After Haitang joined the late-night overtime work team of her grandfather Hai Xiya and her brother Hai Jiao, she only did odd jobs on the first night.
Hai Xiya felt that working overtime at night with her granddaughter waiting on her was indeed much more comfortable than working hard in her cousin's house on weekdays. There is never a shortage of hot tea and snacks. There is always just the right amount of ink in the inkstone for him to use. The kang is very warm and the lamps are bright enough. No one will disturb him, and he does not have to worry about disturbing his cousin's rest. Obviously he only worked one hour longer than before, but his efficiency almost doubled! So is this the benefit of having a caring and filial granddaughter?
Hai Xiya accepted the joining of his granddaughter Haitang. Although he also felt sorry for his child to stay up late, Haitang repeatedly promised that he would catch up on his sleep during the day, and his grandmother Ma would also prepare nutritious soup for her, so he no longer struggled. He began to feel that after he finished his yamen work, he might be able to go home a little earlier and have an early dinner before starting work. With the current work efficiency of his grandfather and grandson, if they work a little longer every day, they can complete the accounting task a few days ahead of schedule. By then, both him, an old man, and his two and a half-year-old grandchildren can truly rest peacefully.
After making up his mind, Hai Xiya speeded up his work every day in the yamen. The junior staff who were newly assigned to him were a little confused and didn't understand why their new boss suddenly urged them to work, even though they had always been taking their time before.
Hai Xiya claimed that Laba is here, and in half a month it will be the Little New Year. Everyone will be thinking about the New Year holiday, so how can they still think about work? It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the time is still far away from the New Year and finish the important work first, so that if everyone wants to desert, it will not delay the business.
The junior staff suddenly realized that they felt that the new boss had considered things carefully, but he had thought too much and was very unnecessary.
When the day approached evening, there was still half an hour before the usual office hours, but all the work that his men should do was basically done. Haixi Ya used the excuse that today was the Laba Festival and let everyone go home early. They were immediately overjoyed and praised Haidu Shi for being considerate and generous. They could all understand his previous behavior of urging everyone to speed up work. After all, who doesn’t love leaving get off work early?
Haixi Ya also took advantage of the situation and returned home early. Before dinner time, he ate a large bowl of hot Laba porridge, which was mixed with porridge sent by the Ma family, the Hu family, the third family of the Zhou family, and the fourth family of the Zhenguo government. It was rich in ingredients and full of satiety. , and then ran to the east wing, all hot, to join in the grandson's accounting work.
Haitang also scooped up a bowl of Laba porridge for her brother Haijiao, who was already hungry, and then started working as a student tonight. As for dinner? The big pot on the stove has been warmed. Laba porridge and mutton pie can be eaten at any time when you are hungry. As for the official Laba Festival dinner? Just don't think about it. Doesn’t it take time to eat a big meal? With that kind of effort, he could even finish an account book.
Haitang smelled the tempting aroma of delicious food coming from the main room and closed the window quietly to prevent the aroma from disturbing the work of her grandfather and grandson in the house.
This was the second night she joined the Hai family's late-night overtime team. This night, she was not just doing chores and waiting on people.
Not only did her brother continue to ask her to help look up the original sources of various data, he also began to ask her to help copy small notes and organize the words on them into a notebook, preparing to give it to her cousin Xie Wenzai for reference. This is not a serious job assigned by the Zhenguo government, it is just for the convenience of my cousin. Hai Jiao handed over the copying work to his sister. Although Hai Xiya briefly thought that his grandson was being lazy, he did not stop them.
Time is tight, and of course serious tasks are more important!
This time, Haitang didn't use her brother Hai Jiao's handwriting. She wrote in the notebook in her own handwriting, writing neatly and beautifully, and divided it into paragraphs, making it easy for people to search. She even wrote an index so that her cousin could search it later.
On the morning of the third day, when she sent the notebook to her cousin's uncle in the front yard, Xie Wenzai praised her several times, saying that she was better at taking notes than her brother.
However, after learning that Haijiao was too busy to take notes himself, Xie Wenzai said: "I mentioned it casually, just thinking that I could help the old prince and the old military advisor. In fact, it doesn't matter if I don't have it. Why?" Can it delay their time to do their proper work? There is no need to copy notes today. After your grandfather and brother finish their work and send the results to the Zhenguo Palace, I will go over and look at them together, and it will be the same."
Haitang smiled and said: "It won't delay them from doing their business. Now I have taken charge of this mission. I have to stay in the east wing to serve them tea, pen and ink, and I am idle. It doesn't take me much effort to copy a note. Cousin uncle, there is no need to feel uneasy. I also hope that you can discover Du Boqin's crimes from these notes as soon as possible and help the Duke of Zhen to arrest him as soon as possible, so that the hard work of my grandfather, brother and me in staying up late these days will not be in vain. "
Xie Wenzai said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will do my best!"
He felt the pressure in his heart. Not only would he go to the Zhenguo Palace every day during the day to meet with old military advisors and listen to new information, but even at home, he would hold the stack of notes and think over and over again, and even pull it up. Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian used their brains together to speculate and analyze the evidence of Du Boqin's crime by combining the information revealed in the account books with the intelligence the latter two had obtained from outside.
On the night of the third day, Haitang began to help Haijiao calculate some of the accounts.
At that time, Hai Xiya was finishing a very tedious account calculation. His mind was so full that he put down his pen temporarily, took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and rested his mind. When he heard the sound of abacus beads coming from two directions, he couldn't help but opened his eyes in surprise, and then he found that his granddaughter was also helping to calculate the accounts.
He opened his mouth, intending to say something, but after seeing his grandson's haggard appearance with disheveled hair and dark circles under his eyes, and looking at the two large boxes of account books that had not yet been settled on the inside of the big kang, he still did not speak.
He and his grandson were very tired and could only sleep for two or three hours every night. He could still take a nap while in the yamen, but his grandson was busy at home from morning to night and almost never left the door. The child is working so hard, so what if he just asks his sister to help with the calculations? My granddaughter’s calculations were also very good. If you look carefully, you won’t make any mistakes. With such ability, it is more than enough to do some approval work, and it will not delay things. Why should he talk too much?
The child just has a filial and loving heart!
Haixi Ya once again acquiesced to Haitang's approach. He didn't notice that Hai Jiao and Hai Tang were quietly observing his reaction. Seeing that he calmly accepted his granddaughter's participation, the brother and sister exchanged glances, both secretly happy.
Starting from daytime on the fourth day, Haitang officially took over part of the accounting work. The part she is responsible for is only half that of Haijiao, and it is still a relatively unimportant account, but this is already a great improvement for her.
The brother and sister divided the work among themselves. By the time Hai Xiya returned home from the Yamen in the evening, Haitang had already calculated four or five accounts, and her efficiency was not much worse than Hai Jiao. Even if he tried to stop it, it would be too late.
It was clear that her granddaughter had already tacitly agreed to help with the accounting, and now that Haitang would go a step further and officially participate in the accounting, it didn't seem too much.
Sometimes, people's bottom line is broken step by step.
Hai Xiya thought that today, Thursday, the general came to him specifically to inquire about the progress of the audit, and he could not reprimand his granddaughter.
Time is urgent and tasks are urgent. Isn’t it a good thing that your own children want to help?
As long as the child does his job well and makes no mistakes, it can help him send the audit results to the town government as soon as possible. Who is specifically involved in it, and who will care about it?
(End of chapter)
