Mother Cui asked someone to send over the account books, which were thick and consisted of three large volumes.
Hongying sent the account book to Shen Ziqiao, and muttered displeasedly, "What a lackey slave, even sent a little girl to bring the account book, and put on airs by herself, she dares to show airs in front of Miss San."
Lady Meng was telling Shen Ziqiao that a housekeeper must know people and make good use of them, not to use people who are suspicious, not to be suspicious when employing people, and to keep an eye on the overall situation and listen to all directions...
Hearing Hongying's complaint, Shen Ziqiao laughed, "It would be nice if she would send it over."
Thinking that Shen Ziqiao was illiterate, Mrs. Meng hurriedly said, "Why don't the servants read the account books for Miss San?"
"I can understand it." Shen Ziqiao smiled, she is also a college student, and she still knows traditional Chinese characters.
If she doesn't even know how to read the account books, then her chances of counterattacking are probably zero.
"Miss San, why don't you rest for a while?" Shen Ziqiao and the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law had been listening to Mrs. Meng telling her how to manage the house after hearing the pie, and pointed out some servants in the family who should pay special attention.
Didn't even drink the saliva.
Shen Ziqiao nodded, "It's time to rest, let's go out and have a look at the shop."
There are two shops on East Street and West Street, one sells pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and the other sells rice. Both are very profitable businesses.
Given how much the old lady disliked her, it shouldn't be so easy to give her two shops that obviously won't lose money.
"This author must not be a sophisticated school, officials and officials can do business..." Shen Ziqiao muttered, she remembered reading a book that said officials and officials were not allowed to do business.
Merchants are the most despised.
In fact, it is not only this point, many places are not so strict and formal, which may be related to the author's style of writing in this book, it is a good thing that she does not have to be careful about her life.
"Miss San, what are you talking about?" Hongyu heard Shen Ziqiao's muttering, but couldn't hear what she was saying.
Shen Ziqiao recovered. She smiled, "It's nothing, I just think the old lady is so nice, show me these two shops."
Ms. Meng said, "It's not necessarily good on the surface. These two families seem to be making a lot of money, but in fact we don't know anything."
"Have someone go and find out where shopkeeper Pan has been taken away, and find a way to bring him back to the capital." Shen Ziqiao thought of Pan Sanduo, the person left behind by the Pan family.
I had inquired about this person before, because he refused to listen to Mrs. Shen's words. He was thrown away somewhere, and if he could be found, Shen Ziqiao felt that he would be a good helper in business.
"The servant will ask people to inquire about it secretly." The matter of finding Pan Sanduo back should not be known to Mrs. Shen.
They came to the shop on East Avenue. They sell the Four Treasures of the Study.
Now that the sun was about to rise, the door of the shop was only a crack open, and it was pitch black inside.
"When is this, why haven't you opened the door for business?" Hongying said with a frown.
Shen Ziqiao winked at Hongyu, "See if the shopkeeper is here."
Hongyu stepped forward and knocked on the door. No one responded for a long time.
"It seems that it is not a good fruit." It's not easy to chew, and you know that the old woman will not treat her well.
"Miss San, what should I do?" Hongyu looked back at Shen Ziqiao.
Shen Ziqiao snorted, "You can't hide and don't accept the trick, Hongying, go up and help your sister open the door for me."
The two sisters no longer hesitated. Go forward and open the wooden door with only a crack.
"Who is that? What are you doing this early in the morning?" An impatient voice finally came from the shop, and a young man dressed as a clerk came out while yawning.
At first sight, the people standing outside the door were all strange young girls. Cursed impatiently, "Why are you doing it? If you want to buy something, you have to wait for us to open the door, don't you?"
"Do you know what time it is now? You still haven't opened the door for business yet." Lady Meng shouted displeased.
"It's none of your business when we open for business, go and buy at the opposite side." The man waved away people.
Shen Ziqiao glanced inside with a smile. "Where's your shopkeeper?"
"Let's go." The man shouted, trying to close the door again.
"Then you can get lost too." Shen Ziqiao said with a smile. The eyes are indifferent.
The man was furious, "Why did you tell me to go away?"
"Because our third lady belongs to the Shen family." Mrs. Meng said coldly.
The Third Miss of the Shen family? The guy was taken aback, "You...you belong to the Shen family..."
Shen Ziqiao walked into the shop and smiled, "Who is your shopkeeper? Why didn't anyone tell me when he left?"
The impatience on the guy's face was replaced by flattery, and he walked behind Shen Ziqiao, "Early this morning, Steward Cui talked to shopkeeper Chen, and the shopkeeper angrily said that he quit."
"Isn't shopkeeper Chen from the Shen family?" If it was a servant of the Shen family, how dare you say no to it.
"It was Cui Guanshi who invited him back from outside." The man replied honestly.
The smile on the corner of Shen Ziqiao's mouth was wider, that's why old Mrs. Shen gave her this shop so readily.
Lady Meng's expression turned ugly, "Why did he leave?"
"Say...let Miss San...a girl who doesn't understand anything point and point, it's better to go back and plow the fields..." The man hesitated and said, looking at Shen Ziqiao's face.
"Plowing the fields." Shen Ziqiao had an expression that I understood, "It's very promising."
Mrs. Meng felt pity for Shen Ziqiao in her heart. The child who lost her mother since childhood was now plotted by her grandmother. For the dowry, Mrs. Shen ignored her family affection at all.
Third Miss felt so uncomfortable.
Shen Ziqiao had expected this situation a long time ago, so she wasn't too surprised. She didn't feel sad when Mrs. Shen treated her like this, because she didn't regard that old woman as her grandmother at all.
No grandmother would do that to her granddaughter.
She is not the Holy Mother, and she will not pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic like Xiao Baihua. She is just an ordinary person who wants to live and live a better life.
"Even if there is no shopkeeper, who will allow you to close the shop and not open the shop?" Shen Ziqiao asked the guy with a smile.
"Little one, open the door now, open the door." The man said hurriedly, he just wanted to be lazy and didn't dare to talk back to Shen Ziqiao.
Shen Ziqiao said, "Where are the things left by the original shopkeeper?"
This is lack of quality at all. If you want to resign, you must at least explain to her.
The clerk hurried to the counter and took out the account book, "Miss San, here."
Hongyu took it.
"What's your name?" Shen Ziqiao glanced at the fawning guy.
"The young one is called Zhang Yaozu." Zhang Yaozu said.
Shen Ziqiao nodded, "Take a good look at the store, the shopkeeper will come over tomorrow."
Zhang Yaozu nodded and bowed and sent Shen Ziqiao to the carriage, until the carriage disappeared at the end of the street, he gave a sound of piss, with a rascal look on his face, "I really think I'm great, I don't need the old lady to take action, I'm sure I can't stand it first."
Cursing, re-entered the store.