The people in the house spread the word, and Shaoyao went over and led the people into Fanghua Garden. Ever since he became famous at the last family dinner, the servants in the house have been respectful to Fanghua Garden.
Not only did Gu Changan's life get better, but no one dared to bully Shaoyao and Iris anymore, otherwise the kitchen aunt would be next.
Not long after, Shaoyao led Zhao Si into Fanghua Garden.
"Shopkeeper, please come this way. Our lady is already waiting in the pavilion."
Shaoyao guided Zhao Si into the only pavilion in Fanghua Garden.
At that time, Gu Changan was playing with the abacus, but he was fiddling with the beads with his fingertips and had no idea what he was calculating.
After Zhao Si entered the pavilion, he saw Gu Changan's beginner's skills. There was a bit of disdain in his eyes. He couldn't even set an abacus. Who was he trying to scare with an abacus?
Today, he brought the ledger with him on the way, and he was still worried about whether the day would be too hasty, leaving some flaws in the ledger, and what to do if Gu Changan found out.
But now, Zhao Si is completely at ease.
It's impossible for a brat like this to see the problems in the ledger.
Zhao Si was already confident. He weighed the box in his hand and said to Gu Changan with a smile on his face: "I have met the eldest lady. As agreed, I have brought the account book here."
"Just put it here." Gu Changan pointed to the stone table in the pavilion.
Zhao Si nodded in agreement, and then put the box in his hand on the stone table.
Gu Changan raised her hand to open the box and saw that it was indeed filled with a stack of ledgers. Each book was very thick, which would be very difficult to check. She turned the box over and poured out all the ledgers.
The ledgers are stacked together like a mountain.
"so much?"
Gu Changan's tone was calm.
Zhao Si concealed the disdain in his eyes and explained: "It's not just Zhijintang's account books, the account books of other shops are also here."
Gu Changan nodded, indicating that he understood, and then went to look at the account books.
Zhao Si watched Gu Changan staring at the account book intently, and hit the rails while it was hot: "Miss, I have been taking care of your business for so many years, and now I feel that my body is getting worse day by day. It just so happens that the lady is older now, so I can
Now that I have officially taken over the business, I want to take this opportunity to resign as the shopkeeper and go home to retire."
"The shopkeeper wants to go back to retire? I think the shopkeeper is still alive and well, and it doesn't look like he's in bad health." Gu Changan flipped through the account book and casually made an abacus.
His fingers flicked rapidly among the abacus, and the beads collided with each other with precision.
Zhao Si is also a good abacuser, and of course it can be seen that Gu Changan's abacus is no worse than hers! A chill ran down his spine, as if a poisonous snake had entangled it, and a drop of cold sweat slipped from his forehead.
He admitted that he underestimated Gu Changan.
Zhao Si wiped off the cold sweat on his head and replied: "It's just that the outside is strong but the middle is doing it. In fact, there are many minor problems."
Gu Changan smiled and kept thinking about the abacus in his hand, "I thought the shopkeeper had already found a new owner, so he wanted to kick out his old boss."
"How could it be possible? The eldest lady is really good at telling jokes. Who else can be better than working under you?" Zhao Si was sweating even more fiercely.
"Yeah?"
Zhao Si quickly apologized and smiled.
Gu Changan calculated quickly and still had the time to chat with Zhao Si, "Don't worry, if you really want to retire and return to your hometown, I will definitely give you a big gift so that you can live your life in your hometown."
"That's really my honor." Zhao Si smiled, but he didn't look happy.
Gu Changan smiled and said nothing.
Zhao Si's clothes were soaked with sweat. Looking at Gu Changan's nimble fingers and those incomprehensible words, he now stood in front of Gu Changan and became more and more nervous.
He couldn't stay any longer, "Miss, since I have also delivered the account book, I will go back first."
Gu Changan slammed the abacus on the stone table and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you won't be able to leave until I finish reading the account books today."
The sound shocked Zhao Si's face and he suddenly turned pale, "Miss, what do you mean?"
"Literally."
Zhao Si already felt that something was wrong, but he still said calmly: "Miss, if anything happens, you can always ask someone to come to Zhijin Hall to find me. I don't plan to leave now. After all, I still have to hand over matters."
Gu Changan raised his head and glanced at Zhao Si, "Don't worry, it won't be long. I just have a question to ask the shopkeeper."
"Miss...what do you want to ask?" Zhao Si found that his voice was trembling a bit, and he was actually trembling with fear from the aura of a little girl.
"I looked at Zhijintang's account book, and I just did some calculations, and the numbers are correct," Gu Changan said.
Zhao Si's hand relaxed a little.
Snap!
Gu Changan slammed the account book onto the table, pointed at a certain place and said: "But I am very curious as to why in such a large Zhijin Hall, the money spent is equal to the money earned."
Zhao Si quickly said: "Miss, you don't know that it costs a lot of money to manage such a large Zhijin Hall. In fact, the Zhijin Hall has been in a state of neither losing nor making a profit for so many years."
"Really?" Gu Changan was not that easy to dismiss, "Then tell me why the cost of silk is so high?"
Zhao Si's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately added: "Miss, our Zhijin Hall has recently improved a new brocade, which is several times higher than the original in terms of fuel and craftsmanship. But now the new brocade is still there
It has just entered the market, so a large amount of goods are stored in the warehouse. If you don’t believe it, Miss, you can go to Zhijintang to check."
"No need."
Gu Changan waved his hand and glanced at Shaoyao.
Shaoyao, who was originally guarding outside the pavilion, immediately turned around and left.
How did Peony go?
Now only Zhao Si and Gu Changan are alone. This is even more suffocating than before, especially Gu Changan's casual attitude is even more frightening. Her eyes are looking at the account book, as if she just stays in one place.
Discover the mystery above.
"You don't think you can fool me by saying this, shopkeeper, I advise you to tell the truth." Gu Changan looked at Zhao Si with an indifferent look.
Gu Changan's eyes seemed to have seen through everything, and all the secrets were hidden in front of her.
Sweat had soaked his clothes, and Zhao Si rubbed his hands nervously.
"Miss, why can't I understand what you are talking about?"
"Don't you understand? Very good. I like people like you who still speak hard even when death is imminent."
As soon as Gu Changan finished speaking, Shaoyao, who had just left, suddenly pulled out a piece of silk from the corner with Iris, and trotted all the way into the pavilion.
The satin was spread directly on the stone table.
"The shopkeeper should recognize what this is, right?"