Fu Tian frowned. He knew that although his mother looked gentle on the outside, she was actually very strong. She would rather bear it alone than make him and her sister worry.

But they are a family, what can't be solved together.

Stretching out his hand and rubbing the center of his brows, Fu Tian calmed down the turbulent emotions for a while, and said in a low voice: "I see, my mother's body needs to rest, and I will figure out a solution for the things in the shop."

Fu Ji hesitated for a moment, "But the situation in the shop..."

"Uncle Ji should know all about the situation in the shop, right?" Fu Tian raised his head, his eyes gradually firmed up, "Tell me first, as for the unfinished accounts, I'll figure out a way."

Fu Ji bowed and told him everything he knew in detail.

There are 28 shops they inspected, and there are two in the nearest Sifang Town, one in the south and one in the north.The remaining 26 are all distributed in various towns in Nanming County, and the two largest rice shops are in Shangming Town.

Shangming Town is the center of the entire Nanming County. Because it is close to the north, anyone who wants to go north from the south of Shangming Town must go to Shangming Town, so this is the most prosperous and rich town in Nanming County.It covers a large area, has a large population, and it is more convenient to travel to and from the north, so there are also many businessmen.

The two shops in Shangming Town were the focus of their attention.

The Fu family's rice and grain store is a long-established brand for decades. It is famous for its conscience in business. The rice is always given in full catty. There have been no mistakes for many years, and any shop may suffer losses, but it is almost impossible for these two shops to suffer losses.

But this impossible situation just happened now, and several other shops that have been losing money for years are more or less close to Shangming Town, or have contacts with Shangming Town.This has to make people think too much.

If they want to find evidence, the best choice is to start with these two shops. One is that they have been in business for a long time, and they have the accounts of previous years for comparison.

Carefully remembering all the information Fu Ji said in his heart, Fu Tian looked at the sky outside, and got up to see if his mother was awake.

The two talked in the study for more than an hour, and it was already noon when they came out again.

At the door, I bumped into Qingbi who was walking over with a bowl of clear porridge. When Qingbi saw them, she smiled and said, "Madam woke up, and just now I asked you where you are."

"Really?" Fu Tian immediately became happy, and hurriedly strode in,

In the back room, Fu Youqin was indeed awake, with a pillow behind her waist leaning against the head of the bed, Fu Shuyue was carefully feeding her water.

It's just that although the person has woken up, he suffered too much before, and now when he erupts, his body seems to be hollowed out. He is very weak, and even his voice is weak.

Passing the cup to the daughter next to her, Fu Youqin turned her head and saw the younger son striding over anxiously. She forced a smile, "What did you do?"

"Li Qingnian came to me, so I went out to deal with it." Not wanting to bring up troubles at this time, Fu Tian just found a reason and pushed Li Qingnian as a shield.

Fu Youqin didn't think much about it, and said a few words to him, just as Qingbi came in with porridge, Fu Tian took it and fed her the porridge.

The medicine is still boiling, so I have to drink some porridge to cushion my stomach, so as not to hurt my stomach on an empty stomach.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, Fu Youqin's face turned red. Seeing that the two children were looking at her nervously, after a few words of comfort, she couldn't hold back her exhaustion and fell asleep.

Fu Huang took the pillow off her back, carefully laid the person flat and tucked in the quilt, then gestured to Fu Shuyue to let her talk outside.

Leaving Qingbi inside to take care of her, while her siblings came out one after another, Fu Shuyue looked at her younger brother with tight lips, feeling a little strange, "Is there anything you want me to say?"

Fu Tian picked and picked the things in the shop and told her, "I can't let my mother work alone, I will find a way to deal with the things in the shop, and you have to worry about it at home."

While my mother is convalescing, it is best not to bother her with these trivial matters.

Fu Shuyue didn't expect to ask her to come out to say this. She looked a little surprised, and after realizing it, she gently rubbed Fu Tian's head, "Can you handle it?"

Fu Tian bit his lip and nodded, "Uncle Ji will help me too."

"I'll take care of my mother and the family. Just do your own thing." Fu Shuyue agreed softly.

After dividing the work with Fu Shuyue, Fu Tian asked Fu Ji to take him to the study to check the books.

A large wooden box was placed behind the screen in the study room. Fu Tian didn't notice it when he came here before, but now he looked carefully, only to find that all the account books were placed behind the screen.

The ones that have been seen are placed outside, and the ones in the wooden box have not been counted yet.Fu Tian took a cursory look, and his mother had only seen it for a little while.

Bending down and taking out a book, Fu Tian flipped through a few pages, all of which were densely written with numbers, which he couldn't understand at all!

Sighing worriedly, Fu Tian asked, "So much, is it all read by mother alone? Why don't you find a few accountants to settle it together."

Fu Ji shook his head helplessly, "Who says he doesn't want to find someone, but Mr. Accountant can't be trusted, and he is afraid that the news will leak out if there is too much noise, so Madam can only take pains to read it by herself."

Fu Tian pursed his lips, saying that it was unlikely to find foreign aid from the outside, he sighed deeply, he was really worried, it seemed that he could only learn by himself first.

A person suddenly appeared in his mind, and Fu Tian's expression cheered up instantly, maybe he could try to ask Zhou Chuanqing for help.

After hastily explaining to Fu Ji, Fu Tian ran to the east courtyard.

Zhou Chuanqing and Chu Xiangtian were playing chess in the yard. When Chu Xiangtian saw him coming, he threw the chess piece on the board, and looked at Fu Tian with concern, "Is Auntie okay?"

Fu Tian said: "The doctor said he was too tired, just rest more."

Seeing his worried expression, Chu Xiangtian frowned, "Since you're fine, why are you still frowning?"

Fu Tian twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled, looked at Zhou Chuanqing and said, "I want to ask Brother Zhou for a favor."

Zhou Chuanqing didn't expect that he had something to do with it. He threw the chess piece in his hand back into the chess jar, "What can I help with?"

Fu Huang was a little embarrassed to say it. After all, Zhou Chuanqing was a probing man, and he was willing to be his wife, but now he wants the other party to teach him how to read the account books, which is really a bit of an inch.

After hesitating for a moment, Fu Tian said it cheekily.

"Can you teach me to read the ledger?"

Unexpectedly, it was such a request, but looking at Fu Tian's expression, Zhou Chuanqing raised his eyebrows, "Well, how do you learn to read the account books? You want to take over the family business?"

Fu Tian nodded slightly, and briefly mentioned the things in the shop.There was a shadow between his brows and eyes.

Seeing him like this, Chu Xiangtian felt a little distressed. Before Zhou Chuanqing could speak, he rubbed his head first, "Zhou Chuanqing knows everything, and he will teach you."

Fu Tian's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhou Chuanqing expectantly,

"..." Glancing at Chu Xiangtian lightly, Zhou Chuanqing said kindly, "Yes."

Taking out the account book he brought over from his sleeve, Fu Tian couldn't wait to say, "Can I do it now?"

He looked at Zhou Chuanqing helplessly, like a poor little animal, Chu Xiangtian secretly clicked his tongue, pushed him to the side of the table and sat down, picked up the chessboard on the table, and said: "He is very idle, what? Any time."

The corner of Zhou Chuanqing's mouth twitched, he glanced at him again, sat down opposite Fu Tian, ​​took over the account book and read it carefully first.

The account book brought by Fu Tian was very clearly recorded. He looked through it briefly, and found nothing wrong, so he taught him how to read it first.

Chu Xiangtian leaned against the porch pillar with a grass in his mouth and hugged his arms, his eyes seemed to fall on the young master's back, and he felt even more distressed when he saw it. The young master must be very worried.

A person who loved to cry and was so delicate before, his eyes were red when he squeezed hard, but after going down the mountain, except for the time when he was drunk, Chu Xiangtian never saw him cry again.

He has always been afraid of seeing the young master cry, but now he feels that it is better to cry more, it is better than being alone in his heart and not making a sound.

Sighing slightly, seeing that the two of them were still concentrating on studying the account books, Chu Xiangtian wandered out of the door, strolled around the East Street, and finally found a shop selling pine nuts, the pine nuts were translucent It was mellow, and the sweet aroma could be smelled from far away. He bought a pack, packed it in a pouch, and went back satisfied.

The account book is not difficult to understand, and the content that is too advanced cannot be learned in a short time. Zhou Chuanqing circled the key points for him, and then taught him a set of simplified abacus calculation methods. With a small abacus in his arms, he moved the beads jerkyly at the ledger.

Fortunately, after his rebirth, his memory became better and better, and he could quickly remember everything he had seen. After doing the calculations twice, he almost mastered the method, but he was not yet proficient, and his movements were very slow.

Holding the account book, he gratefully thanked Zhou Chuanqing.

Seeing his well-behaved and sensible appearance, Zhou Chuanqing thought of his younger brother who was causing trouble everywhere at home, and couldn't help but sigh that it would be so worry-free to have such a younger brother.

As soon as Chu Xiangtian came back, he saw Zhou Chuanqing's hand stretching out to the top of Fu Tian's head. His face darkened and he coughed heavily.

When the bandit leader came back, Zhou Chuanqing paused and patted Fu Tian on the shoulder instead, "If you still don't understand, you can ask me anytime."

Fu Huang nodded, thanked him again, then turned around and was about to run out, but Chu Xiangtian stopped him in time, and stuffed the small pouch containing pine nut candy into his hand.

Fu Tian looked at him blankly.

"Pine Nut Candy." He reached out and touched his subconsciously frowning brows, "Don't frown like a little old man all day long."

Fu Huang raised his hand to touch his forehead, looked at the pine nut candy in his hand, and then at the man who was much taller than him. He immediately understood what he meant, and hung his purse around his waist. Fu Huang showed him a soft smile, "Thank you you."

"Go." Chu Xiangtian stepped aside, knowing that he was in a hurry, and did not waste his time too much.

Fu Tian pursed his lips, there were some sparkling little stars in his eyes, and then ran away holding the account book like a wind.

Going straight to the big study in the main courtyard, Fu Tian moved out some of the unfinished account books, and followed Zhou Chuanqing's method, reading page by page, and recalculated if there was something wrong.

After finishing one book with difficulty, Fu Tian continued to read down. After reading two books, the speed gradually picked up. In the quiet study room, there was only the sound of fiddling with the abacus.

Dai Fu brought the dinner to the study room, but he didn't see anyone coming out. Dai Fu went to the study room to look for him. Seeing him buried in a pile of account books, he didn't dare to disturb him, so he lightly put the food beside him. superior.

Fu Tian buried his head and counted for almost two hours, then raised his head, only to find that it was already dark outside.Rubbing his dry eyes, Fu Huang gently kneaded his wrist, but he smelled the aroma of food next to him.

There is a food box next to the desk, probably because it is afraid of the cold, there is a small stove under it, and the food box is placed on the stove through the water.

Fu Huang took out the food box, which contained three dishes and one soup, all of which were still smelling warm.

Picking up the chopsticks, Fu Tian quickly filled his stomach, and yelled outside, telling Dai Fu to remember to take away the stove and food box, and then continued to bury his head in the account book.

Dai Fu came in to pack his things, afraid that the light would be too dark to hurt his eyes, so he added two more candles before leaving silently.

……

Chu Xiangtian had been paying attention to the movement at the gate of the yard, but he didn't hear any movement until midnight. The young master didn't come back all night.

Frowning, he searched for the main courtyard and found the door of the big study room. There were bright lights inside, and a slender figure was reflected on the window paper.

Chu Xiangtian pushed the door lightly and went in. Fu Tian didn't even lift his head, he focused on flipping through the account books with one hand and fiddling with the beads with the other.

He wanted to make a sound to tell him to go back to rest first, but Chu Xiangtian hesitated seeing him like this, in the end he still didn't make a sound, and just quietly accompanied him.

The candles on the table became shorter little by little, and the tears shed were stacked on top of the candlesticks. He was busy until the middle of the night, and Fu Tian couldn't hold it any longer. He yawned tiredly, and his head became sleepy little by little.

He managed to hold on and read two more pages, but he still couldn't hold on, still clutching the account book in his hand, he lay down on the table and fell asleep exhausted.

While waiting, Chu Xiangtian sighed, stepped forward and patted him gently, telling him to get up and go back to sleep.Fu Tian was so sleepy that he buried his face in his arms in annoyance.

Unable to call people, Chu Xiangtian had no choice but to do it himself, took out the account book that he was holding tightly and put it away. After blowing out the candle, Chu Xiangtian picked him up and went back to the East Courtyard.

Fu Tian was shaken, hummed twice in dissatisfaction, and struggled into Chu Xiangtian's arms, hiding his face.

Patting him comfortingly, Chu Xiangtian carried him back to the room in the east courtyard, and gently placed him on the bed.

Once next to the bed, the sleeping person rolled to the innermost side, curled up into a ball by himself, and continued to sleep.

With great effort, he pulled Renpao back, took off his coat, and looked at his hand again, fiddled with the abacus all afternoon, his fingers were slightly red and swollen, Chu Xiangtian frowned, and brought hot water for the ink stain on his hand After wiping it clean, I found an ointment for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, rubbed it on my hands and massaged it gently.

The young master is so delicate, his fingers are already swollen after playing with the abacus beads all afternoon and all night. If he doesn't rub them properly, his wrists will probably hurt by tomorrow.

It took half an hour to massage his wrists and fingers, and then stuffed his hands into the quilt. Chu Xiangtian poked his face lightly, and muttered, "It's really distressing."

Fu Tian babbled in response, turned over and turned his back to Chu Xiangtian.

Chu Xiangtian hooked his lips, and gently closed the door for him, then he went to the stable to lead the horse, and left Fu's mansion to run towards the West Shanzhai.

The sky had already turned slightly pale, and when he rushed all the way up the mountain, a small half of the warm yellow sun had already appeared in the sky.People in the village got up early, and the absence of the boss and the military adviser did not affect their lives too much. The men got up early to go to the fields, and the women released the chickens and ducks in the cages to feed, and started a busy day.

Seeing Chu Xiangtian came back, the villagers all greeted in surprise, Chu Xiangtian strode to Xiao Qiao's house, but the door opened, but there was no one in the house.

After asking around, he found out that he went to the river to wash his clothes early in the morning, and Chu Xiangtian went to the river to look for him, and finally found Xiao Qiao who was twisting his clothes with his sleeves rolled up.

"Boss has something to do with me?" He wrung out the clothes neatly and put them into the tub, Xiao Qiao walked back while holding the tub, talking to Chu Xiangtian.

"Yes." Chu Xiangtian said, "I want you to do me a favor."

Xiao Qiao's father was an accountant before his death, and Xiao Qiao has learned it since childhood, and now she is also in charge of the accounts in the village.

There is no trustworthy accountant on Fu Tian's side, so it is most appropriate to ask Xiao Qiao to help.

He remembered how the little young master was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes and kept looking down, thinking that he had to find some people who could help him, how could the master work so hard to settle accounts and read the account books? of.

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