A few plates of vegetarian dishes, two pots of old white dry, plus two bowls of reasonably boiled corn porridge and a few hard noodles, also made up the most common mat noodles in the Jingzhai shop in Sijiu City.

In the city, there are many rules for five elements and eight works, especially in terms of food, which are countless.

It's like a guy who never eats beef, and the level of the pear orchard doesn't stick to sugar and garlic, which is almost the usual rule for many years. And some people in the industry are usually casual in eating and drinking, but when they are doing some important business, they can't be contaminated with a little bit of meat, for fear of committing some taboos!

is like the bookkeeper's business, the abacus beads in his hand count the financial resources of the main family, and he will naturally not be mean to the main family on weekdays. On weekdays, three meals a day have to be a little fishy, and those who are particular have to prepare a supper, so that those bookkeepers who calculate some small accounts overnight will not be hungry.

But when you have to settle the big account, or at the end of the year, after cleaning your hands with water, the bookkeeper who sits at the table and starts to settle the accounts can't get a little meaty, and the side dishes sent into the account room are also some green vegetables, tofu, and a bowl of rice.

There is a bookkeeper with a few spare money in his waist, and when he arrives at this time, he doesn't touch the little greens and rice sent by the master's family at all, and he raises his legs and goes to the restaurant opened by the famous vegan Liu family in Sijiu City to open a meal.

And the characters who don't have a lot of money in their pockets naturally have to go around those clean fasting shops.

It is not too particular about the shop, and there are no scattered seats in it, only three, five, or seven small rooms separated by thin plates and fish gelatin, and the size of five or six people can sit side by side, and there are a few home-cooked vegetarian dishes that can be made without onions, ginger and garlic. Blanched a pot of old white dry with some cold water. The characters who can go to this clean fast shop are almost all coming to the small room to close the door and talk about things, and eating is really second!

The young man who was waiting for the food to come in gently closed the splint door, and Hu Qianli didn't speak, but after pouring himself three cups of Lao Baigan, he bowed his hand to the money and grain judge sitting opposite him: "Ruan Ye." How many days have we had to go without seeing each other? ”

A slap was placed on the luggage roll he brought with him, and the judge of the money and grain called Ruan Ye also poured himself three glasses of Lao Baigan, and then spat heavily on the wine: "It's almost five or six years, right?" ”

Picking up the pair of chopsticks in front of him, Hu Qianli first tasted every dish on the table, and then broke half of the hard noodles and took it in his hand and gnawed it slowly: "Master Ruan, I remember that in your business as a judge of money and grain, there is a rule that the accounts are not clear, and people do not eat?" Seeing that you've been hungry for a long time, let's fill your stomach first, and then talk about the side? ”

I pinched my chopsticks in my hands. Ruan Ye stretched out his chopsticks and flicked a few times in the plate of vegetarian dishes closest to him, but put down the chopsticks again, and whispered to Hu Qianli: "Hu Ye, do you have anything to say?" ”

Slowly putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Hu Qianli stared at Ruan Ye's eyes, reached out and took out a small cloth bag with a width of two fingers from his arms, and gently put it on the table: "Ruan Ye, do you remember this object?" ”

didn't wait for Ruan Ye to answer. Hu Qianli had slowly opened the small cloth bag, stretched out two fingers and pinched half of the ink ingots that emitted a faint oily light: "Six years ago." Ruan Ye, when you gave me this object, you said that I can use this object to ask you to do one thing! I really want you today! ”

Staring at the half-cut ink ingot pinched by Hu Qianli's fingers, Ruan Ye hesitated again and again, but sighed heavily

Just six years ago, Ruan Ye was still a big steward in a wealthy family in Baoding Mansion. With the skills of Shaoxing master's housekeeping, settling accounts, and making business, he has also won the trust of the owner of that wealthy family. On weekdays, he is under one person in the mansion. The style above everyone, the big and small things that are almost inseparable are always decided in a word!

Calculated carefully, among the wealthy families where Ruan Ye stayed, there was one Taoist platform, two county commanders, and four or five people during the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It can barely be regarded as a scholarly family. Although it is now the era name of the Republic of China, relying on a piece of wealth that the family has saved for many years, it can be regarded as a wealthy family in Baoding Mansion!

But the only thing is that the heirs are not prosperous, and the lord of the family spent money to marry a five-room wife from other places, and the piggyback also took the two accompanying maids of the eldest wife, but only the eldest wife gave birth to a daughter, and the other aunts and wives all came out of nothing.

The larger the family, the more right and wrong will come out of the money. Seeing that the master of the house is getting older day by day, the aunts and wives of several aunts are muttering in their hearts!

As the old saying goes, mothers are more expensive than children, especially when the name of this aunt's wife is buckled on her body, and the family is not in front of her, so she is short of breath and low in her voice. In addition, his stomach is not so competitive, if it is really the day when the master kicks his legs, maybe the eldest lady will invite her relatives to support her waist, and she can blow out all the aunts and wives with a stick.

At that time, he was penniless, coupled with old age and decrepitude, and his mother's family could not go back

Could it be that you really have to be a roadside lying down, or open a secret door to do that skin and meat trade to survive?

Thinking together, several aunts and wives naturally had the action of privately buying and selling in various businesses at home, and saving a few pieces of their own money.

But there is such a meticulous bookkeeper as Ruan Ye here to handle the obstacles of getting money and food in and out, even if those aunts and wives have twisted their brains and want to make a few false accusations in various businesses, they can't escape Ruan Ye's eyes.

After two years of hard work, several aunts and wives didn't say anything, and the few intimate servants around him who were easy to collect were all called Ruan Ye to catch the handle of privately extorting money and expelled them from the portal one by one!

When it is about honor and disgrace, people can still fight with their lives, let alone when it is about life and death, what kind of deeds can people do?

First of all, the fifth aunt pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of Ruan Ye and hooked up half-idiotically, and then the third aunt drilled into Ruan Ye's house three times a day. On the surface, she said that she was asking Ruan Ye to send someone to do some odd jobs for her, but every time she spoke, she couldn't wait to smear her throat and eyes with honey before she spoke!

Before Ruan Ye, who realized that something was wrong, did something, the fourth aunt had already taken advantage of Ruan Ye's fifth and tenth nights, when she went to the master's house to report the accounts, and dressed up to block Ruan Ye in the back house. Before he could even say a few words, he had already tore off his clothes, messed up his hair bun, and shouted for help at the top of his voice!

In the dead of night. There was still a woman almost half-naked in her arms, which was already something that people couldn't understand even when they opened their mouths. What's more, when the master of the house heard the voice, several aunts and wives all jumped out in a pile, pointing at Ruan Ye and scolding one by one, saying that Ruan Ye had never been well-intentioned, and they had all gone to the aunts' and wives' houses to stir things up. Seeing that the aunts and wives were three and nine fierce, they couldn't get their hands on it, but they snatched away the close-fitting clothes of several aunts and wives resting on the bedside

Looking at the small clothes that a few of the housekeepers who were eye-browning with those aunts and wives had searched out of their own houses, and then looking at the angry face of the old man, Ruan Ye could only sigh at that time. Close your eyes and let the master fall!

It is also Ruan Ye's life that should not be extinguished, the original master of the wealthy family has ordered someone to bury Ruan Ye alive in the mass grave, leaving only his head exposed on the ground and panting, wanting Ruan Ye to taste the taste of slowly suffocating to death.

Coincidentally, that year, Hu Qianli was going to touch a wild yellow skin that could continue to be close to the yellow skin, but he searched all around Sijiu City, but he didn't find a suitable thing. By chance, I heard that there was a mass grave around Baoding Mansion that had accumulated for many years, and I wondered that the wild yellow skin there should be right. I went to Baoding Mansion tirelessly, and in the middle of the night, I went to the mass grave to catch the yellow skin. stepped on the side of Ruan Ye's head with one kick.

For ordinary people, they have to be afraid to pass by the cemetery in the middle of the night, not to mention that they almost stepped on a person's head under their feet? But Hu Qianli said that in order to catch a suitable yellow skin, even if he delayed in the cemetery for a night, it was just a commonplace.

used the guy with the next set with him to tithe the dying Ruan Ye. Then he stuffed a pill that could dispel evil spirits into Ruan Ye's mouth, and after waiting for two hours, when Hu Qianli came back with a suitable yellow skin in his hand, Ruan Ye could barely speak, so he only asked Hu Qianli for one thing - no matter where he went. Take yourself far away from Baoding Mansion, and you can ask for a life!

Listening to Ruan Ye talk about the ins and outs of the whole thing, and seeing Ruan Ye's miserable appearance, Hu Qianli, who had compassion, also led Ruan Ye to Beiping City, and the piggyback also stuffed the remaining tickets on his body into Ruan Ye's hands, and told Ruan Ye to quickly find a way to eat, so that he could live in this forty-nine city.

Originally, I thought that Ruan Ye, who was rescued by himself, was dying, but he was just touching the bowl and eating hard food in Sijiu City. Unexpectedly, Ruan Ye bought the four treasures of the study room with the few tickets that Hu Qianli gave him, and set up a small stall on the street to write letters and take inventory on behalf of others.

With a slimming gold character that the layman looks like is beautiful, coupled with the reputation of clearing the bad accounts for a few half-sized shops, the pine ink that Ruan Ye bought back has only been worn down by half, and someone has already come to the door and hired Ruan Ye as a long-term bookkeeper.

Whether it is a reward for gratitude, or when it comes to human relations, before Ruan Ye went to work as a bookkeeper in someone's shop, he also specially found Hu Qianli, who lived in Huangpizi Hutong, and solemnly handed the half of the ink ingot to Hu Qianli's hand as a token - with this half of the ink ingot, Ruan Ye can be regarded as Hu Qianli's one thing, and everything will be done!

You don't have to show up in person, seeing ink is like seeing people!

And today, this half of the ink ingot is pinched in Hu Qianli's fingers

Stretched out his hand to take the half of the ink ingot pinched in Hu Qianli's fingers, Ruan Ye stuffed the ink ingot into his arms, and picked up the wine glass by himself: "Hu Ye, since you came to me today, there are some words, I don't want you to hide them!" Now that I have married a daughter-in-law and a son in Sijiu City, it is easy for me to eat a stable meal. You look for me to take this away, okay? ”

Glancing at the heavy luggage roll that Ruan Ye put on the table, Hu Qianli shook his head slightly: "Ruan Ye, but I won't open my mouth to you for anything that can be cleaned up with money!" ”

After drinking the spirits in the glass in one gulp, Ruan Ye sighed and smiled bitterly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Hu Ye, since I handed over this half of the ink ingot to you, I have been looking forward to you coming to me every day." But as the days passed, I was afraid that you would come to me every day."

"Six years ago, I was just the old Yuanchang who sold southern goods in the West Market. At that time, if you want to come to me, I am really not afraid, but I can always do it for you. Later, it was the antique seller who invited me to be the chief accountant, and I began to muttered in my heart - if you came to me at that time, I am afraid that this matter would not be small? If I can't say it, I have to make preparations to put oil on the soles of my feet and leave Sijiu City, so that I can do the mission you explained? ”

"When the patrol officer in the Beiping Patrol Police Station took me away and told me that the man in charge of Baoding Mansion found out that I escaped with my life and died at home, I became the judge of money and food in the Beiping City Patrol Police Bureau! I know it's not a good job, but I don't have to pick one! If I don't do it, then I have to fill in the life of the master in Baoding Mansion! ”

After drinking several glasses of spirits, Ruan Ye's face was already flushed, and his voice became louder: "Since then, I haven't slept at night, and I hope you forget me as a person!" What is terrible, what is Hu Ye, you also opened your mouth, I did this for you, we can clear up! ”

Looking at Ruan Ye, who was already a little drunk, he was a little surprised, and Hu Qianli tentatively asked, "Ruan Ye, how do you know what I ask you to do?" ”

Still smiling bitterly, Ruan Ye simply grabbed the wine jug in front of him, drank the liquor in the wine jug in one go, and then gasped and said with a wry smile to Hu Qianli: "Hu Ye is afraid that he has forgotten, Ruan is also from Shaoxing Master, and his head is quite handy!" In addition, in the patrol police station, you can always hear some shadow words and words, how do you plan to plan Duan Ye? ”

Picking a thumbs up at Ruan Ye, who was already a little drunk, Hu Qianli lowered his voice and said: "This matter has to be calculated until four days later" (to be continued......)