Gu Qingci waited for the shopkeepers to leave before getting out from behind the screen, looking at Li Chengze with admiration.
I just felt that Li Chengze's aura was frightening, he was clearly restrained but it made people dare not make mistakes, his cold appearance made people feel frightened.
She didn't even know that Li Chengze looked like this when he was talking about things and meeting outsiders.
But it's not surprising when I think about it again. It was also scary when Li Chengze taught her a lesson and frightened her. She still can't forget it now.
"Let's go now? Mr. Gong, are there really problems with those people? Is the account book wrong?" Gu Qingci asked.
Li Cheng glanced at her, "What do you think?"
Gu Qingci put his hands on his hips, and hummed: "Then let them do what they want, and just slap them all down."
It looks like a look of jealousy and hatred in the eyes.
"You, you." Li Cheng shook his head and sighed, "Do you think that if other people come up, they will all be fine? It is only a bad idea to make them obedient and do things for you. It's a matter."
"If you make such a mistake, can you keep it?"
Seeing that Gu Qingci was ignorant, Li Cheng said to her slowly: "Then let me ask you, this shop was given to you by the Gu family, but did you use these people before that?"
Gu Qingci nodded: "Yes, it's my mother's shop,"
"Then let me ask you again, when your mother was in charge of the shop, did they ever have such a big corruption or negligence?"
Gu Qingci shook her head lightly: "I never heard from my mother."
"Isn't that enough? You are doing well under the hands of your mother-in-law. Why on earth do you have such a greedy family and use fake accounts to hide it from you?"
"Yes, why." Gu Qingci followed up.
"Because you're stupid." Then he raised his fan and knocked Gu Qingci on the head.
"You, why are you swearing at people!" Gu Qingci was so angry that he casually picked up an orange from the desk and threw it at the person, but Li Chengze caught it.
He smiled muffledly, coughed a few times, and said seriously, "Okay, I won't tease you, this incident is to tell you a truth, you, the master, must not be confused, you must know better than the servants More, so that people will respect you and dare not hide it. You must not use benefits to test human nature, understand?"
"oh."
"I will teach you bit by bit in the future. You must learn to read accounts and know people. After all, it is your dowry and I can't keep interfering."
"good."
Li Cheng was not used to counting, and he still used Arabic numerals when making accounts and tabulations, which was more clear at a glance. At this moment, I simply picked up the ledger and took it, broke it into pieces and told Gu Qingci how to make a watch and how to compare it. Others report the accounts to her every six months, but she needs to know the monthly interest and profit.
Li Cheng often travels outside, so he knows all kinds of prices. The accounts of these shops are really not complicated.
Gu Qingci is not an idiot either, with such clear numbers listed in front of his eyes, he can't even figure it out.
Li Cheng held Gu Qingci in front of him, pointed to a part of the account book and said, "Where is the account of this silk and satin shop? Take brocade brocade as an example, its buying price is twenty-two pieces, but you Seeing that it says forty taels and one horse, it is doubled directly, and the extra twenty taels is taken by others. This is still the most crude method, and others will make others .Now, do you know what you look like in the eyes of those shopkeepers?"
Gu Qingci stared at her angrily, she just took her for a fool!
"It makes no sense!"
"Calm down, don't think that the wind is the rain." Li Cheng gave her a light look, "If you want to be a smart person, you should find a maid to go outside to inquire after what I have told you. Whether the price of Yunjin is really as I said, we will judge later, because what you hear may not necessarily be true, and what I said may not necessarily be true."
Gu Qingci frowned, "Sir, are you saying that you will lie to me?"
Li Chengze: "..."
Fu E helpless: "I'm teaching you to have this awareness. Otherwise, I'll give you an example. Just listen to it, and say that one day, one of your friends quietly told you that your husband had bought a Actor, do you believe it or not? Or do you want to convict people just because of this sentence without evidence and without investigation?"
Gu Qingci's face turned dark, "You are too bad!"
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows, "Just for example, why do you say bad things about your husband?"
Gu Qingci: "..."
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The two stayed in the study for half a day, and in the evening, Mrs. Sun called for dinner and asked Li Chengze and Gu Qingci to go there together.
At the dinner table, although Sun's face was smiling, she was a bit reluctant, and it seemed that she had something on her mind, so Bai stayed silent and just bowed her head to eat.
After dinner, Mrs. Sun left Gu Qingci alone, and said to Li Chengze: "I have a few words with your wife, you go by yourself first."
Li Cheng smiled and agreed.
Then Mrs. Sun went to see Mrs. Bai, her expression was not so good, the corners of her mouth drooped, and said: "You take Chaner Zhier back to the room, the first three girls brought over two pieces of satin, I remember one is pink Yes, it’s very tender, you can make some clothes with their sisters, they are both born in July, and the two are getting older every year now, you should take care of yourself as a mother.”
I didn't say it clearly, but everyone could hear the meaning, that is, the two sisters should talk about their husband's family.
The Bai family is a bit patriarchal, and doesn't take her daughter very seriously. She has the energy to think about Li Chengze's yard every day, but she doesn't care about her two daughters at all. It didn't say to make a good dress for the eldest girl, but Mrs. Sun saw Li Zhi embroidering the sleeves of a dress for herself, and after asking, she realized that the cuffs were worn out.
Mrs. Bai was very picky, and she didn't want to spend more money on her two daughters, but the old lady said something, so she responded with a smile, and then took the two of them out.
Li Cheng gave Gu Qingci a reassuring look while taking advantage of the time, before walking out.
After about two cups of tea, Gu Qingcibai came back from the old lady in the east courtyard.
She pursed her lips, raised her eyebrows, and looked unhappy.
Li Cheng frowned and thought about it for a while, he probably guessed something, he waved his hand to make the maids retreat, attracting Gu Qingci to speak in front of him.
While stroking her back, while lowering her head slightly, she said softly: "What did grandma say to you?"
In the past, if Gu Qingci felt wronged, she would stare at each other early in the morning, or lose her temper, but now it is strange, she just keeps her head down, keeps silent, and sniffs when asked.
This made Li Chengze feel more and more guilty. He knew that the most likely thing about Sun was that Gu Qingci had no children, but he had clearly said hello before? Why would you mention it
Li Cheng naturally didn't know that Mrs. Bai went down to poke the old lady's heart with the words of his son.
He coaxed Gu Qingci, and asked her if the old lady forced her.
Gu Qingci raised her head, Li Cheng saw that her eyes were flushed, she bit her lip with a stubborn expression, and suddenly said in a muffled voice, "Don't you like me, Mr. Xiang?"
"I..." Li Chengze just opened his mouth and paused for a moment, and he smiled wryly in his heart. How should he explain, saying that she is underage, or that it is a crime for him to touch her now
In the end, he could only sigh, and said: "What are you thinking about, if you don't like who you like."
Gu Qingci rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, his voice sounded like crying, "Then why are you doing this to me?"
Li Cheng was at a loss for words, and thought about it silently, whether what he did was not good enough.
Gu Qingci is only in her teens, she is a child herself, and she has to give birth to a child, let alone the risk of childbirth, how can she be a good mother at such an older age
What a headache.
But he also knew that the ancient times were not as good as the modern ones, and not allowing Gu Qingci to have a child was to put a lot of pressure on her invisibly.
That's all, Li Cheng rubbed his temples, maybe his bottom line was just a joke.
"Don't cry, it's mine."
Gu Qingci was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at her, blinked, a tear rolled down from her eyelashes, and then went to the other side awkwardly after a while.
Li Cheng tried to calm him down, and called the servant girl to come in and wait for Gu Qingci to wash up, and then rested after turning off the lights.
The next day, Li Cheng will accompany Gu Qingci back to the Hou's mansion. This time, he not only met the old lady, but also the Lord Hou and the eldest lady.
When Gu Houye met Li Chengze, he took a few homework exams and encouraged him to study hard in the academy and not to slack off.
The eldest lady is much more kind, talking to the second wife on the one hand, and saying that the good girl Gu Qingci has become more sensible and progressive.
But Hou Ye suddenly said: "The official family has announced that many princes from aristocratic families have entered the palace in the past few days."
Li Cheng was stunned for a second, and quickly realized, "Is it to understand the lock on the lion-like beast?"
Lord Hou nodded, quite satisfied with his tact, and continued: "For a few days, no one has been able to solve it, not even a clue, the officials are naturally in a bad mood, and ordered to recruit skilled craftsmen from the people into the palace. "
Li Cheng didn't know why Master Hou said this to him, did he think he had the ability to solve it
Fortunately, the other party explained to him soon, "The Holy Majesty must have missed the opportunity, and ordered twenty talented and learned people to enter the palace every day to observe the mechanism at a close distance. Tomorrow, people can enter our mansion, so you just follow Gu." Xuan and his brothers go together."
It's not that Lord Hou thinks that Li Chengze is great, it's just that he is giving the opportunity in front of him, and it doesn't hinder anything if he makes up the number of people to send in.
Li Cheng understood, so he nodded in response. If he was asked to risk recommending himself alone, he would definitely not go, and it would be fine if dozens of people came together.
Since you have to get up early tomorrow to enter the palace, the eldest lady asked Li Chengze to stay overnight today.
Li Cheng agreed without much hesitation, so as not to cause trouble and delay, and then ordered a boy to go to Li's house, and told the old lady not to worry.
The second wife was very happy, she turned her head and gave the servant girl a wink, needless to say the servant girl understood, she stepped back and went to clean up the house for the uncle.
Since the second room lost Aunt Zhou, the second wife is refreshed, she seems to be several years younger.
Seeing her daughter live a more decent and comfortable life, I am happier than anything else.
Li Cheng went with Gu Xuan first, and the second wife took Gu Qingci and said affectionately: "My son, I haven't come here for a long time to make my mother panic, and I didn't have time to say a few words that day."