You Can't Be Fierce Towards Me!

Fu Huang asked Dai Fu to clean up the guest house again, and Zhou Chuanqing temporarily stayed in Fu's house.

Every morning Zhou Chuanqing would go to the study to give him lectures, most of which were based on the books Fu Tian read, and told many allusions he had never heard before, and occasionally some unofficial history that was not in the book. This kind of teaching method like listening to stories maximizes It aroused Fu Tian's interest, and he was in high spirits every day in class.

After taking the class for half a month, Fu Tian not only could recite the book backwards, but also mastered many obscure and incomprehensible places.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of April. After a few heavy rains, the weather became warmer and warmer. The heavy robes were replaced with light and elegant thin clothes. Summer has already begun to appear.

That day when Fu Tian was studying in the study as usual, Qing Bi, Fu Youqin's personal maid, suddenly ran in anxiously, "My lord, my lady fainted at the door!"

Fu Tian was startled, and immediately got up and walked out with her, "What's going on?"

Qingbi was full of anxiety. Today she went to inspect the shop with his wife as usual. When she got up in the morning, her face was not very good. Qingbi originally advised her to take a rest for a day before going back, but there were so many things going on recently. Fu Youqin was worried. Suppressing the discomfort, he went out, but when he got to the door, he suddenly fainted when he got into the carriage.

Everyone was terrified, but the housekeeper reacted quickly and asked someone to send him back to the main courtyard first, and quickly called the doctor over.

The doctor was feeling the pulse when Fu Tian rushed over.

He wanted to go forward but was afraid of affecting the doctor's pulse detection, so he could only anxiously look at Fu Youqin who was lying quietly on the bed.

Fu Youqin's face was as pale as paper, with some unhealthy sallowness in it. In just over a month, she had already lost a lot of weight than before.

After receiving the news, Fu Shuyue also rushed over, seeing the doctor stopped cautiously, and asked Fu Tian in a low voice, "How is mother?"

Fu Tian shook his head, the siblings could only anxiously wait for the doctor's diagnosis.

After taking the pulse, the doctor took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote down the names of several medicines, "Take three medicines according to my prescription and drink first."

"Old man, what's wrong with my mother?" Asking Qingbi to grab the medicine first, Fu Tian asked anxiously,

"Excessive worry and overwork make you sick."

The old doctor shook his head, "Madam Fu is tired due to her illness, and she needs to take care of herself these days."

Fu Tian was taken aback for a moment, remembering that Fu Youqin was so busy these days that he was able to meet with them and talk to them for a few words, and the rest of the time he either went to the shop or the Zhuangzi to inspect, or read the account books in the big study. He was really busy and had no time to rest. .

Feeling sorry for her being too tired alone, Fu Tian mentioned several times that she wanted to help, but at that time Fu Youqin always smiled and touched his head, saying that it would not be too late to hand it over to him after everything was sorted out.

Although Fu Tian wanted to help, he couldn't resist Fu Youqin's persistence, so he could only focus on his studies.

"Then do you want to prescribe some medicine to regulate your body?" Fu Tian pursed his lips.

"It's three-point medicine." The old doctor waved his hand, "Take the three sets of medicine I prescribed, and then take a good rest. Don't overwork, it will be fine naturally."

Fu Huang nodded in response, and after politely sending the doctor away, he took the medicine that Qingbi had caught to decoct, while Fu Shuyue stayed to take care of Fu Youqin.

When he arrived at the small kitchen, Fu Tian skillfully added firewood to the small stove. After lighting the fire, he poured the medicine into the casserole, added water and then fried it on high heat. Bi wanted to pick up the fan in his hand, but Fu Tian avoided it.

He has been doing the job of decocting medicine for a long time. After his mother fell ill, they couldn't afford good medicinal materials, so they could only prescribe the cheapest medicine and hang on reluctantly. The last three times, the medicine will be replaced when the smell of the medicine fades.

Only those who have experienced it will understand the hardships and despair, so that Fu Tian's nose is still sore by conditioned reflex when he smells the familiar bitter smell of traditional Chinese medicine.

Qingbi noticed his expression and comforted him: "Young master, don't worry too much, the doctor also said, rest for a while, madam will be fine."

Fu Tian forced a smile, thinking of Fu Youqin's running around during this time, his fingers tightened, so he handed the fan to Qingbi, asked her to guard the medicine, and turned to find the housekeeper by himself.

During this period of time, apart from Qing Bi who followed closely, the butler followed Fu Youqin the most.

The butler was rescued by Fu Youqin on the side of the road.Not long after Fu Youqin gave birth back then, she saw Fu Ji fainted from starvation on the side of the road, so she took her back to the mansion to do a long-term job. Fu Ji was grateful for her kindness, and kept doing things conscientiously. The old housekeeper saw that he was smart and willing to work. , so he was chosen as an apprentice, and after the old housekeeper retired, Fu Ji took over the position of housekeeper.

He has always been loyal to Fu Youqin, and Fu Youqin also trusts him very much, leaving many things to him to handle.

Fu Ji stood guard outside, and when he saw Fu Tian approaching, he bowed slightly, with a worried face on his face.

"Uncle Ji, I want to ask you some questions."

There was a smile on Fu Ji's face, "If you have any questions, just ask the young master."

Fu Huang looked at the back room, this is not a place to talk, so he took Fu Ji to the study.

It was still early, and the study room was a little dark. Fu Ji stepped forward and opened the window for ventilation, poured another cup of tea for Fu Tian, ​​and then bowed slightly and stood in front of Fu Tian.

"Uncle Ji, sit down, there's only the two of us, so there's no need to be so formal." Fu Tian said.

Fu Ji shook his head, still standing, "Young Master, you can ask whatever you want, I'll just stand."

Seeing that he really didn't want to, Fu Tian didn't want to force it. He thought for a while, and said carefully, "I want to ask about the things in the shop..."

"Is there something wrong with the shop recently?"

The shop has never been so busy before, even if it is managed by another owner, it shouldn't make the mother work like this, unless there is something wrong that makes the mother have to worry and work all day long.

"This..." Fu Ji looked a little embarrassed, and looked at Fu Tian hesitantly.

Seeing his hesitation, Fu Tian straightened his expression, and said seriously: "I know that my mother and you all still treat me as a child, but now I am the only man in the house. I can't always make my mother work hard, and sooner or later I have to choose Taking on the burden of the Fu family, even if you don't tell me today, I will ask my mother when she recovers from her illness."

Fu Ji sighed, looking at him with some relief, no one knew how difficult it was for his wife better than him.

Previously, in order to maintain the balance of the family, she never interfered with business matters, and completely trusted Wen Boli to take care of them. Even his housekeeper, because he was Madam's confidant, rarely participated in business matters.

Unexpectedly, good intentions would not be rewarded. Wen Boli is an ambitious villain. Although he has driven him away now, the mess he left behind has to be cleaned up.

The largest property of the Fu family is Zhuangzi and the fields. The grain that Zhuangzi collects every year is sold through his own rice shop.The Fu family's rice and grain shops are spread all over Nanming County, and there are two in the small Sifang Town, not to mention the shops in other places.

During the time when he took over the business, he and his wife first inspected the various villages and shops, collected all the accounts from the past years and re-accounted for them.

I really don't know, but I was shocked, even the two shops that should be the most profitable, are losing money year by year!

But in fact, the harvest of Fujiazhuangzi is good every year, and the recovered grain is sent to the shop in batches, but the shop is losing money year after year. What this means is self-evident.

There are moths in the store, and for a while.

But no one has ever discovered this problem before. Perhaps Wen Boli, a scholar, did not understand business matters and was deceived by others. It may also be that he conspired with the store manager to make false accounts all the time.

It wasn't until this time that Fu Youqin matched the accounts on the Zhuangzi with the accounts on the shop and found that they didn't match at all, that's when he discovered the problem.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, the world has become more and more peaceful. Although the price of rice and grain has dropped a lot, it is still profitable because of the large quantity. It is understandable for one store to lose money, but several stores are losing money together, and the accounts are unreasonable. Clearly, there is a big problem here.

The shops that had the problem were the ones with the best locations, and the people in charge were all old people who had been in charge for more than ten years. Fu Youqin only found out that the accounts of the two sides did not match, but he couldn't produce any actual evidence to prove that there was a problem with the shops. .

And once it turns out that there are a few stewards guarding themselves and stealing, the people in the shop will have to change their lives, and it will affect the whole body.

That's why Fu Youqin was so worried. He had to inspect the rest of the shops during the day, and he had to look at the account books when he came back at night. There were a few problems that had not been resolved. If other problems were found, there would be no need for business this year.

"Madam won't let me tell young master and miss, just because I'm afraid you will worry too."

Fu Ji looked anxious and had nothing to do, but in fact he agreed to let Fu Tian come to help, after all, this big business would have to be handed over to him sooner or later.It's just that the wife doted too much on her two children before, and even he didn't know if Fu Tian was capable of taking on this burden.

But now it seems that the young master is still the wife's child after all, even if he was a little naive before being doted on, at least he still has this responsibility.