Chapter 424: Qin Han Was Even Envious and Jealous

Everyone understood what it meant that Rong He Shizi could give Qin Bi a share of the shop's profits.

Qin Lang asked innocently, "Does it make a lot of money?"

Qin Bi poked the banknotes on the table. "Of course it makes a lot. I decide how much money to give my natal family. Whatever Qin Han gives, I will give the same. The soap shop has been run for so many years; to say it doesn't make money is ridiculous."

Qin Han lowered her head and refused to mention that she had money.

Jiang Mo, however, could not be stingy with his wife's natal family. After a moment of thought, he said, "In that case, I will contribute another ten thousand taels of silver."

That was easy to arrange. Qin Bi looked at Rong Juan and said, "Go to my courtyard and get the banknotes."

Good heavens. At these words, the entire hall was stunned.

The silver managed by Qin Bi was actually kept in Qin Yan Marquis Fu? Rong Juan obviously knew where his mother's silver was kept. He called Qin Lang to accompany him as they left for Qin Bi's courtyard.

The child entered the bedroom, climbed onto the bed, took a wooden box from the headboard, counted the contents, and took out several banknotes.

The child came out clutching a stack of banknotes and said to Qin Lang, "Let's go."

Qin Lang: "..."

"Rong Juan," Qin Lang asked in confusion, "Didn't your Rong Wang Fu run out of resources?"

"Yes," Rong Juan said. "This is for mother."

Even if Rong Wang Fu had no resources left, they would not deprive Qin Bi and the children. Was Rong He Shizi's doting on his wife and children just talk? No. Aside from not wanting to mention past events, Rong He Shizi now doted on Qin Bi and the children as if holding them in the palm of his hand.

Silver? Ha. Rong He Shizi received his share from the shops and gave it all to Qin Bi.

Rong He Shizi was telling everyone without exception that Qin Bi was the true Rong Rong Shizifei, worthy of sitting as his equal. Yet Qin He was as stubborn as a mule with water in her brain, insisting it was impossible.

In that case, Rong He Shizi did not mind if Qin Bi took the money Qin Han earned and slapped Qin Han's face.

If the slap was hard enough, she would wake up.

Qin Bi had never been interested in slapping Qin Han's face. Today, the opportunity arose. More precisely, it wasn't that she had to slap Qin Han's face; rather, Qin Bi wanted to add insult to injury, worrying that Qin Han might finally come to her senses and stop brooding.

While Qin Han was ill, she should suffer damage to her lifespan.

On the way, Qin Lang said to the child Rong Juan, "You are truly fortunate."

"Yes," the child bounced a little. "Father and Mother also say I am fortunate. My younger brother is fortunate too. When Mother first became pregnant with him, I was worried he would run away."

While Qin Lang and Rong Juan were talking, the two entered the main hall.

Rong Juan looked at Qin Bi. Qin Bi only shifted her gaze, and Rong Juan handed the banknotes to Qin Di. "Grandfather, we need to build a very spacious courtyard. Rong Juan and Rong Zhi will live there."

"Good," Qin Di said, lifting Rong Juan into his arms. "We will build a spacious courtyard for Rong Juan and Rong Zhi."

Qin Han was stunned and could not smile, but frowning was also inappropriate. Today, Qin Bi had not only slapped Qin Han's face; Qin Han herself felt bitter. She had thought Qin Bi became Rong Rong Shizifei only because Rong He Shizi was cursed to have no wife or children.

Yet Qin Bi was a Rong Shizifei with a solid position in Rong Wang Fu.

Qin Han and Jiang Mo were deeply in love, but Jiang Mo could not give her so much silver either. The silver in the household was all accounted for. The silver Qin Bi took was clearly different.

She could spend it whenever she wanted; no one controlled her.

Giving silver to her natal family with such backbone... how to put it? Qin Han felt a bit envious and jealous of the generous Qin Bi. How imposing that was! Yet Qin Han could not bear to give so much silver.

Qin Han wanted her natal family to value her, yet she did not want to give too much in return.

Silver was real. Who didn't love it? Qin Han valued silver the most; her daily visits to the shop to check the ledgers proved this. How could she bear to give her natal family too much silver?

Jiang Mo fell silent. Didn't Rong He Shizi dislike Qin Bi?

When the Jiang family and the fourth branch's concubine daughter Qin Bi were discussing marriage, what had Rong He Shizi said? He bluntly stated that Qin Bi was too scheming. And the result? Rong He Shizi married her and doted on her like a pearl or a treasure.

Jiang Mo was not stupid; he felt he had been cheated.

Rong He Shizi protected Qin Bi as if she were his own eyeball. Was that dislike? Perhaps it was for show. Yet Qin Bi could freely dispose of the silver from the shop's profits. Money was real.

Qin Tan was also surprised. He called Qin Bi close and asked in a low voice, "Did you put the silver Rong He Shizi gave you in your courtyard?"

"Uh, part of it," Qin Bi replied. There was no need to hide it. "I didn't put it all here. I worried there might be places where it would be needed, so I wouldn't have to go back to Rong Wang Fu to get it. Third Uncle, if you need silver, just tell me."

Qin Tan looked deeply at Qin Bi. Qin Bi asked, "What's wrong? Do you think I spend recklessly?"

"No," Qin Tan shook his head.

Qin Bi returned to her seat. Rong Juan was held by his grandfather. The child was greatly favored. This confidence came from his parents. Qin Bi treated her natal family as her own, and Rong He Shizi also looked after the fourth branch. How could the child not be favored?

Let alone the fact that Rong Juan was the child of He He Shizi; Rong He Shizi's connections were not something the child needed to rely on much.

Rong He Shizi's fate was to be cursed with no wife and no children. If Qin Bi had only given birth to Rong Juan, Yan Guogong Fu would have had nothing to do with it. Even if they fell out, Rong He Shizi would not have given Rong Juan to Yan Guogong Fu.

In Rong He Shizi's heart, Rong Juan was his legitimate eldest son.

With the silver, Qin Tang brought out the blueprints and showed everyone how the courtyard should be expanded.

Jiang Mo also leaned over. Previously they were still discussing; now it was a must. Didn't they see that Qin Bi had already placed the silver in the courtyard where she lived? If the courtyard was built large enough, people from Rong Wang Fu could be arranged to move in.

The silver Qin Bi placed here was handed over in a sum of ten thousand taels. That was no small amount.

The fourth branch wanted to build a courtyard. Soon the entire Marquis Fu knew. Qin Di had previously mentioned it to Old Qin Yan Hou and Qin Yan Hou. Qin Di then went to Old Marquis's courtyard to inform him.

Qin Tan went along. Qin Yan Hou said, "In that case, the Marquis Fu public funds will give you thirty thousand taels of silver."

Qin Di showed a look of joy. Old Qin Yan Hou stroked his beard and nodded.

Qin Tan suddenly said, "Qin Bi put the money box in her courtyard."

Qin Yan Hou looked over in confusion. Old Qin Yan Hou was also surprised by what Qin Tan meant.

"The share from the shops opened by Rong He Shizi and various households," Qin Tan said. "Rong He Shizi gave it to Qin Bi. Qin Bi put part of it in the courtyard where she lives. Rong Juan took out a whole stack of banknotes."

Qin Yan Hou was stunned. If Rong Juan knew, Rong He Shizi certainly knew.

No one reminded Qin Bi; she just did it.

Qin Tan let out a light scoff. "Qin He always wanted to be the Marquis Fu's prodigy. Yet Qin He did not dare to put her private savings in the courtyard where she lived in her natal family. I did not remind Qin Bi to do this."

At Qin Tan's words, everyone fell into thought.

A Marquis Fu prodigy, a family prodigy, comparable to a legitimate son, held status in the natal family.

This Marquis Fu prodigy was dispensable. After all, it was a very small cultivation family; whether there was a prodigy or not was insignificant. Yet now, the Marquis Fu had produced someone who did not treat her natal family as outsiders.

Caught off guard, Qin Yan Hou said, "With so much silver, let's build the courtyard."