Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 601 Dividends

Song Ying patted her hand. "Talking about this makes things awkward between us. By the way, what do you want from me?"

Luo Yanxing then remembered the important matter and pulled out the account book from the cabinet behind him and said, "Didn't Brother Lin go to the capital? I remember that in previous years, your master always set off in October for the New Year's Festival in the capital."

She opened the account book, revealing the densely packed tiny calligraphy inside. "So I thought I'd just settle this year's accounts and send the dividend money along with the festival ceremony. The festival is when he needs money, so he won't be short of money.

Secondly, the Jinyi Shop will be very busy in the next few months, and I won’t have time to settle the accounts.”

As she spoke, she picked up the abacus and started dialing.

Song Ying raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "Being the head shopkeeper is different now. He considers things carefully and meticulously."

"Of course," Luo Yanxing said without a hint of modesty. "I've been doing business for so many years. If I can't make any progress, I might as well just invest in Mingjia Lake."

Song Ying and Nan Xing were both amused and laughed out loud.

Since the Shu brocade shop opened last year, I have only calculated the accounts once at the end of March this year, and this time I calculated the accounts from April to September.

As time went by, the craftsmen became more skilled, and each loom could produce about one piece of cloth per month.

The selling price varies slightly depending on the season and output. After deducting the cost, the net profit per horse is about 16 taels. Yingnuoxuan takes 384% of the profit, which is 4 taels. According to their respective shares, Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan each take 115%, and Luo Yanxing takes 2%. Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan's dividends are 153 taels and 6 cents; Luo Yanxing's dividends are taels and cents.

After calculating the accounts of the Shujin Shop, Luo Yanxing took out the accounts of Yingnuoxuan. With the addition of Meiyue Nanxing, they increased the amount of facial cream and hand cream in addition to pancreas, but the profit was still far less than that of the Shujin Shop. In total, it was only 150 taels, and this was not deducting the wages paid to Meiyue Nanxing. The money each of them got was even less.

Sure enough, businesses that are really easy to make money all have thresholds.

While she was thinking, Luo Yanxing suddenly said mischievously: "Do you want to know how much Yuan Qing got? I can tell you."

Song Ying rolled her eyes at her and said, "I don't need you to tell me. You can just do the math and know."

Luo Yanxing couldn't help but sigh, "You know how quick-witted scholars are! In just one year, he's already almost made back the money he spent on the loom. He'll make a net profit of nearly two hundred taels every year going forward. The key is that all his capital was borrowed."

If he followed Chen Yunze's original proposal, he would only be able to earn 2 taels of silver every year, which was a huge difference.

After settling the bill, it was already dark, so Song Ying stayed there. The next morning, he rushed to the clinic and asked the villagers he met to bring a message to Yuan Shan.

Yuan Shan rushed over after receiving the message. Having worked as a temporary worker in the Chen family before, she knew that this was much easier than working at home and was very happy to come.

But then she hesitated again: "I don't know the medicine, and I don't understand medical principles at all. What if I give the wrong medicine and someone dies?"

"Don't worry, I won't give you full authority right away. I'll guide you for a while. Just be careful and check carefully before packing up each time you fill the prescription. You won't make any mistakes."

Yuan Shan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll give it a try."

Song Ying explained it to her in detail, "Our medicine cabinet is called a hundred-eye cabinet, which has three layers: upper, middle and lower, with 50 drawers on each layer.

There are small signs hanging on each drawer indicating what medicinal herbs are in it. You have to familiarize yourself with their respective locations as soon as possible so that you can get the herbs faster.

The white tag with green edges is for herbal medicine; the one with cinnabar outline is for metal and stone medicine; the one with black background and white characters is for insect and animal medicine; the one with gold pattern is for some precious medicine;

There are also those marked with skull patterns, which are highly toxic medicinal materials, such as arsenic and aconite. These medicines must be placed separately and locked with a copper padlock. If the skull pattern becomes blurred, you must remember to fill it in. This is a legal requirement, and violators will be flogged thirty times.

Yuan Shan's expression froze, and she quickly repeated it several times in a low voice.

"The ones with a small triangle on the front are made with vinegar; the ones with a small circle on the front are made with honey..."

She opened the bottom drawer. "The bottom one is a large bucket, which contains some root herbs, such as angelica, astragalus, etc..."

After explaining the placement of herbs in the medicine cabinet, Song Ying took out the prescription and said, "Also, the handwriting on our prescriptions is different from that of ordinary people. You have to learn to recognize it."

Yuan Shan was well prepared. She had seen doctors write prescriptions that were as flamboyant and elaborate as ghostly handwriting.

After giving a brief explanation, Song Ying went to see patients. When medicine was needed, he would bring the prescription and teach Yuan Shan while dispensing the medicine, and pick some simple ones for her to try.

At first, her hands were very stiff when she picked up the medicine. She would stare at the prescription for a long time to identify one medicine, then search for it in the crowded medicine cabinet for a long time, and was also very slow when weighing it.

On the other hand, when Song Ying got the medicine, he would glance at the prescription and open and close the drawer so quickly that it made a banging sound. He would also get the exact amount and weigh it on the medicine scale. He would only add or subtract a little before pouring it into the mulberry paper and wrapping it up.

Often, she had already packed three or four prescriptions before Yuan Shan finished packing one and asked Song Ying to come over to confirm.

Yuan Shan couldn't help but feel discouraged, "My hands are too clumsy."

"It's not that you're clumsy, it's just that practice makes perfect." Song Ying consoled him, lowering his head to check everything before weighing it on the medicine scale. "It's only your first day, so it's normal to be slow. This one's fine. Wrap it up."

The whole morning was spent in this busy atmosphere. After lunch, Song Ying continued to teach her to recognize their handwriting.

Fortunately, since they came from the same school, the logic of the three people's calligraphy was similar, so Yuan Shan only needed to recognize how they wrote each word.

"Song Ying."

Suddenly, a call came from the door, soft and shallow, with a bit of trance.

Song Ying looked up and through the window saw Shen Jing standing under the century-old ginkgo tree in the yard. The golden ginkgo leaves fell like countless gilded fans, spreading tiny spots of light on his blue-gray robe.

He stood there, his whole body exuding calmness, which was completely different from before.

Song Ying was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, it's been a long time."

A look of melancholy flashed in Shen Jing's eyes. It had indeed been a long time since they last met. The last time they met was at the Shen family's funeral. Time flew by, and more than nine months had passed in a flash.

The golden ginkgo leaves above his head fluttered and swayed, no longer as green as they had been that day. He slowly exhaled, "I'm engaged."

"Really? Whose lady is she?"

The girl opposite was smiling like a flower, her eyes full of curiosity, without a trace of sadness, which made Shen Jing extremely frustrated.

"The daughter of the Zuo Canzheng family in Rongcheng."

"Congratulations!" Song Ying raised his eyebrows, thinking that it was true that people become cold when they are gone. At the beginning, both the Shen family and the Shen family were interested in getting married, and they were just waiting for the marriage of their elder brother Shen Yonghui to be settled before they could formally discuss the marriage between the two families.