My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!
Chapter 145 - 146 How Much Money Can You Make?_1

Chapter 145: Chapter 146 How Much Money Can You Make?_1

"Making a tael of silver a day? Who are you trying to fool?" Zheng Shi said dismissively.

Her family’s three men made a trip for goods once a month, and only earned around ten-plus taels silver. If they did that three to five times a year, their household would be quite wealthy.

If Tan Zhenghong could make a tael a day, wouldn’t he become a big landlord?

Widow Xu rolled her eyes, "Would I lie to you? Just take pig offal, for instance, how much does it cost to buy? He sells it for eight wen money a pound, and selling four sets of pig intestines a day, how could the business not be profitable?"

Zheng Shi, being a shrewd person, did the math in her head, and wasn’t it just so?

A set of cooked pig offal would weigh about seven or eight pounds, which meant just from pig offal alone, one could make a net profit of two hundred wen money!

Plus, with other things added, maybe it really did amount to a tael of silver!

"If you don’t believe me, you can go ask Third Brother Tan. He set up a stall opposite to Fourth Boss for a few days, and he knows best how much he earned!"

Seeing Zheng Shi’s interest piqued, Widow Xu continued, "Tan Zhenghong hasn’t made his fortune yet. If you marry your daughter off to him, wouldn’t he remember your family’s kindness?"

"What’s your angle in telling me this?" Zheng Shi was fortunate and wary as she eyed Widow Xu.

Widow Xu was no good thing, she certainly wouldn’t be telling her all this for no reason.

Widow Xu said with a coquettish laugh, "What could I possibly have schemed? If Yu’er marries into the Tan family, then later on I’d be her sister-in-law, wouldn’t it be right to help each other out?"

"Big Brother Tan would marry you?"

Zheng Shi glanced at Widow Xu. Who would want their son bringing home a widow?

Probably Widow Xu was just desperate for a man.

With a coquettish laugh, Widow Xu responded, "Why couldn’t he marry me?"

However, she was a widow, and it wouldn’t be easy for her to establish herself in the Tan family, so she had to prepare in advance.

Zheng Shi didn’t engage in the topic, and finding the conversation pointless, Widow Xu left first.

After Widow Xu walked away, Zheng Shi’s thoughts started to churn.

Marinating meat could earn a tael of silver a day, so certainly the marinating recipe must be worth a lot of silver too. With that recipe in her daughter’s hands in the future, would they ever have to worry about living well?

Zheng Shi’s cunning plans crackled in her mind, and when she snapped back to reality, she quickly picked up the clothes.

If she kept washing like this, the clothes would tear apart.

Zheng Shi gave the remaining clothes a few perfunctory scrubs and called it done.

When it came to Xiao Biyu’s lifelong happiness, she didn’t dare make the decision alone; she had to go back and discuss it with the head of the household.

Zheng Shi felt lucky, wasn’t that Sun Erhu walking this way?

"Erhu, what are you up to?"

Zheng Shi asked with a smile, her attitude quite pleasant.

Her smile caused Sun Erhu’s heart to thump; usually Zheng Shi looked down on poor folks like them, yet today she was greeting him first. Could it be the sun rose from the west?

Sun Erhu replied, "Auntie, I’m off to buy some eggs."

Zheng Shi glanced at the basket in Sun Erhu’s hands, which had forty or fifty eggs in it.

"You’re selling the eggs in town, right? Doing business there, how much can you make in a day?" Zheng Shi asked the question she was most curious about.

Sun Erhu said with a forced laugh, "It’s just minor business; we barely make enough silver to cover expenses."

"You should save up some silver too. You’re not that young anymore; it’s time to think about taking a wife," Zheng Shi said.

Sun Erhu replied perfunctorily, "Auntie, don’t worry, I’ve got it in mind. I really should be going back now."

After saying that, he hurried off. He knew all too well how important it was not to flaunt his wealth.

Zheng Shi watched Sun Erhu run off with a glare. Hmmph, she wasn’t asking to borrow money, so what was he running for?

But now she believed Widow Xu’s words even more.