Chapter 99: Devouring and accumulating wealth
At noon, as soon as Chen Qi and Xie Yuduo appeared at the door of the opposite house, a servant opened the corner door and bowed to lead the couple inside.
Enter from the corner gate of the house, pass through the corridor, and pass the hanging flower gate. There are winding corridors on both sides, a hall in the middle, and the main hall for receiving guests at the back.
In the corridor of the house, two servants led the way in front, and Chen Qi walked carefully behind Xie Yuduo, following closely.
Xie Yuduo noticed that she was acting strangely today and asked her with his head down.
"Why are you walking like that today?"
Normally, she would walk side by side with him, or half a step ahead of him.
Chen Qi looked around and saw that there was no one around. The servant leading the way was also walking in front, so he moved a little closer and replied in a low voice.
"You don't understand. This is the rule of officials. A wife cannot walk ahead of her husband. This is called the order of rank and file. Although I haven't seen it, I have heard that it is correct."
After hearing this, Xie Yuduo chuckled, took a half step back, and picked her up sideways.
Chen Qi was startled by his actions. She wanted to tell him to put her down quickly so that others would not see her and laugh at her. However, she did not dare to shout loudly in someone else's house, so she could only pinch him hard.
"What are you...doing...put it down..."
Xie Yuduo didn't let go at all, just held her and strode inside.
The two servants who were leading the way had already seen it, bowed their heads, and stepped aside.
Xie Yuduo held Chen Qi in his arms and strode through the hall and into the house. Soon he arrived at the main hall.
Fortunately, there was no one in the main hall.
Chen Qi was finally put down by him. She quickly checked her clothes and hair. Seeing that they were still neat and tidy, she stepped forward and hit him hard.
"What are you doing? Everyone saw you! It's a good thing the owner didn't come, otherwise it would have been a big joke."
Xie Yuduo had a serious expression. He put his arm around her shoulders, extended a finger, and shushed her softly.
Chen Qi thought someone came in, and she was so nervous that her whole body stiffened and she slowly turned around.
Empty.
Xie Yuduo was standing behind him, laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.
Chen Qi wanted to strangle him to death at one moment and wanted to pull him away quickly at another moment.
Before she strangled him to death, Xie Yuduo smiled and grabbed her hand, pulling her back into the inner hall.
The inner hall is a study, with a bookshelf on one side and a desk opposite, which is very similar to the layout of a study at home.
Xie Yuduo let go of the stunned Chen Qi and walked forward to push open the bookshelf.
Behind the bookshelf, there is a very hidden small suite.
At this point, Chen Qi looked at Xie Yuduo's smooth movements, and even though she was confused, she finally reacted.
"Is this... your house?"
Xie Yuduo looked at her incredulous expression and nodded with a smile.
"Of course. Otherwise, can I carry you in? Come and see our belongings."
The small suite also had the specifications of a study, but there were no books on the bookshelves. Instead, there were brocade boxes of various sizes, and the floor was filled with boxes.
"This is where you hide all those goodies."
Xie Yuduo nodded, stood with his hands behind his back, and smiled proudly.
"Isn't this place very secluded? I guarantee that the whole family won't be able to find it."
Chen Qi smiled helplessly.
"If you don't put it at home, it's a wonder your family can find it!"
Chen Qi kicked the box closest to him, but it didn't move at all.
"What's in here?"
Xie Yuduo was still in his old style, raising his chin and looking at her with a smile.
"Open it yourself and take a look."
The lock on the box had been opened, and Chen Qi used a little force to lift the lid.
Full of silver.
This was within Shen Qi's expectations.
She opened another one, and it was still silver.
She opened another one and found silver inside.
…
He opened more than a dozen boxes in a row, and they were all full of silver.
This was a little beyond her expectations.
Chen Qi opened a number of boxes in a row, and looked at the ones that were still unopened.
"Master, this is all... all your money?"
He corrected her wording.
"Ours."
Chen Qi was helpless.
"Is that all our money?"
He smiled with satisfaction.
"Not entirely. Look over here."
Xie Yuduo pulled her over and looked at them one by one.
In addition to silver, there were several large boxes containing extremely precious spices, medicinal herbs, silks, and tea.
After many years of traveling, he bought these four goods at low prices and sold them at high prices across thousands of mountains and cities from south to north. The huge price difference was the foundation of his business fortune.
More importantly, he has been very busy in the past two years since he got married, and he is not just working hard for his family's herbal medicine shop.
In addition to the old shop on Silver Lion Street, the business of the branch shops, the business transactions, and the exchanges with all directions... the money he earned from carefully calculating was so much that even if the people in the second house found another 800 accountants to calculate it for three years, they would definitely not be able to calculate it.
Day by day, over time, he nibbled away at the money and accumulated a fortune of no less than one hundred thousand.
He then showed her the brocade boxes of all sizes on the bookshelf. There were many styles of things inside, including pearls, jade, gems, jasper, rhino horns, pills... As expected, he always liked to collect good things.
"When we were newly married, I only showed you the banknotes because they were easier to get hold of. This cash is way too much. If I exchanged it all for banknotes, I'm afraid it would be inconvenient to use, and it would also be too conspicuous."
Xie Yuduo looked around, extremely satisfied, and turned back to look at Chen Qi.
"Do you like it?"
She looked around, turned around and sat on a box full of silver, her tone very frank.
“It’s hard for me to say I don’t like it.”
Xie Yuduo walked over and pulled her up.
"You can't sit here."
He turned around and sat down, motioning for her to sit on his lap.
"It's cold up there, sit here, it's warm. As long as you like it, all this money won't be earned in vain."
Shen Qi smiled bitterly and hugged his neck.
"Not having that much money doesn't stop me from liking you. It's just that I feel a little sorry for you. You must have worked so hard to earn so much money."
He had endured six years of wind and rain, thousands of miles of barren mountains and tens of thousands of wild rivers, and had to buy medicinal herbs for his family while also traveling with the caravans to sell goods. It was indeed very hard for him.
Xie Yuduo was not polite and nodded.
"Those years were truly tiring, so exhausting that one could fall asleep on horseback. Walking for months on end in the wilderness would have almost turned one into a savage. So, God took pity on me and allowed me to meet you and marry you. It gives me a little warmth and hope. Earning a little money is nothing; having you is the greatest blessing of my life."
Chen Qi sighed that no matter who Xie Yuduo married, they would definitely be very loving.
Xie Yuduo, however, believed that no matter who Chen Qi married, she would be very happy.
She smiled and nodded.
"This is truly a marriage destined by heaven. You and I are destined to be such a perfect match in this life."
The two of us sat together, you looked at me, I looked at you, lowered our heads and whispered, laughing for a long time.
After laughing, Xie Yuduo briefly told Chen Qi the general origin of these things, and then patted her butt.
"Get up and look around again, or they'll take you away tomorrow."
Chen Qi looked around and felt a little nervous.
"So much money, and we asked our servants to take it to the provincial capital?"
Xie Yuduo smiled and shook his head.
"No, escorting valuables is a big business, and there are specialized businessmen to do it. We just sign the documents and pay the money, and we don't have to worry about anything else along the way."
After hearing this, Chen Qi felt relieved.
"That's good."
"I've asked for another team to escort us all the way to the provincial capital."
Chen Qi was a little disapproving.
"In these peaceful times, we're traveling by official road, and we don't need to carry these valuables. We have young men accompanying us, so do we really need a special escort?"
Xie Yuduo pinched her chin.
"As the old saying goes, a son of a millionaire should not sit idle in the hall. Naturally, the smaller the risk, the better. Besides, you are a treasure worth a million dollars in my heart. How could I take such a risk?"
Chen Qi smiled and nodded in agreement.
Sure enough, on the day of departure on the third day of September, there was indeed a team of people escorting us from front and back.
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