Chapter 004: The Princess Is Invited (1)

One hundred, one hundred and seventeen two or three dollars?

Wang Qifang looked at Li Huaien with a face full of shame, stretched out her hand to take the account book, and quickly flipped through a few pages.

Closing the account books weakly, Wang Qifang took a deep breath and asked with a bit of luck: "That, Li Da Shopkeeper, are these account books this month or this year?" ”

"Hui, Miss Hui, it is all the income and expenditure of the store in the past 22 years......" I don't know whether it is ashamed or worried, Li Huaien's lean face is covered with beads of sweat, after he heard Wang Qifang's question, he hurriedly wiped the water on his face with his sleeve, and said: "It's all old and useless, a good shop loses money every year, and it has only made a profit of more than 100 taels after more than 20 years of dismal operation.

As he spoke, Li Huaien knelt at Wang Qifang's feet with a puff and cried bitterly.

"Hehe," Wang Qifang laughed angrily, she stood up suddenly, pointed to the huge store, and asked loudly, "The shop on the second floor and two bottoms, even if it doesn't operate anything, and sublease the store, there will be a rent of six or seven taels of silver every month, just six taels of silver per month, seventy-two taels a month, and after twenty-two years, there will be an income of nearly 1,600 taels of silver...... How can there only be more than 100 taels? ”

"Woo, eldest lady, please stop being angry, it's all old and useless, I didn't look at the shop, I can't earn back the profits for you and your wife, but I lost so much silver, the old decay should die, the old decay should die."

Li Huaien did not defend Wang Qifang's accusation, but just slammed his head vigorously.

"Useless?" Wang Qifang paced around the room twice, and finally suppressed the anger in her chest, she turned around and sneered: "Shopkeeper Li, I see that you are not only not a 'useless' person, but a very shrewd person, back then, out of trust in you, my mother handed over her most confidential shop to you to take care of, and you are also a useful person, in the first two years, you can also pay your mother three or four hundred taels of profit every year......"

Wang Qifang grabbed the account book she was looking at just now, stretched it out in front of Li Huaien, and shook loudly, "The same shop, the same shopkeeper, but why did the shop start to lose money after my mother passed away?" Kindness? ”

"This ......" Li Huaien lowered his head deeply, he didn't expect Wang Qifang to look at the account book casually just now, and then saw the suspicion, he swallowed hard and spit, and continued: "Miss Hui, just now, the old man also told you, the shop began to lose money ten years ago, when the mob committed, the whole capital became a pot of porridge, and the hard work of 'Li Ji' for many years was also smashed by the mob...... There was also the fire that followed, and these government offices have records. ”

The more Li Huaien spoke, the smoother he became, and in the end, he beat his chest and howled: "However, the old lady is not to blame for the suspicion of the eldest lady, it is true that his subordinates are incompetent and useless, and it is the first crime to fail to watch the shop, and it is the second crime to not be able to make profits for the owner...... Damn it."

Wang Qifang stood aside, condescendingly watching Li Huaien's kowtow and apologize, without saying a word.

At this time, Amethyst quietly came to Wang Qifang's side, pulled her shirt, and reminded in a small voice: "Girl, let's seal the account room first, take the account book and go back to the house to check it...... No matter how clever the fake accounts are, there are always flaws."

Hearing this, Wang Qifang pondered for a moment, and then said to Li Huaien with a forced smile: "Alas, I also know that the world is difficult, but it just so happens that the family is waiting for silver to save the emergency...... Shopkeeper Li, if Qi Niang has any offense, I hope you will mind. Qingfeng, what are you doing standing stupidly, don't you help the shopkeeper Li up? ”

Qingfeng saw Wang Qifang winking at her, and hurriedly came to Li Huaien's side, respectfully helping the old man up.

"The eldest lady is too polite, it's all the fault of the old man, it's normal for you to be angry," Li Huaien is old after all, and he kowtowed for a long time, and he was really tired. Now that Wang Qifang's breath is relieved, he knows that he has passed this dangerous pass. Moreover, in Wang Qifang's words, Li Huaien also sensed some clues.

First of all, this daughter of my wife is a master who is accustomed to saving trouble. Otherwise, a matter like today's would never have ended so easily in any bold and capable hostess.

Second, the in-laws of this 'second young grandmother' must not be a wealthy family, even if they are nobles, it is estimated that they are not settled in a strong foreign country, otherwise, the second young grandmother would not say the words 'waiting for the silver'.

Well, perhaps, this is the real reason why the second young grandmother is angry, Li Huaien thought of this, and took advantage of the time when he was close to Wang Qifang, and took care of her carefully, only to find that the material on the second young grandmother in front of him is indeed good material, but looking at the color and weaving, it does not look like a new pattern in the past two years, it is clearly the old material more than ten years ago. And the jewelry, it looks quite dazzling, but when he got closer and took a closer look, he still found some flaws - Nanzhu, which is the size of broad beans? Make no mistake, although Nanzhu is not a top-level jewelry, beads of this size and color are still very rare. Fake, must be fake

After looking at Wang Qifang, Li Huaien redefined the new owner, and the trace of apprehension and fear when he saw the new owner disappeared without a trace.

Hmph, it's just a young grandmother who hasn't settled down, and people with this status are all over the capital, so what's there to be afraid of?

With such a guess in his heart, the expression on Li Huaien's face also changed slightly, he took out a gray-blue handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, wiped the blood oozing from his forehead, and his eyes fell on the stack of account books on the wooden table, "Second young grandmother, since you are here, the old man will hand over the shop to you, or let's settle the accounts today?" ”

"No hurry,"

When Li Huaien spoke, Wang Qifang kept paying attention to his expression, so the slight change in Li Huaien's attitude also fell into Wang Qifang's eyes. smiled disdainfully in her heart, but Wang Qifang's face was full of interest, only to see her waving her hand in frustration, "I don't have anyone on hand who can accept the shop, besides, now that the New Year is coming, the business of the grocery store can be booming for a few more days, so I want to bother the shopkeeper Li to help take care of it for half a month, at least sell the things in the warehouse, and in the spring of next year, I will find a suitable shopkeeper and take the shop back...... Of course, I'm going to take the cash on the books."

"This ...... Okay, the old man has been guarding this shop for more than 20 years, and it's not bad for one or two months," when Li Huaien heard Wang Qifang's last sentence, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and a mocking smile arose-hehe, it seems that he guessed correctly, this second young grandmother is really a broken household, thinking that the young grandmother in the real big family, how could she put a hundred taels of silver in her eyes?

……

took the silver and hugged the account book, Wang Qifang led Qingfeng and Amethyst out of the grocery store.

"Qingfeng, you go and follow Li Huaien, and see where he lives now? Who is in the family? After finishing this errand, I will go to the Beijing branch of the Xia Ke League, and ask the branch president to send someone to help me investigate this Li Huaien. ”

After getting into the carriage, Wang Qifang lifted the corner of the heavy cotton curtain on the carriage window, and saw Li Huaien standing in front of the store, still watching her leave with a humble attitude.

Maybe there was suspicion, Wang Qifang looked at this thin and withered old man with an honest face, how he looked like a slave, and she didn't understand what her mother did back then, she didn't look back, and continued to order: "In addition, please ask the branch president to also help investigate the relationship between Li Huaien and the Li family and my mother, of course, it would be better if the things of the year could be investigated clearly."

"Yes, Second Young Grandma"

After Qingfeng listened to Wang Qifang's instructions, his face was full of helplessness. Obviously, the second young grandmother in front of her is by no means a master who is willing to suffer, a few days ago, she just helped Young Master Li Jingzhong to buy shares in Zhao's freight, and it was less than a month, so she unceremoniously instructed the Xia Kemeng to do things for her.

However, resentment is resentment, and Qingfeng's execution is still quite strong. I saw her agree, taking advantage of the turn of the carriage, she opened the door, jumped out of the carriage, and her light figure flew towards Li Ji's groceries.

Li Huaien, who was on the other side, bowed down to send Wang Qifang out of the store, courteously helped her into the carriage, and watched their carriage gradually drive out of the neighborhood, then he suppressed his smile and turned around to the back street with a serious expression.

There was a luxurious carriage parked there, and the coachman who was leaning on the door, seeing that it was Li Huaien, quickly got up and opened the door, nodded and helped him into the carriage.

After a while, the carriage slowly drove out of the back street, and Li Huaien on the carriage was thinking about something with a sinking face, and he didn't notice that the carriage he was riding in had just driven out of the alley, and a young woman in a lake-green shirt flashed out behind him.

Riding the excitement and returning home, Wang Qifang sat in the seat with some frustration, staring blankly at the flashing shop outside the car window.

"Second young grandmother, we're home"

Family? Which home? Whose home?

As soon as she heard this title, Wang Qifang felt tired in her heart, after planning for so long, she still couldn't completely break away from the Zhao family, and she felt entangled when she thought about it.

"Yes, got it"

Tangled and entangled, Wang Qifang had to admit that what her aunt said was very reasonable. At that time, when she proposed the plan of 'separating property and living separately', her old man once said that if she did not consider her three children, she could do whatever she wanted, but if she wanted to keep the children and leave with them, she could only choose to divide and not separate, and divide the property and live separately.

Getting out of the carriage in a daze, Wang Qifang was about to walk to the inner courtyard when there was a rush of footsteps behind him.

"Second young grandmother, princess please" It was Zhao Er's housekeeper who spoke, and he saw him holding a delicate flower note, and said with a slight breath.

"Huh? Which princess? ”

"Back to the second young grandmother, it's Princess Jingwei"

P: Roar, at the end of the month, you have emptied the little pink