Chapter 106 Checking the Accounts

The next day, the market town.

Senior Sister Yuan strolled between the stalls, and from time to time she looked at the prices of the goods in the store.

She had a veil on her face, and her eyes and eyebrows were hazy behind the veil, making it difficult to see what was real or real. Even her figure seemed to have changed a little.

As the manager of the market town, she actually cares a lot about this responsibility and comes to the market town for inspection every day.

On the one hand, it is for entertainment, and on the other hand, of course, it is also to see if there is any bullying or monopolization in the market.

Wearing a veil is also to prevent someone from recognizing her identity and falsifying it.

Today's market made her feel a little strange, as if something was more than usual.

As for what was wrong, Senior Sister Yuan was a little confused for a moment.

"Golden Armor Talisman! Mystical Grade Golden Armor Talisman!"

"Drawn by Junior Brother Zheng, who is the best in talisman technique in the world!"

“Even if you don’t use it after buying it, it’s good to observe and learn from it!”

Hearing the three words "Junior Brother Zheng", Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but look towards the direction where the shouting came from.

Next to a somewhat remote stall, Han Qi was standing upright, shouting hard to attract customers coming and going.

The same was true of the two followers beside him. The passionate voices of the three of them combined actually drowned out the shouts of other people in the market, and attracted a lot of attention in the noisy market.

Not to mention the customers, even the other vendors nearby were looking at the three of them.

There were quite a few customers gathered in front of the three people's stall.

Especially compared to the deserted scenes in front of other talisman stalls, Han Qi and the other two's business seemed to be better.

Sister Yuan finally understood that the market today was full of such extremely passionate shouts! She couldn't help but move closer.

The stalls of Han Qi and the other two were not entirely filled with Xuan-grade talismans painted by Zheng Fa.

They also got some not-so-valuable yellow-grade talismans from somewhere and sold them together with the other items.

"Buy a Xuan-grade Talisman, and we'll give you three Huang-grade Talismans as a gift!"

Han Qi shouted to the onlookers.

The customers around were whispering to each other for a while, and it was obvious that they were all tempted.

"A black-grade talisman drawn by Junior Brother Zheng! You can also get three more yellow-grade talismans!" Han Qi looked at them like this and said more forcefully: "If we didn't treat you as family, we wouldn't offer this price! If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again!"

It was not known whether it was because of Zheng Fa's reputation or because of the three yellow-grade talismans given as a gift, but a cultivator could not help but spend money and bought three black-grade talismans.

Han Qi happily put away a spirit stone, and when he looked up, he saw Senior Sister Yuan standing in front of him.

"Is there anything the fairy would like?" Han Qi greeted enthusiastically, "Look, these are all painted by Junior Brother Zheng, the most famous genius in our Jiushan Sect!"

“Is this your stall?”

"No!" Han Qi shook his head, half explaining and half showing off: "This is Junior Brother Zheng's stall, otherwise how could we get Junior Brother Zheng's talisman?"

"So you're helping him?"

"Of course! Fairy, what kind of talisman do you want to buy?"

Han Qi answered loudly and asked another question.

"...Are you working so hard for him? The whole market can hear your shouts!" Looking at Han Qi who still had a bit of pride on his face, Senior Sister Yuan snorted.

"?" Han Qi felt something was wrong and looked at Senior Sister Yuan carefully.

Senior Sister Yuan took off her veil.

"Yuan……"

"Shut up!" Putting the veil back on, Senior Sister Yuan frowned and looked at the three people: "You three, don't act like this when you do things for me."

“…”

"Selling a book and raising the price without permission!"

"Do something, but keep making excuses!"

"No big sins, but small mistakes all the time!"

Senior Sister Yuan became angrier and angrier as she spoke.

Han Qi and the other two lowered their heads and dared not speak.

"If you had done this earlier, I could... forget it!"

Having said this, Senior Sister Yuan paused, and after a long while she waved her hand, also feeling that it was meaningless.

She just felt that these three people changed a little too quickly, which made her seem unpopular and as if she could not compare with Zheng Fa.

Han Qi raised his head and asked eagerly, "Sister Yuan, do you want to buy a talisman?"

"?"

…

Zheng Fa always felt that there was something wrong with the way Senior Sister Yuan looked at him.

As soon as he went up to the second floor, he felt that this senior sister was staring at him from time to time. In addition to the faint anger in her eyes, there was also a rare look of thoughtfulness - it was said to be rare because Zheng Fa had almost never seen the word "thinking" on her face.

"Senior Sister Yuan? Is there something wrong with my face?"

He couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"It's not that you are wrong, but I am almost wrong!" Senior Sister Yuan seemed to come to her senses and curled her lips: "Teach me quickly!"

"ah?"

"Ah what? Didn't Han Qi tell you? Senior Sister Zhang is coming to check the accounts tonight."

"I know about checking the accounts." Zheng Fa was stunned: "I have already sorted out my account books."

During this month, he came to the market every day to help Senior Sister Yuan settle accounts.

This account book is just a little complicated, but not difficult. Zheng Fa feels that he has calculated it quite clearly.

"Sister, are you checking the accounts? You're checking me!" Sister Yuan looked a little depressed: "Sister, you stopped taking care of the accounts before, and you said that I was incompetent as the manager of the market, and wanted to replace me with someone else."

Zheng Fa couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"…Why are you nodding?" Senior Sister Yuan's eyes widened for a moment, and then she seemed to remember that she was asking for help, so her tone softened: "I boasted to you that I could easily handle these account books!"

"……so?"

Zheng Fa began to understand what Senior Sister Yuan meant.

"So I didn't tell Senior Sister Zhang that you were helping me with the bills... Senior Sister Zhang thought I was in charge of the bills."

I'm an outsourcer?

But Zheng Fa didn't mind it much. This job was indeed a bit tiring.

But compared to the monthly salary of five spirit stones, it seems very easy.

Han Qi once told him that if a shop in the market city could recruit an accountant and give him a spirit stone in three months, it would be considered generous of the shopkeeper.

To make an analogy that is not quite apt, it is probably that street cleaners do have hard work, but if their monthly salary is not 3,000 but 30,000, not to mention being a little tired, they can even develop a sense of professional honor and call themselves city beauticians.

When it comes to spirit stones, Senior Sister Yuan not only did not treat me badly, but gave me too much!

Zheng Fa decided to return the favor.

"So what does Senior Sister mean?"

"Please tell me all the important figures in this account book..." Senior Sister Yuan begged, "Because Senior Sister Zhang will ask me later, I won't know anything and will be exposed."

It turned out that he wanted to cram before the exam.

“This is easy.”

Zheng Fa took out a few account books, spread them out in front of Senior Sister Yuan, and showed her some important data for this month.

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Senior Sister Yuan remembers things very quickly - for a cultivator, she may not be very good at math, but her memory is likely to be bad.

Zheng Fa's generous teaching gave Senior Sister Yuan a great boost of confidence, and she seemed to feel that she would not embarrass herself in front of Senior Sister Zhang.

"Okay, you should leave early later!" She patted Zheng Fa's shoulder and warned him, "Don't let Senior Sister Zhang see it and get suspicious."

"What are you afraid I'll see?"

Senior Sister Zhang's voice came from downstairs.

Zheng Fa felt that the muscles in Senior Sister Yuan's palm when she patted his shoulder were stiff and it hurt.

She looked at Zheng Fa anxiously, with four words written on her face - act according to circumstances.

Senior Sister Zhang walked up the stairs slowly.

She glanced at Zheng Fa, but there was not much surprise in her eyes. She just turned to Senior Sister Yuan and said, "Is there anything you can't let me see?"

"..." Senior Sister Yuan laughed dryly, and suddenly she came up with a clever idea: "I'm afraid that Junior Brother Zheng will come over to play and you will see him. After all, this is where the account books of the market are kept, and ordinary people are not allowed to come in..."

Senior Sister Zhang looked at Senior Sister Yuan deeply and glanced at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa sighed in his heart, but still nodded under Senior Sister Yuan's anxious gaze.

"Have the account books been sorted out?" Senior Sister Zhang did not pursue the matter and just asked Senior Sister Chao Yuan.

"Senior sister, you're a little early." Senior Sister Yuan muttered, and then took credit, "But I've already sorted out the account books!"

After saying that, she brought over all the account books that Zheng Fa had sorted out and placed them in front of Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang lowered her head and turned the pages very quickly.

Senior Sister Yuan standing by secretly glanced at the expression on her face.

"Well done." Senior Sister Zhang put the books down after reading a few of them, and nodded to Senior Sister Yuan with a gentle expression.

Senior Sister Yuan showed joy on her face.

"How much is the income of the market this month?"

"One thousand two hundred and thirty-six spirit stones."

Senior Sister Yuan said with a delighted look on her face, a look of joy as if she had guessed the answer correctly.

"How much is the rent?"

"The rent is 955 spirit stones, of which 230 is for the stall, 270 is for the market, and 455 is for the big shop."

Senior Sister Yuan answered fluently, her voice becoming more and more confident.

Zheng Fa was also thinking about the meaning of these data in his mind.

There are about six or seven hundred stalls in the market, about a hundred small shops, and at least a dozen large shops opened by major sects.

But the bulk of the rent is contributed by large stores.

For a general stall, like the one Zheng Fa is using now, it only takes about three months to get one spirit stone.

But the store needs an average of two or three spirit stones per month.

The rent for large stores is even more expensive.

The income of the market town comes from not only rent but also transaction tax, and the tax rates for various commodities are different - but it is small compared to the store rent.

Senior Sister Zhang nodded slightly, seeming quite satisfied: "You put in a lot of effort."

Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but smile with pride.

"How does the market income compare to last month?" Senior Sister Zhang asked again.

"ah?"

Senior Sister Yuan turned around and looked at Zheng Fa blankly.

Oops, I haven’t reviewed last month’s data! “You tell me.”

Senior Sister Zhang pointed at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said, "Last month, the market's revenue was 1,295 spirit stones. This month, the market's revenue has dropped by about half."

Senior Sister Zhang didn't say anything, just looked at the two of them quietly, while Senior Sister Yuan's face was full of guilt.

"You will be in charge of the market from now on." She suddenly pointed at Zheng Fa and said.

When Zheng Fa heard that Senior Sister Zhang wanted to give him a promotion, his first thought was to refuse! Just kidding, Senior Sister Zhang did whatever she wanted, regardless of the consequences.

How could he, a Qi training level 2 disciple, convince these disciples in Fangshi? Senior Sister Yuan curled her lips and lowered her head slightly.

She found that after Zheng Fa came, everyone seemed to like him more.

Han Qi and the other two worked hard.

This time, Senior Sister Zhang obviously trusts Zheng Fa more.

Although she knew she was being lazy.

Knowing that Zheng Fa had extraordinary talents, she was actually willing to take care of him more.

But she still felt a little disappointed after being outdone by Zheng Fa twice in one day.

This Junior Brother Zheng... could it be that he is practicing some charm technique?

"Senior Sister Zhang, actually, these data were told to me by Senior Sister Yuan when we were chatting before." She suddenly heard Zheng Fa's voice and looked up suddenly, and saw Zheng Fa saying to Senior Sister Zhang: "Senior Sister Yuan was just tested by you, Senior Sister Zhang, and she was too nervous to remember it."

Sister Yuan looked at Zheng Fa and felt that this originally not-so-handsome face became more and more attractive the more she looked at it...

(End of this chapter)