As they were talking, Yudong and Mr. Wang had already moved several thick account books over. Some of the account books were hidden, and Mr. Wang was afraid that people would see them, so he piled them at the bottom and cleared them out at this time.
After Qu Moying picked out a few books that were not available in the mansion and looked at them, he put down the account book and began to ponder.
"Miss, do you feel something is wrong?" Mr. Wang asked hurriedly when he saw Qu Moying silent and thoughtful.
"Has the profit been so good in recent years?" Qu Moying looked at the final data of the year and asked in surprise. The profit was so good that it was almost as good as that of Yuejin Pavilion next door.
But Yuejinge is a gold shop after all. Outsiders will feel that it is extraordinary at first sight, so business will naturally be better.
"Yes, it has been pretty good in recent years. I don't know where the Second Madam got some goods from. Some of them seem to be tributes and are sold in the store."
Aunt Yang said, frowning.
How can tribute be sold casually? It is a crime to buy and sell tribute privately. Qu Moying flipped through the books carefully again and saw the sources of these goods. The sources were all from the Jiangnan area. Her eyebrows could not help but frowned and her eyes darkened: "Aunt Yang, are you sure that some of them are tribute?"
"Yes, I have carefully looked at some of the goods before. Although they all say they are from Jiangnan, they are not actually from the Yue family in Jiangnan. I originally thought it was strange and privately asked some people who bought goods from Jiangnan, and they all said that there is no such source of goods."
Aunt Yang said with a serious face that she had kept this matter in her heart, which made her very uneasy. Now that Qu Moying asked her, she naturally told it out. Although she had only had a brief contact with the Fourth Young Lady in front of her, Aunt Yang was very convinced and said some of her hidden words out loud.
The supply of goods from the Jiangnan area was not sent by the Yue family, so it must have been done privately by the Yu family. However, the Yu family did not have such great ability to obtain such tribute-like supply.
The Qu Mansion is the residence of a vice minister, which is much lower than that of a first-rank official. It is also not a famous family in the capital. When the Qu Mansion came to Beijing, that is, this generation, or when Qu Zhizhen passed the exam, they were just an ordinary wealthy family before that. It is impossible for them to have connections that can reach the tribute level.
Aunt Yang said that some of the materials were tributes, and she couldn't be wrong based on her knowledge, and she had also checked it. It wasn't from Jiangnan, but it was listed as a source from Jiangnan. Qu Moying thought about it for a while and felt full of doubts.
The account book disappeared. Is it because of the tribute
Are they Yu’s people
"Is there still such tribute now?" Qu Moying asked.
"No, we haven't had any since last year. There are only some ordinary goods." Aunt Yang said, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Miss, there was a batch of embroidery tents that were not completely sold out. It happened that we stopped the year before last. I don't know why, but we stopped all of a sudden, and then there was a backlog, but there are not many, they are not big goods."
"Can we still find it?" Qu Moying asked.
"It should be possible. I will go find it in a while." Aunt Yang said. She saw those things at that time, and then some things were piled up there. More than a year has passed, so they should still be there. However, there are a lot of things piled up there, so it will not be easy to find them in a short time.
"Okay, look for it later and tell me when you find it. As for the working capital of this store, my grandmother also gave me
I'll give you some, you can use them first, if you need anything, bring in some, hire the right people, and sort it out first." Qu Moying glanced at Yu Dong, who took out a few banknotes from his sleeves and pushed them over. They were all large banknotes, which were specially sent by Madam Tai to Wu Ma.
Restarting the shop now does require a large sum of money, and Yu Qian had already squandered all the money he had before.
"Don't worry, Miss. I will handle the matter as soon as possible and make sure that everything can be implemented." Aunt Yang promised with red eyes.
Although the Fourth Young Miss had never managed a shop, she knew a lot about shop affairs. Originally, she was worried about how to say that she needed some start-up capital.
Although there is a lot of inventory in the store, a new batch of goods has just arrived and I need money to buy them.
"Aunt Yang, if you have any problems in the future, you can come directly to the mansion to find Yudong, and he will tell me." Qu Moying pointed at Yudong and said.
Yudong smiled and bowed to Aunt Yang.
Knowing that she was the maidservant of the Fourth Young Miss, Aunt Yang did not dare to neglect her. She hurriedly called her "Miss Yudong" and greeted her.
"Miss, the son of Marquis Yongning is here and wants to see you!" As they were speaking, Nanny Miao, who had just gone outside to check, walked in and said with a gloomy face.
Nanny Miao did not have a good impression of the Yongning Marquis's son, who was only interested in stepping on her own young lady to gain a good reputation, but was secretly having an affair with Yu's niece.
This man had no sincere intention of marrying his young lady. When the young lady first met him in the mansion, he ignored her. He ignored his fiancée and was ambiguous with other women. Nanny Miao really couldn't like her.
I originally thought that this person and my young lady had no more contact, but I didn't expect that he would have the nerve to come to my door. It didn't look like an accidental encounter, but rather like he came here on purpose.
Although she was not happy about it, she was just a servant and had to come in and report.
Why did Xu Lipeng come to see him? Qu Moying frowned and said calmly, "Please come over and see Master Xu."
Nanny Miao had no choice but to step back and ask someone to come in.
Aunt Yang and Mr. Wang also retreated and went to clean up everything in the store.
Xu Lipeng walked in slowly, his handsome face looking a little gloomy, with only a servant by his side, and followed Nanny Miao into the shopkeeper's room.
Seeing Qu Moying sitting inside, his brows unconsciously frowned.
The person in front of him was still Qu Moying, exactly the same as in his memory. A long veil bound her face. Although she looked good, it made people think that she had an eye disease.
Unlike the first time they met, she seemed to be talking to the maid beside her, gently and softly, and her expression was natural and elegant. Even if she had an eye disease, it didn't seem that important. Her expression and temperament were not as panicky and gloomy as when they first met. She even made him feel that she was as beautiful as jade.
Even though he couldn't see her face clearly, he was certain that there must be a beauty underneath her face, which was completely different from what he had thought before.
But in fact, it is obviously the same person.
In the past, he never looked down on Qu Moying. Even if he married her in the future, it would only be a facade, a facade with a good reputation for him. Compared with Yu Qingmeng, Yu Qingmeng was the woman he recognized. But now, it seems that there is no comparison between Yu Qingmeng and her.
If he had not broken off the engagement at that time, would he have felt that marrying the woman in front of him was actually a very good thing? Even if Yu Qingmeng did not have an eye disease, she was far inferior to her. Whether it was her temperament, posture, or even her words and deeds, all showed that the woman in front of him had received a better education.
He is not as talentless and ugly as others have rumored.
If I had known this, shouldn't I have gone to see it myself and checked it out? Xu Lipeng pursed his lips tightly, his eyes became darker, and his anger inexplicably subsided.
"Master Xu." Seeing someone coming, Qu Moying stood up and bowed sideways.
"Miss Qu Si, you are too polite." Xu Lipeng said, and the two of them sat down again as host and guest.
"Master Xu, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" Qu Moying didn't have the patience to say anything to him. After sitting down, he went straight to the point.
"I want to ask Miss Qu Si something." Xu Lipeng stared at her with mixed feelings. Is this woman in front of him, who is so graceful and calm when facing him, really his fiancée whom he has never even looked at before
"What's the matter, please tell me." Qu Moying asked briefly, raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Lipeng. He was very surprised to see Xu Lipeng.
What on earth was going on that made Xu Lipeng come to see her? She was very curious, but one thing was certain, Xu Lipeng would not do anything good!
"It seems Fourth Miss Qu has been planning this for a long time!" After carefully looking at Qu Moying, Xu Lipeng suddenly rushed up and sneered.
Qu Moying put down the account book in her hand heavily, and looked at the Yongning Marquis's son through her veil with cold eyes, "What do you mean, Master Xu?"
"She didn't like the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, but she liked the Fengyang Earl's Mansion. It's really interesting! I didn't expect that the Fourth Miss Qu, who looked delicate and weak and seemed to be very obedient to the rules of a lady, turned out to be such a person." Xu Lipeng sneered coldly, his eyes fixed on Qu Moying with anger.
"What Master Xu said is very strange. What's going on with the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and the Fengyang Marquis' Mansion? Does it have anything to do with me?" Qu Moying smiled slightly, her cherry lips curled up with a bit of contempt. It turned out that Xu Lipeng had bad intentions.
"It has nothing to do with Miss Qu Si? What about Yan Yu?"
Xu Lipeng suppressed his anger.
"Who is that?" Qu Moying said nonchalantly, tapping the account book lightly with his fingers, his eyes falling on Xu Lipeng's face, "Master Xu, I don't care what rumors you have heard, or who you believed, but please make things clear before you speak. Besides, there is one thing, Master Xu, don't you know it yet? I have nothing to do with you anymore!"
She didn't think there should be any entanglement between the two since they had already called off the engagement.
Although Qu Moying's words were gentle, they were also filled with her unique aloofness, as if she had been like this since the two of them started talking.
But these words were said very bluntly, without even showing any mercy to Xu Lipeng.
Xu Lipeng didn't expect Qu Moying's counterattack to be so fierce. He was originally feeling extremely angry, but because of Qu Moying's words, it was as if someone poured a bucket of cold water over him, chilling him from head to toe. It also made him realize that he was indeed not qualified, and he fell silent for a moment.
He came here today on impulse, an impulse he had never felt before.
He didn't have to come...