In the middle of the night, most of the books in his hand had been read, Liu Jin felt that the corners of his eyes were sour, and he turned his gaze out the window while rubbing it - the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the silver-white moonlight poured to the ground like water. He hurriedly picked up the pocket watch on the side to check the time, only to realize that it was past midnight. Unconsciously reading a book in the study for so long, he secretly complained in his heart, and hurriedly got up and went back to the bedroom. The bedroom door was half-hidden, and the bright light came out of the door, Liu Jin wondered, but when she pushed the door, she saw Lin Wanjing sitting at a small table in her pajamas, the table was full of account books, and there was no place to put a water cup.

Seeing Liu Jin coming in, Ah Ling whispered to the young marshal, and Lin Wanjing noticed him coming back, got up and turned to him:

"Finished reading the book?"

"Don't look at it, it's late." Liu Jin shook his head, "Still not sleeping?" ”

"Just finished settling accounts." Speaking of reconciliation, the melancholy color stained her smile again.

"Miss, I'll go out first, you rest early." Ah Ling left with the teacup in her mind, and when the door was closed, Lin Wanjing hesitated to speak:

"Yun Rou, I used the dowry money you gave me at that time to subsidize the family, do you have no opinion?"

Liu Jin smiled faintly and took her in front of him: "You also said that those are dowry money, which is not only a dowry, but also for you, you can use it however you want." After a pause, he said with concern, "What, what's going on at home?" Is there anything I can help with? ”

"My eldest brother copied the accounts to me this morning, and they are all old and rotten." Lin Wanjing was angry when she said it, and threw the open ledger on the table back on the table, Xu is strength was greater, and made a heavy muffled sound, he intuitively felt that she was uncomfortable, so he stepped forward and hugged her back into his arms, and listened to her continue.

"Our family and customers have always borrowed money after picking up the goods, quarterly or even once a year to reconcile the accounts, and so many old customers of the cooperation is nothing more than the word 'faith', but this business is getting bigger and bigger, those old customers are more and more untrustworthy, the payment has been delayed again and again, and now there are tens of millions. Although there is a surplus every year, the money is enough to pay off the raw material suppliers at most after deducting the various expenses of the previous year, and I am afraid that the wages of the workers will not be paid. ”

"So you want to fill the void first with your own money?"

"What else can I do?"

Liu Jin thought for a moment and said, "As I said just now, I have no opinion on how you want to spend your money, but the top priority at the moment is for the eldest brother to get back the money he has dragged on." Can you help him once, can you help him for the rest of your life? How much money do you have for a few years? ”

"Eh, but my eldest brother has a weak personality, can he get the money back?"

"No matter what his personality is, since he wanted to take the title of the head of Wanli Bank for you, you should have the consciousness to take on these things." Liu Jin's words are straightforward, but they are not lacking in truth. Lin Wanjing thought about it, and finally nodded:

"Ming'er, I'll go to my eldest brother and reply to his words according to what you said."

"However, some of these bad debts are the tails left by you and your little sister when they were on duty, and it is really unfair that your eldest brother should bear them. Tell him to ask for as much as you want, and the rest is up to you. ”

"I'm afraid that if the eldest brother doesn't come, I won't come......" Lin Wanjing turned around and glanced at Liu Jin, lowered her eyes and said, "They never look at me as a woman......

Who knew that Liu Jin laughed loudly when he heard this: "How can my Wan Jing ever count people in the matter of gender?" Besides, you are now my wife, a young marshal's wife, and you should have more confidence than others. ”

Seeing Lin Wanjing nodding obediently, he sniffed lightly on her forehead, and the smell of smoke leaking from between her lips made her hide, he didn't mind, but laughed, "Got it." I'm going to rinse my mouth, and then I can go to sleep, ma'am? ”

Before leaving, Lin Wanjing reached out and grabbed his sleeve, tiptoed and dropped a light kiss on his lips......

After breakfast, Lin Wanjing led A Ling to the porch and saw Li Chengtai guarding the door, and when she saw her coming out, she hurriedly stood upright:

"Before the young marshal went out, he said that the young lady would definitely interfere in the affairs of her mother's family, and he was worried that someone would deliberately embarrass me and let me be by the young lady's side these days."

"The young marshal knows our wife." Ah Ling couldn't help but smile.

"The young marshal also said, let me give this to you." Li Chengtai took out a gun from his arms, which was the one that Liu Jin usually was by.

"What do I want this for?" Lin Wanjing didn't like the cold touch of the gun, and she was even more disgusted after the incident in Longmen Village.

"The young marshal said to let you take it, be prepared."

Lin Wanjing was stunned for a long time, and finally pushed the gun back in front of Li Chengtai: "I can't get used to this thing, you can keep it for me." ”

"This ......"

"Anyway, if you follow me, even if the gun follows me, it doesn't count as disobeying his orders."

Li Chengtai thought about it, too, and even if this gun was given to Lin Wanjing, she might not know how to use it at a critical moment, so she put the gun back in her pocket.

The car arrived in front of the door of Wanli Xing, Lin Wanjing entered the store, but saw that only Ah Long and the old master Xu Changde were busy greeting the guests, seeing her coming, Master Xu put down the work in his hand and went to her, the eldest lady swallowed back before the three words were spoken, I don't know whether to call the eldest lady or the young lady.

"Uncle Xu, why are there only the two of you in this store, and what about the others?"

"They all followed the old yellow head to the housekeeper's house to ask for wages."

"Wages? What kind of wages do you want? ”

"Miss, don't you know yet?" Master Xu muttered for a while, and then said, "Last year's wages haven't been settled yet, and now that this year's wages have passed one-third, they can't stand it." In addition, they heard nonsense from somewhere, saying that our Wanlixing can't last much time, and they are like ants on the pot for several days. ”

When Lin Wanjing heard this, she walked up the stairs: "Who spread these unreliable words?" ”

"Who knows, inexplicably it spread in the line."

"These people are really messing around, they don't do a lot of things in their hands, and the gossip spreads quickly." Lin Wanjing was angry, "Huang Shuncai doesn't care?" ”

"Where do you care, if you want me to say, it's good that he didn't coax him openly!" Master Xu's mouth quickly let the words in his heart slip out, and after thinking about it, he said, "Miss, I said this casually, don't take it to heart." ”

Lin Wanjing snorted, it was impossible to say that she didn't take it to heart. Xu Changde has worked hard with Mr. Lin since the beginning of the establishment of Wanli Commercial Bank, and he has been doing it for half a century, he has never been tempted by interests, and he has been very conscientious and even appreciated by Mr. Lin.

Aaron sent another guest out, and looked up to see that Xu Changde had followed Lin Wanjing to the top of the stairs:

"Uncle Xu, are you going upstairs with the eldest lady?"

"Hmm." Lin Wanjing answered for Xu Changde, "Did you come over alone in the store?" ”

"Don't worry! Ease! Aaron patted his chest.

"Do you want me to ask Ah Ling to help you?"

Hearing this, Aaron laughed twice: "If you can, of course it's the best......"

Leaving Ah Ling to help in the store, Lin Wanjing led Xu Changde straight to the room of the eldest brother Lin Wanxiao, and as soon as she arrived in the corridor, she saw the crowd of onlookers gambling on the door.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Wanjing was angry, and her voice seemed to be able to echo under the eaves, "So many things in the store have nothing to do with you, right?" ”

The crowd of onlookers was shocked by Lin Wanjing's sudden reprimand, and then looked at the unhappiness written on her face, no one dared to squeak, and they dispersed. The crowd dispersed, Lin Wanjing saw clearly the group of people standing in the room, Huang Shuncai, who was in the lead, obviously didn't expect Lin Wanjing to come, and the aura she was holding just now continued to hold, nor did she put it down, and her face was flushed.

Lin Wanjing picked up a smile on the corner of her mouth, walked through the crowd leisurely, put the bag on Lin Wanxiao's table, turned around and looked directly at Huang Shuncaidao:

"Yo, Shopkeeper Huang is so interested, what kind of trouble is it like this?"

"Miss, you came just in time, since the eldest young master said that he can't release the salary, he can't do it, can you say something, is last year's salary going to be settled?" The voice of the shopkeeper Huang fell, and it immediately attracted echoes.

Lin Wanjing looked at Lin Wanxiao behind the table and asked, "Big brother, our Wanli Bank has never been in arrears, why is it delayed this time?" ”

"Haven't I checked and cleared it yet, I said it, and I will arrange to send it to everyone after checking the account in a few days."

"You also heard it, my eldest brother said, it's not that it won't be sent, but it hasn't been checked yet. In the past year, there have been frequent personnel changes in our Wanli Bank, and my eldest brother has just taken over, so it is reasonable that I am not familiar with the things at hand, and I ask for your understanding. Lin Wanjing explained Lin Wanxiao's words tactfully again.

"Miss, the salary has been counted several times in advance, and we are tired of hearing these words of the eldest young master! It's not that the brothers don't understand, but they are still counting on this money to feed the family! The shopkeeper Huang obviously didn't buy it, and demolished Lin Wanjing's stage in public.

"Shopkeeper Huang, you are the old man of our Wanli Bank, tell me yourself, when did my family deliberately owe my brothers' wages? Could it be that in your eyes, my Lin family doesn't even have this credibility? ”

"Miss, you can't say that. Things are different now. We heard the rumors that Wanli Bank was on the verge of bankruptcy, shouldn't it be rumored that our wages could not be paid? ”

"Wanli Bank's account pen and pen have passed through your Huang shopkeeper's hand, how many are there I'm afraid your Huang shopkeeper knows better than me, and now bring my brothers to me to ask about the guilt, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

"I know how many counts, but they're just rows of numbers, and they can't be eaten!"

Seeing that Huang Shuncai saw the move, he really didn't plan to help her, Lin Wanjing's smile became cold: "So, do you have to ask me to give an explanation today?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not enough to give an explanation," Huang Shuncai smiled treacherously, "Let's just talk about it, if there is money in your safe to pay the brothers' wages, Miss, you can open it today and show it to the brothers, otherwise don't blame the brothers for not giving you face." ”

"What do you want?"

"How?" Huang Shuncai's smile was a little more ruthless, "If you don't do it, it's small, and it's not necessarily if you smash your stall." ”

"You dare!" Li Chengtai was stopped by Lin Wanjing as soon as she spoke, she thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled:

"Since I'm going to put it on the table, then I want to hear a reply from you: If I can't come up with the money, you people won't be here?"

"Yes." The workers not only answered cheerfully, but also worked together.

"Even if I promise you that I will collect the accounts in a few days and arrange the wages of the brothers first, you will not buy it?"

"Yes." It's still the same voice.

"Brothers, please listen to my advice, although you are employees of my Lin family these days, how can we not be a cooperative relationship? The most important thing in cooperation is not obedience, but trust. Lin Wanjing only felt a chill in her heart, "The matter has come to this point, there is no room for negotiation, since we don't even have the most basic trust in each other, it is useless to say more." Master Xu, help me write a statement. ”

Xu Changde hurriedly came to the table, dipped the sheep on the table with ink on the paper, and waited for Lin Wanjing to speak.

Statement. Because I suspect that Lin's Wanli Commercial Bank maliciously withheld wages, I now request to terminate the labor relationship with Lin's Wanli Commercial Bank, and after receiving full wages, I have nothing to do with Lin's Liwan Commercial Bank. ”

Xu Changde's pen was fast, and he put down the pen almost at the same time as Lin Wanjing's voice fell, and respectfully presented the paper statement to Lin Wanjing's eyes, but Lin Wanjing didn't look at it, and slapped it on the table to everyone:

"Since you have made up your mind, I will not delay your future. I think I Lin Wanjing can't afford to pay the salary, so I came up to sign. ”

There was a whispering in the crowd, and more than a dozen people stepped forward to sign and press their handprints for a long time, Huang Shuncai didn't move a step from beginning to end, Lin Wanjing glanced at him, snorted coldly, but didn't force him. The more than 20 people in the room were quickly divided into three factions: those who signed and couldn't turn back, those who were nervous without signing, and Huang Shuncai, who was sweating like rain.

Lin Wanjing swept the signature on the statement: "Buying and selling is not benevolent, thank you brothers for your help these days." Then, she said to Gu Wanxiao: "Big brother, open the box." ”

Lin Wanxiao hesitated several times, and finally had to walk to the box, his hand trembled and turned the code disk, the sound of the box lock falling was crisp and loud, when he opened the door as if he had made up his mind, everyone present was stunned - the huge safe was empty, not to mention the silver ticket, not even a piece of change.

Lin Wanjing opened the bag that she had just placed on the table, and it was slowly full of cash:

"Enough of the play? After seeing enough, he followed Master Xu to the account room to check the salary, took the slip and took it away. I'm just sitting here waiting for you to come and get the money. Master Xu, you've worked hard. ”

Huang Shuncai thanked his ancestors for hundreds of generations in his heart, thanking them for giving birth to him for such a wise decision not to sign, just when he was about to follow the group of people out of the door, he heard Lin Wanjing's voice again: "Shopkeeper Huang, you can write your resignation by the way and bring it up." ”

"Miss, I didn't sign it just now......" Huang Shuncai turned around and wanted to intercede for himself, but was coldly interrupted by Lin Wanjing:

"The money I have here is enough to pay you two salaries, deducting the wages of my brothers." Seeing that Huang Shuncai was about to open her mouth, she added, "Forget it, don't bother Huang Shopkeeper to do it yourself, please do it for Master Xu, thank you." ”

Xu Changde responded and led people out, Huang Shuncai turned back three times in one step, Lin Wanjing was worried that he was playing tricks, and explained to Li Chengtai: "Adjutant Li, please help Huang Shopkeeper pack his luggage for me, I think he has a lot of things, and one person may not be able to pack it clearly." ”

Li Chengtai understood Lin Wanjing's voice, smiled slightly and said that he understood, walked to Huang Shuncai's side and lifted him up: "Shopkeeper Huang, let's go." ”

After the people in the room were cleaned up, Lin Wanjing walked quickly to the door and closed the door, and when she returned to the table, she heard Lin Wanxiao ask uneasily: "Little sister, is it okay for you to quit this group of people like this?" ”

"If the people's hearts are scattered, keeping them is just raising tigers, and it is better to send them away as soon as possible."

Thinking about this sentence, Lin Wanxiao also felt that it was not unreasonable, so he stopped speaking, only to hear Lin Wanjing ask:

"Big brother, where's the money in this cabinet?"

Lin Wanxiao was full of excitement, and replied with a fluttering look in his eyes: "Little sister, you know, don't you report and settle accounts for each family these days, there is no surplus, where is the money......

"Brother, don't bluff me, although I haven't been in charge for a while, I still have a number of family backgrounds in this Wanli Bank. You tell me honestly, where did the money go. ”

"Money...... No ......."

"Gone?" Lin Wanjing was taken aback, "There are tens of millions in this box!" How can you say that if you don't, it's gone......"

"Anyway...... It's just gone, it's all out of the pad, believe it or not. ”

When Lin Wanjing saw his virtue, she was even more unhappy: "Okay, you don't say yes, right?" I'll tell my dad to go! ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to tell Old Man Lin, Lin Wanxiao's legs were weak, and he grabbed Lin Wanjing:

"A few days ago, my mother and my little mother came to me, saying that they wanted to make some money and not lose money, that was my mother, do you think I can not give it? So...... It's all for them......"

"Brother, you're really confused! How can business and private matters be mixed! Lin Wanjing was annoyed, "Does Dad know?" ”

"I don't know." Lin Wanxiao shook his head, "It's just the surplus of Wanli Bank, and it will be sent back in a few days, so you can't let your father know, right?" ”

"It's just the surplus of Wanli Bank?" Lin Wanjing sneered, "Big brother, do you know what you're in charge of?" The box contains the money that Honglin Weaving Factory wants to pay to the raw material suppliers, and the dividends to the labor company and Jinpei Nian, which is most of our Lin family's family funds! ”

When Lin Wanxiao heard this, his whole body wilted: "That...... So what do I do now? ”

"What to do? Get the money back! ”

"That money...... That's what I thought, anyway, the money is in my mother and my mother's hands, and it's in the hands of our own family, right, it's not necessarily so anxious to come back, right? ”

"And what can you do to fill this vacancy?" Lin Wanjing looked at him coldly, and when she saw that he didn't answer, she said, "It's okay if you don't take it back, I read the account you copied to me yesterday, and you can ask for as much as you want." ”

"Little sister, if I want the money back...... If I wanted to, I wouldn't have come back to you. ”

Lin Wanxiao's implication was that he couldn't do anything, Lin Wanjing didn't want to talk nonsense with him at all, so she got up and was about to leave: "Okay, if you don't ask for it, I'll tell my father about the money, you don't dare to ask your mother if you want it, I'll let my father ask for it, okay!" ”

"Little sister, little sister!" Lin Wanxiao hurriedly rushed forward to grab her, and gritted his teeth for a while, "I'm going to ask for the account, okay?" I'll go tomorrow! ”

Lin Wanjing still didn't give him a good look, walked to the desk with a stiff face, and accepted Li Wanxing's official signature: "Since you start to collect accounts tomorrow, don't worry about the affairs in the business bank for the time being." I gathered the workers in a moment to tell me about the dismissal of the shopkeeper Huang, and by the way, let Master Xu temporarily take the position of the shopkeeper. ”

Lin Wanxiao now has tens of millions of debts, although he is unwilling, he doesn't dare to squeak, so he has to respond in a low voice: "What you say is what, right?" ”

I don't know where the two aunts moved the money, but Lin Wanjing has a layer of ominous clouds in her heart, pies will not fall from the sky, and there is no sure way to make money in this world, the more she knows this, the more uneasy she is in her heart, and a voice in the dark is telling her: Some things should be planned early, if the East Window incident happens, I am afraid that it will be too late.