In the afternoon of the same day, the Hongfu was inverted.

The so-called inverted seat is a house that sits opposite to the main house and faces north, and is located at the southernmost point of Hongfu.

Because its doors and windows face north, the lighting is not good, so it is used as a residence for the subordinates.

As the head of the subordinates, the housekeeper naturally has a small courtyard here.

At this time, Qiu De, who had a goatee, sat in the hall, and was settling accounts with the door hidden.

These two days are the time when the monthly money is disbursed, and he, as the supreme executor, has a lot of money as usual.

Therefore, the more the jade beads on the abacus beat, the more beautiful the smile on Qiude's face, as if he heard the jingle of gold and silver falling into the bag in the quiet Ming Hall.

Halfway through the accounting, a small servant suddenly came in and reported in a low voice, saying that Young Master Hong Fan from the long house had come to receive the monthly example in person.

Qiu De frowned when he heard this, and he smiled.

As the head of the Hong Mansion, he has always been thoughtful, and he has long been prepared for Hong Fan's entry into the Breakthrough Realm.

Opening the drawer, Qiu De took out a cloth bag wrapped in five taels of silver and handed it to the little servant, asking him to send it to Hong Fan.

Three or two of them are the monthly examples of the month, and the rest are congratulatory gifts from him as a steward.

Of course, if Aunt Liu came today, she could only get a cloth bag of three taels of silver.

But not long after the little guy went out, heavy footsteps sounded at the door again.

When settling accounts, Qiu De, who was most annoying to others, was about to scold, when he saw the door of the false room being pushed open with one hand.

Coming in with the sunshine was a handsome young man.

It was Hong Fan who picked Jiang Youde the day before yesterday.

"Why did Young Master Fan come here? Applejack didn't send you the monthly calendar just now? ”

Qiude got up and asked with a smile.

"Delivered, ask the housekeeper for his kindness, and I received it."

Hong Fan's hand behind him lit up, and what he was holding was the cloth bag containing five taels of silver.

"Then Young Master Fan still has something to look for me?"

Seeking virtue and politeness, the other party probably came to thank him - the so-called courtesy exchange is that everyone gives each other dignity.

But he didn't expect that Hong Fan really nodded in response: "There is indeed something to seek a housekeeper." ”

"What's the matter? But what did the people do not do well? ”

Qiu De was stunned for a moment and asked.

"It's not."

Hong Fan shook his head and said, took two steps forward, and walked to the front of Qiude.

"Hong Fan is here to ask the housekeeper, the ninety taels of silver that I owed me before may come today?"

These words were unexpected, and Qiu De was stunned in place.

"Ninety taels of silver, begging for something to owe you?"

He repeated it in a low voice, and while he was puzzled in his heart, he still tried to squeeze a smile out of his face.

"Young Master Fan, don't laugh!"

"With such a large sum of silver, I have borrowed it for so long, how can I laugh?"

Hong Fan looked serious, and his eyes looked straight over.

"Two and a half years, thirty months, three taels a month, didn't you borrow ninety taels from me?"

As soon as these words came out, Qiude suddenly woke up to what the other party said.

But how would he admit it?

Not to mention that the monthly bill still sends a few hundred copper coins, let's just say that the part that has been deducted is not all taken by one person.

As a housekeeper, of course he knew that as soon as his children entered the Penetrating Realm, no matter where they came from, they would have a place in the Hong Mansion.

But is it possible that this kind of thing without accounts can be traced back to the past?

It must be known that there are hundreds of people in the Hongfu Realm, and he is the only one who is the big housekeeper!

"Fan Gongzi is right, but he is a little clueless."

Qiude's face turned cold.

"If someone else borrowed your money, you have to have an IOU!"

"I don't have an IOU."

Hong Fan replied, obviously being asked, but a smile appeared on his face.

"Ridiculous, without an IOU, you can ask for money in the vernacular?"

Qiude sneered.

"This inverted courtyard is not a place for autumn winds!"

"It makes sense to ask the steward."

Hong Fan nodded.

"But if I hadn't borrowed the ninety taels of the monthly case that I hadn't received, could it be that I was begging the housekeeper to fill my own pockets?"

As soon as this heart-wrenching remark came out, it was to put the things under the table and make it clear.

Qiude's face sank, glanced at the account room sitting in the corner of Mingtang, and signaled to hurry out.

After the people left, he carefully closed the door and turned back to speak.

"Young Master Fan, the matter of the monthly case, I am not the only one, we can't move this matter to the table!"

At this time, there were only two people in the room, and Qiu De let go of his words.

"Young Master Fan doesn't have to be a bitter lord to suppress me."

"It's not fair to ask someone here, but the Push Gong Pill that should be distributed fairly, Young Master Fan will not get the next grade every month, let the children of the clan know, isn't there any criticism?"

"The past can't be chased, Young Master Fan might as well raise his noble hand, and be convenient with others and himself!"

After Qiude finished speaking, he looked at Hong Fan without giving in.

But the latter didn't speak, and only gradually smiled.

Inside the dark room, Hong Fan raised his hands - his skin was fair, but his palms and fists were full of thick calluses.

"Raise your hand?"

He asked softly.

"Ask the housekeeper, this hand is precious?"

Qiude was silent for a while.

Hong Fan withdrew his hand and continued: "The quality of the Pushing Gong Pill is good or bad, of course I know. ”

"But in terms of large numbers, the average amount of pills distributed by each person should be of medium grade, so why do you need to exchange it for a monthly example?"

"If every Pushing Gong Pill I got in the past two years was of the highest grade, I would never come over today."

Hong Fan shook his head and said, his gaze falling back to Qiude's face.

"The housekeeper is the confidant of the eldest lady, and he should know what kind of life I have lived in the past two years."

"Now that you have seen my hands again, it must not be difficult to imagine how I used my blood and sweat to get this realm."

"Two and a half years have passed, and it's all over the past, so it's just ......"

"But now, I'm just seizing the day!"

Hong Fan said these words lightly.

But Qiude really heard the horns of the head from it.

To be honest, if he took the ninety taels alone, he would have paid it back now.

But how does it make the miser seek virtue to fill in the hole for others?

Could it be that you, Hong Fan, can still find a way to merge with the housekeeper of the clan like Jiang Youde?

"Young Master Fan, please go back."

Qiu De choked for a moment, and finally hardened his face.

"If you really want to make a big deal and ask a certain domestic servant, it is not as promising as Young Master Fan, it is nothing more than losing some face."

"Don't mention this again!"

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward and opened the courtyard door and stretched out his hand to send off the guests.

Hong Fan didn't have a seizure, but just glanced deeply at Qiude, and strode out with a slight bow.

He hadn't thought it that easy.

There was a saying in my previous life that there are two kinds of things in the world that are the most difficult.

The first is to put one's own thoughts into other people's heads, and the second is to put other people's money in one's own pocket.

It's never easy to pay for it, not to mention the pocket of a miser like Qiude?

The battle with Jiang Youde did bring some fame to Hong Fan and deter some Xiaoxiao.

But it is not enough to get to the root and go back to the past.

Those who seek the top must have a stomach, and those who seek the next must show their means.

Qiude is so hard-hearted, it is nothing more than treating him as a fledgling child who lacks means, so he can't calculate the pros and cons.

But it doesn't matter.

The pros and cons of this will soon be sorted out by Hong Fan.