While they were talking, she also put the remaining 20 taels of loose silver into her pocket. She then began to separately store the remaining silver tickets and bills, keeping the silver coins securely stashed away.
"That's right, this year isn't like the previous years. It's New Year's tomorrow, we can't put off preparations."
Di Yelei chuckled sincere.
He couldn't help but remember the Days of the New Year's past, feeling a surge of emotions.
"Exactly! With this sudden windfall of silver, how should we spend it?"
"How to spend? I don't plan on touching the 1,000 taels from Madam Gan Senior. Who knows if there will be any complications? Better to hold on to it for now."
She's always been somewhat wary of Madam Gan Senior. Maybe it's the hawkish glint that occasionally shone within the latter's genial facade that put her on guard?
"That's wise! The silver did come in a peculiar way. We should just keep it and not touch it, as we don't really need to."
