517: Withdraw money from Bank 205_1 517: Withdraw money from Bank 205_1 After leaving the restaurant, Yan Fei checked the time.
He didn’t bother going to sell the cowhide but hurried to his rented place to drop off the items he’d brought for the young lady, as well as the medicinal wine—these were prepared as gifts.
Then he went to school to find Miss Xu Xiaoyan.
Because the timing was off, she was still in class, and he only managed to find her shortly before her class ended.
However, the moment she saw him and the hint of a smile revealed in her eyes made everything worthwhile for him—if it weren’t for her asking if he had come early because he urgently needed the money from selling the bezoar, he could be so immersed in this sweet feeling that he might not even remember what he came for till nightfall…
“I’ve deposited all the money in the bank.
You must thank Professor He and Senior Brother Wang.
Not only did they help us sell it for more money, Wang also drove me to the bank later to deposit the money.” She checked the time subconsciously.
“Come on, hurry up, the bank closes early.
We may even have to queue, so don’t miss out on withdrawing the money today.”
“Aren’t you going to bring your bank book?” Yan Fei asked, after she hurriedly pulled him along for a few steps.
“I knew you would arrive soon.
Besides, I didn’t feel it was safe to leave it anywhere else, so I kept it with me all the time!
Hurry up!”
The two paid no mind to the surprised looks from their classmates and ran towards the school gate.
When they arrived at the bank, a window had just been vacated.
They quickly grabbed the position and Xu Xiaoyan cautiously had Yan Fei shield her before she took out her bank book.
“Hello, we want to withdraw money!”
“Did you bring your identification?” The counter staff extended a hand to take the bank book and asked.
“How much do you want to withdraw?”
Miss Xu Xiaoyan, the frugal one, was likely only good at depositing money and not withdrawing, she was surprised that ID was needed to withdraw.
After a moment’s hesitation, she pulled out her ID card and said: “Two hundred and thirty thousand!”
The bank clerk was also astonished: “That much?
You’re too late.
We might not even have that much money right now!
Please wait while I check!”
Upon hearing this, a bad thought arose in Yan Fei’s mind.
As expected, after the bank clerk asked a few other staff members, she came back and told them: The bank has run out of cash!
She explained to them: “You arrived too late.
If you had come a bit earlier, we could have called to have money transferred here, but it’s too late now, the main vault has closed.
You’ll have to come back tomorrow!”
Yan Fei and Miss Xu Xiaoyan looked at each other.
Then Yan Fei asked, “Can we definitely withdraw it tomorrow?
Or how much money do you have right now that I can withdraw?”
“If you want to withdraw now, you can.
We’re about to close anyway, and there won’t be any more customers withdrawing money.” The bank clerk replied.
“But we only have tens of thousands left.
Is it safe for you guys to carry that much cash?
It might be better to withdraw it all together tomorrow, you could even earn additional interest!”
“It’s okay, let’s take out as much as we can!” Yan Fei made the decision.
He couldn’t care less about the little bit of interest.
What if they couldn’t withdraw the money tomorrow?
His family was waiting to buy cattle!
It was better to withdraw as much as they could for now.
It would only be safe when the money was in his hands.
Xu Xiaoyan naturally had no objections.
Seeing their insistence, the bank clerk began to fill out the withdrawal form.
In the end, they only managed to withdraw a little over sixty thousand.
The rest of the money, over a hundred thousand, could only be withdrawn tomorrow, which distressed Yan Fei a great deal.
“Are you in a hurry to go back?” Noticing his displeasure, Miss Xu Xiaoyan asked worriedly, “If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have deposited it!”
“It’s not your fault.
If you hadn’t deposited it, you wouldn’t have a place to keep it.
A delay of one day will just do, I originally planned to accompany you for the day anyway…” Since his plan was already screwed, Yan Fei lied to comfort her.
“Alright then!
Let’s go back, and let me show you my newly learned cooking skills!” Hearing him say that, despite feeling a bit frustrated about the unsuccessful transaction, she still perked up.
“What new cooking skills?” Yan Fei replied while looking around, pretending not to see her surreptitiously hiding the bank book.
With his keen eyes, he had long noticed the amount written on the bank book during the withdrawal.
After the two hundred and thirty thousand, there was a remainder of over one thousand.
Without a doubt, this was the living expenses that she had secretly saved and deposited, afraid that he would criticize her for not spending money, and she didn’t dare let him see the bank book.
As Yan Fei walked, he did some calculations.
Including last year’s money for knitting sweaters, this girl only spent less than a hundred yuan a month on average, which was very frugal indeed.
Fortunately, he often brought her food to eat.
Seeing that she hadn’t lost weight, he pretended not to know anything.
The innocent girl didn’t know that her little scheme had been discovered.
Yan Fei had long seen her sneak to the bank behind his back.
Presently, she was delightfully boasting about the fruits of her “labors” to Yan Fei.
At their rented cottage, Yan Fei was pleasantly surprised to find that in the kitchen there were fried ma ye, sanzi, a few baked buns, some well-made dry cake, and drying gluten—all of which were made from flour.
Apparently, the girl’s frugality had got the better of her again.
Unable to bring herself to buy other ingredients, she only practiced her skills with what was available at home—flour.
“I was preparing to use this gluten to make hot and spicy soup.
I thought you’d only be able to come tomorrow, so I haven’t finished preparing everything.
But just in time, let me show you this…” She lifted the lid of a small pot and showed Yan Fei what was inside.
“Cold noodles, did you make these yourself?” Yan Fei asked in amazement.
“Yes!
How is it?
This can be eaten now.
I also planned to make our green bean jelly, but unfortunately I haven’t found a place where someone can grind the green beans for me…” She said with a bit of regret.
“That’s already very impressive.” Yan Fei praised her while he picked a fried ma ye with one hand and a few sanzi with the other, taking bites from each in turn.
“By the way, you focus on this every day, it won’t affect your studies, right?”
“Don’t worry!” She answered while cleaning up.
“I’ll make you griddle cake to eat!
Then I’ll stir-fry the cold noodles for you later.
You must be extremely hungry, so have some of these first.
I cook very quickly.
It will be ready soon.”
“Hmm hmm…” Yan Fei nodded like a knocking doll.
Watching her pull up her sleeves and put on an apron, she really looked like a professional chef, worthy of a second look!
Unfortunately, the stove was a bit slow, so even the best chef would not be able to do much in this case.
The young lady made each griddle cake, and Yan Fei consumed one.
With him unaffected by the heat, he took a bite of the side dish that she had carefully prepared, gulping down each griddle cake in just a few mouthfuls.
She couldn’t even keep up with his speed.
All the while praising her culinary skills.
However, she didn’t need his praises.
Just seeing him wolf down the food brought her immense joy!