"Tu Gou Auntie, your wages for this month are thirteen taels, plus an additional month's year-end wages, totaling twenty-six taels of silver," Gu Jinli reported the accounts. "Go to my mother to collect the silver, then to Mo Chunyue to receive the New Year's gift, and remember to leave your fingerprint."
"Ah!" The response from He Tugou's wife was quite loud. Since the spice workshop added handy tools, their speed at grinding spices had increased. Now she could collect over ten taels of silver in wages each month, truly making her rich.
Mrs. He Yang's daughter-in-law, who had recently started working in the workshop, heard He Tugou's wife had received so much silver and whispered enviously to Mrs. He Yang, "Mother-in-law, Tu Gou Auntie's wages are really high."
