Ximen Qing was so angry that he and Xiao Tianqing hurried back all the way. They jumped off their horses at the door of the mansion and said, "Go to the hall and wait for me." Then they walked towards the door with a solemn face.
The young boys at the door were all frightened when they saw their master's face as sinking as water. They didn't know where to put their hands and feet. They all knew that Ximen Qing had a bad temper. Pan Jinlian had been making trouble at the door for a long time today because he was afraid of herself.
The master's mood is not much better.
When Pan Jinlian was making trouble in the morning, the housekeeper ordered the door to be closed tightly, so these boys did not know that Ximen Qing also saved Wu Dalang.
"Brother, my master's face is so gloomy. I wonder who will be beaten today?" A young boy was so frightened that he couldn't even move forward.
"Stop talking nonsense and open the door quickly." The older boy scolded: "Hurry! If you are slow, you will be the first to be whipped!"
The boy smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I'm so scared that I can't move my legs..."
"Trash snack!" The slightly older boy pushed the boy aside, opened the door with the other boys, and caught up with Ximen Qing striding in.
Just as Ximen Qing was about to enter, he suddenly stopped and glanced at the few servants on the scene. Everyone was furious, and then he pointed casually: "You! Go and call the accountant to the hall to wait for me!" After that, he said no more.
Stopped and went straight through the door.
"Counter?" Several young men breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they were not being whipped. The timid young man was frightened with goosebumps, and then he wiped it on his arms: "My God, Master
If you look at it for a little longer, I will almost urinate!"
"Useless thing! You only know how to eat!" The slightly older boy cursed and went in to find the accountant.
The accountant's surname is Li. He is almost fifty years old this year. He has been working as the accountant in Ximen's house since Ximenda's time. Because of his bad abacus, the whole government called him "Abacus Li".
"What? The master called me?" Abacus Li squinted and touched his beard, then looked at the boy in front of him: "Don't fool me! The master never calls me. Tell me, the master told you to call me."
What happened in the past?"
The boy rolled his eyes and thought to himself: "If you are still putting on such a stinky air, I'm afraid you will be pissed when the whip comes down."
This is a calculation. Li usually relies on his seniority in the house and specializes in bullying the young boys and maids. He either asks the young boys to beat his back and legs for him, or asks the maids to make his bed and fold the quilt.
I don't dare to do anything serious. The most I can do is wipe it off and touch it.
This young boy had been touched by him a few times in the past few years. When he was asked by Abacus Li, he had an idea: "Why not coax him and make him lose face in front of the master."
"Abacus Li, you don't know yet." The young man said with a mysterious look: "The master has recently felt that there are too many older maids in the house and is looking for someone to marry him off. Maybe he asked you to come over just to give you some advice.
Marriage."
"What? Then I have to go quickly!" Abacus Li was originally sitting on a chair with his legs crossed. After hearing this "inside information", he quickly put on his shoes and went to the ground. Unexpectedly, after sitting cross-legged for a long time, his qi and blood were blocked, and half of his legs were numb, but
When Abacus Li heard the news, he ignored it and struggled out of the door with a limp: "Dongmei! You have to wait for me!"
"Bah!" The boy looked at Abacus Li's limping back and spat hard on the ground: "Don't rush to die. Even your third leg will be discounted by then!"
Abacus Li came out of the house, full of joy. Even the air he smelled had a sweet smell. He moved his numb legs and feet as he walked. After a few steps, his energy and blood were cleared. He hurriedly trotted towards the living room with his neck scrunched up.
.
The boy who usually waited on him was not seen at the door. Instead, the book boy and the painting boy who were waiting in the study were standing on one side like little door gods with expressionless faces. When he saw Abacus Li coming, he just made a gesture to ask him to hurry up.
Go in.
"Master, I'm so polite." Abacus Li's heart was like fifteen buckets, and he was on edge. He didn't know what was going on: "I heard that the master asked me to come here to discuss a marriage..."
"Marriage?" Ximen Qing showed his white teeth and smiled solemnly: "Abacus Li, did you eat something wrong this morning?"
"Uh..." Abacus Li finally realized that the boy was joking with him. This time it seemed that Ximen Qing came to him, which was definitely not a good thing. Could it be that something happened?
"Abacus Li." Ximen Qing suddenly said: "They say you have good abacus and clear accounts. I will reconcile the accounts with you today."
"Reconciliation?" Abacus Li felt a little sweat on his back: "I don't know what accounts the master wants to reconcile. I will wait until I go back to the account book and slowly reconcile the accounts with the master."
As Abacus Li spoke, his eyes drifted towards the door of the hall: "At least I need to find an opportunity to go to Mrs. Wu for some ventilation."
"You can just leave this kind of vulgar work to a boy!" Ximen Qing's face suddenly brightened: "Come here, show Mr. Accountant a seat and tea!"
The book boys and painting boys at the door responded in unison, those who moved stools moved stools, and those who served tea served tea.
The muscles on Abacus Li's face trembled, and he sat down tentatively. After adjusting his posture for a long time, he only dared to rest his lower half of his butt on the stool, holding the cup of tea and not drinking, but still looking out of the hall.
"Sir, this account book is in a big box in the small house." Abacus Li said, "It's usually hard to show it to others, so it's all locked. It's better for me to get it in person."
"No need." Ximen Qing smiled calmly: "Shu Tong, you go find two strong men to carry the box over!"
"What?" Abacus Li trembled all over and almost dropped the teacup on the ground, screaming in his heart.
Ximen Qing picked up the tea cup, looked at Abacus Li's trembling body, opened the lid of the tea cup, blew on it, and slowly took a sip: "Abacus Li, are you feeling unwell due to the evil wind? Why are you always feeling unwell?
Shivering?"
Abacus Li stiffened up after hearing this, but stopped shaking. He huddled up on the stool and didn't know what to think.
At this time, Xiao Tianqing came in holding the drug store's account book, put it on the table and stepped aside. Ximen Qing did not open it, but only glanced at Abacus Li.
"Master, the box is here." The book boy strode into the hall, followed by two strong servants, carrying a large wooden box, and reported to Ximen Qinghui.
"Just put it there." Ximen Qing raised his chin, casually found a corner next to him, and then slammed the tea cup down on the table. There was a "ding" sound, and the abacus trembled: "Abacus, Li,
Is there anything you want to say before I open the box?"
There was a muffled sound of "Boom!", which was the sound of the box falling to the ground, and then there was a "crack", but it was Abacus Li's heart trembling with fright, and he dropped the tea cup in his hand to the ground, smashing it to pieces.
"Master!" Abacus Li didn't care about the broken porcelain on the floor. He knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to Ximen Qing three times: "Young man has been working hard in Ximen's family for thirty years.
Dare to act recklessly..."
"Huh?" Ximen Qing looked at Abacus Li and raised his head. There was already a blood red patch on his forehead, which was pricked open by the porcelain shards on the ground: "Don't you dare... to do anything?"
"You still dare to hide it now?" Ximen Qing pointed at the abacus: "You have a dog and you still know how to look after the house and the home. You are just a bastard!"
"Painting children!"
"Master, the little one is here!"
"Take the key and open the box! Take a look at the account books for the last three years!" As Ximen Qing shouted, Abacus Li collapsed to the ground.
Hua Tong'er was also insulted by Abacus Li last year. At this time, after listening to Ximen Qing's order, his face was full of disgust. He went up and kicked Abacus Li twice in the ribs. The two kicks were extremely hard. Abacus Li
After groaning twice and shrinking into a shrimp, Hua Tong'er took a copper key from Abacus Li's waist.
Inside the box were twenty or thirty large and small account books, as well as several packages. Hua Tong'er also knew some words, so he flipped through them casually, found the account books for the past three years, and presented them to Ximen Qing.
Ximen Qing didn't look at the account book first, but saw the package in the box from a distance: "What's in the package? Open it and take a look!"
The book boy responded and picked up a package, which was extremely heavy. When he opened it, he couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that the package was full of copper coins, and it looked like there were seventy or eighty coins. "This Abacus Li is too courageous."
Now that I have made money, I just keep it with the account book, and I am not afraid of anyone knowing."
"Open them all!" Ximen Qing rushed up angrily, looking at Abacus Li lying on the ground like a mangy dog: "My Ximen family treats you very well. We raise you twice a month, but you actually dare to use it openly and secretly!"
"Master, there are five packages in total." Shutong'er opened the packages one by one and clicked: "I'm afraid the total is no less than four hundred coins!"
"Three hundred coins!" Ximen Qing stood up, looked at the copper coins in the five packages, and sneered twice: "Abacus Li, you are quite capable."
Abacus Li didn't know where he got his energy from. He suddenly stood up and kowtowed: "Sir, this is all the hard money I save every month. I also took out some loans outside. It took me thirty years to save this."
People do things cleanly and without any selfish motives.”
"Phew!" Ximen Qing seemed to have heard a big joke and laughed mercilessly at Abacus Li's statement: "Two strings a month, twenty-four strings a year, and no food or drink for thirty years, a total of seven hundred and twenty
Ten guan, there are four hundred guan in the box?"
Abacus Li listened to Ximen Qing's calculations for him very fluently, and was extremely surprised. He knew that he, an accountant, had to pull out the abacus several times to do calculations like this. He didn't expect Ximen Qing to calculate in one breath without even pausing.
No, is this still the same Ximen Qing who lives and drinks all day long?
"Master, there is another one!" Shutong'er had sharp eyes and took out two folded papers from one of the account books and showed them to Ximen Qing.
Ximen Qing opened it, glanced at it, and threw it directly in front of Abacus Li: "Oh, forget about this."