Chapter 480: Chapter 480 Confused Chapter 480: Chapter 480 Confused After all this time, the house she and Gu Ya had been working on was finally finished. The completion of the house was a joyous occasion for both Gu Ya and his wife, Su Yunjin.
Thinking about the life they would lead alone together after moving out, Su Yunjin felt absolutely delighted. Ever since she came back from the new house, her mood had been exceptionally good.
Even the frustration of not being able to sell the stinky tofu during the day had disappeared, replaced entirely by the joy of moving into the new house with Gu Ya.
Tomorrow, they needed to pay the workers, and Su Yunjin, afraid that the money she had prepared wouldn’t be enough, counted the money again after dinner that night.
If it wasn’t enough, she would have to prepare a bit more. They certainly couldn’t owe anyone’s payment and not give it out. The young wife sat there counting the money.
Gu Ya brought over a glass of water to drink, and while watching his wife, he asked, “Yunjin, isn’t this the money you’ve prepared to pay the workers?”
“Yes, I’m counting it again right now, just in case it’s not enough. That way, I can add some more,” Su Yunjin replied, her hands didn’t stop moving, and she didn’t look up at Gu Ya, continuing to count the copper coins with a serious expression.
Gu Ya put down the teacup and, understanding his wife’s intent, offered, “Yunjin, let me help you count!” Gu Ya was good at arithmetic.
Counting copper coins quickly and accurately.
With Gu Ya’s help, it didn’t take long for him to count all the copper coins in the box, and Su Yunjin no longer needed to count by herself, simply watching from the side.
Having seen Gu Ya managing accounts before, Su Yunjin knew he was adept at bookkeeping, but she hadn’t realized that Gu Ya was also extremely skilled at counting money.
A whole box of copper coins, and Gu Ya had finished counting them in no time. Su Yunjin propped her head and asked Gu Ya, “Husband, how is it? Is there enough money to pay the workers?”
Gu Ya, having finished counting the last handful of copper coins in his hands, placed them back into the wooden box and told his wife, “It’s a little short!”
Su Yunjin asked instinctively.
“Yunjin, didn’t we also hire Uncle Liang and Zhu Dali to watch the house for us?” The money the wife had prepared was enough for everyone else’s wages, except for Uncle Liang and Zhu Dali’s.
Su Yunjin understood immediately.
“Husband, that’s right, I must have forgotten about those two when I prepared the workers’ pay.” At the time Su Yunjin was preparing the wages, she only thought about the number of workers who were helping them with the house renovation, and she inadvertently forgot to account for the wages of Uncle Liang and Zhu Dali, who were watching the house for them.
Luckily, it was only wages for two people.
And there was ready cash in the house.
Su Yunjin didn’t need to prepare it separately.
She merely had to bring a bit more money tomorrow to the new house to pay the workers. Speaking of Mrs. Zhang, she had originally thought that by marrying Wan Ruyan to her son, she could scoop up a sizeable dowry. However, she hadn’t expected that instead, the Wan Family would start off by demanding a huge betrothal gift of twenty pieces of silver!
Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her face turned dark.
That night, she and her husband, Gu Baofu, were angrily discussing in their room, “Disgusting! The Wan family should take a good look at what that worn-out Wan Ruyan is worth. They even dared to ask me for twenty pieces? They must be dreaming!”
“Okay, stop fussing. Our son Changshun will be back tomorrow. When Changshun returns, we’ll ask him what to do about this matter,” he said.
Mrs. Zhang was close to being driven mad by the Wan Family lately.
Had Gu Baofu not mentioned it,
Mrs. Zhang would have forgotten that her son, Gu Changshun, was due to return the next day!