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Chapter 37: Brothers Clearly Settlement

Seeing the thin man coming in, Li Zhang couldn't help but frown. He saw that the other party was about thirty years old. He was quite tall, but he was very thin. His eye sockets and cheeks were deeply sunken, his face was covered with messy beards, and a blue cloth robe was covered with stains. He looked sloppy and not much better than a beggar.

"Why are you here?" Li Zhang said unhappily, because this thin man was his nominal father, Li Yonghe. The original Li Zhang was full of resentment for him because Li Yong and he was not a housekeeper, and now Li Zhang had no idea what to do. Not to mention Li Zhang, who just brought dozens of debts to the other party today, and he had no good impression of him.

"What do you mean? You are my son. It is natural for a father to see your son!" Li Yong and the other person smiled despicablely, without any guilt of leaving their children at home.

"You really know how to choose the time. If Kingsoft comes, you will come!" Li Zhang said even more annoyed when he saw the other party's appearance. Li Yonghe actually knew that he had moved here, and he came back just as he agreed to pay the bill for him today. This was a bit too coincidental.

Li Yonghe also heard the sarcasm in his son's words. Finally, he was a little ashamed and smiled awkwardly, but soon he saw Li'er inside. He opened his arms and ran forward to hug Li'er and said, "Li'er, do you miss your father? This time my father brought you a lot of delicious food!"

Although Li'er is young, she can tell the difference between good and bad. She is also a little resentful about Li Yonghe leaving them at home. But now when she sees her father holding the snacks and coaxing her, the little girl's heart suddenly becomes soft. She timidly called "Dad". As a result, Li Yonghe is even happier, holding her and sitting on her lap, and then opening up the few snacks she brought to feed her.

Li Zhang had no choice but to see Li Yonghe's appearance. After all, his son could not really drive the other party out. Douzi and the others knew the relationship between Li Zhang and Li Yonghe, so they all regarded Li Yonghe as a transparent person. It can be said that only Li'er would say a few words to him in the whole family.

During dinner, although Li Zhang did not call Li Yonghe, the other party still looked like he was familiar. He took the bowls and chopsticks and sat beside Li Er to eat together. He knew that Li Zhang didn't like him, so he tried not to talk to Li Zhang so as not to make things boring.

After dinner, Li Zhang called everyone together, then cleared his throat and said, "I know everyone is very tired after a day of busyness, but our opening today is very successful. I just calculated the accounts and it was more income than when we were doing the best business at the dock before!"

As soon as Li Zhang said that, Douzi and the others jumped up happily to cheer. The reason why they worked so hard was to gain a foothold in Kaifeng City and live a good life. Now this goal is getting closer and closer.

"But don't be too happy. We have just opened our business and our reputation has not yet fully established, so we need to continue working hard. In addition, I have two good news to announce!" Li Zhang was afraid that Douzi and the others would be too proud, so he poured some cold water on his face, and then planned to inspire everyone.

"What are the good news for both?" Douzi asked excitedly at this time.

"Haha, the first one is that everyone is growing up slowly and sometimes they need money. For example, if you want to buy some clothes and accessories, you should occasionally be greedy and want to buy some snacks, so I decided to start this month and send you a hundred quota pocket money at the end of each month. However, you can buy food and use it, but you must not bet, do you know?" Li Zhang said at the end, his eyes were extremely strict, and he even looked at Li Yonghe who was shy with a thick face, but he seemed to have not heard it, and his face was not even red.

"It's so good, I'll have money to spend in the future!" Douzi and Huozi almost took the lead in jumping when they heard that they were going to pay money. Chou Niang and others were all excited and jumped, but the wild dog was still calm. Although this kid was poor, he seemed not very interested in money.

"Brother, what about the second good news?" Douzi hugged Li Zhang and asked again. The first good news was to send money, and the second good news must be fine.

"The second one is relatively long-term. Before, we could only be a small fuss at the dock, but now we have opened all the shops. This shop is not my own, so I decided to divide the shop into everyone, so that everyone can occupy some part, and to accumulate some capital for self-marriage and have children, or dowry for marriage." Li Zhang said again.

Although Li Zhang came up with the business of braised pork, Douzi and the others also put in a lot of effort. Now these children are still young and may be satisfied with a full meal. But people will always have to grow up. Will they still be satisfied with a full meal? Instead of conflicting because of this interest at that time, it is better to allocate their respective shares early.

"Brother, you originally opened this store, so there is no need to share it with us, right?" Douzi and Li Zhang had the deepest relationship. They were the first to object when they heard Li Zhang's words. In his opinion, it was already very satisfied to be able to eat and wear warmth, and they never thought about occupying any part.

Douzi's words were also recognized by others. After all, they are still children. Even though they have seen many ugliness in the world because of poverty, their minds are still not as complicated as those of adults. However, Li Zhang waved his hand and interrupted them: "You don't have to refuse, brothers have to settle the score clearly, not to mention that this store is the result of everyone's efforts, so I have decided that everyone must occupy some part!"

Seeing that Li Zhang's attitude was so firm, Douzi and the others dared not say anything. At that moment, Li Zhang took the initiative to distribute the proportion of the part. As a result, Douzi and Chou Niang suggested that Li Zhang and Li Er account for half of the part, and they divided the remaining half equally, but Li Zhang did not want to occupy so much. Moreover, Li Er was young and his contribution to this store was not as great as Chou Niang, so they finally discussed for a long time and finally decided that Li Zhang would account for 20%.

As for the remaining 80% of the members, Li Zhang originally wanted to distribute them according to work. For example, Douzi, Chou Niang and Huozi were the oldest and contributed the most, and they deserved more. However, they did not agree. In the end, the twelve children were divided equally. Li Zhang also wrote thirteen contracts according to this allocation, and then asked everyone to press their handprints, and each person had one, which was a voucher.

However, just when Li Zhang and his friends allocated the shares in the store, Li Yonghe next to him was anxious and scratched his head, and gestured to Li Zhang with his eyes several times. After all, in his opinion, the store belonged to his own son, and of course it was his own. But now Li Zhang wants to distribute the store to others, so how could he not be in a hurry? However, Li Zhang ignored him at all.

When everyone had settled the contract, Li Zhang said again: "There is another thing I want to tell you clearly. Today, everyone saw that Kingsoft is coming. I promised him to pay ten jin a month, a total of 65 jin a month. I will keep this money in my account and deduct it from my dividends in the future. If it is not enough for a year, it will be deducted for two years. Sooner or later, the money will be returned, so don't worry!"

"Brother, you don't have to settle the account so clearly, right?" Douzi said again when he heard this. He felt that he had taken advantage of Li Zhang, so he didn't have to bear the debts of Li Zhang's family alone.

"Douzi is right. We are all a family. Why are we doing so clearly?" At this time, Li Yonghe suddenly interrupted. Li Zhang had allocated for half a day, but he had no share. He obviously didn't want him to interfere in the store. However, now he was watching Li Zhang as "spentant" as such, and he finally couldn't help it.

However, Li Zhang ignored Li Yonghe at all. He glanced at Douzi and the others and said, "This matter will be done as I said. In addition, starting from tomorrow, after closing every night, I will teach you how to read and settle accounts. If you can't learn it, you will deduct your pocket money. Don't blame me if you deduct it then!"

When they heard that they would be deducted pocket money from learning to learn to read and settle accounts, Douzi and the others also wailed. In fact, Li Zhang had taught them to read and calculate before. At first, they were very excited, but after learning, they found that studying was a very boring thing, so some people started to be lazy. Several of them still counted less than a hundred, let alone settle accounts. But now Li Zhang tied reading to pocket money, and now they had to learn if they didn't learn.

Li Zhang didn't care about Douzi and the others' objection, and after that, he asked everyone to wash up and prepare to go to bed. Li Yonghe wanted to say a few words to Li Zhang several times, but Li Zhang ignored him. In fact, part of the reason why he divided the shares in the store was to prevent Li Yonghe. The money earned in the store was not his own, and he even had to take out his own share to pay off the debt alone. In this way, Li Yonghe had no reason to ask for money for himself. After all, with the other party's bad gambling nature, no amount of money was enough for him to squander.

Seeing that his son was unwilling to care about him, Li Yonghe felt very bored. Finally, he saw that Li Zhang and the others had gone to the second floor to sleep. He also went upstairs with shame. After all, he had no other place to go, but the bedding at home was originally set by one person, and there was no extra at all. In the end, Li'er looked at him pitiful and gave his bedding to Li Yonghe, and she slept with the ugly lady.

As soon as Li Yonghe lay down, the mountain snoring sounded. Li Zhang slept lightly and had a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder. The most feared thing was that others snore, because he couldn't help counting, and he became more and more energetic. In the end, he stayed up until midnight before falling asleep in a daze.
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