Chapter 194: Miss Gu, why didn’t you come to - 98?
"Let’s go to Liuyan Villa, more than twenty li outside the eastern suburb. It takes about an hour to get there. There are mountains and a lake, and the scenery is very tranquil! By the way, the crabs you ate a few days ago were caught from the lake there!"
Shi Fengju said to Sang Wan with a smile.
Sang Wan nodded lightly and "oh" in acknowledgment, then suddenly turned her head and asked with a smile, "Liuyan Villa? Does our family own this manor? How come I have no impression of it?" Sang Wan inwardly chided herself in embarrassment because when Shi Fengju had someone send the crabs, she only had them received and rewarded without asking which manor they came from.
Shi Fengju lightly smiled, "It’s right that you have no impression of it, this manor isn’t owned by the family, it was privately acquired by me."
So it was a private estate! Sang Wan’s expression stiffened as she thought to herself that she was being meddlesome by inquiring about someone else’s "private funds." She simply said "oh" and did not continue the conversation. She thought to herself no wonder he is so generous, not even blinking when spending on his sister’s Xiu Garden, probably he has a considerable amount of private estates!
However, Shi Fengju took the initiative to say, "Apart from this one, there are two other private manors and five shops, which bring in an annual income of fifty to sixty thousand taels. Actually, besides uncle who serves as an official in another region and has no private properties, my other uncle and aunt also have real estate and commercial properties outside, and sometimes they also ask me to help take care of some matters! As long as it doesn’t shake the foundation of the Shi family, these things are actually not a big deal!" He laughed heartily and added, "Even mother, who hates trouble and dislikes meddling, owns a three-compartment residence in the southern part of the city and two silk shops in the center of the market district!"
Those two silk shops of mother are always on the brink of losing money! If it weren’t for his secret interventions, they would probably have ceased operations long ago, Shi Fengju thought to himself.