Chapter 52 Returning the Money Owed to Chen Wantang
Xiao Qingyuan took the silver note, glanced at it, and handed it back: "Even if you know how to earn money, you probably don't have much. Keep this for yourself. I'll accompany you to the market another day, and you can pick out a few pieces of fine fabric. I'll then call the best embroiderers to make clothes for you."
"I don't have much silver now, but I will have a lot in the future. You don't know yet, Your Highness, but Qingyun Restaurant has recently added a very special snack called Fruit Cream Ice Bowl. It's my own creation. I gave them the recipe, and they made it according to it."
Xiao Qingyuan had recently visited Qingyunlou to buy bird's nest for Chu Yanluo. He had heard of the name of this snack and it seemed to be very popular, but he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time.
Hearing Chu Yanluo's words, he was both surprised and delighted: "What? You created the fruit yogurt ice bowl?! Yanluo, you can actually make snacks?"
"I can do a lot of other things too. I just did them casually when I was bored at home. I never expected that people outside would treat them like treasures. The manager of Qingyunlou even said that he would give me a share of the profits every month!"
Seeing Xiao Qingyuan's shock, Chu Yanluo felt even more smug. Both of them had been reborn, but that idiot Shen Mingxuan only knew how to shout everywhere that she had been reborn and didn't do anything useful. Unlike her, she immediately thought of ways to make money.
That damned Shen Wantang, how could she gain a foothold in the Prince's Mansion? How could she make the maids and nannies obey her every word? It's all because she embezzled a lot of money from the Prince's Mansion after she became the head of the household. She just gave a little of it to the servants, and they all served her faithfully!
Even after Xiao Qingyuan borrowed five hundred taels of silver from her, he began to speak well of her, intentionally or unintentionally!
Money makes the world go round, but a lack of money can bring down even the bravest of heroes.
Chu Yanluo originally thought that after arriving at the Ning Prince's Mansion, she could finally enjoy a life of luxury. After all, in her previous life, when she arrived, Xiao Qingyuan was not cut off from all his financial support by the Ning Prince and Princess. He was very generous, showering her with money. The silks and satins he gave her were so luxurious that she could wear two outfits a day and still not finish them all. Unlike now, she was so poor that she almost starved to death!
In this life, things have changed. Shen Wantang is now in charge of the household, and the princess only focuses on Xiao Qingyuan, making him suffer and tormenting him without giving him a single penny.
Chu Yanluo understood that Princess Ning's real purpose was to force her away.
However, she would never leave. She wanted to get revenge on those who looked down on her and slap them in the face!
She said confidently, "Your Highness, Qingyunlou is the largest restaurant in the capital. Everyone says my snacks are excellent and they want me to invest in it. Would you like to invest as well? Even without the Prince's mansion, we'll have more money than we can spend and we'll never have to depend on anyone else again."
Xiao Qingyuan had suffered greatly from a lack of money recently, and he had never felt that money was so important. Seeing Chu Yanluo's confidence, he immediately nodded in agreement: "Since it's a snack you created yourself, of course I want to invest! I just don't know how much I should invest?"
Chu Yanluo looked at the money bag he had just received: "Didn't Young Master Yuan and Second Young Master Gu both give you silver notes? You can use them all to invest. With Qingyunlou's strength, plus my snacks, you'll be able to get your money back in less than ten days, and then you can pay back the debts you owe them."
Xiao Qingyuan was somewhat incredulous: "You can break even so quickly?"
“Others certainly can’t, but isn’t that what I am? Do you think I only know this one snack? I know a lot of other things. If I teach them a few, the number of customers at Qingyunlou will increase tenfold or twentyfold.”
Xiao Qingyuan excitedly handed her the money pouch: "Yanluo, you are indeed amazing. In my opinion, you are the number one talented woman in Dafeng! You are more talented than the daughter of Minister Liu!"
Liu Nanshi, the daughter of Liu Gelao, has always been hailed as the most talented woman in Dafeng. She had already mastered the Four Books and Five Classics by the age of nine, and her poems were praised even by the emperor.
Liu Nanshi and Gu Qianhan have always been known as a perfect couple, and it seems that their families have been considering marriage in the past two years.
Chu Yanluo took Xiao Qingyuan's money bag and said modestly, "What I know is nothing special. It's just something I do in my spare time. I haven't studied it seriously. After all, I don't want to make money, and I don't want to be famous or in the limelight. Fame and fortune are a burden to me, and I don't like them."
Xiao Qingyuan stared at her intently: "Yanluo, you are the most indifferent to fame and fortune I have ever met. You have a pure and untainted heart. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have thought of cooperating with Qingyunlou to earn money. It was my fault for not protecting you and letting you get tainted by these worldly things."
Chu Yanluo put the money pouch under her pillow and stuffed the five hundred taels into his hand: "I don't blame you. How can one remain pure in this filthy world? It's okay to get a little tainted. As long as the young master is well, I'm willing to do anything."
Xiao Qingyuan was so moved he almost cried: "Yanluo, no one has ever been so good to me!"
Chu Yanlu smiled at him: "Isn't it only right that I treat you well? Alright, you should return the money you owe Shen Wantang first, otherwise I won't feel at ease. I hate owing favors to others the most."
"Okay, I'll return it right away. We don't owe her anything!"
Chu Yanluo nodded, then seemed to remember something and asked him, "Where are the silver notes that Young Master Gu gave you last night? Give them to me, and I'll help you give them to Qingyunlou to invest in their business."
"I've given you the ink machine. Wait here, I'll be right back!"
After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned and left.
He went into the courtyard and called Mo Ji over: "Where are the silver notes I gave you? Give them to me."
Mo Ji immediately took out the money bag and put it in Xiao Qingyuan's hand: "Master, what are you going to do with this?" In the past, Xiao Qingyuan never touched silver or silver notes, so why is he asking for them now?
Xiao Qingyuan was delighted and said proudly, "Yanluo is very skillful and can make a lot of snacks. The fruit yogurt ice bowl that's been selling very well recently was created by her! She's a talented woman. There's nothing she can't do. Qingyunlou has already taken the initiative to cooperate with her and asked me to invest as well. I told you Yanluo is different from other women, but you didn't believe me."
Mo Ji was taken aback: "Master, you're not going to give all 30,000 taels of silver you just got to Miss Chu as an investment, are you?"
"What, it's not allowed?"
"Well... you should at least keep some; you'll need it for daily use!"
"No need to stay. Yanluo said that it will only take ten days to break even."
"So what will we spend these ten days on? Master, didn't you say you would give Miss Chu bird's nest every day?"
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