It's a small restaurant, with five or six tables in the room.

After the group of men who worked in the salt well left, Xiao Yue and this Lin account room were left in the empty restaurant.

Just as Xiao Yue was thinking about how to talk to this person, the owner of the restaurant walked to the table in the Lin account room and said with a smile: "Lin account room, last month's account and this month's account should be settled." ”

Lin looked up at the boss and asked suspiciously, "Today, isn't it the end of the month?"

The boss said helplessly: "You know, my family is all in charge of things, she asked me to settle the bill, I dare not come." ”

"Hehe," Lin Ledger sighed, "It's really panicked now, do you calculate, how much does it cost?"

"My lady has calculated everything, a total of one tael of silver and ten copper plates. My lady said that the Lin account room is a frequent visitor, so just collect a tael of silver. The boss laughed as he spoke, not at all like a debt collector.

Lin took out his purse, poured out all the money in it, counted it, and said curtly: "Boss, I brought some copper plates when I went out today, and I guess it's not enough." ”

The boss smiled and asked, "Then how many do you have here?"

"Less than fifty copper plates. Lin Shufang's face flushed with embarrassment, and then said, "When I go home and get the money, I'll pay it again." ”

The boss was about to say yes, but a very rough female voice came from the back kitchen, "Old Gao, you come in." ”

"Okay, okay. The boss said apologetically, "Excuse me." With that, he went to the back kitchen.

Lin looked at the few copper plates on the table, a little at a loss.

Xiao Yue thought about it and decided to take out the money bag from his arms and help him out, but he didn't expect to bring the pencil out.

The pencil was just a little round stick, and it fell to the ground and rolled away with a grunt.

Xiao Yue hurriedly lowered her head to look for it, but found that the pencil fell right at the foot of Lin Ledger, and before she could speak, Lin Ledger found the pencil first, lowered her head and picked it up, and turned around to see Xiao Yue.

"Is this yours?" he asked softly, holding his pencil.

Lin Shufang's face is thin, and his eyebrows are a little weird, like an inverted figure, which makes his whole face look miserable.

His fingers are slender and his joints are calloused, which should be due to the fact that he has been holding a pen for many years.

"Yes, thank you, Childe. Satsuki stretched out her hand and took the pen.

"Yes. He replied lightly, and then prepared to turn around.

Xiao Yue stopped him, "Childe, have you encountered any difficulties?"

He looked at Satsuki in surprise, then shook his head, "No, thank you for your concern." ”

"Oh, okay. Xiao Yue waved her pen and said with a smile, "Have you ever seen a pen like this?"

"Is this a pen?" Lin Ledger's originally indifferent face had a hint of curiosity.

"Yes. Satsuki used a pencil on the table to simulate the appearance of writing, "This is called a pencil, which can be used for bookkeeping and writing, which is very convenient." ”

Lin was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "I don't have the money to buy this now." ”

"Hahaha. Satsuki knew he would be mistaken, "I don't sell this pencil." There is only one in Great Britain right now. ”

"What?" Lin was even more surprised when he heard this, "Really?"

"I'm not short of money, what to do with this, this pencil is for my own use. ”

"There is no shortage of money... Hearing this, Lin Ledger immediately fell silent.

Xiao Yue sneered: "I didn't mean that, I just said that it's not enough to sell pencils to make a living, don't look at such a small pen, it's very important to me." ”

Lin turned around and took the copper plate on the table into his hand, and then asked in a low voice. "That's it... Can you take the liberty of asking, what does Childe do?"

"Oh, I'm the bookkeeper. Xiao Yue smiled slightly, she knew that if the two had the same profession, they would definitely have a common language.

"Me too!" Lin was really surprised, and he continued, "It turns out that we are peers!"

Xiao Yue pretended to be surprised and said, "What a coincidence!"

"Well, Brother Tai is not a local, I haven't seen you before. Lin Ledger thought that Xiao Yue was not short of money just now, and his heart was a little sour, and he asked, "Well, I don't know where Brother Tai is?"

Satsuki just nodded, smiling and not saying a word.

Lin asked puzzledly: "Brother, isn't it convenient to say? If that's the case, then leave it at that, when I haven't asked." ”

Xiao Yue said with a wry smile: "I went out this time, and the owner explained that I should talk less and do more." So, it's not convenient for me to talk about it this time, but I'm telling you the next time we get together. ”

Lin Shufang smiled, "Well, everyone is eating with other people's bowls, I can understand." ”

At this time, the owner of the restaurant came over and said in embarrassment: "Lin Accounting, I'm really embarrassed, my lady said that the Huang family's salt well is almost gone, and your job may not be able to be saved, so I can't give it to you on credit." ”

This was said in front of Xiao Yue, Lin Ledger's face turned red, he lowered his head in shame, and said softly: "I don't have so much money with me now, why don't I go home and get it." ”

At this time, a piercing laugh came from the back kitchen, "Hmph, go back and get it? If your family has money, how can you take credit." ”

The words were harsh and harsh.

At this moment, Lin Ledger hoped that there was a hole under the table so that he could get into it without losing face in front of a colleague he had just met.

The boss was also quite embarrassed, and said softly: "Lin Ledger, I don't want to do this either, you know my lady... Ah," he sighed, unable to say anything in his embarrassment.

Xiao Yue saw that this situation was wrong, thought about it and said, "Boss, I'll help Lin pay this money first, so that everyone doesn't have to be embarrassed." ”

Lin and the restaurant owner looked at it in surprise.

"That's a lot of money, brother. Lin was both surprised and sad.

"It's okay, let's get through this first. Xiao Yue took out the money bag that she had prepared a long time ago, took out a silver ingot, and put it on her desk.

"It's about two taels here, which should be enough to pay the arrears of Lin's account before, plus I have more than enough lunch with him today. ”

"This... The boss looked at Lin's account room, and then at Xiaoyue, and couldn't decide whether to accept the ingot.

I only heard another scolding from the back kitchen, "Lao Gao, what are you doing in a daze, take the silver in and weigh it, if there is more, I want to find a supplement for this kind son." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Boss Gao nodded in the direction of the back kitchen, turned around and took the silver on Xiaoyue's table, and said with a sneer: "Childe, wait a while, I'll go and settle the account." ”

After Boss Gao left, Lin stood up and bowed deeply to Xiao Yue, "Brother Tai is really righteous, you and I didn't even report each other's names, you can actually reach out to help, Lin is really grateful!"

Xiao Yue waved her hand and said with a smile: "Be polite, don't be polite, come and sit at a table with me." ”

"Good, good. Seeing that Xiao Yue was so kind, Lin nodded with a smile and brought the wine and food on his table to Xiao Yue's table.