PFC Chapter 124 Don’t reveal your wealth
Chapter 124 Don’t reveal your wealth
After getting off the carriage, Lu Lingxi happily wandered around.
Because they were purchasing some wedding gifts for Lu Yugang and Gu Yaner, they couldn't go shopping in small roadside shops. They went to larger stores and picked out relatively expensive items.
Lu Lingxi picked out some valuable porcelain tea sets; fashionable fine fabrics; gold and silver jewelry, jade bracelets, jadeite, jade ruyi; fine tea; and fine wine. In short, she bought everything that Nan Wangyu liked.
The shopping time was simple and happy, and of course it passed very quickly. Lu Lingxi felt that he was not very tired yet, but it was already dark.
Lu Lingxi looked at the sky, then at the packed carriage, and said to Nan Wangyu, "Ah! I bought so many things without realizing it. Should I give them all to my brothers?"
Nan Wangyu: "Of course not. After returning home, I will carefully select the best ones with good meanings and give them to my brothers. As for the rest, we will consider them as our household items. This is the first time we have bought household items together."
"How much money did you spend today? Do you have any food left?"
Nan Wangyu: "It wasn't much, just 50,000 silver coins. Only the jade and bracelet were a little expensive, but everything else was fine."
"Fifty thousand taels? Silver?" Lu Lingxi opened her mouth in surprise. She silently calculated in her mind: one tael of silver converted into RMB is about 150 to 220 yuan. Even if it is 200 yuan, 200 times 50,000, 10 million yuan! ? She suddenly felt a little dizzy. What's going on? Is it because of inflation here? Is money worthless? Or is it because she was squandering money?
"How much salary do you get per month?" Lu Lingxi asked weakly.
"Seven thousand two hundred taels." Nan Wangyu replied indifferently.
"Seven thousand two hundred taels? Then why does Daddy only give me one hundred taels of monthly salary?"
"One hundred taels is not a small amount. Most of the other young ladies from official families only get half of your monthly salary. You live in your own house. As long as you don't have your own special meals and don't have to make separate payments for food and drink, fifty taels is more than enough. My seven thousand two hundred taels are to support the entire family in the prince's house." Nan Wangyu explained patiently.
"So we spent fifty thousand taels today, which is your seven months' salary. We will have to eat dirt for the next seven months. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I wouldn't have bought so many things." Lu Lingxi's current feelings can be summed up as follows: shopping is fun for a while, but eating dirt will make you cry.
Nan Wangyu: "Lingxi, what does 'eating dirt' mean?"
Lu Lingxi was immersed in the sadness that the Prince's Mansion was so poor, and explained casually: "It means being very poor and living in a very tight situation."
After saying this, Lu Lingxi thought of something. Yes, he had saved a lot of pocket money before, so he should not have any big problems living on the basics. But...
Lu Lingxi glanced at Nan Wangyu secretly. Should I help him a little? I spent all his money just now. It seems a bit unreasonable not to help him. But I don't know if it will be enough for him. He has so many women to support.
Lu Lingxi was immersed in his own thoughts, and looked at Nan Wangyu hesitantly for several times, which made him feel confused.
"How can you be poor? Lingxi, rest assured. You will never live a tight life with me. In addition to the monthly salary I receive from my father, I also have some businesses of my own. The monthly income is still considerable, enough to support the livelihood of the Crown Prince's Mansion. You can see all this from the accounts when you take over the housekeeping duties from Concubine Shang. In addition, I have some more important businesses that I am managing myself, which I will hand over to you in the future. All the money will be at your disposal, and I will never let you live a tight life."
Still on the street, Nan Wangyu was about to finish explaining his family background. Lu Lingxi hurried forward, blocked his mouth with his hand, and whispered: "Keep your voice down. Do you know what it means to keep your wealth private?"
The pad of Lu Lingxi's palm was particularly soft, and Nan Wangyu felt that it was even softer than his own lips. This sudden touch scared Nan Wangyu so much that he swallowed nervously.
When Nan Wangyu swallowed his saliva, his lips moved as well. Lu Lingxi felt something soft in his palm move slightly, and he withdrew his hand with a palpitation. He was a little annoyed. What was he doing? How could he suddenly touch someone else's lips?
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment, but fortunately Nan Wangyu quickly came to his senses and continued, "You are not an outsider, you are my wife, and I will explain these things to you sooner or later."
Nan Wangyu took up the topic, and Lu Lingxi followed suit: "We are on the street now, what if someone hears us?"
What this meant was that they were no longer outsiders. Nan Wangyu was very happy that Lu Lingxi could accept that they were now a family so quickly. He took her hand that had just covered his lips and said happily, "Don't worry, no one dares to covet the property of the Prince's Mansion. Let's go, I'll take you to the night market again."
"And what about the night market?"
Hearing that there was a night market, Lu Lingxi wanted to try it out, but when he thought about the money he might have to spend, he decided not to go.
"Of course there is a night market, and it is very lively, with more people than the daytime market."
Just as Lu Lingxi was about to say, "Let's not go!", her stomach started to growl. She quickly touched her belly with her other hand to ease the embarrassment.
Nan Wangyu smiled knowingly, "I was negligent. It's getting dark now, you must be starving. Let's go have dinner! Lingxi, what do you want to eat?"
Lu Lingxi thought about it and endured his hunger. If he went back to eat, it would be about half an hour later, and he might be starving. So he decided to eat here before going back. In order to save money, he said, "Let's go eat the noodles or wontons at the roadside noodle stalls. I have always wanted to try it, but I have never had the chance. You haven't tried it either, right? How about we go and try it together?"
In Lu Lingxi's imagination, the prince must have been pampered since childhood, never suffered any hardship, and must not know what it's like to eat at a roadside stall. Isn't it often written like this in TV dramas, that a poor girl takes a rich and handsome man to experience a roadside stall, and the rich and handsome man falls in love with the relaxed atmosphere of the roadside stall, which is full of the flavor of life, and also falls in love with the poor girl?
Uh...wait...why am I thinking about this? What am I thinking about? Lu Lingxi shook his head and threw these messy thoughts out of his mind.
What Lu Lingxi didn't know was that Nan Wangyu sometimes concealed his identity when he went on patrols in other places, or investigated some extremely difficult cases, and he would not have enough money with him, and it would be difficult to withdraw money from local officials. At such times, he also ate at roadside stalls, and sometimes when he had no money, he also tried to ask for some food from farmers' homes, and then gave them some money afterwards.
But since Lu Lingxi wanted to go, Nan Wangyu still readily agreed, as long as she was happy.
After deciding on the destination, Nan Wangyu first asked the driver of the carriage that was loaded with things to drive the carriage back to the mansion, and then asked the driver of the carriage they were riding in to find a place to eat and wait for them there.