After dinner, Xiaoyue wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Gu Xia stopped her, "Just ask your brother-in-law to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, we still have a lot of things to do, don't you want to learn to read the account books?" ”

"It's not good." Jiang Xiaoyue spoke quietly.

"It's okay Xiaoyue, what your sister said is a holy decree, and my brother-in-law has to obey it." Jiang Yi glanced at Gu Xia dotingly.

Jiang Xiaoyue was speechless in fright, can the words holy decree be said casually?

She's a child, she doesn't understand?

But there is no one here except them, and they will not be tongue-in-cheek.

Gu Xia didn't think there was anything, she and Xiao Yue went to the account room to check the account book, and Gu Xia explained to Xiao Yue while looking through the account book.

Jiang Xiaoyue took Gu Xia's words to heart seriously.

Gu Xia flipped through the middle, and he really saw that there was such a problem about the expenses in Zhuangzi.

Obviously, the housekeeper bribed Mr. Ledger and manipulated the ledger. Write a lot about the expenses in Zhuangzi, such as buying vegetables every day, as well as Zhang Yun's daily expenses, which can be used to make a fuss.

Write a little more silver taels on the daily expenses, and a lot of money can be accumulated in a month, and a lot of money can be put into the housekeeper's pocket.

Liu doesn't know how to read the account book, and he doesn't know how much silver was fooled by the housekeeper?

It can be seen the importance of being able to read the account book, Jiang Xiaoyue has learned a lot from Gu Xia, and the little girl has all remembered it in her heart.

"Xiaoyue, I have been living in Zhuangzi for a few days, and I will teach you to read the account book well, and you have to study hard. It's your own ability to learn how to do it. Gu Xia patted Xiaoyue's shoulder, it is better to teach people to fish, it is better to teach people to fish.

Jiang Xiaoyue is not the kind of unreasonable, she understands her sister's good intentions, and responds very sincerely, "Sister, I will study hard." ”

Gu Xia and his wife took Xiaoyue to the largest tooth store in the county.

The tooth shop is a place to buy people, and in ancient times it was legal to buy people, and slaves were allowed.

Gu Xia followed the customs of the countryside and also accepted the purchase and sale of slaves.

The reason why they brought Xiaoyue to this kind of place was that they thought that the people who bought it would have a deed of sale in their hands, and they would be more loyal than those hired into the Zhuangzi.

That is, the silver needed to buy a slave is more expensive, and the salary of a hired man is paid every month.

To buy a slave, you have to take out a sum of money at once, which is quite a lot. It's just those who can buy it from big families.

The shopkeeper of the tooth shop personally came to receive Gu Xia and the three of them, and saw that the three of them were dressed in muslin, and they were not considered rich, but the temperament of Gu Xia and his wife was too good, and the shopkeeper was rare, but it seemed to be the bearing raised by a rich and noble family.

"The three of them are going to buy a few slaves, and all the slaves are here."

Gu Xia looked around, there were no less than hundreds of people standing in the house, these people were all hard-working people, but if there was a way out, they would not come over to be slaves, they were lowly.

Among them, there are also those whose families owe debts and have been arrested and sold to pay off their debts.

Jiang Xiaoyue is young and does not have a lot of experience, so she naturally can't see people's good or good. This matter has to be done by Gu Xia and his wife.

Gu Xia is only fifteen years old, but the soul in her body has lived for two lifetimes, and it can be said that she has read countless people.

Not to mention Jiang Yi, he is a person who has been in the Beijing circle, and he has always been very accurate in looking at people.

"Xianggong Xiaoyue's Zhuangzi wants to use twenty people, so it's better to buy them all from here. Xiaoyue doesn't have enough silver, so we help her put it on. Gu Xia pulled Jiang Yi's sleeve and said.

"Okay, whatever the daughter-in-law says, it's what it is." Jiang Yi lowered his eyes and looked at Gu Xia.

When Jiang Xiaoyue heard this, she was shocked, she really didn't have so much silver to buy twenty slaves.

The silver in her hand can buy up to ten people back to Zhuangzi, wouldn't it cost her sister's money again?

She owes her sister too much favor, how can she pay it back in the future?

"Sister, why don't you buy a few fewer people to go back to Zhuangzi first, I don't have enough silver in my hand. Wait until you make money to buy more people later. Jiang Xiaoyue still doesn't want to spend her sister's money.

"The matter of silver, Xiaoyue don't worry, there is a sister and brother-in-law in everything, you call me a sister, not in vain. I'm not nice to you, who is nice to you. Gu Xia touched Jiang Xiaoyue's head.

Jiang Xiaoyue was moved to tears by these words, she was warmed by her sister.

"My daughter-in-law doesn't plan to buy twenty people to go back to Zhuangzi, so it's better for you to choose ten people, I choose ten people, and if there are enough twenty people, we can also call it a day early." Jiang Yi proposed.

Gu Xia immediately nodded in agreement with Jiang Yi's proposal, and the couple put it into practice.

I have to say that the two of them have a really good vision, and they each pick the best and most honest ten people to work.

"These twenty people behind the shopkeeper are all our favorites." Gu Xia stepped forward and said.

The shopkeeper thought that the couple would buy three or five people, but he didn't expect to buy twenty people as soon as he made a move. They are all strong-boned.

The couple didn't say anything about their poisonous eyes, but they were both generous.

It's been a long time since they've sold so many people at once.

"The two have good eyes, and the twenty people selected by the two are the most capable of our dental industry, and they have good temperaments. I'm not willing to sell so much. These twenty people are all high-priced, not cheap. ”

Gu Xia heard it, the shopkeeper meant that he was afraid that they would not be able to come up with such a large sum of silver.

Jiang Xiaoyue stood beside Gu Xia, speechless in shock.

Does her sister really want to buy so many people back to Zhuangzi at once?

She is young and doesn't know how to read people, but she only feels at first glance that these people are kind-hearted.

"Although the shopkeeper offers a price, we both give a step, the shopkeeper gives the lowest price, we have to buy too many people at once, the shopkeeper gives a discount, I will buy Zhuangzi in the future, buy Zhuangzi will come to pick people, the shopkeeper is real, we will come again." Gu Xia spoke.

Who doesn't want to spend less?

The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard Gu Xia's words, what are these two doing? It's not enough to buy twenty people, you also have to buy Zhuangzi to buy people.

As soon as the couple entered the door, he was as discerning as a torch, and he saw that these two people were not ordinary.

"Well, the lady said this well. Originally, our servants here were divided into three classes. The female guest chose the highest one, asking for fifteen taels of silver per person. I will give each of the female guests a tael of silver, and twenty people will be twenty taels of silver. Such a low price is not available in our dental shop. Just make two friends and one friend. The shopkeeper spoke.

Gu Xia also knew that the shopkeeper had already given the biggest concession, and she was not so good that she could not make an inch.

It just made her feel a little sad, these people in the tooth shop are already hard-working people, and they have been graded. It's very uncomfortable, but this is the custom of Dashengguo, and it's not something she can change on her own.

"The shopkeeper is happy, then it's decided." When Gu Xia came out, he put the silver ticket in Jiang Yi's hand, and the job of paying the bill had to be a man.