"Miss, please have tea."

Retracting her gaze, Xie Ning turned around when she heard the sound, but when she saw He Niangzi holding a tray and standing in front of her, she simply took the tea, put it next to the desk, and took another cup and handed it to Pei Xinghai.

After Xie Ning and the others drank tea, He Niangzi asked inquiringly: "I wonder if Miss returned to Beijing this time, is it with General Xie?" ”

Xie Ning knew that she was a servant of the Xie family, so she was not surprised by this question, smiled slightly, and replied, "I entered Beijing alone." However, my father once handed me the family letter, can Mrs. He take a look?" She has never met Mrs. He, and only Xie's seal letter can prove her identity.

Pei Xinghai had already come back to his senses, and when he heard Xie Ning's words, he took out the seal letter in his arms again, but did not hand it directly to Na He Niangzi, but through Xie Ning, he turned his hand and gave it to He Niangzi for a look.

Regarding the seal letter in Xie Ning's hand, He Niangzi just glanced at it, then withdrew her gaze, nodded slightly at Xie Ning, and said, "If Miss has something to do here, just tell the slave family." ”

"I can't talk about orders," because of Pei Xinghai, Xie Ning intended to say a few more words to this He lady, "It's just that I have time to come and go around." He Niangzi also knows that I was born in Shu and don't know much about the family industry. This time, I really want to look at the accounts, and I know better. ”

Listening to Xie Ning's intention to come here, Mrs. He didn't shirk like Xu Fu, but just bowed her head slightly and said: "The account books of the past years are all placed upstairs, Miss might as well go up with me to have a look, but I remember the details on weekdays, and the number of books is a little too much." You can also pick up a few and go back and read them. ”

"Okay," Seeing that Mrs. He was so thoughtful, Xie Ning couldn't help but feel a little more fond of her, and immediately nodded briskly, "Then let's go upstairs together." ”

The three of them walked to the second floor, Xie Ning found that there were other people in this shop, and before she could ask, He Niangzi had already called to the person: "Ah Ruo, Miss is here, come and see you." ”

"Hey,", a slightly childish voice came to the ear, and the figure with his back to them walked out of the inner room quickly, his hair combed in a double bun, his neck was tied with a red tassel ring, and a shallow pear vortex hung on his little face, and he said crisply: "Ah Ruo has seen Miss." ”

This girl named Ah Ruo is not tall, and according to Shainin's estimate, she is only seven or eight years old at most. Don't look at her as a little girl, but she rarely doesn't recognize her life, and smiles very generously at Xie Ning and Pei Xinghai.

After getting along with the young lady from a famous family in Beijing for a long time, their reserved style when they first met people, Xie Ning slowly got to know it. She didn't like their actions, but she couldn't say that she appreciated them. In her eyes, if she didn't have the same fear of life as Wei Tingcheng, why bother to pretend to be a gesture?

Therefore, when she saw Ah Ruo today, she felt very pleasing to the eye, and couldn't help but look at her twice, before turning to He Niangzi and said: "Originally, I only thought that there was only one lady in this shop, but I didn't want to have another Ah Ruo." ”

He Niangzi smiled and accosted: "Yes, fortunately, with her help, I am a lot easier on weekdays." ”

Two people run a shop, which is indeed more labor-saving than one person. Xie Ning nodded, glanced at Ah Ruo inadvertently, and a question suddenly came to his mind - with Ah Ruo's age, he would definitely not be the candidate arranged by the Hou Mansion when he prepared the dowry for her mother, but their family was far away in Shu, and even if they wanted to take care of these properties in Beijing, they were not enough. Not to mention that her father is the same as her, and he is not proficient in housework.

The industry is not taken care of, where does this Ah Ruo come from? Xie Ning walked towards the inner room under the signal of He Niangzi, but his eyes were still on Ah Ruo, and a guess could not help but float in his heart - what if this Ah Ruo was He Niangzi's daughter?

Her speculation was bold, but it was not unreasonable. Just because of the age difference between He Niangzi and Ah Ruo, it happens to be like a mother and daughter. However, although these two people are both goose egg faces and crescent moon eyebrows, just looking at their appearances, they still can't see any clues.

The reason for this is that although Ah Ruo is too young and his face has not grown, it cannot be ruled out that Xie Ning's own preconceived opinions, after all, not all relatives are similar in appearance. Judging the relationship between these two people in this way is inevitably biased.

After pondering in his heart for a moment, Xie Ning noticed that Uncle Pei just stopped where he was and did not follow, so he took the opportunity to say tentatively: "In this way, Ah Ruo is so sensible and capable, it must be He Niang, you have taught it well?" I just don't know, if she stays here at a young age, will she miss her parents at home? ”

If it was usual, even if Xie Ning was curious, he would not rashly probe into the privacy of others, but because Pei Xinghai was too out of shape in front of He Niangzi, she couldn't help but pay more attention to it. After getting along for many years, Uncle Pei is not only a close uncle to her, but also like a relative, as a junior, she naturally hopes that Uncle Pei can get married as soon as possible and settle down.

He finally moved his heart to He Niangzi, Xie Ning was happy, but he also noticed Ah Ruo's identity, and couldn't help but worry that He Niangzi had already become another woman's wife and gave birth to another son, so he would deliberately ask each other.

"Miss doesn't know," Mrs. He slowed down her pace and shook her head, as if she didn't want Ah Ruo, who was walking in front, to hear what she said at this time, and lowered her voice and said: "Ah Ruo is the abandoned baby that the slave family picked up from the door of the nursery hall, although there are biological parents, but they don't know where they are. ”

"I see," as he wished, he learned that Ah Ruo was not the daughter of He Niangzi, Xie Ning's mood was not only not relaxed, but he became heavy, and he wanted to say something, but for a while he felt that the verbal expression was too pale, and there was nothing to say, for some reason, he suddenly felt a little sorry in his heart, and he couldn't say a complicated feeling.

Xie Ning's awkward effort, He Niangzi had already taken out several account books from the sour branch wooden cage, put them on the long case in the room one by one, and said to Xie Ning very respectfully: "Miss, the account books of recent years have been placed here. Do you want to take it with you, or do you want to browse it here? ”

Xie Ning, who was immersed in frustration, was reminded by He Niang to come back to his senses in hindsight, and stepped forward to flip through the stacks of account books on the case, although he didn't know anything, he had no intention of ignoring them, "The account books of the past two years will be handed over to me to take away." ”

Previously, in the tea factory, she also took two years' account books, although these two places together are not much, but there are five or six detailed accounts.

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