Chapter 67 Kitchen 2

Nine's sister suddenly smiled, "If only Jiu'er could be as leisurely as Mother Li."

She raised her head and looked at Li's mother without hesitation.

Mother Li stared angrily. She understood the purpose of Sister Jiu's coming to the kitchen today. Obviously, she came to find her bad luck. I think that for most of her life in Xue's house, no one dares to talk to her like this except the old lady. Unfortunately, although this ninth sister has to be in charge of the whole Xue's house, it's still too young.

Mother Li lowered her voice and sneered, "Naturally, the old lady is kind and doesn't let the maidservant suffer. I often go out to buy ingredients. Naturally, I have seen a lot. Could it be that Sister Jiu thinks that the maidservant is greedy for money in the house."

Sister Jiu'er smiled softly, "Jiu'er has never thought so."

After listening to Sister Jiu's words, Li's mother suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"But..." Sister Jiu raised the corners of her lips, "But it's true that Mother Li is greedy for money in Mo's house. Even if I don't think so, this is also true."

Mother Li seemed to hear the funniest joke in the world and laughed out loud. She was a little disapproving, but she still said in a low voice, "Sister Jiu, I know that you will be in charge of the whole Xue family in the future, but now you are still too young to learn some things." She said proudly, "Especially, you can't talk nonsense."

Then, Mother Li raised her voice and said to the busy people in the kitchen, "Let's make a five-color jam dessert for Sister Jiu."

There are still only busy voices in the kitchen. Obviously, everyone in the kitchen knows the five-color jam snacks.

Sister still had a faint smile on her face and was not excited by Li's mother's ridicule. She said faintly, "Does Mother Li think that she has done nothing to leak, thinking that even Deng's mother can's manage the accounts and deal with the mistakes in the kitchen?"

This sentence suddenly hung in Li's mother's heart like a sledgehammer. Li's mother stared at Sister Jiu. She didn't know whether Sister Jiu really found out or tested her. She put away the thoughts of the ninth sister and said with a smile, "At least I have been in Xue's house for most of my life. I haven't seen anything. What's more, the steward mother of Xue's house will not be greedy for a little money. Did you come to pinch the maidservant in order to please the second wife?

Mother Li said this very cleverly, and the voice of the last sentence was so high that at least everyone in the kitchen could hear her voice. Others don't know what they are talking about. This sentence can make the cooks and maids guess randomly.

The ninth sister curled her lips and didn't care about Li's mother's little trick. She waved her hand to let the painting fan take a step forward.

The painting fan had a dull expression, but took out a thin account book from her sleeve. Sister Jiu took the account book and slowly spread it out. It was the account book in the kitchen.

Li's mother was shocked. She had heard the gossip that the second wife took a fancy to the ninth sister and had made a lot of preparations in her heart. She just thought that even if a nine-year-old child learned to settle accounts, it would take three or four years to manage the books of the whole house, not to mention that her books were even a person who managed the accounts all year round. It may not be obvious how such a little girl could see it, but when she saw Sister Jiu take out her account book and pretend to open it, her heart still had a burst of flesh.

The ninth sister looked indifferently, opened the item recorded in the meat, and whispered, "In this place, I took a look at the daily food and clothing records of aunts. Their food and clothing are also stipulated, but there are obviously many records of meat materials here. I don't know how to explain it."

Mother Li sneered and said, "Even if the difference between these ingredients adds up, it will be two silver in a year."

"Mother Li, don't be in a hurry to refute." As the ninth sister spoke, she pointed to another item.

Li's mother's heart immediately jumped wildly.

Sister Jiu didn't say anything. She put away the account book and gave it to the painting fan. Looking at Mother Li's red face, she said lightly, "Do you want to refute it's okay here again? Now that I have pointed it out, I must know the tricks in it. Her voice suddenly became cold, "Mother Li, you are so bold. You can just be greedy for some ingredients and silver, but you actually..."

"Ninth sister, if you tell the second wife about this, do you think the second wife will believe you? You know, even if you point it out to the second wife, the second wife may not be able to understand the tricks here. Li's mother bit her lips. Although this ninth sister is young, she is clear-minded and can see this at a young age. Even if she gets married in the future, she will definitely manage her family properly.

For a while, Li's mother actually had the intention to compromise with the ninth sister, but would the ninth sister let her go? This is no longer a little greedy. Even if Xue Fu pulls her to see an official, she has nothing to say.

Sister Jiu looked around and smiled easily, "It seems that you have admitted it. In fact, Jiu'er has no other meaning and doesn't want to hurt you. Otherwise, I can go directly to the second wife or the old lady. I think the old lady is so shrewd that I should be able to see it. Just give me a hundred hearts. If I wanted to expose you, how could I have been here to talk to you for so long?

Mother Li thought for a moment and looked at the ninth sister strangely. She really couldn't figure out why the ninth sister did this.

Seeing that Mother Li was not relieved, she looked around and made sure that no outsiders came, and then continued to say, "Mother Li can make so much money. It's not too late for Jiu'er to admire it. How can it hurt you? But..."

Sister Jiu's voice lengthened her voice and said, "You are flexible and can actually find this way to earn money, and your way of accounting is no worse than that of Deng's mother. Such a capable person is willing to stay in this small kitchen, which makes Jiu'er a little surprised."

She suddenly said seriously, "I want 80% of my income."

"Impossible!" Li's mother's voice suddenly rose. She suddenly knew that her voice was louder and quickly said, "That's the hard work of the maidservant. It's impossible for the maidservant to let it out."

The corners of Sister Jiu's lips rose, with a clear smile in her eyes, "Jiu'er has never thought of robbing your things."

Mother Li wanted to say that this was not a robbery, but she was stopped by Sister Jiu before she could say it.

Sister continued, "These things were originally obtained from Xue's mansion. Although you don't have to admire your ability to do business, think about it, a steward mother in a house is a first-class good person in business."

Li's mother couldn't hear whether this was praising her or mocking her.

"After all, this is Chang'an. How difficult it is for those barbarians to gain a foothold in Chang'an. I think you know more than me. The white-skinned man can open a cake shop. What's more, you know so much that I have to think about it. Mother Li, we don't talk secretly. What else do you have besides that cake shop?

Nine's heart is also sighing that Li's mother's business talent may not be worth much in future generations, but at this time, who would have thought about opening a shop with those barbarians or barbarians' food. Although the people of Dazhou are open and there are many barbarians coming to Chang'an, as long as people have a foreign mind, if no one contributes to the flames, even if barbarians want to open a store in Chang'an to sell barbarians' food, how many people will eat it? It's good to say that rare things are precious, but most people should also know the value of rare things. Those barbarian food, which looks fancy in appearance, is still made of something that no one has ever seen before. Who knows whether it can be eaten, whether it is delicious or not, whether it is poisonous or not. If it hadn't been pushed by Mother Li, not to mention that this thing was accepted by Chang'an people, it would be possible for the barbarian people to be kicked out of the Zhou.

The struggle in Li's mother's eyes is even stronger. She doesn't know how much of the ninth sister knows about her, but no matter how much, as long as the ninth sister asks the old lady to report to the official, she will die, and her life will be over.

"In addition to the cake shop, there is also a spice shop with the barbarians, but it is not optimistic."

Sister Jiu suddenly felt that the spice shop was profitable, but the risk was also very high. Mother Li was right.

"So, what you like most is this upcoming cake shop?"

"Yes, this cake shop hasn't opened yet, and I'm afraid of losing money, so I let that man have a try, but it looks good."

"How much did the barbarians take?"

"Thirty!"

"You tell him that I will still take 80%, and you and he will take one."