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""Why is this courtyard so expensive?""

"Shen Yantong's innocent words made Shen Qing and Mrs. Liu burst into laughter. Shen Qing asked him, "Haven't you heard the saying 'In the capital, rice is expensive, and it's not easy to live here'? If rice is so expensive, how much more so for a house in a prime location?""

"Children always have little concept of money. Especially for Shen Yan, who had hardly had any opportunity to deal with money before. He only knew that one copper coin could buy a bun, which could fill his stomach. Two thousand taels was just "a lot of money" to him before. But now that he had a more concrete concept, with only twenty taels a month, he could only sigh in despair."

"Shen Qing found it extremely amusing to see Shen Yan's face wrinkled into a ball. She wasn't going to tell him for now that the heir of the ducal mansion didn't just rely on the monthly allowance. As the heir, how could he not have his own properties?"