Chapter 669: What a Lucky Man

However, the main reason was not the accessories, but the difficulty in arranging the hot water source. If she wanted to build a whole water supply and drainage system, she would have to dismantle her house.

The trouble outweighs the convenience, so forget it.

I've gotten used to taking showers over and over again. It's great to have a separate bathroom.

Qin Yao walked out of the bathroom with some regret and looked at Liu Ji who was waiting there, "What's the matter?"

As soon as Liu Ji showed that flattering smile, Qin Yao's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, the next second, someone came up to me with an account book in hand, "My dear, please take a look. This is our family's expenses for food, drinks and sundries last month, as well as the expenses for this month's housewarming party, and the expenses you promised to reimburse me for."

"The total is eighty-five taels of silver."

Qin Yao frowned slightly, picked up the account and took a look. Last month, she spent ten taels on food and sundries.

Prices in the capital were high, but supplies were plentiful. The family would have a hotpot every now and then, and the spices accounted for the bulk of the expense. They also bought wine several times afterwards. In addition, Qin Feng was not stingy with his food and drink at home, so these ten taels were considered frugal.

Qin Yao said nothing and looked at the cost of the housewarming party.

We had two meals in total. In the morning, the family prepared soup, tea, snacks and fruits. In the afternoon, we booked eight tables from the nearby Tianxianglou.

The neighbors around were not ordinary people. Many of them worked in various governments, so their status could not be too low. One table cost six taels of silver, and eight tables cost forty-eight taels.

Including the cost of the meal prepared at home, the total cost of the housewarming banquet was fifty taels.

There were twenty-five taels left, of which five taels were Liu Ji's pocket money for this month, and twenty taels were his so-called reimbursement.

"Did you eat the gold? Can you spend twenty taels?" Qin Yao asked with a bad look.

Liu Ji avoided her murderous eyes with a guilty conscience and argued:

"I did that so that I could help you get the news from all over the capital as soon as possible. In front of all the nobles in the capital, I am a nobody. If I want to attract their attention, I can only use extraordinary means."

"I didn't know the tea in that building was so expensive. I thought it was similar to our Zijing Mansion Teahouse. A cup of medium-quality tea for everyone in the building would cost at most eight or ten taels. Who knew that when the bill came, it would cost thirty taels!"

Qin Yao frowned: "What about these twenty taels?"

"I can't really be a sucker. I bargained for these twenty taels by fighting for my rights. I've been very frugal, my lady..." Liu Ji deliberately prolonged the last syllable and looked at her pitifully.

What else can Qin Yao say?

I could only kick him in the calf, "I thought you had become more capable, but it turns out it's all about money!"

Liu Ji jumped ten meters away on one foot, hissing and asking curiously, "What is the ability to copy?"

Qin Yao strode back to her room in the backyard, took out a handful of silver bars and threw them into his arms, "This is the power of money! Money of money, understand?"

Liu Ji grabbed the silver bars and would have laughed out loud if he hadn't been afraid of being beaten again.

Compared with the money, what is the slight pain in the calf?

Liu Ji said to Qin Yao seriously, "Madam, I don't mind if you give me more silver to kill me."

Qin Yao: "I'm so fucking stupid!"

As soon as the fist was raised, someone ran faster than a rabbit with the silver in his arms.

"It's just a joke, my lady, don't take it seriously!"

Liu Ji turned around and shouted to the backyard: "I saw someone selling rice dumplings on the street. I'll go buy some and we can eat them for the festival tomorrow!"

Sanlang and Siniang, who were still catching the Five Poisons around the house, couldn't bear it any longer, "Father, we want to go too!"

The twins rushed out like cannonballs and caught up with their father. The three of them, father and son, laughed and played as they headed towards the main street.

From a distance, Qin Yao could still hear Liu Ji, the great liar, talking nonsense:

"Father has plenty of money in his pocket. We can buy whatever we want today. But we are not freeloaders. We have to wash clothes and clean windows for Father when we get home, right?"

Sanlang: "Hmm, let's eat meat dumplings~"

Si Niang: “Yes, yes, yes.” Let’s trick the delicious food into our hands first.

She is a child, and her father will definitely not really bother her with this little thing.

Dalang and Erlang, who had to stay at home to work because they couldn't run fast, looked at each other and shrugged helplessly, not knowing who was fooling whom.

In the evening, Liu Fei came.

After all, it was the first day that the third sister-in-law's family moved, and he was too busy during the day to lend a hand, but now that he had finished work, he had to join in the fun and congratulate them.

Liu Fei brought two big roast geese, with crispy skin and tender meat, so delicious that people drooled.

Qin Yao, who was eating the rice dumpling happily, suddenly felt that the rice dumpling in her hand was not fragrant anymore.

"Why are you here?"

Liu Ji was the first to rush forward, stretching out his hand to take the roast goose: "Look at you, you are here, but you are still so polite. What are you bringing? Don't you think your brother won't give you food?"

"Third sister-in-law!" Liu Fei walked around him, handed the big roast goose to Awang, and said with a smile: "Freshly baked crispy roast goose, the signature of Jiuchonglou, usually there is no queue to get it, I specially found someone to squat in the early morning before dawn, and finally got two now."

Qin Yao nodded to him in gratitude and told Awang: "Keep one for tomorrow's festival, and chop the other one up and eat it tonight."

When the children heard this, they cheered and called each other "uncle" affectionately.

Being ignored, Liu Ji was only embarrassed for a second, then he stepped forward and put his arm around his brother's shoulders.

"Dinner will take a while. Come on, let me show you around the house!"

"Don't leave tonight, stay at home. I definitely can't charge you rent. Bring me more delicious food later. You can eat as much as you want at home."

As the two brothers were talking, they first entered Liu Ji's new study, which was spacious, bright and beautiful!

Liu Fei glanced at him enviously, "There is no one else in the world who treats you as well as my third sister-in-law does."

Liu Ji stretched out a finger and shook it left and right. "No, no."

He waved his hand mysteriously, signaling Liu Fei to come closer and whisper, "I am now deeply favored by my uncle, and this house was bought by my uncle."

After saying that, he raised his handsome eyebrows, crossed his arms, and waited for Liu Fei to show an expression of envy and jealousy.

However, the other party did not feel any envy or jealousy.

Liu Fei looked his third brother up and down, and exclaimed in amazement, "How can there be someone as shameless as you in this world?"

"Third brother, now that Third Sister-in-law has found her family, you are living in someone else's house and spending their money. I think you should just marry into her family. Otherwise, as her younger brother, I will always feel embarrassed to rely on her family's help."

As expected, Liu Ji got so angry that he exploded.

"Is your last name Liu or Qin? If you keep trying to be so mean, I'll beat you to death!"

Under the suppression of his blood, Liu Fei covered his forehead, not daring to speak any more, and obediently followed his excited third brother to tour the entire house.

From time to time, he would let out a few "wows" in cooperation, and tears of envy flowed from the corners of his mouth.

His third brother is so lucky!