The Devious First-Daughter

"Grandmother, after all, Yan'er's qualifications are a little low. Why don't you find someone to help me?" Ning Xueyan obediently picked up the tea on the table and handed it to the wife.

After all, she was too young to take responsibility, which of course meant that she didn't like to take power. This made Mrs. Tai very satisfied, and her eyes fell on Ning Qingshan: "Third girl, you will go with fifth girl in a while, In the end, he is the one who will be in charge of the important affairs of the mansion in the future, so he has to try first."

This is for Ning Qingshan and Ning Xueyan to go together, which also shows Mrs. Tai's expectations for Ning Qingshan.

Ning Qingfan was overjoyed, and quickly agreed softly, feeling a little relieved, at least there is no problem here in the Marquis of Huguo, Mrs. Tai still hopes to be the third prince's concubine.

Both of them came early today, so they didn't have breakfast, so they had breakfast together at Mrs. Tai's place. Afterwards, the two sisters took each other to the front hall. The people they were going to meet today were all men. Mrs. Tai specially asked them to The two went to the lobby to meet guests.

Because they were only going to meet their subordinates, Mrs. Tai arranged for them a small hall next to the main hall. After all, they were just servants of the Marquis of the Huguo Mansion. In the past, Ling Shi also met them in that place.

"Third sister, I heard from Nanny Qin that the draft will be held soon, and the third sister is also in it. Congratulations to the third sister for your wish to come true." Ning Xueyan laughed softly, looking very happy for Ning Qing.

For the draft, the mansion has already submitted itself? Ning Qing was overjoyed, and felt a little relieved. She was worried that Mrs. Tai would reconsider her entry into the palace draft because of what happened yesterday. Now that she thought about it, it was not a big problem. Will let myself marry the third prince.

But when she thought about it, she didn't know about it, and Nanny Qin actually told Ning Xueyan, did it mean that Ning Xueyan was more valued by Mrs. Tai than herself? As long as she thinks that Ning Xueyan may replace her and marry the third prince, Ning Qingfan will be jealous and hateful. With her cunning nature, she can hardly control herself and wants to slap Ning Xueyan.

Now is not the time, I am really too anxious these days, I have not gained a firm foothold, and I fight with Ning Xueyan, this is where I suffer the most, this is what Luo Momo told her yesterday, she I also think it is, the draft is just around the corner, it is not suitable for her to fight Ning Xueyan now.

When I truly become the third concubine, Ning Xueyan's life and death will not be a matter of my own words!

"Thank you Fifth Sister. If Third Sister has a prosperous life in the future, she will definitely thank Fifth Sister for her hospitality these few days." Ning Qing covered her sleeves and smiled with a gentle attitude. That generous and gentle Miss Ning San.

Only Ning Xueyan knew that there was something in Ning Qing's fan talk, that when she became the third concubine, she would never be able to forgive herself.

Of course, Ning Xueyan didn't care what Ning Qingshan said. The two of them were just maintaining superficial politeness. Everyone knew that what happened yesterday was nothing but Ning Qingshan plotting against Ning Xueyan. Harm yourself, of course, neither of the two of them would say this in front of Mrs. Tai.

"Third Sister hasn't seen the external tents of this kind of shop yet. I wonder if Third Sister can see what these external tents are? Will those people fool us? I heard that there are many such shops in the Third Prince's Mansion." Ning Xueyan's words were quite provocative, almost saying that Ning Qingshan didn't care about posting accounts, so it didn't matter whether she looked at it or not, and even insinuated that Ning Qingshan would make them fool.

Ning Qing gritted her teeth angrily. Ning Xueyan looked down on her so much, so she would definitely open her eyes for a while. It's not worse than Ning Xueyan, even better than her.

Originally, I just came here to have a look and didn’t say a word. This will lead to new ideas. I will definitely surprise Mrs. Tai and Ning Qingfan in a while, and let them know that I am the best, what Ning Xueyan can do He can do it by himself, and he can do what Ning Xueyan can't do.

"Thank you Fifth Sister for reminding me, I will see clearly in a while, and I won't let them fool me." Ning Qingshan also had thorns in her words, and she didn't intend to hide it.

With the maid beside her, she strode towards the back door of the hall to enter. Ning Xueyan smiled slightly, and then followed in.

The living room has long been separated into two parts, and a bead curtain in the middle is always the daughter of the Hou family who has not left the court, so it cannot be taken lightly.

Through the bead curtain, I could vaguely see more than a dozen people sitting outside, they were shopkeepers of more than a dozen shops in the mansion. Since I found out yesterday that Miss Ning Wu had won the reward from Lord Yi, none of those shopkeepers dared to be absent today.

But even though they were not present, everyone still had a different mentality. A few eyeballs rolled around and looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, the meaning was all in it.

All the ledgers were placed in front of Ning Xueyan and Ning Qingfan's cases. There was a thick pile of them, which were the main ledgers of each store, which recorded the general ledger of income and expenditure for the past year. Ning Xueyan picked it up One book, after a little reading, it was watertight, obviously a lot of thought was put into it.

No matter the income, the expenditure is very clear.

Ning Qingshan also picked up a book and looked at it. Although she has never read the account book, she is still a smart person. She and Ling Shi also learned a little bit before. The account book is clear at a glance, and she also thinks it is good, so she nodded. .

Neither of them spoke, picked up the account book and read it carefully, and asked questions when they encountered unclear points. The shopkeepers outside all answered eloquently. You can answer what you say, and you don't need to look to know.

It seems that he has done a lot of work on this trip to the government.

The living room is very quiet, only the paper sound of flipping through the ledger, and the woman's delicate questioning from behind the bead curtain. The shopkeeper sitting outside has already heard more than one female voice inside. These are all smart people. Who can sit on an equal footing with Miss Ning Wu, besides the third Miss Ning who is said to be the third concubine in this mansion now.

Because the actions become more respectful!

The account books she had read were put aside, there was nothing wrong with them, Ning Qingfan, who was determined to find fault, couldn't find anything to pick at for a while, she couldn't help frowning, she didn't believe the account books of these shopkeepers The books were all clean, I touched two of the ledgers with my hand, and suddenly pointed at the ledger that Ning Xueyan had just closed and said, "Fifth Sister, let me see your ledger!"

"Third Sister, what's the matter, is there something wrong?" Ning Xueyan dumbfoundedly handed over the ledger in her hand, as if she didn't understand what Ning Qingshan found.

The shopkeepers sitting outside couldn't help but look at the bead curtain, and they thought highly of what this shrewd Miss Ning San had discovered!

"How much profit do you make?" Ning Qing asked casually, taking the ledger from Ning Xueyan's hand.

"About 20,000 taels of silver, where are you?" Ning Xueyan poked her head curiously, looked at the ledger in Ning Qingfan's hand and asked.

"One thousand taels." Ning Qing asked in a deep voice.

"One thousand taels? This..." Ning Xueyan was dumbfounded, and looked at the ledger deliberately. In the end, it was indeed that number.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I heard that the business of your candied fruit shop is very good in Beijing. How come you only have a profit of 1,000 taels in a year?" Ning Qingfan compared the two figures in her hand again, and said in a deep voice, knowing that she had The error has been found.

A candied fruit shop, twelve months out of a year, cannot even make a profit of one hundred taels a month.

"Miss San, you misunderstood the slave. That store is really not very good. Although there are many customers in the preserved fruit shop, they buy less. After a month, there are not many. It is really not that the slave is not dedicated." Wang shopkeeper of the preserved fruit shop As soon as he heard himself being called, he hurried out and called Zhuang Tianqu.

Just now from the conversation between Ning Qingfan and Ning Xueyan, they had already identified who was the third girl and who was the fifth girl.

"Business at the candied fruit shop is not good?" Ning Qingfan asked.

Ning Xueyan leaned back, her long eyelashes flickered to hide the smile in her eyes, Ning Qingfan jumped out of her as expected, it was just right.

"Yes, Miss San, the business of the candied fruit store is really not good, and it's not bad that the servants have such income." Shopkeeper Wang replied hastily.

"How many people are there in the candied fruit shop?" Ning Qingshan asked, and Ning Xueyan knew she had grasped the point.

"Ten people including slaves, accountants, buddies, and purchasers." Shopkeeper Wang didn't understand why Ning Qingfan asked this, and replied.

"Ten people occupy the main street of the capital. Within a year, they can only make a profit of one thousand taels. Then shopkeeper Wang can go home. As far as I know, the annual rent of this store is more than 1,000 taels." It’s so small, not to mention there are so many idlers here.”

Ning Qing tapped the ledger in her hand and said coldly.

The storefront of the candied fruit shop is indeed on one of the busiest streets in the capital. It can be said to be the busiest and busiest place. The place is very expensive, even if it is just an empty frontage for rent, it is not the only point.

"Shopkeeper Wang, clean up tonight, and you can go home tomorrow. Dismiss all the people in the store. I'll tell grandma to rent it out." Ning Qingshan sneered.

"I, slave, it's not..." Shopkeeper Wang was in a hurry. He didn't expect Miss Ning San to be so fierce. Based on the account book, she would fire herself and all the people in the store. You must know that at least half of the people in the store It's from his family, if this is the real resignation, his whole family will not go to drink the northwest wind from now on.

"Third sister, it seems that there are still a few companies here whose profits are less than a thousand, so they simply resigned. They will rent them out in the next year, which happens to be used as rent, and they can be taken directly. It saves trouble and doesn't have to support a bunch of waste." Ning Xue Yan answered a sentence leisurely on the side, and took out a few more ledgers casually.

She has read all of these books just now, and there are only a few thousand taels left over.

This was going to cut off their way of life, the shopkeepers who were pointed out couldn't sit still immediately, some were sweating profusely, some were pale, they looked at each other anxiously.