Chapter 437 - 426: Money, Who Takes It?
Zhou ErLang said, "Third Uncle, in the county city, it takes one thousand two hundred wen of copper coins to exchange for silver, and for the ones with good quality, it sometimes takes one thousand three hundred wen to exchange for one tael."
Third Uncle Qian, who had once loitered in gambling dens, understood immediately. He sighed and exclaimed, "I remember a long time ago, in the county city, you could exchange copper coins for silver with only nine hundred wen. I didn’t expect copper coins to be so worthless now."
Eldest Uncle Qian reached out for the carrying pole, and upon seeing this, Third Uncle Qian jumped to the side and hurriedly called out, "Big brother, big brother, I know I was wrong, I was just saying, just saying."
Eldest Uncle Qian snorted coldly.
Third Uncle Qian, dripping with sweat, took refuge behind Manbao, but alas, he was too wide and Manbao couldn’t cover him. Trying to appease Old Zhou, Third Uncle Qian smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, then what do you think..."
Old Zhou said, "We’ll have to clip the silver, I do have copper coins here. Manbao, work out how much your eldest uncle and second uncle get first."
Manbao calculated for a good while and double-checked before saying, "Erlang’s is twelve thousand one hundred and fifty wen, which exchanges for ten taels of silver, with a surplus of one hundred and fifty wen; Dalang’s is sixteen thousand nine hundred wen, which exchanges for fourteen taels of silver, with a surplus of one hundred wen."
Eldest Uncle Qian’s eyes nearly squinted shut with his smile.
Third Uncle Qian couldn’t help but feel sour, "Big brother, your family brought in quite a lot of wheat seed. If I had known, I would have had the kids and their mother come with me too."
Second Uncle Qian glanced at him and said, "Who told you not to have more sons? Both of our families have three sons each."
"As if I could have more if I just wanted to?"