Nanny Deng was somewhat reluctant, "The business makes five or six times the rent every year. It's a pity to just give it up." Nanny Deng was Madam Ma's confidant and knew about the income from these dowries. The rent for a shop was about two thousand silver a year, but if the market was good, the annual surplus could be over ten thousand silver, and even in average conditions, the income could be five to six thousand silver.
Yueyao did not know that the two shops were making so much money, "Mother, I know nothing about doing business. If these shopkeepers deceive me, I am helpless. Since I don't have the ability to make money, rather than being deceived by them, it's safer just to collect rent. Mother, you have to let go to broaden your path ahead."
Nanny Deng felt somewhat ashamed, "The old servant has lived for so many years, yet has not seen as clearly as you have." Indeed, having more money is not necessarily a good thing for a young lady.