Chapter 281 Buying Thugs (5)_1
The Lin family’s soybean products, which were already well-known in Feng City and widely sought after by visiting merchants, were selling briskly, to the point they were a popular commodity. Many out-of-town merchants were so satisfied with the products that they made long-term supply agreements with the Lin family.
With such a steady customer base, their soybean products brought in a substantial income throughout the year.
The income from these sales, according to Lin Ziyin, would be distributed among the family, with no intervention from herself. However, the leftover soybean mash from each day was collected by her and sent to livestock farms to be used as fodder.
Lin Changshu was also very busy, both procuring the beans for the family and overseeing the distribution of the products. He and Wu Dayou worked in perfect harmony, ensuring that if one of them was out, the other would stay at home.
"After winter, we should arrange the marriage between Dayou and our youngest sister," Lin Changshu confided to his sister Lin Ziyin during a private conversation.
"Okay," Lin Ziyin nodded, "You and sister-in-law can make all the arrangements."
She didn’t have any concerns about Zige getting married. Wu Dayou’s character was well-known, he lived alone, so there was no worry of Zige being mistreated. As for their livelihood, they didn’t need to worry either. They had their own home and enough land. Lin Ziyin had already divided the newly cultivated land among all her siblings, giving each of them ten acres. Even without this land, Zige and Dayou, being hard workers, would not starve with the wages from the Lin family’s business, not to mention the share from the soybean products business.
It’s worth mentioning, whenever anyone, including Wu Dayou and Guo Huiniang, worked in the workshops, Lin Ziyin insisted on paying their wages. At first, they all protested, arguing that it made them feel like outsiders in the family.
Nevertheless, Lin Ziyin was adamant, explaining that it was natural and right to be paid for one’s labor. Since they were working in her workshop, they were entitled to the silver for their labor.