At night, alone in the house, Yu Shu moved a small horse and squatted on the edge of the stove, burning the turtle board

She really can't do anything, in the blink of an eye Jingchen has been missing for more than ten days, she has searched all the places where he may go, but she has not been able to catch his people, although Xue Rui and Pei Jing help to inquire, but she has never been able to put her mind at ease, she doesn't know Lu Dao Jingchen's birthday, and she can't calculate his safety, so she can only use this oldest divination method to find out whether he is safe now.

The method of tortoise divination is very simple, burning tortoise shell, from the cracks on the nail to see the good luck, no matter what kind of wishes, goals, requirements, can get enlightenment, "turtle strategy biography" is said in the book, it seems easy, but really to divination, the key depends on the quality of the tortoise shell.

Ordinary small turtle back shell, almost can not be used, at least twenty years, only a little accurate, every ten years in the future, it is mostly accurate, and the white-headed turtle, red-tailed turtle, yellow-footed turtle three kinds of turtle plate is the most accurate, often twenty years of a turtle plate, can be sold for a hundred taels of silver, burned once it will be invalid, not a rich man, really can't afford to play this, is that although the turtle can ask for everything, but few people rely on it, after all, the hundred years of Wang Ba is much more difficult to find than Yi Shi.

Yu Shu bought this, thirty years of barely beneaval civet accurate, but relatively speaking, it is not easy to burn, she carefully roasted for almost half an hour, only to see cracks, making a "Bubu" sound.

The burned turtle board was clamped under the lamp with pliers, Yu Shu carefully observed the lines on it, it was not difficult to see the hexagram, distinguish the most obvious elephant characters, write them on the paper, and then go to the turtle formula in the corresponding book, toss for a long time, and only vaguely came to a guess - Jingchen is now safe and sound.

As for whether this speculation is mainly due to the hexagram or her mood, only she knows clearly.

Anyway, Yu Shu was a lot more relieved, put away the scrapped turtle board, extinguished the stove, washed his hands and went to bed, thinking that he would buy another piece tomorrow and calculate which direction Jingchen was in, so as to find someone.

In the morning, Yu Shu went to the Wangji Building, Xue Rui took a few account details to her and left in a hurry, Yu Shu spent half a day checking the accounts of the Wangji Building, about the price of food and drink, the amount of money purchased every month, including taxes, and the expenses of a group of employees.

Yu Shu has never been in business in her life, but her reputation as a junior sister in the actuary industry is not in vain, especially when she does insurance, she has a pair of sharp eyes, and after turning over the account book twice, she can see a few leaks.

First, the working capital of the restaurant is 1,000 yuan per month, if it is insufficient, it can be made up, and if it is excessive, it will be handed over, which is all responsible for Lin Fu alone.

The work of purchasing, oil and water, it is inherently risky to hand it over to a person, plus the price of ingredients and pots and pans, there is no specific regulation, whether it is more or less is a person's decision, this Lin Fu is not greedy, a little greedy, a month to deduct one or two hundred taels of silver, that is all unaware.

Second, the tax piece, there are three kinds, one is the land tax, the second is the poll tax, the third is the sale tax, this land tax is to look at the land, like Xue Rui picked this bustling street, to pay fifty yuan per month, bi-monthly delivery, the head is the total number of employees in the store, one person is collected by one or two, a month is fifteen taels, the most reluctant is the sale tax, that is, the so-called transaction tax, according to the account book of the restaurant, extract four-tenths of the profit, almost thirteen points of tax, this is not a small amount.

These are all fine, the problem is that Yu Shu found two bookkeepers for questioning, and found that they were responsible for the total monthly account expenses and profits, but none of them were responsible for making accounts

The so-called clear account, to put it bluntly, is a fake account, usually do business are two books, one for the official to see, one for their own look, this ancient no invoice, earn more and earn less all look at the account book, and then it is convenient to make fake accounts, Yu Shu does not believe it, the ancients will be stupid to this extent, I don't know how to get out of two accounts. Presumably, there are many businessmen who exploit this leak, but Xue Rui has such a big business, but there is no arrangement, how much silver will he have to pay this month

Yu Shu sent the bookkeeper out of the house, put down the account book, and muttered in his heart, I don't know if Xue Rui didn't plan to take advantage of the tax at all, and wanted to do business innocently, or if he had other plans.

"Girl, the meal is ready, will you go to the front to eat, or will you be served upstairs?" Lin Fu's question came from outside the door.

Yu Shu wasn't very hungry, she sat here all morning, and Fluttershy and Xiaoqing came to deliver refreshments at least three times, and because they were so delicious and exquisite, she accidentally ate a few more pieces.

But the meal is ready, it is wasteful if you don't eat it, take the opportunity to see the dishes in this restaurant, Yu Shu got up and went to open the door, and said to Lin Fu:

"Don't bother, I'll eat at the front."

The restaurant has not yet opened, the door of the store is closed for the New Year, the front building is very quiet, a table of dishes is placed on a large round table of sour jujube wood in the east, there are no less than sixteen or seventeen dishes, delicacies, chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, venison raccoon dog, the most eye-catching is a whole big turtle cooked in a white porcelain basin.

Yu Shu grinned and said to Lin Fu: "How did you do so much?" Too high for my appetite.

Lin Fu said with a smile: "The prince confessed yesterday that he wanted to make all the signature dishes in the restaurant for you to taste, this is because the table can't be placed, and there are seven or eight chefs in the back."

Yu Shu was also a person who had seen a big scene in his previous life, but he had never enjoyed such a sumptuous meal alone, and in later generations, environmental protection, some game was eaten to break the law, no more than this ancient world, any birds and beasts dared to use it to drink.

Again, I'm afraid that the price of this full table will not be more than a hundred taels of silver, it's too wasteful

It's better to give her a discount.

"What about the others? Have you all had lunch?" Yu Shu turned his head to look, and saw Lin Fu and Gui Liu'er.

Lin Fu said: "The girl uses it first."

Yu Shu sat down at the table and said, "Guiliu, go find everyone else, let's try it together, don't eat it alone, I don't have an appetite."

It's not that she is coy, but that she uses the wine table to explore everyone's character.

Guiliu went to see Lin Fu, and Lin Fu hesitated: "Girl, this is not very good."

Looking at him, Yu Shu put up her chopsticks and knocked them on the table, sandwiched a piece of white bamboo shoots, tasted it, and the taste was really good, she knew that Xue Rui would not put up a showcase, make such a big storefront, open a restaurant, the wine and food will definitely not be unpalatable.

Lin Fuke is a shrewd person, seeing that Yu Shu was silent, he knew that he didn't say the right thing just now, so he changed his mouth and said to Gui Liu:

"Go, call Gong Qinshi and his wife, your two brothers, and Fluttershy Xiaoqing over and accompany the girl to dinner."

Gui Liu ran to call someone, and after a while, there were six more people at the table, and the bookkeeper went home, and the two who did chores couldn't get on the table, Yu Shu asked them to sit down, and saw that there were still a few free, and said to Gui Liu:

"Go and call the people in charge of the spoon, let us stop doing it, this table is enough for us to eat."

Guiliu ran again and brought the cook three times back to the table, and then the table was full.

Yu Shu sat Lin Fu on his left hand, and the cook Xiuqing sat on his right hand, she picked up the wine jug and filled it for the two of them first, Lin Fu hurriedly served the cup, but Xiuqing looked indifferent, and thanked him humbly.

"Come, pour the wine, let's have a drink first, and celebrate that we can gather together today." Yu Shu stood up and raised his glass.

Everyone was very embarrassed, they got up and toasted, touched each other, Gui Liu'er laughed and said: "The blessing of the girl in the lotus room, the little one hasn't drunk with so many people."

"Hehe, sit down," Yu Shu put down the wine glass, saw that no one moved the chopsticks, looked at her one by one, and waited for her to give orders, which immediately made her happy, realizing that she is also a leader now, which feels good.

"Don't be stunned, you all move your chopsticks, the one in charge is on the table, you eat less, but you have to offend people, haluha."

Yu Shu made a joke, and there was laughter on the table, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

While eating, Yu Shu raised a glass from time to time to lead them to drink, and after three rounds, someone showed a drunken state, so she made a tentative speech to see everyone's reactions.

Let's talk about this Lin Fu first, he is a sleek person who can look at his eyes, the cook Xiuqing doesn't talk much, Gong Wenren has a gentle temper as his name suggests, his wife Bai is shy, Guiliu's mouth is fast and oily, Gui Qi Gui and eight are handsome, and the other two cooks seem to be the only chef Xiu Qingma.

In general, this group of people is still quite interesting, they can be called elites from all walks of life, and I don't know how Xue Rui got together.

One meal, not enough Yu Shu to find out their details and win people's hearts, but at least they left a good impression and went out for a while.

After the meal, Yu Shu returned to her rest room, sorted out a few books, locked them in the cabinet under the bookshelf, picked up the key, went downstairs to say hello to Lin Fu, and left through the back door with a large set of keys.

Xue Rui not only gave her the account this morning, but also handed her the keys to the doors of the big and small rooms in the Wangji Building, including the small vault in the backyard, to show her trust.

Yu Shu knew that Xue Rui was not stupid, and she was so relieved because she knew where her nest was, and she would not abscond with the money, after all, even if the monk could run, he couldn't run the temple.

On the fourth day of the new year, there are still not many people on the street, but there are lights everywhere, everyone is wearing new clothes and new jackets, and the New Year is full of joy, at least there is much more atmosphere than the New Year five hundred years later.

Yu Shu drank two bowls of Wang Ba soup for lunch, and at this time his body was full of heating, so he walked around the nearby street twice, found an open Dayi Restaurant, and wanted to say that he would buy another turtle board, and go back to burn it at night, check which direction Jingchen probably went, and she will try her luck tomorrow.

After choosing a turtle board, Yu Shu took out a large silver ticket painfully, and secretly gritted her teeth, regretting that she didn't let the old man Qingzheng teach her a trick to find someone, specifically to deal with Jing Chen, who ran around with long legs.

When I got home, in the afternoon, He Fangzhi took Yu Xiaoxiu out of the house, Zhao Hui and the maid were roasting the fire in the house, fiddling with needlework, Shen's mother was also there, Yu Shu hadn't told her yet, to help Xue Rui open a restaurant, first, I didn't know how to explain Xue Rui's identity, and second, she still wanted to enter the Taishi Academy.

Zhao Hui beckoned Yu Shu to come over and sit down on the couch beside her, divided half of the quilt on her lap to her, covered her legs, put down the needle and thread to speak, and was asking her what she was eating outside at noon, when she heard the little girl outside the door talking:

"Ma'am, a guest is coming." Clear