Chapter 557
Chapter 557
Xiao Bei nodded, "This is a small matter. The key is that your fourth sister-in-law didn't want to do it, and it was my reckless brother who forced it on her. Your fourth sister-in-law had no choice but to accept it."
After hearing this, not only were the young masters of the Mei and Chen families surprised, even Xu Lingbai had never heard of it before.
"Fourth cousin, when did this happen?"
Xiao Bei waved his hand, "Brother Cang wrote to me a few days ago, begging Madam Silang, you know your cousin has a manly temperament, she is soft-hearted but not hard--"
Xu Lingbai's eyes were filled with worry. "Have my cousin and Silang agreed to check the accounts?"
It is difficult to check accounts, and what is even more difficult is to offend people.
The Xiao family is a large clan, and the main lineage consists of the two brothers Xiao Hongyun, but there are also cousins, uncles, and in-laws. If something is really wrong, and Song Guanzhou is allowed to be the bad guy, he will probably get into trouble.
But there were a lot of people here at the moment, and Xu Lingbai couldn't reveal much of what he was thinking.
Qin Qingdong lazily leaned on the recliner, fanning himself and drinking tea. He inadvertently looked at the eyes and expressions of everyone and sneered in his heart. This third son of the Mei family was really young and full of vigor.
Looking at Xu Lingbai next to him, his eyelids were slightly drooping and his eyes were dull, probably because he was worried about Song Guanzhou.
"Brother Lingbai, when the carriage carrying the account books from the Xiao family arrives, you and Madam Silang should help out. If you get an official position as a leader outside in the future, you will also have to get involved in these planning matters."
Even if he becomes a county magistrate or a county magistrate, if he doesn't know the accounting of the county's financial revenue and expenditure, he will definitely be fooled by others.
"Is this appropriate, fourth cousin?" After all, it was the Xiao family's internal account.
Xiao Bei waved his hand, "It would be even better if Ling Bai could lend a hand. Not to mention you, I'm afraid I'll have to come too. Cang Ge'er said he won't come much, but based on my understanding of him, I'm afraid it will be twice as much."
Chen's son was excited when he heard this. "A lot of account books?"
Xiao Bei nodded, "It should be quite a bit, more than the public accounts of ordinary families."
Wow! How much is this? The young man of the Chen family wished he could turn into a servant of Shaohua Garden and see it with others. When his brother Chen Hao went back and told the whole family about it, they were all very excited.
"Father, it's a pity that you missed this math competition. Even Lord Jiang from the Imperial Academy went there. Outsiders might think it was just a casual game for the boudoirs to kill time. But after I went there to watch, I found it was a very exciting competition."
Then he explained the process, and the students followed along and did the questions, but after two or three questions, they got stuck.
Looking at the Xiao family's general account and Mrs. Pei, the invisible hand moving the abacus was enough to shock everyone. The old father of the Chen family sighed again and again, "My son has always been honest. So, the fourth young lady is really talented in mathematics."
As the general accountant of the Xiao family, there is no need to say much about his talent and learning.
But Mr. Chen had heard gossip about the young lady of the Pei family before, which was nothing more than that her moral character was questionable and her behavior was unbearable. After hearing what his son said, he immediately changed his mind.
I couldn't help but ask more questions, and Chen Hao told me everything in detail.
"You cover a lot of topics, and there are many questions that we have never heard of, let alone the answers. I used to think that I had learned the basics from you, and that was enough to show off in front of my classmates. But after watching the battle that day, I realized that there are always people who are better than you. Even a woman in a deep house can be so talented."
After hearing what his brother said, the young man from the Chen family had even higher expectations for the young lady whom he had never met.
However, others said that the young lady's behavior was inappropriate, but she had lived in the back house for a long time, so ordinary men had no chance to see her. Fortunately, Sanlang of the Mei family came to Beijing, and he looked for his third cousin. When he heard that he was going to visit the mansion, he immediately followed with a thick face.
Sure enough, I met the fourth young master’s wife.
The first impression was her stunning beauty, and the second was that this was indeed the young lady he had imagined, with a frank and approachable personality.
It’s a pity that the young lady was drunk and avoided the man outside and went into the inner room.
Inside the house, Zhang Fanghui and Xu Lingqiao coaxed Song Guanzhou to eat hangover soup. Song Guanzhou was quite naughty. He put his hands around Zhang Fanghui's round watermelon belly and whispered in her ear, "Good boy, kick your mother's belly and let your aunt hear the fun."
Zhang Fanghui chuckled, "Hurry up, monkey, and don't let your sisters laugh at you."
Song Guanzhou gently stroked the watermelon's belly with his bare hands. It was hard but very unique. Zhang Fanghui thought she loved the child very much and whispered to comfort her, "When you get pregnant in the future, you will know how hard it is."
"I know that it is very hard for a woman to be pregnant."
Song Guanzhou couldn't hear the little guy kicking his belly, so he immediately raised his eyes and said, "I just want to see if there are twins inside. If there are two, I will beg my sister-in-law to give me one."
Xu Lingqiao smiled and said, "You can give birth to the baby yourself. Sister-in-law is reluctant to give one to you." Song Guanzhou leaned back in his chair and touched his hot forehead with his backhand. "It's too hard to give birth to a baby yourself. I want to pick up a ready-made one. I think sister-in-law and fourth cousin are a perfect match. Rui Ge'er is soft and cute. The one in this belly must be even better."
"Thank you for not disliking it. If you like it in the future, I'll give it to you."
Song Guanzhou nodded heavily, "My two sisters are here to testify, so you are not allowed to cheat." Hearing this, Pei Shuyu coughed lightly, "Fourth sister-in-law, just give birth to the baby yourself. You are beautiful, and Fourth Brother is handsome, so the baby you two will definitely be good-looking."
"Discuss again, discuss again."
Song Guanzhou waved his hand, "This matter is not important." He turned to ask Mei Qingyu, "Is your sister's marriage settled?"
Mei Qingyu had a hint of shyness on her face and shook her head slightly.
"The elders in the family are still watching each other."
"A girl from one family is sought after by hundreds of families. Sister Qingyu will definitely find a good husband." Song Guanzhou knew that the girl in front of him had Pei An in her heart. Since Mei Qingyu's behavior had never crossed the red line, she pretended not to know.
When I asked about it now, I heard that the elders in the family were still looking at each other and didn't say much.
"Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law, for your kind words."
Mei Qingyu had a quiet face, lowered her eyes and spoke little. She was much gentler than Song Guanzhou. Not to mention the other men, even Song Guanzhou himself felt very happy seeing this.
She was about to speak when Honeysuckle came in to report.
"Young Madam, the Xiao family's carriage has arrived."
When Song Guanzhou heard this, he rejected it with his eyes, "Why did Xiao Cang's carriage arrive? Rendong, I'm afraid you saw it wrong."
Honeysuckle suppressed her smile and said softly in front of the ladies in the room, "It was decided a long time ago. Moreover, Brother Linshan came to report it personally. The empty room that we took over a few days ago will probably be filled with account books today."
Hearing this, Pei Shuyu looked up and asked, "What account book?"
After she asked, she realized that she was being rash and immediately made amends, "Fourth sister-in-law, please forgive me. I am short-sighted, but what about the account book of the mansion?"
Zhang Fanghui sat beside Pei Shuyu and patted her hand. "If it was just the account books in the mansion, why would we need a carriage to move them? There are only one or two boxes, and they are full of old accounts." While speaking, she looked at Rendong and asked in detail, "Linshan reported that he said how many carts?"
Honeysuckle smiled, "To reply to Madam Biao's question, three cars."
"Three cars? Xiao Cang!!"
Song Guanzhou shouted: God wants to kill me!
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