Chapter 698 punishment
Ye Jiu was afraid that continuing the conversation might give things away, so he quickly changed the subject, "How are things going in the capital city?"
Ye Wenzheng immediately had no time to ask about Ye Bai and Ye Hei, replying, "Development there is going very well, they’ve even made facial cleanser, and according to my younger aunt’s letter, I’ve set up a workshop outside the city. Now we mainly supply goods to other shops. With Prince Jing’s protection, no one dares to cause trouble, it’s just... it’s such a pity about the ice shop closing."
Ye Wenzheng looked pained when he mentioned this.
With so many people using ice in the summer, the money came in exceptionally fast. Even though the sales from Beauty Pavilion were good, they still made much less than from selling ice.
That’s why Ye Wenzheng couldn’t help but feel the pinch every time he thought about it, wishing it could be summer all year round so the ice shop could stay open continuously.
Ye Jiu, on the other hand, wasn’t so disappointed. The ice shop closing was something she had expected, and besides, she could now say without exaggeration, the thing she lacked the least was money.
Money, one can’t live without it, but once you really have a lot, it becomes just a stack of numbers. What was different in her case was that some of it was paper, some was gold and silver, and even more was in goods.
Ye Wenzheng opened the box on his desk and said, "According to my younger aunt’s letter, I’ve buried the actual silver underground, and it won’t be discovered by anyone. These are all silver notes; I brought them back with me."
Ye Jiu took a look, there was a total of several hundred thousand taels of silver, and that didn’t even include the silver she had Ye Wenzheng bury.
"This is your reward for the past six months." Ye Jiu pulled out two one-thousand-tael silver notes and handed them to Ye Wenzheng, "Your mother and sister are still living on the estate; they’ve been quite worried about you all this time. You should go see them soon."
"Alright," Ye Wenzheng knew Ye Jiu’s personality and didn’t stand on ceremony, taking his reward right away, "Then I thank my younger aunt. I’ll go see my mother now."