On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

Chapter 125 Earning Money

After seeing off the well digger, the group returned home. Song Xile suddenly suggested, "Dad, since we have hired someone to dig a well, why don't we dig a well in our yard so that you don't have to go to the village entrance to fetch water every day!"

There was no other way to dig a well at the foot of the mountain, and Old Song was not willing to spend more money to dig a well.

He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Your two brothers have nothing to do anyway, so just ask them to fetch water. It won't take much effort, why waste money on it?"

"Yes, little sister, it's just a matter of walking a few more steps!" Song Ping agreed.

In their opinion, two taels of silver is a considerable expense, so it is better to save it for emergencies unless it is necessary!

Song Xile couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she knew it was like this!

"Dad, now you think fetching water is easy, but when the drought gets worse, the water level in the village well will drop. Then fetching water won't be as simple as walking twice. It will take half a day just to queue up to fetch water!"

"It's not as serious as you say. We are going to dig a well in the back mountain too!"

“That’s for watering the crops!”

Old Song frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said, "What you said makes sense, but digging a well costs a lot of money after all, and our family still has a lot of places to spend money..."

"Dad, I understand your concerns." Song Xile interrupted her father.

"Don't worry about making money. I have a way to make money that I want to tell you about!"

When Old Song heard this, he instantly perked up and no longer worried about his daughter's plan to dig a well.

He looked at his daughter with bright eyes, waiting for her next words.

Song Xile first asked, "Dad, can you make a small wooden box for rouge and powder?"

Old Song tilted his head and thought for a while, "If it's just a simple wooden box, then there's no problem. But if I want to carve complicated patterns on the box, Dad doesn't have the skills to do it!"

Song Xile waved her hand. "A simple small wooden box will do. The Renyitang needs to make some small wooden boxes similar to rouge and powder to hold a kind of medicinal powder."

As Song Xile spoke, she gestured to her father the size of the box, "If Dad is willing to do it, let the uncles and aunts in the village who are willing to do it follow you. A small box costs five cents!"

"How could such a thing happen?" Old Song looked at the two of them in disbelief.

Chen Yunyou felt his father-in-law's inquiring gaze and nodded, "It is true!"

After hearing this, Old Song was delighted and immediately said, "My daughter, I can do this job alone, no one else is needed!"

He can make two or three small boxes of this size in a day and earn more than ten cents a day. How can he bear to give up the opportunity to make money to others!

"You can't do it alone! Not to mention the things you have to deal with later, if Renyitang's business is good, it will probably need hundreds of small wooden boxes a day. Where can you prepare so many boxes?"

Old Song was very surprised, "Do you need so many?"

Song Xile nodded, "So, don't worry about the money you get from digging the well. Instead of letting your eldest brother and the others spend most of the day queuing up to fetch water, it's better to let your eldest and second brothers make small wooden boxes. They can make a lot of money in a month!"

Now that the family could earn some income, Old Song was no longer so opposed to spending money to dig a well.

He nodded, "Okay, Dad will listen to you and do as you wish!"

When Yang came over with the food, she saw her husband and daughter talking heatedly, "Okay, let's eat. If you have anything to say, we can talk after dinner!"

Old Song patted his butt, stood up and said: "I'm going to invite my uncle to dinner, so I can discuss this matter with him!" After that, he left in a hurry!

Yang looked at her husband's back and scolded him with a smile, "When will this old man change his impetuous temper?"

Song Xile hurriedly went up to them and said, "Mom, Dad seems to be very happy. I'll go get the dishes and chopsticks." Then he ran to the kitchen.

Due to the bad harvest, most families in the village only have two meals a day, and even the family of Patriarch Song is no exception.

Old Song’s family prepared a special meal because of the return of his daughter and son-in-law!

Old Song pulled the Song clan leader to sit down at the top seat, "I'm sorry to trouble you to accompany me to the county government office today. I should treat you to a meal to express my gratitude!"

"We are all from the same village, it is unethical for you to say that!"

Old Song chuckled, "In addition to thanking my uncle, I also have some good news for you to share with me today. Let's talk while we eat!"

The head of the Song clan had originally declined Old Song's invitation. After all, it was a family reunion dinner for their daughter and son-in-law, so what was a big deal about having an outsider like him?

But Old Song took his people away and told him mysteriously that he had something good to tell him. Only then did the Song clan leader follow him!

Old Song sat down at the bottom and after picking up a piece of food for Chief Song, he said, "It's like this. Xile just told me that there is a business deal and asked if everyone is interested in doing it!"

Old Song has been keeping us in suspense since the beginning!

Seeing that he was finally willing to speak, the Song clan leader asked politely, "What is the business?"

Old Song then repeated to the head of the Song clan what his daughter had just said to him!

Old Song boasted about his output, but saw that the Song clan leader did not respond for a long time.

He couldn't help but call out, "Uncle, uncle..."

Patriarch Song came back to his senses and asked excitedly, "Is there really such a job?"

"Hey, why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask my son-in-law. He's a scholar and he wouldn't tease us like that!"

Chen Yunyou bumped into the inquiring gaze of Patriarch Song and said solemnly, "I'm not going to lie to you. This is absolutely true!"

The Song clan leader couldn't help but patted Old Song on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "Okay, okay, okay, I'll take everyone to thank you first, and I'll think of everyone if there's a way to make money!"

Old Song was caught off guard and staggered. He grinned and said, "As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We all live in the same village. I can't forget about such a profitable business."

"This job is not difficult. If you are willing to learn it, you can do it in a few days. After a day's work, you can earn as much as doing hard labor outside!"

Patriarch Song nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "That's right. This year, everyone's livelihood is difficult. Now that I see that you can help each other, my heart is suddenly much more at ease!"

"You take the credit for this!"

Old Song felt a little embarrassed by the praise. He scratched his head and said, "Actually, if we have to say the credit, it should go to my girl. I don't have such ability!"

Upon hearing this, the Song clan leader nodded approvingly and turned his gaze to Song Xile who was standing beside him. "Xile, you married a good husband. You two should live a good life in the future, okay?"

In the opinion of Patriarch Song, all this should have been the idea of ​​Chen Yunyou.

After all, as the county's top judge, Chen Yunyou is knowledgeable and well-informed, so it's no surprise that he has such connections!

Chen Yunyou knew that Patriarch Song had misunderstood, and wanted to explain, but his wife pulled his sleeve.

She smiled brightly and said, "Grandpa, Xile knows!"