Picking up the general to plow the fields (65+)

Chapter 71-75

71. The wealthy are really wayward!

These were pocket money, convenient for when he wants to buy something. So he doesn’t bother to keep track on how much he has.

“What color is the purse? What was embroidered on it?”Lian Fang Zhou questioned.

Cui Shao Xi glance at her and cheerfully answered: “From I remember, silver blue. Embroidered with emerald green gourd and gourd leaves.”

Only then did Lian Fang Zhou pass the bundle to him, asserted. “Open it and check. don't accuse us of stealing later on.”

His footboy harrumphed in annoyance. “What do you mean by that? My young master isn't that kind of person!”

“Loudmouth!” Cui Shao Xi threw a glare at the little manservant. He recklessly opened the bundle and carelessly counted the notes, then pulled open the purse and acted as if he looked over the content. He turned to Lian Fang Zhou and stated, “I have inspected them, nothing is missing.”

The footboy at the side, twitched his mouth as he thought, ‘young master can you even check it clearly like this?’

Lian Fang Zhou and the others weren't blind. They could see that this young master had no intention to inspect seriously. He was just putting a show due to Lian Fang Zhou’s word

Lian Fang Zhou find this person so irksome; to hold so much money and treat it as nothing. She internally sighed, ‘The wealthy are really wayward! Sigh.’

“Since it's like that, the lost property has returned to rightful owner, we’ll take our leave! ” Lian Fang Zhou nodded her head.

“Oh,” Cui Shao Xi stopped her again. With a grin, he tested: “If I said something is missing, what would you do?”

Lian Fang Zhou cast a glance over and said, “If the inside doesn’t match to what you said then that means that bundle isn't yours! Then we can only send it over to Yamen!”

Cui Shao Xi froze then burst into waves of laughter.
  
Once his laughter subsided, Lian Fang Zhou and the others had already left.

“Country girl really don’t know how to speak! The bundle is clearly ours, but she had to make up all these reasoning. In the end, the bundle is still returned to us!” the footboy Cui Yi mumbled.

Cui Shao Xi rolled his eyes and chided, “what do you understand! That miss is quite smart!”

Disagreeing, Cui Yi sulked as he argued, “this servant doesn’t feel she's clever. This servant finds her too long winded!!”
After a pause, he continued. “However, just now young master should have given her some reward money, to avoid her belittling young master.”

Even though they might not meet again and each doesn’t know the other, Cui Yi felt uncomfortable that his young man would be looked down on by Lian Fang Zhou.

“To say such silly words!”Cui Shao Xi gently rapped his head. “She wouldn’t want it even if we gave her! However...” However, he should have asked for her name.

He self mockingly laughed and shooked his head. Would she tell him when asked?

“How does young master know she won't?”Cui Yi immediately talked back. "Young Master have few thousand liang inside the bundle in addition to two pieces of sable fur, clothe and things inside the purse. It's worth over ten thousand altogether! She's just an ordinary commoner.  Afraid she never saw such a large amount of money for a few lifetimes. So she wouldn't dare to covet them, right? Since it's asking for trouble! However, she would accept a bit of reward money!"