Chapter 65 Omission

Sister Jiu first took a monthly account book of the maids and aunts of the house a few years ago and looked at it. She looked through it carefully and found nothing wrong. It just took her two or three hours to read this book. Yao's mother was also very distressed when she was setting up for dinner.

Sister Jiu couldn't help frowning. If it goes on like this, other books will definitely take more time. Although it has only been two or three months this year, those books are what she really should treat with her heart.

At night, she ordered Yao's mother to go to bed.

If she spends a lot of time sorting out the books every day, it is impossible for the second wife to rely on her in managing the accounts until the third sister gets married. This is not what she wants to see.

She went to her desk, took a brush, and simply reorganized it with Arabic numerals and later bookkeeping. Fortunately, this account has only been recorded for three months, otherwise she would have to spend a lot of effort to sort it out. As for the previous year, let's put it aside first. She has to know the latest account book now.

Then, Sister Jiu calculated the account again and couldn't help being stunned. She looked at the original account book again.

What's the matter? She clearly recorded it in the account book, and there are no mistakes in the account book. How can she calculate that there is so much money missing? Is it wrong?

She calculated again and made sure that she was not wrong at all, but the result on the account book was completely different from what she calculated. The ninth sister was inexplicably more anxious. Resisting her emotions, she turned out the account book of the kitchen and the account book of the warehouse, and her face was even more embarrassed. Then she turned over the account book of the previous year, and her tender face was full of solemnity. But the anger in my heart did not go out because of the calmness on the surface.

She was calculated, and she voluntarily jumped into this pit.

Nine's son sat on the chair without any blood on her face. Each account book is more or less completely different from the last total money. Not only that, the account book on the village can be said to be completely short. You know, the most profitable one in Xue's house is Zhuangzi. That is to say that the taxes paid by those tenants every year are enough for the expenses of the maids in the house for a year, but the expenses in this house are transferred from another warehouse. As for the money in the warehouse, most of them are below. The money sent by people, or accumulated by Xue's ancestors. But looking at the account book of the warehouse, there is no deficit at all, and there is still extra money. But according to her calculation, the warehouse has no money at all except for the dowry left for the third sister. As for the large amount of money on Zhuangzi, I don't know where it went.

She bit her lips tightly. No wonder the old lady has no problem with the second wife asking her to manage the house. So that's it. If she takes over the affairs of Xue's house, then she is the only one to fill in these deficits, which has nothing to do with the second wife and the old lady. If she shakes it out directly, then these losses will also be counted on her head.

All the records on these books have been recalculated, and the deficit in it has been converted into 50,000 taels of silver. Fifty thousand taels, where did she find the silver? No wonder the second wife won't let Deng's mother manage the accounting room. She is afraid of being seen by Deng's mother. Deng's mother is such a shrewd person. No wonder Cao's mother wanted to speak but didn't say it.

Sister Jiu smiled bitterly in her heart. The second wife thought that she was young and had no experience to see it. Yes, although she could not see it from these records, she sorted it out with Arabic numerals of later generations. All the accounts were clear at a glance, and she could see where the money was moved. . But even so, there are still some of the deficits that are not recorded.

Fifty taels of silver may be filled with one or two gifts from the officials below, but for Sister Jiu, it is impossible to fill such a big hole in the short term. She has no way to make money at all. Of course, in addition to the three dowry shops in Aunt Zhou's hands. But not long ago, she made an agreement with Aunt Zhou that she would not ask about those shops, but less than two months later, will she start to use the money in the shop?

No wonder, the second wife is not in a hurry to hit her shop. It turned out that she wanted her to make up for the money earned by those shops.

You can't move those three shops! Sister Jiu gritted her teeth and finally let Aunt Zhou compromise. Except for Aunt Zhou, she had no better choice to manage those three shops. As for the power to manage the house, she can't let go. She spent a lot of thought to find this position. Seeing that this position was about to be available, she spent a lot of thought. In the end, it was just an empty shell, but she could not give up this empty shell. If she let go, then she really had no foothold in Xue's house at all.

All you need is the order of the old lady and the second wife. Her three solid-looking shops may have been divided by them, so it's better to fill this gap by yourself. But what else should she do to plug this leak?

For a while, the ninth sister fell into a dilemma, either offending Aunt Zhou, hugging the old lady and the second wife, or giving up her previous efforts to be a forgotten lady.

But will the people in this house let her live a good life? It's impossible. Without the protection of the old lady, I'm afraid that a rough maid in this house can hold her at will. Now it seems that Jinxiu and Feng's mother are around her, but if she gives up this opportunity, Jinxiu and Feng's mother will never continue to stay with her. At that time, Yao's mother will be the only one. . She doesn't want Yao's mother to live such a life.

"Wow--" Sister Jiu exhaled the turbid breath in her chest for a long time and let go of this matter for the time being. Fortunately, she found it now. 50,000 taels of silver certainly can't afford for people who have farmed all their lives, but for Xuefu, it's only a little money. Perhaps because Sister Jiu has never been short of money, she feels that she can still accept this amount of money. At least as long as she is given time, she can make up for it. However, if she finds out after another year or two, even if she sells her, she can't make up the money.

She pushed open all the books and rubbed her temples. The second wife was sure that she couldn't see these doors, so she dared to do so. If she guessed well, I'm afraid the second wife would not confess to her in two or three years. At that time, she completely handed over the matter of the house to her, so she had no other way to fill such a big gap except to give the three shops to Xuefu.

So it is, so it is!

Nine sister hated it secretly, but there was nothing she could do. She jumped in voluntarily and could not blame others. Perhaps from the beginning, the old lady and the second wife planned to do so, so everything she did before was full of jokes in their eyes. It has been almost half a year since she came to Xue's house, and she was fooled by the old lady and the second wife. She couldn't swallow it, but now she has to shut up and swallow her teeth even if she can't swallow it.

Do you want to tell Yao's mother about this? Or did she make up her own mind. She closed her eyes silently. After a long time, when she opened her eyes, the anger in her eyes had disappeared.

She calmly pulled out the kitchen account book, and if she started to do it now, it would be much better in the future. Sister Jiu gritted her teeth, calmed down and sorted out the kitchen account again. After studying it for a while, she finally saw why the account book was well recorded, but the amount was wrong.

After finishing these, Sister Jiu put down the account book, turned off the lights and climbed to **. The management of the kitchen seems to be Li's mother, but I heard from Feng's mother that Li's mother does not occupy the side, but the deficit of the kitchen is no less than other places. On the contrary, except for the courtyard and the old lady, anyone who wants to eat something special has to send silver. Mother Li makes a lot of money. However, in this big house, everyone just opens one eye and closes one eye. They don't think how much money Li's mother took, but after reading the account book, Sister Jiu didn't think Li's mother was harmless.

Maybe the account book in the kitchen has cheated everyone.

Sister Jiu closed her eyes silently and couldn't help raising the corners of her lips. She suffered this loss, but she has never been a loss person. In the future... Ha ha, she must let them spit out everything they eat in the future.

She now has no reverie about any blood and family affection.