Chapter 15: Borrowing money requires writing an IOU
Yin Xu?
Not to mention Wen Ping, even Ye Qiongying was surprised.
If it were in the past, it would not be a big deal for Yin Xu to come to see her at night. After all, although the two of them did not have much personal feelings, they needed to discuss a lot of important matters together because of their cooperation.
But ever since Leng Qianqian appeared, Yin Xu has never been to the main courtyard after nightfall.
He came here a few times during the day, but always to speak up for Leng Qianqian.
Moreover, every time he would just break into the house, never like today, he would actually stay outside and let Wenping come in to pass on the message.
"Let him in." Ye Qiongying thought for a moment, put on her coat again, and said to Wen Ping.
She wanted to see what kind of strange things this person could do.
After a while, Yin Xu was brought in by Wen Ping.
The expression on his face was rare, not angry at all, but rather a bit uncomfortable. It was obvious that the following conversation made him uncomfortable.
That's right.
When he was uncomfortable, she was comfortable.
Ye Qiongying had no intention of standing up to greet him. She sat on the chair and asked lazily:
"What a rare guest you are, Lord! What brings you to my courtyard so late at night? What brings you to my courtyard so late at night? "
"You..." Yin Xu couldn't help but get angry when he heard her words, but as if he thought of something, he suppressed his emotions.
Seeing that Ye Qiongying had no intention of greeting him, he found a seat and sat down, cleared his throat with a few dry coughs, and then said:
"Um...I heard from mother yesterday that you gave up the housekeeper position?"
"Oh?" Ye Qiongying said bluntly, "I remember that someone excitedly brought all the account books back to Leng Qianqian yesterday. Do you still need to ask me now?"
Yin Xu did not get angry at her insinuation, but said:
"That's right. You've worked hard in the past three years. Qianqian happens to have some experience in this area, so I entrusted this matter to her. It's just the right time to relieve your worries."
He was steady, and Ye Qiongying was even steadyer.
She really needed to lift Leng Qianqian up, so when she heard this, she was not angry at all, but nodded:
"That's right, I've been tired for a few years and I want to have a good rest. I'll trouble you, Miss Leng."
Yin Xu choked.
He thought that with Ye Qiongying's personality, she would be angry by now.
At that time, he would argue that it was she who handed over the housekeeper power and did not take care of the affairs. She did not ask someone else to take charge. Was she going to let the house become a mess?
Qianqian was just trying to help out of kindness!
Therefore, Ye Qiongying, the source of the trouble, should also show some appreciation and lend some money to help Leng Qianqian get through the difficulties ahead.
That's right.
Yin Xu came to Ye Qiongying to borrow money.
How could he not know about the wealth of the Ye family? If he had not been attracted by the Ye family's generations of nobles, their wealth, and their many connections, he would not have gone out of his way to seek out Ye Qiongying to form an alliance through marriage.
During the past three years, the Marquis' Mansion has been able to maintain its status quo solely thanks to Ye Qiongying's dowry.
Borrowing money from her is the most convenient and quickest way.
Who would have thought that perhaps Ye Qiongying had taken the wrong medicine today, she did not show any signs of being angry at all, which made the words he had prepared in advance useless.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally changed his words:
"You know the situation in the mansion. Qianqian is now in a difficult situation. Qiongying, can you please help me and give me some money first? Qianqian has many ideas to make money, and it won't take long to pay back the money."
This is a business with no capital!
As for Leng Qianqian's ideas...
Ye Qiongying is really very familiar.
Although she did not give up her housekeeper rights in her previous life, Leng Qianqian still had the idea of opening a shop to make money.
At that time, Ye Qiongying had not been completely disappointed with Yin Xu. Although she was a little uncomfortable with Leng Qianqian's existence, she had no love for Yin Xu. It could only be said that their relationship would only remain that of cooperative allies from then on, and it would be impossible for them to go any further as planned.
Therefore, after failing to find out whether there were other forces behind Leng Qianqian, Ye Qiongying turned a blind eye and let it go.
As for the nonsensical ideas proposed by Leng Qianqian, Yin Xu, the "head of the family", naturally had no time to implement them. Leng Qianqian herself was clueless and could not help with anything except a few scattered ideas.
It was Ye Qiongying who led Ye Yuan and the others, spending all their energy to complete the plan bit by bit, making those ideas truly feasible to implement.
At that time, in Ye Qiongying's eyes, the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and the Ye family were one and the same. Strengthening the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery as an ally would naturally be beneficial to the stability of the Ye family.
So for these things, I put 100% of my energy into completing them.
Who would have thought that when the deal was finally done, those who had really contributed to the cause lost their names, while Leng Qianqian, who had only said a few words at the beginning, became the biggest contributor and took all the credit for herself.
The expansion of the Loyalty and Bravery Marquis's Mansion not only failed to help the Ye family.
In order to completely swallow up the huge benefits, Yin Xu and Leng Qianqian, this pair of bitches, even began to really want to kill her and the Ye family.
Thinking of this, Ye Qiongying's eyes turned cold.
She didn't want to reveal her thoughts in front of Yin Xu, so she lowered her eyes and picked up the teacup on the table to play with it.
"You don't want to?" Yin Xu had no idea. Seeing that Ye Qiongying didn't answer immediately, he became anxious, and the emotions he had been holding back were about to burst out.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qiongying soon raised her head and showed a bright smile:
"Sure! It's just a loan of silver, no problem! How much do you want? Is 10,000 taels enough?"
Yin Xu was stunned by her straightforwardness. After a pause, he said:
"It doesn't need to be that much, five thousand taels is enough."
It sounds like five thousand taels is a small matter.
Even in the capital, five thousand taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to eat for a lifetime. Some families only spend twenty or thirty taels of silver a year!
"Okay," Ye Qiongying's reaction was beyond his expectations, and she agreed immediately. Just when Yin Xu was surprised but secretly happy, he saw Ye Qiongying suddenly raised her head and shouted outside, "Wenping! Bring in paper and pen."
Wen Ping moved very quickly. After a while, she entered the room with the four treasures of the study. She spread out the paper, put the ground ink aside, and placed the pen next to Yin Xu according to Ye Qiongying's instructions.
"What are you doing?" Yin Xu frowned.
"I asked you to write an IOU!"
Ye Qiongying looked at Yin Xu in surprise.
"No way, no way? A dignified Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery actually borrowed money without writing an IOU? This is five thousand taels of silver, not five copper coins. If it was just five cents, it would be gone, and I would just treat it as a reward for a beggar on the street. But five thousand taels...
My Ye family is not poor, but we are not stupid either. How could we not even accept an IOU?
By the way, I wonder how much interest you plan to give me, Lord? Nowadays, the interest rate outside is basically 3%, and we are old acquaintances, so I will give you a lower rate..."
Ye Qiongying stood up, walked to the side drawer and took out a small abacus. After calculating for a while, she suddenly thought of something and looked up at Yin Xu:
"Hey, I haven't asked you how long you want to borrow it for?"