Chapter 124 I finally call you daddy
At night, Xie Yuduo leaned on the kang and played with his daughter.
He had just hunted and brought back a string of nine coral and gold-inlaid rings, which he presented to his daughter like a treasure. Xiao Ming loved it very much, and the two of them played with it back and forth, taking turns, making his daughter laugh out loud.
Chen Qi sat on the edge of the kang, watching the two of them playing, sorting out clothes for her daughter to wear tomorrow, and thinking about the valuable gift she had received today.
"Today, I met the prefect's wife at the Meng family. She gave our daughter quite a few gifts, including gold bracelets, jade ruyi, and other valuables."
Xie Yuduo was having fun with his daughter and responded casually.
"Oh, just keep it."
"Are you doing business with the government?"
"No business, just exchanges."
"How big of a relationship is this that someone would give you such valuable gifts?"
Xie Yuduo had not intended to tell her about this matter, so as to avoid her worrying in vain, but since she asked, he told her.
"Last year, the Luo River in the north overflowed and the riverbank collapsed. Did you know?"
Shen Qi nodded.
To the north of Guangling City is the main trunk of the Luo River, where the water is turbulent. Last spring, it flooded and destroyed a large section of the river embankment. The government allocated funds to repair it, and it was not completed until the end of last year.
"Last winter, the government was short of money, so the prefect asked me to borrow some silver."
Chen Qi raised her eyebrows. Can the government borrow money from merchants?
"Oh, how much did you borrow?"
"One hundred and twenty thousand taels."
Chen Qi sat up straight at once.
"What, so many!"
Xie Yuduo nodded.
"Then...when will it be returned?"
Xie Yuduo chuckled, leaned over and pinched her cheek.
"Xiao Yue'er, are you only three years old this year? If you lend money like this, you won't pay it back."
Chen Qi widened her eyes, threw down her clothes, and walked straight up to Xie Yuduo.
"One hundred and twenty thousand taels?! Borrowing without returning? No wonder it's a gift to our family!"
While playing with his daughter, Xie Yuduo held her in his arms with one hand.
"Don't feel bad. Money has always been a thing that prefers to be active rather than quiet. If you accumulate too much, it is extremely sinful. These 120,000 taels are just daily expenses, and they have this every year. Besides, if we don't lend it, they will find a way to get it. It's better for me to lend it to you and gain a good reputation. Look, isn't this a gift for our daughter?"
Chen Qi leaned in his arms and sighed.
"I used to think this gift was valuable, but now I don't think it's valuable anymore. With so much silver, how many gold bracelets and silver ingots can I exchange for? Who cares about those?"
Xie Yuduo kissed the forehead of the person in his arms.
"I gave the government money, and she gave her private property, which is quite generous."
He didn't say how much of the 120,000 taels of silver ended up in the magistrate's household, so it was hard to calculate.
Although Shen Qi nodded, she was still unhappy.
"If I had known earlier, I would have asked you to buy an official position. With so much silver, it's enough to buy a fifth or sixth rank official position!"
"If I become an official, even if I save on this expense, I still have other expenses to pay for. It's always the same. Remember, from now on, every scoop of water in the Luo River will smell like our family's silver. Then, naturally, we can also trade more in the future. Wouldn't that make up for the loss?"
Chen Qi felt a little better, but still sighed.
"They are quite good at catering to your wishes. They know that our daughter is very precious to you, so they specially sent her something, saying it was a gift for the child. I refused several times, but I refused."
Xie Yuduo narrowed his eyes and looked at her.
"That's fine. I'll give them a little hint next time and ask them to send you some too."
Shen Qi hit him with a smile.
At this moment, Xie Yuduo was still playing Nine Rings with his daughter, and was distracted by talking to Chen Qi. He accidentally forgot to loosen his grip, and his daughter couldn't pull it apart, so she cried anxiously.
"Nah... wuah... Daddy!"
The couple was joking when they suddenly heard their daughter calling "Dad" and were both stunned.
Xiao Ming'er started calling her mother very early, but has never called her father. This made Xie Yuduo depressed for a long time. He blamed himself for being too busy to go home, causing his daughter to ignore him.
Today, he actually heard his daughter calling him dad, and he responded repeatedly, full of joy.
Chen Qi smiled and stood up, making it easier for him to hold his daughter in his arms. He kissed her several times, but felt it was not enough, so he stood up, picked her up, threw her in the air, and caught her steadily.
Xiao Ming loved this game very much. He laughed and shouted.
"Hehe... Dad... Hey... Daddy!"
Xie Yuduo laughed heartily.
"My little Ming'er finally knows how to call me daddy! We haven't taught her well these days, but she actually learned it on her own! What a clever child! After all, she's our daughter, and it's worth it for me to love and care for her!"
Chen Qi looked at the two people, the loving father and the filial daughter, who were both happy, smiled slightly, and echoed the praise.
In order to make her husband smile, she secretly taught him for two months, and her daughter finally learned it!
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