A biological daughter who is comparable to the flesh and blood of a close relative and is closer than a biological daughter is worth five hundred taels!

hehe!

But yes!

Hong Da Shou calculated that Caiyue was fifteen years old, and the time she could see guests and make money was only about five years. The number of days she could stay overnight was only one-fifth of the day each year, and about a quarter of the days she could stay overnight.

Drink tea with wine and calculate it.

How much is five taels times seventy plus one two two times ninety? Four hundred and fifty-eight taels in one year, and two thousand two hundred and ninety taels in five years.

No depreciation (facial aging) and environmental or disease effects are taken into account at all, and customers will be seen throughout the five years.

But that's total revenue. What about total expenses?

It is recorded in the "Yuemantang Diary" that "in April, I made a small pearl fur mink sleeve and a silver red river robe with a collar. I have never had such a beautiful dress in my life. The sleeves are very good and have a smooth and dense style.

The flowers and hydrangea look like a palace."

Twenty taels!

"A cotton satin coat with one collar, lake silk coat with inner and outer cuts, a gold, silver, and sky blue satin mole coat."

Fifteen taels!

As a girl who meets guests, you need at least eight extra clothes a year, which is still a small amount. If you have less clothes, you won't be able to go out to meet people.

This alone will cost 700 taels in five years!

Secondly, girls who meet guests cannot eat coarse grains, because they need to keep their teeth neat and beautiful, and one stone of fine grains costs more than two taels.

These teahouses in Yanjing City do not light fires to boil water. You have to take a bath when you see guests. How much hot water does it cost to take a bath?

"Dao Xian Huan Hai Seeing and Wedding Records" also makes it very clear that hot water for washing one's face and brushing teeth costs three cents of silver a day, and eleven taels a year. For seventy days when guests stay overnight, it costs one cent to buy water for bathing.

Five cents of silver, which works out to another twelve and a half cents of silver per year. The two items add up to one hundred, seventy-seven taels of silver for five years. (But this figure is after 1850, and may be more than twice as expensive.)

Head and face jewelry, this cannot be estimated, but it will probably not be much different from clothes. In addition, necessary consumables such as powder, rouge, watercolor, and incense are included.

After all, Caiyue has been working for five years. Not counting the labor that the madam has to do every day, she only has four to five hundred, or even less. Of course, she can still have some depreciated clothes left, but these things are

If the original price cannot be preserved, take it to a pawn shop and discount it in half on the spot.

After all, five hundred silver is not a rip-off, but it is definitely a profit, and a lot of money.

The key point is that there is no risk, and you will see money immediately. With real money in hand, the price paid is only the food expenses of the previous five years and the energy of teaching Caiyue to serve others.

And how much is a girl worth at the age of twenty?

"Yuemantang Diary" also records that a person from Lugouqiao, Wanping County, whose surname is Wang, is twenty years old, has a pretty appearance, and is worth one hundred and eighty taels.

According to the most standard Yanjing market, if you are over 20, you are not even considered an old girl, and you may have to be classified into the yellow-faced woman category.

"The hall master is a little bit cheating on us because we don't understand the market, isn't it? The girl in the teahouse hall is not your biological daughter. She has only been raised for three to five years. How can she be worth five hundred taels?"

Although the price is fair, it is not a small amount after all. Hong Dashou and Lin Shangwo's money did not just fall from the sky. It was earned after a month of walking and thousands of miles.

"Master, how can I dare to deceive you? It's a real price, not much at all."

The old bustard just said a few words and refused to lower the price with just a few words.

The voices of several people talking also alerted other people in the courtyard. Jin Douji and Li Xizhu also came into the house to check. Caiyue Hanyue next door had not slept well all night, so she also entered the house at this time to listen for identification.

There was a boy in the hall, who was very good-natured and had a really good sense of service. While they were talking about their worth, he ran out to buy breakfast as usual.

At this time, it was also brought in hot, a large pot of barley rice porridge, and four plates of pickles, all cut and packed. The steamed buns were specially made not from meat, but from fennel and pickled vegetables.

There are four more dishes of dim sum, all of which are freshly made, including roasted with sugar, sugar and oil sesame cakes, sesame sesame cakes, and burnt rings with salted shredded vegetables.

Finally, there were two plates of pastries, which couldn’t be named exactly, but were probably roses or osmanthus.

There was neither bean curd nor bean juice, but a large bowl of soy milk and a small can of sugar were served, taking into account the tastes of Hong Dashou and other outsiders.

Regardless of whether the business could be negotiated or not, the madam took it upon herself to serve breakfast to Hong Dashou and others. Hong Dashou took a bowl of porridge and felt hungry, so he stirred it with a spoon and tasted that the temperature was just right.

Jin Douji took a piece of candy and put it in his mouth, while he asked the breakfast boy who seemed to have experienced the whole process what happened.

Lin Shangwo held a sesame sesame pancake in his mouth, chewing it one bite at a time, feeling a little bit confused about the taste.

"Otherwise, my brother Lin will pay you 600 silver, and Miss Hanyue will also come out to be Caiyue's companion." Hong Dashou finished the porridge and handed the bowl to the boy.

"Six hundred?" The madam frantically ran through the calculations in her mind, her eyelids twitching.

"You can never suffer a loss!"

"Okay! Just do as the master said!" The madam immediately ordered a boy to go to her room to get a locked box.

Hanyue's face was filled with joy when she suddenly heard that she could escape from the fire pit. When the two ordinary pieces of mulberry paper were taken out, Caiyue couldn't help but stand up.

Hong Dashou took it, and it read on it that Ding's daughter, for some reason, became the adopted daughter of the old bustard. The other one was similar, not like a deed of sale, but more like an adoption certificate.

Lin Shangwo also turned his head and read the document carefully. Then he handed six one-hundred-tael notes to the madam.

At this time, the madam lost all her philistineness and shrewdness when discussing her worth. She stood up and held the hands of the two girls, with a trace of tears flashing in the corners of her eyes.

"Good daughter, don't blame mom for being like that in the past. Now that you have received blessings, we have to say goodbye."

The two girls just cried quietly, and there was really a sense of reluctance and farewell in them.

This wonderful trip to the brothel came to an end. The meat was not eaten, but three hundred taels were poured in.

But what about it? Lin Shangwo must be happy, as if he had done a great thing. He changed his awkward look before, and burned the candy in each hand, and was not afraid of choking as he devoured it.

Seeing him eating like this, Caiyue hurriedly came up and made a bowl of soy milk to prevent him from choking.

The few things left on the table were wiped away by him in just a few minutes.

After leaving the hospital, two small sedans were hired. Lin Shangwo accompanied the two girls, and they were sent to an unknown businessman's house.

The three of them, Hong Dashou, walked back slowly. Their views on Lin Shangwo inevitably changed a little.

"I don't think Sangwo is still a passionate guy." Jin Douji smiled.

"Who said he was a good person?" Hong Dashou shrugged.
Chapter completed!