"This is their earnings for the three months after winter last year." Hu Mingmei took out a stack of silver notes from his pocket, a thin stack of about ten notes. Bai Nuo looked at the face value and saw that they were all ten thousand taels each.
However, Bai Nuo keenly noticed what Hu Mingmei said. Hu Quan was dead, and Bai Nuo knew who had killed him. "Is it safe?"
Hu Mingmei nodded, "They're all my people, don't worry."
He suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand. "Are you scared? You're coming back with me soon!"
Bai Nuo shook her head. "A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog. Who made me marry you? I thought about this when we got married." Thinking back to how Hu Mingmei got here, it seemed there was really no place for him in the capital, so he took the risk and came here. In the past six months to a year, he has gone from having nothing to what he is today. He must go back home. It is his home, his parents' home, and he must take it back. Similarly, it is her home. Even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, she will be with him.
"I'm sorry to have wronged you!" Hu Mingmei felt a little guilty. She could have lived a good life, but she ended up marrying him and having to face these problems.
But even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, he would still want to hold her hand, because he couldn't bear to let go.
"If it weren't for you, Duobaoge wouldn't be what it is today," Bai Nuo said with a smile. The two of them had already saved up 100,000 yuan. If it weren't for Hu Mingmei, she could have created a modern jewelry catalog, but it definitely wouldn't have been this smooth.
Bai Nuoyang held up the silver notes Hu Mingmei had placed on the table. "You've made me worry-free, so naturally I'll make sure you have no worries too." Hu Mingmei loved her, but she loved Hu Mingmei too.
As the two were talking, there was a knock on the door. Bai Nuo went to open it, and Jiang San Niang stood at the door with an abacus. When she saw Hu Mingmei, she smiled and said, "Second Master is here too. Nuonuo, we need to check the accounts."
"I'll be right back!" Bai Nuo turned around, saw Hu Mingmei nod, and then went out.
Once the two of them got to the second floor, they spent most of the afternoon calculating and finally finished calculating all the money.
"Not counting the shop's reserve funds, what we can take with us is the profit from these three months, totaling about 30,000 taels. I'll deposit it into the bank for you."
"No!" Bai Nuo said calmly, "You can keep the money!"
"How can this be?" Jiang San Niang objected. "All the profits here come from the three shops across the three floors. You get the lion's share, and I get a small share. It's not fair to give me all of it!"
“Once we get to the capital, there will be many places where we’ll need to spend money. Lu Ying’s family also has a lot of troubles, and you’ll definitely need to spend money to deal with them. As for Hu Mingmei, he’s been at odds with his family for a long time. I do have a little money left over,” Bai Nuo said.
Jiang Sanniang insisted on pushing the money over, saying, "After we get to the capital, we'll have to reopen Duobaoge. There are quite a few expenses involved. In just one year, I've accumulated a considerable amount of money. Plus, my husband's entire fortune is with me. Don't worry, I won't let anyone bully me." Jiang Sanniang patted her hand with a smile.
"I have money!" Bai Nuo said with a smile. "Second Master just gave me quite a lot again!"
"Alright then!" After hearing that Hu Mingmei had also given her some money for household expenses, Jiang Sanniang felt at ease and stopped refusing. "However, if you are going to arrange a house for Grandma in the capital, you have to count me in. I still want to have a family home to go back to."
Don't worry, sis.
On the fifteenth, early in the morning, Qinghe held Bai Nuo and Jiang San Niang's hands, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face. Bai Nuo looked at her with a smile and let Qinghe cry until she had cried enough before saying, "Alright, Qinghe, stop crying. If you cry any more, you'll become ugly. It's not like we can't see each other again. You'll still have to go to the capital in the future."
“But we only see each other once a season, so I can only see you four times. I also want to go to the capital with you!” Qinghe became even more saddened when she heard this. “Da Ya can go, so I want to go too.”
"That's because we had no choice. My grandma couldn't bear to part with Auntie, and Auntie couldn't bear to part with Daya. Otherwise, I would have kept Daya here to help you. Besides, if you weren't here watching over things, I don't know who I could entrust the Treasure Pavilion to."
Qinghe is a decisive and efficient person, making him a good candidate to be a manager.
“We’re all leaving now, and you’re the only one I can trust!” Bai Nuo said.
They talked for a while before Hu Mingmei called out, "Madam, we're leaving!"
Bai Nuo turned her head and saw that Hu Mingmei had already calmed down Old Man Dugu and was standing on the carriage shaft looking at them. Qinghe hardened her heart and said, "You can go, you can go. I'll watch over this Treasure Pavilion for you."
The three of them were able to separate and boarded a carriage. After traveling for seven or eight days, they finally arrived in the capital. After arriving in the capital, Bai Nuo and Jiang San Niang parted ways. However, she and Hu Mingmei did not go home yet. Instead, they stayed in an inn. After buying a house in the capital and settling Grandma, Bai Yu, and Jiang Qiao'er in, Hu Mingmei took Bai Nuo home.
Hu Mingmei hadn't been back for far too long. When he knocked on the Hu family's door, the servants guarding the gate were stunned. "Second Master... Second Master... You're back?"
"What's wrong? Why can't Second Master come back?" Hu Mingmei asked coldly. Lu Ying said coldly, "Why aren't you opening the door? Not only is our Second Master back, but Second Young Mistress is back too!"
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