Free Web NovelChapter 662: Chapter 662: You Will Always Be My Brother
At the dining table, while Qin Feng was accepting dishes offered by his several cheap nephews without refusing any, he asked Qin Yao:
"How come you bought so many things? Must have spent quite a bit of silver, right?"
Intending to reimburse her with silver.
Qin Yao placed a piece of braised fatty meat in his bowl, glaring at him: "Just eat your food, I’m not short on money."
Despite being glared at, Qin Feng still smiled, and refrained from giving her more silver, enjoying the meal with great satisfaction.
On the way earlier, everyone had either been eating in inns or making do with some random food in the wild.
Since parting with Qin Yao a few days ago, Qin Feng had at least one social meal a day, and it had been quite a while since he’d had homemade food, once he stuffed a mouthful of fatty meat in, he couldn’t stop.
Qin Yao had specially instructed to bring back some wine, but since Qin Feng kept gorging on food, there was no chance to set it on the table.
Oh well, there’d always be another chance to drink it. Qin Yao licked her lips, drank a few more sips of soup to suppress the craving.
Qin Feng had three large bowls of rice, and only put down his chopsticks when he couldn’t eat another bite, took a sip of the now-cold sheep milk tea, feeling so comfortable he wanted to fall asleep.
But he couldn’t sleep yet; he didn’t have a lot of time left in the Capital City, and he needed to see what plans his sister’s family had for the future.
The siblings went to Liu Ji’s room where it was a bit more convenient to talk.
Liu Ji brought in some drinks, closed the door, and the noise from outside was immediately shut out.
Once Liu Ji sat down, Qin Feng cautiously asked: "Have you met the people you wanted to see?"
The couple nodded in unison, so Qin Feng understood and didn’t press further.
He glanced at Liu Ji’s room, which had a bed, and his suggestive gaze swept over the couple, "Is this room yours together?"
Qin Yao: "No, it’s Liu Ji’s room, mine is across the hall."
Qin Feng was shocked, since when do married couples sleep in separate rooms!
An unfriendly look immediately landed on Liu Ji, who quickly shook his head in denial, his eyes hinting at his grievance to Qin Yao’s side, pleading to his brother-in-law.
Qin Feng raised an eyebrow at Qin Yao, do you insist on sleeping separately?
Qin Yao nodded with righteous confidence, Qin Feng’s expression instantly softened, oh~, then it’s all good.
"So, what are your plans from here on out? It’s still a long way until the spring exams next year." Qin Feng anxiously questioned.
Remembering that the whole house had been restocked by Qin Yao, he suggested: "Since I won’t be staying long anyway, why don’t you just continue living here, no need to find another place."
Qin Feng looked at Qin Yao: "There’s no need to divide what’s yours and mine between us, what’s mine is yours too. If you feel uncomfortable, consider this house a wedding gift from your brother."
Qin Feng had been holding onto this thought for days, feeling like he owed her, but his sister was too strong-willed, he rarely found a chance to make up for it.
Qin Yao manually pulled back Liu Ji’s uncontrollably rising mouth corners, shook her head and said:
"It’s not that I don’t appreciate your offer, brother, but this place is too remote, far from the school, it’s inconvenient for the children to attend classes in the future."
In recent days, while she and Liu Ji were busy with the National Master Mansion, Yin Le had checked out the local situation.
There are no schools in Yongtong Square, the well-regarded private schools in the Capital are all over in the West City, the exact opposite direction from Yongtong Square, and it’s quite a walk.
Qin Feng was dazed by Qin Yao’s casual address of "brother", "Then I’ll go ask around to see if there are any houses for sale in West City, and buy you one."
Afraid Qin Yao didn’t know how wealthy he was, Qin Feng proudly said: "We have several large salt mines in Wang City, I have the salt permit, with the right to mine and sell salt, if you ever feel tired, just come home, and your brother will support you."
"If you’re worried about being bored, you can just stay at home collecting silver for your brother, it’s easy work, you won’t get tired."
The reason he was still in business was partly habit and partly to visit different places to track her down.
Now that he had found her, Qin Feng couldn’t wait to take his sister back home to let her live a leisurely life.
Of course, if she didn’t want to go back to the remote Wang City, the Capital was great too, with fewer restrictions on women and more things to do for fun, he’d get her a couple of shops and farms, maybe another house, everything would be taken care of.
Just the thought of it made Qin Feng so excited that he couldn’t help but stand up, looking at Qin Yao with bright eyes:
"Tomorrow, I’ll take you to see the shops in the South Market, and those farms on the outskirts, if you want them, we can buy them right away."
He couldn’t help but chuckle to himself, glad that his amassed silver finally had a place to be spent!
Qin Yao held her forehead, thinking how this lively young man seemed to have the air of a nouveau riche.
Qin Yao took a deep breath, pulled him back to his seat, "Brother, don’t get so worked up, I know you’re rich now, but I still want to ask, do you know what the property prices are like in the Capital?"
Qin Feng laughed, wasn’t this house right here bought by him?
"I bought this house for three thousand taels, now I should be able to sell it for two hundred more taels of silver, these couple of peaceful years have really pushed up the property prices in the Capital."
"If you want to buy a house in West City, good ones with three sections cost around five to six thousand taels, a moderately sized shop in the South Market, three to four thousand taels, not that I’m denying you bigger ones, it’s just that the medium-sized shops are easier to rent out."
Farms on the outskirts were quite expensive, but didn’t go over ten thousand taels, total it all up...
"It’s just going to cost about twenty thousand taels of silver..." Qin Feng’s excited mood deflated a bit, surprised, was that it?
Liu Ji’s mouth had already formed an O shape, what do you mean "just" twenty thousand taels of silver?
A well-fed person doesn’t know the hunger of a starving one!
"Brother-in-law!" Liu Ji suddenly grabbed Qin Feng’s hands, "You are my forever brother!"
Qin Feng pointed at him: "Be good to my sister, got it?"
Liu Ji slapped his chest firmly, of course he would!
He softly leaned toward Qin Feng and whispered, "If I perform well, can you consider donating an official post to your brother-in-law?"
Qin Yao pulled him away, "Quit dreaming!"
She pointed to the door, indicating for him to leave first, she had something to say to Qin Feng alone.
Liu Ji thought to himself, what could she possibly say that I can’t hear?
He tried hard to maintain his smile, then left his own room.
Once he was gone, Qin Yao directly asked Qin Feng: "Brother, how much silver do you have on hand now?"
Qin Feng inexplicably trusted Qin Yao, revealing without reservation, and held up two fingers.
He had been holding back earlier since that was for a certain brother-in-law to hear specifically.
Now it was different, just the two of them, no need to keep secrets.
Two million taels of silver!
Qin Yao’s breath tightened, and after a moment’s pause, she asked, "How is your relationship with the official at the Ministry of Revenue?"
Qin Feng was stunned by the question, expecting a bit of excitement or eagerness, even greed would have been understandable.
Why suddenly bringing up this completely unrelated Ministry of Revenue?
