Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai moved the account books to Hai Jiao's room overnight.
Xie Wenzai originally disapproved of it, thinking that Hai Jiao was working in his house and it did not affect him at all. Moreover, Hai Jiao discovered a lot of information from the account books, and he could directly analyze it, saving time and effort.
If he moved all the account books into the main courtyard, it would be very inconvenient for him to look through them for analysis later. When cousin-in-law Ma doesn't go out, she usually lives, sits and lies in the main courtyard, and there are so many girls and servants around her. Xie Wenzai is a scholar who pays attention to etiquette. Even during the day, as long as his cousin is not at home, he usually will not enter the main courtyard. Wouldn't that be too much of a hindrance to business?
However, Hai Xiya convinced him.
Hai Xiya thinks that after returning home at night, he goes to his cousin's house to work overtime to settle accounts. He always has to settle accounts until midnight, which affects his cousin's rest too much. In comparison, it would be just right to place the account books in the wing room where the grandson lives. The kang in the grandson's room is also large. It is more than enough for the grandson and grandson to squeeze in when needed.
Besides, the second son Hai Changan's family lives right across the door. Hai Changan will not take up a post in the School of Health until spring, and is currently taking care of his children at home. His military strength is high enough, and he can also act as a nearby guard for this pile of account books. Once a suspicious person approaches, he can detect it immediately. Wouldn't it be safer than leaving it in the front yard with only three old men guarding it?
As for Xie Wenzai's opinion that it would be inconvenient for him to read and analyze the account books if they were kept in the main courtyard, Hai Xiya thought this matter could be easily handled. The copy of the account books sent by Chang'an Qianwei cannot be touched lightly, but every time Hai Jiao summarizes and analyzes the account books, he will always sort out many small notes. Now he is simply asked to copy these small notes into another book, with attached If you have the source of the original accounts, send them to Xie Wenzai in the front yard every half day, and then the latter will analyze and think about them. Hai Xiya wanted to refer to it after returning home. With this little book, it didn't take much trouble.
Xie Wenzai was convinced by his cousin. In order to keep it secret, the cousins did not lie to others. The two old men and the young Hai Jiao packed all the account books in boxes and moved them to the main courtyard.
Now there are half a kang of account books piled on the Haijiao kang, and the remaining half of the kang is filled with various tools such as a kang table, quilts, pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and abacus. They are so full that it seems that they can barely sleep one and a half people. Hai Jiao thought to himself, how could he squeeze in another grandpa? But then he thought that his side room was only a few steps away from the main house. Grandpa could go back to the main house to sleep at night. Did he deserve to worry about his grandpa?
Haijiao slept awkwardly among the account books all night. After getting up early the next day, right after the morning exercise, the errand boy knocked on the door. Hai Jiao handed the letter to the other party, then went to the main room to have breakfast. After the meal, he returned to the room and started working.
Hai Xiya went to Shaanxi Dusi Yamen. Xie Wenzai felt that he no longer had the job of guarding the account books and could enjoy half a day of freedom, so he planned to go to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to ask the Duke and the old military advisor if there had been any new progress. Also yesterday, Haixiya and Haijiao discovered some crimes committed by Du Boqin when they were doing an accounting. He also needed to communicate with the Duke and the old military advisor in time. For some matters that should be investigated, people should be sent to investigate as soon as possible to prevent Du Boqin from coming back to his senses and destroying the evidence one step ahead.
As soon as Xie Wenzai left the house, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian also went out to visit friends. They have not been involved in the recent big moves of the Zhenguo Palace. They only heard some rumors from Xie Wenzai and Hai Xiya. However, they also intend to ask familiar old friends to find out what rumors are out there.
Soon after, Uncle Ma sent someone over to ask his sister Ma to go back to her parents' home. The news about Chang'an Vanguard finally reached the ears of him, a veteran who had been ill for a long time. When it comes to his immediate boss, he has to ask around to see if he needs to do anything.
This time Haitang did not insist on accompanying her grandmother Ma to Ma's house. Mrs. Ma knew the purpose of her brother's invitation and had no intention of bringing her granddaughter with her, but she brought someone from the Ma Li family. The latter had been in the third room of the Zhou family for many years and knew some rumors in the military, so he might be able to provide some information to the brothers and sisters. No matter what happened, she could go back to the third room of the Zhou family to find Zhou Ma or a familiar servant to inquire about the situation, so that Uncle Ma wouldn't step into a trap.
After Mr. Ma left home, apart from Hai Jiao, there were only three members of his uncle Hai Changan's family left in the courtyard. Hai Changan fulfills his duty of protecting his home very responsibly. He plans to visit the whole house every hour and stay in his own room at other times. However, Mrs. Hu needs to take care of housework, so she often has to go to the kitchen in the front yard or the sewing room in the backyard. The weather was too cold, so she usually wouldn't bring her son Xiao Shitou with her. She always forced the child to stay in a warm room, and refused to give in even if the child cried. At times like this, Hai Changan always had to put in a lot of effort to coax his son well.
When Xiao Shitou cried again and wanted to go out with his mother, Hai Changan finally couldn't help but speak: "Madam, you are going to the backyard to see how the work in the sewing room is going, right? There is also a kang in that room, and it is warm. , why don't you take the child with you? It will be the hour soon, I have to patrol around, and I can't let Xiao Shitou stay alone in the house."
Hu thought so and relaxed. Little Shitou immediately jumped off the kang happily, put on the new fur tiger-head shoes made by his mother, and then put on the bright red fur-trimmed tiger head hat made for himself by the new sister Putao, and took his mother's hand to go out. .
After a while, Hai Changan also left the house and went out to patrol around the wall of his house.
Haitang passed by her second aunt and cousin, and chatted for a while, claiming that she was going to the main house to find some nice-looking threads. The outdoor temperature was too cold. Mrs. Hu felt sorry for her son. After just chatting for a few words, she hurriedly pulled Xiao Shitou into the sewing room without paying attention to how long Haitang had been gone.
Haitang left for a long time. Instead of going to the main room, she went to her brother's Haijiao house, took out the pencil case that she had hidden in this room beforehand, took off her shoes and got on the kang, and began to help her brother settle accounts.
As Haitang said when she volunteered, she is also an expert in accounting. She can do abacus quickly and well. She is also quite familiar with various accounting techniques and can always quickly discover the unreasonable things hidden in the accounts. Her participation not only made Hai Jiao's work efficiency more than double that of the previous day, but she also took over the final task of copying notes for her cousin Xie Wenzai. The handwriting was actually the same as Hai Jiao's usual handwriting. There are 80% to 90% similarity.
I'm afraid that if Xie Wenzai saw it, he wouldn't have thought that it wasn't written by Hai Jiao!
Hai Jiao was amazed: "Little sister, when did you develop such a skill? I didn't even know!"
Haitang smiled. She was used to seeing Hai Jiao's calligraphy and knew its characteristics. She could easily write it by imitating it carefully. It's not like she's doing anything confidential, she's just helping to copy a few notes. It would be nice if the handwriting is eight-image. Even if she is recognized, it doesn't matter. But if Xie Wenzai didn't recognize it, she would have reduced her brother's workload.
She deliberately showed a triumphant expression: "I know a lot of things, and my brother will definitely be surprised by me in the future. Just wait and see!"
Hai Jiao smiled and praised her a few words, but he didn't talk about it again.
He was still a little happy. The amount of work completed today is far greater than yesterday. My cousin is out again. He can leave early, go to the Zhou family's three-bedroom villa to talk to Jin Jiashu, and come back after lunch. It won't delay things at all! Even if grandpa Hai Xiya knew that he had gone to play with his friends again, seeing how fast and well he was doing, he couldn't find anything wrong!
(End of chapter)
