Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 45 Reconciliation (2)

Shen Yuechen first wiped Zhu Jintang's hands with a warm towel. His palms were wide and big, and his fingertips were covered with a thin layer of calluses, which was due to long-term manipulation of the abacus.

She waited for him to wash his face and change clothes, and followed him all the way to the clean room to wait for him to bathe, wipe his back, and massage his shoulders.

In the tidy clean room, there was only the sound of ticking water, so quiet that even the breathing of two people could be heard.

It was the first time in Shen Yuechen's life that he served a man to take a bath, so it was inevitable that his face would blush and his heart beat wildly.

She doesn't like this kind of humble life of relying on people's nose and looking at people's faces, but now she has no choice, if she can't rely on Zhu Jintang, then her position in the Zhu family will become precarious, especially that domineering Qin Taoxi , will definitely devour her alive.

Naturally, Zhu Jintang couldn't know Shen Yuechen's thoughts, he just remained calm, silently admiring the little face in front of him, from pink to red, and finally, her face was so red that she was about to bleed ...Zhu Jintang propped his chin with one hand, silently, not for a moment, looking at her face that was gradually flushing, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and his expression seemed to be a smile that was not a smile.

Her shyness and ignorance unexpectedly pleased him, and reminded him of a person...a person who had been dead for many years...When the two of them came out of the clean room, the account book had already been delivered, and it was neatly Put it on the table, with the prepared paper, ink and gold abacus beside it.

Zhu's account book and gold abacus are valuables that only the head of the family has the right to view and use.

When Zhu Jintang saw the pile of ledgers, the lazy expression on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by rigor and seriousness.

Checking the ledger is Zhu Jintang's daily routine, and he never allows anyone to disturb him.

Shen Yuechen silently retreated to the side, not daring to make a sound, just sat in front of the vanity mirror, took off the hair ornaments on her head one by one, then put down her hair, combed it slowly with a wooden comb, her eyes looked through the copper mirror , looking at Zhu Jintang, who was a few steps behind him, Zhu Jintang was concentrating on flipping through the ledger, muttering something, his slender fingers quickly making a golden abacus, and the abacus made a crisp sound, and his brows sometimes frowned and sometimes loosened.

The whole body of the golden abacus is made of real gold, only the beads are made of emerald, which are pierced and polished by skillful craftsmen.

Zhu's property is huge, with many stores under it, and the geographical distribution is wide.Stores outside the customs report accounts every six months, and stores inside the customs report accounts every three months. The account books of the main store in Dezhou are sent back to Zhu Mansion by Zhu Rong personally after closing every day, and handed over to Zhu Jintang for personal review.

Zhu Jintang was gifted and intelligent. He could read at the age of three and write at the age of five. At the age of seven, he followed his father Zhu Feng in and out of the accounting room and learned how to manage housework. Nothing goes wrong.

Zhu Feng had only one son like him, so he felt uneasy. Fortunately, Zhu Jintang was sensible and a natural businessman. When he was 20 years old, he began to take over the business slowly.

As the saying goes, the dragon begets the dragon and the phoenix, and the son of a mouse is born with the ability to make holes. When Zhu Jintang was a child, he also chose the golden abacus at a glance.

When the candle was halfway lit, Zhu Jintang sighed softly, closed the ledger, stood up, and stretched his muscles.He put away the ledger carefully, and pressed the golden abacus firmly on the ledger.

Shen Yuechen was lying on the dressing table in a tired posture, closed her eyes and rested her mind, she didn't realize that Zhu Jintang had finished checking the accounts, until he called her, she turned over and sat up, trying to pull herself together from her doze.

Seeing that Zhu Jintang was sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at her, Shen Yuechen blushed slightly, and hurriedly got up and said, "Master, do you want to rest?"

Zhu Jintang nodded, and was about to take off his coat when he saw Shen Yuechen walking towards him with his head down. Lower body, wanting to take off his shoes and socks.

A faint smile flashed across Zhu Jintang's face again, and he suddenly had a little affection for the delicate and weak little wife in front of him.

In the past three days of getting married, she has been working hard to fulfill her duties as a wife, serving him vegetables, changing his clothes, bathing him... full of sincerity, but a little rusty.It can be seen that she wants to please him, but behind this flattery, there is a faint reluctance... She is afraid of him, but she has no choice but to please him.Thinking of this, Zhu Jintang's eyes flashed a certain kind of light, and the good feelings in his heart disappeared in an instant.

There was a flash of light from the corner of Shen Yuechen's eyes, he raised his head, and saw Zhu Jintang staring at him, he quickly smiled and said, "Master, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Zhu Jintang raised his hand, pointed to a few boxes on the table, and said, "Those are gifts that I will bring when I return home tomorrow. Go and have a look. Is there anything else you want to add?"

Shen Yuechen was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and took a few steps towards the table before turning around and asking Zhu Jintang: "These are all prepared by the uncle?"

Zhu Jintang leaned lazily on the bed, looked at her bewildered look, his eyes flickered slightly, and said lightly: "Everything is picked by my mother, and I deliberately asked someone to add a few new products, and let your mother's Let’s watch something fresh together.”

Hearing what he said, Shen Yuechen's heart moved slightly. To be honest, she didn't expect Zhu Jintang to take the matter of returning to the door to heart, and also intentionally bought something.At this moment, besides being surprised, Shen Yuechen felt strangely moved.

He may be cold, aloof, or bad-tempered, but he is definitely not a bad person who is impolite and ignorant of the world.

There are vases and antiques in the brocade box, as well as silk flower handkerchiefs and some pretty gadgets for the women at home.And the most precious gift among them is the dozens of pearls in a small box.

Those beads are uniform in size, bright white in color and smooth in texture. One can tell at a glance that they are rare and high-quality products.

Shen Yuechen was slightly startled, and then couldn't help but smile again.

It was the first time she had seen such a beautiful pearl.

Looking at her, Zhu Jintang was also a little infected by her smile, and his tired mood gradually became more relaxed.

Shen Yuechen carefully put the things in place one by one, turned his head and took a peek at Zhu Jintang, who knows, just happened to meet his eyes looking at her, his heart moved, and he looked at Qi Yan with clear eyes, Some hesitated to speak.

"How? You don't like these gifts?" Zhu Jintang asked tentatively.Seeing her smiling face just now, he already knew in his heart that these gifts still made her feel happy.

"No...it's not...I like it very much." Shen Yuechen shook her head hurriedly when she heard the words, and hesitated a bit. She wanted to thank him for his thought, but she didn't want to show too much joy and lose her sense of propriety.

She walked to his side, and although she was wearing moon-white pajamas, she still blessed herself dignifiedly: "I would like to thank the uncle on behalf of the elders and younger brothers and sisters in the family. These gifts are really wonderful... Too precious."

Zhu Jintang moved his body, half-lyed on the bed, stretched out a hand and patted the place beside him, and said: "Save the words of thanks for tomorrow morning, go to bed quickly, and get up early tomorrow to greet the elders, Only after I have settled down can I go back to my mother's house with you."

There is no doubt that tomorrow will be a very busy day just by thinking about it.

Shen Yuechen smiled, "Yes", lifted the quilt and lay beside him.

Immediately, Zhu Jintang also changed his posture, lying flat on the bed with his hands on his sides, and didn't make any sound for a while.

Shen Yuechen couldn't guess what he was thinking, only remembered his rough actions last night, and felt a little uneasy.

He shouldn't have fallen asleep... probably tired.

Shen Yuechen lay quietly for a while, seeing that the people around her were still quiet, she turned over in peace of mind, with her back facing him, ready to fall asleep.

Unexpectedly, after a while, the person behind him suddenly moved again.

Shen Yuechen shrank subconsciously, looked back at Zhu Jintang timidly, and secretly swallowed.

She bit her lip slightly, thinking of his displeasure last night, hesitating whether to turn over or not.

Zhu Jintang prided himself on being a half-gentleman, so he didn't want to make things difficult for others, so he fell asleep on his own without touching half a finger of her.

Shen Yuechen hesitated for a long time, but decided to take the initiative, turned to face Zhu Jintang, and purposely got closer to him.

Shen Yuechen closed his eyes at first, and then opened them slightly, seeing that he had closed his eyes, breathing gently and evenly, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and his beating heart slowly calmed down.

She quietly looked at his face, carefully scrutinized his facial features and eyebrows for the first time, her thoughts drifted further and further away, and finally she closed her eyes with peace of mind, and fell asleep quietly next to him.

The next morning, perhaps because she was too tired, Shen Yuechen got up later than usual.She turned over gently, and found that he had inadvertently put his hand on her waist. She was slightly startled, and carefully raised his hand and placed it on the bed.

She thought her movements were already very light, but she still woke up Zhu Jintang.

Zhu Jintang slept until dawn, opened his eyes, and the first person to catch his eyes was Shen Yuechen sitting beside him.She tilted her head slightly, and said with a lazy smile, "Morning, sir."

The clean and warm sunlight shone on her slightly pink cheeks, making her look a little more fragile. Her black pupils and leisurely eyes were like black stones falling into the clear lake water.

Zhu Jintang lay there, looking at her face, in a daze for a moment, only felt that the quiet light in her eyes touched his heart little by little.

Shen Yuechen regained consciousness, smiled at Zhu Jintang and said, "Master, it's time for us to get up."

Zhu Jintang was slightly taken aback, then sat up, put on his clothes and got out of bed, with the same indifferent expression on his sharp-edged face as usual.

Shen Yuechen called Chunming Mingyue to fetch water.

Because time was limited, the two of them went to the main courtyard to pay their respects to the elders after washing up.

Mrs. Zhu heard the news from Yang's mother early in the morning that Zhu Jintang went back to the new house to rest last night and did not go anywhere else.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief.She knows best what Zhu Jintang's temper is, he has never been a willful person.As for Shen Yuechen, even though the old lady only met Shen Yuechen before entering the door, her calm and quiet temperament still left a deep impression on people.In her opinion, a woman to be Zhu Jintang's wife doesn't need to be too smart, as long as she is obedient, able to care for her husband and teach her children, and understand some things.

Shen Yuechen seemed to be obedient, she believed that her vision was right, and Nan Tianshi's orders were also right.

Mrs. Zhu saw that Zhu Jintang and Shen Yuechen looked refreshed and refreshed, she couldn't help showing joy, "Is everything ready?"

Zhu Jintang nodded, glanced at Shen Yuechen, and she immediately walked forward and replied: "Thank you for your care, old lady, the presents have been prepared, and everything is very good."

Mrs. Zhu smiled when she heard the words: "Okay, since everything is ready, you can go after breakfast. Although it is not far away, you should go early and return early."

(End of this chapter)