445 Why So Sudden?
The sun had just set, and the sky was having its golden hour. In the summer, these people would have long days and short nights.
As soon as Xue Dagui got off the ox cart, he rushed to tell his father, Xue Da, that he finally found a job suitable for him. This job was easy and he liked it very much. He sold it without much effort. He even sold extra popsicles and said that he alone got extra money today. He thought it was five coins, but after doing the math, he found out that it was six coins. It made Xue Da even happier!
So many people came back together. At this time, many people in the village saw it. As soon as the village head’s wife saw it, she hurriedly asked Li Qingshu’s mother and Jinshan’s mother about the ice sales.
Everyone knew that selling ice was a very smart idea and would earn them a lot of money, so they all talked about it.
Naturally, many people asked if there was a shortage of people. They were a little disappointed knowing that they weren’t hiring anymore.
For the first time, these people were hoping that Jiang Yue and Xue Yan’s family would expand their business, so that they could hire more people, so that they might also be hired.
Suddenly, Chief Lu’s daughter-in-law saw that Wang Sufen didn’t say a word and was about to turn around and leave silently. She immediately yelled, “Wang Sufen, what’s the matter with you today? Why aren’t you talking?”
Only then did everyone realize this, and felt that there was something wrong with Wang Sufen today.
Wang Sufen said with a sneer. “Dinner is ready at home, I’ve already called them, so I’ll go back, you guys talk, I’m leaving.” After saying that, she walked away quickly.
Everyone felt baffled.
“What’s wrong with Wang Sufen?” Li Qingshu’s mother felt strange. “Usually at times like this, she’d take this chance to gossip as much as she can. Sometimes the words are particularly sour and mean too. What’s up with her?”
“Who knows.” Another lady said. “She’s been like that the whole day. It’s a little odd, I haven’t gotten used to it yet.”
“Me too. I saw her in the morning. In the past, she would pull me along and gossip with my boss and my family. It’s as if her mouth was suddenly sewn shut. Weird.”
Everyone was wondering what caused Wang Sufen to change. On the other side, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan helped the family put away the dried quilts.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan knew that after they went to town in the morning, their brother had already hired a carpenter from another village to make more sticks.
Yifu didn’t have that much time to make thin sticks. Sometimes he has to help make ice and make carts. Even if he had the time, he alone can’t make that many thin sticks.
There were outsiders at the stall, so Sifu was not able to settle the accounts. Now that they are home, Sifu could sit in the main room to settle the accounts, pouring all the money he earned today on the table.
“Excluding the money directly bought by big families for ice, as well as costs, the net profit today is around twenty-one pieces of silver.”
“Yesterday I only earned six silver, but today we earned twenty one?!”
Xue Wufu, Liu Guixia, Li Hehua, and Yu Hongyan all covered their mouths. Whereas Xue Dafu, Xue Yifu, and Xue Erfu rubbed their hands excitedly.
“That’s good!”
The aloof Xue Sanfu didn’t seem to pay attention to these things, and was cleaning up the inside and outside of the house.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan looked at each other and nodded. The two of them did the calculations earlier while under the shade. They estimated that after two months, the family can earn a total of 3,000 or 4,000 silver.
