sweet wife little confused

Chapter 122 The Zhang family does not support idlers
"Bring an abacus." Wu Shi used to look at this account book, and she basically did a spot check on these totals. After all, how long would it take her to calculate the sums one by one?
She has a lot of things to do on weekdays, so she just looks at the books of the inner house casually. Most of the time, they are handed over to the housekeeper. This time, she asked An Xiuer to take a closer look at it, but she didn't expect the mistake to be so big. No, this is just another slap in the face.

After counting the number several times, I was sure that it was indeed a mistake. The tens digit is exactly the opposite of the ones digit. It must be a transcription error. Many people tend to overlook this point, but she found it unexpectedly.

Looking up at her, Mrs. Wu closed the account book, called the housekeeper and scolded him, and asked him to take all these account books away. After waving the crowd away, she looked at An Xiu'er suspiciously, and said, "These Are you reading the ledger yourself?"

"Back to mother, yes."

"Have you calculated with the abacus one by one?" Wu Shi asked again.

An Xiu'er nodded again, and said: "In the beginning I did use the abacus, but if I do too many calculations, I don't need the abacus anymore."

"You don't need the abacus, you do the math?" Wu Shi sneered.

"No, I do the math in my head and form an abacus in my mind. When I see these numbers, I move the abacus in my mind, and I can get these numbers very easily." Regarding this point, An Xiu'er was quite confident in her heart.

Wu Shi gave An Xiu'er a sideways glance, she didn't believe what An Xiu'er said, an ordinary country girl would be good enough to know how to count, and she would also form an abacus in her mind, a method she had never heard of.

However, since she is so powerful, let her calculate the previous accounts as well.

Wu Shi nodded, showing a bit of gentleness on his always rigid face, "You did a good job."

An Xiu'er has never been praised by Wu's family, so she was overjoyed at this moment, "As long as mother is satisfied, this is what a daughter-in-law should do."

"Well, since you are so good at mental arithmetic, you have some books before, so you can check them for me." Wu Shi said lightly, "I will ask the housekeeper to deliver them to your residence later."

An Xiu'er's face changed slightly when she heard this, and her smile froze at the corner of her mouth. During this time, these ledgers had already made her dizzy, and Wu Shi wanted her to read them. If she had known earlier, she shouldn't have behaved so well.

Seeing her whole face collapsed, Wu Shi felt very happy in her heart, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, but she deliberately put on a straight face, "How about it, could it be that you don't want to?"

"Well, my daughter-in-law feels that I'm really incompetent. I'm not very familiar with these things. I think the accountant in the mansion is more suitable for such a thing than me." An Xiu'er bowed her head.

"Oh, you saw it just now," Wu Shi sighed pretending to be sad, and said, "It's only been a few months, and there are so many greedy people. These slaves deceive me ignorance, how dare I Let them reconcile the accounts, you are very good at these, I think it is most suitable for you."

Seeing that An Xiueryou was hesitating, Mrs. Wu's tone became strict again: "Okay, this matter is settled like this. After all, our Zhang family does not support idlers!"

An Xiu'er wanted to say more, but seeing that Wu Shi bowed her head and drank tea and ignored her, she could only shut up and go back silently.

Originally, she planned to embroider well to make money during this period of time, but she didn't expect that Wu Shi assigned her so many tasks again.

Feeling quite worried, Ban Xia comforted her in a low voice: "Actually, Ma'am, you don't have to worry, she entrusted you with these things, you take it as learning now, and you don't have to worry about it when you are the housekeeper in the future."

"Alas..." An Xiu'er sighed, she never thought about being a housekeeper, she was just a girl from the countryside, but after so many days of understanding, the Zhang family was a giant in her heart.

Can she learn it?Does she have the ability?She can only embroider and do some manual work.

She used to live in the country, but she didn't feel that she was so inferior. When she came here, she realized that she didn't know anything. All along, she was just watching the sky from a well.

Back in her Tingzhu Garden, the butler was already waiting for her there, when he showed her the box behind him, An Xiu'er's face turned pale, and she almost fainted.

"These?" she asked with a trembling voice.

"These are the account books for the past few years, Madam, take your time." The housekeeper bowed and said, but An Xiu'er felt that there was some gloating in his words.

A stack of ledgers took her more than half a month. What year and month will she have to see the whole box of ledgers?
"Ma'am..." Seeing her ugly face, Ban Xia hurriedly reached out to support her.

"Woo..." She pursed her lips and almost couldn't cry.

"Don't worry, take your time, take your time, anyway, the old lady didn't say the time." The dry words could not comfort An Xiu'er at all.

"I'm awake, let someone carry these ledgers to my bedroom."

An Xiu'er is regretting it now, if she knew it earlier, she shouldn't have said she could do some mental calculations, now it's over, if someone hits a snake with a stick, she is hurting herself.

But at first she felt that she spent all her food, clothing and expenses in Zhang's family, and she felt a little bit sorry, but now that Mrs. Wu has assigned her a job, she has nothing to do with spending money from Zhang's family in the future.

She doesn't worry if she has too many debts, and doesn't itch if she has too many lice. She reads these account books slowly, thinking, she picks up the handcuff she bought a few days ago, puts it on a piece of brocade, and slowly embroiders the flowers.

"Hey, ma'am, are you not in a hurry?" Ban Xia came over with a fruit plate, saw An Xiu'er obediently embroidering in the room, so she asked one more question.

"You're right, I'll take my time." An Xiu'er took a stick and skewered a piece of watermelon for herself and slowly ate it, suddenly feeling that this kind of life is pretty good.

Well, why bother with yourself, enjoy yourself in time, and enjoy life to the fullest.

In the evening, when Zhang Zhen'an came back, An Xiu'er immediately changed her face. She put on a troubled look, and sat on the couch, sighing.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Zhenan sat over, stretched out his arms to hug her, and said, "Could it be that you are not satisfied with what you have done when you go to see your mother today?"

An Xiu'er shook her head, and said: "She is very satisfied with me, and even praised me rarely."

"If that's the case, then why aren't you happy?" Zhang Zhenan became even more puzzled.

"But I did a great job, she gave me another task." An Xiu'er pointed to a big cabinet beside her and said, "Look at that big box."

"What?" Zhang Zhenan asked.

An Xiu'er stood up, walked to the box, opened the box, and there was a musty smell in the room instantly, "She asked me to check all the books, I can't finish it."

She looked at him pitifully, looking hopeless, Zhang Zhenan walked over, and was a little dazed when he saw this box of books, he hurriedly coaxed: "Don't worry, I'll get someone to help you when the time comes .”

When An Xiu'er heard Zhang Zhen'an said that someone would help her, she laughed through her tears and said, "Then I will hand over these books to you, but you must not let your mother know, otherwise, she will come to me again." Trouble."

"Of course I won't let her know." A smile appeared on Zhang Zhen'an's face, he took An Xiu'er to sit down on the couch, and said: "It's rare that she took the initiative to take out these ledgers this time for us to check them. Big good thing."

"Why?" An Xiu'er was puzzled, she felt that her head hurt after seeing these ledgers.

"Actually, this ledger is the lifeblood of a family. Everything is on the ledger. What she handed over this time is only the ledger of our Zhang family's inner house. Next time she will hand over all the ledgers of the Zhang family for you to see." That's good." Zhang Zhenan chuckled.

"I don't understand." An Xiu'er shook her head again, she couldn't understand these joints, what's so good about looking at the ledger.

"You're stupid." Anyway, Zhang Zhen'an had nothing to do, so he explained it to An Xiu'er, and said, "Think about it, if you guard a golden mountain, would you want to secretly take some?"

"I..." An Xiu'er thought for a while, then nodded, "If there is really a mountain of gold in front of me, I might try to get some out."

"That's right, but this mountain of gold is rare. If you take it, you will lose it. If you lose it, others will find out. What should you do at this time?" Zhang Zhenan earnestly enticed.

"I, did I tamper with the accounts? Falsify the accounts." An Xiu'er's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Zhang Zhen'an nodded and said, "But since it's a fake account, there must be some flaws. As long as you check carefully, you can definitely find out."

An Xiu'er was thoughtful, and felt that she had learned a lot.

"Okay, after a while, I'll change a few girls for you, and I'll ask them to help with the books, but during this time, you'll have to stay in the room, and you won't be able to go out often." Zhang Zhen'an was a little ashamed , originally thought that bringing her here would give her a better life, but it seemed that she was not as happy as before.

"It's okay, I can embroider in the house, anyway, it used to be like this." An Xiu'er shook her head, and she felt thankful that she was not allowed to look at these ledgers.

"That's good. After reading these books, I will take you home after a while. I think my father-in-law and mother-in-law must miss you too."

"Really?" Hearing this, An Xiu'er's eyes lit up. It's fine if Zhang Zhen'an didn't say anything. Once he said it, she wanted to go home and have a look. She was not used to everything here, and always felt that she was being stared at everywhere. , not so comfortable.

"I also miss my parents. I eat well and wear good clothes here, but they still have to do so hard farm work every day, but this has nothing to do with you, but I really want to share what I have eaten. Good things to share with them."

The more An Xiu'er spoke, the lower her voice became. Zhang Zhen'an patted her on the back and signaled her not to be sad, "Now is not the time. When I get the ledger outside, we will pick them up and live here for a while."

"Is it really possible?" An Xiu'er raised her head, her eyes filled with hope.

"Of course. Anyway, our Zhang family has so many yards, so it doesn't matter if they live here forever." Zhang Zhen'an said seriously, "They are your parents and relatives, that is, my parents and relatives."

"You are so kind to me." An Xiu'er was so moved that she couldn't help but bury her head in his chest. After a while, she raised her head from his embrace and said softly: "But you can have this heart, I'm already very satisfied, let's forget it, after all, my mother is still here, she will definitely be unhappy, besides, my parents may not like this kind of life either."

"So don't worry about this matter, let's take our time, you have to trust me, understand?" He squeezed her hand tightly, looked up at her, and there was something in his words.

His eyes were deep, which inexplicably gave people a sense of stability. An Xiu'er nodded and said, "Of course I believe you."

(End of this chapter)