As soon as Lady You finished speaking, Lady Qiao frowned upon hearing this. "What kind of person are you," she blurted out, "nice words turn sour in your mouth. Do you think everyone is like you, caring so much about reputation?"
"Besides, how much are reputations worth? Can you eat or starve on them? I heard from my son that those supplies are worth tens of... thousands--"
Her voice quivered and pitched higher as she said that "thousands." As she spoke, Lady You was indeed stunned, while Lady Qiao continued with satisfaction, "Does your good name fetch that much money? And even if you had it, huh, you wouldn't necessarily be willing to part with it."
"If my family had that kind of money, I wouldn't want to spend it either. How many houses could we build with that? My eldest grandson could pick and choose his bride, sheesh..."
