The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1425 - Chapter 1425 1425 Hit Me with Money2

Chapter 1425: 1425 Hit Me with Money2 Chapter 1425: 1425 Hit Me with Money2 Su Qingyue was indeed surprised, “Self-proclaimed Dad, I never expected ‘Grandma’ to be valued at 100,000 taels in your heart. Quite expensive, indeed, but are you sure? The 100,000 taels I mentioned are not silver, they are gold.”

“Pfft!” Chang Haotian couldn’t help but chuckle on the sidelines, laughing out loud once again, “Good, good, good! Staying at Qing’er’s Mansion, feeling joyous, I could laugh myself to death, I, Master Chang. Chang Feng, how long has it been since I’ve laughed so heartily?”

“Reporting to the Estate Owner, you haven’t laughed since your son died,” Chang Feng said with a face full of emotion, “Only when facing Su Qingyue do you occasionally show a smile. Estate Owner, I suddenly feel sincerely that the expenses at Su Qingyue’s Mansion really aren’t expensive, although even if it were to sell me, I still couldn’t afford it.”

Su Qingyue immediately agreed, “A smile from the Estate Owner is priceless. That’s the great benefit of staying at my Mansion. Unlike Master Xiao and Lady Xiao who often hide knives behind their smiles, occasionally sending me some jewelry or silk, claiming this came from the Capital City’s Purple Jade Studio, that it’s top-grade silkworm silk, this Su Satin or silk – it all sounds terribly expensive, but in fact, they’re all inferior goods. A bunch of trash, just downright bullying me as if I were a countryside village girl.”

Chang Haotian’s gaze drifted to the pile of jewelry and silk in the courtyard, “Those there? They can’t possibly be from Master of the Xiao Family and his wife, can they? I thought those were rags for the servants in your Mansion.”

“Exactly,” Su Qingyue shook her head, “The big pile that Lady Xiao claimed was worth around 30,000 taels is really just its original price without any discount. Master Chang also knows, in shopping, it’s possible to haggle, especially for defective goods, that calls for a double discount. The whole pile is hardly worth 10,000 taels at most. Lady Xiao is clever at calculating, at my Mansion, she uses only the best, eats only the best, buys only the best, and everything is charged to my account. Over the forty days, making twenty sets of clothes for her status might not seem much, but she has bought 20,000 taels worth of jewelry and jade for her room, all noted on my account. A wily old fox, indeed. She claimed to have given me goods worth 30,000 taels, but in reality, she squeezed out even more from me. When all is tallied up, it’s 115,000 taels, and I barely made any profit at all.”

“Qing’er, you really had a hard time,” Chang Haotian frowned, “I thought you made a fortune, but it turns out you couldn’t outwit that despicable rag from the Xiao family.”

“Indeed, considering Yuchuan’s part, I couldn’t really make any money off her.” Su Qingyue sighed, “I’m only recovering the costs, with just a little bit of profit. Alas, I’m too naive, but Lady of the Xiao Family, she is crafty, how could someone as simple as me outsmart a person like her, with needles hiding at the bottom of the sea?”

“200,000 taels!” Chang Haotian said upon hearing this, his entire face darkening, “Xiao Chonghuan, if you don’t bring out 200,000 taels today, I, Master Chang, will behead you first!”

Xiao Chonghuan really wanted to chop off Chang Haotian’s head.

He could feel that the secret guards of Pear Blossom Villa were lurking all around, and his subordinates were lying in the yard like dead bodies.

A head-on confrontation would surely lead to a loss.

“Master Chang, doing business is all about trust,” Xiao Chonghuan said, “Su Qingyue has already accepted the IOU I signed for 115,000 taels; I have settled all accounts regarding room and board.”

“Indeed,” Su Qingyue nodded, “Master Chang’s kindness is appreciated. I’m also not planning to make money, just to earn some trust.”