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Chapter 1468: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (2)

Chapter 1468: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (XII)

"Master, the price of rice in the city has risen again."

On an afternoon at the end of May, Ye Yu came to the study and complained to Wang Chen who was practicing calligraphy: "Rice used to cost three cents a pound, but now it has risen to five cents. According to the rice shop owner, it will rise further in the future."

"Ok?"

Wang Chen was slightly surprised and put down the brush in his hand: "It's rising so much?"

After marrying Ye Dai, although he no longer took care of the daily necessities of the family, he still had some understanding of the local prices.

The price of rice has always been very stable, usually fluctuating around two or three cents per pound, and rarely experiencing large ups and downs.

Because it involves the stability of people's livelihood, the government has been cracking down on hoarding and speculation.

The price of rice has now risen from three cents to five cents, and the increase is really shocking.

Because the prices of rice and miscellaneous grains are linked, if the price of rice rises, the price of miscellaneous grains will inevitably follow suit. The daily staple food of county residents is basically a mixture of the two, so they are very sensitive to prices.

Such a sharp rise in rice prices will definitely have a huge impact - many people will not have enough food to eat!

"Yes."

Xiao Yu's face was filled with worry: "Master, our school consumes hundreds of kilograms of food every day. If the price continues to rise like this..."

Last year, Wang Chen paid a high price to purchase several adjacent houses in Tongluo Lane, and then demolished and rebuilt them all, including his own house, expanding the scale of the school by two or three times.

After the new school was built, not only were all students able to attend classes and study in spacious and bright classrooms, but more civilian students were also recruited.

The number of students increased several times, and Wang Chen hired two experienced scholars to serve as teachers, and also added a few servants and cooks.

Expenses have risen sharply.

Since Wang's Academy has always provided students with lunch, rice is the largest consumer. Now that the price of rice has risen sharply, daily expenses are bound to rise.

This made Ye Yu, who acted as the housekeeper, worried.

Ye Yu was Ye Dai's maid. She married into the Wang family along with her young lady three years ago and was later promoted to a concubine.

Unlike the gentle and elegant Ye Dai, Ye Yu is smart and shrewd, helping the former to manage the household affairs in order.

She is basically in charge of all the daily necessities.

"fine."

Wang Chen stretched out his hand and rubbed Ye Yu's frowning brows, and said with a smile: "Let it go up, Master, I am not short of money."

Although Wang Chen had to pay a large sum of money out of his own pocket every year to establish the Wang's Private School, he had no visible income and was 100% living beyond his means.

Everyone said that Mr. Wang was a good man who set up a private school to do good deeds, but many people secretly laughed at him, saying that he must have been kicked in the head by a donkey for doing such a stupid thing for such a long time.

After Wang Chen and Ye Dai got married, even more people mocked him.

Some people think that Wang Chen used Ye Dai's dowry to support the operation of the school, just to show off his wealth.

Degrading Wang Chen to be a gigolo!

Ye Yu was angry: "But Master, you can't spend your money like this. Even a mountain of gold and silver can be exhausted."

In her opinion, her young lady and her husband really don't know how expensive fuel and rice are because they don't manage the household.

It would be fine if one of them was indifferent to worldly matters, but when the two of them get together, it really makes her worry!

Wang Chen smiled and pinched his concubine's face - very cute.

"never mind."

Ye Yu knew that she couldn't convince Wang Chen: "I'll talk to the Madam!"

She was not afraid that Wang Chen would be angry, because her master was really a very nice person. He was always kind to herself and the servants.

He is even more gentle and considerate to his own lady!

Ye Yu always felt that she must have struck through eighteen wooden fishes in her previous life in order to marry Wang Chen together with the young lady.

She ran to Ye Dai to complain.

Wang Chen laughed in silence, put away the paper and pen and walked to the window sill.

The weather has been very hot recently. In the afternoon, the sky was still clear and the sun was shining brightly. On the big tree outside the door, a few summer cicadas were chirping weakly, as if crying out their hunger and thirst.

How long has it been since it rained?

Wang Chen suddenly thought of a problem that he had neglected.

If I think about it carefully, it seems that there have been few rains since the beginning of spring, and if there were any, it was just a drizzle and not a big deal at all.

Considering the skyrocketing rice prices in the city, Wang Chen had a bad feeling.

"Husband."

While Wang Chen was thinking, Ye Dai came to the study.

Wang Chen turned around and hugged his wife in his arms, smiling, "Did Xiaoyu really complain to you?"

Even though they have been married for three years, Ye Dai's pretty face still blushed at her husband's intimate behavior. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. "Xiao Yu is also concerned about you."

Wang Chen lowered his head and gently kissed the beauty in his arms: "Don't worry, I know what to do."

Compared with three years ago, Ye Dai's figure has become rounder. She is not only more beautiful, but also has a more mature charm.

In response to her husband's "frivolousness", Ye Dai could only fight back with a light knock of her fist, and then said: "Master, my dowry has never been touched. If you need it..."

When she married Wang Chen, she brought a large dowry.

In addition to a mansion in Dongcheng, there is also a shop and gold and silver jewelry.

Part of the dowry was left by Ye Dai's mother, and the other part was given by Ye Xiangming. The annual rent of the shop was also not a small amount.

So Ye Dai can definitely be considered a small wealthy woman.

But Wang Chen never borrowed money from her and gave her household expenses every month.

Ye Dai occasionally asked about it, but Wang Chen just said that he brought a lot of silver with him and told her not to worry about it.

However, Ye Dai couldn't just ignore everything!

"No need really."

Wang Chen interrupted his wife, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You have to believe me, your master is very capable!"

When he first came to Qing'an County, he did not have much money, and after buying the house in Tongluo Lane, he was even more stretched.

But this question could not possibly stump Wang Chen.

Two years ago, the headquarters of the Cangshui Gang, which was rampant in Qing'an, was breached, and the gang leader Cao Xiong and a group of his trusted subordinates were brutally killed in the Qinglong Hall. The gang's secret vault was looted, and the case remains unsolved to this day.

And who could have thought that the person who committed this earth-shattering crime was Mr. Wang, who taught in Tongluo Lane?

From this harvest alone, Wang Chen earned no less than ten thousand taels, so he was not short of money at all.

Of course, Wang Chen would not show off his wealth to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He picked up Ye Dai with a wicked smile: "Now I'll show you what the master is capable of!"

Ye Dai was startled, feeling embarrassed and anxious: "In broad daylight, you..."

However, her protests were of no avail, as Wang Chen carried her to the bedroom, pressed her on the bed and did whatever he wanted with her!

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