Dressed like a loser and went to raise a baby

Chapter 15
Zhang Su handed the things he bought in one by one, and Caiwei put the things in a sack and dragged them back.

Xu Taibi and Liu Meiren were making dolls in the house. When they saw Caiwei dragging things back, they knew that the doll shop was closed, otherwise they would not have the money to buy these things. It seemed that they would have a good meal today. .

They walked out of the house, looked at Caiwei and asked, "Sold?"

Caiwei nodded with a smile, unable to hide her excitement, and said to the two of them: "Zhang Weiwei sold it to a garment shop for eight taels of silver each. As soon as he sent the doll to the shop, someone took a fancy to it, and offered it to him for ten taels of silver each. I bought all the dolls for the price.”

"Great!" Concubine Xu and Meiren Liu held hands and jumped for joy like little girls.

They succeeded. This was the first time they had made so much money with their own hands. It felt so wonderful and a sense of accomplishment.

Leng Luoyue in the room also heard Caiwei's words, but she didn't expect that the guard Zhang actually raised the price for them.All the dolls were bought as soon as they were delivered to the shop, which gave her great confidence.

"Let's eat meat for lunch today and cook more dishes to celebrate." Caiwei said happily.

Xu Taibin smiled and said: "It is indeed time to celebrate. It would be great if there was wine." She had not drank wine for more than ten years, so it was like celebrating when she had wine.

Caiwei said: "There is no wine today, but we have money, so we can bring it in tomorrow. Concubine, you can drink as much as you want."

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Okay."

Smiling, her eyes felt a little warm, and she felt that today was the day when she laughed the most and was the happiest after entering the cold palace.

Caiwei put the vegetables she bought on the porch and entered the house with her money bag.

"Your Majesty..." She was about to tell her the good news, but she saw her smiling at her and saying, "I heard everything."

Caiwei walked to the bedside with the money bag and gave it to the empress.

Leng Luoyue didn't pick it up and said to her: "Just keep it! By the way, take five taels of silver from it and give it to Guard Zhang. Without him, we wouldn't be able to sell it for so much silver."

"Your Majesty and your slaves want to go together." She was about to tell her to give more money to Guard Zhang!
Leng Luoyue said again: "The remaining silver, excluding the cost, and the food money for the past few days, should be shared equally with Concubine Xu and the others!"

"Yes," Caiwei said, "I will send the silver to Guard Zhang first and then come back to share it."

"Okay," Leng Luoyue nodded.

Caiwei took five taels of silver to the gate of Leng Palace and gave the money to Zhang Su.

Zhang Su did not refuse and accepted the money generously, because without him, the doll made by Caiwei would not be sold for so much money.

As low-status cold palace guards, their monthly salary is only three taels of silver, and these five taels of silver are not a small amount for him.After Caiwei went back, she did some calculations. When she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she also learned how to read and calculate accounts, so doing this calculation was not a problem.

However, she did not calculate the account in detail. She regarded the money spent on buying materials and groceries as one or two taels of silver.After excluding one tael of silver, there are still 49 taels and [-] wen left.

On a 24-750 basis, she and her mother-in-law can get 12 taels, 370 cents, and Concubine Xu alone can get [-] taels, [-] five cents.

After Caiwei divided the money, she asked Concubine Xu and Meiren Liu to come to her mother-in-law's house.They can earn so much money, thanks to the empress.So when the money is given out, it is natural to give it to them in front of the empress, so that they can remember her well.

"Concubine Xu, Beauty Liu," Caiwei handed them the money bag containing money. This money bag was made by her temporarily! "This is the silver we divided from selling the dolls this time, the money for going out and buying food, and the five taels of silver given to Guard Zhang. Each person is divided into 12 taels and 370 five cents. Thanks to Guard Zhang, our dolls can sell for so much. He had a lot of silver, so the queen gave him five taels of hard-earned money."

Xu Taibi nodded and said: "This is what it should be." Moreover, if you give the guard more benefits, he can continue to help them in the future.

Concubine Xu and Meiren Liu took the money bag and felt that it was heavy. When they opened it and saw the silver and copper plates inside, they felt a sense of pride. They had earned it all by themselves!
After looking at the money for a while, the two of them felt that now that they had food and drink, they seemed to have no money to spend in this cold palace.Moreover, when they agreed to make dolls with Luo Yue, it was just so that they could eat better.

Liu Meiren smiled and said: "With so much money, I can't think of how to spend it at this time."

"How could you not think of it?" Leng Luoyue held the kitten that was blowing bubbles and looked at the two of them and said, "Buy cloth to make clothes, buy shoes to wear, and buy flowers to wear. The quilt in this cold palace has been covered for so many years. Is it time to change it too?”

She had already thought about changing everything on the bed and buying some cloth to make beautiful new clothes.

Concubine Xu said: "It's really time to change this quilt and so on, but we are in this cold palace and there is no man, so who can we dress and wear flowers for?"

"That's right." Liu Meiren also agreed.

Leng Luoyue shook her fingers, looked at them and said: "You are wrong to think this way. Although women want to please themselves, don't you want us to dress beautifully to please ourselves? These beautiful new clothes are Isn’t it more comfortable than wearing old clothes? Looking at yourself in a bronze mirror or in the water looking beautiful will make you feel better! Women don’t dress up for men to see, but for themselves to see. It looks comfortable."

This was the first time for Xu Taibi and the others to hear such a statement, but they also felt that what she said was very reasonable, and they became the ones who were awakened by the words in their dreams.

"That's right," Liu Meiren agreed, "Who said women dress up just to show off those stinky men? Even if there aren't those stinky men, in this cold palace, we still have to dress up beautifully, not for others, just for the sake of others. It looks good to you, and you are happy to see it."

After living for more than 40 years, she finally understood that they cannot give up dressing up just because there are no men to look at them.

"Miss Caiwei, I will give you ten taels of silver. You ask Guard Zhang to bring me two pieces of better cloth, buy two pairs of shoes, bring five kilograms of cotton, and bring in some rouge and gouache." With that, she left. He took out ten taels of silver from the bag and handed it to Caiwei.

From now on, she will not only have to wear new clothes and silk flowers, but she will also have to apply makeup and powder!So what if you're in the cold palace?She also wants to live beautifully in the cold palace.

(End of this chapter)