They were robbed? By whom? And in their own home.
Thinking of the assassin from before, Ye Lingyu looked around warily, but found no signs of anyone intruding.
He stood in front of Cheng Qingyan, his eyes never letting their guard down in the darkness.
Cheng Qingyan pulled Ye Lingyu close, his eyes filled with tears: "Wife, it wasn't that kind of robbery, it was Doctor Ruan. She took the silver notes that Mother gave me this morning."
"My heart still aches; it feels like a piece of it has been ripped out."
Seeing that Cheng Qingyan was truly heartbroken, I wondered when this guy had become so greedy for money.
Ye Lingyu laughed happily in the night, and as if by magic, produced a stack of silver notes: "Don't be sad, look, your wife has robbed it back for you again."
This is the 11,000 taels that Ruan Banxia took from Cheng Qingyan, and now it's all in Ye Lingyu's hands.
Cheng Qingyan's aggrieved expression instantly turned into joy, and his smile deepened: "Hehe, my wife, how did you do that? How could Doctor Ruan give you the money? My wife, you're amazing!"
They were completely different people before and after receiving the money.
Ye Lingyu placed the silver note in her hand into Cheng Qingyan's hand, then clenched it tightly: "Ayan, you're being too obvious. Tone it down."
"What if Physician Ruan sees this and asks you for money?
In an instant, Cheng Qingyan's smile vanished. His facial expression subsided, but the smile in his eyes remained.
"Wife, hehe, the money's back! I'm so happy~"
Ye Lingyu flicked her forehead and smiled indulgently: "You~ if Banxia really took this money, would you be able to sleep at night?"
Cheng Qingyan chuckled: "I can definitely fall asleep, but I'll feel a little heartbroken."
Ye Lingyu asked her, puzzled, "Banxia cured Mother's illness, so we should pay her a consultation fee. Why are you feeling sorry for her?"
"I'm willing to pay for the consultation, but I don't feel safe giving her all the money I have on me..."
Ye Lingyu understood: "But if Banxia had said the consultation fee was ten thousand taels at the beginning, and then asked you for it afterward, would you still feel bad about it?"
"Yes, I feel bad whenever someone asks me for money."
Ye Lingyu chuckled: "You weren't like this before. You gave Banxia several thousand taels of silver before, why didn't you feel sorry for her then?"
Cheng Qingyan shook his head and denied it, saying, "Times have changed. There is a difference between one thousand taels and ten thousand taels."
"Besides, the heartache I feel when I give away is different from the heartache she feels when she asks for it."
"Oh? How are they different?"
"One is giving willingly, the other is taking unwillingly, how can they be the same?"
"I have to support my family now, I have a responsibility to provide for our lives, and I have to make sure my wife has a good life."
The amount of money given away is the same, but the emotional value of giving it away is different.
However, everyone has a different definition of what constitutes a good day.
“Ayan, my good days are spent with you, and have little to do with money.”
Cheng Qingyan shook her finger, indicating, "No, no, no, living conditions are inseparable from money."
"I also want the person I love to be able to buy something she likes without worrying about the price."
"I don't want you to like something but ultimately hesitate to buy it because of the price."
“This feeling is awful, I don’t like it, and I don’t want you to go through this.”
Ye Lingyu reached out and touched Cheng Qingyan's face, rubbing her face with her thumb, looking at her with a smile in her eyes.
Because I wanted a better life for myself, I don't know when I turned into a money-grubber? That's a pretty good reason, at least not some other excuse.
"Ayan, I hope you can understand that in this world, you are the only companion I need. Everything else, everything that can be bought, is not a necessity."
"Only you are indispensable."
"So I also hope you can live a more relaxed life, and I don't want you to become unhappy because of some other external things or events."
"You can be as arrogant as you want, or you can go back to being the clueless Cheng Qingyan. No matter what, I will always be by your side."
They all knew that Ruan Banxia wouldn't actually ask them for that much money for her consultation.
He's neither a con artist nor an unreliable friend.
Although they weren't exactly life-or-death friends with Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu, they were still good friends who could help each other.
Moreover, Cheng Qingyan and Shen Ziyu are now cousins.
Even if Ruan Banxia wanted 20,000 taels of silver, Cheng Qingyan would find a way to raise it for her.
I may feel bad for you, but I'll still give it to you.
If she doesn't have it, then go ask Shen Ziyu for it. We're all family anyway, so it doesn't matter who gives it to or who gets it.
Thinking back to the beginning, the days when their house was drafty, they ate wild vegetables for every meal, and had no money, seem so far away now.
Over time, his assets have gradually increased, but Cheng Qingyan himself doesn't actually have much savings.
Most of the money was used to open new shops, buy materials, and pay wages.
The ten thousand taels that Yun Yue gave her might be the last of Cheng Qingyan's cash. So she was somewhat reluctant, but it wasn't that she was truly unwilling to give it to Ruan Banxia.
At first, she expanded her business too much. As soon as one store became profitable, she would use the money to open a new store. This cycle continued, and in the past six months, she couldn't remember how many stores she had opened.
After Mu Zhiyue settled in the county town, most of the resources were directed towards her. She now owns at least three shops in the county town.
The workers' wages at the factory must not be delayed, and all expenses now have to go through her.
Fortunately, we can still sell some of the vegetables and millet we harvested last time.
Thinking of Luo Ji and the others, she wondered how they were doing. It had been a while since she had asked her for money, and she wondered how they were doing in Wanfeng County.
She had never been to Wanfeng County, nor had she ever asked Luo Ji how many shops he owned there.
She kept 2,000 taels of the 11,000 taels she had taken from Ye Lingyu and returned it to Ye Lingyu.
“My lady, I’ll keep these. You can give the rest to Doctor Ruan. I’m a little short on cash lately, not because I think her consultation fee isn’t worth ten thousand taels.”
Ye Lingyu refused to accept the money and said with a smile, "Then you can give it to her yourself. Also, she didn't ask you for the consultation fee. She just brought the money over for me to keep safe because she was afraid that you would turn bad after you had the money."
"So, after she overheard my conversation with my mother inside the house, she came out to collect her consultation fee from you."
"She was actually afraid that you would misuse the money, so she helped me swindle the money from you."
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