Volume XX Books
When Mama Hua heard this, she wailed in her heart...... This Shu brocade is indeed owned by Tianjinfang, but it is not to be given to the eldest princess, but to take a fancy to the craftsmanship of the princess's embroidery girl, and is ready to make two unique styles of clothes as a look, and put them in the store to solicit business.
The shopkeeper gave her the benefit of two hundred taels of silver, so Mama Hua would take the risk and leave her things in the princess's mansion. She only said that it was Jin Rou's clothes to the embroidery girls, who would have the audacity to run to confront the eldest princess? Now the eldest prince wants to leave this cloth, it seems that she can only tell Tianjinfang that the embroidery girl has cut the fabric, and then she will compensate according to the price. Thinking of having to pay out two thousand taels of white flowers, Mama Hua felt distressed.
"Yes, the slave must bring the words to the shopkeeper of Tianjinfang." Mama Hua lowered her head, for fear that people would see her unnatural face.
Hearing this, Jin Rou clenched the silk handkerchief in his hand fiercely, and said in his heart: "This cheap maid, how much silver has she coveted, a horse of Shu brocade, and she didn't blink an eye!" "But now there is no evidence, and you can't pull the big shopkeeper of Tianjin Fang over to confront you! And if the two secretly colluded, the shopkeeper might not be able to ask the truth, but would have fallen in front of so many people.
Thinking of this, Jin Rouqi's heart hurt, why did she not know people clearly, she found the white-eyed wolves of the Hua sisters, the handkerchief in her hand was deformed, and Jin Rou's face was very ugly.
Jin Rou took a deep breath and suppressed her anger, "Mama Hua, since the county lord knows about the sewing room, you should hand over the accounts of the past years, and start from the accounts first, so that the county lord can have an understanding of the expenses of the needlework room." Jin Rou knew that the matter of Shu Jin could no longer be entangled, so she would start from the accounts, and she didn't believe that there would be no omissions.
"This ...... The books were all in the slave's yard, and were not kept in the sewing room on weekdays. If the slave and maid go to fetch it now, it will take half an hour to come and go...... Why don't you take the accounts tomorrow and send them to Yahe Yuan in person early in the morning, does the eldest princess think it's good? ”
Hearing that she wanted to check the accounts, Mama Hua was a little weak-hearted, although she had done a fine job of the accounts over the years, she was still afraid that there would be some omissions. It's better to wait until you get home in the evening and ask the owner to find an unrelated account room to check it...... That's why Mama Hua wanted to delay the date of handing over the account book.
"Since the county lord wants to learn, the sooner the better. Mother, as the saying goes, 'Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much.'" I'm waiting for tomorrow, and everything will come to naught', my daughter doesn't want to waste this good time. And the county lord learns to preside over the feed, you can't just learn needlework, if tomorrow the big kitchen of the grandmother also let the county lord wait, the day after tomorrow the library of the grandmother also let wait, when will the county lord be able to learn! Fang Yage saw that Mama Hua shirked, so naturally she couldn't follow her wishes, and it was better to strike while the iron was hot.
"Mama Hua, don't think that the county lord is young and wants to be lazy and slippery, otherwise don't blame me for not saving face for you in front of everyone!" The words were said quickly and urgently, without leaving any emotion, it was completely the gesture of the master reprimanding the slave.
When Mama Hua heard this, she hurriedly saluted: "It's all the slave's fault, I don't dare to let the county lord wait, the slave and the maid will go to get it, but whether the eldest princess and the county lord go back to the garden first, the summer is hot, the needlework room is small, and the two masters are not comfortable here." ”
Mama Hua thought in her heart, although Jin Rou and Fang Yage are noble, they are the masters of firewood, rice, oil and salt, what can be seen about the sewing room! She is not afraid to bring the account book, as long as she does not find a sophisticated account office, there should be no problem. It's just that there are a lot of people here, so don't be overwhelmed by any eventful talk......
Hearing Mama Hua say this, Fang Yage just glanced at her and said, "It's okay, you go and come back quickly, and the county lord will be less tired." This is already very polite.
"Yes" Mama Hua couldn't, so she had to retire and get the account book.
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Mama Hua does not live in the princess's mansion, but has her own small courtyard house in the back street, although it is not far from the princess's mansion, she also has to pass through a back garden, and when Mama Hua sweats profusely and takes back the account book, Jin Rou and Fang Yage are already drinking the second cup of tea.
Seeing the thick stack of account books, Fang Yage only picked the latest one and looked at it, she didn't want much, a little bit was enough...... Bai Zhi was waiting to fan beside her, but her eyes did not leave the account book, but in her sleeve was the price of the fabric that Ai Ye inquired about from the Splendid Pavilion today, seeing what Fang Yage was doing now, how could Bai Zhi not guess the county lord's thoughts.
The big red peony wears the Hangzhou silk ...... I found it, but I saw that it was clearly written in the account book: a big red peony wearing a piece of Hangzhou silk, eighty taels of silver; a piece of water-red brocade, seventy-five taels of silver; Emerald Bird Rank Ruihua Brocade, Silver Sixty Taels 、...... lotus lotus color is happy to put on the eyebrows and makeup brocade, one hundred taels of silver; a horse of blue silk in the lake, one hundred and thirty taels of silver; A jade-white Ruyi moire plain brocade, one hundred and fifty taels of silver......
This flower is really courageous, so courageous, the price of the fabric is thirty percent higher than the outside, these ten horses, it is nearly three hundred taels!
Fang Yage threw the account book to the ground hard. "Smack~~" Everyone stopped the guy in their hands, and Jin Rou was also startled, not knowing why her daughter was angry.
Although seeing Fang Yage looking through the account books, Jin Rou didn't expect her daughter who didn't understand anything to see anything, she was thinking that when Wang Fu came back from his hometown in Shandong, she would have to ask him to check the accounts of the needlework room...... Zhou Wanshan can't count on it.
And they have been married for many years, Jin Rou doesn't believe that Zhou Wanshan will not know anything about such a thing, it seems that the husband and wife can never be used anymore, and when they find evidence, they will clean up their ....... It was only halfway through thinking about the matter that he was suddenly interrupted by Fang Yage's sudden anger.
"Ge'er, what's wrong?"
"Hehe, mother, this flower is a good means, I didn't expect that the sewing room of my princess's mansion actually raised such a fat mouse, people say that it is difficult to prevent thieves day and night, it is really not wrong at all!"
Fang Yage's words shocked Mama Hua to kneel on the ground, which was completely a subconscious action. As soon as she knelt down, Mama Hua remembered that the county lord was just a thirteen-year-old girl, how could she read the account books, most of them were cheating herself, why did she be a thief and couldn't help kneeling?
And although she wrote the price of fabrics and needles high, she can be said to have been deceived by the shopkeepers in the shop. At that time, she will be convicted of a crime of disadvantage at most.
Thinking of this, Mama Hua instantly had confidence, but she still knelt on the ground, and said aggrievedly: "The county lord has wronged the slave and the maid, the princess and the slave and the maid are as kind as a mountain, how can the slave and the maid be, how can the slave and the maid be ......" said and stopped squeaking, giving people the feeling that the master had wronged her, but she was still maintaining the master's face.
"Oh, the lord of this county has wronged you? Yes, the county lord is still young and doesn't know common things, and he may have wronged you......" Fang Yage said and shook his sleeves slightly.
Mama Hua's heart moved, what did the county lord mean by this? Just didn't allow her to think about it too much, Fang Yage continued: "It's just that there are many embroiderers in this needlework room, and they are very familiar with cloth materials, Bai Zhi, you read the account books in the house to everyone, and let everyone see if I have wronged Mama Hua." ”
"Yes" Bai Zhi took two steps forward to pick up the account book and read it aloud.
The more Bai Zhi read back, the more ugly everyone's faces became, this flower mother is really guts. By the time Bai Zhi finished reading a page, everyone had stopped speaking, even if Jin Rou didn't know the price of these fabrics, she instantly understood when she saw everyone's expressions, it seemed that there was indeed a problem with the accounts. Seeing this, Jin Rou slowed down her expression and sat there slowly watching her daughter deal with it.
"Okay, let's read it here, let's talk about it, has the county lord wronged Mama Hua? Hmm~~" The last nasal voice is indescribably moving.
There was silence in the hall, everyone look at me, I look at you, no one wants to speak.
"Oh~~, it seems that Mama Hua takes you a lot on weekdays, and at this time, everyone is still protecting her...... Or do you get some benefit? That's why he pretended to be deaf and dumb and deceived his master!! It's still a painless tone, but the words that come out are like knives.
When everyone heard this, they immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, and said one after another: "County Lord Mingjian, the slaves and maids don't know!" ”
In her heart, she scolded Mama Hua, she made a mistake, and she even had to affect everyone, squinting at it, Mama Hua was still innocent.
"Princess Mingjian, there is nothing wrong with this account book, we and the Splendid Pavilion get the goods at this price, if you don't believe the princess, you can ask the boss of the Splendid Pavilion to come and ask."
Hearing Mama Hua say this, Fang Yage understood that she must have been angry with the Splendid Pavilion, otherwise she would not be so fearless, even if she called the boss of the Splendid Pavilion now, there would be no result if she thought about it.
Of course, Fang Yage can also deal with Mama Hua directly without asking about cause and effect, or scolding her with a cane, or driving her out, in this deep mansion compound, the master doesn't necessarily have to have a reason if he wants to clean up the minions, but in this way, Fang Yage will fall behind, and those who don't know the truth will inevitably think that the princess's mansion treats people harshly, and when the time comes, everyone has their own thoughts, like a plate of scattered sand, which is not good.
Hearing Mama Hua's words, Fang Yage just smiled faintly, didn't say much, turned around and sat lightly on the pear blossom chair, Bai Zhi behind her hurriedly continued to fan her, and Fang Yage looked at the slap-sized red stone smoker on the table, and after a while, he gently played it twice, as if there was some precious incense in it.
Jin Rou didn't know anything when she saw her daughter like this, and continued to taste tea, but on a hot summer day, there was no time for a stick of incense, and everyone kneeling was already sweating like rain...... scolded Mama in their hearts. They are all old people who have been in the sewing room for many years, how can they not know the price of this material, everyone knows about it.
Fang Yage saw everyone's resentful expressions, and snickered in her heart, everyone has selfish intentions, and if the needlework room is a piece of iron bucket, it will give her a headache. Mama Hua thought that she had done everything right, but she didn't know that Fang Yage had already prepared a plan for her to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle.