After dinner, Zhou Shuren went to the study with his son and took the opportunity to check on his grandsons' progress. He had been too busy these days; he seldom went home and had neglected the children quite a bit.
Zhulan then went back to her room, took out the box containing the silver notes, and found there weren't many left inside. She counted them and, together with the broken silver, she had less than seven hundred taels left. Taking out five hundred at once, she would have less than two hundred taels of silver remaining. It had been a long time since she'd felt the pinch of not having enough silver.
She had spent quite a bit since coming to the capital, and Zhou Shuren's promotion had led to doubled pay for the servants, so their finances were tight.
