Receiving the expectant looks of everyone, Niu Zhixin said: "Six thousand coins means an average of one hundred coins per person."

Huh? A few days ago, everyone paid 50 cents for joining the club, and a few days later, they can get 100 cents?! This is faster than planting money!

Everyone was so happy that they rubbed their hands together. Suxue and Si Sheng took the lead in applauding. When Wang Zeran saw it, he also clapped his hands, and there was a burst of applause in the yard.

Niu Zhixin also clapped vigorously along with everyone. After a while, his hands were red from clapping, and then the applause stopped.

Niu Zhixin said: "Come down and ask Si Sheng to read to you the amount of dividends distributed by each family. Which family should be read, and the head of which family should go to Cuixiang and Erxiaozi to collect the money."

Applause again.

Si Sheng stood up, took a piece of paper and began to read: "Zhao family, one thousand yuan."

When Zhao Datou heard this number, he didn't react for a moment and sat there looking at Si Sheng in a daze.

The family heads met just now and discussed how to divide the money, but they did not elaborate on how much each family could share. Zhao Datou himself could not even calculate such a large number.

Si Sheng shouted: "Brother Big Tou, come up and get the money."

Zhao Laosan pushed Zhao Datou from behind, "Dad, go quickly, I want you to come up and collect the money."

Zhao Datou then stood up, walked to Si Sheng, stretched out his hand blankly, and said: "Give me the money."

The people below burst out laughing.

"Brother Big Tou, fourth brother doesn't have any money."

"It's at Cuixiang's place. Go find Cuixiang and get it."

Si Sheng smiled and pushed Zhao Datou to Cuixiang and Erxiaozi. Cuixiang had already taken out ten strings of copper coins from the big backpack at her feet, held them in both hands and handed them to Zhao Datou, "Uncle Zhao, one thousand coins,

You count."

Zhao Datou looked at the neatly strung copper coins and said with a self-deprecating smile: "No need to count, it must be right."

After saying that, he ran back to his seat in embarrassment. The big-headed wife had already stood up to catch her. As soon as the two sat down, they started counting.

The clanging sound of copper coins made the people sitting around feel itchy.

Si Sheng in front of the crowd was already calling the next family, "Zhang family, five hundred coins."

Butcher Zhang laughed and took the money from his daughter's hand, and walked briskly back to the crowd.

"Wang family, six hundred articles."

When Orion Wang received the money back and saw Gu's burning eyes, he handed the money to her first and said, "Can you help me count it?"

Gu curled her lips and said, "Let my mother count them." As she said this, she forced herself to look away from the strings of money.

Qiangzi reached out to take it and said, "Dad, let me help you count."

"Sun family, three hundred coins."

Si Sheng looked at the crowd and saw that Widow Sun was still wiping her son's nose, so he shouted: "Sun He, come up and get the money."

Sun He? Everyone thought for a moment before they realized who they were calling.

Widow Sun’s maiden name was He. Ever since the man in her family dug a well and died in a collapse, everyone called her Widow Sun and almost forgot her real name.

Sun He was stunned when he heard Si Sheng's name, then he clenched his hands, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, straightened his back and walked to Cuixiang to receive the money.

She is Sun He's family, Sun He's family, not Widow Sun. She earned this money with her own hands together with the others.

Mrs. Wang was the last one to receive the money, which was a total of 1,800 yuan. She couldn't take it with both hands, so the second boy helped her carry it to her seat.

After handing out the money, Si Sheng did not sit down. Instead, he raised his voice and asked the big guys: "Everyone, tell me, who is the most grateful person in our tofu business?"

Everyone was laughing and talking about the fresh money they had received. When Si Sheng asked, they gave random answers. Some said it was Si Sheng, some said Suxue, and some said it was Zhang Fu, Cuixiang, etc.

Each statement has its own reasons.

Si Sheng raised his hand to calm everyone down and said: "If you ask me, the hardest part in our dried tofu business is the women who make the dried tofu, including my mother, your mother, and my daughter-in-law."

Everyone thought about it and nodded in agreement. They had been working until midnight every day for the past few days.

Si Sheng said: "Everyone knows that at night, all of us have fallen asleep, and the mothers and daughters-in-law of each family are still making dried tofu; in the morning, before we get up, the mothers and daughters-in-law of each family have already started to weigh the dried beans.

It’s been repacked and ready for delivery; after we got up, the mothers and daughters-in-law of each family had already prepared hot breakfasts and were waiting for us."

Everyone stopped laughing, and there was a thoughtful and unbearable expression on their faces. They usually don't pay much attention to these things, but when Si Sheng said this, they felt that their mother and daughter-in-law were really working too hard.

Si Sheng went on to stir up emotion: "It was they who endured the hardships and worked day and night, who were tired and bent over, so they earned all this money for us."

Si Sheng spoke of himself in a somewhat emotional way, "They, the mothers and daughters-in-law of each family, are the ones who work the hardest and deserve our gratitude the most."

Everyone also had red circles under their eyes. The children looked at my mother's gray hair and saw that she had a few more wrinkles.

The man secretly thought to himself that he would not let his wife make breakfast in the future, and let them catch up on their sleep early in the morning.

The women rubbed their red eyes, as if they had sand in them, which made them feel uncomfortable. They were thinking, what's the point of having red eyes? Even if you were blind before, you wouldn't have had the chance to earn so much money, right?

Mrs. Wang secretly complained to her fourth son that she had to let him interfere with such a happy event for a cent, which made her feel sour. She complained and complained, but she couldn't help but smile lines appeared on her face.

Si Sheng said: "So, this time the cooperative decided to give each of the nine women who make dried tofu a reward of twenty cents."

The crowd burst into applause.

"Mom, you come up here with the big guys, and Uncle Xin will give you rewards."

Ah, you still want to go on stage to receive an award? Mrs. Wang calmed down for a moment, then she stood up with a straight face, waved her hands twice, and eight women followed her and walked to the front in a majestic manner.

Niu Zhixin took the bunch of copper coins passed by the second boy and gave them to the women one by one.

The women's expressions were slightly serious, and their eyes flashed with various emotions, shy, excited, moved, and proud. They had never been so valued and respected.

Amidst the applause of everyone, Mrs. Wang led the women, holding money in their hands, and walked back to their respective seats like a victorious general.

The meeting ended in a warm atmosphere, but everyone refused to leave.

Someone asked Niu Zhixin: "Uncle Xin, when will we pay dividends again?"

Niu Zhixin clapped his hands to ask everyone to be quiet, and announced: "The heads of each family have discussed it, and we will divide the dividends every five days."

"Ouch, I'm going to get paid again in five days. How can I spend such money?" Some people were so happy that they didn't know what to say. They showed off in Versailles and attracted criticism from everyone.

After everyone dispersed for a while, Zhao Datou went to pay back the money to Niu Zhixin, and when he came back he called Zhao Lao's second wife: "Good boy, you helped our family when our family was in difficulty. Dad kept his word, and your dowry money

I'll give it back to you, but you should keep it yourself."

The big-headed daughter-in-law handed the two bunches of money to the second-youngest daughter-in-law. Zhao Laoer helped to pick it up, but the big-headed daughter-in-law slapped her hand, "This belongs to your wife, you are not allowed to spend it carelessly." She waited until Zhao Laoer's daughter-in-law came in person.

Just take it.

The big-headed daughter-in-law said again: "Daughter-in-law, the boss, you don't have to pay the reward of 20 cents. It will be equal to the money you advanced that day."

The money that Mr. Zhao's wife took out that day was exactly 20 yuan.
Chapter completed!