Chapter 140 - 129 He’s Not a Good Man_2
"We’re not short on money now, and I don’t want to earn this hard-earned money anymore."
Old woman Qian had Li Zhanchun help write another letter to Old man Qian, asking Shopkeeper Cui to deliver it to the provincial city, urging them to come home soon. Helping out with making sausage could possibly earn more than what they made from running a stall in the city.
The old lady no longer wanted to stay at her daughter’s home; she was eager to return and gather relatives to make sausage.
Qian Xiang was reluctant to let the old lady go and said, "It’s fine if Xiu’er goes back to teach them how to do it. Mom rarely comes by; stay a few more days."
The old lady shook her head, "Those two daughters-in-law at home are not peace of mind. If I don’t go back and keep an eye on them, what if they tell their natal families or their sons-in-law’s families to do it on their own?"
Qian Xiang’s eyes reddened at the words, and she let her son load several cuts of pork onto the cart to take to the countryside for making sausage. She also sent some bones and offal to each of her three brothers’ homes.
She hugged Qian Yixiu a few times, telling her to come and visit more often.
By Shen Hour, Qian Yixiu and the others had taken several cuts of pork, some pig offal, and pig bones back to Huaxi Village. Passing through the village, they delivered several cuts to the main household, gave them a rack of ribs, a set of liver and hearts, gave the second household a rack of ribs and pig lungs, then had Huang Tie take a rack of ribs and the remaining offal back to their home.
Qian Yixiu went to Qian’s Main Courtyard with the old lady to discuss making sausage.
Qian Dagui was delighted; thirteen wen per person per day was no small sum. It wasn’t laborious work, and even the women could do it. Not only could their own family make some money before the year’s end, but they could also rope in relatives and sons-in-law to earn something as well.
Lady Wang was initially disgruntled, wondering why such a lucrative opportunity was given to a married daughter. But then she remembered that her family was now the "Old Brother’s" owner. Though the money hadn’t yet been distributed, she had heard from her son that business was booming, and right after the New Year, they would be able to rent a shop in the town. Soon, her son would become a shopkeeper in the town. Thinking of this, she found it needless to ruin her rapport with the old woman and the third household over this matter and cheered up again.
Old woman Qian said, "Let’s call over the second son’s family after dinner to discuss how to go about this and who to call for help."