Li Zhao was called to Zhiyun Courtyard by his grandmother in a daze, and when he saw the big account book in front of his grandmother, his eyes widened in fright, and he couldn't help waving his hand.

"Grandmother, I can't do it, let me do the math of the numbers, let me check the accounts, what if it's wrong?"

Li Zhao is only 12 years old this year, and before he went out, his mother told him not to meddle in the affairs of his grandmother's house, in case others said that he had no rules. A family's accounts are a very important thing, right? How could my cousin let him reconcile his accounts?

"It's all running accounts, not detailed accounts. There are already three different accounts in front of you, so you just need to help your grandmother match the numbers. Gu Qing smiled at Li Zhao and said: "You are very strong in mental arithmetic, and you can use an abacus, you can see if the numbers are wrong, it is not a big deal." ”

She deliberately stroked her chest and pretended to be pitiful: "Now my grandmother's hands are shaking, her head is dizzy, and your cousin has just come out of confinement, so she can't use her eyes to ......."

Li Zhao looked a little ignorant, but in fact, he was the softest, seeing his grandmother's appearance, and thinking that he had never served his grandmother for a day, he sat down at the table resignedly, picked up an account book and read it.

In fact, he often watched his mother's accounting and housekeeping at home, although the Xinguo Mansion had more running accounts than his family, but the accounts, that was it, nothing more than more quantities and more variety.

Gu Qing sat aside and told him how to read the accounts and how to calculate, she was taught by Mama Hua, and she knew how to go from shallow to deep, first taught him to understand the bookkeeping method here little by little, and then told him how to accumulate.

Maybe it's really as Li Zhao himself said, he has a very poor memory of words, but he is very sensitive when he sees numbers, and in just a moment, he knows how to get started, much faster than Gu Qing.

It took Gu Qing half a day to read the account book, and it took another half a day to know how to split and check it.

Looking for this kid is really playful!

Gu Qing watched Li Zhao pick up the abacus with a great sense of accomplishment and began to calculate on another piece of paper.

People say that I am born to be useful, but isn't that the truth?

What does it matter if Li Zhao can't read, can't go into business! Oh, by the way, it seems that the status of merchants in this era is very low, and his mother probably won't let him do business.

But some business acumen will never be deceived by the housekeeper, right? And the imperial court also has a household department, maybe the household department needs such a special talent?

Her cheap son is a prince of the country and a scholar, and when Zhao'er becomes an adult, maybe it will be very easy for him to find a petty official in the household department. On weekdays, I can write and calculate, and I can live a good life.

Anyway, his family is not short of money.

Gu Qing was worried about some of the things that were not there, and Li Zhao also calculated some experiences in the non-stop calculations, and the speed of calculation was getting faster and faster, and the abacus first heard a crackling sound, and then it was simply a series of sounds.

But anyone who has used the abacus knows that this is because he did not stop to look at the numbers in the ledger, but memorized the list of things to be calculated. So when you play, you don't need to stop at all, just add, subtract, multiply and divide the numbers in your heart in one go.

When Li Ming came to Zhiyun Courtyard after finishing class in Weishuang Hall, what he saw was Li Zhao memorizing numbers while making an abacus. He had never seen this cousin so serious and cautious, so he didn't dare to greet his grandmother loudly, but just slipped to his grandmother's side lightly and asked Gu Qing curiously:

"Grandma, what is Brother Zhao doing?"

"He's settling accounts for grandma." Gu Qing saw that Li Zhao was sweating on his nose, and hurriedly wiped his face with a handkerchief.

Li Zhao smiled at Gu Qing gratefully, and continued to bow his head and hold the pen to write and stroke.

"Oh, Brother Zhao is doing this again." Li Ming glanced at it disappreciatively. In his eyes, arithmetic is enough as long as he can calculate simply, and there are so many people in his family that there is no need to study deeply. And he doesn't have to take care of the house, and his wife will be in charge of the family's accounts in the future.

"Grandma, is it appropriate for you to let Brother Zhao learn this? I want others to know......" Li Ming didn't say what he said later.

If you want others to know that their family uses relatives as bookkeepers or housekeepers, you may be criticized.

"How can you think so much at such a young age?" Gu Qing poked Derpy's head. "Grandma is not in good health now, let your cousin Zhao watch it these days. He has this good ability, how can he bury it! ”

"Oh, a few days, that's fine." Li Ming muttered a few more times in his mouth.

However, according to my grandmother's personality, I am afraid that I will find that my cousin is easy to use in two days, so I have been using it.

Just like when he and his brother caught ducks.

"Oh, I forgot to say that I came to you because ......"

"Don't be noisy!" Li Zhao was checking an abnormal place, but Li Ming's non-stop muttering voice came from his ears, and he felt irritable in his heart, and he couldn't help but shout.

Li Ming was stunned by Li Zhao's drink and was so frightened that he was silent.

"Grandma, look, the number that appears here ......" Li Zhao pointed out a number to Gu Qing, "The spices I bought were bought once seven days ago, and that time it cost fourteen taels of silver, and I bought seven taels of silver, so I roughly counted it for two taels of silver and one tael." Seven days later, it was this cold white incense, and he bought fifteen taels or fourteen dollars, but he spent fifty-two taels of silver, so it cost more than three taels. I have always bought things as cheaper the more you buy, so why is this price so expensive? ”

Gu Qing looked at Li Zhao in amazement, only to feel that he had been mechanically facing the numbers before, which was simply weak.

She had never noticed that the numbers in front of her and the numbers behind her did not match like this. She looked at the running account, and always added and subtracted all the numbers after the three housekeepers had checked them, to see if the numbers they calculated were correct, and just checked the total number.

"You...... How did you notice it? Li Ming was also curious. At first glance, it doesn't sound like much, but the accounts seven days ago are at the top, and seven days later it is already the third book.

Could it be that Li Zhao never forgets it?

"There are a lot of things in my grandmother's house that I haven't heard, so I paid attention to some of them. The price of this cold white incense in the front is so expensive, but I didn't expect it to be even more expensive in the back, so I have to turn back to the front again to see if my memory is wrong. ”

Li Zhao accompanies his mother on weekdays, and naturally knows that some subordinates will be a little tired, he is afraid that his grandmother will be sick for a while, and when he sees that there is no director, he will start to think about something that should not be thought about.

"What is this cold white incense? Why are they all dialed to the East Garden? Gu Qing flipped through the account book and looked at it. Now that only Li Mao lives in the East Garden, do men still use incense?

"This slave knows the truth." Grandma Sun interjected. "In the past, the old man used to smoke this official uniform in the summer. There is a lot of sweat in summer, and there are so many people in the upper and lower courts, and it is inevitable that there is some sweat on the body. This cold white incense is a kind of incense in the south, the taste is clear but not strong, the old man does not like to use incense, and this is acceptable. Later, the lord became an official, and like the eldest lord, he used this official uniform in the summer. ”

Mama Sun used to serve Li Meng's study in the West Garden, and the "eldest master" and "eldest lady" in her mouth referred to the deceased Li Meng and his wife.

Zhang Jing is a woman of the family, and the incense and tea are all fine, this cold white incense is rarely used by people in Beijing, Zhang Jing used to mix it for her husband, but now Fang's family does not have this ability, and in the summer, it can only be bought in the southern goods store.

Gu Qing couldn't help but nod when he heard this. She thought that she was now a housekeeper, and she didn't think that there was still a lot to learn. There are so many exquisiteness in incense, and I think those women of the world learned more when they were young. It seems that she thought that ancient women could only learn cooking and housekeeping at home, but she underestimated these women.

She has only been sick for more than half a month, and there is a discrepancy in the price of this cold white incense, so she naturally attaches great importance to it, and she personally ordered the steward who bought the spice, the steward who put it into storage, and the account room and housekeeper who reviewed the flow of the half month.

It's cool summer now, and these stewards don't know what went wrong, so they were actually called to Zhiyun Courtyard by Mrs. Tai herself. Everyone knows that the old lady has suffered a stroke now, and he can't stand it, these people are frightened and afraid, the weather is hot and the mood is nervous, and before he enters the yard, he is already sweating.

Yanyun, who came out to pick up people, looked at the embarrassed looks of these stewards, couldn't help frowning, and asked the mothers-in-law to fetch water and touch the basin first, so that a few people wiped their faces, and they didn't look so unbearable, so they let them enter the house.

Gu Qing is now frail, and the Hu family doctor does not recommend setting an ice basin, but the weather is hot, and Gu Qing wears a lot, no matter how others persuade him, he still puts an ice basin in the house.

This old lady Qiu's physique is on the hot side, not cold, but a few ice basins and some cold barrels, and they can't withstand the air conditioning, so they can't be put anywhere.

As soon as a few stewards and the bookkeeper lifted the thick curtain, they felt a burst of cool air in their hearts, and their spirits were suddenly shocked, and the anxiety in their hearts was also withdrawn a little, and they looked much calmer.

The son of the chief steward was engaged to Jiayun beside the old lady, and he thought that he had a little face in front of the old lady, and took the lead in asking Mrs. Qiu what the old lady called them for.

Gu Qing threw two account books out and asked them why the price of this cold white incense was so much different, although it was only a matter of a few dozen taels of silver, but if it was tolerated for a long time, it would only make the heart of buying bigger and bigger.

What's more, twenty taels is enough for a medium-sized family to chew for a year, and these dozens of taels are not a small number.

Seeing that it was a matter of cold white incense, he hurriedly exhaled, knelt down to Gu Qing unhurriedly and replied:

"Old lady Qiqi, when the little one bought cold white incense for the first time, there was no flood in the south, and it was not expensive to buy cold white incense, only two taels of silver. However, many officials in Beijing were influenced by my lord, and they also bought a lot of 'cold white' smoked clothes, but they only bought this because they were not enough to survive. The procurement went on to say:

"Later, when I went again, the price has more than doubled, on the one hand, this incense is only available in the south of Wang Ji's shop in Dongshi, and the other is that the road is closed by the big water in the south, and this incense is also transferred from elsewhere, and the price will rise some."

"At that time, the steward Yuan who served beside the master said that the cold white incense had been used for less than half a month, so hurry up and make up for it, I saw that the master was in a hurry, but the price was too expensive, I had consulted the two housekeepers in the house on this matter, and also approved the note, so I bought it back at this expensive price." This procurement has been done by the Xinguo Mansion for almost three years, although he also receives some kickbacks on weekdays, but he does not dare to be greedy for the money of the master, he has no hypocrisy in this matter, and his answer is neither humble nor arrogant, and it is reasonable and well-founded.

When Gu Qing heard this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what the comprador said, so he asked the two housekeepers.

The chief butler nodded and replied, "That's the case." Originally, my son was in charge of running the southern goods, and there was no need to buy this cold white incense, but this year there may be a lot of water in the south, so the lord didn't let him go. Buying cold white incense outside, it is naturally not as convenient as bringing it in the house. ”

He has been the big housekeeper since the time of the old Guogong, so naturally he will not cover up for a procurement, dozens of taels of silver, as soon as he said this, Gu Qing knew that the road was not as serious as she imagined, but the market was out of stock, and the relationship between supply and demand was unreasonable, which caused a temporary price increase.

Li Zhao was very embarrassed when he listened to it. Li Ming poked Li Zhao even more with his eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "Fortunately, grandma didn't say that you found out, otherwise a few stewards in the house would definitely have opinions on you." ”

Although Li Zhao felt that he didn't help his grandmother, he was very ashamed, but Li Ming said that he was not good, but he was unconvinced, and squinted his eyes and retorted to him: "The housekeeper in your house is used to manage things, don't say that this price is really wrong, it's right, and it should be called to ask." Where did they get the confidence to have an opinion about me? ”

Li Ming saw that Li Zhao seemed to be a different person today, and glanced up and down at the cousin with a smile, "My cousin has been trained by my grandmother, and he is becoming more and more like my brother." ”

He was referring to his brother's attitude towards those housekeepers when he helped his grandmother with her affairs a few years ago.

"That's right, I'm right." Li Zhao pouted unhappily.

"You're right, I used to underestimate you. I'm going to learn more from you. "Li Ming is a character who will humbly ask for advice, although sometimes he is a little arrogant, but most of the time he is still a good boy who is polite." Sage Yun, there must be my teacher in the threesome, Brother Zhao is several times stronger than me in this point, and he can be my teacher. ”

When Li Zhao saw Li Ming praising him, his heart was also triumphant, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

After the matter was thoroughly clarified, Gu Qing asked the stewards to go back, leaving the account room and reprimanding.

She was sick during that time, and the procurement office didn't dare to bother her with this trivial matter, so she had to go through the big steward first and approve the note. Something like this, although you don't have to bother the master, but the price is inconsistent, the other stewards know the way, but the account office doesn't know the way, they don't see that there is a problem and report it to her, how can they not reprimand it?

Several account offices also complained in their hearts. They keep accounts, and as long as the daily bookkeeping and stamps are complete, they can be credited to the accounts. And then several housekeepers checked the accounts, and naturally they also knew the reason for this.

There must be no problem with the account in the hands of the old lady. They are not idiots, even if they want to make something tricky, the account will naturally be settled, where can the old lady be seen by a layman?

The account offices were scolded and went out in a hurry. When they arrived at the second gate, they saw two housekeepers and several procurement clerks standing there waiting for them.

The chief steward usually does not participate in their petty methods, but he can't escape his eyes. He left everyone here and waited, just to bang and bang.

"I know that sometimes you will make some fame when you buy, and you don't dare to do problems with running water, but there is something wrong with the money receipt account. I advise you all to be more restrained. The old lady is not feeling well, the old man is afraid that he put a master in her room to help the housekeeper, and the lady is also in the Zhiyun Courtyard now, if something happens at this time, the old lady is angry, and your whole family is likely to be sold. Money is going to be greedy, and when you see an official, it's hard to say whether your life is there. ”

As soon as the words of the big butler came out, these people sweated even more.

"That's all I have to say. The second steward was so beautiful back then, but it was the niece who climbed out of bed once, and you also saw what happened. Although the lord is kind, he is the most protective of his family, if you really treat Mrs. Fuli as a fool, then you are a fool. ”

Seeing that the beating was enough, he raised his hand casually.

"It's all gone. Go home and think about it yourself. ”

In the Zhiyun Courtyard, Gu Qing was praising Li Zhao, so much so that Li Ming couldn't help but pick up an account book to see if he also had to learn to manage the accounts, so that he could help his grandmother share a little in the future, and he would also have to be praised.

He picked up a book of running water, only to see a full of eyes full of two Qi Jiu picked up two, and there were a lot of sketches in a circle, he was dizzy to see, and hurriedly put down the account book.

Oh, my God!

He was secretly speechless.

This cousin Zhao is so powerful, and in the price of such a large mess of things, it can be seen that the price of Leng Baixiang is different before and after, if he is right, he will cry just for the numbers.

Forget it, he should not think about this kind of method of inviting pets.

"Actually, I didn't do anything, and I was tired of a few housekeepers for a trip, but it turned out to be just a big fuss......" Li Zhao lowered his head embarrassedly, his face flushed.

Li Ming opened his mouth wide on the side.

Huh? This is still disdainful to say to him just now, "The housekeeper is in charge, where do they have the confidence to have opinions about me?" "Cousin?

How can it be said differently!

"You're only twelve years old, and you can find fault with my cousin and grandmother that I can't even find. Not to mention that you've only learned to read accounts for a day, which is no longer something that can be explained by careful care. That's your talent! You must not think that this is a trail and give it up. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and even the local government need talents like you! Gu Qing touched Li Zhao's little head, "This is your ability, even if you can't study, you have this ability, and you have the relationship with your cousin, you will never let it be buried!" ”

Gu Qing is still the same as before, adhering to the attitude of "having the right not to expire and be invalid", and shamelessly said "It doesn't matter if you can't study, your cousin will open the back door for you in the future".

But Li Zhao eats this set, from childhood to adulthood, he likes others to praise him the most. The most annoying thing is that others compare his cousin with him. When he arrived at his cousin's house, although his cousin came first, his cousin never said that his cousin was better than him, or how different he was, and he had long treated Gu Qing like a grandmother in his heart.

Now she is even more proud and says, "My family has the right for you to do it well in the future, and I will let your cousin protect you", Xiao Li Zhao was about to look at her with worshipful eyes.

My cousin's grandmother is higher than the prince! My cousin and grandmother often went to the palace to see the emperor and empress! My cousin's grandmother entered the county lord's house as if it were her own back garden! The dean of Xingzhi Academy is going to come to my door to ask my grandmother! My cousin and grandmother can grow vegetables! My cousin and grandmother will settle the score! My cousin and grandmother also deliver babies!

My cousin was so good at everything except that she wasn't good-looking!

Li Zhao happily finished counting the remaining account books and returned to his room with a smirk.

It's just that he couldn't stop his excitement, and he couldn't help but pick up the pen and paper at hand and start writing letters with Wan Ning.

"Immortal Lord, all is well:

I don't know how you've been lately. When we heard that your uncle was fine, our family was very happy. Today, my cousin and grandmother are unwell, so they summoned me to help, and there were seven running accounts in the middle of the house, and my cousin asked me to calculate them for her......"

A few days passed.

The Lord's Mansion of Deyang County.

The county lord of Deyang slapped the table, speechless angrily. If it weren't for the fact that this was her own niece who she raised in her hands, she really wanted to slap her face with a ledger and smash her to her senses.

"This is just the simplest running water, why do you count the numbers five times before and after are not the same?!" The county lord of Deyang looked at Wan Ning, who was innocently holding the abacus beads, and didn't fight anywhere.

"Also, how many times have I told you! The plan is a three-finger division of labor, what do you poke with a finger? By the time you've finished dialing the beads, it's dark! ”

"But it's easy to knot your fingers like that!" Wan Ning looked at the abacus in his hand with annoyance. "Auntie, isn't there a calculation method that doesn't use an abacus? The last time I watched Li Zhao count by the back, it came out all of a sudden. He doesn't have an abacus in his hands, does he? ”

The fingers she practiced last time were cramping, and her index and middle fingers were shaking together, and she couldn't pick them off. She really didn't want to practice anymore.

"Some people are born with mental arithmetic, can you?" The voice of the county lord of Deyang was a little higher. "You are now twelve years old, you can't settle the account, teach you to feed, just know how to make some pies and flowers, how to take care of the family in the future? Although you are the county lord, your identity is so embarrassing, how can you marry into a good family in the future......"

When the county lord of Deyang thought that he would have to learn to be a housekeeper as soon as his niece got married, tears couldn't help but fall, "You are still so disobedient now, you don't know how to learn the account, and the cooking girls are just so-so, and you know that you are playing with flowers and plants all day long, and it was your uncle who brought you bad!" ”

Wan Ning saw that her aunt was sad, obviously anxious about her marriage, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe her aunt's tears.

"Auntie, don't cry. I study hard, but I can't study hard! Isn't it just an abacus for bookkeeping? I can't learn well in one day, and I can't learn in a few years? I know that you are worried about me, and I will study hard in the future! ”

"That's what you said last time! That's what I said last time! Deyang complained while wiping tears from his eyes.

"If this continues, I can only ask for a decree to let your cousin marry you! It's a big deal, I'm tired for a lifetime, and I'll take care of your home for a lifetime! Deyang felt sad when he thought of his son, "I think my personality is also a cool one, how did I give birth to a son, slow like a turtle!" ”

Wan Ning looked helplessly at her aunt crying into tears, and she didn't know where her sadness came from. When he heard what his aunt said, he hurriedly said in shock:

"Auntie, don't! I treat my cousin like my own brother, and so does my cousin. When we are each other's biological brothers and sisters, how can we get married! Don't be kidding, you just asked for a will, and we only have to resist the order and run for our lives! ”

When the county lord of Deyang heard that there was no way back for even the most dear, he cried even more.

At this time, Xiong Ping, who came back from a holiday in the palace, happened to enter the house, and when he saw his mother glaring at his cousin with tears in his eyes, he first blinked, and then showed a smile.

"Hey, why is my mother crying? Missing Daddy Again? ”

"It's not you wretched!" The county lord of Deyang also glared at his son.

Xiong Ping was accustomed to his mother's character of crying and laughing when she cried, and nodded stupidly.

"That's it, you're my mother, don't worry about who I'm worried about."

"You!"

"Cousin, don't talk about it!"

Xiong Ping saw Wan Ning's voice, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to his cousin.

"Well, Li Rui gave it."

Wan Ning glanced at her aunt and ran away with the letter in embarrassment.

Only the county lord of Deyang and Xiong Pingtian were left looking at each other.

"That letter...... What's going on? ”

The author has something to say: I did physiotherapy today, and I pulled it a little, and it seems to be better. Now I get up every half an hour and move for ten minutes, and it takes ten hours to write in six hours a day, so I decisively shorten the number of words to nourish my body.

Small Theatre:

My cousin was so good at everything except that she wasn't good-looking!

Gu Qing: You kid is dead!

Qiu Bing: You kid is going to die!

Li Shuo: You kid die!