In the evening, Tian An gave Zhao Yiming the letter left by Gu Jinyan, touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "I have been too busy these days and I forgot about it."
Zhao Yiming opened the envelope and looked at the letter of recommendation inside. His eyes lit up. "Master Han has been worried about the academy these past few days! This will solve his urgent problem."
"When is Brother Yiming ready to leave so I can prepare your luggage."
After Zhao Yiming was happy, he put down the letter of recommendation in his hand and took Tian An's hand. "An An, let's go together! This trip will take at least a year and a half, and at most three to five years. I don't feel comfortable leaving you here alone."
"What's there to worry about? Besides, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi are both here, and there are also fields, shops, and farms at home that need people to look after them. I can't leave!"
Tian An did plan to go to the capital, but not now. At least she had to wait until she had saved enough money to buy a small house in the capital before going. Otherwise, she would have to start from scratch again, which would be very tiring.
Although Zhao Yiming wanted to take Tian An with him, it was unrealistic given the current situation. "Then I'll go over and take care of everything. You settle down here and wait for my letter."
Going to the capital, where you are unfamiliar with the place, will definitely be difficult at the beginning. Tian An felt that nothing could be more useful than preparing more money.
This time I am accompanying Zhao Yiming to the provincial capital for the exam. I will be away for several months, and it is time to check the accounts with several shopkeepers.
The next day, the housekeeper Chen Qiang came to see Tian An first. "Miss, the shop you asked me to sell had already been negotiated, but the buyer needed time to raise the money, so he didn't get the banknote until yesterday."
As he spoke, he took out a stack of banknotes and presented it to Tian An with both hands. He then took out some small change and an account book and placed them on the table.
"The shop sold for eight hundred taels, and the watermelons in the fields have been sold several times, totaling five hundred and seventy-eight taels. There's also the new season's potatoes, two-thirds of which County Magistrate Gu bought. Add to that the medicinal herbs grown on the barren hills of the farm, totaling two thousand four hundred taels. The three thousand seven hundred taels of banknotes are all here, and the remaining is seventy-eight taels of silver."
After Tian An counted the banknotes in his hand and confirmed that they were correct, he put them down and picked up the account book on the table to start proofreading. The account book was made by Tian An according to the accounting method he taught them in his previous life. It was concise and clear, and easy to understand.
After checking the account book and confirming that everything was correct, Tian An picked up a silver coin on the table and gave it to Chen Qiang. "Well done, keep it up."
Chen Qiang was stunned, then overjoyed. He stepped forward, took the silver, and thanked her. "Thank you for the reward, young lady."
After Chen Qiang came out, Lan Niang said hello to the other two shopkeepers and went into the house with the account book.
Huanyanfang, managed by Lan Niang, is the most profitable of the three shops. In three months, after deducting the costs, it made a total profit of 1,238 taels.
After checking the banknotes and account books and finding no problems, Tian An rewarded her with one or two taels of silver.
After Lan Niang left, Liu Hui, the noodle shop manager, came in. The shop's average monthly revenue was around 170 taels. In three months, Liu Hui had paid 498 taels.
Finally, Wang Hui from the grain shop handed over 968 taels of silver.
Tian An rewarded each shopkeeper with one or two taels of silver. After receiving the reward, they worked harder. After having lunch at home, they immediately returned to the county town to look after the shops.
Zhao Yiming originally planned to leave for Beijing at the end of July, but unfortunately things did not go as planned and plans could not keep up with the changes.
On this day, Granny Qin was teaching Tian An to practice tea art in the yard when she suddenly felt the ground shake, and even the water in the kettle beside her began to ripple.
Looking at the circles of water ripples spreading out in the kettle, Tian An's heart trembled, and he suddenly became panicked and suddenly realized something.
She stood up suddenly and shouted, "Hurry, there's an earthquake, everyone in the house, come out, go outside." As she shouted, the ground shook again.
Zhao Yiming rushed out of the house, and he and Tian An supported Grandma Qin on both sides and walked quickly towards the door.
People who were still in the house also came out one after another, supporting each other and running out of the yard, while shouting loudly: "There is an earthquake, get out of the house quickly" to remind those who have not heard the alarm.
"Oh no, the children are all in the village school! Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, and Mr. Han." Tian An was about to run to the village school with an anxious look on his face.
Zhao Yiming grabbed her and said, "You and mother-in-law wait here, I'll bring them back."
Without waiting for Tian An to speak, he turned around and called Liu Da who had just run out, and Chen Qiang and others ran towards the village school.
The earth shook again. Grandma Qin was old and felt dizzy. If Tian An and Deng Xue hadn't supported her, she would have almost fallen to the ground.
Tian An and the others were in an open space not far from their home. They could clearly see that the earthquake had shaken off many of the tiles on their roof. If they hadn't run out, they might have been injured by the tiles.
The younger girls in the family were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Little Dog was held tightly in her mother's arms. Although she didn't know what was going on, she looked at the serious expressions of the people as if they were facing a great enemy and behaved well without crying.
As the earth trembled again and again, Tian An looked in the direction of the village school with a pale face, biting his lips tightly, and his palms were full of cold sweat.
After an unknown amount of time, Tian An suddenly heard Xiaokang and Xiaoqi's voices coming from the front: "Sister."
She raised her head suddenly and saw Zhao Yiming running towards her with Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, followed by other children from the village school. Mr. Han and Liu Da and others were walking at the back to keep them company. If a child fell, they would quickly help them up and continue running.
Tian An immediately ran forward, hugging his two younger brothers, "How are you? Are you not hurt?"
Xiaokang shook his head: "When the earthquake hit, my husband took us to the yard to enjoy the scenery and write poetry, and we were all unharmed.
Later, Yiming's husband came to look for us, so we returned. It was just that there were several more earthquakes along the way, and everyone was running and dodging, and some people fell, which delayed us a bit. That's why we're only here now. I made my sister worried."
Xiaoqi hugged Tian An's arms tightly with both hands, "Where's sister? Is sister hurt?"
Tian An touched his head and said, "No, sister is not hurt."
After Zhao Yiming brought the children from the village school back, he led others to the village to check on the situation. Mr. Han also went with him after confirming that his mother was not injured.
Fortunately, the earthquake has stopped now, but I don’t know whether it has just begun or has ended, and whether there will be aftershocks.
The technology in this era is backward, unlike the high-tech era in the previous life, which can monitor the magnitude, epicenter, and external disaster situation of the earthquake in a short period of time.
Everyone could only pray silently in their hearts that the disaster would pass.
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