Chapter 121 Unknown Reasons_1
Upon hearing that their share was half less than the third branch’s, yet they still had to contribute three taels of silver and two laborers, Lady Wang and Lady Tang felt unwilling.
Lady Wang kept silent, while Lady Tang spoke up, "Uncle is joking, right? We’ve contributed so much silver, and still have to provide two laborers. Why should our share be so much less than yours?"
Qian Dagui and Qian Ergui also felt that since they were all brothers, they should split the shares equally if they were going into business together. Why should there be a difference in shares, especially such a large one? Seeing Lady Tang stepping up with her question, they all looked at Qian Sangui for his response.
Qian Yixiu shook his head in secret, thinking that Qian Sangui had formed a habit of earning money alone for the family to spend, and the honest Qian Dagui and Qian Ergui had grown accustomed to taking advantage of such situations. Even under the principle of profit, he could calculate that they had already taken a big advantage. In the end, they were just country folks who hadn’t seen much of the world and couldn’t even do this simple calculation, far inferior to Qian Sigui, who was shrewd and still took brotherly affection into account.
Qian Sangui said, "Our family really doesn’t lack those few taels of silver or those laborers. We could have just opened a shop by ourselves to make money. We just wanted our brothers to live better, that’s why we thought of opening a shop together, to let you all make some money and live a better life..."
"If we are all brothers and you have the heart to share, not missing the silver, then why not distribute it evenly?" asked Lady Tang, not understanding.
Qian Yixiu laughed ironically and couldn’t help but say, "Since we’re all brothers and should divide things equally, when my family was living in a thatched cottage, why didn’t you suggest dividing a couple of your big tile-roofed houses for my family to live in?"
"Oh, how can you compare the two..." Lady Wang could barely contain herself and had just started to speak when she was interrupted by Qian Manchuan.
"Mom, please don’t speak anymore. I think uncle is sincerely trying to help our two families. Not to mention the money they spent on buying the baking oven and providing the location. Just teaching us how to make these pastries alone, we should be grateful to them,"