Magistrate Liu obviously did not realize the seriousness of the problem. After knocking Xiao Mu on the head, he patted him on the shoulder again: "Young man, you still have a bright future."
Xiao Mu's face was expressionless.
However, Mr. Hou's face looked a little ugly.
When he took action, Liu Mian did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but when he saw the prince's face, he thought: "It's over!"
He only thought about how to get closer to Xiao Mu, but he forgot that Xiao Mu's identity was no longer what it used to be.
The grandson-in-law of the Marquis can’t just take a photo of his head, right?
Thinking of this, Liu Mian stretched out his hand again, rubbed Xiao Mu's head, and said with some embarrassment: "My hand slipped just now, don't mind, don't mind!"
Xiao Mu's face immediately darkened.
At this moment, Ye Luoxin also came over supporting the old lady.
The county magistrate had met the old lady before and met Li very familiarly. At this time, the Marquis could completely see that this little magistrate was already familiar with this big family.
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The old lady smiled and asked the magistrate to sit down and asked him why he came here.
Magistrate Liu couldn't help but mention the incident of a rogue den being opened in the village a few days ago.
"Now that Qingshan Village has made another great contribution, I will definitely ask for the credit and win another honor for Xiao Mu."
The old lady nodded, as if she didn't care.
Liu Mian thought that the Hou Ye family would definitely look down on this small amount of fame, but the Xiao family would definitely be happy.
When he turned his attention to the faces of Xu Zhengxiang and Xiao Mu, he found that neither of them seemed to have any reaction.
It shouldn’t be!
Liu Mian was a little suspicious.
But no one here would tell him that Xiao Mu was the son of the prince in the capital, and he really looked down upon this bit of fame.
"There's also the matter of the seal last time." Magistrate Liu thought of another thing.
"Don't you say that the seal is yours? I won't report this to the superior, but you have to tell me what your seal is used for."
Now that it was brought up, Liu Mian planned to ask for clarification.
"I found something belonging to the owner. Do I still have to explain to others whether I use it for eating or sleeping?"
Xiao Mu said it very rudely.
Liu Mian was speechless.
"But the bandit leader kept the seal with him for several years, which shows that this seal is not simple. You are a child who grew up in the mountains, how could you have such an important seal?
As the county magistrate, although I can give you things because of your merits in suppressing bandits, you still have to explain to me clearly what you are using this for. "
Xiao Mu felt that what County Magistrate Liu said made sense, but it was really not convenient for him to tell the origin of this seal.
"This thing was given to me by an old friend. I can guarantee that it was not used for evil purposes and has no influence on the court. In this case, can the county magistrate stop asking questions?"
Liu Mian wanted to say something else, but at this time the Marquis spoke.
"This kid is loyal. Everything he said is true. Since it is inconvenient for him to say it, Magistrate Liu should not ask further questions."
"Fine!"
Liu reluctantly agreed.
After meeting the prince, Liu Mian took the people back.
Although his trip didn't accomplish anything, it calmed down an undercurrent in the Xiao family courtyard. The old lady, Mr. Marquis and Doctor Pei all seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness that happened in the morning.
Just treat it as a misunderstanding.
At noon, Yang Feng and Xiao Song also came back from the store.
Xiao Song handed Ye Luoxin the 25 taels of silver he had just earned today: "Originally, I sold 26 taels, and I paid the other 1 tael to the driver."
Since starting business, the Xiao family has often used Liu Er's car in addition to their own carriage.
In the past, it was settled once. After the purse shop opened, Ye Luoxin simply discussed with Liu Er that if he used the car for no more than 20 days a month, he would pay him one tael of silver. If he used the car for more than 20 days, he would pay him 50 yuan per day. Text settlement.
Hearing that her eldest brother said that she had paid the driver, Ye Luoxin suddenly remembered something and slapped her forehead: "Sure!"
"What's wrong?" Everyone quickly gathered around.
"Today is the day to pay these embroiderers, I almost forgot!"
Xu Zhengxiang counted with his fingers and realized that it had been exactly one month and it was time to pay wages.
"Thankfully, my eldest brother mentioned it, otherwise I would have forgotten it."
"What should I do? Do you have enough money at home to pay your wages? Do you want to tell them that they will be paid one day later?"
"How can that be possible!" Ye Luoxin said.
"I have prepared the money a long time ago, and I am just waiting for this day!"
Ye Luoxin said to the old lady and the Marquis: "Grandpa, grandma, and granddaughter have to pay wages to the villagers who are working today, so they don't have time to accompany you two elders. Why don't you go inside and have a rest?"
The old lady waved her hand quickly: "Why don't you take a break? Just send yours, and we'll just sit here and watch the fun."
Ye Luoxin called Xiaohua and asked her to bring her the account book she usually kept.
Since Master Zhou and Master Kong opened a girls' class in the village, Ye Luoxin immediately sent Dahua and Xiaohua to study.
After studying for two hours every day, Dahua and Xiaohua have already learned a lot of words.
Ye Luoxin brought Xiaohua's account book. The names on it were written by Xiao Mu, but the subsequent attendance records were written down by Xiaohua herself.
How many hours a person came every day, how many bags were made, and whether they were qualified or not are all recorded.
Xiaohua's memorization is also simple. If you don't know how to do it, just draw pictures instead.
For example, Chunya made two tests today, one passed and one failed, so she recorded it as 1 smiling face and 1 crying face.
In this way, you can clearly see the total output of spring buds this month, how many are qualified and how many are unqualified.
However, the number of unqualified items in the ledger was very small, and all the items that were unqualified had to be reworked. Except for the leather surfaces that were damaged and could not be repaired, they were considered unqualified.
All unqualified purses will also be gathered together, and Dahua will re-plan the purses they can make based on the color and size of the leather.
Ye Luoxin slowly flipped through the ledger and carefully checked the wages that each person deserved.
The originally set price was thirty cash for a novice and eighty cash for a skilled worker.
Judging from the records in the account books, these people all became veterans in about half a month.
There are ten embroiderers in total, each earning about 1,650 cash, and there are also women doing odd jobs, who earn 700 cash per month. Adding up all the oddities, the total is more than 20,000 cash.
Ye Luoxin asked Xiao Mu to go back to her room and move out a big box.
The box was placed in the middle of the yard. When it was opened, it was filled with copper plates.
"Xiaohua, let everyone come and collect their wages." Ye Luoxin said.
"Hey!" Xiaohua responded happily and ran towards their embroidery room.
After a while, the girls in the embroidery room came over one by one with cheerful faces.
They knew they were paid for doing this job, but the boss didn't pay them and they didn't dare to ask.
It is not easy to get a job, even if it is two days late, it is nothing.
"Second sister-in-law of the Xiao family, really pay us wages!"
The sweet-scented osmanthus lady who was working in the embroidery room asked Xu Zhengxiang excitedly.
Xu Zhengxiang looked at her and said with a smile: "If you are asked to work, of course you have to be paid. If my family doesn't pay the wages, you are not allowed to scold me behind my back!"
"How can that be possible!"
Everyone laughed.
At the same time, they also saw a box full of copper coins placed in the box.
