Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 63: Insect carving tricks (1)

Shen Yuechen was slightly startled when he heard this.Seeing him silent just now, I thought he was annoyed.

Chunming asked softly: "Miss, should the servant wait for you to take a bath first, or to serve your pen and ink first?"

Shen Yuechen blushed: "Let's boil water and take a bath first."

Because she had to wait for Zhu Jintang's return, Shen Yuechen didn't let Chun Ming spread the paper and grind the ink, but just leaned on the bed with the ledger, reading it quietly by herself.

There are many details on it, but they are basically common things in the inner house, but there are also many names, which are novelties that she has never heard of before.

Before returning to his room to rest, Zhu Jintang went to the clean room first, and then entered the room in his middle clothes after washing.

Shen Yuechen was about to get up to meet him, but he made some gestures to him, walked straight to the bed with big strides.He was supposed to sleep on the outside, but he pushed him directly to the inside.

Zhu Jintang did not lie down directly, but stared at the red ledger in her hand, and said, "Show me."

Shen Yuechen glanced at him, obediently handed over the account book to him, and asked in a low voice: "Master, haven't you read this account book?"

Zhu Jintang flipped through a few pages with a serious expression, and said indifferently: "I rarely ask about the affairs of the inner house."

Shen Yuechen nodded, thinking the same thing, the Zhu family's business is so big, it is not easy to take care of it every day, how can he have the leisure to worry about these trivial matters.

After Zhu Jintang flipped through a few pages, his expression immediately became serious. He didn't need to read carefully to know that the accounts were extremely dishonest.

Canceling integers and zeros, opportunistic tricks, are all trivial tricks that cannot withstand further investigation.

Although he is not usually the head of the inner courtyard, he also knows that Chai Mi is expensive.He has always been very clear about the market price of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

If he had followed his usual swift and vigorous temper, he would have started to rage on the spot, directly tearing off these muddled accounts, kneading them into balls, throwing them back on the faces of the people below, and asking him to recalculate carefully before bringing them up.

However, this is the account of the inner house, and it should be handed over to the elders in the family to decide.

Since grandma proposed to let Shen Yuechen learn to manage affairs, it must be because of her own considerations.

He couldn't stand it anymore, frowned, and only returned the ledger to Shen Yuechen, leaned back, but didn't lie down directly, and looked at Shen Yuechen with his arms on his pillow, as if he wanted to hear what she would say, what was it? Opinion.

What a shrewd and capable person Zhu Jintang is, Shen Yuechen didn't want to show off in front of him and make it boring.Moreover, there are some things that I can't tell him directly, so I just closed the account book with a smile and said: "It looks really trivial, I want to copy it again in lower case, and write down the details of the monthly fixed income. As long as the money spent is directly marked below, the elders can see it more clearly and feel more at ease."

She is very good at avoiding important things.

Zhu Jintang turned his head slightly to look at her: "Isn't it too wasteful to use your good handwriting for copying this?"

Shen Yuechen met his gaze and smiled: "I don't know anything else, I can only do these trivial things. Thanks to the care and trust of the elders, I can finally do my best for the uncle and the family."

Hearing this, Zhu Jintang's eyes flickered with an imperceptible smile, and her little mouth was sweeter than he imagined.Every time I speak, it will make people feel very useful, but I don't know how sincere it is?three points?five points?Still no points?

Zhu Jintang pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "You can handle these things yourself. Since the elders have agreed, they have given you this dignity. Now, you are the eldest and youngest wife of the Zhu family, and the big and small things in the house will be handled sooner or later. It's all up to you, a serious master, to take care of it. It's just... don't act too hastily, and hurt the harmony of the family."

If he followed his own will, he would definitely take action immediately, cut the mess quickly, and completely regulate the whole family. However, those old people in the mansion all have the face accumulated for more than 30 years, so they cannot be easily manipulated.

What he said made sense, Shen Yuechen nodded slightly, and secretly told himself not to be in a hurry, not to make mistakes in his rush... The room was quiet for a while, both of them were thoughtful.

Zhu Jintang leaned closer to her, and saw strong anxiety in the depths of her clear eyes.She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice that he was looking at her so closely.If it was normal, when he stared at her like this, she would immediately blushed in bewilderment, her eyes dodged anxiously, looking shy and shy, like a child who doesn't know much about the world.

Seeing that she didn't know it, Zhu Jintang thought of teasing her instead, and simply moved closer, blowing the warm breath from his mouth directly on her neck.

Shen Yuechen only felt the heat on the back of her neck, she quickly came back to her senses, turned her head to look, but looked directly into his star-like eyes, for some reason, every time she looked into his eyes, she would feel flustered, I was afraid that if I accidentally fell into it, I would come out again.

First he stared at her quietly, as if he was about to kiss her, and then, when she couldn't help but want to look away, he grabbed her chin to prevent her from turning her head.

This time Zhu Jintang was not in a hurry, he calmed down, held her face in his hands, and lightly pecked her rosy lips.

Such an intimate contact started and ended in an instant, but it was like a strong lightning that suddenly hit Shen Yuechen.But before she had time to react, that big hand had already slowly slipped into her clothes... Outside the door, Mingyue was pressing her ears tightly to the crack of the door, listening with bated breath.Unexpectedly, she was suddenly patted on the shoulder in a moderate manner, and she almost cried out in fright.

Ming Xin stood behind her, with a straight face, reprimanded softly: "You don't care about life and death, you dare to hide here and eavesdrop!"

Seeing that it was her who came, Mingxin secretly heaved a sigh of relief, hurriedly made a silent gesture, pointed to the room, and motioned for her to come over and listen together.

Mingyue frowned, stretched out her hand and slapped her on the back of the head, dragged her to a corner, pointed at her forehead, and cursed: "Aren't you ashamed? If anyone sees it, you have to report to Madam Li." Mama can't, and then I'll beat your ass until it blooms."

Seeing that she was really annoyed, Ming Xin lowered her head and said, "Sister Mingyue, don't be angry, I'm just curious."

Mingyue said seriously: "You are an unmarried girl, what are you curious about? You and I are old people next to the young master, how can you do such shameless and stupid things."

Mingxin blushed slowly, grabbed Mingyue's hand and begged, "Good sister, I won't dare again...Actually, I didn't hear anything just now, really..."

Mingyue herself felt ashamed for her, so she just gave her a push: "Hurry up and go back to the room to sleep, don't come out to fool around again."

Tonight's watchman is still Chunming, they should have gone back to their room long ago, Mingyue saw that she hadn't returned, so she came out to look for it, but unexpectedly bumped into her here to eavesdrop.

Mingyue, who was out of breath, walked quickly to her own room, and Mingxin followed behind dejectedly. After returning to the room, she confessed her mistakes and begged again.

Mingyue sighed, looked at her and said: "I didn't intend to teach you a lesson, now our situation is getting worse and worse, you are always so reckless, it doesn't matter what you do, if the young mistress catches you, you have to arrest us It is impossible to sweep the floor out."

Mingxin became anxious when he heard the words: "Why does the eldest young mistress drive us out?"

Mingyue covered her mouth, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, Mama Wu and the others are not asleep yet."

Ming Xin was not reconciled: "Sister, we have been with the young master for so many years, and we are destined to stay in Zhu's house for the rest of our lives."

Mingyue smiled lightly, feeling that she was thinking too naively.

"We are just maidservants. Whether we go or stay depends entirely on the words of the master. What is not a lifetime, you really regard yourself as a serious master..."

Mingxin heard the words and thought about it, so he curled his lips and said with an aggrieved expression: "Sister, what do you think we should do? The eldest young mistress doesn't look like such a cold and heartless person..."

"If you say you're stupid, you're really stupid. The eldest young mistress dared to embarrass Guanshi Zhu in front of the eldest lady and the second lady, and punishing the two of us is not like trampling ants to death."

Mingxin was not very courageous at first, but she was so frightened that he was a little flustered, so he said indiscriminately: "Sister, we can't just walk away like this... I don't care, but sister, you should She is going to be the eldest young master's aunt..."

Before she finished speaking, Mingyue immediately stopped her and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you don't think it's too much trouble, do you?"

Mingxin glanced out of the window, saw no one around, and continued: "What I'm saying is the truth, my sister is the first-class maid by the uncle's side, and she almost became a housemaid earlier, if it wasn't for the Qin family... ...The previous young mistress, my sister may have been an aunt long ago."

After Mingyue heard this, Qingli's eyes dimmed, "Perhaps, I don't have this luck, after all, I can't compete with you..." Back then, she was almost on the verge of success, but when she met such a formidable character as the Qin family, she naturally couldn't help it. Dare to go one step further.

Ming Xin felt aggrieved on her behalf, and said: "Sister, uncle has always liked you, as long as you are willing to pay attention to opportunities, you will definitely be able to turn around."

Mingyue bit her lip, it's not that she didn't have ideas in her heart, it's just that she couldn't find an opportunity, and besides, now the uncle is very interested in Shen Yuechen, the new wife.

Shen Yuechen was very wary of her, from jewelry and belongings to food and clothing, he never asked her to reach out, even such trivial things as drinking tea and rinsing his mouth would not let her do it.

Seeing that she was lost in thought, Mingxin thought she had some idea, and said: "As long as my sister can live a good life, Mingxin can be counted on for life. If, in the future, my sister can give birth to a son and a half for the uncle Yes, that is a truly decent master."

Mingyue was silent for a while, as if she had made up her mind, she turned sideways, looked at her and said seriously: "Are you really willing to help me?"

Ming Xin nodded heavily: "That's natural. My sister just says what I need to do."

Mingyue said: "Right now, I don't have any ideas. However, I have to find an opportunity to get close to the uncle first. It's just that the spring tea is really in the way..."

Mingxin also doesn't like Chunming very much. After thinking about it carefully, he replied: "What's the problem? Let her make a mistake and make her look ugly. It's better to make a big mistake and directly annoy the uncle. He will be severely punished on the ground. At that time, not only will he be able to clear the way for his sister, but he will also embarrass the young mistress."

(End of this chapter)