kvmb Chapter 1500
Chapter 1500
Sun Shan ignored De Ge'er, glanced at the account book briefly, and decided to reconcile the accounts with Magistrate Wang the next day.
After deducting costs, the total profit from this trade trip was around 300.
Divided into 70/30, Sun Shanneng received 210 taels.
Of the 210 taels, 20% will be given as bonuses to Dege'er, Sun Dali, and others.
After adding and subtracting, Sun Shan only earned 100 taels.
However, grain is a long-term business. By high turnover, low cost, and freight transportation, one can make a profit of a thousand or so taels of silver a year.
This is considered a high income compared to Sun Shan's meager salary.
I left the study and returned to the living room.
Uncle Sun continued to lead Little Fatty and Little Blackie around, touching and exploring everything.
Sun Shan couldn't help but rub his forehead, feeling that the little fat girl had learned all the bad habits of the Sun and He families and had no manners of a proper young lady at all.
Tiger Cry, on the other hand, sat obediently next to Sister Yun, waiting for Sun Shan to come out.
He hurriedly got up and stepped forward, saying, "Godfather, Uncle De, Grandpa Dali, you've come out."
Dege'er scooped Huming up with a large hand and muttered loudly, "Huming, Uncle De bought you a gift this time on his trade trip. Guess what Uncle De bought you?"
With a broad smile, Hu Ming asked, "Uncle De, don't spend so much. This is all your hard-earned money; you can't buy things recklessly. Hu Ming has everything you need, Uncle De, don't worry about it."
Dege'er's face fell, and he glanced helplessly at Sun Shan.
He said disappointedly, "Oh dear, it turns out that Hu Ming doesn't like D'Urber's gift. Alas, D'Urber is so sad."
Seeing Dege'er's utterly disappointed expression, Huming hurriedly explained, "Uncle De, that's not what I meant. It's just that this money was all earned through your hard work... Uncle De'er's trading trips are so tiring and arduous..."
Dege laughed and said, "Good lad, you're the only one in the family who cares about Uncle De. Oh, you really are Uncle De's good tiger."
He paused, then said, "Come and see, D'Urber bought you something new. I guarantee none of your classmates have it, only you do."
Upon hearing Dege'er's words, Huming asked curiously, "Dege, what is that?"
Not only was Hu Ming curious, but Little Fatty and Little Blackie were also curious, chasing after De Ge'er and asking, "De Ge'er, what is it?"
Uncle Sun's eyes darted around, and he quietly walked up to Sun Shan and asked, "Shanzi, how much did you make on this trading trip?"
You must have made a lot of money buying so many gifts, right?
Uncle Sun wanted to see the account book. Although he was illiterate, he could still understand numbers.
Unfortunately, Dege'er and Sun Dali refused his request to spy on them, citing "business secrets."
This made Uncle Sun so angry he vomited blood.
Why would Sun Shan tell his third uncle how much money he made? What if the uncle thought it was profitable and strongly wanted to join?
He shook his head and said, "Third Uncle, you're an outsider, I can't tell you."
Uncle Sun: .....
I clutched my chest, my chest aching again from anger.
Seeing that his third uncle was pestering Sun Shan with questions, Sun Bomin said directly, "Third brother, how can you know these things? These are the secrets of the caravan, don't ask about them."
Then he added, "Don't even mention you, I wouldn't know. One must know one's limits in life and in one's actions, and not overstep them."
Uncle Sun stared wide-eyed at Sun Bomin: "Big brother, you...!"
Su pursed her lips, she hated Uncle Sun and his wife the most.
Hmph, always taking advantage of the eldest son's family. Now that Shanzi has finally become an official in another place, he shamelessly follows along, not only eating, drinking, and staying for free, but also trying to make money off her.
Hmph, how shameless.
Then she glared at Sister Yun. It was all her daughter-in-law's fault. When she boarded the boat, she didn't even notice that Uncle Sun was hiding in the cabin and made him come along. It was infuriating.
Sister Yun pretended to be calm and smiled as she looked at Hu Ming, Little Fatty, and Little Blackie.
Su's naked eyes were staring at him so clearly that even a blind man could tell.
Yun-jie didn't know how she had offended her mother-in-law again, so she pretended not to know and acted as if nothing had happened.
On the other side, Dege'er rummaged through a pile of things and found a small wooden box, then handed it to Huming with a big laugh: "Good Huming, see what's inside?"
Hu Ming solemnly accepted the wooden box and first expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, De Bo, for spending so much money on this."
Dege'er's lips twitched; he simply couldn't stand Huming's serious, scholarly demeanor.
The chubby girl and the dark-skinned girl had already rushed forward, their eyes wide open, shouting, "Brother, open it quickly, let us see what it is!"
Hu Ming opened the wooden box and saw a gleaming mirror.
He opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "D'Urberville, is this a mirror?"
He grabbed the handle of the mirror, looked at himself, and found that he couldn't see anyone in the mirror.
The chubby girl and the dark-skinned girl looked at it curiously, having no idea what it was. But it was shiny and transparent, really quite unique.
Dege raised his head high and ordered, "Huming, quickly bring me a book, and you'll know what it is."
Hu Ming took out a book with a puzzled look. De Ge'er took the handle of the mirror and put it on the book.
He asked with a smile, "See this? This is AiDai, which can enlarge the characters. If you can't see what the teacher is writing on the platform, just use AiDai to enlarge it, and you'll be able to see it."
Sun Shan went closer to take a look and realized it was a magnifying glass, which is equivalent to eyeglasses.
I never expected that Brother De would bring back something like this. It's so novel.
He asked with a smile, "Brother De, you really went to a lot of trouble this time."
Aida lenses are entirely hand-ground by artisans, resulting in limited production and high prices.
The magnifying glass that Dege bought has good light transmission and uniformity; it must be an imported product.
Ming -- Magnifying Glass
Dege said with a smile, "I thought it looked pretty interesting, so I bought one. Hehe, Shanzi has seen the world, he knows his stuff."
Tiger Roar, Little Fatty, and Little Black Girl curiously played with the magnifying glass.
The tiny words in the book were magnified to a huge size using a magnifying glass.
Hu Ming had never seen anything so novel before. He took a magnifying glass and looked at things everywhere, even shining it into the little fat girl's eyes.
Oh dear, her already big eyes have gotten even bigger.
Hu Ming exclaimed in delight, "De Bo, Ai Da is so amazing! As soon as we put it down, it all got bigger. De Bo, Hu Ming likes it so much!"
Dege patted Huming's little head and said with a smile, "I knew you would like it. At the dock, I saw someone selling it, which attracted a lot of little mosquitoes to watch. Hahaha, my Huming is still a little mosquito, so he will definitely like to watch it too."
Hu Ming looked up at De Ge'er, his eyes sparkling, and said, "Uncle De, Hu Ming really likes this gift."
If Sun Shan felt sorry for Hu Ming, De Ge'er felt the same way.
Seeing that this thing was novel and popular with children, Dege'er spent a full tael of silver to buy a small one and gave it to Huming.
After that, Dege took out two large jars of candied dates from a pile of gifts and handed them to Little Fatty and Little Blackie.
The two little girls hugged the jar tightly, and when they saw that it was full of sweet dates, they smiled sweetly.
I instantly felt that Brother De was the best uncle in the world, and from then on I looked forward to Brother De going on his business trips every day.