Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 255 Books
Ziluo Villa fell into tension because of the arrival of Ning Beihou.

Li Zheng hurriedly went back to the account room to write a letter, and asked the servant to deliver it to Liu Yuping.

Seeing his frowning expression, the other two stewards felt uneasy.

Uncle Li, the third steward, said: "This eldest girl is really not a good person. She and the eldest lady have never been on good terms. Do you think she will kill us if she knows that we have secretly received money from the eldest lady?"

Li Zheng sighed, and said: "It's more than that! I have heard that the lord threw the eldest girl to Qingquan Temple back then because the eldest lady was a hindrance. Alas, we are afraid that we will not be able to protect ourselves this time."

The second steward, Uncle Zheng, said: "It's not certain, Ziluo Mountain Villa is in a difficult time now, I guess the eldest girl will not dare to touch us, besides, the eldest lady is her mother after all, if she dares to attack the eldest lady , that is disobedience and unfilial piety, a serious crime.”

Uncle Li, the third steward, said: "What you said is also reasonable, but we can't afford to offend the people behind the eldest girl."

The second steward, Uncle Zheng, said, "Why don't we confess to the eldest girl?"

Li Zhengyi made the case and said: "I'm confused, if I confess to her now, it's just for her to make an example of others."

The second steward, Uncle Zheng, said irritably, "Then tell me, what do you say?"

Li Zhengdao: "If you want me to say, just don't do anything, anyway, the eldest lady and the eldest girl have disliked each other for a long time, so we will push all the old bad debts to the eldest lady. Hand it over generously, let the eldest lady check it out, what does she know as a little girl, then let's fan the flames, and just blow the fire on the eldest lady."

The second steward and the third steward exchanged glances upon hearing this.

This is a good idea!

As dusk fell, the last snow of this winter fell in Ziluo Mountain Villa.

Qingju added some more charcoal to the stove, and just as she was about to stretch herself after work, she heard the teapot sizzling on the small stove, she hurriedly turned to look, and saw Yuantao staring at the teapot in a daze, even I didn't even realize the water was boiling.

"Xiao Tao, what are you thinking about?" Qingju hastily walked over to uncover the lid of the teapot, then took the white cloth to insulate the teapot and lifted the teapot onto the tea table.

Yuan Tao woke up suddenly, blinked and said, "I didn't do it on purpose."

Qingju gently twisted Yuantao's little head with one finger, and said: "Don't be stupid, go and pour a cup of hot tea for the big girl, and I'll warm up the Tang Pozi again, the big girl's Tang Pozi reckoned it would be soon. It's cold."

Yuan Tao nodded heavily, "I'll go right away."

In the middle of the night, Ye Lingwu was wearing a thick purple fox velvet cloak and was sitting in front of the table, holding an open account book in her hand hanging on her knees, and resting her chin with the other hand, she was also in a daze.

There was a pile of ledgers piled up on the case table, not Ziluobu Zhuang, but the ordinary expenses ledgers given by Uncle Yu a few days ago in the outer courtyard of the Ye Mansion.

"Miss, the hot tea is ready." Yuan Tao held the hot tea and was talking before entering the cup.

Ye Lingwu came back to her senses, put the account book in her hand back on the desk, and said, "Let's put it there, I don't want to drink yet."

Yuan Tao nodded blankly, put the hot tea on the high table a little closer to the stove, then went up to the ground and knelt down, looked at Ye Lingwu and said, "Miss, this servant will press your shoulders for you. "

Ye Lingwu raised her eyes and said hesitantly, "You can still press my shoulder with your thin arm?"

Although there is only a three-year age difference between the two, there is a huge difference between the 12-year-old and the 15-year-old girls. He has no meat, and is not tall, more than half a head shorter than Ye Lingwu.

Yuan Tao straightened her back and said, "Of course, this servant was an expert at washing clothes in the outer courtyard before. The washed clothes must be wrung dry before they can be hung on the rack. This servant can twist a basket by herself."

Seeing her unconvinced strength, Ye Lingwu chuckled and said, "Okay, then give me a shoulder squeeze."

Yuan Tao immediately got up and stood behind Ye Lingwu, put her hands on her shoulders and began to knead. After a long time, she said: "Girl, the Ning Beihou who came today is the well-known Ning Beihou, he looks really noble. Is that next to him his servant?"

Ye Lingwu froze for a moment, then said with a smile: "Silly Yuantao, he is not a servant, he is a young general Yue Yang who followed Ning Beihou on the battlefield, the leader of the Black Banner Army."

Yuan Tao stared, "General?!"

No wonder this person is scary just looking at it, it turned out to be a general.

Ye Lingwu looked through the account books with her head down, and asked casually: "By the way, Yuan Tao, didn't I ask Uncle Yu to take care of Lord Hou? Did Uncle Yu say anything at night?"

Yuan Tao was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Uncle Yu hasn't been here, but Lord Hou, the slave girl went to ask at night, and said that Uncle Yu arranged Lord Hou and Little General Yue Yang into the yard next door to us. It’s not far away, Miss, do you want to visit?”

Ye Lingwu's face suddenly turned red, and said, "What am I going to see at night?"

Yuan Tao suddenly said: "That's right, that's right, so let's go visit tomorrow."

"Not going tomorrow."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

——"Miss, the account books of Ziluobu Village have been sorted out, please take a look!"

It was Li Zheng's voice.

Ye Lingwu put down the account book and said, "Yuan Tao, go and invite someone in."

Yuan Tao responded, and invited the three stewards into the outer room. At this time, Qingju was warming up Mrs. Tang, and the two little girls immediately brought hot tea to the three stewards to wait.

Not long after, Ye Lingwu came out after putting on her clothes, and said with a smile, "I kept the three uncles in charge waiting for a long time."

"No, no, we were the ones who were abrupt." Li Zheng said, and the other two nodded in agreement.

"It's not abrupt. I should sort out Ziluobu Zhuang's account books earlier, check for omissions and make up for vacancies, and take care of the staff in the village. After all, this cloth village was originally founded by my mother." Ye Lingwu sat down and said.

"Yes, yes," Li Zheng raised his hand to indicate the three thick account books on the table, "here are the account books in our hands that we haven't checked since the lord fell ill. Fang, the weaving workshop in charge of the third manager. The account books have been accumulated for more than half a year, the eldest girl reads slowly, don't rush for a while, and take care of yourself."

"It's not a problem." Ye Lingwu noticed that there was a small stack of account books next to the three thick account books, "What are these books?"

Li Zheng sighed and said: "This is a problematic account when the lord was alive before. We thought that now that the eldest girl is going to take over Ziluo Villa, we should know about these old bad accounts, so we took them together. .”

(End of this chapter)