A night of sweet dreams without trace.

When Pei Yue woke up, there was no trace of Peach Blossom around him.

Although he was a little tired after being drunk, he still cheered up and climbed out of bed when he thought of his vow last night. When he came to the outside, there was a kettle wrapped in a winter basket in the washing area. Pei Yue stretched out his hand to explore, and the wall of the pot was filled with warmth.

Hot. A clean handkerchief hangs on the shelf next to it, and prepared toiletries are placed below.

Pei Yue was a hot new star in the business world in his previous life, but he still needed to make enough food and clothing by himself in life.

Nowadays, he is just a white-bodied bastard, but he lives a life where he can only open his mouth for food and clothing.

Life is often so wonderful.

After washing up, Pei Yue was about to go out when he saw Taohua walking in coquettishly.

Pei Yue glanced at her subconsciously.

Although there was no obscene emotion in his eyes, the little maid still lowered her head unconsciously. Her cheeks were a little red early in the morning, and she was not as confident as she was last night.

"Master." Taohua walked to Pei Yue and whispered.

"Huh?" Pei Yue turned around and looked at her.

Taohua's eyes were a little dodgey, as if she was having a fierce struggle in her heart, and she said hesitantly: "Master, don't get me wrong, I don't want to control you, nor can I not recognize my identity, but there are some things that I have thought about over the past two days.

I think I still need to tell the young master..."

Pei Yue was amused by her and asked curiously: "What is all this mess? What on earth are you going to say?"

Taohua plucked up the courage to look up at him and said earnestly: "Master, our family is running out of money."

"No money?"

After arriving at Green Willow Manor, Pei Yue made several windfalls, including 5,000 taels donated by Pei Taijun, 3,000 taels spat out by Cheng Guang and 5,000 taels compensated by Li Zijun. As for expenses, he gave Gu Fan a thousand taels.

Two, two hundred taels were given to the villagers, and two thousand taels were paid to all the villagers after the night attack by the bandits. These were three relatively large expenditures. In addition, counting the rewards and daily expenses for the past six months, those who left Zhuangzi on the eighth day of September

At that time, Pei Yue counted the silver deposits and found that there were still more than 8,100 taels.

This is still a huge sum of money and has nothing to do with lack of money.

At the end of the year, when the farmers handed over this year's rent, and more than a thousand taels were credited to their accounts, Pei Yue felt that at least he didn't have to worry about daily expenses.

Taohua took out the wooden box that Wen Yu had given him from the bedroom, sat at the table and opened it, counting the banknotes in front of Pei Yue, and finally said with a sad look: "Master, when I left, there were still ten thousand yuan left at home.

Of the two thousand taels in silver notes, there are now only more than 7,300 taels left, and nearly 5,000 taels have been spent in more than a month."

Pei Yue was a little surprised.

It wasn't because of the number Taohua said, what he thought of was that during the month he left, his family actually spent eight hundred taels of silver.

Before leaving, he handed the money to Mr. Xi for safekeeping. Logically speaking, there should be no problem, but Taohua would not lie to him.

According to his accustomed calculation, these eight hundred taels of silver were equivalent to nearly three hundred thousand yuan.

Does Mr. Xi go to Kyoto every day to visit brothels?

Taohua did not give in and continued: "My husband told me that our family spent eight hundred taels of silver this month, mainly on Deng Zai and the others, including the purchase of high-quality weapons, daily food and a large number of medicinal materials."

Pei Yue came and sat down opposite Taohua, and the surprised expression on his face gradually faded.

Of course he had heard of the principle that the poor in literature and the rich in military affairs, and after he specifically warned him before leaving, Mr. Xi would not train the eighteen young men as guards, but would train them according to their own characteristics as much as possible.

As the grade increases, the corresponding investment will be higher. Pei Yue understands this truth.

What's more, what he wants to train is not just one or two people, but a total of eighteen half-grown children who are in the rapid development stage.

It is not easy for an ordinary family to raise a teenager, and it is not so easy to feed these eighteen mouths.

Although Pei Yue is not in pain, but as Taohua said, money is being spent at a faster rate, and he may soon be unable to make ends meet just by relying on the little rent from the farmers.

Mr. Xi clearly trains these eighteen young men as future generals. If this model is very cheap, those martial generals will not decline. In many cases, it is because of lack of money that the heirs cannot receive a good education.

Not to mention whether all these young people will become successful in the future, at least for now they need Pei Yue's continuous investment.

It is difficult to reduce expenditure, so we can only increase revenue.

Pei Yue comforted Taohua and said: "The family can still support it for the time being. Those boys are very important. I will be of great use in the future, so this money must continue to be spent."

Taohua did not refute him, but said cautiously: "The young master's important affairs must be important, but I want to tell the young master that he must find a way to make money, otherwise our family will be in trouble in the future."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "It's a good idea that you have. If you say it, I will only be happy. Why were you so hesitant just now?"

Taohua immediately blushed, lowered her head and pinched the corners of her clothes.

After Pei Yue thought for a while, he suddenly realized that the little maid thought that after last night, she was considered a member of the young master's room, but she could not speak out about Pei Yue's affairs as she did before.

This is really...

Pei Yue couldn't laugh or cry. In his previous life, he was just an inexperienced girl in junior high school. Was he thinking too much?

Seeing that Tao Hua's face was full of shame, he did not joke, but said with relief: "Don't worry, I will find a way."

Taohua looked happy, nodded heavily and said: "Yes!"

Before leaving, Pei Yue suddenly asked: "What are you going to do in the future?"

Taohua looked at him in confusion, and Pei Yue said seriously: "You didn't know that your family was here before, so I didn't care about this matter. But now that you know your mother, will you never see her again?"

Taohua was immediately entangled, with a slightly painful expression on her face.

She hesitated and said: "I don't want to leave the young master. If it were not for the young master's protection, maybe I would have been tortured to death."

Pei Yue sighed softly and did not continue to force her. He just said with a gentle look: "As long as you don't want to leave, I will not drive you away. No one can take you away."

After receiving this promise, Taohua raised her head in surprise, and then expressed the hope in her heart: "Master, if my mother comes to see me, can she stay?"

After Pei Yue was silent for a moment, he looked at the little maid's pleading eyes and shook his head slightly.

Taohua forced a smile.

Pei Yue raised his hand to rub her head and said softly: "Don't think nonsense, I'm not forcing you to break up with your mother. But you also know that what she has been doing over the years, although it has a reason, is a crime after all.

She committed an unforgivable sin. If she is willing to change her past, I will give her a chance to reunite you mother and daughter."

Taohua felt relieved now and her face didn't look so ugly.

Pei Yue's expression remained as usual, but he had deeper thoughts in his heart.

If that Aunt Leng wants to return to a normal life, just correcting or repenting is not enough. She must at least do more - such as bringing that crazy woman here.

There is no need to say these words to Taohua, he does not want the little maid to bear heavy psychological pressure every day.

If Aunt Leng can't do it, he can accept Taohua leaving him and choose to be with his mother.

Some people may call this ruthless, but Pei Yue feels that many times, principles and bottom lines only need to be breached once, and then they will be pulled down without limit.
Chapter completed!