At dinner in the evening, Xie Ruqing and Qi Yanzhi started this incident, he just smiled, "Just keep it for you, take care of it when you're free, and don't do it when you're tired, it's not a big deal." ”

Listening to the tone of this uncle, Xie Ruqing smiled, outsiders all said that it was a pity for the eldest young master of the Qi family, and he missed the palace of Nuoda, how could he know that people didn't look down on the palace at all, and they were tired of giving it in vain.

"What are you laughing at?" Qi Yanzhi put down his chopsticks and glanced at him with a smile, "If you really want to take care of it, I'll give you a bigger one." ”

Xie Ruqing was stunned for a moment, a little unsure of how to pick it up, said not to hurt his feelings a little, and said that he wanted to be like a joke, so it was embarrassing.

It seems that unconsciously, she and Qi Yanzhi have reached a somewhat embarrassing situation, not as comfortable and natural as being friends some time ago, but they can't say why.

"During the New Year's Festival, the emperor is going to the Beiyuan hunting grounds." Qi Yanzhi naturally changed the subject, "Are you going to play?" ”

Xie Ruqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, she smiled and readily agreed, "Okay." ”

On the second day, Xie Ruqing went to the Huayi Hall according to the princess's instructions, and the shopkeeper Wu personally led her to the back hall.

"Madam, please take a seat, and I'll go and help you get the account book." The shopkeeper Wu was quite respectful, as if he was still a little afraid, and he refused to say much, as if the lady who came was a very unreasonable layman.

Xie Ruqing called him, "Shopkeeper Wu is not busy taking the account book." ”

"Yes, ma'am, what else do you command?"

"Let me ask you, how many years can we have enough reserves in the medicine warehouse?" Xie Ruqing didn't go around the bend with him, and asked directly.

Shopkeeper Wu was stunned for a moment, I don't know what kind of way Xie Ruqing is, or whether she is a layman who blindly commands the mallet, in the past, the princess and concubine came, every time she only asked for the account book, she would send them out if she wanted to come, and she didn't ask where the medicinal materials came from, what the quality of the reserves was, and she didn't ask questions related to competitors, and she was very arbitrary, and the questions she decided didn't matter whether others agreed with her or not, in short, a few shopkeepers had a headache when they saw her.

This eldest young master's wife...... That's it, Shopkeeper Wu first replied truthfully: "Less than half a year." ”

Xie Ruqing nodded, with her, no, it was about the same as what Shopkeeper Li expected, Huayitang is now an empty shell, now it is begging and selling, the capital chain has almost been broken, if it weren't for the previous reputation and fame, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been able to hold on for a long time.

"I don't want an account book, you tell me the truth how much cash is left in the account?" Xie Ruqing put down the tea bowl and said in a chatting tone.

Shopkeeper Wu didn't dare to relax in his heart, although this eldest young master and lady looked kinder than the princess's side concubine, but who knows how many thoughts these ladies hid, the princess's side concubine also smiled when she spoke, but she didn't do anything.

"Only two thousand left." Shopkeeper Wu replied.

Even if he was mentally prepared, Xie Ruqing was still taken aback, in such a large pharmacy as Huayitang, the cash of the main store was only two thousand taels? Qi Yanzhi's pharmacy does not profit from store operation, the scale is much smaller than that of Huayitang, and the working capital is less than 100,000 taels, so what kind of shop do you have left for only 2,000 taels?

Even if the old lady gave her some small books, it would not be difficult to become like this.

Xie Ruqing didn't speak for a long time, and the shopkeeper Wu glanced up at her and asked, "Madame asked like this, did you look at the account book?" ”

Yes, Fang Hui's account book for the princess was extremely beautiful, Xie Ruqing never thought that it would be such a situation, she asked, "The prince doesn't ask on weekdays?" ”

This Huayitang was originally the property of the palace, the princess's pharmacy was small in scale, and it was rewarded to her by the prince after marrying into the palace, and later merged into one, the account of the shop was managed by Fang Hui, but the outside affairs were managed by Qi Zhiyuan, if the funds were broken, he would not know.

Shopkeeper Wu hesitated for a moment, as if he was betting that Xie Ruqing was not another mallet, gritted his teeth and said lowly, "The cash on the account is actually the same as the one recorded in the account book that Mrs. saw, but it was misappropriated by the princess's side concubine, as long as the prince is in need, she will transfer some of the silver back, as for whether the prince knows or not, I don't know." ”

is such a bold Fang Hui, Xie Ru is clear about the ins and outs, Fang Hui's mouth, as long as she wants to, everyone can hide everything from the past, then Qi Zhiyuan is not a conscientious person, just ask if she can get by, doesn't it give Fang Hui the opportunity to exploit the loophole.

Xie Ruqing said: "I have a piece of grapevine here, the price of medicinal materials will drop slightly at the beginning of next year, we need to stock up on some goods, can the shopkeeper Wu have a way to turn over funds?" ”

This time it was the turn of the shopkeeper Wu to be surprised, he had been in the medicine store for a long time, and he thought that he had accumulated a lot of contacts, if there was gossip, there was no reason why he didn't know what others knew first, he only received a letter a few days ago that the price would increase at the end of the year, and he also sighed that he had not prepared early, and the news of the eldest young master and his wife was actually brighter than him, how did she know this?

"Really?" Shopkeeper Wu changed his wait-and-see and hesitant attitude, obviously excluding Xie Ruqing from the "mallet".

"The princess told me to run this leg, and I won't get into a shop." Xie Ruqing nodded, "Wan Zhen." ”

Shopkeeper Wu thought about it, it stands to reason that the princess will not really hand over the property of the pharmacy to the eldest young master's wife, she is just an errand errand, if she is replaced by an ordinary lady, say a few kind words, and ask a routine after drinking tea, who really bother, if you want to deliberately pit the shop, it is not a smart person to do things, even if you want to pit, you may not be able to pit so many insiders.

If the price reduction at the beginning of the year is not without a trace...... Shopkeeper Wu thought for a moment, and then affirmed that this news was true, and Huayitang was still the first to know besides her source, if he could seize this opportunity, Huayitang still had the possibility of coming back to life.

But why is the eldest young master and wife so kind to help Huayitang, pure kindness...... Or infighting?

The things in the backyard of the house are not understood by these business people, in short, the shopkeeper Wu concluded that the eldest young master and Mrs. are the most reliable one after the concubine of the future princess, so he explained to her the big and small affairs of the pharmacy.

It was almost evening when Xie Ruqing came out of Huayitang, she didn't take care of housekeeping before, and she never knew that she could be so tired, she helped her waist and got into the carriage, and asked Ruhuan to knead her.

"Girl," Ruhuan asked while rubbing her, "I can't figure out something, you and the eldest young master can completely set up their own doors, what do you have to do to contribute to Wang Fubai?" Although the princess is your cousin's aunt, it is also two families, besides, even if your own daughter marries, she may not have a heart, how can you still ......"

"So stupid?" Xie Ruqing finished making up for her.

"That's what you said." Ruhuan smiled.

"Then what do you tell me to do, embroider at home every day?" Of course, Xie Ruqing couldn't explain that she wanted revenge, so she only joked: "Pass the time." ”

This is Qi Yanzhi's tone, she learned it unconsciously.

"That's the same," Ruhuan doesn't know how Miss is different from before, anyway, the previous Miss is afraid that she would rather embroider at home than care about these, "Then you should also take it easy, what are you doing with so much effort, the palace is not ours, and if you are tired, it will not outweigh the losses." ”

Xie Ruqing: "Okay, I'll listen to you...... Hey, what's going on! ”