When a bride meets her parents-in-law for the first time, a meeting ceremony is inevitable.

It's just that two big gold cakes were handed to me, which was obviously a bit tacky.

Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji.

He seemed to be asking Kou Ji if he would pick up the call.

Kou Ji smiled calmly at Kou Li and said, "Dad, it's not the New Year yet. Isn't it a little too early to give out new year's money?"

Kou Li stared and shouted: "What new year's money? Is this a meeting gift?"

After saying this, Kou Li forcefully thrust a gold cake into Kou Ji's hand, and then handed another gold cake to Xiang Yan with a smile.

Xiang Yan took the gold cake and thanked her.

Kou Ji held the gold cake and hesitated a little.

Seeing this, Kou Li said in a nonchalant manner: "My father has money now. If I give it to you, just take it."

Kou Li misunderstood Kou Ji, thinking that Kou Ji felt that he was still as poor as before and was unwilling to take the gold cake.

So he spoke.

However.

How did he know that Kou Ji didn't care whether he was poor or not?

Kou Ji just thinks this thing is... vulgar.

Kou Li saw that Kou Ji was still holding the gold cake and remained silent.

He coughed lightly.

"My father got three hundred taels of gold this year. The little I give you is nothing. When it comes to New Year's Eve, there will be..."

With a bribe of three hundred taels of gold, that's all.

What's going on with your proud tone?

Is co-authorship of corruption also a form of pride?

Kou Ji saw that he hesitated for a long time, and Kou Li didn't realize how vulgar the greeting gift he gave was, so he sighed sadly and accepted the gold cake.

Kou Ji raised his head and met Xiang Yan's gaze.

There was a wry smile on everyone's lips.

"Go...to the main hall, your grandfather is waiting for us."

When Kou Li saw Kou Ji put away the gold cake, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile.

Kou Ji nodded and gave instructions to the people outside the door, asking them to carry two large boxes into the house.

Kou Li saw two big boxes and was a little curious, asking: "What are they?"

Kou Ji said perfunctorily, "It's nothing..."

He immediately ordered people to carry the box and prepare to send it to the treasury.

But Kou Li became curious and insisted on stopping him to see what was in the box.

"Open it and let your father take a look..."

Kou Jiqian smiled and said, "Should you stop reading?"

Kou Li immediately stared and said arrogantly: "Is there anything that a father can't see?"

When Kou Ji saw that Kou Li insisted on watching, he stopped trying to stop him.

"Open it..."

Kou Ji gave an order.

The servants carrying the box began to untie the ropes on the box.

The rope falls to the ground.

The box opens.

A dazzling light made Kou Li feel dizzy.

The box is filled with gold ingots, bright and golden, each one is the same size and neatly arranged.

Kou Li swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice: "Where...where did it come from..."

Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "What I have earned in the past few months..."

"The other box too?"

"Um……"

Kou Li's cheeks turned red with shame for a moment, he covered his face with his sleeves and fled from here.

Just now he generously rewarded Kou Ji and Xiang Yan with a piece of gold cake.

I feel that if the two of them took the gold cake, they would be very moved.

After all, in his opinion, gold cakes are rare.

But I didn't expect it.

Instantly slapped in the face.

The beating was so painful.

How could he not be ashamed?

The gold cake that he regarded as a treasure was just an ordinary thing in the eyes of Kou Ji and Xiang Yan. How could he have the nerve to stay there any longer.

Seeing that Kou Li had escaped, Kou Ji asked someone to close the lid of the box, clicked his lips, and sighed: "I told you not to look at it... you must look at it..."

Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji and said coquettishly: "If you treat dad like this...he will be angry. If he asks for a divorce, you will not feel good either."

Kou Ji laughed and said: "If he can really punish me in front of his grandfather, he will ask for a monk's law..."

Then I might really look up to him...

Kou Ji didn't say the second half of the sentence.

There is some suspicion of disobedience and unfilial piety.

There is no need to say it out loud so that others can grasp the topic.

But as Kou Ji's pillow, Xiang Yan naturally understands Kou Ji's thoughts.

She came close to Kou Ji and whispered: "He is the father after all... You have to be more respectful to him, otherwise it will damage your reputation if word gets out."

Xiang Yan knew more or less about Kou Ji's experiences in Huazhou.

I know that Kou Ji and Kou Li haven't been together for long, so it's hard to say that they have a strong father-son relationship.

But even so, she also reminded Kou Ji to have a better attitude toward Kou Li.

Kou Ji knew that Xiang Yan was doing it for his own good, so he did not refute Xiang Yan's words.

After turning around and ordering the servants behind him to carry the boxes and put them into the two warehouses of the Kou Mansion, Kou Ji took Xiang Yan into the main hall.

The reason why the servants were ordered to put the money in the box into two warehouses was because not all of the money belonged to Kou Ji.

All the money was Jiaozipu's profit in the past three months, and a large part of it belonged to Zhao Zhen.

Kou Ji sent someone to ask Chen Lin if she would send it to the inner treasury.

But she was rejected by Chen Lin.

Chen Lin told Kou Ji that the inner treasury was not safe.

If the official's money is put into the internal treasury, it will inevitably be taken away by others.

So he was temporarily placed in the Kou Mansion.

Kou Ji knew who Chen Lin said was the person who took the money from the inner treasury.

He had no intention of capitalizing on the enemy, so he agreed to Chen Lin's request and set up a separate warehouse in his house to store money for Zhao Zhen.

In order to prevent Kou Ji from embezzling the money inside, Chen Lin specially sent two old-fashioned eunuchs to guard the door of the warehouse.

The development speed of Jiaozipu far exceeded the expectations of Kou Ji and others.

In just over two months after it opened, the money deposited into Jiaozi Pu exceeded 20 million yuan.

Among them, Jiangning Prefecture Jiaozipu contributed nearly 6 million yuan.

Shuzhong Jiaozipu contributed nearly 3 million yuan.

The rest was contributed by Jiaozi Pu in Bianjing City.

Perhaps because of the royal family's reputation, many businessmen trusted the royal family's reputation, so they deposited their money in Jiaozipu.

It may also be because it was the Chinese New Year, and many businessmen were returning to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year, and they were afraid that thieves would miss them, so they deposited their money in Jiaozi shops and returned home with only a piece of lightweight Jiaozi.

Of course, Kou Ji, Liu Heng, and Cao Yi successively contributed a lot of savings to Jiaozi Pu.

The dividends from Wanxiang Building, the eighth and ninth batches of fabric sales from the textile workshops outside the city were all deposited in Jiaozipu one after another.

In addition, the three of them also deposited the copper coins in their hands into Jiaozipu.

All in all, the development of Jiaozipu exceeded Kou Ji's expectations, but it was still under control.

The security issues of saving money for Jiaozipu, as well as future development issues.
To be continued...