Chapter 122: Three Years (2)
The bookkeeping of the shops is a little easier, but Qi Jimin is still doing some other business, including transportation, salt pans, ores, silk and tea. I don't know if I don't check, Zhang Xiaoman was shocked when I checked it, isn't this going to kill someone? How could she take over all the business at once, and still have to take care of it all?
Zhang Xiaoman ran outside for a few days, maybe she didn't know the situation, but she was as tired as a dog.
When he returned to the house that night, Zhang Xiaoman said directly to Xi Po: "I'm not doing it!" I can't do it. ”
She slumped down on the chair bitterly, took the tea on the table without any image and drank it down, and continued to express her indignation after a sigh of relief, "Do you know how many ledgers there are? Do you know how thick a ledger is? Can you imagine how much time and effort it takes to read a ledger? ”
"I tell you, you can't imagine it!" Zhang Xiaoman continued to pour bitter water, and there was a tendency to pour more and more, "I just looked at the account book of the salt fields today, not including the salt fields in all places, do you know how much this account book alone has reached?" I'm telling you......"
Xi Po looked at Zhang Xiaoman for a long time and was about to go crazy, and slowly interjected, "How many?" ”
Zhang Xiaoman said clearly and clearly: "Thirty-two copies!" There are so many, this is just a local salt pan, if you add other places, then you can't fit a single room! ”
"One room can fit in." Xi Po took a sip of tea, and thought that the fire was not burning enough, so she said to Zhang Xiaoman: "I don't believe you can take it back and try it." Surely a room is fitted. ”
Zhang Xiaoman really wanted to faint.
"Can you not be joking! You don't know I'm going crazy, and you're making fun of me! "All of Zhang Xiaoman's good temper has been used up in the past few days, and everyone looks like a dense mess of ledgers." I don't know how your young master came over, and he was able to hold on for so many years without losing money! ”
"Crow's beak!" Xi Po put down the teacup and hit mercilessly, "The young master started to read the account book when he was less than seven years old, and he has never made a mistake for ten years now, you are many years behind him now, so much older than him, and he has no perseverance to endure hardships at all." I wanted to give up before I started doing it. ”
Zhang Xiaoman retorted: "I don't want to give up ......"
"Then you don't want to give up, what is it?" Si Po slapped the table hard. sighed and said, "I know it's not easy for you, but you have to wait for the young master to come back, you won't be able to hold on for so many days, right?" ”
"I ......" Zhang Xiaoman wanted to say that I really couldn't hold on, but Xi Po didn't want to listen to her.
"Alright. That's it. You just have to wait for the young master to come back, and you can leave it alone. Okay? Xi Po resolutely finalized at once, "Even if you support it, you will hold it up to that time, and there is no need to say anything superfluous." That's it. ”
Then he didn't look at Zhang Xiaoman's face, and strode out.
Zhang Xiaoman watched Wang Ma come in with a calm face, and really felt that this family was all human spirits, and none of them were easy to fool, even if it was Wang Ma, this ability to pretend to be garlic was not something that could be practiced simply.
She had no choice but to sigh, absentmindedly eating dinner that couldn't be more late, and thinking that she might be able to think of a good way to go out for a run tomorrow.
The next few days did not rain as Zhang Xiaoman thought, and even had a tendency to become more and more violent and rainy, and there was no clue for several days outside in a row, Zhang Xiaoman did not eat well and slept well, and lost several pounds in a few days, she waited for Qi Jimin to hurry back from the capital, but she didn't expect Qi Jimin's people to wait, but the letter came.
Zhang Xiaoman took the letter and quickly looked at it a few times, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and before he finished reading it, he was angry and wanted to go to Xi Po to ask clearly, the little guy who sent the letter in was also a person who had no eyesight, and he didn't see the anger suppressed in Zhang Xiaoman's eyes at all, and peeked at the future hostess several times, only to see a black head, and when he saw Zhang Xiaoman standing up to leave, he immediately said: "There is a gentleman waiting outside, saying that he is going to leave after taking something." ”
Zhang Xiaoman was angry, pointed at the little guy and said, "What sir? What to take? Isn't it a fraud? ”
The little guy was asked, and immediately thought in his heart, if the gentleman with an extraordinary appearance outside is really from the wealth, I don't know if the money he cheated can be as expensive as the clothes?
The little servant didn't know how rich the owner of this house was, and he didn't know what the young gentleman at the door was going to take.
Zhang Xiaoman remembered something at this time, took the letter and read it seriously from the beginning, although she could be angry after reading it again, but she still saw a few very inconspicuous but obviously important explanations, and immediately said to the little girl: "Hurry up and invite the gentleman outside the door in!" ”
The little guy looked ahead and glared: "Huh? ”
"Ahhhh Asked you to invite Mr. in, didn't you hear? Do you want me to say it again? Zhang Xiaoman waved his hand depressedly, disgusted that the little girl was too slow to react, and walked in the direction of the gate, "Go and tell Xi Po, prepare a guest room tonight." ”
The little guy was about to say again, Zhang Xiaoman turned his head and stared at him, "Did you hear clearly?" Need me to ...... again."
The little guy ran away with a cigarette.
Zhang Xiaoman walked to the gate with a full stomach full of depression, and when he looked up after crossing the threshold, he was stunned for a moment.
"Wood, woodhill?" Zhang Xiaoman looked at the richly dressed person in disbelief, and there were many things in his head in a flash, "Why are you here?" ”
The person was standing sideways in the direction of the gate, but when he heard the sound, he turned to look over, and as soon as he looked up, Zhang Xiaoman found that she recognized the wrong person. As soon as she saw that the man was about to speak, she quickly apologized: "I'm sorry I read it wrong, I hope you don't mind." ”
The man didn't change his expression much, only smiled politely, and said to Zhang Xiaoman: "Lu Yanhui, Miss doesn't mind calling me Brother Lu." ”
Zhang Xiaoman saw that he was so refreshing, where was there any reason why he shouldn't, so he arched his hand decently and said, "My name is Zhang Xiaoman, you can just call me Xiaoman like Qi Jimin." ”
Lu Yan smiled back, and suddenly said, "It's a blessing to help the people, you have this...... Good helper. ”
He paused in the middle, Zhang Xiaoman didn't know if he hadn't slept well recently and was too sensitive, and he always felt that this person named Lu Yanhui looked at her wrongly, but he could call Qi Jimin so affectionately, it seems that the relationship between the two should be not ordinary, and he will invite people into the door first.
Zhang Xiaoman walked in front and led the way, "Brother Lu, please, let's not eat yet, let's talk about the ledger after a while." ”
As for what the little girl said, she took her things and left, she didn't remember it at all.
Lu Yan saw that she was so hospitable, so she naturally couldn't refuse, so she glanced at a corner behind her, and followed Zhang Xiaoman into the Qi family's mansion.
Xi Po happened to come from the direction of the guest room, and when she saw Lu Yanhui, she exclaimed: "Why is Lu Gongzi here?" Isn't it my young master......" She suddenly shut up and didn't say anything below, and glanced at Zhang Xiaoman intentionally or unintentionally.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoman heard that it was an acquaintance, half of his heart was relieved, and he didn't notice Xi Po's small movements, so he immediately ordered the kitchen to add vegetables, and it was time to wash the dust for Lu Yan.
It was not easy for a guest to come to the house, so he naturally had to entertain well, but the guest had something urgent to leave in a hurry, Zhang Xiaoman persuaded Lu Yan again and again to let Lu Yan go back to the Qi family's mansion for one night, and get up early tomorrow to rush back to the capital, so Zhang Xiaoman dispelled the plan to let people take Lu Yan back to have a good time in the neighborhood, in fact, she wanted to delay the time to ask Qi Jimin what he was going back to the capital for, but unfortunately there was still Xi Po's participation in the middle, Zhang Xiaoman had no choice but to give up.
In the end, watching Lu Yanhui take the account book away, Zhang Xiaoman didn't figure out Qi Jimin's whereabouts, she was relieved to know that he didn't have an accident, and she didn't insist on knowing where he was.
Because Lu Yanhui explained the account book clearly, it turned out that Qi Jimin had planned it a long time ago, and the account book would be brought back for him to settle after a while, so Zhang Xiaoman and the others were idle again after leaving. As for Xi Po tossing Zhang Xiaoman during this time, Zhang Xiaoman thought that Xi Po was more worried about Qi Jimin than her, and the whole person was old and busy, so she didn't care too much, and directly left this matter behind.
Zhang Xiaoman was in charge of a small part of the account books, basically the ones she had managed before, Qi Jimin didn't take these away, and asked Lu Yan to bring back and say that these were all given to her, Zhang Xiaoman didn't understand what it meant at first, and when she knew that Qi Jimin meant to give her the part of the account book, she almost fainted with fright, and she didn't want to accept it.
It is estimated that in Lu Yanhui's eyes, it is not too troublesome to divide them when they are about to become a family, because of Zhang Xiaoman's insistence, he changed his way of saying it, let her watch it first, and wait for Qi Jimin to come back to see what he planned, Zhang Xiaoman still wanted to refuse, Lu Yanhui directly said that she didn't care, and it didn't matter if she lost her capital, Zhang Xiaoman had to reluctantly go back to her old job.
Then the year passed, and spring ushered in again.
When Qi Jimin was still at home, Zhang Xiaoman didn't pay much attention to the outside world, and now that he is free, he intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the outside world, and there is really something big about happening in this inquiry.
The border is about to go to war again, and the stalemate with the barbarians after a pause for half a year is still raging, many refugees began to crowd into the city, and the people began to panic all day, and when they went out, they could see people starving to death on the streets, and occasionally they could see a few Fanbang people with high noses and big eyes, and even the things of robbery and torture and killing became more, and the days suddenly became tense.
Zhang Xiaoman didn't have time to think about gossip, because her menstrual affairs came. In the fifteenth year of the calendar, the second year she came to this world, at the beginning of spring, Zhang Xiaoman ushered in the first transformation of her body. (To be continued......)