The Petite Wife of An Eighties' Villainous Big-Shot

Chapter 34: Splitting The Profits

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

What Elderly Lady Qi, Zhao Xiulian, and the others did not know was that Qi Mianmian and co. had actually earned more than a hundred yuan today.

The cost price of each plain cake or loaf of bread was less than four cents—five cents for those with additional ingredients. After deducting the various losses, they had made a net profit of over a hundred yuan.

Of course, this didn’t include wages.

In the kitchen, Qi Fang finished calculating their earnings and said excitedly, “Why don’t Big Sister and I quit our jobs?”

Qi Mianmian smiled and said, “You have to quit. As for Big Sister, I have a selfish request. I want to learn basic sewing skills from Big Sister, and practice with her. In the future, I’ll be able to fix any loose threads or things like that for my own clothes. I won’t need to ask anyone for help. So, Big Sis, don’t quit for the time being, just take on less work, okay?”

Qi Mianmian thought to herself: My dear siblings, if you all quit your jobs now, everyone’s hatred for you will go off the charts.

Since they were just starting out, it would be better to keep a low profile. She really didn’t want to waste her energy fighting with her Big Uncle and Third Uncle.

However, it was also true that Qi Mianmian wanted to learn how to sew.

The clothes in the Spirit Dimension were too odd, and the clothes she had access to in real life were too old-fashioned. It would be too troublesome to ask Qi Tian for help, so she figured it would be better if she just made them herself.

Upon hearing her words, Qi Zhen’s eyes lit up. “Since my vision has improved, I can learn sewing from Big Sis too. I want to learn too!”

Qi Tian smiled. “Alright, alright. You both can learn. If I get any clothes that require sewing in a straight line, I’ll hand them to the two of you.”

After they agreed on one thing, Qi Mianmian brought up the second thing on her agenda. “In the future, Big Sister’s salary should still be given to our stepmother. As for the money we’ve earned, we can sum it up every five days, then split it into five portions. One portion will be given to our stepmother, and the other four will be given to each of us. We’ll each head down to the bank to open our own account, and we’ll be able to save the money there.”

Qi Tian, Qi Fang, and Qi Zhen’s eyes widened. They were all shocked speechless.

Open a bank account each?

Their younger sister really dared to dream.

However, this was indeed the best solution.

It was definitely not appropriate to hand everything over to Wan Meiling.

Nor was it appropriate to treat Qi Mianmian as a boss and they as workers. This arrangement would be even worse.

Seeing that they were silent, Qi Mianmian raised her eyebrows and said, “Why? Isn’t this a good plan? If it isn’t, do you have better suggestions?”

Qi Fang and the others remained speechless.

They wanted to say that splitting the profits in such a way wasn’t fair to Qi Mianmian, but seeing that she was the youngest, it wasn’t suitable for her to have too much money in her hands either…

Qi Mianmian smiled and said, “Why don’t we do as I say first? If we find that it’s not suitable in the future, we can change our plans then.”

Qi Fang took the lead. “Alright, we’ll do as you say.”

To be honest, they really liked this plan.

As for taking advantage of Qi Mianmian?

They wouldn’t really do so.

They would find a way to pay her back in the future.

After dinner, Wan Meiling no longer spent her time making matchboxes. Instead, she came over to help after giving Qi Yang a shower.

Qi Mianmian took the opportunity to tell her, “Auntie Mei, we earned about 20 yuan today. We won’t give this money to you for the time being. We’ll give the sum of the profits to you after five days.”

Wan Meiling quickly waved her hands, declining. “We’ve already agreed that this business belongs to you and Zhen’er. We won’t get involved. You guys take the money. If you’re worried about handling the money, you can open a bank account.”

Qi Mianmian said, “When I said that, I wasn’t expecting business to be so good. Besides, Big Brother and I will be going to school soon. When that time comes, I’m afraid you, Big Sister, and Second Sister will have to toil more to manage the business.”

Qi Fang was speechless.

Why wasn’t he himself aware that he was going to school?

Qi Tian and Qi Zhen suddenly felt like they were under a lot of pressure.

Wan Meiling was silent for a while before she nodded. “Alright, don’t worry. I’ll definitely keep the money safe for you.”

It was already late August.

In other words, Qi Mianmian and Qi Fang would have to go to school in a few days.

As time was tight, Wan Meiling immediately joined the team to learn how to make bread and cakes.

The eldest and third branch of the Qi family did not know that Qi Fang and Qi Mianmian were going to school soon.

Qi Shan and Zhao Xiulian thought that Wan Meiling had joined because Qi Mianmian and co. could not keep up with the number of orders, and felt extremely bitter. With jealous hearts, they each nagged incessantly at their respective husbands, asking them to think of ways to get a share of the loot.