The leaves shook and rustled, and Mother Yang ran faster.

A woman walked out from behind the tree, threw the branch in front of her, and kicked the fire on the ground.

She bent down to pick up the unburned ledger and turned away.

In the afternoon, Miss Xiangju's words were still echoing in her ears.

"You are the sons of the An family, and it is much more convenient for you to inquire and move around in the An family than for us outsiders. ”

Mrs. Ding said in her heart: "This Xiangju girl is really a real person." ”

Just when they were in a dilemma, Miss Xiangju said again, "Miss understands your difficulties, after all, the An family is your old master, if you turn your back on the old master to please the new master, even Miss, then I don't dare to use you."

The young lady also said that she didn't want to know the secrets of Anjia, and she didn't want to snoop on the privacy of others, but now that we live in Anjia, we can't be blind, let alone deaf. As for what you have found, you will wonder whether you should say it or not.

Miss is busy on weekdays, you also know, our young lady is different from others, in addition to taking care of the affairs in the yard, she also has to study, but also to read the accounts, so these trivial matters to settle down can be reported to Xianglan or me.

But there's one place you have to keep an eye on me, and that's the one in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. The one who dares to lead someone to break into our yard today, who knows what kind of murder and arson she can do tomorrow.

Of course, what you inquire, the same you think you can say, come and say. ”

And just like that, all eight of them were moving around.

They discussed it, and the one in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was not their old master at all, not even the third lady. In the past, in An's house, they only obeyed the orders of the county lord and Mrs. An.

So she took the initiative to come to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, because the little maid in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was something she knew in her early years, and the maid's family had received her favor.

As soon as she explained her front foot, the maid on her back foot ran over to report to her, saying that there was something wrong with her words.

Hehe, she saw a good show.

She looked at the account book in her hand, and if what she heard in the afternoon was true, then what was it?

Judging from the records in this account book, what the master and servant of the Yan family said in the afternoon can only be described in four words, that is, 'lies and lies'.

Mrs. Ding said in her heart: "No wonder Miss Xiangju said that she should keep an eye on the side of Xiaoxiang Pavilion carefully, if that Yanwan is not a good thing, she even deceived the third lady." ”

Although Su Xin was guarding the door, they didn't let people guard the roof.

It was hot today, the doors and windows were open, and she was on the roof, but she could hear it clearly.

In Hongxiang Garden, Mrs. Ding handed over the two account books in her hand to Xianglan, and whispered what Mother Yang and Yan Wanru had said in the afternoon.

Although she didn't learn word by word, she didn't leave a sentence behind in the key points.

Xianglan nodded and said, "You did a good job, continue to stare at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion." ”

Xiangju watched Xianglan come in and whispered, "Miss just fell asleep." ”

Xianglan nodded and pointed outside.

Xiangju pushed Tao'er, first pointing inside, then pointing to herself, and then pointing outside.

It means that I am on the inside, and I am on the outside.

Momo nodded, signaling her to reassure.

Now it is not autumn, and it is hot in Fujian, so pandan and xiangju simply sit in the courtyard and talk.

Xianglan whispered: "The one who lives in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is really a problem, Aunt Ding only went over in the afternoon, and there will be a harvest this time." ”

She shook the things in her hand as she spoke.

Xiangju took it, then looked at the moonlight, and then looked at Xianglan, "What are these ghost talismans?"

Xianglan shook her head, "I didn't understand it either, it looks like it should be an account book." ”

Xianglan and Xiangju also keep accounts on weekdays, but they have all learned to write, and Dong Ruyi will never allow the people around her to be illiterate.

Not to mention pandan and chrysanthemum, but Hanxiang, peach, apricot, etc. are all literate.

Now the amount of money in and out of their courtyard is very large, in order to prevent others from knowing, Dong Ruyi handed over Xianglan and Xiangju to the digital accounting method.

Now Xianglan's account books are all garbled numbers, and her account books are marked according to the words in the thousand-character text.

And Xiangju's use is Dong Ruyi's most frequently read "Book of Rites".

There are twenty-four volumes in the whole volume of "The Book of Rites", and as for which volume Xiangju used, no one knows except Dong Ruyi and Xiangju himself.

Xiangju looked at the sky, "It's night, go back to sleep." This ghost painting talisman, wait until tomorrow to figure it out, it is expected that the people in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion are not very powerful people, and they will deceive us outsiders by estimating this thing, maybe this local, there is nothing I don't know. ”

Xianglan nodded and went back to her room.

Xiangju secretly went back to Dong Ruyi's room.

She touched Dong Ruyi's forehead, saw that there was no sweat on her head, and tucked the thin quilt on Dong Ruyi's body before returning to the couch.

***

On the morning of the second day, everyone had just had breakfast, and the Hu steward who killed that day went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

She didn't sleep all night yesterday and sorted out the extra menu that Yan Wanru has eaten in the past few years.

What dishes were added on which day, how much silver was given, and how much silver was actually used are all clearly written.

And the smile on the face of the steward Hu can't be hidden.

Steward Hu is literate, and she read it to Yan Wanru from beginning to end.

Mother Yang nodded, the dishes that go out of the big kitchen every day are recorded, even the hands that pass through are recorded.

This is the rule of the family, and it is also to avoid any problems with eating.

In terms of money, Yang's mother also knows, basically the same.

Yan Wanru took out the silver that Su Xin had just sent over last night, and before the one hundred taels of silver was hot, she went to eighty-six taels at once.

Steward Hu accepted the money, thanked him and thanked him, and then left.

Yan Wanru was so angry that she knew that the caregiver used others to add her on weekdays, and she had never produced these silvers at all.

But now that the eldest lady sent it, she could only admit that she was unlucky.

She picked up the teacup on the table and was about to smash it, but Mother Yang held it down and said: "Miss, we can't smash it anymore, the silver given by Madame is counted, if Madame asks, the slave maid has a thousand and ten thousand ideas, and it will not be enough to explain at that time." ”

Yan Wanru put down the cup in her hand, and she was so angry that she didn't even eat dinner.

And Xiangju and Xianglan also found someone who could read the account book, Xianglan didn't expect that Ding's mother, who came back with the account book, recognized the ghost drawing charm inside.

This ghost drawing charm is commonly used by them here, but all the illiterate mothers-in-law and maids of large families know all of them.

Xianglan looked at Xiangju and smiled: "What kind of person is there?" ”

Dong Ruyi put down the book in her hand and walked out, she saw Xianglan and Xiangju talking and laughing, and said curiously: "What interesting things are you talking about?"