Several people hesitated for a while, and one of them took a step forward, saying: "But I don't know that the master is not in good health, and it happened to be rude to come here. If not, I will go back first, and come back in a few days. I still want to see the girl and report to the master. One or two." At any rate, the man didn't tell Yuchuan to take the ledger directly to Gu Qingci.
The first two times I came back, they said it was checking the accounts, but Gu Qingci was impatient, and couldn't understand the reasoning for a while, and just turned a few pages before telling him to quit.
I didn't even say a few words to these shopkeepers and managers, let alone see any problems or criticize them.
In this way, do you think these people can think nothing of it
The master doesn't care much, and they are afraid that no one will know what they are doing.
No matter which one, when it comes time to check the accounts, the servants always tense up, or straighten the accounts so that there is no trace.
If they meet a formidable master, even if they want to change their minds, they dare not.
As for Gu Qingci's subordinates, most of them belonged to the second wife. After they were transferred to Gu Qingci, they were also worried for a while, not knowing who the new master would be. I can only live on tight skin.
God bless, last year, I met Gu Qingci for the first time, and after a little testing, I knew that this was someone who didn't care about things. Both the shop and the Zhuangzi's field were very confused. They said they were checking the accounts, but in fact it was not the case at all. Pick up and say a few words, and then report the profits.
They all had friendly smiles on their faces, and left after remittance. When I came again this time, I felt no pressure in my heart. A few people at the door were smiling and greeting each other, as if it was a very simple and easy thing to come to report and check the accounts.
It's just that Gu Qingci never expected to see anyone, but asked them to reconcile the account with Li Chengze.
Yu Chuan frowned when he heard that, and immediately emphasized again: "Grandma said that she can go to check with the uncle, she is tired, and I don't know if she doesn't want to see anyone in a few days. So why do you need to make another trip, go and report it quickly, the uncle is only free at this point."
The shopkeepers knew nothing about Li Chengze, so they were naturally beating drums in their hearts, and they were not very willing.
One person rolled his eyes and said with a embarrassed face: "Well, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to say this, and it's hard to say it. After all, it's the dowry of the young mistress, so it's nothing for the uncle to intervene."
Yu Chuan was even more unhappy, with a half-smile, and said: "As servants, we should only do things according to the master's orders, and don't worry about other things. Let's go, everyone, I will lead you there, grandma is waiting for you." There are people waiting on you."
These shopkeepers outside are in charge, and those boys and girls are not flattering when they see them. They didn't expect to be pointed at their noses by a maid serving in the inner house.
He flung his sleeves and snorted and followed.
Li Cheng was waiting in the study room, and he raised his head every time he came in, still writing.
It's not as easy as seeing a female doll. They didn't dare to be presumptuous. After all, Li Chengze is a man. It's inconvenient for a woman to reply through a screen. It doesn't exist in Li Chengze's case.
After a while, Li Chengze just put down his pen, and his eyes just swept over him in such a calm and cold manner, which gave people a bad premonition.
Li Cheng didn't have time to beat around the bush, so he ordered someone to hand over the account book.
A few people can only follow suit.
Li Cheng took it, one after another, flipping through it in his hand.
The room was very quiet, and Li Cheng was sitting by the table, with no emotion on his face.
For a while, I only heard the sound of pages turning, which was very clear.
The few people stood at the bottom, and the longer they waited, the more disturbed they became, and they even started to sweat faintly on their backs.
I don't know how long it has passed, but it should be about two sticks of incense.
Li Cheng suddenly closed the ledger with the blue cover in his hand, and just threw it on the table.
There was a soft snap.
It made those people's hearts skip a beat.
Li Chengze laughed and said, "This is the account book you showed the master? It's really good."
It should be said that they were careless and lost their vigilance, or they didn't pay attention to Gu Qingci at all, so they dared to send such things to the master.
"...Wangpu, Silk and Satin Shop, Jade Store, Shiweixuan in Dongshi. For half a year's net profit, one has a balance of 150 taels, and the remaining two are 200 taels." Li Chengze tapped his fingers on the table, saying that he was worried. Laughed, and then said slowly, "Everyone, if I remember correctly, the three shops only talk about renting, and the rent is more than one thousand taels a year. What's the matter, you are so capable? Let the shop lose money in your hands So far? If that’s the case, what’s the use of me keeping you.”
Those few people wiped the sweat from their foreheads, but they couldn't calm down even if they wanted to. Who would have thought that this uncle was so unforgiving, and he didn't even have a superfluous word, and asked questions directly.
How did Gu Qingci know so much before, the shop is his own and there is no need for rent, and several shops send money over half a year, adding up to five or six hundred taels, which is more than one thousand taels a year. It looks like he has made a lot of money. At first they tried to test it, but after seeing that Gu Qingci was really ignorant, they got bolder and swallowed more.
"Master probably doesn't know, we already have a lot of profit, and the shop is not alone, it has a group of servants, and the business was deserted in the first half of the year, how can we make so much profit."
The person who spoke was the shopkeeper of the silk and satin village.
This clearly underestimates Li Chengze, or it can also be said that he has not yet recognized the current situation.
Li Cheng smiled and said lightly: "Then you don't have to be the shopkeeper anymore." After saying that, he shouted to the outside, "Yuanbao—"
"Master orders."
The man took a sip of tea without raising his eyelids, "Send Shopkeeper Liu out."
"yes."
Shopkeeper Liu didn't expect such a development at all, and was "sent" out by Yuan Bao before he could refute it.
The few remaining people were already fighting each other, and they could all see that Li Chengze was trying to make an example of others.
Li Cheng held the remaining basic ledger, threw it on the ground, and said, "Take it back and make the ledger again."
After coming out of the Li family's house, the few people let out a long breath, they were no longer as calm as before, and they were afraid for a while.
This Uncle Li is a powerful person.
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On the other side, Mrs. Bai sent green bamboos over before, but Li Cheng confiscated the house and only made people work in the yard. Although Mrs. Bai was dissatisfied, she didn't dare to talk too much when she saw that there were still old ladies above her who didn't speak. Day is going to call people over to ask questions, this is using people as eyeliner, staring at Gu Qingci's room, always wanting to see something.
It's just that Li Chengze sent people to the countryside not long after. The reasons were all ready-made. The master was not taken care of in his hometown, and the fields were so busy there that there was no one to clean up the house and cook. We can't ask the tenants to do everything, because people themselves have jobs.
Li Cheng said it sincerely, Sun also felt sorry for his son, so he didn't say anything, and felt that his grandson was filial and thought more about things than others.
Bai's face collapsed there, and he pursed his lips, not understanding why things got so bad over and over again.
He also felt that his son had changed a lot after marrying a wife, all of which were instigated by that wicked woman Gu Qingci.
She was still staring at the west courtyard twice a day.
Just today, I saw a few small sedan chairs coming, and the people who came out of them were all people wearing silk and satin clothes.
So I quietly handed over some money from a few rough envoys, who were disdainful but thought it was not such an important thing, so they said it after receiving the money, saying that the shopkeepers under grandma had come to deliver the bill.
When Bai knew about it, she felt even more distressed. She knew that Gu Qingci was richer than the entire Li family, and she could tell by looking at her warehouse. No ordinary person has his own private warehouse, let alone those shops. property.
When she learned that Gu Qingci had gone to a banquet held by the government, Bai Shi was so trembling that she couldn't speak, and she was a little scared.
She felt that people like Gu Qingci shouldn't come to her house at all, and since they came, they should know the height of their eyebrows like ordinary daughter-in-laws.
What she has always wanted is a daughter-in-law who is docile, obedient and easy to control, not someone like Gu Qingci, who ignores her at all.
As soon as the shopkeepers entered the yard through the side door, Bai closed the door, patted on his clothes and turned back to the yard.
Mrs. Sun is using a dustpan to spread out the fresh wild chrysanthemums that were taken care of yesterday, and is going to take them to the yard to dry. Chrysanthemum tea can clear away heat and detoxify and improve eyesight. It is very comfortable to soak a pot in summer and let it cool down. It is better than cold boiled water taste.
Seeing that Mrs. Sun was done, Mrs. Bai leaned over to speak.
He said something else first, and then led the conversation, saying that he had just seen some people making sedan chairs go to the east courtyard, and when she asked, they turned out to be people under Gu Qingci's subordinates.
Mrs. Sun raised her eyes and glanced at Mrs. Bai, "What do you do with your daughter-in-law's business?"
Bai smiled and said, "I think she's young. All those shopkeepers who are in charge have lived half their lives. Mother, how can she manage those people with a girl."
After finishing the dustpan, the old lady walked into the house and said, "I think you are worrying too much, because everyone is just like you. She comes from a small family and doesn't understand anything. She is from the Hou family. What things are not taught in the house? Even if she can't manage it well, there is no reason for you to intervene. What you are as a person is up to you to decide? Besides, there is Zeer, you have eyes and you can see the feelings of the young couple Well, granddaughter-in-law can't take care of her, so why don't she ask her husband?"
"Mom, I don't mean that. I just think she is too lonely and has a big heart. Although she is married to our family, she still treats us like outsiders and protects her own things so that we will take advantage of it and suffer a loss." Seems like, which daughter-in-law is like this, and she hasn't conceived for so long, and she doesn't know if she will be able to conceive or not."
Sun couldn't hear this the most, her son was her favorite, and she was tortured by her grandson before and agreed slowly, but she couldn't really feel at ease in her heart.
At this moment, Zhi Lala was poked in the heart by Mrs. Bai, and her face immediately lowered. The other party thought she knew it, but it still hurt her heart. The Li family now has only one grandson, and she misses it very much. Holding her great-grandson, the Bai family actually cursed Gu Qingci not to have children.
Regardless of what you think in your heart, you immediately cursed out, "You cruel and vicious thing, my family will be fine after your old Bai's family is wiped out! If you really have nothing to do, go to the countryside to take care of your man, I know what you beat My idea, you are the eyes of your granddaughter-in-law, and you feel uncomfortable seeing that you can't touch it, don't you, our family is short of your food or your use, so shallow-sighted!"
After being scolded, Bai's face turned red and pale, so ugly, she made two mumbles like mosquitoes, lowered her eyebrows and admitted her mistake, "Mother, I didn't mean that, I was also worried."
"It's better for you to be less thoughtful!" Sun said again in a sharp voice, and then turned around and went back to the room.