"Why are you here?" Xu Ting asked, while putting down the pen in his hand.
She used a pencil, which was also invented by Lu Zhilan, but it was considered a failed "invention."
Today's scholars and talented people don't buy her at all, saying that brushes are traditional and authentic, what kind of pencils are vulgar!
As a result, sales were poor and production was discontinued.
Xu Ting asked people to buy it back and give it to the craftsmen of the town border army to study, and soon made a better one, almost indistinguishable from modern pencils.
Literati don't like it, but it's really easy to use. Xu Ting often uses it for drawing and writing some plans.
The position of the Inspectorate is an oil job, so the people inside are either rich and poor or dudes. Although there are some good ones at the bottom, in the eyes of Xu Ting's professional soldiers, they are in great need of training|teaching.
What Xu Ting was writing was a plan for the internal reform and personnel training of the Patrol Division.
"The kitchen has stewed soup, I'll bring it to you." Du Siyin said, and put the lacquer plate on the table next to him.
Xu Ting came out from behind the desk and sat down on a chair on one side of the table, while Du Siyin sat on the other side.
Xu Ting picked up the soup bowl, the soup was very clear, but the soup was just filled, and the bottom of the soup was placed in the casserole, so the surface couldn't tell what kind of soup it was.
Xu Ting asked while drinking the soup, "Just bring me the soup?"
"There is one more important thing." Du Siyin suddenly felt a little unreasonable, as if he had done something wrong.
"Shuqi, give me something."
Shuqi immediately handed the account book to Du Siyin, "Ms. Li sent the account book in the morning. I read it but felt something was wrong, so I showed it to my wife, Changning."
Xu Ting: "Oh, everything is wrong."
"The yard buys goods every month, and the unit price of each item is correct, but the quantity is wrong. It is impossible for a yard to use so much, and it is impossible to reach this amount even if the damaged ones are included.
Also, there are always a few accounts whose purpose is very unclear. Like this one, it is said that it was paid to a shop to buy raw materials, but this shop only buys finished goods and then sells them. There is no need to go to Jiangnan. raw material. "
When Xu Ting looked at the numbers on the ledger, she was not angry, but rather surprised.
"Can Siyin see it?"
"En." Du Siyin only agreed casually, and then said anxiously, "This is really abhorrent, if you do this, at least 30% of Qingfengyuan's income will be stolen."
"The rule in the mansion is that taking five out of a hundred is the cheapest range. Butler Wang took 30%, which is indeed more customary."
Du Siyin was a little surprised. He only said that there was a problem with the account book, and didn't directly mention the housekeeper's name. After all, Steward Wang had worked in Qingfengyuan for a long time, and it was likely that Xu Ting would be concerned and deal with it in private.
Unexpectedly, Xu Ting named Butler Wang directly in front of him.
"You don't need to worry about this matter. Butler Wang is an old man in the house. I will tell my father and let him decide."
If Du Siyin is allowed to handle such a senior domestic servant, it will easily cause a commotion.
Du Siyin nodded, he was intelligent and transparent, of course he understood that Xu Ting was thinking of him.
"But after you come, Qingfengyuan doesn't need a housekeeper anymore."
Du Siyin hummed, feeling extremely beautiful in her heart.
The atmosphere was good, but Xu Ting's face suddenly changed, "What's in the soup?"
Du Siyin panicked unexpectedly, "No, I don't know."
Xu Ting: "Didn't you make the soup?"
"Uncle An told the kitchen to stew it!"
Xu Ting sighed inwardly, immediately picked up Du Siyin, turned around and walked behind the bookshelf.
Fortunately, there is a soft couch in the study...
She said that when she drank it just now, she felt that the soup tasted a bit fishy, but she just thought that it was stewed by Du Siyin himself, and her intentions are important, so there is no need to mention some small flaws to spoil the scenery.
Now it seems that it should be stewed with deer penis, tiger penis, etc...
Du Siyin didn't realize what was going on until he was placed on the soft couch with most of his clothes off, and he blushed instantly.
The meeting gift from the brother-in-law, the two beauty-loving young men liked it very much, and they couldn't wait to wear it the next day.
To match the jewelry on her head, Xu Mei chose a bright red skirt, while Xu Yue wore a moon-white skirt.
The two walked towards Qingfengyuan excitedly, talking and laughing lightly and crisply, like orioles in March.
They saw Xu Jing in the pavilion in the back garden. Xu Yue urged Xu Mei to call him in a low voice, but Xu Mei reluctantly shouted: "Xu Jing! Let's go and play with my brother-in-law, do you want to go?"
Xu Jing immediately rejected them, "I won't go!"
"My father told me to do something later, so I'll go back first."
After speaking, Xu Jing hurriedly left the garden.
"Xu Jing didn't even wear the jewelry my brother-in-law gave me, I want to see what kind of jewelry my brother-in-law gave him!
Such beautiful jewelry, he can really bear it. "
Xu Mei and Xu Yue whispered.
It was announced that Shi Nu's two younger brothers were coming, and Du Siyin hurriedly asked Shuqin to lead them in.
He was leaning on the couch now, his eyes were still a little red, and he was full of laziness.
Fortunately, Xu Mei and Xu Yue, the two young masters who have not left the cabinet, can't understand these subtle tricks.
"Brother-in-law!"
"Sit down."
Xu Mei immediately sat on the other side of the couch.
Xu Ting beckoned to Shuqin, "Go get Brother Yue'er a soft stool."
Shuqin groaned, then went into the back room and moved a soft stool in front of the couch, close to Xu Mei.
"Brother-in-law, where is sister?"
"She went to practice."
Du Siyin called Chan'er again, "Go and get some nuts, dried fruits and pastries to satisfy my brothers' hunger."
Xu Mei: "Brother-in-law, look, the jewelry you gave me and Xiaoyue is so beautiful, we like it very much."
Du Siyin looked at the two of them with a smile, but showed some doubts.
What Xu Mei wore was obviously for Xu Yue, but Xu Yue wore pearl jewelry for Xu Mei.
Xu Yue immediately said, "My brother and I both liked the jewelry that my brother-in-law gave me so much, so we changed each other's jewelry so that we can all wear it."
I was afraid that Du Siyin would misunderstand that they didn't like the gift from Du Siyin, so they exchanged it.
Du Siyin could tell from this, Xu Mei was lively and extroverted but a little weak, while Xu Yue was quiet and thoughtful.
"In the past, we always thought about what kind of person would marry my sister. I thought that all the princes in Suizhou were not worthy of Sister Ting. Sure enough, Sister Ting went to the capital to marry her brother-in-law."
"The world daughter is very good to you."
"Well, Sister Ting is the best sister. Before Xiaoyue and I were bullied by others, Sister Ting immediately helped us vent our anger."
"Brother-in-law, you don't know, that fat and ugly son insisted on grabbing our favorite jewelry. Xiaoyue and I didn't bring much money at the time, so we were so angry. But sister Ting passed by suddenly and threw a gold ingot For the boss, that annoying ghost is crying!"
"anything else?"
Du Siyin listened with great interest, Xu Ting's life in Suizhou, the time before he met Xu Ting, he was very interested in what Xu Ting did.
From the narration of the two young masters, he seemed to see a high-spirited, domineering and gentle daughter.
On the matter of Sister Xuan, even the quiet Xu Yue couldn't help interjecting, as if worried that Xu Mei would not be able to get to the point.
There are some strange things, the two of them talked about Xu Ting between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, and the events of a longer period before that were rarely mentioned.
Maybe the two young masters were young at that time, so they couldn't remember anything.
Du Siyin was only puzzled for a moment, then forgot about it.
"Which one of you is the best girl?" Du Siyin joked to the two of them.
Xu Mei curled her lips unhappily, "Xu Jing, he's used to be good with his sister."
This surprised Du Siyin, he thought it was Xu Mei and Xu Yue who would fight to say it was him.
It was getting late, Du Siyin asked Chan'er to go inside to get three boxes of rouge.
"These brightly colored and novel styles are most suitable for young men like you. These three boxes are the rouge from Treasure Square. The color is too peachy. My brother-in-law is too old to wear it on my face. Give it to you."
"You two choose first, and take the remaining one to Brother Jing'er."
"Thank you brother-in-law!" Xu Mei picked it up immediately, but Xu Yue only took another one while Xu Mei opened the lid to take a look.
When a new husband enters the house, he attaches great importance to his parents, and his brother-in-law is true, but the most important thing is the attitude of the wife.
If the head of the wife likes to respect, the husband will respect, but if the head of the wife hates and despises, the husband doesn't have to show any good looks.
Shi Nu treats these three younger brothers well, so he treats these three younger brothers well.
On the way back, Xu Yue asked who was going to deliver Rouge.
Xu Mei said angrily: "I want to go to you, but I won't go! I'm so eccentric every day, who owes him money!"
Xu Yue muttered: "Who made you always bully him when you were young?"
So Xu Yue went to Le Yun Shijun's yard and handed the rouge to Xu Jing.
"Given by my brother-in-law, the rouge from Zhenbao Pavilion is particularly good in color and fragrance. I specially reserve the best one for you."
Unexpectedly, Xu Jing didn't even have a smiling face, so she said in a copious voice: "Thank you."
Xu Yue didn't care and left. He also couldn't see that after Xu Jing turned back to the room, she threw the box of rouge on the ground and shattered it.
The author has something to say: Today's word count is a bit too much, so it's a bit late. Everyone.