Chapter 26: Grasshoppers on a Rope
Yu Wanning let out a faint "um", then lowered his eyes and did not speak again.
Yu Deling glanced at it, asked the couple to get up and talk, and asked at the same time: "You have been taking care of the grange for some years, I have always been busy, and I don't know your name." ”
The steward of the Grange hurriedly bowed his waist and replied respectfully: "The slave's surname is Qian, and his name is Duofu, this is the slave's house, Chen." ”
That Chen is obviously a fast-talker, can pat the sycophant, after the money steward finished speaking, he stepped forward, and said with a flattering smile: "The two of us, being able to take care of the grange for the General's Mansion is a blessing for several lifetimes, and we will definitely be careful to do errands to repay the old lady's unworldly kindness." ”
Yu Wanning secretly sneered in her heart, taking care of the grange of the General's Mansion is of course their blessing, after all, if Aunt Sun wants to be corrupt, she can't bypass these two people, and she will definitely share some benefits from them.
It is really bold to be a slave and privately swallow the master's family business.
"Hmm."
Yu Deling nodded, glanced at the money manager, and looked at him with a dignified gaze.
The money steward was glanced at by Yu Deling's unangry and self-righteous eyes, and suddenly his heart "chuckled", and he didn't dare to raise his head again, and his waist bowed like a shrimp.
"I heard that the Grange is checking the farm tools these days and buying new ones to supplement them, so you bring the list to me."
"Yes."
The money manager responded, but he didn't move, only secretly glanced at Aunt Sun on the side.
The list was not listed after he checked it at all, but it was listed in the Cuiliu Courtyard while discussing with Aunt Sun, and it was being collected in Aunt Sun's sleeve at this time.
Aunt Sun listened to Yu Deling's words, and was a little panicked, after all, Yu Deling and his wife had never asked about these things in previous years, why did they suddenly remember to watch it this year.
Although she thought so, she still had to pull the list out of her cuffs and hand it to the eldest girl in the middle courtyard, Huan Rongxiang, and then Rong to Yu Deling.
Yu Deling has never bothered about these trivial things, so he didn't see any problems after reading it, so he asked someone to hand it to Yu Wanning and let her take a look.
When Aunt Sun saw this, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, thinking that if she didn't even think there was a problem with the master, an eight-year-old girl, no matter how precocious she was, how could she understand the things in the grange.
Yu Wanning put down the tea in her hand, took the list handed over by Rong Xiang's hands, and unfolded it.
She looked at it carefully, and it took a little longer, but the further back she went, her face became darker and darker.
It wasn't until after reading it that Yu Wanning's pretty face was already covered with frost.
She threw the list at the money manager's feet, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she spoke sharply.
"You slave, seeing that Daddy and Auntie rarely ask about the affairs of the Grange, you dare to fool us with such a thing, right?"
"Ouch, what is this talking about Miss Three......"
Steward Qian was taken aback by Yu Wanning's harsh reprimand, his legs were weak, and he fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing incessantly.
"The third lady really can't afford to be a slave, even if someone borrows ten dares from the slave, the slave doesn't dare to deceive the general and his wife."
That Chen, who could feel angry, glanced at her husband who was crawling on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic with a little disgust, and immediately changed his face to grievance.
"The third lady laughed, we are slaves, and we are rewarded by our masters for every drink and food, how dare we lie and deceive our masters? Miss Three, but what does this list think is wrong? Please also point out that the slave couple can distinguish one from the other. ”
"Really?"
Yu Wanning sneered and said: "According to what you show on this list, almost all of the farm tools used up last year were broken, none of them were good, not to mention the side, even the sickles for cutting rice had to be replaced, but if you reported to the house, didn't you say that there were two years of drought and flood, and there was no harvest?" How could you use so many scythes for harvesting?
Also, this total is too much, and I don't know how many acres of land there are in our farm? The things you want to buy are enough for two more acres, and there are also ploughing cattle, and according to what you said, most of them are sick and dead, and they need to be re-purchased, huh...... I would like to know, do you eat only beef for three meals a day? ”
"Ouch, my third lady, ......"
As soon as these words came out, even Chen, who was still able to hold on, was frightened, and knelt down beside her husband with a thud, raising his voice and screaming aggrieved.
"The third lady can't say this, cattle are the lifeblood of farming, and it has always been forbidden to slaughter and eat, this is going to be true, isn't it the head of the slave couple?"
"So I wronged you?" Yu Wanning handed the list back to Yu Deling, and looked at the steward couple who were kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
"Naturally, I wronged the minions."
The Chen family panicked in their hearts, and immediately remembered that Aunt Sun, who had always been close to them, was here, anyway, the greedy silver Aunt Sun took the lion's share, and the couple just followed behind to drink some soup.
At this time, she can't let Aunt Sun just watch the play on the sidelines, she has to stand up and say a few words.
So he said: "The two servants have been taking care of the grange for the master for some years, and the accounts of income and expenditure have always been clear, and there is no problem, which my aunt knows best." ”
As soon as she heard that the Chen family had climbed up to her, Aunt Sun cursed in her heart, but she didn't dare to show the slightest unhappiness on her face.
In addition, after all, it is a grasshopper on the same rope, so he has to lie for Chen's circle.
"Yes, the concubine can testify to this, at least from the book alone, there is no problem."
Having said that, Aunt Sun still left a way back for herself, only saying that there was no problem with the account, anyway, she had never gone out of the door, and she had not gone to the Grange to inspect on the spot, even if she found out the problem, she put the blame on these two minions on the grounds that the steward couple made false accounts to deceive themselves.
Qian Guan was a fool, and he didn't hear the loophole in Aunt Sun's words for a while, so he just kowtowed desperately to thank him.
It was the Chen family who heard that Aunt Sun was treacherous, but she was humble and didn't dare to say it, but she just glanced at Aunt Sun with dissatisfaction.
Of course, such a subtle small action still fell in Yu Wanning's eyes.
She laughed inwardly - I'll just wait here and watch you dog-eat-dog for a while.
Yu Wanning coughed slightly, drawing the attention of everyone in the room to her.
Then he smiled and said, "Since my aunt said that there is no problem with the account, it is really inappropriate for me to look at the list they reported this time." ”
The third lady laughed.
Aunt Sun looked at Yu Wanning, who was smiling and smiling, and hated her teeth so much that she really wanted to rush up and sew her mouth shut.