Chapter 787 Let Uncle 2 be the shopkeeper!

"So, our family will become a merchant family from now on? We won't be peasants anymore?"

Qiao Sanhu said excitedly.

Qiao Erhe glanced at him and said, "What's wrong with being a peasant? A peasant is also an honest citizen. Are they inferior to merchants? Besides, even if you have a shop, do you still have to farm the land at home?"

Qiao Sanhu said quickly:

"Although merchants are lower class, at least they have money! Peasants work hard to farm the land for a year, but they can't even provide for their families. When famine comes, they have no way to survive. Merchants can at least make a lot of money easily. As long as they have money, they can stand up straighter. I am thinking that if I become a merchant, my family will have money, and my life will be better in the future!"

Qiao Ran smiled and continued:

"Well, what Second Uncle and Third Uncle said are both correct. Our family will officially become a merchant in the future, but we still have to farm the land. However, if the business grows bigger and we don't have enough manpower, we can let the villagers farm the land or buy some servants to help farm the land! I do all this so that my family can live a good life, so of course I can't always work so hard to farm the land."

Hearing this, Qiao Sanhu nodded repeatedly with joy, and even Qiao Erhe showed a look of longing on his face.

Farming is really a very hard job. You have to work from sunrise to sunset, and no matter it is windy or rainy, you have to work hard with your face to the earth and your back to the sky.

Day after day, year after year, people who are exposed to wind and sun are particularly prone to looking old, and will also suffer from various diseases.

Although they now have the pills given by their eldest niece to regulate their bodies, they all look several years younger than before and are much healthier than their peers, but who would be willing to suffer all the time when they can enjoy the good life?

"Ran Ran, when will your shop open? How will you arrange the staffing?"

Qiao Dajiang asked a key question, and everyone else suddenly became quiet, looking at Qiao Ran waiting for an answer.

Qiao Ran thought for a while and said:

"Second uncle used to work in the town and can read, so let him be the shopkeeper! Later I will teach him some new accounting and arithmetic methods so that you can be more proficient. As for the clerks, Second uncle can find a few reliable people in the village to do it. As for wages, the shopkeeper will get 20 taels a month, and the clerks will get 2 taels a month."

"This... so much?"

Qiao Erhe was startled and waved his hands repeatedly:

"Ran Ran, we are all family. Second uncle said that he will help you with whatever you want to do in the future. After all, you have money and have never treated your family badly. You paid for Nan'er and Xi'er's school tuition, and Second uncle hasn't thanked you yet. You don't have to pay me anymore!"

"Uncle, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Even if we are a family, you can't work without being paid! If uncle doesn't want to take money, then I will go out and hire someone to be the shopkeeper."

"This……"

Having said that, Qiao Erhe didn't know how to refuse, so he could only take a step back and said:

"We don't feel comfortable hiring outsiders, so I'll go! But being a shopkeeper is so easy, and you don't have to work in the fields in the wind and sun, and you don't have to pay so much. Otherwise, you can just pay Uncle 200-300 taels a month. The clerks don't need so much either, 300-500 wen is already a very high salary, and everyone will definitely be willing to go."

Qiao Ran smiled and said:

"Uncle, don't underestimate the job of shopkeeper and clerk. When the business is booming, you will be busy. Farming is physical labor, and being a shopkeeper requires both physical and mental strength. It will be a headache for you to do the accounting."

"Don't worry, our business will definitely be prosperous in the future. I'm sure this shop will make a lot of money, and the wages I pay you are not too much."

"Now villagers can work in workshops, grow crops, fruits, vegetables and medicinal herbs to sell, and earn a lot of money in the future. I think they will find the two taels of silver wages too little, and the wages will have to increase in the future."