Chapter 256: Seeing So Much Money for the First Time

Chapter 256: First Time Seeing That Much Money

"Alright, then it's settled. But Su He, if Guoqing uses your truck for side gigs, you should still take a cut," Wu Yanhua suggested.

She didn’t want her youngest daughter-in-law to suffer any losses. In her view, whenever Su He did business with them, it always seemed like she was letting them take advantage.

Su He was a little exasperated—she truly didn’t mind the money.

But considering that Fu Guoqing might use the truck for side gigs, the other wives in the Fu family might get salty. So she said, "Then how about taking 20% for me? Is that okay, big brother?"

After saying this, Su He turned to look at Fu Guoqing.

"Of course, no problem. How about this: 20% for you, 20% for Mom and Dad as household funds, and 10% for gas. If the gas money isn’t enough, I’ll cover the rest myself. Sound good?" Fu Guoqing finished and looked at Su He and Fu Dajun.

"I have no objections. What about you, Derong?" Fu Dajun asked his third son.

The third daughter-in-law was quick to complain—if there were any objections, they’d likely come from Chen Sufen.

"No objections. Why would I have any?" Fu Derong was puzzled.

If his eldest brother could earn extra money by driving, that was his skill—he certainly had no issue with it.

He was oblivious and didn’t realize that although his father had asked him, the question was really directed at his wife, Chen Sufen.

But Chen Sufen caught on. She smiled awkwardly. "We’re good, Dad. We’re fine with whatever big brother suggests."

And so, that was that.

Once everything was agreed upon, Su He began explaining how they’d split the money.

She whipped out a ledger and said to the Fu family, "This records how many durians we sold each day since the shop opened. I’ve kept track every day. If you’re unsure, next time we can tally the weight first before delivery."

Hearing this, Fu Dajun quickly said, "No need, no need—we’ve got your back."

"Su He, no need to stand on ceremony," Wu Yanhua added.

Seeing that their parents were slightly displeased, Fu Tinghua stepped in to defend his wife: "C’mon, Mom and Dad, don’t blame Su He. She just doesn’t want anyone in the family to get the short end of the stick. That’s just how she is—when doing business with others, she’s always afraid they’ll resent her for getting stiffed."

Su He: "......"

Was that really what she meant?

"Aww, I see now—this child just has a kind heart," Wu Yanhua clutched her chest, laughing.

Su He: "......"

Should she clarify that this was all a misunderstanding? Su He didn’t consider herself some Mother Teresa.

Everything she did was to avoid unnecessary disputes later.

Seeing how generous Su He was—how she seemed to bend over backwards to ensure the Fu family didn’t suffer losses—the other daughters-in-law looked downright guilty.

After all, when the durians were stolen and Fu Dajun suggested compensating Su He for the loss, they’d all kicked up a fuss.

They’d even mouthed off to their father-in-law over it.

Fortunately, Su He never found out.

If she had known they were unwilling to chip in for a tiny loss, would she even bother working with them again?

At this thought, Chen Sufen immediately jumped in, "Yes, yes, Su He, you're really being too formal with us. There's no one we wouldn't trust, let alone you."

Zhang Xiaohua was a bit speechless. As the senior sister-in-law, she always seemed to miss being first to butter people up.

"Yes, Su He, just give us our proper share," she quickly added.

He Fangfang glanced around and said, "We'll do whatever you say, Su He."

Su He was a little confused. Why were her sisters-in-law suddenly so willing to listen to her?

She had no idea about the previous falling-out among the Fu family over the stolen durians.

Fu Dajun and Wu Yanhua naturally wouldn’t breathe a word about such matters that could harm the family’s unity to their youngest daughter-in-law.

"Okay then, let's start dividing the money."

"Good, good. You go ahead, we’ll listen."

Finally reaching this point, even Fu Dajun couldn’t help but grin.

"Over the past month, we’ve made ten deliveries. We sold a total of 4,635 jin of durians. Among them, 1,530 jin were sold to other suppliers at 1.1 yuan per half-kilo. So, the total earnings come to 6,340.5 yuan." Su He let that sink in.

Everyone present drew sharp breaths.

Six thousand freaking yuan? They had never even heard of such a large sum in their lives.

And this was just what they made off durians in a single month.

The room fell silent. No one dared to interrupt Su He, all waiting for her to continue.

Su He didn’t drag it out. "Out of this, I’ll take half the take, which is 3,170.2 yuan. Mom and Dad, as well as each sister-in-law’s household, will get a 10% share, which comes to 634 yuan each." As she spoke, she began counting the money, counting out bills.

The Fu family members were already turning red with excitement.

Over six hundred yuan? They couldn’t earn that much even after two years of breaking their backs at construction. Yet here they were, making over six hundred yuan in just one month?

This was insane!

Just as Su He was counting the money, Zhang Xiaohua quickly spoke up, "Su He, take forty off our shares. The stolen durians last time—we screwed up by not watching them close enough. We should take responsibility."

This time, she finally managed to say it before Chen Sufen could.

Hearing her sister-in-law’s words, Su He paused in her counting.

"Hmm? But didn’t the Wu family compensate for that?" Su He asked, puzzled.

The Wu family had apparently coughed up 200 yuan, as the exact number of stolen durians couldn’t be determined, so they settled on that amount.

"They did compensate, but we still failed in our duty. We deserve the fine," Chen Sufen quickly added.

Now, none of the Fu women minded the small deduction.

After all, they were still getting over six hundred yuan. Even after deducting forty, there was still plenty left.

At this point, staying on Su He's good side was the most important thing.

"It’s alright. Just remember the lesson for next time. Don't beat yourselves up over it too much. In business, unexpected situations are normal," Su He even comforted them in return.

Su He’s generosity made the sisters-in-law feel even more mortified.

They silently vowed to themselves that from now on, in business matters, they would follow Su He’s lead, no questions asked.

Su He knew how to work people so well—as her sisters-in-law, they better not get in her way again.

Thinking back to the stolen durians incident, the sisters-in-law were sick with regret.

God forbid Su He finds out about that.