Although no secrets could be found in the account books, what Shen Yunyao didn't expect was that Miss Bai's move of handing the account books to her actually changed the attitude of many people around her who had always looked down upon her.
Most of the maids around Miss Bai are illiterate, so they have an unconscious admiration for those who have read.
And letting her take care of the accounts represents Miss Bai's trust in her.
The combination of the two factors made Shen Yunyao's situation in Zhuangzi much better.
After being raised for more than half a month, Shen Yunyao's foot injury has improved a lot. Although she still needs a cane to walk, she no longer needs help for short distances.
She was worried that if she didn't walk for a long time, her legs would become different lengths after she was completely healed, so she took advantage of the cool weather in the morning and evening to go out and walk a few times every day.
This day is the day for reconciliation at the end of the month, and as a result, the amount of money spent does not match up no matter how much is calculated.
Shen Yunyao had to go over and over again for a long time before finally discovering the mistake. It turned out that the person in charge of purchasing came back and reported the wrong amount of money.
After correcting the errors in the ledger and re-calculating to confirm that there were no problems, the sky outside had completely turned dark.
Shen Yunyao hesitated again and again, but finally decided to go out for some exercise and come back early.
As a result, when she walked to the backyard, she suddenly heard a ghost crying sound not far away.
Shen Yunyao was immediately frightened to the point that her hair stood on end, and she tightened her grip on the crutch in her hand.
"What, what?" Shen Yunyao waved his crutch around a few times and asked stumblingly.
After hearing her voice, the ghost's crying stopped abruptly.
Shen Yunyao was so frightened that her legs were weak. Just as she was about to turn around and go back, another loud sobbing sound came from the darkness ahead.
"Who! Who's in front!" Shen Yunyao finally shouted uncontrollably, "Is there anyone? Help! Someone come quickly!"
"Yao'er, don't shout!" A relatively familiar voice suddenly came from the direction of the rockery.
Shen Yunyao didn't react for a while, and continued to wave the crutch in her hand, thinking that she couldn't run fast anyway, so she might as well fight with that ghost!
Suddenly, the other end of the crutch was grabbed by something, and it couldn't be swung anymore.
"Ah -" Shen Yunyao was so frightened that she almost peed her pants. She fell to the ground and cried louder than "Ghost", "Please, Lord Ghost, please spare me. I will give it to you every year from now on." Burn incense and paper..."
"Yao'er, I'm Wenfang." The voice of the person in the darkness was still a little choked.
"Wen Fang?" Shen Yunyao was dubious, but the voice was indeed Wen Fang's, and she immediately said angrily, "You're hiding here pretending to be a ghost to scare me? Isn't it fun?"
"No, I, I just... Oh, who knew you would come here!" Wenfang was also speechless, "Don't you usually come out when it's still dark..."
"I have reconciled my accounts today, and I just got some time..."
Shen Yunyao was helped up from the ground by Wen Fang. After feeling the warmth in her hands, she finally believed that she was a human and not a ghost. Then she patted her chest and said fearfully: "Why are you hiding here and crying? You almost did. I’m not scared to death by you!”
"I, I just..." Wenfang opened her mouth and swallowed again.
"Why, did you do something wrong today and got scolded?" Shen Yunyao asked, "Hey, you have to learn from me, get scolded when you get scolded, go in with the left ear, go out with the right ear, don't take it to your heart.
"If I had to cry every time I was scolded, I would have cried to death long ago!"
"I, I didn't get scolded, it was me who did something wrong, a big mistake..."
Wenfang said and wiped away tears again.
"You don't have to be scolded when you do something wrong. Isn't that something you should be happy about? Why are you crying!"
"Because the girl doesn't know about this yet. If she does..." Wenfang couldn't help but tremble at the thought, "I will definitely not be able to forgive you."
After hearing this, Shen Yunyao rolled her eyes and took it into consideration. She pulled Wenfang aside to find a place to sit down and asked softly: "How about you tell me, I might be able to help you out." Come up with ideas.”
Wenfang didn't want to say it at first, but now she is a little confused.
Thinking that Shen Yunyao can read and digit, maybe it will help me come up with some good ideas!
"My mother was seriously ill, and my father and brother refused to see her. After I learned the news, I was so anxious that in order to find someone to help me, I secretly stole some things from the village..."
"Hey! I thought it was a big deal!" Shen Yunyao said at last, speechless, "Why are you so down-to-earth? Since no one knows about this, doesn't it mean it never happened?
"Why are you crying over something that didn't happen?"
"I originally thought that no one would know about it, but I heard that the government is now starting to investigate. If Zhuangzi is found... the girl will definitely not let me go... Wuwu..."
"The government? Why are you still related to the government?" Shen Yunyao was confused, "Did Miss Bai find out that she lost something and reported it to the government? What did you steal?"
She secretly thought to herself that she was in the main courtyard every day. If something important was really lost and it was reported to the official, how could she not hear anything about it?
"I, I just stole a bottle of medicine..."
"Uh..." In Shen Yunyao's view, this kind of behavior is not a big mistake at all.
She hesitated and asked, "Is that medicine expensive?"
Wen Fang wiped her tears and said, "I don't know if it's expensive or not. There are quite a lot of them on Zhuangzi, so I stole a bottle without thinking too much.
"As a result, I went home to see my mother a few days ago and heard that the government said the drug was a banned drug.
"Now the outside world is investigating this matter, and I don't know if they will find us...
"It doesn't matter if I am caught myself. If the girl and other people in Zhuangzi are implicated because of me, then I will become a big sinner..."
Banned drugs?
Shen Yunyao's heart was severely shaken.
When she was checking accounts with Miss Bai before, she did see an account book full of medicinal materials.
Although she only caught a glimpse of it, Shen Yunyao still discovered that Zhuang Zishang seemed to have been buying medicinal materials on a regular basis.
She didn't take it seriously at the time, she just thought it was Miss Bai who was doing business in this area.
But now I heard Wen Fang say this...
Could it be that the reason why Miss Bai is so rich is because she has been making banned drugs on Zhuangzi and then selling them to the outside world?
So the west courtyard, which has been locked and no one is allowed to enter, might be the place where banned drugs are made?
Shen Yunyao thought about it for a long time, and when she came back to her senses, she saw Wen Fang still wiping her tears.
She had already gotten what she wanted to know, and she had no patience to continue coaxing Wenfang here, and said a little impatiently: "Why are you crying? Can crying solve the problem?
"As you are now, no matter what happens, you have to let people know that something is wrong!
"You should just wash your face, go back and have a good sleep, nothing will happen, why bother scaring yourself.
"But this matter is known to God and to the earth. You know it and I know it. You should stop going around stupidly telling people about it. Do you hear me?"
Wen Fang was almost fooled by Shen Yunyao's words, and thought to herself, isn't this what I should say?
But then I thought about it and realized that she must have told me this because she cared.
Wen Fang's eyes were red, she held Shen Yunyao's hand and said, "Yao'er, you are so kind."