Tianxingyuanji

Chapter 2 Accounts

It took Yi Tianxing, who came to Yiji Grain Shop and worked as an apprentice in Accountant Wu, only half a year to understand everything big and small.

In the words of Wu's accountant, accounting management is also about invoicing, how many meters of grain was put into the shop that year, how much was stored in the storehouse in the backyard of the shop, and how much was sold every day, just write down a note.

This is like a modern journal that is not nutritious. What kind of notes are written down, and there is no ticket stub for entry and exit.

No wonder anyone who can read and count can do it.After three months, shopkeeper Wu taught Yi Tian step by step the steps of reading accounts, reading accounts, keeping accounts, and canceling accounts.

Next, Yi Tian can complete the accounting independently under the supervision of Wu accountant, and even his uncle is full of praise after seeing it.

Half a year later, Wu's accountant gave Yi Tian all the work except for the final write-off and drawing of deposits.

Poor teenager, who is forced to do accounts by an unscrupulous uncle every day, the only advantage is keeping accounts, Yi Tian's handwriting is relatively neat.

There is no way, the rules set by Wu's accountant, the screeching chicken feet must be rewritten.

For the first month because of this incident, Yi Tian was tortured and could only sleep for three hours a day. The rest of the time was spent practicing calligraphy. He couldn’t write well and rewrite. He was under too much psychological pressure. .

Wu's accountant has become vacant during this time, accepting an apprentice is a free helper, and this helper does all his own work.

In the end, you only need to take a look for yourself, sign and draw a deposit, and you will get the salary of five taels of silver every month, and rely on the boss for food and lodging. This small life is nourishing.

Wu accountant has lost confidence in the examination since he failed the imperial examination. Thinking about himself, he is almost 40 years old. He started taking the examination at the age of 16. Except for being a scholar at the age of 26, he should have been high-spirited. Falling in the ranks, I have been exhausted by the examinations all my life, and I haven't got a family yet.

People who have money and time will have hobbies. Men are nothing more than wine, sex and wealth. Fortunately, Wu's accountant only takes up wine and money.

Since the first day Yi Tian saw Wu's accountant, he found that he never left the wine bottle, and sometimes he smelled of alcohol when he woke up in the morning.

I've talked to my uncle several times about this, and my uncle always said that Wu's accountant is just this hobby, and he will go. Besides, as long as his account is well done, who cares about his other affairs.Yi Tian observed it several times. Wu's accountant seldom went out. He fiddled in his own small yard when he had nothing to do, and he didn't know that there were so many wines there.

According to Wu's accountant, you should drink at least two kilograms a day. Is it your own wine?This question has always haunted Yi Tianxing's mind.

But Wu's accountant was vigilant, and his yard did not allow others to enter, and the man would call him at the door if something happened.The shopkeeper Yi Da will not come to his small courtyard, at most he just asks people to pass it on.

In the beginning of spring, everything recovers, and it is also the time when animals are in estrus, especially at night during the vernal equinox.

Yi Da gave Yi Tian a small room alone, next to the shopkeeper Wu's yard. At the beginning, he kindly let the master and apprentice live closer, so he could ask the master if there was anything he needed.

After the first watch at night, Yi Tian heard a thin rustling sound outside the house. He thought it was a cat meowing in spring, but it didn't sound like it.

Get out of bed and get dressed, pull the latch, open the door, Yi Tian looked up and saw that there was no sound in his yard.

Listening carefully, the sound came from the yard next to it.I thought to myself in the middle of the night, oh not in the middle of the night, what is Master Wu doing?

No matter what age young people always have endless energy and invincible curiosity.

Yi Tian simply didn't sleep anymore, quietly moved a bench and placed it by the low wall of the yard, and climbed up to see what the neighbor next door was doing.

Just sticking his head out from the low wall, he saw that there were pots and jars of different sizes all around the courtyard of Wu's account. There was a fire in the middle, and a large pot was burning on the fire.

Wu's accountant was busy beside the cauldron, and there was a steel scale next to it. Every time he took out the contents of the sack, put it on the scale and divided it into portions.Once the water in the pot boils, put these ingredients into the large pot from time to time.

On the other side is a five-story steamer. Shopkeeper Wu washed the contents of the sack in water and put them in the steamer.

Yi Tian vaguely saw the word "Yi Ji" on the sack through the light of the fire. It is possible that Wu's accountant stole the goods from the shop for his own use. It seems that this posture is used to make wine. No wonder he always has endless wine.

It's clear to Yi Tian when he sees this, but it's okay to be free this evening, just to see how Wu's accountant makes wine, and go to blackmail him by the way to see where he gets the food.

About half an hour later, Wu's accountant put all the steamed rice into the big jar, mixed some water with the boiled ingredients in the big pot, and put a spoonful into each jar in turn.

Finally, mysteriously, he took out a small bottle in the house and put some in each jar.Yitong sat down to accountant Wu. Although his face was flushed with exhaustion and his forehead was sweating, he could see that he was in a good mood.

I took out the wine bottle and was about to take a few sips when I saw a smiling face by the low wall, and the wine that flowed into my mouth spewed out.

Yi Tian turned around and climbed down the low wall, patted the dust on his body, and said to shopkeeper Wu with a smile: "Master, I'm in a good mood at night. I've been busy for a long time. Can you give me some advice, so that I can learn more skills?" .After speaking, he pointed to Yiji's rice bag.

Accountant Wu sighed, thinking that it would be difficult to guard against small thieves day and night, so he had to explain in detail.It turned out that Wu's account was originally named Wu Youdao. The family used to make wine. Although he was obsessed with imperial examinations, the family's industry had been heard and seen since he was a child, and he was very good at making wine.

After listening to it, Yi Tian completely despised it: "What is this, there are many wine shops in Guangbei City in Hewan County, do you need to make it so mysterious?"

After hearing this, Accountant Wu snorted coldly: "This is a secret recipe handed down from the family. How can it be compared to the dirty wine on the street, and my wine is like an ordinary person who drinks it to strengthen his body, and a martial artist who drinks it can help him perform martial arts. Even those cultivating immortals would agree to drink it."

At the beginning, Yi Tian didn't care about it, but the last sentence aroused his interest, "Then have you ever seen a cultivator drinking your wine?"

Accountant Wu blushed and said, "I just heard my father say that."

Yi Tianxing was disappointed after hearing this, and then pointed to Yiji's rice bag.Accountant Wu felt a little guilty after looking at it, and just said, "That's old grain, anyway, there is plenty of it in the shop, it's a pity that it can't be sold and it rots."

"What's in that little jar?"

When Wu accountant heard this, he was busy covering the jar, as if he was holding his lifeblood, which made Yi Tianxing want to know more and more about the truth inside.

In fact, every year, the unsalable grain in the grain store will try to dispose of it. Usually, new grain is mixed with old grain, which is also a rule.Thinking of this, Yi Tianxing took a look at the yard. In fact, buying wine is also a way to make money, and it can also dispose of the inventory in the shop. This is done together with his uncle.

Then Yi Tian comforted Wu's accountant, reassuring him that he would not betray him, as long as he had to talk to his uncle about it.Accountant Wu also mentioned this matter to the shopkeeper, and everyone knew it.

After saying that, Yi Tian left the courtyard and went straight to the shopkeeper's house. Then he heard a startling conversation in the shopkeeper's house, and the lights were not turned off until five o'clock.

The next day, Yi Da came forward and chatted with Accountant Wu for an hour, and finally decided that the shopkeeper and Accountant Wu would open another wine list in Beishi. Accountant Wu would provide the prescription, and the Yi family would pay for it. Everyone was equally divided.

In order to keep the recipe secret, Yi Da keeps it, and Yi Tian learns how to make wine from Accountant Wu in his spare time. His small jar contains koji, which is usually maltose and sucrose.

Shopkeeper Wu uses honey and propolis blended with cloves, nutmeg, small ginseng, safflower, etc., so the brewed wine has to be filtered through gauze three times before it is clear and not muddy.With this secret recipe, it is estimated that this wine will sell very well.

(End of this chapter)