"Miss, wait, the villain will go to ask the shopkeeper." After that, he gave the guy on the side a look, "Why don't you take this young lady to the inner hall quickly!" ”

After saying that, he saluted respectfully to Xin Nianyan, and hurriedly turned around and went upstairs.

The rest of the guys in the store hurriedly invited Xin Nianyan and his party into the inner hall, and the guy with his broken hand was thrown on the ground, and there was no one around to help him.

When the shopkeeper heard that someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion was coming, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran down from upstairs, and when he went downstairs, he almost fell, and the steward helped him put on his hat before entering the door.

As soon as I entered the inner hall, I saw a bright and moving woman sitting inside, wearing a blue cloak, and there was no young lady talking to a village woman.

"Didn't you say that someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion came?" The shopkeeper glared at the steward next to him, and he was so frightened that he almost fell!

He interrupted the conversation between Xin Nianyan and Aunt Zhang, and Xin Nianyan looked sideways.

The little girl who was smiling just now restrained her smile, and she unexpectedly revealed a breathtaking momentum.

"I don't know what I'm looking for, girl?"

The shopkeeper stepped forward, looked at her inquiringly, and asked.

Looking at this bearing, even if he is not from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he is also a young lady, and he can't afford to offend.

"Shopkeeper Lin?" Xin Nianyan glanced him up and down a few times, "I'm Xin Nianyan, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

The shopkeeper's face changed, and it was rumored in Beijing that he had naturally heard of it, and the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion danced in the capital, and now she is in the limelight, is this to collect the shop?

"See, I've seen the eldest lady." Shopkeeper Lin hurriedly saluted again, "I don't know why the eldest lady came suddenly?" ”

Xin Nianyan picked up a cup of tea and took a sip. "I heard that the store has been losing money recently, so I came to rummage through the account books."

"This, the business of the store, hasn't Mrs. always been in charge?" The shopkeeper looked embarrassed, but he didn't take Xin Nianyan, a yellow-haired girl, in his eyes, thinking that as long as he brought out his wife, she would retreat from the difficulty.

Xin Nianyan paused, hooked his lips and laughed.

"This shop is my mother's dowry, earlier I was young and was managed by my wife, but now that I am fifteen years old, it is naturally not good to bother my wife anymore."

Shopkeeper Lin was stunned for a moment, "But... Without Madame's permission, we dare not take out the account books without permission..."

"And the account is complicated, looking at it is really tiring, and the young lady is afraid that she will be bored when she sees it."

Is this a mockery that she is a female streamer and can't read the account books?

Hearing this, Xin Nianyan put the tea cup in his hand back on the table, fell with a clatter, and spoke sharply.

"Shopkeeper Lin, you take out the deed of the cloth village and take a good look, whose name is written on it!"

Shopkeeper Lin was so frightened by her sudden momentum that his feet softened and he fell to his knees.

"As for whether Miss Ben can understand it, then I don't bother you."

"You have repeatedly obstructed like this, is there something wrong with the account?"

One sentence after another, aggressive, I heard that the corners of the shopkeeper Nalin were sweating.

"Miss, please wait, the little one will go get the account book for you!" With that, his fat body struggled to get up, and crawled to the account room.

The guy outside saw him come out and went up to sue him violently.

"Uncle, you must clean them up well, they dare to beat me!"

When Shopkeeper Lin saw him like this, he was angry, and he raised his hand and slapped him and rolled out.

"Pick them up? They're here to clean me up! ”

The guy broke a hand and his balance was poor, and he slapped him to the ground, covering his face and screaming.

Shopkeeper Lin was in a hurry to get the account books, and kicked impatiently when he passed by.

He only hoped now that the yellow-haired girl in the inner hall couldn't see any problems.

Xin Nianyan had already taken advantage of the time to negotiate with the old woman on specific cooperation matters, and gave thirty taels of silver to buy their family's purple cloud yarn.

This price is not much lower than other high-end fabrics on the market.

When the old woman heard her bid, she was so grateful that she burst into tears, and knelt down to thank Miss Xin for her kindness.

This purple cloud yarn is woven from purple cloud grass, which is a seasonal plant that only grows in midsummer, and it is difficult to weave, so it deserves this price.

And as the purple cloud grass becomes less and less in the future, the price of cloud yarn will be pushed to a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

…

Soon, Shopkeeper Lin took the account book and went back.

Xin Nianyan asked Xiao Zhu to send Mrs. Zhang out of the cloth village, and flipped through the account book on the tea table in the inner hall.

A few people on the side were waiting beside her, and the inner hall was very quiet, and she could only hear Xin Nianyan's slow and leisurely flipping book.

Xin Nianyan lowered his eyebrows, did he contemplate it, and saw that the shopkeeper Lin at the other end couldn't stop sweating.

The account books of this year are here, Xin Nianyan went through it roughly, and did not find anything wrong, and the books looked quite clean.

Although he is not completely incomprehensible as the shopkeeper metaphorizes, Xin Nianyan knows very well in his heart that he is indeed not good at this.

She raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Hanlu beside her frowning at the ledger in front of her.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" She asked.

Han Lu pursed her lips, "Miss, this batch of silk has been delivered once before, and the price of the same goods is quite different. ”

As soon as she said this, Xin Nianyan noticed that it was indeed the case.

"You've studied arithmetic?" She asked Hanlu.

Han Lu shook her head, "When I was working as a handyman in the inn before, I followed Mr. Bookkeeper for a while. ”

There was no ripple on her face, but with just one sentence, it was not difficult to imagine the misery of her exile.

Xin Nianyan called her closer, "So, you can see what's wrong with this account book." ”

She was in the spirit of giving it a try, but unexpectedly, Hanlu was extremely sensitive to numbers and had a rigorous temperament, and quickly found out the hidden gaps in the accounts.

The shopkeeper at the other end sweated like rain when he heard this, and finally understood how this little girl dared to come to check the accounts, it turned out that there was such a capable person around her.

He assured that the omissions in this account, even if the special bookkeeper came, would not be so careful!

Han Lu did the math in his heart, and without even using the keyboard on the side, he calculated how much money was missing in the accounts.

"Miss, there is a total shortage of three thousand six hundred and twenty-two taels of silver."

Xin Nianyan took the account book in Han Lu's hand, slammed it on the table, and looked coldly at Shopkeeper Lin.

The shopkeeper Lin over there was so frightened by her that his legs were weak and he knelt down, three thousand six hundred and twenty-two taels of silver, one cent more than one cent, no less.

"Miss, the villain knows the mistake, the villain knows the mistake!" He kept kowtowing and began to beg for mercy.

"Miss spare the villain, there are sixty old mothers in the villain's house, and there are children waiting to be fed..."

Xin Nianyan no matter how miserable he cried, he waved his hand lightly, "How much silver is missing, you can make up for it before noon tomorrow." ”

"Then take your arrogant nephew and leave, Yanyun Buzhuang can't accommodate a big Buddha like the two of you."

Shopkeeper Lin was stunned, gritted his teeth and said: "Miss, the villain is humble and light, but he was also personally promoted by Mrs. Miss, how to deal with Miss, do you want to ask Mrs. what she means?" ”