[Rebirth] Deep house raising dumplings

The day of the funeral coincided with the eve of Qingming, and there was a drizzle all over the sky, and the clothes were wet immediately.

A funeral procession like a long dragon came out of Xi's house, walked slowly through the whole town, and scattered yellow and white paper money all the way.The Xi family hired a few mourners to follow along, and the sound of howling and howling made one's hair stand on end.The other two brothers and sisters in Xi Yuanzhen did not attend. The boy who came back to report earlier said that the second master Xi had cried a lot and fell ill. It happened that his wife was not in good health, so he couldn't make it.Xi Xiahua, on the other hand, was even more straightforward, and there was no reply like a stone sinking into the ocean.

The ancestral grave of the Xi family was on the mountainside, and the pit had been dug a few days ago, so after worshiping the ancestors in front of the ancestral grave, Xi Yuanzhen's coffin was buried in the soil.

When sealing the soil, Mrs. Xi stood upright, and she walked down by herself all the way, her eyes slightly squinted, as if seeing familiar relatives in the gray nothingness.

Aunt Feng, on the other hand, supported Xi Qingse's hand, choking with tears. At this moment, she was thinking purely. Many years ago when she first met Master Xi in Jiangning, how young she was at that time, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, just like a flower At a graceful age, Xi Yuanzhen is at a weaker age.She still clearly remembers that when she first met, it was on the Jiangning painting boat, she was playing a piece of "Chushuilian" on the bow of the boat, and when she looked up, the handsome young man with a little green eyes stood on the shore and nodded and smiled at her.It's just that all of these have become illusory like bubbles, and the lotus emerging from the water has become a withered lotus pod in late autumn.

In the early morning after the funeral, someone from the Du family came and said they wanted to take the young lady home.The old lady Xi was full of displeasure, thinking that the Du family was too demanding.It's just that there is no other way, no matter how much the married granddaughter hurts, it is already someone else's.I had no choice but to let Qingse go back.

When Xi Qingse arrived at Du's house, he went to greet Mrs. Du first, but as expected, she was ridiculed by Mrs. Du again.This Mrs. Du is always kind and kind to everyone, but she has no good looks towards her daughter-in-law or servants.

Xi Qingse returned to Dongyuan without fussing with Mrs. Du.But I just happened to run into Ten Aunt and Young Master Du lovingly arguing in front of her house.And the four-year-old third girl, accompanied by her nanny, stumbled and caught butterflies in the flower garden not far away.

The tenth aunt was very charming, her pupils cut water, her waist was stretched, and she swayed with every step.It's a pity that she has small buck teeth. Once she smiles without covering up, it makes people uncomfortable to watch, so she always covers herself with a silk cloth when she laughs.Shi Yiniang and Mrs. Du were old acquaintances when they were young, but the world is unpredictable. As soon as she fell in love, she sold it to Mr. Du as a concubine because of her poor family. He also didn't have much affection for Du Shaokang's wife, because he was not as good-looking as Xi Qingse's dead face, so he hated Qingse even more.

Seeing Xi Qingse and her maid came back, Shi Yiniang coughed hurriedly and got up from Du Shaokang's lap. After all, she was doing something unethical, even though Xi Qingse knew it, she still felt uncomfortable.Mr. Du was also a little embarrassed, he turned his head and smiled at Qingse: "You are back."

Ten Yiniang reacted very quickly, supported her arm, and stood gracefully.But before she could speak, Xi Qingse said indifferently to the servant girl outside the door: "Don't let any messy cats and dogs in from now on, it will hurt people's eyes."

After finishing speaking, Qingse brushed past the two of them without looking sideways, leaving Shi Yiniang with her breath stuck in her chest, staring with anger.

Du Shaokang is useless, he is strong on the outside, but on the inside, he always says that the woman doesn't care about them anyway, so let's just live in peace. She knew that the third girl came out of incest, so she would faint from anger.Shi Yiniang is not a person to be provoked, she can't control so much, and this time she was so angry by Xi Qingse, she wanted to fight with Xi Qingse in one breath, but Young Master Du pulled her and persuaded her After talking for a long time, she said that Mrs. Xi had just died of her father, and her bad temper was justifiable, so Aunt Shi gradually calmed down.

There are three alleys between the cloth shop and the bank, so it's time for a quick walk for a cup of tea.

Xi Wanxiang stood at the entrance of the cloth workshop, with cornices and walls painted, and the courtyard surrounded. Although it has a history of a hundred years, it was renovated not long ago, so it looks more luxurious than the money house.Xi Wanxiang couldn't help but feel a pity that such a cloth shop would suffer losses year after year in the hands of Aunt Feng and would be sold on false accounts.

There are only two servants in the huge cloth shop, and the year-by-year account books of the cloth shop in the neighboring town have been sent to the accountant.Wan Xiang followed the servants to the accountant's room.

The accountant was already old and very rigid, he told Wan Xiang exactly where those account books were kept, and then he left on his own. Today was his last day working in the cloth shop, and he was going back to the countryside. Home and children live together.Before leaving, the accountant still looked at the girl curiously. She looked like she was flipping through the account books quickly. I don't know what the old lady of Xi's family was thinking, so she sent a cute girl The young lady came to settle the accounts, maybe Xijiabufang is indeed at the end of its days.

Mrs. Xi originally ordered Wan Xiang to go with her cousin to sort out the accounts of the cloth workshop for these years. If possible, they would follow Wan Xiang's advice and make false accounts so that they could earn some money.

But what Xi Wanxiang thought was that the sister-in-law is an upright and chaste person, and letting her know that she would not be able to accept such a deceitful thing, let alone let the sister-in-law compile the account books together.Therefore, Wanxiang told her cousin that she would not go to the bank with her when she was staying with the old lady in the house today, and she quietly came to the weaving workshop after her cousin went out.

In fact, the accounts of Cloth Shop are simpler, but there are only a few records of coming and going, and the records of purchases are very clear, only four or five times a year.The ones that are sold are easier to forge, but just add a few more bits and pieces.Xi Wanxiang had studied accounting before she was reborn. Although she hadn't touched it for ten years, after all, she got started, and it took only an hour or two to pick it up again.

Therefore, after Xi Wanxiang became familiar with the accounts, he quickly took a small amount and re-transcribed them on the blank blue accounts.

The windows are bright and clear, the sun is from the center to the west, and the golden light leaking in through the sash windows casts a long streak on the ground.It wasn't until the sky started to turn gray-blue that Xi Wanxiang breathed a sigh of relief and put down the little hair in his hand.After erecting the accounts, she flipped through them quickly again, specially selected old books, so the paper would be a little yellowed and wrinkled, and her handwriting tried to imitate the accountant's, so she was a little sore at the moment.

In the deserted courtyard, the only servant in the cloth shop was cleaning the fallen leaves all over the floor.As spring comes, new leaves top the old ones, so spend a lot of time cleaning dead leaves every day.

Suddenly he heard the rustling of dresses scraping the floor and stepping on dead leaves from the door, the servant hurriedly raised his head, and saw a girl as gentle and beautiful as water standing in front of him, wearing a plain snow silk skirt The colored beige is dignified and noble, with thin tobacco and plain drinks.She smiled at herself, her face was like warm sun and water, she was really pretty.

The boy stared blankly for a while, until the girl asked himself in a low voice: "Is Second Miss in there?" He suddenly realized that he was still staring at her so impolitely!She is a young lady!

Thinking about it, the servant threw away the broom handle in a hurry, and opened his mouth to call "Young Madam".

Yin Tang hurriedly waved his hand, signaling him to keep quiet.

The boy came back to his senses, nodded, and whispered, "Second Miss is here. Go in the front hall and turn left, go all the way to the end, and you will find the accountant's office. Second Miss has been in the accountant's room all afternoon."

Xi Wanxiang was so hungry, she didn't expect to prepare some snacks for herself, and the cloth shop was in such a state of poverty, so naturally she didn't have any food prepared.After reading through the completed ledger, she felt that she was dizzy from hunger, so she got up and prepared to ask the boy to go out and buy some braised duck feet to eat.

It's just that before she went out, she smelled a scent that came from nowhere, the smell of thick oil and red sauce, warm, Xi Wanxiang is really hungry!

Just as he was about to grab the door frame and shout for the boy to come over, he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure in the dark corridor.

"Sister-in-law?" Xi Wanxiang was stunned, even in the darkness, as long as there was a rough outline, she could recognize her very accurately.

"Yeah." Yin Chen came out of the darkness with a three-layer lacquered food box in one hand, she didn't ask why Wan Xiang was here alone, she just touched Wan Xiang's soft skin With a smile on his face, he said, "I heard that you are so busy that you don't have time for lunch. It's almost time for dinner. I'm afraid I'm too hungry, so my cousin brought you food on her own initiative. It's in Didn't you say that the stewed duck feet are delicious for the meals bought at Xinghualou, and my sister-in-law also bought some for you."

As he said that, Yin Tang took Wan Xiang's hand, walked to the table, opened the lid of the food box, and brought out all the food in it layer by layer, filling the small table to the brim.

"Eat quickly, I have told Li Sichun to inform your grandmother that you won't go back to eat tonight, and your grandmother won't tell you." Yin Tang finished the meal for Wanxiang, and picked up the chopsticks himself.Seeing Wan Xiang standing aside stupidly, he glanced at her reproachfully, "Let's eat first, if you have anything to say, it's not too late to talk after eating."

Xi Wanxiang pursed her lips and smiled at her. Since the sister-in-law said so, there is no need for her to be ashamed, right, she is the sister-in-law, and she can forgive her sister-in-law no matter what she does.Thinking about it this way, Wanxiang felt that she and her cousin had an unfamiliar connection, and it was easy to understand.

So Wan Xiang hurriedly sat next to her cousin's sister-in-law happily, and took a bite of the duck leg that Tang's sister-in-law had pinched to her mouth.Um!The sauce is delicious, the taste is full, tender and juicy, delicious in the world!

After dinner like wind and clouds, the sky outside the window was already dark.Xi Wanxiang got up and lit two more lamps, and the room was lit up.

"Sister-in-law, this is the account that my grandmother asked me to do." Xi Wanxiang thought for a moment, and then took the initiative to hand over the compilation results for most of the day.

Yin Tang was not in a hurry to take the account book from her, he only smiled and wiped a smear of sauce from Wan Xiang's lips with a handkerchief, this girl, for so many years, always eats so-so, but she seems to be presumptuous in front of her Some, thinking like this, Yin Yang felt a little more relieved.It's good, she doesn't feel at ease when others look at Wan Xiang who is so unrestrained.

After receiving the thick account book, Yin Chan padded it, frowned slightly, took Wan Xiang's hand, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and pinched the acupuncture points on her mouth and wrist for her, saying: "No wonder." After writing for so long, your hands are sore, right?"

A soreness poured in from the pressed acupuncture point, and then the tense muscles were instantly relieved, like a stream of clear spring flowing from the palm of the hand.Wan Xiang smiled shyly: "Yes, but luckily I have a sister-in-law."

Yin Chan smiled and said, "You are the only one who can talk." She stared at Wan Xiang with a condensed expression, and became a little more serious, "I ask you, are you serious? How likely is it that the Du family can successfully buy the cloth workshop?" Succeed? Why should the Du family trust us? Besides, Mrs. Du Yuanwai is not a simple person, even if she cheated for a while, what should she do if she finds out afterwards?" Yin Chan always thought Wan Xiang's actions were just childish. Okay, holding the account book, I realized that she had really made up her mind, so she became serious.

Wan Xiang also stared into her eyes, pondered for a moment, smiled lightly, and said: "Wan Xiang is [-]^[-]% sure, so I told my grandmother about this and won her consent. Wan Xiang Knowing that Du Yuanwai is eager to earn a lot of money through printing, dyeing and weaving, and suffers from no source of fabrics, we are giving him help in a timely manner. Mr. Du is now at home, and Mrs. Yuanwai hopes that his son will become a dragon, so he will definitely let this son be in charge. If problems come to your door, we can also blame Young Master Du for his poor management. He is an ignorant person, and everyone knows it, so it’s okay. Besides, Mr. Du is weak by nature, so the possibility of chasing him is not very high. .Therefore, feasible."

Yin Chan looked at Wan Xiang for a long time, and seemed to see a different aura on this familiar and tender face.Originally thought that Little Wanxiang was only quick-witted and thoughtful, but she didn't expect that she could think so carefully.

Yin Chan burst out laughing suddenly, and his face melted into ice.

After that, she let go, and by the candlelight, she carefully read the accounts that Wan Xiang wrote for a day.

Yin Tang has worked as an accountant in the bank for many years, although he has been promoted to be in charge of the bank now, and he doesn't need to handle the accounts himself, but after all, he is familiar with the principles of these numbers, much more proficient than Wan Xiang, a half-baked guy. .She didn't ask any more questions, just let Wan Xiang continue to grind the ink, and then took a pen to add a lot of entries to her slightly unfamiliar accounts, and finally even redid the inventory and settlement.

When she put down the pen, the wax torch had already burned to the end, and Xi Wanxiang couldn't bear it any longer, so she asked Yin Tang: "Sister-in-law, how did you know that I was here, and how did you know that I was doing accounts? ? Look at it, but it's not surprising at all..."

While flipping through the account books carefully, Yin Tang said to Wan Xiang: "Wan Xiang, you are very serious every time you lie, and you explain the cause and effect clearly. So when the cousin went out, she left a Xinyan, I asked Mother Song, and then I found out that the old lady asked you to come to the cloth workshop with me to compile the accounts. I didn't expect that you were so bold and wanted to pick the bridge by yourself." As he said, Yin Chan turned his head and looked at Wan Xiang , "How can my sister-in-law brush off your 'good intentions' and simply let you go, and come to see you when you are done."

Oh, it turns out that the cousin sister-in-law already knew about it.The cousin sister-in-law is so black-bellied!I even made a special trip to wait until she was exhausted to finish before coming!

Xi Wanxiang was dumbfounded, and was about to use the all-purpose coquettish nirvana, but Yin Chan smiled to himself, pinched Wanxiang's dumpling face, and said, "Okay, I thought it was a good intention from you." , This time my sister-in-law will not care about you. But you have to make sure that there will be no next time. My sister-in-law knows that you are smart, but she is a child, and she will inevitably be worried, you know?"

Xi Wanxiang bit her lower lip, nodded her head, leaned into her cousin's arms, and said softly, "Okay, cousin, I promise."

Forget about the past, from now on, you have to talk to your sister-in-law about any grievances or misunderstandings.Xi Wanxiang also silently made up her mind.

Yin Tang patted Wan Xiang's back repeatedly, and said, "As for the account books, although you did a good job, you still didn't think about it after all. Now our cloth workshop is well-known for all to see. If you boast about it, , wouldn't it only arouse the suspicion of the Du family? Besides, even if Mr. Du wanted to be rude to me, and he is such a scum, we can't be so immoral, we still have to seek truth from facts, right? My sister-in-law cut a lot of money for you , which is safer and more reassuring.”

Wan Xiang nodded, pressed against her sister-in-law's shoulder, closed her eyes and rubbed against her, everything she said was right~

The author has something to say: Thanks to Youyu, Nanzhou & Misangsang for their nutrient solution~

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