Isn't it as simple as an imbalance in the income and expenditure of this house, is it simply a long-term state of loss?

Jin Niang walked back to the inner room, took out a few account books from a small waist table and handed them to Xu Erlang, "I remember that these account books are a few Zhuangzi outside the city, as well as the income and expenditure of a few shops in the city." There are a total of eight farms in the family, each farm has at least 100 acres of fields, and there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, but so many fertile fields, the silver money sent over the years has become less and less, especially in the last two years, the account books record that the farmland is either pests or hail, or wind, frost, rain and snow, not only the yield is reduced to the point that it cannot give the master a profit, but it requires the government to spend three or five hundred taels of silver every year to support the slaves of those granges. ”

"If you look at this volume again, a few shops in the city don't need to deliberately allocate money to support people, but the income of the shops is limited, from a thousand taels of silver in previous years to only a few dozen taels of income per year, barely making ends meet, just enough to maintain the shop."

Jin Niang pondered and said, "I don't know much about the farm, but I also know that the farmers take care of the fields as if they were ancestors, and they are very careful. As long as the service is done properly, there is no reason to say that the crop yield will be reduced. It's just that there will be abnormal weather, but this kind of scene does not happen every year. Not to mention any hail, I haven't heard of hail there in the past few years. Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city is so close to the town, there is no reason why it is hailing there, but no one in the town knows about it. ”

"There are also a few shops in the town, and I used to go shopping before I got married. The rest of the shops don't say, just talk about the needlework shop, the business is very prosperous, customers are constantly coming, and it is very lively all day and night. With so many customers coming, the store can barely stay afloat, which makes it impossible to say anything. ”

Jin Niang spoke tactfully, and did not say anything about the servant's greed for ink and money. However, she couldn't help muttering in her heart, this servant of the Xu family is really bold! Relying on the fact that two women were in charge of the house earlier, and the gentlemen were all in charge of things, they were really greedy for money.

About ten years ago, they were not so bold, and although they were greedy for ink, they barely smoothed out the account books, and even the bookkeeper who was not a clever bookkeeper could not see that there was anything wrong with it. But in recent years, they have become more and more bold and reckless, and they don't even bother to find an excuse, this is because they are psychologically sure that the master is kind and will not look through the account books, and will not punish them, right?

Xu Erlang stood and flipped through the account books, and as time passed, the casual expression on his face gradually became gloomy, until a handsome face was covered with frost.

After flipping through two more pages, Xu Erlang closed the account books and said in a low voice, "Bring the rest of the problematic account books." ”

Jin Niang...... Jin Niang pushed all the account books that Mama Wu gave her earlier in front of Xu Erlang.

Xu Erlang's brows twisted into a pimple, and he looked at Jin Niang deeply.

Jin Niang withstood the pressure and wanted to cry without tears, "I don't lie to you, there are problems." ”

She first took out the account books that recorded the daily expenses of the house, "These accounts are very flat, but as long as you inquire carefully in the house, you will know that there are cats hidden in them." For example, on this page, it is recorded that the government purchased the best silver frost charcoal last winter, but in fact it bought much cheaper smokeless carbon. The material of the clothes is recorded in silk, but in fact, it is the most ordinary brocade that is sent to the maid. Fruit trees and flowers are said to be precious varieties bought, and they are worth a lot of money, but they are almost dead, and the remaining two remains, and I look at them are just ordinary fruit trees, and I can't see the famous halls of honor. It may also be that I am shallow and have limited eyesight, so I can't see what is good or bad. But the list goes on and on, so you'd better have someone look it up. ”

He also took out the account book that recorded the inventory, "I haven't had time to register the items in the warehouse one by one, but I only look at one of the Yaozhou kiln blue-glazed plum blossom bottles, you see," Jin Niang pointed to the vase placed on the ground in the corner of the room, "This vase is a fake." As for the real thing, it should have been stolen and pawned to the pawnshop. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Niang was a little embarrassed, "If I can't tell if there are other things, I can recognize this vase." When I went to buy needlework before, I passed by a pawnshop, and I saw a person sneakily taking out a vase from a bag and pawning it. ”

Xu Erlang's face became darker and darker, Jin Niang lowered her head and didn't look at him, and continued, "If there is one, there will be two, and if there is two, there will be three, and I can't guarantee how much of the things in the warehouse are real and how much are fake." If it's just house slaves stealing things and selling them, what I'm most worried about now is that they pass off fake goods as real ones, and the rest fakes are sent out by the family to maintain interpersonal contacts, which is ...... It's so offensive. ”

That's the key of the keys.

Think about it, you give gifts to people you have a friendly relationship with, and you end up giving fakes, who are you shabing? Isn't that insulting!

Maybe because of this one thing, you offended people, but you don't have any count in your heart.

Will you still be able to get along with people after that? Even if others don't explain this matter thoroughly, the people of the Xu family will no longer be as affectionate as before, and their impression will drop again and again. When you meet those people who hold grudges, you may dig a pit when you will be found, and you don't know why you really fell into the pit, this is the real injustice.

Xu Erlang's face suddenly became solemn, and Jin Niang didn't say much anymore, but said, "Husband, now that I am my housekeeper, I have to make everything orderly and bereological." The account office and purchasing are not available, but these are all old people in the house, and I am new to the house, and it is easy to provoke criticism if I rush to them......"

"I'll take care of that. If they are really as you say, they will not be spared if they are in the hands of the lord's house, as you said. ”

"That's good. Then there's the Zhuangzi and the shop......"

"Leave it to me, too."

Jin Niang nodded, "I am a woman in the end, it is not easy to go out, and the prestige is limited, the head and shopkeeper of this Zhuangzi and the shop will not listen to my assignments." Husband, if possible, do you want to arrange a few cronies to take care of this matter? ”

"It's okay to manage, but the final account books still need to be sent to you, and you still have to have an overview of these things."

Jin Niang also thought that Xu Erlang still had to take scientific examinations, and he had already spent most of his energy studying every day, so it was really difficult to leave these idle things to him to deal with.

Besides, if you want to dispose of the head of the village, the shopkeeper, the account room and the purchaser, the atmosphere of the Xu Mansion will also be cleared. After that, no one dared to deceive and hide it. If she keeps a closer look, nothing should happen.

Thinking of this, Jin Niang should go down.

Xu Erlang saw that she had nothing else to do, turned around and left. Jin Niang waited for him to disappear before she remembered about the elder again. An Chang. I haven't told him about the school yet.

However, it is the same at night, and there is no hurry.

In the next few days, the atmosphere in Xufu was a little weird. Whether it is the maid butler, or you are serving beside several masters, the usually faceless grandmother has a very hasty face, walks on tiptoe, and does not say that the laughter is gone, and even the action is more stable and steady.

Seeing this, Jin Niang knew in her heart, afraid that these people heard the wind from there, and they were worried that it would affect them.