Chapter 3 This is the old department

"Cucum, you're naughty again. The voice with the taste of singing said with a light smile.

In the courtyard of the Su family, the two maids stood quietly aside, overjoyed, and the reason was naturally that the girl from the Su family was back.

In the eyes of the people of the Su family, the Su family should be the master of the house, and it should be this girl Wu Muxin, who is famous in Qingjun, as for the eldest young master, except for the surname Su, the old lady's diligence and thrift have not learned at all, which really dragged down the girl.

I only heard Xiao Cumin talking about someone's unscrupulous behavior again, especially the flirtatious words just now, adding fuel and vinegar. Before he could open his mouth, he would charge Su Qinghuang with a few more crimes, but he was interrupted by a gentle look from the girl.

The door opened, Su Qinghuang came out rarely, and when she saw it, there was a girl with an independent courtyard.

The ordinary linen plain white long skirt is so simple and clean, one more point is too glamorous, one point less is too plain, the three thousand green silk is like the agility of Qinhuai smoke clouds, half scattered, half pulled up, a plain hairband, and the beauty of the finishing touch.

Knowing that Su Qinghuang came out, her years of misdeeds did not make her feel unusual, but she just approached the man who had the closest identity to her but was unfamiliar, and raised the thick stack of red-headed ledgers in her hand.

"The Su family's account books in recent years are here, do you want to see it. The voice was ethereal, it really made Su Qinghuang eat a big piece of ice like dog days, and it was comfortable from head to toe.

When I first heard Li Yan's relay, Wu Muxin almost thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and the young master of the Su family, who was bent on the pile of fat powder, was able to bear to look through this extremely boring account book, could it be that he was short of money to spend to see how much oil and water the Su family could squeeze out in the end? In addition to spending money over the years, how could he have cared about the Su family. But the Su of the Su family, after all, is the Su Qinghuang Su, thinking about the old man's nurturing kindness, and she should do the same.

Walking towards the lobby, Su Qinghuang made a gesture of please, Wu Muxin sat down with a gentle expression, elegant and dignified, and couldn't find a little fault with his posture and appearance, but looked at Su Qinghuang's still handsome side face with low eyebrows and shallow eyes, and said nothing.

Su Qinghuang was competing with the numbers on the ledger at this time, a wolf pen soaked in green ink, writing and drawing on the ledger from time to time, his good-looking brows furrowed, from Wu Muxin's point of view, he could just see the shallow arc of Su Qinghuang's headache between the two eyebrows.

This account book is also a rule, and there has never been a situation where there are omissions mixed with fake accounts, but from this one-time calculation, Su Qinghuang is more and more cold.

Putting aside people's usual money and food and clothing on weekdays, as the largest rice worm in the Su family, Su Qinghuang alone accounts for 30% of the monthly expenses. His silver alone was enough to provide a peasant family of four to live for two or three years, but it was all scattered by Su Qinghuang on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

"Loser, loser. Su Qinghuang looked at the monthly account of one hundred taels of silver distressedly, it deserved to be regarded as a scourge, but these are not important, the most critical Su family medicine store, the monthly expenditure is a large amount of silver, which is also thanks to him.

Without their support, in just three or five years, the Su family's medicine store was squeezed out of the front line, and now it can only be barely maintained by relying on the old customers who support the scene.

"The tangerine peel is damp, the rhubarb is moldy, the ginseng is a secondary replacement, and even the rice paper that opens the square costs three taels of silver a month, which is treating me as a big wrongdoer. Su Qinghuang just wanted to get angry, but he thought that these people were carefully selected by his predecessors, and in the end he could only smile helplessly.

"Without the help of the elderly, the medicine store would not last for three months. Wu Muxin was quiet for a whole time, and now he made a rare voice to make a final conclusion for this audit. As for why the old man is gone, come to think of it, the one who is checking the accounts couldn't be clearer.

"Yes, what the medicine store pays attention to is reputation, and the prototype of the Baicao Hall, Tong Ren Tang, was able to burn tens of thousands of taels of fake drugs for the sake of reputation, which is really a great courage, and it is precisely because of this that Tong Ren Tang can still stand after a hundred years of ups and downs, and to this day, it is still the leader of the medicine store. Su Qinghuang felt it and said to himself.

"Tongrentang, I haven't heard of this name, Qingjun, I know all the medicine stores that can be called Shangmingtang, if I really have the ability to burn fake medicines worth 10,000 taels, I should have heard of it. Wu Muxin looked at the man in front of him with some demonic thoughts, and his tone did not have many waves, but he said with certainty.

"But for the reputation of this, this Tongrentang leader is worthy of admiration. ”

Su Qinghuang smiled, she didn't care, anyway, in her eyes, nine out of ten of her words were nonsense, just assume that the words just now were made up by herself, the top priority is to invite those old people back.

"Wood, Miss Wu. ”

I wanted to shout Mu Xin almost as soon as possible, but looking at Miss Wu's upward glance, this Mu Xin was like a tongue knot stuck in her throat, and she couldn't spit it out, so she could only change her mouth temporarily.

"Anyway, this Su family fell in my hands, if I don't do something, I will go underground to see the ancestors a hundred years later, and my face is really not good-looking. Putting down the first account in his hand, Su Qinghuang stretched and said.

This is not how earth-shattering, but it is enough for Wu Muxin to look at him for the first time in front of her, who has the name of husband and wife but has no husband and wife

"This matter should be sooner rather than later, I will have work in the afternoon, I will go once, but I don't dare to pack a ticket if I succeed or not, a person like me, Miss Wu still don't have too many expectations. Su Qinghuang chuckled and joked, and then got up.

Wu Muxin naturally wouldn't stop it, but just got up slowly and calmly and went back to the house, without even saying a word of superfluous words.

"Give me some encouragement. Su Qinghuang felt a headache, and at the same time considered the next words in his heart.

At that time, in order to save expenses for his own squandering, he made great efforts to drive away the older generation of pharmacists of the Su family, and at this time, he was cheeky enough to visit, and he wanted to know how many white eyes people would give him, but it was really not good to go, could he really let the Su family owe a lot of debts to fall, and when the time came, Su Qinghuang, who owed the most debts, was put on a sack and unloaded on the road It is very likely that he was unloaded with a sack. Just thinking about it makes him numb.

"Sad, sad, a mess. ”

Su Qinghuang packed up his bags and was about to go out of the gate, but Wu Muxin was standing quietly at the door with a bunch of things, waiting.

"What are you?"

"Old man Ye is a good wine, this is a good wine for him. Mr. Wen likes meat, the most authentic ham, which has been marinated for more than three years. Grandpa Su is proficient in literature and ink, and the best Chengxintang paper is as warm as jade, so bring these with you. It's just the nonsense before, and the visit can't shorten the Su family's etiquette. Wu Muxin was as light and gentle as ever, but in Su Qinghuang's eyes, there was a faint smile.

"Actually, when you laugh, you look really good, why bother to put on a calm appearance every day. Su Qinghuang laughed, stretched out his hand to take these specially prepared things, and lifted them all in his left hand, his right hand did not retract, but continued to put it on Wu Muxin's face, and then the mischievous ghost made a fool and flicked his fingers.

This is really an unprecedented thing that has not been done for more than ten years, so that Wu Muxin didn't think about dodging, he could only look at the man in front of him, with a triumphant evil smile on his face, and then a slight pain came from his forehead, not serious, but not light.

Su Qinghuang, who was hit by the blow, did not stay, but passed by Wu Muxin's side as if fleeing, bringing a cool breeze, until he ran out of more than ten meters, he dared to turn around, and said with a smile at her: "You have to smile more on weekdays, you always frown, you will have a forehead tattoo, this time, I should help you soothe." ”

Then, turn away.

"Much, smile, it's so easy. Wu Muxin snuggled to the side of the door, quietly watching Su Qinghuang's shadow slowly disappear around the corner of the street, and then stretched his waist, "With such a person like you, I just want to laugh, how can I laugh." "No one hears the complaints, but there is a rare childishness, this nice voice, it's a pity.

The current location of the Su family is considered to be in the center of Wumei County, and Wumei County is also the location of the Qingjun Mansion, and it is the center of the entire Qingxian County.

Qingjun has nine prefectures and eight counties, which is not as prosperous as the capital, but it also has a population of more than two million, and because the population density is far less exaggerated than that of later generations, the prefectures and counties are often separated by lofty mountains and mountains, so in terms of area alone, it is not inferior to the smaller provinces in the previous life.

Don't look at the chaos of the world outside, several countries are gearing up, but Qingjun is used as the rear, and it is rare to enjoy peace. Especially every month, a large number of medicinal materials are sent to the front line one by one, and those who make medicinal materials make a lot of money, and I don't know how many people are envious.

A good place in the center of the city has always been a place for the rich to live, and the poor people who have eaten the last meal but not the next meal are crowded into the thatched houses in the west, and along the doorway in his memory, Su Qinghuang carried a lot of things, passed the bustling place, and walked a long time on the dirt road before he saw dozens of sharp and dilapidated houses.

These houses are piled together, for a long time, a group of poor people are forced to build a simple village, everyone takes care of each other when there is something on weekdays, one person is bullied, and the others will try to find a place for them, which is very united.

"You get out, get out. ”

No, before Su Qinghuang entered the village, a group of small cubs who were fighting at the head of the village kept throwing him with yellow mud blocks.

The reason is not that Su Qinghuang drove Old Man Wen out of the medicine store, the old man misses the old days, and treats the Su family as his own family on weekdays, but when he is old, he is treated with such evil words.

At that time, I was so disheartened that I almost didn't slow down and died, and finally moved to this poor man's small village in frustration, helping people to see diseases and catch medicine on weekdays, and in the past few years, he has been greatly respected by the villagers.

And the initiator, Su Qinghuang, under the deliberate propaganda of the village chief, has become the common enemy of the village from babbling children to old ladies in their nineties, so that the favorite game of the little ones who are unattended is to draw Su Qinghuang's head on the mud with a wooden branch and then pee in his mouth.

It can be seen from this how unpopular he Su Qinghuang is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is angry and resentful.