Chapter 92: Learned a lot

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Yutao walked forward carefully and glanced at the account book.

She used to be just a second-class maidservant beside Feng. After the head maid Qiu Mama and the head maid Xia He passed away, she was appointed to serve Feng closely. Naturally, she did not know Feng's private matters.

So now he asked, "Aren't you going to explain to the master?"

"Shut up!" Feng scolded coldly, and slapped Yutao in the face as if to vent her anger. "How can I explain? That little bitch Xu has brought this to the master's attention. The master has been in business for many years. If he had checked carefully, there would be no problem with the accounts that he would not have found. Now that you have written it off and not mentioned it again, and you don't let me pay up the money to make up for it, you are already being lenient!"

Although she was furious, Feng still had some sense and knew that she had been tricked today.

Yu Tao covered her face, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain, "I know I was wrong, I was just stupid."

"It's not that you're stupid, it's that Xu is too cunning and treacherous." Feng took a deep breath, her eyes full of sinisterness, "She didn't say anything at first, so I thought she was young and had little experience as a housekeeper, so she didn't notice the wrongness in the accounts. I never thought she was secretly holding this handle in her hand, waiting to use it later."

At this moment, Feng couldn't understand that if she hadn't let Chen Huaiqian know about Chen Zhi's booming private business, causing Chen Huaiqian to put pressure on Chen Zhi and make Chen Zhi work twice as hard for the family, then Xu Shuhe would not have used this handle so early.

However, no matter whether Xu Shuhe used it early or late, it was like a sharp blade piercing Feng's heart, causing her pain.

So the Feng family was full of hatred.

At this time, Feng also guessed a little bit why Chen Huaiqian gave Chen Zhi one-tenth of the shares. This handle might be one of the small reasons.

Thinking of these things, Feng felt even more hateful.

She hated Xu Shuhe's hypocrisy and cunning. It was obvious that he was holding her as a handle to make a deal with Chen Huaiqian, but he said it secretly and did not make a fuss openly, making it seem that she respected her elders and hoped for harmony in the family without any quarrels. In fact, she was just seeing Chen Huaiqian's good reputation and did not want any more scandals in the family, so she acted this way.

He really took both the benefits and the good reputation.

What's more, Chen Huaiqian was so angry that he couldn't vent it at will, so he took it all out on her.

Seeing her gloomy face, Yutao had no choice but to continue persuading her.

"Madam, why do you have to argue with the Third Young Master's wife about the length of time? In my humble opinion, the master asked you to take good care of yourself and did not blame you too much. I think he still cares about you. You might as well take good care of yourself these days. Anyway, the housekeeper is half of the Second Young Master's wife, and it won't fall into the hands of others. We have two young masters. The Second Young Master is doing business with the master. The Fourth Young Master will pass the imperial examination next year, which will be even more amazing. By then, there will be a difference between officials and businessmen. No matter how powerful the Third Young Master's wife is, she will not dare to act rashly in front of you with the Fourth Young Master around."

Listening to Yutao's words and thinking of her two sons, Feng knew clearly that when Chen Huaiqian said he was doing it for the sake of the children, he was referring to the scholarly Chen Xun, not the useless Chen Jin.

But no matter what, she still has a good son.

"Fortunately, my Xun'er works hard and will pass the imperial examination next autumn. From now on, she will be far superior to them. No matter what tricks she has, she can't beat me!" Feng gritted her teeth.

Floating Cloud Residence.

Having just acquired one-tenth of the shares today, Chen Zhi was busy sorting things out and did not come over. Xu Shuhe had dinner alone.

Meixiang said that Chen Huaiqian went to Wanshuangzhai, sat for a while and then left without staying for dinner. There was no movement from Wanshuangzhai, except for a smile.

"Now I have learned my lesson. If it were before, I would have made a scene even if it was unreasonable."

Xinyue curled her lips, "I'm actually looking forward to her making a scene. If she makes a big scene, we can confront each other face to face and figure out how much money she has embezzled over the years as the housekeeper."

"That's right. Our young master only asked for one-tenth of the shares, which is nothing. In the past twenty years, the head of the family has taken a lot of money to subsidize the second and fourth young masters." Meixiang said angrily to Xu Shu and Bucai, "He even wanted to plot against the dowry that the late lady left for our young master. How shameless!"

Xu Shuhe ate leisurely, "Okay, now we have what we want, and we have also suppressed Wan Shuangzhai. She should behave herself for a while. The most important thing left is to make money."

After saying that, Xu Shuhe expressed that he would take time out in the future to teach Xinyue and Meixiang how to manage the business.

Xinyue was fine, she grew up with Xu Shuhe, so she could help Xu Shuhe after she got married, so she could read and do arithmetic, but Meixiang couldn't. Meixiang was in charge, relying on the experience she had accumulated over the years of working in the mansion, she could manage people and make arrangements, but when it came to writing records, she was no match.

During this long period of time, Meixiang has learned a few words from Xinyue, but it is still not enough.

So when faced with the matter raised by Xu Shuhe, Meixiang was a little scared.

But Xu Shuhe said that if she didn't know how to do it, she would learn. In the future, as the business grew bigger, the two personal maids would have to help her and take care of some things for her. They couldn't go out and be blind.

In addition, Xu Shuhe was also thinking that the two maids would get married in the future, and she didn't know when she would leave this world, so she always wanted to teach Xinyue and Meixiang some skills to support themselves.

Xinyue and Meixiang were also moved after understanding her good intentions.

They all made up their minds to study hard and help Xu Shuhe more in the future.

After dinner, I was rinsing my mouth when I heard a greeting from the yard.

"The young master is here!" Xinyue said happily.

Meixiang also had a smile on her face.

The two maids hope that their two masters have a good relationship.

However, Xu Shuhe couldn't help but sigh and hold his forehead.

This was another test of her willpower.

Ever since she stopped hiding from Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi had always treated her gently and caringly. She almost felt like she was that shameless and unfaithful man.

As I was thinking about it, someone had already entered the house.

"Didn't you leave any food for me?"

Glancing at the maids who were cleaning up the dishes, Chen Zhi looked up at Xu Shuhe, his eyes and tone full of grievance.

A pair of watery eyes, like that poor puppy.

A feeling of guilt surged in his heart, and Xu Shuhe couldn't help swallowing and trying to make amends.

"Yes, yes. I didn't expect you to come at this time, so I ate first. I asked Xinyue to prepare your portion."

As he spoke, he looked to the side.

Xinyue is the most attentive girl.
Well, when Xu Shuhe met Xinyue's eyes, he knew that she was not prepared today.

In fact, it’s not Xinyue’s fault that she didn’t have any plans today. It was mainly because Xu Shu told her before the meal that Chen Zhi was busy with business today and would definitely not come, so there was no need to prepare too much to avoid waste.

Looking at the master and servant, Chen Zhi understood what was going on. He sighed and said helplessly.

"It's okay. I'll have some snacks first and ask the kitchen to prepare it."

After hearing this, Xu Shuhe felt even more guilty.

He hurriedly asked Meixiang to bring snacks, fruits and other things and place them in front of him, and asked Xinyue to go to the kitchen to make arrangements.

After sitting down, Chen Zhi seemed not to care and took the initiative to talk about business matters.

"It's halfway through autumn and winter is coming soon. I want to buy some leather to make winter clothes. I asked Shopkeeper Zhou, but Yunshang Pavilion didn't sell leather in previous years."