After buying the jewelry, Xiao Yunying wanted to go to the market. Zheng Yunwan's expression changed when she heard that she wanted to go to the market.
"Sister Yunying, I suddenly feel a little unwell, so I won't go to the market with you."
Xiao Yunying asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Should we see a doctor?"
Zheng Yunwan stammered and made up an excuse: "I don't need to see a doctor, it's just... the first day of my period..."
Xiao Yunying understood: "Why didn't you tell me you were having your period? You should have stayed home and rested instead of coming with me."
Zheng Yunwan said guiltily, "I'm usually fine. Maybe it's just a bit cold today, so I'm feeling a little unwell."
"Then let's not go to the market. We're just strolling around anyway, and I don't really want to buy anything. Can you hold on for a little while longer? Let's go to the market to check the accounts and then head back."
Zheng Yunwan didn't want to delay Xiao Yunying's business: "It's okay, I'm not feeling too bad."
"Alright, let's go."
When they arrived at Shijinfang, Luo Sheng was already there, sitting at the table closest to the entrance, drinking tea.
A girl was sitting next to him, talking about something, but Luo Sheng didn't pay any attention to her at all. He was drinking tea while keeping his head down, seemingly lost in thought.
Xiao Yunying entered the room and, amidst the girl's puzzled gaze, lifted Luo Xin onto the stool next to Luo Sheng.
"Hey, what are you doing? Can't you see there's someone here?"
Luo Sheng gave the girl a cold look, as if blaming her for being talkative, then stood up and said to Xiao Yunying, "I'm done with my work."
Xiao Yunying glanced at the girl: "You know her?"
Luo Sheng poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her: "I don't know them. They said they came to buy desserts and were in line. They wanted to sit down and rest for a while."
The girl then realized Xiao Yunying's identity, blushed and stood up, wanting to say something to ease the awkwardness, but when she looked at the two of them, she opened her mouth but couldn't say anything.
Just then, a waiter brought over a packed food box, and the girl took the box, lowered her head, and hurried away.
Xiao Yunying teased, "Our young master Luo is indeed handsome and imposing. He can attract girls to approach him just by his looks."
Luo Sheng quickly stated, "I didn't say a single word to her."
Xiao Yunying scoffed, "Order two desserts for Xin'er and move her to a seat inside. It's windy outside. Yunwan and I will go check the accounts."
"You go ahead and do your work, I'll stay with Xin'er."
The shopkeeper had already seen Xiao Yunying arrive. Seeing that she was talking to Luo Sheng, he didn't disturb her. Only after she came over did he ask, "Boss, is this your husband?"
Luo Sheng, who had good hearing, immediately perked up. He didn't look at the counter, but waited in his heart for the man's answer.
Xiao Yunying glanced at Luo Sheng's retreating figure and hummed in agreement, "I suppose so."
Luo Sheng was not satisfied with this answer. What did he mean by "consider it"?
But then she thought about it again. She didn't deny it directly, and she didn't mind acknowledging her identity in front of outsiders, which meant that she still cared about herself. So she felt better.
Xiao Yunying was unaware that Luo Sheng was brainwashing himself, and said to the shopkeeper, "Bring me the account books for the past few months so I can take a look."
The shopkeeper immediately opened a box under the counter and took out several account books.
"The master said before that if you needed anything, he would have Miss Zheng come to check the accounts and collect the banknotes. So I gave all the banknotes for the past few months to Miss Zheng."
Xiao Yunying flipped through a few pages: "That's right, it will be like this from now on. Whenever I need something, I will have Yunwan check the accounts for me. You can completely trust her."
The shopkeeper added, "This is the monthly income ledger. I keep the daily ledger inside. If you'd like to see it, please come with me to the private room."
Their shop keeps a daily ledger, and at the end of the month, all the accounts are reconciled, all the figures are calculated, and then recorded in a new ledger. Each page contains one day's accounts, making it simple and easy to understand.
"No rush, Yunwan has already checked these accounts."
"Yes."
Xiao Yunying opened the second ledger: "Yunwan, have you found any problems?"
Zheng Yunwan said somewhat reservedly, "I didn't find any problems. Sister Yunying, you can check it again so that I don't miss anything."
"You have so little confidence in yourself?"
She was a little embarrassed: "This is my first time dealing with something like this. I've only learned a little bit from Granny Chang, and I'm afraid I might have misjudged something."
Xiao Yunying closed the ledger: "You have to believe in yourself, just as I believe in you. You did a good job. From now on, all the store's accounting will be handled by you."
"Huh? You'll leave everything to me?"
"Yes, are you confident you can do it well?"
Zheng Yunwan clenched her hands: "Sister Yunying, are you really comfortable entrusting the Shijinfang business to me for accounting?"
The business at Shijinfang was very good, with a daily turnover of several hundred taels of silver. She felt a little uneasy about handing over such a large sum of money to herself.
Turning to look at the counter, Luo Xin suddenly said, "I think Mother just wants to slack off."
Because of her proximity to the counter, and the fact that Luo Xin didn't lower her voice, Xiao Yunying naturally heard her.
"Hey, little girl, you actually figured it out."
Luo Xin chuckled.
Zheng Yunwan made up her mind; she couldn't let down Sister Yunying's high regard for her: "Then I'll give it a try."
Xiao Yunying patted her shoulder: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just be yourself as you always have been. You've done a great job. Keep it up!"
The shopkeeper asked, "Would the master like to see the daily details?"
Xiao Yunying said, "I won't look at it. From now on, leave the auditing to last night. You can discuss anything with her in detail."
Another reason she felt so at ease was that the shopkeeper and accountant in this shop had both previously worked for the Chen family.
She also trusted the people trained by Chen Yuancheng.
After finishing all the important business, Xiao Yunying and Zheng Yunwan sat down together and ordered some snacks.
After resting for a while, Xiao Yunying planned to have lunch at Huiweilou, but Zheng Yunwan had only walked a few steps out of Shijinfang when she clutched her stomach and squatted down.
This startled Xiao Yunying: "What's wrong? Is it in a lot of pain?"
Zheng Yunwan squatted for a while before raising her head: "Sister Yunying, why don't you go eat? I'll wait for you in the carriage."
Seeing that her face was pale, Xiao Yunying said, "Then let's go home first and not go to Huiweilou."
"Don't...don't let Xin'er go hungry."
Luo Xin, standing nearby, expressed the same concern: "Xin'er isn't hungry yet."
Xiao Yunying also said, "It's still early, we can have dinner at home, let's go."
During this time, Luo Sheng had already summoned a carriage. Xiao Yunying helped Zheng Yun sit down in the evening. Once the carriage curtain was lowered, she felt that the person next to her relaxed a bit and was no longer so tense.
Luo Sheng sat on the carriage frame outside with the driver, and Xiao Yunying spoke without any worries, no longer concerned about embarrassing Zheng Yunwan.
"After you get back, go to bed and rest well for the next two days. We have red dates and ginger at home, and I also have motherwort granules, which are good for young women when they have their periods. I'll make you a cup later."
Zheng Yunwan didn't speak, but just nodded silently.
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