My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 150: Gu Niang Becomes Richer

After the eunuch and the guards left, Chang An and Gu Li stood in the front yard.

"Chang Lang." Gu Li pulled Chang An's sleeve and shouted.

"Hmm?" Chang An responded.

"Do we really want to live here?" Gu Li frowned slightly.

"There's nothing we can do about it, because this is the house bestowed by the Emperor. If we don't live here, wouldn't that be a disservice to the Emperor's kindness?" Chang An patted Gu Li's hand, "What's wrong? Madam Gu doesn't want to live here?"

Gu Li quickly shook his head and said, "No, I just can't bear to leave the small courtyard where Chang Lang and I lived before."

"That's Chang Lang and I's wedding room. There's also a dressing table that Chang Lang made for me. There's also a loquat tree that Chang Lang planted for me in the yard, and there's also..."

"Okay, okay, don't be so reluctant." Chang An smiled and touched Gu Li's head, saying, "We will stay in our wedding room for one more night tonight, and then after I go to the Imperial College tomorrow, Madam Gu can ask our own servants to move things. Madam Gu can just move all the things that she is reluctant to part with here."

"As for the loquat sapling, I will transplant it to Gu Niang myself when I come back tomorrow. How about that? Then I will ask the servants in the kitchen to go back to our house and learn how to cook those foods. There is no need to bother sending them from home."

"Besides, it's not like we won't go back. We can go back and stay for a night during the holidays."

After listening to Chang An's words, Gu Li thought about it seriously for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

Chang An pinched Gu Li's cheek lovingly and said, "Shall we go to our bedroom first?"

Gu Li nodded, then took the initiative to put his hand into Chang An's palm.

When they arrived at the master bedroom, three or two servants had already gone in to clean it. The two of them walked in and found that the layout inside was similar to the room they had stayed in before, except that it was a little bigger.

There is also a shelf directly opposite the door, and on the left side of the door, it is the same as the original room, first there is a low table; further down is a half-height screen; and finally there is the bed - the bed is even bigger than the original one.

There is a large wardrobe to the east of the low table, and there is an empty space directly opposite the wardrobe, where nothing is placed for the time being.

Opposite the bed, on the right hand side of the door, there is also a screen, behind which is a relatively low couch, facing the bed. It is probably used to entertain guests. In addition to these large furniture, there are two or three places with potted plants, making the whole room look not empty.

"What a big room..." Gu Li looked at the room, then looked towards the couch, pursed his lips in displeasure, and said, "Why is there no desk in the room? I'll have to ask Chang Lang to go to the study next door to study."

Chang An raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's all the same. If I go to the study to study, won't Gu Niang follow me?"

Seeing that Chang An had seen through his disguise, Gu Li couldn't help but chuckle twice.

The two of them wandered around the mansion once more, then left and headed towards Chang's residence.

"Mrs. Gu has only been married for less than half a year, and she has already become the mistress. The other ladies must be envious." Chang An held Gu Li's hand and teased with a smile.

Gu Li directly put his arm around Chang An's arm and said arrogantly, "Let them be envious. It's because my Chang Lang is so awesome."

"Little flatterer." Chang An laughed, "Now we only have our own money, how much do we have left?"

Gu Li thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about Chang Lang, but if you don't count the dowry, I have more than 500 taels of silver in my personal savings. Add to that the 2,000 taels of gold awarded by the current emperor, and our family now has almost 21,000 taels of silver."

"Add another thousand taels. The food taxes and rents from the thousand households and the annual rent from Penglai County were also delivered some time ago. It's probably around one or two thousand taels."

"Wow! So much money..." Gu Li began to count on his fingers again, "Fifty servants plus Huaiqin Zhener's salary, it's less than sixty taels a month; and there's also the monthly rice and vegetable money for the family. One dan of rice is about fifty to seventy wen, and there are fifty-four people in the family. One and a half dou of rice per person per day, that's about six dan of rice a day, or four hundred wen, so one tael, seven hundred wen a month, so..."

Gu Li was indeed born into a merchant family, she could calculate such accounts at her fingertips. Chang An was not annoyed, just smiled and listened to her calculating bit by bit, from rice money to vegetable money to candy money and so on, all the miscellaneous accounts of all sizes jumped out of her little mouth.

"In other words, these accounts, not counting other things, would only show normal expenses of one hundred to one hundred and twenty taels a year?" Chang An was stunned when he heard the last word.

"Well, our family has silk now. We can ask an embroiderer to make clothes for us instead of buying them. By this calculation, the annual expenditure will be only about two hundred taels." Gu Li nodded and said.

Of course it was so, because apart from the expenses, every year Gu Li and he would receive at least 1,200 taels of tax revenue from the food households, which was naturally enough to cover their expenses.

"My mother Gu is so good at arithmetic!"

Chang An didn't care about so much anymore. When Gu Li settled the score just now, it was like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, and the arrow hit Chang An right in the heart. He didn't care whether there was anyone on the street, and he just slapped Gu Li on the face.

"Then from now on, Madam Gu will be the head mistress of our Jikangbo Mansion, okay?"

Under normal circumstances, Gu Li would have covered her face and cried out in shame, but today, apart from her face turning a little red, she didn't have any other reaction, which surprised Chang An a little.

"Mistress?" Gu Li was stunned for a moment this time, then raised his head and looked at Chang An, blinking and looking a little puzzled.

"That means you are the most important person in the family. Do you remember what we said on the day of our wedding, that you are the most important person in the family?" As they talked, the two returned to Chang's residence. "Starting tomorrow, Gu Niang will really be the most important person in the family."

"I will still go to the Imperial College to study in the future. All the matters in our family will depend on you, Gu Niang."

Hearing this, Gu Li felt a sense of responsibility slowly rising in her chest. She clenched her pink little fist, waved it in the air, and said, "Okay, Chang Lang, just study hard, and I will help Chang Lang look after the house!"

After saying that, Gu Li took advantage of Chang An's inattention, kissed him on the face, and then ran away.

"Li'er, what's going on..." Chang Wenmeng's voice came from the side.

"Mrs. Gu is up to no good again." Chang An smiled and replied.

Chang Wenmeng also smiled and asked, "When do you plan to move away? Is it far from home?"

"The imperial plaque will arrive tomorrow, and we will start moving it then."

Chang Wenmeng nodded and said, "By the way, this is the court dress for you and Li'er. If you need to enter the palace in the future, you must wear it."

At this time, the two maids standing beside him came to Chang An with clothes in their hands. Chang Wenmeng also pointed at the court dress and said, "This dark crimson court dress is yours, and this light crimson one is Li'er's."

"Thank you, father, for your reminder." Chang An took the two court robes and left.

In the evening, Chang An and Gu Li both finished their baths. The former was listing the things they might have to do tomorrow, while the latter was sitting at a low table, fumigating their court robes with incense.

After Chang An finished writing the list, he took it to the low table.

"Mrs. Gu."

"Hey."

Chang An sat next to Gu Li, put the list on the table, and said, "I have made a list. These are all things that need to be done tomorrow."

Gu Li put out the incense, and then turned her head to look at the list written by Chang An while folding clothes. After she finished reading it, she couldn't help but say, "It feels like there are a lot of things to do."

Chang An smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are some things that only I can do, and for the rest, Madam Gu can help me with some of what she can do."

"Okay!" Gu Li folded the clothes and put them in the suitcase - this suitcase contained all the clothes that Gu Li had sorted out personally this afternoon, which he would wear after moving in tomorrow.

After Gu Li returned to the low table, she climbed directly into Chang An's arms. Chang An pinched her slender waist and asked her to sit firmly on his legs.

"Isn't this our little rich lady, Gu Niang? How did you get into my arms?" Chang An said with a smile.

"How can I be a rich woman? Chang Lang, just talk nonsense." Gu Li stamped Chang An's face hard and said.

Chang An said lovingly, "Of course she is. Now, Madam Gu is in charge of more than 20,000 taels of silver. How can she not be a rich woman? Madam Gu was originally from a wealthy merchant family. Isn't she even richer now?"

"Really?" Gu Li's eyes turned and became a little seductive again, "Then Chang Lang, do you want to please me? If you are happy, I can give Chang Lang some money to spend."

Chang An threatened with a smile: "Mrs. Gu, please be careful what you say. The door is already bolted."

"Just bolt it...Ah!" Before Gu Li could finish his words, Chang An carried him to the bed.

"Chang Lang, wait a minute! We have to join the gang tomorrow..."

The next day, after Chang An went to the Imperial College, Gu Li came to her and Chang An's house. She opened the door, and the servants who were cleaning the front yard greeted Gu Li after seeing him.

"Meet Madam."

Gu Li also nodded slightly to them, and then said: "Are you free at the moment?"

"Madam, yes," replied the leading servant.

Gu Li said, "Then go call a few people over, and we'll move the things over later."

"Yes, ma'am." After saying that, the servants present ran away and soon called over most of the servants in the house.

Then she followed Gu Li all the way to Chang's house to move things. At this time, Gu Li returned to the door of Chang's house and saw a familiar figure. After catching her clearly, she shouted in surprise:

"Madam Cui, are you here?"

When Cui Yu heard the voice, she turned her head and looked over. When Gu Li came forward, she bowed and called out, "Mrs. Ji Kangbo."

"Aiya, Madam Cui, you don't have to be like this. Just call me Madam as before." Gu Li quickly pulled her up. "Our two families are friendly families. We are friends. Why do you have to be like this?"

"Thank you, Madam Gu."

"Madam Cui, don't be so reserved. Just get along with each other the same way you did before." Gu Li held Cui Yu's hand. "By the way, Madam Cui came to see me today. Is there anything you can help me with?"