The couple decided to keep things private for the time being, due to the lack of a right opportunity and insufficient current conditions to thoroughly investigate the substitution incident.
Soon, it was the 2003 Spring Festival. Their restaurant was small, so it closed for the holiday, starting from the 25th day of the last lunar month.
At the same time, the second dividend payment of 2002 was credited, which was only eighty thousand yuan. Combined with her current savings, she had reached three hundred thousand yuan.
This three hundred thousand yuan did not include the money spent on buying the van; this was the bulk of the money left after that purchase.
The three hundred thousand yuan was just the cash she had on hand. Cao Yuan's salary and bonus, along with a turnover of around ten thousand yuan and rental income, enabled them to save up the three hundred thousand yuan.
