The next day, the shopkeeper belonging to the shop in the villa came back to take inventory, Yuqing, Ye Xuan and Zhen'er were waiting in the council hall of the villa very early. This day is also a fixed day every year, and it is a centralized inventory on the first five days. As usual, a hearty lunch is to be made in the villa, and I thank these shop managers for their hard work over the past year.

But this year, the sun has risen, and only then did a grain shop shopkeeper come over, and as soon as he entered the door, he poured bitter water and said that the business was not good.

"The little owner, I made a little money in the first half of the year, but in the second half of the year, the imperial city began to be in turmoil, and then there was a lot of chaos on the streets of the palace. This is this year's ledger, and several young ladies have seen it. "The shopkeeper of the grain store is not too old, but it gives the impression that he is very old-fashioned. Ye Xuan and Zhen'er looked at the account book, and Yuqing took a sip of tea before speaking slowly.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, our grain wasn't sold at a loss, right?"

"The little farmer laughed, how could he do business at a loss."

"That's it, since there is a profit to sell, even if you don't make much, you can't talk about a loss. The owner of the fine ledger has not yet looked at it, and the general ledger shows that there are only a few dozen taels of silver left this year. On average, it's less than ten taels of silver a month, which is a bit too much. Ye Xuanzhen'er, don't be busy looking at the accounts first, leave the account books for us to check carefully. ”

"Little farmer, do you young ladies know how to do business, I don't know if you can read the account book, don't say that we are not doing well." Shopkeeper Zhao said a little dissatisfied.

"If you don't understand it, you can always understand how much silver you buy for grain, and how much silver you sell. In addition, the grain harvested last year in the villa has no capital, and these Miss Ben don't see where to remember it. Ye Xuan closed the account book and said coldly.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, a few of our young ladies have never seen such a thick account book, and we have still seen the account book in our yard many times, and we can still see if there is moisture here." Zhen'er continued.

"Look, it's like I'm afraid that you seem, and when those shopkeepers come back in a while, you'll know how bad the business has been this year."

"Listen to this, you guys are ready to speak. On weekdays, Miss Ben will turn a blind eye to some of the things that Miss Ben is greedy for, and the villa will hand over the shop to you to take care of is your trust. I hope that Zhao's shopkeeper will not disappoint us. Ye Xuan, Zhen'er, the people who came again left the account book and only looked at the total income, and waited until we carefully finished all the accounts before speaking. Yuqing's consciousness sensed the words of a few shopkeepers who came together.

Sure enough, each shopkeeper said the same thing, the best jewelry shop only made a profit of 100 taels of silver, and the other shops were tens of taels. More than a dozen shops have not earned 1,000 taels of silver a year, which means that the villa has not seen any return money. There are more than a dozen shops and more than a dozen shopkeepers, and there are many people who come to eat. Every shopkeeper is equal to more than a dozen families coming over to eat this reunion dinner together, looking at these people, Yu smiled lightly.

"Uncles and uncles of the shopkeeper, not long after our young ladies took over the villa, this year is the least profitable of all the shops in the villa, the few are pitiful, and the most people come to the reunion, and there are many celebrations. This year has not been a good year, and it is also true that the business of various shops is not doing well. After taking over the villa, a few of our young ladies also secretly visited all the shops, and at that time, it was also after the chaos on the street. We also have a general understanding of each shop. Business is difficult to do, not to the point where it can't be done, there are buying, selling, and making a profit, this is the way of business. According to the custom, today is also the day of settlement for each shopkeeper, but we did not carefully check the account book, so all the shopkeepers only give half of the salary, and the other half will be said after the New Year's inventory. ”

"Little farmer, we have worked hard for a year, and we can't even pay enough wages, doesn't this make us chill." One of the shopkeepers said very unhappily.

"Yes, every year we also bring our wives and children over for reunion dinner, and we are not unhappy when the old owner is still there. We also know that the villa lacks silver, and it's not our fault that we can't make money. Another shopkeeper stood up and said.

"You are cold, and Mrs. Ben is even more chilled than you. How did you do business when your husband was there, it's not that we don't want to say it, but now that the owner of the village has changed, you have done business like this, are you bullying a few girls who are not sensible, or bullying me as a widow. Just then the old lady of the farmer came in and said.

More than a dozen shopkeepers bowed their heads and were silent, obviously they had also been greedy for ink in the past, but at that time, people were richer, and the villa didn't care about those little money. Now that the owner has changed, they don't take these little girls seriously at all, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten through a pit together.

"Mrs. Zhuang, you don't care about things anymore, what...?

"Shopkeeper Zhou, the old lady and the dumb woman in the old man are both advisors of the villa, and they are the ones who teach us three girls. You help the villa to take care of the shop, not for everyone, the income of a dozen shops is the year's expenses of the villa. The entire villa has to deal with all kinds of levies from the imperial court, and also take into account the lonely and widowed old people in the villa... There are also unexpected additional expenses. The three of us have never done business, but that doesn't mean we don't understand. We have our own shop in each yard, and if you don't understand, you can go there at any time to ask for advice. It's just a shop of the same nature as ordinary people, how can other families make money and can't make money when they come to us. Yuqing looked at the talk of more than a dozen shopkeepers, the voice was not loud but had enough deterrent power.

"Little owner, when the palace changed, our family members also died in vain, and life was not easy. Actually, we don't have much greed for ink. The shopkeeper of a cotton cloth shop said ashamedly.

"Shopkeeper Sun, these words are reserved for when I come back after the New Year, and now everyone goes to eat. The owner of this village will give you a bottom first, and the account you send over must be checked clearly, if the amount of ink you are greedy for is too large, the directors of our villas will not pursue you to go to the yamen. But in the future, the shop will not use you again, and all the greedy ones will spit it out this year. In addition, those who continued to stay in the shop brought the bookkeeper over to learn a new bookkeeping method in the cottage after the year. After that, next time I tell the new shopkeeper, go over and eat. Yuqing looked at a few men with constipated expressions and ashamed eyes and said.

"Master, I knew that I wouldn't make so many delicious things like this, and I wasted half a wild boar." The soul pen said again in the Yuqing Divine Sense.

"Yuyu, I have thought of your master for a long time, but I didn't expect them to dare to do this. It's good to change a few shopkeepers after the New Year, and there is no reason to save it. “

"Yuqing, when the old owner was alive in the past, these people were still a little restrained, Zhao's shopkeeper, Zhou's shopkeeper, Sun's shopkeeper were all foreign surnames, and the rest were all from the Ye family. There are some things that we can't say, and now you ladies are in charge of the house, just say that you should be dismissed. Looking at the shopkeepers who brought the family over to eat, the old lady said to the three girls.

"Old lady, with your words, we have the bottom of our hearts, and there are some things that we can't help but say, otherwise the damage will be to the interests of the villa."

"Master Yuqing Zhuang, these people are too much, and it is difficult to appease them." Ye Xuan said angrily.

"It's a moth! Yuqing Zhuang owner, I heard from the people who came back from the imperial city that your brother's noodle shop is very lively. How did you come up with those novel pasta recipes? “

"Zhen'er, it's all done in my mother's hometown, and it was brought here by my grandmother. I didn't think much about it before, this wasn't a noodle shop under Ye Jing's plate, how could he attract more customers without something new. Yuqing laughed, but she was thinking in her heart that she wanted to leave these to the shops in the villa before, but people disliked it and didn't make money. Sometimes being too selfless is not something that everyone appreciates.

"Miss, the places to eat have been arranged, the male guests are in charge of the boys, and the dozen or so girls on the female guests' side have all passed." Hua Qiao'er's calves quickly came over and said to Yuqing.

"Alas, now the villa can't even find anyone to accompany the guests, Yuqing, those children won't make a fuss, right?" The old farmer's wife was worried.

"Old lady, who can eat with someone to eat casually, even if you have something to say." Yuqing said slyly, the old lady who listened smiled knowingly, and Ye Xuan and Zhen'er were a little ignorant when they listened.

"Master Yuqing, you want to make those children eavesdrop."

"Zhen'er, how to call eavesdropping, the children also have to eat, as long as they don't say who can eavesdrop."

The place to eat was in the courtyard where the boys lived, and the men and women sat at three tables, and the boys and girls bought from the cottage served the food at each table. These children are no more than ten years old, and those who are in charge of the store don't take it seriously.

"Lao Zhao, how did you get the account of your grain shop, and the food in the villa was also written into the capital, are you stupid?" A shopkeeper surnamed Ye complained.

"Who knows that those girls can see that in previous years, there were times when the writing was unclear, and the old owner didn't check it so carefully."

"Then it can be the same as now, the poor jingle of the mountain villa, all looking at these shops. I knew it was this result... Alas, what's the use of talking about it now. I can't compare with a few of you, you all went out of the villa. At most, I'll return the money I have left, and it's hard to find an errand. “

"Lao Ye, what do you still say, just that jewelry shop of yours, why did you just hand over a hundred taels of silver, you are too black-hearted."

"You are not black-hearted as the shopkeeper of Zhou, how good is the location of your restaurant, even when the palace changes, it is open for business. It's only a few dozen taels of silver, and you're embarrassed to take it out. Twelve months a year, you only took out a month. “

"Stop, my accounts are flat, in the chaotic months on the street, vegetables, meat, wine, and more expensive are not the cost of rising."

"Pull it down, at that time, the price of each dish in your restaurant doubled, who thought it didn't know. The jewelry store this year's business is really not as good as in previous years, food and clothing in troubled times are the first priority, and people in the peaceful and prosperous world only think of stinky and beautiful dress. I have the same idea as Shopkeeper Zhao, I can't compare to a few of you who went out of the villa, but I have relatives with the people in charge of the village. After the New Year, I also returned part of the silver, this errand cannot be lost, the family depends on me to support them. “

"The silver in my pocket is mine, I'm afraid you're scared by the little owner's girl. Eating and drinking, the wine is not good, this wild boar is really fragrant. “

......

More than a dozen shopkeepers on the male guest's side said without scruples, and the female guest seemed quiet on their side, and there were also people who believed in their identities and looked at those girls with annoyance.

"Hey, you are all the descendants of the villa, why don't you know any rules and eat with us?"

"This aunt, we didn't buy it back from the villa, we girls didn't spend a copper plate in the villa, we are all the entourage of the owner's lady."

"What miss, I heard that the current owner of the farm is just an illegitimate daughter."

"Whoever she is, I don't believe they can find anything wrong with the account. Wild boar meat is really fragrant, they eat more and talk less. ”

"Where can you buy wild meat if you have money, I heard that a few little girls in charge of the villa dislike us for coming, which year is not like this, I really don't know why. Hey, which yard are they? ”

"Which yard do you still want to climb relatives, let's not surrender our identity. Also the entourage of the young lady of the village, she herself is not noble, a group of inferior people. ”

"You can't stop your mouth when you eat, don't squirt out what you chew and disgust." Hua Qiao'er said very loudly that she had just come back from the young lady's side, and she happened to hear a few women belittling her own young lady and couldn't help but tease.

"Forget it, what's the call with a group of maids." An older woman said that there was no quarrel.

"Sister Hua Qiao, these people are still out of the villa, it's really ugly to be greedy and greedy." They didn't say anything, and the Hua sisters couldn't help it.

"Their man is from the villa, and he has been helping the villa take care of the shop for two generations. In their lifetime, they are getting more and more excessive, greedy for the money of the villa shop, and they have to come back to the villa to point fingers. ”

"Hua Qiao'er, I have to tell Miss about this, with these people who eat inside and outside, no matter how big the family business is, it is not enough to gnaw."

"Also, the annual reunion dinner is for their men, and the people who are all in the family really catch up with the big eaters. If you eat it, you will eat it, and you will be afraid that you will go out of the gate of the villa, and you have to say that the people of the villa lack hearts. ”

"It's really thick-skinned, and I really think that all of them are noble ladies from rich and noble families."

"He who is stronger than you is a slave to others." The old woman just now said.

"Oh, when Miss Ben (County) called the slave, you didn't know where the cat was." Hualien couldn't help but teasing.

"Shut up! Ladies and uncles, they are all sisters in the owner's family, although they are all foreign surnames, they all have a deep sense of belonging to Ye's Villa. You are all the family members who married into Ye's Villa, and you are all developed now and live in the imperial city, but without Ye's Villa, there would be no scenery for your men, and there would be no life for you to have enough food and clothing. Ye's Villa is your root, and without the nourishment of the root, it is like duckweed. The owner of this village thinks that you are not ungrateful people, and the reunion dinner is a recognition of all of you. The owner of the village is all about this, and all the aunts and uncles are full of food. At this time, Yuqing came over, looked at the women who looked down on the villa and said very politely.

"It's really a girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, don't you know that we are Qi Villa to the outside world, and the ancestor has already changed the name of the villa in order to avoid trouble. How bold do you have now to change it back, so that you are not afraid of the court? ”

"This uncle, the owner of the village doesn't know how high the sky is, how thick the ground is, but the owner of the village is concerned about the villa, and there are more than 1,000 people in the villa in his heart. We can't forget where the roots of the clan are, and when we go out in the future, we can honestly say that we are people from the Ye Villa. ”

"What? Can you still meet the emperor? ”