The rise of the poor

Chapter 18 Private Property
Everything on the stall was sold out. Father Zhu tidied up the stall and asked Zhu Pingchuan to lead Zhu Ping'an to wait here. He went to the grocery store to sell the rabbit skins.

Because Zhu's father and the grocery store were regular customers, and the grocery store would not let Zhu's father suffer, Zhu Ping'an didn't insist on going.

Father Zhu came back after going for a while, with a total of five rabbit skins, each of which was twelve wen, for a total of [-] wen.

Seeing that his father had put all the money in the bag, Zhu Ping'an's eyes lit up and he said happily, "A lot of money, I went back and gave it to my mother, and my mother must be very happy."

"No, we can only keep 24 cash for this money, and the rest must be given to grandma." Zhu's father explained while stroking Zhu Ping'an's head in a funny way.

Oh, remembered.

Zhu's family rules stipulate that all the income obtained by occupying the time that should be used for farm work during the day should be returned to the public.

In ancient times, private property was not allowed if there was no separation, and in ancient times it was still patriarchal.

Going up the mountain is done during the day when doing farm work, so all the income that goes up the mountain will go to the public account; for bamboo weaving, because most of it is done by my father at night, [-]% of the income must be turned in.

All the money for selling rabbit skins is to be handed over to the grandmother for confiscation.In addition to all the rabbit skins to be turned in, all the [-] cents of the mountain and game income must be handed in.

Of course, 120% of the money my father sold for bamboo weaving had to be handed over. This time, my father’s bamboo weaving also sold for 100 ren, and if he handed it in, he would have to hand in about [-] ren.

In other words, this time all the things were earned by my father's hard work, but this time a total of about 200 papers have to be handed in.If it wasn't for his own honeysuckle, my father could only drop about 20 wen this time.

As far as Zhu Ping'an knows, the uncle's family seems to have never paid a penny to the family. Instead, they take money from the family account from time to time. The uncle's poetry, writing and ink also have money to meet friends when they go out. Very few; the fourth uncle's family, forget it, the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt are also thinking of ways to take advantage of the account.

Although they paid a lot of money, their grandparents were always partial to the uncle and the fourth uncle's family.

When something happened at home, my grandmother often asked my father to pay, and my father paid it quickly. Because of this, my mother Chen and my father were angry many times.

Filial piety is right, but you also have to take care of your family.The eldest brother is going to get married in a few years. He has to save money for the eldest brother to marry a daughter-in-law. The grandparents have always been partial to the uncle's imperial examination, and they are afraid that they will not be able to pay much money.Besides, if something changes in the family, you have to be prepared.

Therefore, it is necessary to brainwash with my father.

"Why give it to grandmother?" Zhu Ping'an asked with his head raised.

"Because we want to eat, we all eat at home." Father Zhu explained.

pouted.

"The honeysuckle flower was promised to me by my grandmother, so I want to keep the money, and the silver naked child was also given to me by someone else." Zhu Ping'an made the appearance of a rogue child.

Father Zhu thought for a while, well, indeed, when he came back from the mountain, the whole family laughed at the flowers she picked, and her mother did say that honeysuckle returned to Sheer.

"Well, okay." Father Zhu nodded.

"Father, I used to sell bamboo weaving in the town. How much can I sell at one time? How much is it for my grandmother?" Zhu Ping'an saw Father Zhu's promise and felt that Father Zhu could still be saved, so he asked casually.

Father Zhu answered while packing up his belongings, "I used to be able to sell it for [-] to [-] wen each time, and give the family about [-] wen."

"Then let's give our grandmother [-] cents and [-] cents to sell bamboo weaving this time." Zhu Ping'an looked like a filial child.

In this way, in addition to the honeysuckle money, you can leave 60 cents of your income this time.

"Ah?" Father Zhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "It's not like that, but there are more bamboo weavings sold this time."

"Yeah, brother, you are still young and can't count." The elder brother Zhu Pingchuan also followed.

This method does not work, Zhu Ping'an had to change the method.

"The eldest aunt and the little aunt both have silver hairpins. My mother has been greedy for a long time, but she just didn't save enough money." Zhu Ping'an's eyes showed the scene of his mother Chen's envy of the eldest aunt and the little aunt, which was quite infectious .

Father Zhu also thought of the Chen family at home. He paid a lot for himself for the family, and he should save some money to make his daughter-in-law happy. Besides, this time the bamboo weaving handed over to the family ten cents more than before, right? .

In the end, Father Zhu nodded and agreed. He carefully divided the silver into two parts, and handed it over to the family and put it aside. The other part, including the honeysuckle, was carefully wrapped and placed in Zhu Ping'an's small back basket. covered with grass.

Before returning home from town, Father Zhu bought some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea and other daily necessities at the market.

Zhu Ping'an also bought two meat buns, wrapped them in paper and carefully placed them under the basket to cover them up.

Father Zhu thought it was a greedy child and asked.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an replied, "The meat buns I ate in the morning are delicious, and I want to take them back for my mother to try."

This made Father Zhu's face a little hot, and the younger son remembered to bring something for Chen's, but he didn't even think of taking the initiative to buy something for Chen's.

Fortunately, it's not too late to make up for it. Because Father Zhu doesn't have much money, he can't use some jewelry or other items to please Chen's favor, but it's better to buy some cloth and let Chen's make two sets of new clothes for himself. OK.Thinking of the charming appearance of Mrs. Chen in her new clothes, Father Zhu's mouth grinned.

There was a cloth shop not far from the booth, and Zhu's father led his two sons into the cloth shop.The area of ​​the shop is much larger than that of the medicine hall. As soon as you enter the door, you will be dazzled by the colorful cloth inside.

"The guest officer is here to buy cloth, please."

The shop assistants were also very transparent. They did not guide Father Zhu and the others to the silk weaving area, but directly guided them to the cotton cloth area with moderate prices.

"We are all authentic Songhu cotton fabrics, which are purchased directly from Songjiang Prefecture. They are exquisite, firm and beautiful. Whether it is making clothes or quilts, they are very popular, and the price is also affordable." The shop assistant can speak well. , The ability to observe words and colors is also very strong, as if he can see what Zhu's father is thinking, and finally emphasizes the affordable price.

The clothes of Songjiang Prefecture are covered by the world, and Huang Daopo works in Kyushu.Sure enough, I didn't expect that Songjiang cotton cloth has spread far to the backing town at the foot of the mountain.

"How much is this cloth?" Father Zhu asked, pointing to a cotton cloth with a peach blossom white background.

"120 bucks a piece." The shop assistant replied, "Such a piece of cloth can make 8 pieces of tops, and if it is made of culottes, it can be made 12 pieces, which is very cost-effective."

In the Ming Dynasty, one piece was equal to four feet, and one foot was ten feet. If one foot is converted into a modern unit, it is 0.31 meters, which means that a piece of cloth is about 12 meters.

(End of this chapter)