Chapter 143 Chapter 143 Murder
At the end of the month, Yu Jin came to the Fu family with an account book and a box of silver.
When she saw Yu Li, she happily handed the box over.
Yu Li opened the box and saw the silver inside. He looked at her in surprise, "Why are you giving me money all of a sudden?"
Yu Jin said: "In the past few months, the shop has made good profits. This is your share of the profits."
To be precise, this is a quarterly share.
Yu Li invested money in Yu Jin's shop, and they signed a contract at the beginning, which stipulated that Yu Li would get a share of the profits every quarter, and Yu Li would get the lion's share.
Yu Jin didn't care about this at all and was eager to give her sister more money.
Yu Li asked, "Isn't it a little early?" She pushed the money back, "Didn't you say you were going to prepare to get another batch of goods next month? You can use it first. I don't need money."
Yu Jin shook his head, "Big sister, take this money. Doesn't the village school need money right now?"
After the village school was opened, her sister had to pay for the teacher's monthly salary and the children's lunch. She was afraid that her sister's money was not enough.
After understanding what she meant, Yu Li laughed, "Really, no need, I have enough money."
She told her sister that after Fu Wenxiao passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, the government offices in the prefecture and the county sent him rewards to reward Fu Wenxiao for bringing honor to Qing'an Prefecture and Shanping County in this imperial examination. Moreover, the rewards were not small. After all, this was the first place in the imperial examination, and the value was very high, which could not be compared with other awards.
Even if she took a sum of money to set up a village school, the money in her hand would only be more, not less.
Now Yu Li no longer has to worry about lack of money.
Of course, money is never too little. She has to run a village school and invest in her sister's business, so she spends a lot of money. She plans to go fight bandits with Xuan Huaiqing and others when she runs out of money, and then the money will come.
Yu Jin stared at her blankly, then smiled: "That's great, I feel relieved now."
It seems that their brother-in-law is quite good at making money, so she can rest assured and no longer has to worry about her sister having no money.
Yu Jin still insisted on giving the money to Yu Li and asked her to keep it first.
Then she took out the account book and reconciled the accounts with Yu Li.
Since her sister has invested money and is considered one of the bosses, she needs to know how much money the shop has made in the past few months.
While the two sisters were checking the accounts, Fu Wenxiao came over with tea.
Yu Jin stood up quickly and called out obediently, "Brother-in-law."
Fu Wenxiao told her not to be polite, poured tea for the two of them, put down a plate of snacks, and was about to leave to let them continue to reconcile the accounts when Yu Li stopped him.
Yu Li pushed the account book to him and said, "Xiao brother, come and help us look at the account book."
In fact, she was too lazy to look at it, but her sister insisted that she have an idea of it, so she let Fu Wenxiao look at it. He has a good brain and there will be no problem for him to read the account book.
Fu Wenxiao smiled when he heard this, and did not refuse. He sat down and opened the account book to look at it.
Seeing this scene, Yu Jin was a little confused. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. Then she looked at her sister, only to see her sitting there drinking tea and eating snacks, looking particularly leisurely and comfortable.
It seemed like showing the account book to Fu Wenxiao was not a big problem.
Yu Jin thought of the scholars she knew. Most of them were oblivious to what was happening outside. They were proud of their status as scholars and looked down upon business affairs. They thought that business was a disgrace to society. Therefore, she had never thought of asking her brother-in-law to help with the accounts or anything like that.
"Jin Niang, come here and have some tea." Yu Li said to his sister.
Yu Jin said "oh" obediently, and drank tea and ate snacks with her sister, secretly glancing at Fu Wenxiao to see his reaction.
In just a cup of tea, Fu Wenxiao finished reading the account book and said to Yu Jin, "There is no problem with the account above."
Yu Jin looked at him, as if to confirm that he really didn't care.
She nodded and said, "That's fine, thank you brother-in-law!"
Since the business was getting better and better, the shop hired an accountant. She checked the accounts every night and learned from the accountant how to read and manage the accounts.
The accountant she found was a very kind person. Seeing that she wanted to learn, he was willing to teach her.
Of course, the main reason was that Yu Jin paid a lot of money every month, and it was difficult for him to hide it since he was taking money from someone else. Yu Jin also learned a lot from this.
After confirming that there was no problem with the account book, Yu Jin told her sister that she planned to go to the provincial capital to purchase goods at the beginning of next month.
The Chinese New Year is two months away, so she decided to go to the provincial capital to take a look and buy more goods. They will surely sell well before the New Year, and she wants to make some extra money before the New Year.
Yu Li asked: "Are you going alone?"
Yu Jin nodded, "I'll go by myself this time, and let Fang Niang stay at the store."
The business in the store is good now, so both of them can't leave. Someone has to stay in the store to look after it. So she left Sun Fangniang at home, asked Yu Yin to help, and went to the provincial capital alone to purchase goods.
"Don't worry, sister." Yu Jin said, "I'm very strong now, I can easily beat ten people at once."
As she spoke, she clenched her fist and waved it, then she thought of Fu Wenxiao still there, and put her hand down somewhat embarrassedly.
Yu Li frowned, feeling a little worried. After all, his sister had never traveled far before, and the farthest place she had been to was the provincial capital.
The prefectural capital is not far away. If you set out in the morning, you can arrive in the evening. In comparison, the provincial capital is much farther away.
After thinking for a while, Yu Li decided to go to the provincial capital with his sister to purchase goods.
The last time she and Fu Wenxiao came back from the provincial capital, they encountered bandits on the way. Although the bandits did not board the boat in the end, she realized that the road to the provincial capital was not safe.
In fact, it is impossible to stop water bandits because they may be people from nearby villages, which are different from the mountain bandits who occupy the mountains and act as kings.
Although Yu Jin is very strong, she has no experience in fighting. If she encounters bandits, she will definitely not be able to defeat them.
Moreover, Yu Jin's business had just started, and he had to do everything by himself now. He didn't even have extra money to hire thugs from the escort agency to escort him.
Yu Li couldn't feel at ease, so she decided to go and take a look.
When Yu Jin heard her say that she wanted to accompany him, he hesitated: "Big sister, aren't you busy?"
"I haven't been busy lately." Yu Li said, "Besides visiting the village school, teaching you to read and write, and helping out in the store."
When she had some free time this month, she originally wanted to work in the butcher shop, but later she learned that the butcher shop had hired someone to help, so it didn't matter whether she went or not.
Zhang Fu and the others were also thinking about her. Fu Wenxiao was a scholar now, and it would not be convenient for her, a scholar's wife, to go to the butcher shop to slaughter pigs.
It just so happened that my sister's business had just started, and she had also invested money, so she came to the store to help.
Although she didn't get any salary, her sister gave her some money today.
Being a boss is much more satisfying than getting a fixed salary.
Hearing her say this, Yu Jin was naturally happy and agreed readily, then told her the time to leave.
She will contact the cargo ship these days and will set off once the cargo ship is booked.
"Okay." Yu Li said, "Call me when you're ready. I'll go to the provincial capital with you."
After seeing his sister off, Yu Li entered the study and saw Fu Wenxiao sitting there reading a book.
Fu Wenxiao looked up and said, "Li Niang, I'm going to the provincial capital with you too."
"Eh?" Yu Li looked at him, "You have something to do in the provincial capital as well?"
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything, but reached out and pulled her into his arms.
As the weather got colder, he became more and more clingy, hugging her from time to time even in broad daylight, not to mention at night, when he would sleep close to her or hug her, saying he was cold.
His body temperature was indeed lower than that of ordinary people. Yu Li had special abilities and was not afraid of the cold, so he just let him be.
Holding the person in his arms, Fu Wenxiao said, "Ali, I want to go to the provincial capital with you."
Yu Li said "oh", so he was fine, he just simply wanted to go to the provincial capital with her.
She wasn't really surprised by this, after all, he was quite clingy.
"But we are going there to purchase goods, not to the provincial capital for fun. It will be more tiring." Yu Li reminded him. He knew that this man was quite particular and was afraid that he would not be able to adapt.
"It doesn't matter." He lowered his head and rubbed her face, "As long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid of any hardship."
Hearing this, Yu Li looked a little strange, looking at him hesitantly as if he wanted to say something.
Fu Wenxiao asked with a smile: "What does Ah Li want to say?"
"You haven't fully recovered yet. If you work too hard, you will get sick again." Yu Li reminded him again.
"Aren't you here?" Fu Wenxiao said with a smile, "With A-Li here, I'm not afraid of getting sick."
Yu Li felt that what he said made sense, but being sick was not a pleasant feeling. Even if her special ability could cure the disease, it would not make him get better all at once. It would still take a process.
This process is still uncomfortable.
Fu Wenxiao said he didn't care. He tilted his head and smiled at her: "Before I met A-Li, I also went through this."
Those three years were not only painful, it was like I had experienced all the suffering in my life.
Yu Li blinked, remembering that when he first met him, he was a sickly person who couldn't even leave the door.
She held his hand and felt a little distressed, but this was the partner she chose, so it was okay to feel distressed for her partner, right?
Since he wants to go, let him go.
When Yu Li told Zhou that they were going to the provincial capital to purchase goods, he thought Zhou would be worried, but she was very calm and even smiled and said, "Be careful and bring more clothes. I heard that the provincial capital is colder than Shanping County."
In Zhou's mind, the young couple had a great relationship and she couldn't bear to separate them.
Li Niang is going to the provincial capital with her sister to purchase goods. It is normal for Xiao Ge'er to go with her. It would be strange if he didn't go. The last time Li Niang was away for more than a month, he was always depressed and even fell ill.
Instead of letting him get sick from being bored at home, it is better to let him run around with Li Niang. Even if he gets sick, he will probably be happy to have Li Niang by his side. When a person is in a good mood, the illness will heal faster.
After Yu Jin contacted the cargo ship, Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao packed their luggage and went to the provincial capital together.
This time they were on a cargo ship, which had guest rooms for people to rest, but the space in these rooms was extremely small, not as large as those on passenger ships.
Yu Jin walked around on the cargo ship and said to Yu Li, "Sister, when I have money in the future, I will also set up a fleet and a caravan, so that it will be convenient to transport goods."
Yu Li naturally supported her: "You can definitely do it!"
With her support, Yu Jin was energized. She returned to the guest room with high morale and worked hard to read and learn to read, and complete the homework assigned by her sister.
Although on the road, Yu Li still assigned a lot of homework to his sister.
Not only Yu Jin, but also Sun Fangniang and others who stayed in the county town were assigned a lot of homework, which would be checked when she returned from the provincial capital.
Although the room is small, it is very clean. Maybe because of the cold weather, there is no peculiar smell.
After Fu Wenxiao spread out the bedding and quilts he brought, he took out the incense sticks he had made and hung them beside the bed. Soon the room was filled with a faint fragrance that was sweet but not greasy and had a calming effect.
Yu Li stood there with his hands in his sleeves, watching him busy, and then went to look at the incense cards.
She found that Fu Wenxiao was a very elegant person who loved to enjoy life. He could always make a lot of luxury goods. However, he didn't take them seriously and never thought about using them to make money. He only used them for his daily enjoyment.
Yu Li naturally enjoyed it with him.
After making the bed, Fu Wenxiao went to make a pot of hot tea and took out a box of snacks from his luggage.
In the box was a box of rose cakes, each piece arranged like a blooming rose.
At first glance, it looks real, like a work of art.
Yu Li took a look at it. Although it looked good, she wanted to eat it more.
She picked up a piece of rose cake and took a bite. She was stunned and turned to ask, "Where did you buy this? I don't think I've ever eaten it before."
After coming into this world, she had eaten a lot of snacks, but none of them were as delicious as this.
Fu Wenxiao smiled without saying anything, just looked at her.
After a long while, Yu Li finally realized something and guessed, "Did you do it?"
He finally hummed, and the sound seemed to overflow from his throat, with a slight nasal tone, and sounded very gentle.
“I made it.” He looked a little embarrassed. “It’s my first time making it. I don’t know if it’s delicious.”
Yu Li said immediately, "It's delicious, extremely delicious! This is the first time I've eaten such delicious snacks!" Then she looked at him curiously, "Xiao brother, when did you learn how to do this?"
She was really shocked that he could make snacks.
The most important thing is that he cooked it so deliciously, and this golden nugget actually evolved.
Fu Wenxiao smiled and said, "I've eaten it before and thought it was delicious. I asked someone for the recipe at the time, and I tried it yesterday and found it was quite simple."
Yu Li went to the store yesterday and was not at home, so he went to the kitchen to try to make this snack.
Fail once, succeed the second time.
While he was making snacks, Zhou was helping him.
Zhou was very worried at first, after all, he had never been in the kitchen to cook, so she was hesitant to speak.
After he started, Zhou said nothing, and was even very pleased. She said, "Li Niang has delicious food. If you make it, she will definitely be very happy. Maybe she will..."
What else would happen? Zhou didn’t say.
Fu Wenxiao roughly understood what she meant, but he just simply wanted to cook for her and make her happy.
Yu Li ate all the rose cakes in the box in one breath.
After eating, she felt a little unsatisfied and looked at him.
Fu Wenxiao poured her a cup of tea to moisten her throat and said with a smile, "If you like it, I'll make it for you when we return to the county."
"That's settled!" Yu Li said happily, and then sighed, "It will take a long time, half a month."
It takes four days to go back and forth, and they have to stay in the provincial capital for a few days. After loading the goods, they will return to the county town. It will take at least fifteen days, which seems quite long to Yu Li.
Fu Wenxiao couldn't help but touch her head. He said, "I'll make something else for you to eat in the future."
"Huh? Can you do anything else?" Yu Li looked at him curiously.
Fu Wenxiao thought about it and said, "As long as you know how to do it, you can make it after trying a few more times."
This is the confidence of a genius, and it is also the confidence of a genius with a photographic memory. Replicating those delicacies is naturally no problem.
Yu Li was very surprised, then threw herself on him and gave him a hug.
"Xiao brother, you are awesome!" She kissed him on the face, "You are awesome!"
It’s great to be able to make delicious golden nuggets!
Fu Wenxiao's face flushed red, and he hugged the person who rushed over to him. Seeing her happy look, he couldn't help but laugh too. He felt that no matter what she did, it would touch his heart.
Seeing her happy, he would also feel happy from the bottom of his heart.
At dinner, Yu Jin ate with them.
She looked at the two people opposite her with some confusion, and found that her sister was very attentive to her brother-in-law today. She even picked up food for him. Although she only picked up one piece of food with chopsticks, it already surprised her.
You know, in the past, her sister would not talk to anyone while eating, and only let others pick food for her.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Yu Jin asked hesitantly.
Yu Li picked up a piece of food for her and said, "Nothing, eat quickly."
Yu Jin looked at Fu Wenxiao again and saw that he looked calm and smiling, just like usual. He really couldn't understand what the couple was doing, so he simply chose not to ask.
At night, the couple lay in bed.
Perhaps to save space, the rooms on cargo ships are not only small, but even the beds are much narrower than those on passenger ships.
Fortunately, the weather is cold now, so it’s okay for the two of them to huddle together and keep each other warm.
Yu Li felt warm all over, like a small stove. Fu Wenxiao held her in his arms, as if he was sleeping with a stove in his arms. Her cold body gradually became warm.
Sleepiness soon came over him, he lowered his head and rubbed her face, and whispered: "Ali, good night."
Yu Li adjusted herself to a comfortable position in his arms and fell asleep.
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When we arrived at the provincial capital, it was already dark.
The three of them went to an inn in the provincial capital and asked for two upper rooms to have a good rest for the night.
The next day, Yu Jin became busy, running around the provincial capital, checking out the goods there. It took him five days to finally decide on a batch of goods to take back.
Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao followed her at first, but later found that although Yu Jin was young, she was actually very experienced and did not need their help at all.
In the past few months, Yu Jin went to the provincial capital from time to time to purchase goods. He had already practiced it. When dealing with those merchants, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and his brows were filled with calmness and confidence.
If someone didn't know the situation, they would think she came from a merchant family and had been influenced by them since she was a child.
Yu Jin said to them, "Sister, brother-in-law, you don't have to follow me. Go and have fun. When I'm done here, we'll go back to the county town."
Yu Li: “…That’s fine.”
After confirming that their sister really didn't need their help, the two of them went to travel in the provincial capital. Today they went hiking, tomorrow they went to visit temples, and the day after tomorrow they went to watch polo...
After the two of them had played leisurely for a few days, the goods that Yu Jin wanted had already been loaded onto the cargo ship.
"Sister, we can go back tomorrow." Yu Jin said to them at night, "The goods are ready."
This time when he came to the provincial capital to purchase goods, Yu Li invested another thousand taels.
With this one thousand taels, he could import more goods. Yu Jin decided to show off his skills and bring more goods back to the county town, so as to make a fortune before the end of the year.
Yu Jin told her what goods he had purchased this time and took out the account book for her to review.
Yu Li flipped through the account book. The words on it looked crooked, but they were very clear. They were even recorded in Arabic numerals. Once you master this method, it will be very convenient to use it for accounting.
This was also what Yu Li taught them. Even Fu Wenxiao followed suit and learned it, and found that these characters were indeed useful.
Fu Wenxiao not only has a photographic memory, but is also able to draw inferences from one instance. Whatever Yu Li brings out, he can quickly grasp it and apply it flexibly.
Not only that, for some things that he thinks are not currently suitable for the Daqing Dynasty, he can also improve them until they are suitable.
Of course, he did not pass these things on to others at present, but occasionally discussed them with Mr. Wang, which always aroused Mr. Wang's admiration. He said that after he had mastered it, he would pass it on if there was a chance in the future.
"Sister, these characters you taught me are really useful." Yu Jin pointed at the Arabic numerals and said, "They are much easier to remember than those characters. They are easy to combine and clear at a glance."
Yu Li said: "It is convenient, but it is easy to falsify or have the numbers tampered with."
"It doesn't matter. There are corresponding text records below, which are not easy to tamper with." Yu Jin smiled and pointed to the place below.
Seeing that she understood, Yu Li said nothing more.
After confirming that everything was fine, they set off back to the county town.
Because there was a shipload of cargo, Yu Jin was much more alert when she went to bed at night.
There were not many people on the boat. Apart from the boatman, there were only some guys working on the boat. There were no guards or thugs. Of course, Yu Jin was not afraid. With her sister around, the pirates would never come back.
In the middle of the night, when Yu Jin got up, she suddenly heard some noise in the boat. She became alert and went to look for it quietly.
Following the sound, Yu Jin soon saw a dark shadow in the cargo hold.
"Who is it?" she growled and pounced over.
It was the first time that Yu Jin did this, and he was extremely nervous. When he pounced on the black shadow, he held the man down tightly.
A painful groan was heard in the darkness.
Yu Jin used all his strength to suppress the other person. Because he was too nervous, he did not use any light force when he struck. He seemed to have forgotten that his strength was already extraordinary. Until he heard a sound of pain from the person under him, the person's struggle became weak.
Suddenly, she smelled a strong smell of blood.
When Yu Jin reacted, she found that the person she was pressing had stopped moving. She was startled and quickly let go.
No, he won't die, will he?
Yu Jin's scalp was numb. After waiting for a while, he saw that the person on the ground was motionless. He reached over with a trembling hand and tried to feel the person's breath. He found that he could not feel the other person's breathing. It seemed that he was really killed by her...
Yu Jin was so frightened that she hurried to find her sister.
As soon as I ran out, I saw Yu Li coming over and grabbing my sister who had bumped into me.
"Ajin!" Yu Li called out.
Yu Jin trembled and said, "Sister, I, I killed someone, what should I do?"
Fu Wenxiao, who was following behind Yu Li, saw that she was shaking badly and comforted her: "Second sister, it's okay, let's go and take a look."
The calm and gentle voice soothed her, and Yu Jin gradually became less panicked. She said hurriedly, "He's inside. The man is dead..."
Yu Li patted her shoulder and walked in.
There were a lot of goods piled up here, and it was very dark inside. Yu Li could see things in the dark and saw the person lying on the floor at a glance. From the smell of blood in the air, he knew that the person was seriously injured.
Yu Li walked over and first checked the other person's breathing. Although the breathing was very weak, he was still alive.
Then she gave this man some supernatural powers to keep him alive.
After a while, the two sisters moved the injured to the guest room.
Yu Jin came over with an oil lamp, and when Fu Wenxiao saw the other person's appearance clearly, he was slightly stunned.
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