination, and I am afraid that it will not be much money. Besides, if there is any change in the family, you must be prepared.
Therefore, it is necessary to brainwash your father.
"Why do you have to give it to my grandmother?" Zhu Ping'an asked with his head raised.
"Because we want to eat, we all eat at home," explained Zhu's father.
Sigh your lips.
"The honeysuckle was promised by my grandmother, so I want to keep the money, and the silver baby was also given to me by someone else." Zhu Ping'an looked like a child and rogue.
Zhu's father thought about it, yes, indeed, when he came back from the mountain, the whole family laughed at the flowers picked by Yuer, and his mother did say that honeysuckle returned to Yuer.
"Yeah, okay." Zhu's father nodded.
"Dad, I used to sell bamboo weaving in the town. How much can I sell at a time? How much does it cost to my grandmother?" Zhu Ping'an saw Zhu's father agreeing, and thought that Zhu's father could still be saved, so he asked casually.
Zhu's father replied while packing his house, "In the past, he could sell 60 to 70 cents every time, but he would give it to the house about 50 cents."
"Then let's give our grandmother more than ten cents for the bamboo weaving this time and sixty cents for the grandmother." Zhu Ping'an looked like a filial child.
In this way, this time, in addition to honeysuckle money, you can leave 60 yuan.
"Ah?" Zhu's father was stunned for a moment and smiled, "I didn't count this way, so I sold a lot of bamboo weaving this time."
"Yes, brother, you are still young and can't count." Brother Zhu Pingchuan also said.
This method doesn't work, so Zhu Ping'an had to change the method.
"The eldest aunt and Xiaosi Aunt both have silver hairpins. My mother has been jealous for a long time, but she hasn't saved enough money." Zhu Ping'an's eyes showed the scene of his mother Chen enviing the eldest aunt and Xiaosi Aunt, which was quite infectious.
Zhu's father also thought of Chen, who was at home, and he paid a lot for himself and it was time to save some money to make his wife happy. Besides, the money paid to the family this time was ten cents more than before, right?
Finally, Zhu's father nodded in agreement, carefully divided the silver and money into two pieces, handed them over to the house and put them aside, and carefully wrapped the other money including honeysuckle in Zhu Ping'an's small backpack, covering it with the grass left over from the cow.
Before returning home from the town, Zhu's father picked up cheap items at the market and bought some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and other daily necessities.
Zhu Ping'an also bought two meat buns, wrapped them in paper and placed them carefully under the backpack to cover them.
Zhu's father thought it was a child who was greedy and asked.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an replied, "The meat buns I ate in the morning are delicious, I want to take them back for my mother to try."
This made Zhu's father's face a little hot. His youngest son remembered to bring things to Chen, but he didn't even think about taking the initiative to buy things for Chen.
Fortunately, it was not too late to repair the sheep. Because Zhu's father didn't have much money, he couldn't have some jewelry or other things to please Chen. However, it was okay to buy some cloth and let Chen make two new sets of clothes for him. Thinking about Chen's delicate appearance in his new clothes, Zhu's father grinned.
There is a cloth shop not far from the stall. Zhu's father led his two sons into the cloth shop. The store covers a much larger area than the pharmacy. As soon as he entered the door, he was confused by the colorful cloth inside.
"You are here to buy cloth, please come here."
The shopkeepers were also very transparent and did not guide Zhu's father and others to the silk-weaving area, but directly guided Zhu's father and others to the affordable cotton cloth area.
"We are all authentic Songhu cotton cloth, which is purchased directly from Songjiang Mansion. It is exquisite, firm and beautiful. Whether it is making clothes or bedding, it is very popular, and the price is also very affordable." The shop assistant is very eloquent, and his ability to observe words and expressions is very strong, as if he can see through what Zhu's father thought. Finally, he emphasized that the price is affordable.
Songjiang Prefecture's clothes and quilts are all over the world, and Huang Daopo is in the Jiuzhou. As expected, Songjiang cotton cloth has spread far into the towns at the foot of the mountain.
"How much does this kind of cloth cost?" Zhu's father asked, pointing to a piece of cotton cloth with peach blossom white background.
"120 large sums per piece." The shop guy replied, "This kind of cloth can be made of 8 pieces of tops. If it is made of skirts and pants, it can be made of 12 pieces, which is very cost-effective."
In the Ming Dynasty, one piece was equal to four zhang, one piece was ten feet. If one piece was converted into a modern unit, it was 0.31 meters, which means that a piece of cloth was about twelve meters.
Chapter completed!