The Stepmother is Unkind

Yin Mingyu not only lost money, she also suffered a heavy blow on her personality.

She wanted to keep the gold in some unsavory way, but Xie Qin refused her without hesitation and only took her goldfish.

This caused Yin Mingyu's happiness to be reduced by half, and only sleeping with a goldfish that night could comfort one or two.

And Yin Mingyu's grounding turned into recuperation. The next day, she lay in bed and couldn't get up. When the maids came to the main courtyard to settle accounts, she handed over the hot goldfish to Jin'er to put it up.

The Xie family needs to check a lot of accounts, but there are four maids to check together, but it doesn't take a whole day to stay in her house to check accounts, so they are busy for a few days, Yin Mingyu will change it to one hour a day. .

Today, in addition to the Xie family's account, there is another account book for the eldest lady's dowry. Yin Mingyu asked Jin'er to teach Xi Lan to do the calculation.

Of course, she wants to buy people's hearts, and she doesn't even need to bother too much, she can do it at will.

Naturally, Xi Lan was even more cautious about the eldest lady's dowry, and she was very attentive.

The eldest lady's dowry was not as complicated as the Xie family's accounts, and Xi Lan's calculations became smoother and smoother. Until one of the embroidery shops was about to be closed after checking, she felt something was wrong, so she brought it over to take a closer look.

Xi Lan is extremely capable, and as she becomes more skilled in accounting, she is even comparable to the two housekeepers and maids specially trained by Yin Mingyu.

Her abacus suddenly became sluggish, which caught Jin'er's attention.

Jin'er turned her head and asked, "What?"

Xi Lan showed her the account book, "I have no problem with the account, but I always feel awkward."

Jin'er took it and read it carefully, page by page, when he reached a few pages of records, he frowned slightly, and continued to turn back, turning a few pages, his brows wrinkled even deeper.

Xi Lan asked, "But is there really a problem?"

Jin'er said, "I'll go and compare the accounts from last year."

Yin Mingyu was lying on the side of the bed reading a book, and there was a small square table beside the bed, and she would take a sip from time to time with clear tea on it.

Hearing their conversation, Yin Mingyu glanced up and didn't ask any questions, then lowered his head to read the book, waited for Jin'er to come over to get the key, and waved his hand to teach her to take it by herself.

Jin'er took out the ledger that she had brought back from Mrs. Xie, dug out the previous year's account of the embroidery shop, returned to her seat, and compared it with Xi Lan.

Obviously, in the second half of this year, especially in the past two months, the business of embroidery shops has been worse.

As long as the profit is not cut in half, a small increase or decrease is normal.

However, on the ledger, every few pages of accounts will become very neat, and if they are compared in the general ledger, the profit of these days will be lower than that of other times.

It's hard not to suspect that the ledger has been manipulated.

Jin'er and Xi Lan looked at each other, and then Jin'er got up, walked over to the bed with a few ledgers, and said, "Miss, take a look."

Yin Mingyu didn't speak, nodded and let her put it on the small table.

She directly took the ledger that Xi Lan calculated today, and looked at it slowly.

Jin Er has marked the pages that she thinks are problematic, Yin Mingyu turned over to the most recent January accounts, thoughtfully.

"Ma'am, but is there a problem?"

Yin Mingyu's throat was uncomfortable, so he just nodded and said succinctly: "Find someone who is honest and go to the shop to have a look, and then have someone quietly go to the cloth dealers who cooperate with and the embroidery girls who provide the shop with embroidery to inquire about one or two."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the cup and took a sip of water to moisten her throat.

"Ma'am, do you want to inquire about the shopkeeper's family?"

Yin Mingyu said, "Don't worry."

Jin Er got her order and went out to make arrangements. After a long time, she just came back and sat down to continue the settlement.

Xi Lan was still concerned about the account book, but she didn't expect her to be so stable, so she stopped thinking about it and concentrated on the accounting.

In the evening, the people who went to the shop to check secretly came back to report.

"Mrs Hui, the embroidery shop looks normal, but there are not many customers."

Yin Mingyu didn't want to open his mouth and motioned for Jin'er to ask.

Jin'er asked, "Can you see the embroidery?"

The maid nodded, "There are all kinds of silk and brocade, and the price is different. The price of embroidery is divided into three, six, nine, etc., but it is more expensive than other homes."

After she finished speaking, Xi Lan's face turned a little bad, and she reported: "Young madam, the embroidery shop of the eldest lady only sells some expensive silk and satin embroidery, and the shopkeeper must have changed the materials without authorization."

Yin Mingyu gave her a "slightly calm" look.

Jin'er advised: "Sister Xilan, don't be angry. When the people who went to the cloth dealer and Xiu Niang to inquire come back, if there is also a problem, we don't need to be polite anymore and just take the shopkeeper."

It's not that Xi Lan couldn't sink his heart, but if the shopkeeper really deceived Mrs. Jishao's life and acted recklessly, it would be a real shame for the eldest lady.

It's good for her to find out first, but if Jin'er and the others find out first, Xi Lan's face will be ashamed when she thinks of that scene...

Xie Qin came back to the East Court in the evening, Yin Mingyu still remembered the "hate of winning goldfish" and ignored him.

Xie Qin just came back to have a look, and by the way told her to talk less, and then left the East Court as if nothing had happened.

Less than a quarter of an hour before and after.

Yin Mingyu: "…"

On the second day, Bai Zhixu came to the East Hospital to visit the patient, and he politely brought the visiting ceremony.

"Sister-in-law, this is the tea I brought from Yangzhou. I just found it and sent it to you. Although it's not expensive, it has a miraculous effect on reducing the fire." Bai Zhixu handed it forward and smiled, "Wang Biao-sister-in-law. Take care of yourself early."

Yin Mingyu smiled at her and said, "Thank you cousin."

She always kept silent, her voice was gruff, and even Yin Mingyu was speechless. Seeing Bai Zhixu's frightened expression, she closed her mouth.

Jin'er took the tea and spoke for her wife: "Bai Niang, forgive me, our young lady has a bad voice."

Bai Zhixu didn't know what was going on in his heart. When he looked at Yin Mingyu, his expression became a little strange, so he lowered his head and didn't look at her, and whispered, "Well, then Zhixu won't disturb the mother-in-law's recuperation. Zhixu will retire."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

At Bai Zhixu's place, the image of her cousin-in-law seemed to become strange.

But Yin Mingyu has always been able to pass anything as long as he has a solid face, so he waved his hand at Jin'er again and said in a very low voice, "Zhuangzi."

Jin'er understood, and immediately said to Bai Zhi: "Bai Niangzi, our young lady wants to invite you and my aunt to go to the hot spring village for a few days. I wonder if you have time?"

As a guest living in his grandfather's house, Bai Zhixu certainly had time to spare, and he agreed without even asking his mother.

At this time, Yin'er walked in and reported, "Madam, the person you sent out has returned."

Bai Zhixu winked, and immediately said goodbye, Yin Mingyu taught Jin'er to send her out.

Later, when Jin'er came back, he brought in the people who had gone to the shop and Xiu Niang to investigate, along with Xilan and Shiliu.

Jin'er handed Yin Mingyu a stack of bills, and then said to the man, "Tell me."

The servant then reported: "Mrs. Hui Shao, Xiao Xian went to the embroidery lady who often does embroidery work for the embroidery shop to ask. The embroidery girls all said that the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop has been pressing **** money recently, and it's more than that. , originally settled on the spot, but now it has become a monthly settlement, and they haven't received the money this month."

"But firstly, for the sake of making a living, and secondly, for fear of offending the master's family, embroidery girls have to endure it."

But the accounts are flat.

Embroidery girls don't have bills when they pay money. They are usually recorded by the store. If you don't check it out, you can't easily detect the problem.

In Yin Mingyu's hand, there are a few pieces of paper, which this servant copied from the embroidery prices recorded by the embroiderers themselves.

Some are only a few dollars, and some have a lot of money.

Both Xilan and Pomegranate were furious.

With a serious face, Jin'er instructed the servant, "Go ahead."

The servant continued: "The little one went to the cloth merchants that the embroidery shop often cooperates with. The cloth merchants who used to cooperate have quietly changed one, and they thought it was your instruction."

This time, Yin'er was also angry, "The liar who should be killed! Will our lady have a hard time with money?"

Yin Mingyu paused while looking at the documents and coughed, reminding her to swear when she swears, not to tell the truth.

Jin Er pulled her back and motioned for the next person to continue.

The servant said: "Xiao went to find another cloth dealer. The cloth dealer was still covering up. When Xiao took it out of the house, he told the truth and showed Xiao the bill."

Yin Mingyu looked at the other handwritten notes in his hand, not to mention that the materials were different from the previous ones, the price of the same materials was also a little cheaper, and the checkout time was repeatedly delayed.

Needless to say, the shopkeeper of this embroidery shop must have committed greed.

And he must have a secret account in his hand, otherwise the account book handed in will definitely not be so appropriate.

Yin Mingyu said with an expressionless face, "Tell the madam, call a few guards, tie them up, and search them out."

Jin Er responded and immediately went to the West Court to ask Mrs. Xie for instructions.

When Mrs. Xie heard that there was such a thing, she even dispatched the mansion guards to the embroidery shop, took down the shopkeeper directly, and brought it to the backyard.

Xi Lan asked Yin Mingyu for instructions, and came to the embroidery shop with Shiliu, with a cold face until she entered the backyard, and slapped the shopkeeper directly in front of the panic-stricken shopkeeper's family.

The shopkeeper naturally knew the two maids, and the panic in his eyes could not be concealed, and he forced himself to calm down, "Why is this girl like this..."

"The eldest lady has taught you to lose all her face!" Xi Lan glared at the shopkeeper and her rich and well-dressed family in disgust, and said to the guards, "Search!"

The shopkeeper's legs were weak, and he still tried to defend and obstruct their search, but he was restrained, unable to move, his eyes flew in a certain direction involuntarily, and when he saw a guard broke into the room, he shivered all over, and his feet became wet. A beach.

It is also accompanied by a sub-flavor, and the pomegranate is disgusting.

After a long time, two guards came out, one holding a box of silver money, the other holding several ledgers and a stack of bills, land deeds, and house deeds.

As soon as Pomegranate saw the box of silver coins, he exclaimed, "So much?!"

Xi Lan picked up the bill, flipped it over and over, and became more and more furious. She walked a few steps to the shopkeeper, and slapped him in the face again, angrily saying, "How dare you give money away!"

There is no argument, the shopkeeper is paralyzed.

His family cried in fear, watching him be pulled away, and then they were bound and locked in the "home", full of despair.

When it comes to high interest rates, there is still more to check, Xi Lan instructed the guards to temporarily close the shop, press the shopkeeper, and bring those things back to the Xie Mansion.

Naturally, he couldn't let him enter the house and contaminate the young lady's land, so he held the person outside the yard, and interrogated him directly in the yard in the cold weather.

The shopkeeper dared not tell the truth, and kept quibbling.

Another guard found the borrower of usury through his bills and came to identify him.

Someone just borrowed money from the shopkeeper;

Some people have borrowed money in an emergency, it is about to expire, and they are raising money with their family to pay it back;

Some people have not arrived due to overdue, all their belongings have been paid to the shopkeeper, and they have been living on the streets...

They all said that they all knew that the embroidery shop was the dowry of Mrs. Xie's young lady, and that the shopkeeper was working for Mrs. Xie's young lady.

The dowry is indeed the young lady of the Xie family, but at this time the so-called "doing business" can only be replaced by the young lady Yin Mingyu.

Jin Er asked, "What else do you have to say!"

The shopkeeper was shivering from the cold, his face was pale, his purple lips opened and closed, and he couldn't make a sound.

The door of the main room was open, Yin Mingyu was wearing a thick cloak and holding a delicate hand stove in his hand. Watching him argue that he couldn't, he didn't expect that the shopkeeper would be so greedy. Putting high profits on the name.

Yin Mingyu gave a cool "ha" and asked in a hoarse voice, "I make money in my name, why didn't the money come into my hands? Do you think I'm a Bodhisattva?"

The shopkeeper heard that her voice was extremely terrifying, it had nothing to do with the Bodhisattva, and it was even more trembling, and she kept begging for mercy.

Yin Mingyu was too lazy to look at this man again, "Pull it to see the official."

Just turn around and enter the house.