Chapter 83: Allowance

The mother and son, and daughter of the Lu family were sitting in the carriage, Qin Sheng was riding a horse to escort them.

The weather outside was very cold, luckily the wind was not strong today, otherwise those outside would suffer.

Lu Mingzhi lifted the carriage curtain and leaned his head out to ask Qin Sheng, “Brother-in-law, it’s so cold outside, do you want to come up to the carriage?” Their family’s carriage was new, although the brother-in-law had long arms and legs, he could squeeze in if he really wanted to.

“Not cold,” Qin Sheng rode his horse close to the carriage, he paused and said, “I’ll stay outside.”

Madam Jiang exclaimed, “Young men, their fire is strong!”

Lu Mingzhi quickly replied to his mother, “Mom, maybe not?” He was a young man too, but he was very cold, he felt his fire was not strong.

Madam Jiang glanced at him, “You are weak, so your fire is not strong.”

Ah? Lu Mingzhi was struck by his mother’s words and went to the wall to draw circles.

Lu Songli chuckled.

Back at the Lu family, Madam Jiang thoughtfully took her youngest son away, leaving some time for her daughter and future son-in-law to be alone.

“It’s cold outside, just talk quickly and go inside,” Madam Jiang instructed before leaving.

It was indeed quite cold outside, Lu Songli didn’t intend to stay long, she saw that he was standing right in the wind, and the wind blowing towards her was completely blocked by his wide black fox cloak.

Lu Songli pulled his hand and led him to the sheltered area by the gate.

Her hand was suddenly held, Qin Sheng counter-grabbed her hand in a grappling move, but halfway through the action he remembered that the one holding his hand was her, in the end he could only harden his heart and hold her small hand in his.

Lu Songli looked up at him in surprise. Qin Sheng’s ears turned red, his eyes looked straight up, refusing to look at her, but his hand didn’t loosen.

Lu Songli chuckled, this guy has grown up!

She simply used her other hand to take out a pouch from her bosom and handed it to him, “A Sheng, here you go.”

Qin Sheng’s eyes finally pulled away from the top, “What’s inside?”

He held his breath slightly, his ears were even redder, his eyes held a hint of shyness, could it be that the pouch contained a handkerchief or a jade pendant? He heard Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui say that the girls who liked them would secretly give them handkerchiefs or jade pendants as tokens of love. Was she like that too?

“Take it,” Lu Songli urged, her hand was cold outside.

Qin Sheng quickly extended both hands.

Seeing him extend his hands to receive it, Lu Songli was puzzled, did her pouch look that heavy? Despite the question marks in her mind, she still placed the pouch in his hand.

When the light pouch fell into his hand, it was his turn to be full of question marks, what was in this pouch? Why was it so light? It felt empty.

“What’s in the pouch?” He couldn’t help but ask, he squeezed it, it felt like a piece of paper, could it be another deed? He had just found someone to arrange the deed she gave him last time, was she giving him another one this time?

“You can open it and see.”

Qin Sheng thought about it and still couldn’t rest assured, so he opened it as instructed. When he saw that there was actually a two thousand silver note inside, he looked at Lu Songli inexplicably.

“Your pocket money,” Lu Songli said.

Qin Sheng widened his eyes, this won’t do, aren’t husbands supposed to give money to their wives in ordinary families? How come, how come—she was giving him money? It was fine with the deed last time, but this time she directly gave him a silver note, this won’t do.

Moreover, he had money! He had many treasures!

“Don’t be in a hurry to refuse, last time you told me the Zhao family was looking for painkillers, so I got some to sell to them.”

Qin Sheng became anxious when he heard this, how could such good medicine be sold to the Zhao family? What if the Zhao family dismantled it and deciphered the formula?

Lu Songli gestured for him to calm down, “Don’t worry, I also put a lot of useless herbs in there, they won’t be able to tell.”

“I’ve sold them the medicine several times, and I made fifteen thousand taels from the Zhao family.” Lu Songli leaned close to him and whispered the last few words.

Qin Sheng’s eyes widened slightly, she made so much money? In such a short time.

Although she made a lot of money, Qin Sheng still felt it was not worth it. Using such good medicine on Zhao Bin was too wasteful. And without the medicine, it was just right for him to suffer a bit more.

Qin Sheng thought about it and shared his thoughts with her.

Lu Songli chuckled at his words and whispered her plan that she had already implemented to him. So, “Rest assured, he may have suffered less physically, but he hasn’t suffered any less mentally.”

After listening, Qin Sheng was a bit dazed. Was he being shallow, worrying that she would show mercy to others? If Zhao Bin found out that the money she used to bribe the maidservant was the money he spent to buy the hemp, he might cough up blood.

If Lu Songli knew what he was thinking, she would definitely tell him seriously that she was taking from the ‘people’ and using it for the ‘people’. She made so much money from Zhao Bin, it was fine to spend a little on him, no problem!

“Cough, do you think I’m being a bit ruthless?” Lu Songli pretended to ask shyly, give me a denial! Otherwise, if our values don’t match, it will be difficult.

Qin Sheng said seriously, “No.” He was very clear between friend and foe. Besides, it’s not the first day he’s known her.

Lu Songli smiled, “It’s all thanks to the information you provided, and all this wool was sheared from Zhao Bin, it’s the money we made together, so we should spend it together, so should I take this money?”

Qin Sheng hesitated, at first he thought he shouldn’t take it, using this information to make money was her skill. But she said, this money was earned together…

Lu Songli closed his hand with hers, “We don’t need to be so distant, be good—”

Wait, he hadn’t made up his mind yet, this wasn’t a matter of being good or not…

“Ah, I’m so cold, I’ll go in first, you should go home early too.” Lu Songli’s words cut off his refusal.

Forget it, he’ll just accept it first, so she won’t freeze. Just think of it as her leaving it with him for now, when they get married, he…

On the way back, Qin Sheng was riding his horse leisurely and happened to overhear two sisters-in-law talking while carrying a basket.

With his sharp senses, he immediately caught their conversation.

“Sister, don’t be foolish. That man clearly doesn’t want to spend money on you, he’s just trying to sweet talk you. No matter how good the words sound, what benefits have you gained? Trust me, I’m experienced, listen to my advice, a man willing to spend money on you may not necessarily love you, but a man who is unwilling to spend money on you definitely doesn’t love you. This man’s words are deceitful. Let’s look at the reality, don’t believe his nonsense!”

The two sides quickly passed each other. Qin Sheng sat on his horse, chewing over what the older sister had said, “Someone who spends money on you may not necessarily love you, but someone who doesn’t spend money on you definitely doesn’t love you.” A smile involuntarily formed at the corner of his mouth. Hmm, what she said seems to make a lot of sense.

Qin Sheng touched the purse in his chest. She was willing to spend money on him, and she gave him a thousand taels right away. The key point is that she doesn’t have much money herself.

The naive young man drank down this large bowl of toxic chicken soup, then squeezed his horse’s belly. The horse, sensing his emotions, sprinted forward.