Ziluo Villa was nervous because of the arrival of Ning Beihou.

Li Zheng hurriedly returned to the account room and wrote a letter, and asked the little girl to send it to Liu Yuping quickly.

When the other two stewards saw his sad face, their hearts were also uneasy.

Uncle Li, the third steward, said: "This big girl is really not a good stubble, she has always been at odds with the eldest lady, you say that if she knows that we have collected money from the eldest lady in private, will she treat us?"

Li Zheng sighed and said, "What's more! I have long heard that the lord threw the eldest girl to Qingquan Temple, just because the eldest lady made a hindrance from it, alas, we are afraid that it will be difficult to protect ourselves this time. ”

Uncle Zheng, the second steward, said: "This is not necessarily, now Ziluo Villa is in a difficult time, it is estimated that the eldest girl still does not dare to touch us, besides, the eldest lady is her mother after all, if she dares to attack the eldest lady, it is disobedience and unfilial piety, it is a big crime." ”

Uncle Li, the third steward, said: "What you said also makes sense, but we can't afford to offend those people who support the big girl behind her." ”

Uncle Zheng, the second steward, said: "Or. Let's confess to the big girl, shall we? ”

Li Zhengyi patted the case and said: "Confused, isn't it just right for her to make an example to confess to her now." ”

Uncle Zheng, the second steward, said irritably: "Then you say, what do you say?" ”

Li Zhengdao: "If you want me to say, just don't do it, anyway, the big lady and the big girl have been looking at each other for a long time, let's push all the old bad debts to the big lady, she has not swallowed it privately over the years, let's hand over the account books generously, let the big girl check it well, what does she know about a little girl, when the time comes, let's fan the flames, this fire just blow to the big lady." ”

The second steward and the third steward exchanged glances when they heard this.

It's a good idea!

As twilight fell, the last snow of the winter fell at Purple Lotus Villa.

Qingtang added some more charcoal fire to the stove, and just about to stretch her waist after finishing her busy work, she heard the teapot burning on the small stove, she hurriedly turned around to look, and saw Yuan Tao staring at the teapot in a daze, and didn't even realize that the water was boiling.

"Little Peach, what are you thinking?" Qing Tang hurriedly walked over to remove the lid of the teapot, and then took the white cloth to insulate the teapot and lifted the teapot to the tea table.

Yuan Tao woke up suddenly, blinked and said, "I didn't mean to." ”

Qingtang gently twisted Yuan Tao's little head with one finger, and said, "Don't be stupid, go and pour a cup of hot tea for the eldest girl, and I'll go and warm up the soup woman again, the big girl's soup woman is estimated to be cold." ”

Yuan Tao nodded emphatically, "I'll go right away." ”

In the middle of the room, Ye Lingwu sat in front of the desk wearing a thick purple fox velvet, holding an open account book in his hand hanging on his knees, and holding his chin with the other hand in a daze.

There is a stack of account books piled up on the desk, not from Ziluo Buzhuang, they are all the ordinary expenditure account books of the outer courtyard of the Ye Mansion given by Uncle Yu a few days ago.

"Big girl, the hot tea is ready." Yuan Tao was holding hot tea and was talking before he entered the room.

Ye Lingwu came back to his senses, put the account book in his hand back on the desk, and said, "Put it there, I don't want to drink it yet." ”

Yuan Tao nodded dumbly, put the hot tea on the high table a little closer to the stove, and then stepped forward and knelt on the ground, looked at Ye Lingwu and said, "Big girl, the slave will press your shoulders for you." ”

Ye Lingwu raised his eyes and hesitated: "You can still press my shoulder with your thin arm?" ”

Although there is only a three-year difference between the two, the twelve and fifteen-year-old girls are far apart, Yuan Tao is not good to sell into Yefu, and he has never eaten good since he was a child, his little face looks round and cute, but in fact, he has no two taels of meat on his body, and he is not tall, more than half a head shorter than Ye Lingwu.

Yuan Tao straightened his waist and said: "Of course, the slave maid was a good hand at laundry in the outer courtyard before, and the washed clothes must be wrung out before they can be hung on the shelf, and the slave maid can twist a basket in one breath." ”

Ye Lingwu looked at her unconvinced strength, sneered, and said, "Okay, then you pinch my shoulder." ”

Yuan Tao immediately got up and stood behind Ye Lingwu, rested her hands on her shoulders and began to knead, and after a long time, she spoke: "Girl, the Ningbei Hou who came today is the famous Ningbei Hou, he is really noble." Is that his little guy next to him? ”

Ye Lingwu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Silly Yuantao, he is not a little guy, that one is the one who followed the Marquis of Ningbei to fight on the battlefield, the commander of the Black Flag Army, and the little general Yue Yang." ”

Yuan Tao was dumbfounded: "General?!" ”

No wonder this person is frightened just by looking at it, it turns out to be a general.

Ye Lingwu hung his head and looked through the account books, and asked casually: "By the way, Yuan Tao, didn't I ask Uncle Yu to take care of Master Hou, did Uncle Yu say anything at night?" ”

Yuan Tao was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Uncle Yu hasn't been here, but Master Hou's slave maid went to ask in the evening, saying that Uncle Yu arranged Master Hou and General Yue Yang into the courtyard next door to us, anyway, it's not far away, is the eldest girl going to visit?" ”

Ye Lingwu's face suddenly turned red, and he said, "What will I go to see at night." ”

Yuan Tao said suddenly: "Yes, yes, yes, that's right, then let's go visit tomorrow." ”

"Not tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door outside the house.

- "Big girl, the account books of Ziluo Buzhuang have been sorted out in a small way, please take a look!" ”

It was Li Zheng's voice.

Ye Lingwu put down the account book and said, "Yuan Tao, go and invite someone in." ”

Yuan Tao should go down and invite the three stewards into the outer room, at this time, the green orange also warmed the soup woman, and the two little girls immediately served hot tea and let the three stewards sit and wait.

After a while, Ye Lingwu came out after putting on his clothes, and said with a smile: "The three uncles in charge have been waiting for a long time." ”

"No, no, it's our abruptness." Li Zheng said, and the other two nodded in agreement.

"It's not abrupt, I should have sorted out the account books of the Purple Cloth Village as soon as possible, checked and filled in the gaps, and took care of the manpower in the village by the way, after all, this cloth village was founded by my mother at the beginning." Ye Lingwu sat down.

"Yes, yes," Li Zheng raised his hand to gesture to the three thick account books on the desk, "Here are the account books in our hands that we haven't checked since the lord fell ill, they are the cloth workshop in charge of me, the dye workshop in charge of the second manager, and the weaving workshop in charge of the third manager. This account book has been accumulated for more than half a year, and the eldest girl looks at it slowly, not in a hurry, and beware of her body. ”

"Out of the way." Ye Lingwu noticed that there was a small stack of account books next to the three thick account books, "What are these books?" ”

Li Zheng sighed and said: "This is the account with problems when the lord was alive before, we think that now the eldest girl is going to take over Ziluo Villa, these old bad debts should also be known, so we will take them together." ”

(End of chapter)