Chapter 112 The Accountant is Here
"Mother."
Behind the incense burner filled with mist, Jiang Yunshu lay on the beauty couch with her eyes half closed, dozing off. She looked very lazy and comfortable.
"Meng'er, you're here."
"Mom, have you had a good rest? Are you still tired?"
Jiang Yunshu reached out and pulled Cheng Qingmeng to sit on the couch. "You're in good health. It's good to be at your mother's house. You don't need a housekeeper. I will definitely raise your brother healthy this time. When your brother is born, I'll leave him to you to take care of him."
Cheng Qingmeng smiled and nodded: "I will protect my brother well. Prince Mu will come before lunch. Tomorrow my eldest cousin will take the three of us sisters to the Mu Mansion to appreciate the lotus."
"Shang Lian? Are you asking Sister Yu to see Madam Mu?"
"Mother is so smart. I guess my cousin will be able to diagnose Madam Mu's illness. Then Prince Mu won't dare to be cruel to us three sisters."
"This is a good thing. There are always some issues with Prince Mu. You three sisters should not treat him as an ordinary person. If you meet him in the past, you should keep your distance."
"I understand, mother. My cousin is a good cook and has beautiful handwriting. She also knows medicine. I have a feeling that my cousin knows a lot more."
Jiang Yunshu said, "Although your aunt has lost her memory over the past fifteen years, she should have remembered what she learned. She should have taught your cousin everything she knows. However, your aunt doesn't know medical skills..."
"My cousin told me that she was born with a difficult birth and has been weak and sickly since childhood. My uncle found a barefoot doctor to treat her. She would read the barefoot doctor's medical books and learn medical skills from him when she had nothing to do."
"That barefoot doctor must have extraordinary medical skills."
"She didn't tell me how her face got burned, and I didn't feel comfortable asking."
Jiang Yunshu's eyebrows knitted slightly. Sister Yu dreamed of danger but didn't escape it...
Jiang Yunshu recalled that yesterday she was protected by her sister-in-law, sister, and Meng'er sisters, and she did not have a miscarriage.
They are numerous and powerful.
But my sister and her family of three were outnumbered and powerless against the bandits.
Cheng Qing dreamed that Jiang Yunshu was distracted, "Mother, what are you thinking about?"
"Ah, nothing..."
"Madam." It was Yanzhi, the head maid, who came in. "Someone's coming from the accounting office."
The mother and daughter went to the living room together.
"Madam, the monthly salary will be paid the day after tomorrow. This month, the Cheng family's shop has earned 800 taels less than last month, and we have to send 1,000 taels to the border to the uncle. If we send 1,000 taels to the border, we won't be able to pay the monthly salary the day after tomorrow. Madam, what do you think..."
"I can't cut off the 1,000 taels from Lord Bo, so I'll take it from the account. As for the monthly silver account, I'll pay as much as I can. If there's not enough, I'll make up for it first, and then I'll make up for it from the public account next month."
Zhang Si, the accountant, thought that he had to pay 1,000 taels to the border next month, and he was afraid that he could not make up for it, so his wife would have to pay for it.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Wait." Cheng Qingmeng asked, "How much is the monthly salary of the Meng family doctor now?"
"My dear Miss, the Doctor of the Meng Mansion is naturally paid the highest monthly salary. This month, Doctor Meng was also rewarded with fifty taels for his diagnosis that Madam is pregnant with a son. All of this will be paid from the public account."
Cheng Qingmeng said, "Don't give me the fifty taels of silver reward! Take it from my grandmother's private vault."
Meng Guangde is a big liar! He even took the reward money from the public account, and in the end he had to sacrifice his mother's dowry!
My mother's dowry was collected from my grandparents, uncles and aunts, and it was very generous.
Taking her mother's dowry is equivalent to taking the Jiang family's money.
After deceiving them for so many years, his brother might have died due to his misdiagnosis and delayed treatment!
He can forget about getting Gao Yueyin and Gao Shangyin!
"Madam, I'm afraid this isn't appropriate. In the past, the rewards given to the Meng family doctors were either paid from the public account or by you, Madam."
"Listen to Meng'er, I won't give out the reward!" Jiang Yunshu's attitude suddenly became firm. "If my mother-in-law asks about it, let her come to me. Also, whoever promises to give out the reward should give it, and it can't be paid out of the official account!"
Zhang Si, the accountant, saw that her wife was determined and had no choice but to respond, "Okay, madam. I'll go back and make arrangements right away."
"Wait a minute." Feng Yingying led her people in hurriedly and snatched the account book from Zhang Si's hand.
Feng Yingying got angry when she saw this. "Shushu's monthly salary isn't even enough to pay her, and she's sending a thousand taels of silver to the border. If you can't pay it out, won't you have to cover it yourself?"
Jiang Yunshu looked embarrassed. "Sister-in-law, the shop's profits are low this month. I'll make it up to you next month when the profits are better."
"I see you paid quite a bit last month. Did you make up for it this month?"
Jiang Yunshu was speechless for a moment and sent the accountant away.
"Sister-in-law, it's just temporary. I'll make it up when the shop makes a profit."
Feng Yingying looked at Jiang Yunshu. "You're three months pregnant now, and you haven't checked to see why the Cheng family's shop keeps making so little money, right? I see the profits are getting lower every month. It's good enough if you can get your money back, but the shop can't keep making poor profits. Otherwise, when will you get your money back?"
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will arrange for someone to check and make timely adjustments to increase profits."
Feng Yingying said, "I don't think the shop's profits can increase that quickly. You can't advance the money every month. It will accumulate over time, and it will be a lot of money. It can't be repaid all at once. So don't send the 1,000 taels to the border."
"No, sister-in-law. Life at the border is hard. If Xiao doesn't have enough money, he will suffer."
Feng Yingying frowned slightly. Her sister-in-law really doted on Cheng Xiao.
"How can he spend a thousand taels a month at the border? He's going there to make achievements, not to enjoy himself."
"Sister-in-law, you misunderstood. The people at the border have been working hard. Ah Xiao used silver to exchange for food to feed them porridge. Today, with the hot weather, we need more silver to buy herbs to beat the heat, boil them into juice and distribute to the poor people at the border. Ah Xiao doesn't use much silver himself."
Feng Yingying frowned. "The court's military pay includes this, and many wealthy businessmen have donated money this time. We don't need to pay money every month at all."
"My mother-in-law said that my pregnancy was hard-won and that I should accumulate more blessings for the child. Every month, the family sends 1,000 taels to Xiao so that he won't suffer too much over there. The rest of the money is used for charity to accumulate blessings for the child. That's why I'm pregnant with a son."
Feng Yingying looked at Jiang Yunshu in disbelief, wondering if her sister-in-law had been drugged by Old Madam Cheng.
"How many months will this war last? How many months will you send?"
Jiang Yunshu nodded: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I won't suffer any loss, and I can't use my own private money to cover it all the time."
Feng Yingying glanced at the account book again. "I think there's not enough monthly wages left. Should I have the masters of each courtyard pay their servants?"
"Sister-in-law, this is inappropriate. The servants' monthly wages are all paid into the official account."
"Then you can't use your own private money to cover it. Oh, and don't you have the indentures of the servants from the various courtyards?"
"Yes, aunt. Grandmother holds the indentures of the servants in the courtyard, and Second Aunt holds the indentures of the servants in the second house." Cheng Qingmeng suddenly realized, "Mother, even though you are the housekeeper, you can't be too disadvantaged. If there is not enough to pay, let them pay the servants themselves. Also, Second Uncle doesn't seem to have handed over any money to the public. If they are dissatisfied, they can hand over all the servants' indentures to you. If they don't behave, you can sell them and add a little money to the public account."
Feng Yingying looked at Cheng Qingmeng with admiration. Not bad, not bad. An unmarried girl who had not been abused by her in-laws had a bright mind.
The matter of predictive dreams can be revealed to Meng'er.
"Okay Meng'er, I'll do as you say!"
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