Chapter 153 Collect the rent

Well... I have to say that the pastry in Wangyue Building really lives up to its name. It tastes really good, even better than what she ate at Hao Lingzhu last time.

Aunt Shen was satisfied to see a light smile on Ding Page's face and asked with a faint smile, "How is it? Does it still suit your appetite?"

Ding Niazi wiped the debris on his hands with a handkerchief and smiled politely at Aunt Shen. "The snacks in Wangyuelou have always been famous. It's really good. Today, I really tasted it because of my aunt."

Aunt Shen turned her head to Shen's mother and ordered with a faint smile, "You ask Cuizhi to buy a few boxes in Wangyue Building, and prepare more for the page to eat on the way, so that she can't eat outside at that time."

Ding's page looks at Aunt Shen in the unknown. What's the situation? She didn't seem to say she was going out, did she? Besides, all the relatives of the Ding family live in Taihe County. Most of them have not had much contact before. Now that she has become a marriage, it is even more impossible for her to go. She has no reason to go out?

"Auntie, I didn't say I was going on a long trip, did I? The cakes in Wangyue Building are still delicious. You don't have to buy too much at home at once. It will taste good after a long time.

Aunt Shen smiled faintly on her face, and her gentle voice was like a Thunderbolt.

"Page, you know that it's about to enter October, the farming is about to end, and the grain that should be collected has been collected. It's time for Zhuangzi under the name of our house to send someone to collect the rent back."

Ding Xiaozi was stunned, pointed to himself with one hand, and said in astonishment, "What do you mean, do you want me to collect it?"

Aunt Shen was very happy when she saw Ding Yizi's at a loss and said with a smile, "Naturally, you go and collect it. In the future, you will be the head of this house, and you will be in charge of the money. Is it difficult to hand over the work of collecting money to others? Besides, there is no one available in our house now, so I have to let you go here.

Ding Page really didn't expect that there would be such a thing waiting for her.

"Auntie, who used to collect rent in the house?" Ding Page tried to find a sinner for himself.

Aunt Shen said with a smile, "It used to be Hao Ling, but now that Hao Ling is sick, is it possible that you, as a woman, don't want to replace him?"

"No, auntie, I didn't mean that," Ding Page quickly waved his hand and joked. No matter what, he couldn't let Hao Ling get sick to collect the rent. "I'll go, but I just don't know what's going on. There must be someone to take me, right?"

She knows nothing about the farms in Haofu, and she doesn't know how many farmers there are, how many acres of land there are, and she doesn't know where those farms are. Even if she goes to work sincerely, there will always be someone who knows something to take her. Moreover, the matter of collecting rent must not be that simple, is it? Otherwise, will Aunt Shen kindly let her do it?

Alas... Thinking that I was about to become a landlady, Ding Zizi felt particularly hurt.

Mother Shen somehow brought a pile of account books, put them on the table next to Ding Yizi, and then retreated to Aunt Shen's side.

Aunt Shen said with a faint smile, "Page, this is the situation of each village in the house. How many mu of land each family has rented us is written in detail. You just collect the money according to the accounts. Later, I will ask stewul Li to go with you. He used to follow Hao Ling to collect the rent and knew something. If there is anything you don't know, just ask him. Is there anything else you want to ask?

Aunt Shen helped Ding's page to think about it properly, and the assistant was also found, and the reason was also found. If she didn't have an excuse not to go out.

It's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Since it's what Hao Ling should have done, she, a wife, should do it on her behalf.

Ding Yizi adjusted his mood and said to Aunt Shen with a faint smile on his face, "Auntie, don't worry, since steward Li has also agreed, there is no problem on my side, but I don't know when to leave?"

Aunt Shen said, "Let's go in three days. Taking advantage of the good weather these days, it's better to collect the rent and come back early."

Then after listening to Aunt Shen's words of advice, Ding Yizi said goodbye and returned to the East Courtyard.

Thinking that this honeymoon is not over yet, she is going to travel far away to collect rent. Although all the villages in Haofu are also around Taihe County, these villages run down one by one, and it is not realistic at all in seven or eight days. If there is another accident and a few days of delay, she suspects that she may not be able to come back for half a month.

Half a month! For such a long time, God knows what will happen in this house. She believes in Hao Ling, but she doesn't believe in Aunt Shen!

As soon as he stepped into the door of the east courtyard, Ding Page was a little worried and went straight to the bedroom.

Hao Linggu lay happily on the lounge chair and flipped through the idle books. Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps, he hurriedly looked up and saw that Ding Yizi came back with a gloomy face. He sat up quickly and asked in surprise, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Ding Page paused and turned back to Donger and said, "Donger, you go out and wait first."

Dong'er answered respectfully and turned around and went out. An Xin casually closed the door and strolled away.

Ding Yizi sat down on the chair beside him and poured a glass of water to drink. Just now, I ate an almond cake from Aunt Shen, and I didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea. She told me to collect the rent. Now she is so thirsty.

Seeing that Ding Xiaozi was silent, Hao Ling knew that something must have happened. He hurriedly got up and walked to Ding Xiaozi's side and asked carefully, "Madam, what did your aunt do with you?" Tell me the truth. Don't worry, I will always support you.

With a cup of tea rumbling down his stomach, Ding Page just made room to talk to Hao Ling, "It's not what Aunt Shen did with me this time. I said why she seemed to be good since we got married. It turned out that she was waiting for me here."

Hao Ling didn't know, so, "What's going on?"

Ding Yezi glanced at him and said in a muffled voice, "Aunt Shen said that it's time for the autumn harvest. Let me go to the Zhuangzi below to collect the rent."

"How can you collect rent? How do you know how to collect rent? Don't confiscate the rent, but you will be cheated away.

Ding Page was speechless. Did he love her or scold her for being stupid?

Hao Ling saw her dissatisfaction and said with a shy smile, "Madam, don't get me wrong. It's just that Zhuangzi's rent collection is not so simple. I'm afraid you will suffer losses if you go alone."

Ding Page said helplessly, "What can I do? You still have a fever now, so I can't let you go? I will never agree. You just need to take good care of yourself at home. As for Zhuangzi, Aunt Shen said that she would send a stew manager Li with me, saying that if you don't understand, just ask stewer Li. When you collected the rent before, did this stewor Li accompany you?

Hao Ling nod his head and frowned and said, "It was indeed steward Li who accompanied me before, but..."

"Just what?" Ding asked puzzledly.

Hao Ling shook his head and said softly, "Why don't you let Anxin go with you? Anxin has always been with me and knows a lot of things. I feel more relieved to have him go with you. Although Manager Li is a good person, sometimes he is a little unreliable. When you do this kind of thing for the first time, it is inevitable that you don't take into account many problems.

"Ah? No way? How can Manager Li be unreliable? Then how can it be left to him?"

Ding Page was stunned. There was no reason. Is it because the background is too hard?

Hao Ling explained slowly, "Mr. Li is a distant relative of Aunt Shen. He has good ability to do things, so he has been staying in Hao's house and helping to do something. He is indeed a good at accounting, and he is upright. It is no problem for him to collect accounts. But he is a little rigid, and sometimes he can quarrel with others even if he doesn't agree, which is very inappropriate. If Anxin goes with you and he pays attention to it, it should be all right.

Ding Yizi immediately shook his head and rejected his proposal. He joked that if An Xin left with her, wouldn't he directly send his fat meat to the mouths of those wolves? She still expects Anxin to help her watch him well.

"No, if Anxin goes with me, there will be no good person here to serve you. I will pay attention to Mr. Li, as long as he is a trustworthy person."

Hao Ling seemed to understand the meaning of Ding's page and asked with a smile, "Is it really not necessary?"

Ding Page shook his head firmly, "I really don't need it."

"Do you understand the account? Aunt Shen should give you all the account books and so on, right?

Ding Page nodded, thinking of the thick pile of account books, and then thinking that in this era, she can only use abacus, and there is no convenient calculator to use at all, she is a little melancholy. She can't use the abacus at all. Even if she seizes the time to learn it now, she can't even learn it in three or two days. Is it really necessary for her to add them one by one on the draft paper like a primary school student?

"Well, it's all up to me. I'll send it to the study. I'll look back later."

Hao Ling suddenly asked with a smile, "Madam, let me ask you something. Don't be angry."

Angry? What can make her angry? A bad feeling appeared in Ding Page's mind.

"What's the matter?" She pretended to be relaxed and asked.

Hao Ling quickly shrank and asked with a smile, "Madam, can you settle accounts? If you don't know how to settle accounts, how can you understand the account book?

Ding's face turned black in an instant. He looked at Hao Ling speechlessly and said in a low voice, "At least I used to be a businessman. How could I not settle accounts? Although selling tofu is a small business, and I usually don't need such a complicated thing as an account book, my brain is not in vain, is it? If you want to see an account book, you should be able to pay for it.

Ding Page's self-confidence surprised Hao Ling, but since they met, Ding Page has always been a neither humble nor arrogant image in his eyes, and his brain is also very clever. As she said, there should be no problem with reading an account book, right?