Chapter 114 Discussion (Part 2)

Eleventh Lady didn't even look at the bundle, but smiled at Luo Zhenxing: "Brother, this is my property, and I will leave it to you in the future. I don't understand these business matters. I'd better ask you to help me manage it!"

Before Luo Zhenxing came, he planned to persuade Shiyi Niang to let him help look at the accounts. He didn't suspect Shiyi Niang of any ill intentions, but he felt that she was young and was afraid that she would not be able to control Lu Yonggui for a long time and be cheated by Lu Yonggui for money. When the eldest grandmother heard from Amber that Lu Yonggui had returned and Shiyi Niang wanted them to discuss the business left by Yuanniang, she felt that with Shiyi Niang's intelligence, she would definitely not just let the two of them be witnesses... Unexpectedly, she would let Luo Zhenxing take charge, and let go as she pleased, so cool.

For a moment, both husband and wife stood there in a daze.

Mother Tao looked delighted.

Nephew is like uncle. It is a hundred times or a thousand times better for this industry to be handed over to Luo Zhenxing than to Shiyi Niang!

Lu Yonggui looked at it but his eyes flashed.

In fact, he came back at the end of August and was preparing to attend Xu Lingyi's wedding. But he was stopped by Mother Tao: "...You know best how many industries the eldest aunt has. How many people can look at her without appreciating her. Don't worry, hide for the time being. Take this opportunity to sort out the accounts, show her one set, and keep one set for the Marquis to check."

He had some private matters to attend to at the time. He had saved some money by running around for Yuanniang in the past few years. He didn't know what the new boss's temper was like, so he decided to go along with it. Who knew that when they first met, Shiyi Niang gave Luo Zhenxing the power to manage the industry, and he couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

Being a stepmother is already difficult enough, let alone involving large amounts of property, which will only make things more complicated.

He couldn't help but look up at Shiyi Niang.

She was only thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing an apricot-yellow plain jacket, with skin as white as snow, a tall and slender figure, and a pair of big eyes that were clear and gentle, peaceful and quiet, and very comfortable to look at.

She pushed the bag on the table and said with a smile, "Brother, although this is an unreasonable request, please accept it for my sake."

Luo Zhenxing was a little hesitant, but the grandmother who was sitting below him laughed and said, "How can this be possible? You should be in charge..."

"Sister-in-law," Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "I really don't understand these things about business. If you let me take charge, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it and cause Brother Che to lose money."

"Alright." Luo Zhenxing said resolutely, "Let me take care of these businesses. Eleventh sister will take care of the accounts. This way, we can remind each other if there's anything."

Eleventh Lady was very pleased.

Luo Zhenxing is a gentleman after all.

That's how it was settled.

Luo Zhenxing and Lu Yonggui reconciled their accounts in front of everyone.

Eleventh Lady watched Lu Yonggui using the abacus very quickly, and listened to him reporting the accounts of previous years. She could not help but nod secretly as she heard him grow the business left by Yuanniang from a mere 20,000 taels of silver to the current 160,000 taels of silver, with an annual income of 20,000 taels of silver.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the people Yuanniang left behind - Mother Tao inside and Lu Yonggui outside, is enough to make people admire them.

After a busy afternoon, several people finally had a rough outline.

Shiyi Niang heaved a sigh of relief, asked Hubo to make tea for everyone again, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Manager Lu for his good calculations, otherwise I don't know when this account would be settled."

Lu Yonggui said hurriedly, "Madam, you have given me a compliment. I will put aside my trivial thoughts."

As he was speaking, Xu Lingyi came back.

Everyone stood up and saluted.

He looked at the collected account book and smiled faintly, "The accounts are sorted out!"

"I've figured it out!" Luo Zhenxing thought that this also concerned Chun Ge's well-being, so he smiled and told Shiyi Niang about her decision.

Xu Lingyi, "...I am a careless person. So the account is still managed by the eleventh sister, and I will help to take care of the outside.

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Xu Lingyi listened, looked at Shiyi Niang deeply, and did not comment on this matter, but just invited Luo Zhenxing to have dinner. It happened that the Taifu had also sent someone to invite them to dinner, so Lu Yonggui and Mother Tao left. Luo Zhenxing and the eldest grandmother followed Xu Lingyi to pay a visit to the Taifu. The Xu brothers entertained Luo Zhenxing in the flower hall of the outer courtyard, and the eldest grandmother stayed with the Taifu to have dinner.

During the dinner, the Third Lady kept looking at Eleventh Lady. Eleventh Lady thought about the businesses that the Third Lady was involved in, so she simply told everyone about her own accounting and Luo Zhenxing's business management in front of everyone, so that the Third Lady wouldn't have any ideas about those businesses: "...I'm young, and I have my elder brother to help me watch over it, so I don't think anything serious will happen."

The lady nodded secretly after hearing this.

The Fifth Lady looked at Eleventh Lady with a serious look.

Only the third lady curled her lips slightly, looking very disdainful.

After dinner, the grandmother teased Chun Ge for a while, and waited for Luo Zhenxing to come over to greet the lady after the meal, and then the couple said goodbye together.

Shiyi Niang and Xu Lingyi sent Luo Zhenxing and Grandma away.

She deliberately lagged behind a few steps and whispered to the eldest grandmother: "...Opening a dried fruit shop is a great idea. But I thought that doing business inevitably involves money, and we are all relatives. If there is a rift because of this, it will be a loss. But if I tell my fifth sister openly, I am afraid that my fifth mother will lose face. I want my eldest sister-in-law to mediate. If my fifth sister needs my help, I will never refuse, but forget about the investment!"

The eldest grandmother nodded and took Eleventh Lady's hand, "You and I are of the same mind. Fifth Aunt also invited me. I think the business is not big, and if three families are involved, four families will be involved. I am afraid that something will happen. What I mean is that if she really wants to open this dried fruit shop, we will each contribute fifty taels of silver, whether it is a loan or a gift, to help her.

Eleventh Lady secretly groaned. This really proved what Amber said.

Left hand in, right hand out!

But can she refuse?

Naturally, I had no choice but to nod my head. "This is a great idea, sister-in-law. When the time comes, get the approval of the fifth sister and send someone to tell me."

The eldest grandmother nodded, and Eleventh Lady sent her to the Chuihua Gate. She watched the carriage leave before returning to the house with Xu Lingyi.

On the way, Xu Lingyi saw that she was a little depressed and said, "Let you take charge of the accounts and revitalize the industry. Was it your idea or his?"

Eleventh Lady heard his unfriendly tone, looked at him in surprise, and whispered, "It was my idea."

If it was your own idea, why do you look unhappy?

Xu Lingyi thought about returning home in three days, and the eldest wife scolded him mercilessly.

A woman should obey her husband at home and after marriage. She was originally a daughter of the Luo family, but now she is a wife of the Xu family.

Thinking of this, his brows turned a little stern.

Eleventh Lady was shocked when she saw it.

Doesn't he agree?

Probably not?

He is not a person who says one thing and means another. Since he said he would not ask, he would not ask. Why did he say such a thing at this time?

She patiently explained, "This is the business that my eldest sister left for Chun. Chun is still young, and I know nothing about business. Although we have Lu Yonggui, he is a manager after all. How dare he tell me if I did something wrong? Now that my eldest brother is helping to manage it, we can give each other advice, and even if we make mistakes, it won't lead to an unmanageable situation."

It was actually her idea!

Xu Lingyi stopped and looked at her with a deep and distant gaze.

I just thought about her young age, but I didn't expect her to have such a broad mind and insight!

Eleventh Lady could not sense his emotions, and felt somewhat uneasy when he looked at her. She hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Lord Hou. My elder brother is not the kind of person who forgets his principles when he sees profit. I am in charge of the accounts, and he is in charge of the industry. It was he who proposed it. According to my original intention, I will just leave everything to him..."

"Got it!" Xu Lingyi smiled slightly, "Why are you so anxious? I didn't say anything."

Fortunately, I didn't say anything. If I had, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to let it go...

"Please tidy up the house tomorrow!" Xu Lingyi suddenly said, "I'll ask Manager Bai to find a few maids to help you."

Although he said it lightly, it had a commanding tone.

Clean up the house? How? Should she put away the big red curtains that she hung at the wedding?

She immediately agreed: "I will clean it up tomorrow."

Xu Lingyi nodded and said calmly, "Among those maids, there is one named Xiang who can do face-pulling and scraping. She is familiar with the maids, wives, and maids in each room. Unfortunately, she talks too much and my mother doesn't like it, so she has never given her a proper job."

Eleventh Lady’s eyes lit up.

Xu Lingyi is still awesome!

The people in one's house are set, if there is an extra person for no reason, everyone will definitely make all kinds of guesses and ask all kinds of questions. Like Xu Lingyi, he used the excuse that he had something to ask a few maids to help, and when everyone chatted together, some things would naturally come out unconsciously.

"...I will let Amber know that I am not satisfied with the two maids and want to change them!"

Xu Lingyi knew that she had understood what he meant, but her reaction was so quick... He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and turned to go into the house.

Eleventh Lady hurriedly followed him in. Then, while Xia Yi was helping him change his clothes, she called Amber and told her: "...When the time comes, you can tell that Xiang Po that I want to change people. It's a good opportunity to clean up the house." She told Amber in detail how to clean up the house.

Amber nodded repeatedly and took note of what Eleventh Lady said.

The next day, when Manager Bai brought people in, she asked Luyun and Hongxiu to bring the maids to replace the bright red curtains and chair covers in Shiyi Niang's room with the stone blue curtains and chair covers that were commonly used in the Xu family. She also ordered several maids to move Shiyi Niang's dowry that had been placed in the east wing to the back wing, where Binju counted and locked the room.

He arranged the main room of the house into a banquet and resting place, and then decorated the east wing, moving his things and those of Dongqing, Binju, and Zhuxiang into it.

That old woman surnamed Xiang is indeed a talkative person.

Everyone was working in silence, and only she was chatting with Amber. Of course, she soon found out that Eleventh Lady wanted to replace the two maids in her room.

During lunch, she was beside Amber and rubbed her body: "...Do you think I am suitable for you, young lady?"

"Everything we do in our room needs Madam's approval!" Amber said ambiguously.

Xiang smiled charmingly at the old woman: "Then we should also listen to what the girls say about which one is good and which one is bad, right?"

Amber just smiled and said nothing.

At night, Xiang Pozi brought two roasted chickens to Amber and said, "... please say a few good words to me, young lady!"

Amber complained to the old woman: "…It's not that our lady can't be bothered with anyone, it's just that we met two people who don't know the rules. If we don't change them, won't people laugh at us for being ignorant?"

He hurriedly said to the mother-in-law, "Don't worry, young lady. No one knows more about family matters than me!"