Mother Ning did what she said, and the next day, both Ning Yanting and Ning Lang went out empty-handed.
The two of them had their lunch prepared and delivered to Fuzhong. If they were restrained, there would be no other expenses. Ning Yanting didn't feel anything at all, and only told Mother Ning to buy some good jewelry for Ning Nuan, but Ning Lang had a bitter face. The spiritual light, after having breakfast in confusion, was driven out by Ning's mother to go to the school.
Ning's mother had always indulged him. In the past, when he slept until three poles in the sun, only Ning Yanting would come to reprimand him, but every time the reprimand was spoken, Ning's mother would come to protect him. Ning's mother was obedient to him, and it was the first time that Ning Lang felt the ruthlessness of the winter wind from his mother.
But Ning's mother is still righteous: "A Nuan got up early in the morning and helped me. Look at you, you are two years older than A Nuan, but you are not as caring as A Nuan."
Ning Lang was speechless.
Ning's mother was very angry with him, and chased after him and scolded: "I can't read books well, I can't even get up early, how can A Nuan expect you in the future? people!"
Ning Lang's face was full of despair. He only felt that Ning's mother's temper was getting worse and worse. Where is the gentleness like water in the past? Now he is fierce, and he is only fierce to him, but he treats A Nuan more tenderly than before! What was even more irritating was that the younger sister was still hiding behind her mother and laughing, not even receiving the hints in his eyes, let alone saying something nice for him.
As soon as the two left, Mother Ning got busy.
She took out all the ledgers, and called over the stewards in her shop to reconcile with them one by one.
Ning's mother made a lot of noise, and even the second and third rooms couldn't help but peep here. But Ning's mother ignored it, but if anyone came to inquire, the maid would rush back.
She asked Ning Nuan to help her, and she also had the idea of letting Ning Nuan get in touch with these matters earlier, so that it would be like in her previous life, what happened to her, but A Nuan didn't even know what she had in her hand.
The more she reconciled the accounts, the more she knew what she had in her hands, the more Ning mother couldn't help scolding herself in her heart.
Her father prepared so much dowry for her just to make Ning Fu not look down on her. Her dowry is the thickest among the concubines, and logically speaking, it should be the most confident, but in the end it fell to That step.
She was really stupid in her last life!
The more Ning's mother calculated and recalled, the more she could not restrain the anger in her heart.
The more she counted, the more angry she became, and her attitude towards those in charge became more cautious. Later, Ning's mother came back to her senses first. Seeing that Ning Nuan was paying attention to the account book, she specially handed over the account book of a small shop to her and asked her to go back to the house and take a good look.
"Mother, I'm here with you."
Ning's mother said genially: "A Nuan, go to your house, mother is afraid that she will get angry and scare you."
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan had no choice but to say no more, and took Xiang Tao back to her room.
As soon as she closed the door, Xiang Tao took a deep breath and spit it out again. She patted her chest with lingering fear and said, "Madam's appearance is really scary. This slave has never seen Madam like this before."
"What's wrong?" Ning Nuan spread out the ledger, looked at it carefully, and replied casually, "I think Mother is doing fine now. No one dares to bully her if she is fierce."
"Yes, that's what it looks like." Xiangtao became happy again, and said with a bright face, "Miss, you didn't see the face of the second lady yesterday, the slave and others took back all the jewelry on the second lady's dressing table. The second lady's face is even uglier than swallowing a fly. The servants always think that the lady is always so good-natured and will be bullied by the second lady and the others. Now that the lady has become so fierce, in the future, whether it is the second lady or the third Madam, or Second Miss and Third Miss, don't dare to bully us."
Ning Nuan responded casually, and slowly turned the account book one page.
In the past, Ning's mother took pity on her, and Ning's mother had no access to the affairs of the Ning family, so she never let her have access to these things, and all the affairs in Ning Nuan's yard were also taken care of by Ning's mother, Ning's mother. After taking care of everything in an orderly manner, Ning Nuan was the first to contact accounting.
What she read most on weekdays was the books in Father Ning's study, and she practiced piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Mother Ning wanted her to marry a good family, so she also cultivated her into a lady. Ning Nuan could still be good at drawing with a brush, but he was at a loss when it came to dialing an abacus.
When she first looked at the account book, she read it very slowly. When she encountered something she didn't understand, she also looked at Ning's mother drinking water and went over to ask. After a day, not only did Ning's mother's reconciliation progress pass most of the time, but even Ning Nuan's study The progress has also skyrocketed a lot.
When dusk fell, Ning Lang and Ning Yanting also went home.
Ning Lang was slumped all over. He didn't dare to go against his mother's words, and there was a book boy staring at him. He sat obediently in the school all day, and even the master thought it was strange. Without saying a word, he deliberately picked him to answer the question. Needless to say, Ning Lang couldn't answer anything, so naturally he was reprimanded by the Master again, causing the other students to snicker.
Even Ning Yanting's face was not very good-looking.
When he got home, he first went to Ning's mother's place to take a look. Seeing that Ning's mother was busy reconciling the accounts, he hesitated and didn't know whether to go in or not.
He was wandering at the door, but Ning Nuan, who came to ask Ning's mother some questions, found him first.
"Father, what are you doing standing at the door?" Ning Nuan asked curiously, "Are you here to find your mother? My mother is inside, why don't you go in?"
Father Ning was embarrassed.
He put his hands behind his back, a little embarrassed to say that he was here to ask for pocket money.
Father Ning coughed, his eyes fell on the ledger in Ning Nuan's hand, his face suddenly straightened, and he said seriously, "A Nuan, what are you holding this for?"
"Mother let me learn how to manage accounts." Ning Nuan lowered her head shyly when she mentioned this: "Mother said that my daughter is also old, and if she gets married in the future, she will also take care of family affairs, so Let my daughter follow her now."
When it came to getting married, Ning Yanting couldn't help but think of what he heard today.
Last night, his wife said that to him. He was in a heavy heart and couldn't sleep all night. As soon as he went out today, he immediately sent someone to inquire. He originally had the idea of luck, guessing if his wife had misunderstood something, but when the inquirer came back, he knew that what his wife said was true.
Ah Nuan's reputation is really bad.
Big families pay the most attention to reputation. Ah Nuan's reputation has become like this. How can we say good people in the future
Looking at the shy daughter in front of him, Ning Yanting's heart became sour again, and he didn't dare to mention the matter of asking for money.
"Father?" Seeing that he had been in a daze for a long time, Ning Nuan couldn't help calling him: "Father, what happened?"
"It's nothing." Ning Yanting turned around in embarrassment: "You and your mother study hard, I... I'll go see Lang'er."
After he finished speaking, he kept walking and hurried away.
Ning Nuan watched his back for a moment, and then she lifted her foot into the house.
"Mom, Dad came just now."
"I know." Mother Ning stopped and asked the little maid to squeeze her sore and numb arm: "Your father must have come to ask me for money, but fortunately, Ah Nuan, you are smart, so let him go first, If he comes in, I'll scold him first."
Ning Nuan couldn't help but laugh: "I don't think that's what Dad meant."
"What else could it mean?" Mother Ning hummed, "He's soft-hearted and generous, who doesn't like it? When he went out today, he didn't bring a penny with him, and it's not a good day to think about it. Come to find me when you come back?"
Ning Nuan walked to her side, put down the ledger, and asked curiously, "Dad is busy with business, and he doesn't go out drinking with other adults. Is this expensive?"
Mother Ning picked up another ledger and put it in front of her.
"Look, I've written down all your father's expenses, you'll know when you see it."
Ning Nuan never knew that she still had such a ledger, so she was stunned for a while, and even forgot to open the ledger.
"Don't worry, I also remember your father's. You and Lang'er don't spend much money on weekdays. Although Lang'er likes to play, in terms of expenses, it's not as much as your father's."
Hearing what Ning's mother said, Ning Nuan's curiosity immediately picked up, she reached out and opened the ledger, and slowly started to memorize it from the first one.
Ning's mother didn't start bookkeeping from the beginning, but after seeing that Ning's father's expenses were getting bigger and bigger, she felt unwilling and dared not mention it, so she chose to use the book to record it.
The ledger has turned yellow, and the first one was many years ago. Ning's mother remembered everything clearly. It was not so much Ning's father's account book as it was the expenses that the big house paid for the second and third bedrooms. Even her expenses for buying jewelry for Ning Qing were recorded in this account book. superior. Ning Nuan studied for a day and was able to learn and use it, and quickly picked out the part that Ning's father spent alone.
Father Ning remembered clearly the purpose of every expense. Most of them were for his two younger brothers, or he bought gadgets for his nephews and nieces. Ning Yanting is busy with business, but his two younger brothers are different. They have low official positions and like to drink and play with friends on weekdays, but how can they afford their salaries and monthly routines? The wife of the family is not a wealthy baby like Ning's mother, so every time she sends someone to call Ning Yanting to pay. Ning Yanting is the most doted on the two younger brothers, but, why not agree
In comparison, Ning Lang bought a myn today and a hairpin tomorrow, which is already very frugal.
The more Ning Nuan looked, the more frightened she became, and when she arrived at Houlian, she couldn't restrain the surprise on her face.
Mother Ning's tone was indifferent: "Your father has always been like this, and it's not the first time you know about it."
It was not the first time that Ning Nuan knew about it, but it was the first time she found out that the two uncles were even more extreme than she knew. In the ledger, Father Ning's expenditures were all large sums of money, but very little was spent on himself.
She closed the ledger and said firmly: "Mother, you are right, everything is up to you."
Anyway, when the money is in Daddy's hands, it will benefit other people in the end. After all, Daddy's quality of life will not decline. Even if Daddy is a little embarrassed, he can't let other people take advantage of it!
in the library.
Ning Yanting was sitting on a chair, worrying about his daughter's marriage, when suddenly he heard hurried footsteps, and after a while, someone pushed open the door of the study, interrupting his thinking.
Ning Yanting raised his head and saw his younger brother came in angrily.
"Big brother!" Ning Yanhai said angrily, "Why didn't you come to the restaurant to pay for me today? I brought a friend there and said it was a treat. I called the servant to call you, but you didn't come, I Lost a big face in front of my friends."
Ning Yanting panicked and hurriedly comforted him: "Third brother, don't worry, just talk about it."
"Brother, is it because you haven't seen anyone? I waited in the restaurant for an hour in the afternoon, and I didn't see your presence."
Ning Yanting frowned: "I was busy with business this afternoon, didn't I tell him?"
I said it!
But in the past, when he sent someone over, even if Ning Yanting couldn't come out, he would ask the servant to bring the wine money, so every time he sent the servant, he always remembered the amount of the wine.
But today was different. Not only did no one come, but his servant also came back empty-handed and didn't bring back half a tael of silver.
He also brought a sentence, saying that it was inconvenient, let him pay for the wine first!
Ning Yanhai waited left and right in the restaurant, but he couldn't wait for Ning Yanting to come over, but he said to treat him, so he could only take out his private room and pay for the wine in advance. You know, because he thought it was Ning Yanting who would pay, he was not stingy when ordering food.
He doesn't want Ning Yanting, there is a wife who can make money. On weekdays, there are only the shares issued by the public and his own salary. His wife is very fussy, and he is reluctant to give him pockets on weekdays. That private house is also saved by him. It took a long time to save it, and now it is spent in one breath, not to mention his fleshy pain.
Ning Yanhai said angrily, "I don't have any money in my pocket, even if you don't come, let the servant come with the money, brother, because of you, I was ridiculed by my friends today, and it's a shame. Big hair!"
Ning Yanting felt guilty all of a sudden.
"It's my fault, but when I went out today, I didn't have any money with me, so I couldn't help you pay."
Ning Yanhai rolled his eyes, as if he was comforted, and his face was not as angry as before.
"If that's the case, then I won't pursue it." He said, "I'll pay for the wine first, but the money, which I was originally going to use to buy Mr. Soseki's paintings, is now gone. , I'm afraid it is also…”
He pretended hesitantly stopped and looked at Ning Yanting hesitantly.
Ning Yanting's heart was full of guilt, and his eyes touched the prayer in his brother's eyes. He couldn't care about anything else, so he nodded immediately: "I'll buy it for you, and I'll send someone to buy it for you tomorrow."
Ning Yanhai was satisfied.
He added, "Don't bother eldest brother, my brother can't wait to see Mr. Soseki's paintings. Why don't eldest brother give me the money and buy it myself, which saves time and effort and saves eldest brother a trip."
Ning Yanting nodded again and again: "Okay, just do as you said."
As he spoke, he was about to pay, but he reached into his sleeve and felt the air, and then he remembered that he had no money, let alone Mr. Soseki's paintings, even a piece of paper could not afford it. .
Ning Yanting felt embarrassed.
He was a little embarrassed and said: "Wait for tomorrow... tomorrow morning, I will send the money."
Ning Yanhai frowned, but didn't say anything, only told him to remember it well, and then left.
As soon as he left, Ning Yanting didn't dare to delay, and hurried to find Ning's mother.
When he said his appeal, Mother Ning picked the bead, and the bead collided with the frame of the abacus, making a bang.
Without raising her eyes, she refused directly: "No."
Father Ning was dumbfounded.