Chapter 744 Going wild
After the couple had a falling out, they lived in two separate rooms. Wei Lan and the newly bought malt lived in one room, while Mai Sui served Bai Dingfeng.
The newlyweds should have been enjoying a blissful marriage, but who knew that Bai Dingfeng would turn his back on them so soon after they left the capital.
Wei Lan also has the temperament of a young lady, and her own pride. It's impossible for her to humbly tell a flattering story! Bai Dingfeng's family background is not as good as hers. He is just the son of a minor prefect and has not yet passed the imperial examination. What face does he have to stubbornly insist on being a good person?
"My lady, please wait a moment."
Bai Dingfeng stopped Wei Lan, shook the oil paper package in his hand, and said, "This is a roast duck I bought especially for you. Although it's not as good as Shuangfuji in Beijing, it tastes pretty good and doesn't have any fishy smell."
"Yeah?"
Wei Lan thought this was Bai Dingfeng making a concession, and her face softened, so she became happy again.
After sending the maid Maisui out, the couple sat together.
The roast duck had already been sliced by the restaurant and served with sweet bean sauce, scallions, and small pancakes. After washing his hands, Bai Dingfeng thoughtfully prepared the pancakes for Wei Lan.
How does it taste?
He bought the roast duck casually from a shop that wasn't open for business. The shop only had one roast duck left, so they were selling it cheaply and clearly told him that the pancakes were leftovers from yesterday.
"tasty!"
Wei Lan had no idea that she was touched that Bai Dingfeng was thinking of her. She had been throwing a tantrum and not eating at dinner, but now she was enjoying the roast duck rolls.
Bai Dingfeng's eyes lingered on Wei Lan's greasy lips. What were daughters of officials and noble ladies? To him, they were nothing more than leftovers.
"Oh, and apple juice too."
After Wei Lan ate a few pancakes, Bai Dingfeng took out a small bamboo tube and handed it to her.
The apple juice was a gift from Li Ruoshuang, but because he was traumatized by something she had given him, he refused to drink anything of unknown origin, which allowed Wei Lan to have it.
"It's sweet and sour, so delicious! In the past, the fruit juices I drank in Beijing always had pulpy bits in them, but this apple juice tastes very pure."
Wei Lan couldn't help but praise it; she didn't know the source of the apple juice, otherwise she probably wouldn't have been able to drink it.
After eating her fill, Wei Lan leaned against Bai Dingfeng and said coquettishly, "Husband, I thought you went out with Li Ruoshuang today, but it turns out you really did see your classmate and were thinking of me..."
"How could I, a husband, take her out alone with me?"
Bai Dingfeng said righteously, "My wife, you shouldn't be so petty. If you ruin Ruoshuang's reputation, and she tries to hold me responsible, I'll have to take responsibility."
"It's because I'm petty, jealous, and prone to being possessive."
Wei Lan pursed her lips, deeply feeling that Bai Dingfeng's words made sense. If she got angry, she might fall for Li Ruoshuang's provocation and give Li Ruoshuang a legitimate reason to act as a sycophant.
"Let's pass through Yingcheng and take her back."
Bai Dingfeng stroked Wei Lan's long hair and sighed, "My wife, I have really gone to great lengths for you. If it weren't for you..."
Since Li Ruoxue's death, Wei Lan has been haunted by the ghost story and often talks about it being haunted.
Therefore, Bai Dingfeng suggested taking Li Ruoshuang with him and treating her well, so that if Li Ruoxue turned into a vengeful ghost, her resentment wouldn't be so great.
"I wanted Ruoxue to be reborn in peace, so I had no choice but to do this."
Bai Dingfeng's words deeply moved Wei Lan, who said with emotion, "Husband, it turns out that you've done so much, but you're just not good with words and don't know how to defend yourself, which led to the misunderstanding."
There's no need for the husband and wife to compete for superiority; they're not enemies.
Under Bai Dingfeng's persuasion, Wei Lan humbly admitted her mistake.
"My wife, please let me keep the money you have on you."
After going through a long and roundabout way, Bai Dingfeng revealed his true purpose: he wanted money.
The Wei family had made arrangements for the journey from the capital. He would take care of the trivial matters along the way, but the money was not in his hands.
Today, Bai Dingfeng took Li Ruoshuang out for a stroll, which cost a total of over six hundred taels of silver. Bai Dingfeng didn't have much money and was quite strapped for cash.
"My lord, we have enough for our journey. What do you need the money for?"
Wei Lan's eyes flickered, which Bai Dingfeng quickly caught, and he decided to change his strategy.
"Oh, I'm here to check the accounts. We'll have to make some final purchases after we get to Qincheng."
Calculating the time, it was already November in the lunar calendar when they arrived in Qincheng. Qincheng had long been in the dead of winter, and all they had left to buy was food and meat.
Have a mental plan in advance regarding how much money you have left and how much you can buy.
"this……"
Wei Lan couldn't bring herself to say it, so she replied evasively, "No rush. Right now, many merchants are making a fortune off the war, and prices are soaring. Prices will be different when we get to Qincheng."
It's no use calculating in advance now; everything can only be decided once we get to Qincheng.
Bai Dingfeng ignored what Wei Lan said and rummaged through her package. "Is that all?"
"My husband, please listen to me..."
Wei Lan was very frustrated. She hadn't expected that the stupid thing she did a couple of days ago would be discovered so quickly.
"You mean you thought the military supplies were lost, and the replacement fabric worth 30,000 taels of silver couldn't be returned or exchanged, so you sold it at a discount?"
Bai Dingfeng's chest heaved, and he desperately wanted to strangle the idiot in front of him. He suppressed his inner trembling and asked, "How much is it?"
"It was processed for 12,000."
Wei Lan's voice grew softer and softer. She admitted that she had lost a lot of money, but what could she do? If she didn't deal with it, all that would be left was the fabric, and she wouldn't get any money back.
"you……"
Bai Dingfeng almost fainted. Since they had already purchased the goods, they could have transported them to the north or found people to leave them in Licheng to sell. They didn't have to accept such a large discount, losing more than half of the original price. It was obvious that they had been ripped off!
"I went with Lin Yuesha."
Wei Lan also sensed something was wrong and immediately pulled Lin Yuesha out to shield her. Faced with Bai Dingfeng's anger, she couldn't withstand it.
"Absolutely stupid!"
Bai Dingfeng flicked his sleeves, ignoring Wei Lan, and turned to confront Lin Yuesha.
"Young Master Bai, what are you doing? Our young lady is a woman and is not yet engaged. It is against the rules for you to barge in like this!"
Qingxing stood in front of Bai Dingfeng and raised her voice angrily.
Upon seeing this, Bai Cha hurriedly went next door to find Bai Youran to put out the fire.
"Young Master Bai, why aren't you staying in your room? What are you doing causing trouble here?"
Lin Yuesha emerged from behind the screen, realizing she had been betrayed by Wei Lan. Sure enough, Bai Dingfeng had come knocking. Judging from his furious expression, the 18,000 taels of silver seemed to have considerable impact.
"Lin Yuesha, are you still pretending with me?"
His former gentle and refined demeanor was gone. Now that his true colors had been revealed, Bai Dingfeng was too lazy to pretend anymore and demanded an explanation from Lin Yuesha.
Before the two could confront each other, the door creaked open.
"Big brother, are you crazy?"
Bai Youran got the gist of it and felt that Wei Lan was foolish. However, Wei Lan's temperament had been like this for a long time, so she couldn't blame others for Wei Lan's mishap.
Bai Dingfeng suddenly barged into Lin Yuesha's room, startling her. This was completely unreasonable!
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