Chapter 318 - 317: Title
Chen Afu remembered the red envelope Marquis Chu had given her this morning. Upon opening it, she found 1,000 taels of silver.
She beamed as she took out a foreign lacquered small wooden box with painted flowers from a drawer in her dresser. The box was filled with stacks of silver notes and a few pieces of silver. She put the silver note inside and asked Xia Yue to keep a record of it.
Her treasure box of six thousand taels of silver had already been converted into silver notes at the bank, all of which were stored in this box. Also, the profit she earned last year from the Hongyun Hot Pot Restaurant, worth four thousand taels of silver, had been transferred to her by Yang Mingyuan with Chu Lingxuan’s help.
Inside this box, she had over ten thousand taels of silver in the form of notes.
Chu Lingxuan teased her, "My wife does not lack money now. So why does she still smile like this at the sight of silver notes?"
Chen Afu placed the wooden box back in the drawer and replied with a smile, "If you’ve never experienced poverty, you wouldn’t understand the feeling."
At her comment, Chu Lingxuan laughed and walked to a cabinet to fetch a small red sandalwood box. "This is part of my private savings. Take it and buy anything you like. Remember, your husband doesn’t lack money, so you won’t either."
Chen Afu took the box, which Chu Lingxuan had brought back from the Outer Court before dinner. Inside, she found some silver notes, which amounted to four thousand taels, and five gold bars along with a few small gold ingots.
Originally, Chu Lingxuan wanted to buy more jewelry for Chen Afu, but since his wife seemed to prefer silver, he gave her the profit from the Hongyun Restaurant along with some gold.
He was completely satisfied watching his wife smile with joy. After counting the notes and gold, she placed them back in the drawer of her dressing table.