Chapter 30 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Aren’t you supposed to be a widow? You look pretty happy about it,” the young man carving the Kun-peng said.

He had never seen a widow who was so open-minded. Usually, when women lost their husbands, they were gloomy and became increasingly depressed.

“Of course I’m in a rather good mood. My husband died early, so he can be reincarnated earlier, so I’m relaxed as well. Of course I’m happy.” Chu Yue laughed.

Prince Qin was trash. He was the type to vent his anger on an innocent and weak woman, so Chu Yue was always rude when she cursed him.

“Looks like he offended you terribly when he was alive.” The young man carving the Kun-peng smiled.

Chu Yue tossed a small piece of silver to him and said, “You carved the Kun-peng pretty well. Continue working hard. This is for you.”

“For… me?”

It was the first time the young man carving the Kun-peng encountered something like this. He stared at the woman in shock.

He had always been the one giving rewards to others. He did not expect that there would be someone who would reward him, and the one who did it was even a woman?

Chu Yue ignored him and brought Hupo away to look at the other sculptures.

The ice sculpture festival was truly Xiang City’s grand festival. Even if it started snowing during noon, the bad weather did not diminish the people’s passion for admiring the ice sculptures. Even if they had to open umbrellas for it, they insisted on staying outside.

Chu Yue and Hupo watched the festival for an entire morning. They did not stay out in the afternoon, because it was too cold outside. They bought a box of snacks and went back to the restaurant.

“This is a pretty good life,” Chu Yue said happily.

Who said that people in ancient times lived a backward life? They could just eat, drink, and be merry. Their lives were incredibly free.

Just as she had this thought, she heard Hupo say, “Milady, we have to save up our money. We don’t have a lot left.”

“Didn’t we bring eighty taels of silver? We haven’t used up a lot of it, right?” Chu Yue waved her hand.

“We spent thirty taels of silver,” Hupo said.

“Already?” Chu Yue was stunned. “What did we spend it on?

“We’re staying here for ten days, so we paid ten taels of silver for our room fees. We also paid them five taels of silver as deposit, so fifteen taels of silver are gone.

“We spent three taels for steamboat yesterday, breakfast, and lunch. The carriage fees was half a taels’ worth of silver. You gave two taels of silver away as a reward, and this box of snacks is worth a tael of silver.

“The hair stick I bought for you is worth three taels of silver. The two sets of clothes we bought are all made of high-grade brocade, and they’re worth five taels of silver…

Chu Yue could not wrap her head around this. She knew it, no matter where she was, if she wanted to have a good life, she had to have money. If anyone did not have money, even in paradise, they were only going to end up being able to beg for food.

However, if she made calculations based on this, the remaining fifty taels of silver were not going to be enough to enjoy the festival to its fullest.

“We’ll have to be a little frugal with our money.”

While saying this, Chu Yue was actually thinking about places where she could get money. After all, since she was out after such a long time, she had to earn some money.

Besides, no matter how she tried to save up, she would still end up using it. The key was how she was going to get more money.

Hupo did not think much about it. She nodded to show that she put it to memory. At the end of the day, she was a maid born into a rich and influential family. Even if she was in a different situation compared to the past, she was still a little spendthrift.

But Chu Yue did not scold her for it. Hupo did not buy anything for herself. She spent all the money on Chu Yue, because to her, Chu Yue was more important than herself.

“By the way, you can’t tell others that you’re a widow, Milady. No one would say that about themselves,” Hupo said.

“Got it,” Chu Yue answered.

Hupo said nothing else. Since they were satisfied with the steamboat they ate last night, the master-servant duo ate it again today.