The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 92

In the early morning of the next day, Qiao Yuanxiu left Qiao's mansion accompanied by Qiao Shaotang.Originally, Qiao Shaotang didn't need to do the accompanying work himself.But because of Yuzhi's matter, his will has been depressed recently.The wife thought about asking Qiao Shaotang to accompany Qiao Yuanxiu to Beijing, as if it were a tour of the mountains and rivers, maybe it could relieve the boredom in her heart.Just looking at Qiao Shaotang's current appearance, it's clear that he hasn't come out of the shadows yet.He is a very affectionate man, Yuzhi has been by his side for many years, and it will be very difficult to think about it if he is gone.

Qiao Jiuxiu hid in the crowd and came to see the elder sister off together.The wife took Qiao Yuanxiu's hand very reluctantly, "Yuanxiu, this is the peace talisman I asked for you, remember to wear it all the time when you enter the palace, it will keep you safe." Qiao Yuanxiu nodded, took the peace talisman, She raised her head slightly to keep her tears from streaming down. She had lived in Qiao Mansion for nearly 20 years. She used to always look forward to escaping from this cage-like place, but when she really wanted to leave, she felt reluctant.

"Let's go." The wife sighed and sent Qiao Yuanxiu to the carriage, because for the convenience of the journey, it was just an ordinary two-seater carriage. Qiao Shaotang sat in the carriage and had been waiting for a while.Seeing Qiao Yuanxiu approaching, she got up slightly and helped her into the carriage.Qiao Yuanxiu took one last look at the Qiao family compound and sighed softly.

Maybe once you leave, you can never go back.

"Miss, let's go back." Jinxiu said softly, Qiao Jiuxiu was startled before nodding.The elder sister entered the palace, and the elder brother accompanied her to the capital. During this time, there was really no one in Qiao's mansion who could really help him.Leaning her body carefully on Jinxiu, she felt that she didn't have the strength to stand up anymore. "Jinxiu, let's go back. I want to embroider an embroidered handkerchief for myself, and I won't go out recently. If someone comes to me, you can refuse it for me."

Jinxiu nodded, knowing that Qiao Jiuxiu was trying to seek peace in Qiao's mansion, so she seemed to be herself in hiding. "Miss, it's a good thing that you want to hide from the world. It's just that the wife sent someone to send a message to ask you to go to the accountant. It seems that there is something wrong with the account of the year-end affairs. We can avoid this matter." Sorry."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the accounting room by myself, you don't have to follow, go back and have a rest, you must be exhausted recently." Qiao Jiuxiu thought that if his wife blamed her later, Jinxiu would definitely put all her money away. The guilt was all on her own body, she couldn't bear to hurt her, so she might as well let herself go to see his wife alone.She is willing to bear all the mistakes alone.

"But..." Jinxiu was in a dilemma. It's usually not a good thing for a wife to find Miss Jiu. Although Miss Jiu handled the New Year's affairs very well without any mistakes, but if you really want to pick bones from eggs, you can still find many wrong things. right place.Jinxiu is very worried about Qiao Jiuxiu, for fear that his wife will deliberately make things difficult for her later.

"Don't worry about it. You can go back. Jinxiu, I didn't hit you, so what role can you play here?" Qiao Jiuxiu shook her head lightly, "You can go back. Don't worry, my wife will take care of the year-end matters." I couldn’t find it because I was looking for trouble, and I took care of it.”

"But..." Jinxiu sighed, and could only turn around and leave.She knew Qiao Jiuxiu's temper, and no one could change what she had decided, and she had no choice but to go back alone.But my heart is still up and down, and there is no score.

Seeing Jinxiu leave, Qiao Jiuxiu let out a sigh of relief. She did a good job at the end of the year, and the whole house was very satisfied. Some time ago, her wife even praised her.But that doesn't mean she can come back safely this time.There is a rule in the Qiao Mansion that the general ledger will be cleared in March every year, and the expenditures of the previous year will be calculated and checked. If there is a problem, the person in charge at that time must be asked for questioning. No one can specialize.Because Qiaoyu is in charge of this matter, no one can get close to her.

After such an analysis, Qiao Jiuxiu was really worried.I could only walk all the way to the accounting room. Qiaoyu was sitting in the front hall to settle the accounts, clattering with an abacus. My wife sat beside her, listening to Qiaoyu's report of the income and output of each account, nodding from time to time And say a few words.My wife has been running the house for many years, and she is also very good at settling accounts.

Suddenly, Qiaoyu stopped what she was doing, and slightly raised her head to look at Qiao Jiuxiu, "Madam, Jiu girl is here, you can ask her about anything you don't understand on the account. I'll leave now."

The wife nodded and waved her hand, making Qiaoyu retreat.When Qiaoyu passed by Qiao Jiuxiu, she glanced at her again, but this time there was a self-seeking expression in her eyes.Qiao Jiuxiu swallowed slightly, why did she have a bad feeling?
"Jiu girl, come here." The wife beckoned, although there was a smile on her face, it made people feel shuddering.

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and walked in front of his wife with an uneasy heart, because the wife didn't tell her to sit down, so she could only stand, biting the corner of her lips slightly, "Madam, what do you want me to do? "

"This is your year-end account." The wife handed a stack of bills to Qiao Jiuxiu, "The red paper was originally intended to buy high-quality red paper, but the supply was insufficient, so I only bought five dollars of high-quality red paper. The ones you ordered are all inferior products. The inferior products are much cheaper, Jiu Yatou saved a total of three coins, right?"

"En." Qiao Jiuxiu nodded. It was clearly written on the account. She was an upright person. She always accounted for every penny she paid, and she didn't cheat at all.Moreover, the relationship between that rice paper workshop and Qiao's mansion is very close. If she wants to cheat, as long as the wife checks it out, she will have nowhere to hide. So honest people have the benefits of honest people.

"Then there is the account for the dried fruit. This year, due to the heavy rain and snow at the end of the year, the dried fruit is not suitable for preservation, so the price is much cheaper than in previous years. It is calculated to save one or two or three dollars. I am not wrong about that."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded. The accounts of these things are very clear, but the wife would not ask such a simple question, and she came here specially, so there must be some mystery behind it.She took half a step back, feeling a little worried.Sure enough, my wife changed her expression, "However, because of the continuous rain, the long-term workers babbled and asked for long-term wages. You promised to give them two taels of silver, but there was only a surplus of one tael or six taels of silver in your previous account. How do you take out two taels of silver as a reward? You must know that you don’t owe half a penny on your account.”

Hearing what his wife said, Qiao Jiuxiu was relieved.So I explained to my wife, "Ma'am, the thing is like this, because the long-term workers suddenly asked for a salary increase, this matter is beyond my imagination, if I use the balance in my hand, I am worried that I will not be able to deal with unexpected situations in the future, so I just asked I took out two liang of silver from my monthly money to reward the long-term workers. Many people know about this, if my wife doesn’t believe it, I can find witnesses.”

"I know about this." The wife's expression was very serious.Qiao Jiuxiu was silent in her heart, since the wife already knew everything, why did she make a special trip to bring up this matter?And let her make a special trip.There should be some other intentions. Thinking about it this way, I feel even more worried.He could only bite his lips tighter.

"Jiu Yatou doesn't think I've done something inappropriate?" The wife asked with a frown. Qiao Jiuxiu shook her head. Although she said that she had no other choice at the time, if she didn't do so, the construction period might be delayed. There is no way to complete the year-end smoothly, so in order to ensure the enthusiasm of the long-term workers, she can only use this method.

"Do you think you have done nothing wrong?" The anger on the wife's face was even worse.Qiao Jiuxiu had no choice but to shake her head, "Madam, no, you misunderstood, I just don't know where I went wrong."

"The long-term workers asked for a salary increase. This matter is considered reasonable. It is an extra expense at the end of the year. Why don't you pay the cash to the account and take it out yourself? If the person who manages the year end has to pay for it every year, is there anyone willing to come out to host it? ? Or do you think that the Qiao Mansion has no way to pay the two taels of silver and needs you to pay?"

"Madam, I didn't mean that." Qiao Jiuxiu shook her head quickly. At that time, she only thought that if she told her wife about the matter, she would think that she was incompetent and would leave the year-end management to other people, so she bit the bullet I'm next.Now it seems that I was wrong.

"Then what do you mean?" The wife asked with a stern face, "I know how much money you have a month, and this two taels of silver is equivalent to your income for half a year. Why are you so generous all of a sudden, right? To explain, do you have any side income, or did you get kickbacks from merchants at the end of the year?"

"Madam, I don't. Those merchants have been doing business with Qiao's for so many years. If there is any discount for me, the wife will just send someone to ask. But I really don't have any spare money. I pawned the two taels of silver for jewelry." Freed up."

The more Qiao Jiuxiu spoke, the more confident she became, and the expression on his wife's face became more and more serious. "Your majestic Miss of Qiao's Mansion actually has to work outside to earn a living. If other people know about this, will we lose face in Qiao's Mansion?" The wife glared at Qiao Jiuxiu.Qiao Jiuxiu bit her lip, and took another half step back. She really didn't think about it clearly at the beginning. She only thought about how to solve this problem, but she didn't think it through.

"It's the first time?" The wife gave Qiao Jiuxiu a stern look, Qiao Jiuxiu hesitated for a while, and could only shake her head.She knew that his wife would be angry, but if she deliberately lied to her, she might make her even more unhappy, and her future days would be even more difficult.

Sure enough, the blue veins on his wife's forehead were exposed.

(End of this chapter)