Transmigrated into a Book and Became the Big Boss’s Beloved Darling – Chapter 37

Ch 37: Academic Ace Counting

Xiang Hua’s words also made sense, after all, they had raised Xiang Zhihang for so long. The Village Chief didn’t say anything, but turned his face to look at Xiang Zhihang, revealing a look of worry. This child, where would he get the money to pay back?

“Okay, then let’s count it properly.” Without waiting for Xiang Zhihang to respond, Du Qingyang had already agreed for him.

Xiang Zhihang nodded, also agreeing.

“The money for schooling, the money for food and lodging, give me a good accounting of it all, let’s see how you pay it back!”

Xiang Hua and Lu Yu sat down, even crossing their legs. Although they hadn’t bought new clothes for Xiang Zhihang on weekdays, nor had they given him pocket money. But the two firmly believed that after raising him for 16 years, the expenses must be considerable, it could be said to be a huge sum.

Of course, it had to be counted properly. Du Qingyang had already brought over a pen and paper, and sat in front of Xiang Hua and Lu Yu. Come on, let’s count.

“Nine years of schooling, 18 semesters, each semester’s tuition is 3.5 Yuan. The total schooling expenses are 63 Yuan.”

Du Qingyang recited as she wrote on the paper. Studying in this era was really cheap. It’s just a pity that even though it was so cheap, Xiang Zhihang didn’t have the opportunity to go to university, burying his talent.

“All Zhihang Brother’s food was just green vegetables and white porridge. According to the market price, green vegetables are 3 cents per jin, and one jin can last for two days. In 16 years, 5840 days, Zhihang Brother ate a total of 2920 jin of your green vegetables, with expenses totaling 87.6 Yuan.”

“One jin of rice can cook 16 bowls of porridge. Zhihang Brother could only eat one bowl per meal, and only two meals a day. In 16 years, he ate 730 jin of your rice. The market price is 2 jiao per jin of rice, with expenses totaling 146 Yuan.”

“The clothes Zhihang Brother wore were all old clothes discarded by the villagers, and he never saw a doctor when he was sick. Your family never spent any money on Zhihang Brother. Calculated in this way, the total expenses for these 16 years are 296.6 Yuan.”

Du Qingyang handed the calculated expense details to Xiang Hua and Lu Yu, and both of their faces turned green. How could it be so little? The money spent on Xiang Zhihang in 16 years was actually less than 300 Yuan?

The onlookers gasped several times. Being the Xiang Family Members’ adopted son was really cheap, less than 300 Yuan to raise a child.

The Xiang Family Members are too mean, aren’t they?

That’s right, he hasn’t eaten a single piece of meat, nor has he had a single new piece of clothing.

He didn’t even go to the health station when he was sick, how did this child survive?

Everyone discussed among themselves, pointing fingers at Xiang Hua and Lu Yu.

Xiang Hua and Lu Yu’s faces turned red and white. The two thought carefully, wanting to point out that Du Qingyang’s counting was wrong. But no matter how they thought, they couldn’t come up with anything. It seemed that Du Qingyang had counted very accurately, without any omissions.

“What about rent? He’s lived in our house for 16 years, doesn’t he need to pay rent?” Suddenly, Lu Yu finally remembered that there was still rent that hadn’t been calculated, they had to add the rent!

Xiang Zhihang lowered his eyes. In the end, it was their home, not his home. He was just living in their house for 16 years, after all, they weren’t a family.

Xiang Zhihang stood quietly to the side, listening to Qingyang counting with the Xiang Family Members. On the surface, he looked indifferent without any expression, but in reality, he was very disappointed. He had once really regarded the Xiang Family Members as his own family, longed for the warmth of a family, longed for fatherly and motherly love. But in the end, he couldn’t get it.

Du Qingyang was silent, thinking. Rent? In this poor mountain village of San Nan Village, how much should renting a room cost? This, she really didn’t know. As far as she knew, no one in San Nan Village rented out houses. Who would be idle enough to come to this poor mountain village to rent a house?

The onlookers were also stunned. Renting a house and collecting rent? This was the first time they had heard of it.

“Village Chief, may I ask how much the rent for a room in San Nan Village is?” If she didn’t understand, she would ask. Du Qingyang asked Village Chief Zhou Kun for advice.

Zhou Kun thought for a while before responding: “No one in our village has ever rented out a house. However, a villager in the neighboring San Xi Village once temporarily rented out a room to an out-of-towner. The fee seemed to be…”

Having said half of it, Zhou Kun paused. It wasn’t something from his own village, he really didn’t remember it very well.

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“I remember, it was 5 jiao a month.” An Wei interjected. He was from San Xi Village, he remembered.

“Okay! Then we’ll calculate it according to the rent of 5 jiao a month. 16 years, 192 months, the total rent is 96 Yuan.” Du Qingyang immediately calculated the rent.

Adding the rent, the Xiang Family Members’ money for raising Xiang Zhihang totaled 392.6 Yuan. This amount, of course, Xiang Hua and Lu Yu were not satisfied with. However, they couldn’t think of any other expenses either.

However, the amount of 392.6 Yuan was not small either. Zhou Kun looked at Xiang Zhihang worriedly, “Zhihang, do you have the money to pay it back? Or…”

Zhou Kun wanted to say that he would lend it to Xiang Zhihang. In fact, he didn’t have more than three hundred Yuan at home either, but he could borrow from relatives and friends, gather enough, and then lend it to Xiang Zhihang. Taking advantage of today’s opportunity to sever ties with the Xiang Family Members, so that Zhihang wouldn’t have to suffer in the future.

Zhou Kun’s words weren’t finished, but Du Qingyang interrupted him: “Village Chief, don’t rush, the counting isn’t finished yet.”

Not finished counting? Could there be any other items that could be added? Xiang Hua and Lu Yu looked at Du Qingyang at the same time, with faces full of doubt. Could it be that Du Qingyang wasn’t Xiang Zhihang’s helper? Was she helping them?

Facts proved that Xiang Hua and Lu Yu were overthinking it.

Du Qingyang handed the previously calculated detailed list of amounts to Xiang Hua and Lu Yu again, asking them if they had any objections. After repeatedly confirming that there were no objections, she began the second round of counting.

She saw Du Qingyang clear her throat, look at Xiang Hua and Lu Yu, and ask: “Zhihang Brother has been helping your family with farm work since he was 6 years old. In the first few years, he was only helping out for half a day, but later, all of your family’s farm work fell on him! Moreover, he was also in charge of all the housework. Is that right?”

“He eats our food, lives in our house, shouldn’t he work?” Lu Yu curled her lips and snorted coldly.

Du Qingyang smiled slightly. That meant they admitted it, admitting it was the right thing to do.

“Let’s count how much income Zhihang Brother has created for your family. From 6 to 10 years old, he was young, so the income he created was also less. After 10 years old, the burden of your family fell on him. On average, he could create at least 5 Yuan of income for your family per month by doing farm work! However, your family has never paid him any labor fees!”

“The same goes for housework. According to the lowest housework labor standard, you have to pay him 1 Yuan in labor fees per month!”

Du Qingyang’s voice was loud, and everyone heard it clearly.

Xiang Hua and Lu Yu were dumbfounded. What? Xiang Zhihang had to be paid labor fees for working at home?

“Zhihang Brother worked for your family for 11 years doing farm work and housework, you owe him 660 Yuan in labor fees. You owe him 132 Yuan in housework fees. The total amount you should pay is 792 Yuan!”

Du Qingyang spoke as she wrote and drew on the paper.

The people in the audience exploded with a bang. There was even a profit from adopting a child. Xiang Zhihang, are you still lacking adoptive parents? We can all be your adoptive parents!

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