Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 21
Ming Langtao said that he delivered the account books after a while, but in fact Meng Huaisu came the next day with piles of account books. Seven or eight carriages were parked at the door, a dozen young men in green clothes were busy carrying the account books, and three craftsmen were in the house. In the open space behind, a warehouse was built within a day connected to the big house to store these account books.

He Bai looked at the piles of ledgers piled up in shock, "I'm going, there are so many! After reading these, my sister-in-law wants to see more! No, I have to pay more!"

"If you have a conscience, this warehouse will be yours to guard from now on. Take a good look at it. If one book is missing, you are the only one to ask." Ming Lanying slapped her on the forehead. In Ming Lanying's eyes, these are all silver Well, ten taels for an account book is the lowest price, and there are at least a thousand taels in the account books in this warehouse, and Ming Langtao can figure out the thousand taels.

Although she can still show the shop owner the account book, but if she does it for a long time, it will inevitably affect the financial resources of her peers. If there is too much hatred, it may cause big trouble. It is better to cheat the money of the family. Earning the hard-earned money of the poor is not as good as earning the money of the rich. pocket money.

With her professional ability, she can actually finish reading it in about a year, but she insists on studying Ming Langtao. When the time comes, she will have the account book in hand, and she must blackmail him, otherwise she won't be able to vent her anger.

Meng Huaisu still had a stern face and no emotion. He cupped his hands at Ming Lanying, raised his eyes to look at Ming Lanying, and then quickly looked away, "The account book has been delivered, and the rest depends on...Ms. Ming's Alright, goodbye."

Ming Lanying nodded lightly, and Ye Juelu followed behind her, staring at Meng Huaishu to leave.

After he figured it out last night, he realized how seductive Ming Lanying is now. Ming Langtao once said bluntly about the relationship between Meng Huaisu and Ming Lanying. With Meng Huaisu's eyes and attitude, it is hard to guarantee that he has no other thoughts.

Ming Lanying yawned and wanted to go back to the house to look at the account book. Ye Juelu was still standing in the yard looking at the direction Meng Huaisu left in a daze.

"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Juelu looked away helplessly, "It's almost New Year's Eve, I'll go to the blacksmith shop."

Ming Lanying asked suspiciously: "Aren't you all on vacation?"

"There is a dividend at the end of the year."

"How rare is this! There are twenty copper coins per day, and there are still dividends at the end of the year. It's unbelievable!"

Half an hour later, Ming Lanying saw the "huge dividend", there were sixty copper coins in the small money bag, and there was nothing more.

"Dividends? That's it?" Ming Lanying weighed the small purse speechlessly, and the sound of the copper plates colliding was quite nice.

"Bai is so excited, I don't earn as much as my sister-in-law." He Bai came over excitedly to look at it, curled his lips and left in disappointment, "Brother is fine, you will eat my sister-in-law's soft food for the rest of your life, and you are still me good brother."

Ye Juelu: "..."

On the New Year's Eve, Dr. Zhao and Dong Xia brought their New Year's goods over to eat and drink. There were so many people. This year was also the busiest year they had ever lived in this barren frontier.

On the night of the eighth day of the eighth day, a group of people had a noisy snowball fight. He Bai led Dongxia, Ning'er and two little squirrels to attack the couple, and on the ninth day of the eighth day, Lanying caught a cold.Waking up early in the morning with groggy energylessness scared Ning'er, crying for her mother not to die, Ye Juelu hurriedly called Dongxia.

Dongxia felt her pulse, and Ming Lanying took the opportunity to raise her hand feebly, and slapped her arm lightly, with a hoarse and soft voice, "Smelly girl, you showed no mercy last night."

"Yes, yes, yes, I was too cruel, sister-in-law, you should rest well today." Dongxia couldn't laugh or cry, "Grandfather repeatedly emphasized that you should eat well in winter, but you didn't listen, wouldn't it be faster to lose weight when spring comes! "

Ming Lanying hummed and chirped, Ye Juelu frowned tightly, looking at the sick person on the bed, his heart couldn't stop feeling distressed, "Why is she so sick?"

Dongxia gave her two injections for relief, looked at Ming Lanying's frowning, and sighed, "Sister-in-law is too demanding of herself, it's not appropriate to cut back after winter, but she still controls eating too little." , There was another night of snowball fights yesterday, the cold entered the body, and the illness came like a mountain."

"Brother Ye, you have to watch your sister-in-law eat carefully, the winter here is still a long time, otherwise how can you bear it in the future!"

"I see."

Ye Juelu squeezed Ming Lanying's hand with some dissatisfaction, and regretted that he had indulged her so much before, and he had to change it in the future.

Ming Lanying was forced to rest in the house for a day, Ning'er watched over her every step of the way, and Ye Juelu was clumsily cooking porridge in the kitchen.

"Mom, are you thirsty? Hungry? Do you want some chestnuts?"

Ming Lanying lazily shook her head, and just as she was about to speak, she heard a burst of cursing from the kitchen.

"Brother, put less soy sauce, it's expensive! That's sugar! You can't add sugar anymore after you put in soy sauce! The meat needs to be stirred up, stir it up! Put the vegetables in before they're cut!"

He Bai wanted to drive Ye Juelu out, but Ye Juelu wanted to cook the porridge by himself, but he was blind to the things in the kitchen, "Brother, can you do it!"

"To shut up."

Ming Lanying: "...Ning'er, go to the kitchen and have a look, don't let your father bomb the kitchen."

"it is good!"

Ming Lanying is at ease with Hebai's cooking, although she can't do anything else, but the porridge is very good, she is afraid of Ye Juelu, because apart from being able to recognize the vegetables, he is not familiar with everything else.

A moment after Ning'er passed by, Ye Juelu came over with a bowl of porridge, and Ming Lanying could smell the burnt aroma in the porridge.

"Drink some porridge before you go to bed, Hebai is decocting medicine."

Ye Juelu moved over to the low table and put the porridge in front of her. Ming Lanying frowned and looked at a bowl of not-so-good-looking porridge. There seemed to be chopped vegetables and minced meat on the surface, and an egg lay in the middle. There is a combination of meat and vegetables, but the color is not quite right.

Ming Lanying took a spoonful of soft porridge, "How much soy sauce did you put?"

Ye Juelu: "...Not many."

Ming Lanying rolled her eyes, the color of the porridge had changed, she was sick, but not stupid.

"Taste it, it's not salty." Ye Juelu looked away in embarrassment.

Ming Lanying stared at him and ate a bowl of porridge under pressure, and just after a short rest, He Bai came in with the green-brown medicine.

"Sister-in-law, while it's hot! Add sweet herbs in winter and summer, not bitter!"

The two brothers and sisters were connected seamlessly, Ming Lanying frowned and poured the medicine, and burped bitterly.

Sickness comes like a mountain, and goes away like silk.Ming Lanying was much better the next day, except that she had no appetite to eat, Ye Juelu had one more thing to do every day, and advised her to eat more.Ming Lanying, who is often provoked, is very annoying. She has worked so hard to lose so much weight. Ye Juelv persuades her to regain weight after a few days, angry!

On the morning of the eleventh day, Ye Juelu was shoveling snow in the yard, and Ming Langtao brought Meng Huaisu over to pay New Year's greetings.

"Brother-in-law!"

Ye Juelu paused, and looked impatiently at the two people outside the yard, "What are you doing here?"

"Come to visit for New Year's greetings! Poor brother, I only have one sister, Lanying, in the frontier." Ming Langtao waved the red envelope in his hand, "I specially prepared red envelopes for the New Year's Eve, and I just waited for you to come, but after waiting for ten days, none of you Come on, let me take a look."

Ming Lanying heard the voice of the smiling fox, hid Hebai in the room, and when she came out with arms folded, she raised her cherry lips, "Okay, 50 taels for a good start."

Ming Langtao took out two more red envelopes from his sleeve pocket, "100 taels, sister Lan Ying, can brother come in?"

For Qian's sake, Ming Lanying gave Ye Juelu a look. Ye Juelu stepped forward to take the money, and opened the door to let people in.

"Okay, people have seen it, we will not entertain the two of us who are simple and light, please go back."

"Don't be so unsympathetic! I see you have a lot of good things hanging outside, how could it be ordinary food?" Ming Langtao stroked his chin and looked at Ming Lanying carefully. Seeing that her face was pale, he asked in confusion: "Sister Lanying What's wrong with your voice? Did you get wind and cold? Did your brother-in-law not take good care of you? Tell brother, brother will clean him up for you."

Meng Huaisu also raised his head to look at her when he heard the words, Ye Juelu kept his eyes between the two of them calmly, "Thank you for your concern, my wife is fine, but she is weak due to illness, so I won't leave the two of you for dinner, only tea."

In fact, Ye Juelu wanted them to go away if they had something to say and nothing to do, the repelling intent in his eyes was obvious, but Ming Langtao was a thick-skinned one.

"Oh, since this is the case, there is no other way, tea is fine."

Ming Langtao wanted to enter the house to keep warm, but Ming Lanying raised her hand to stop her, pointing to the gazebo in the yard.

"The scenery under the pavilion is beautiful, let's talk about things while enjoying the scenery." Ming Langtao hesitated, he has always been a person who wants to be graceful in winter, he will not dress so bloated, he is fine in the room, but he is a bit suffocating outside, his face There was a little aggrieved look on her face, Ming Lanying smiled, "Don't worry, I'll burn some charcoal for you this time to keep you warm."

Ming Langtao just passed by, "Sister Lanying knows how to enjoy herself after she came to the frontier. In the whole village, only sister has such an elegant pavilion."

"Say something."

Ming Lanying made a pot of tea in a perfunctory manner, but Ming Langtao didn't mind, so he smacked his mouth after taking a sip of the tea.

"Oh, sister Lan Ying, don't worry." Ming Langtao looked at Ye Juelu with a smile, "Brother-in-law, look at my brother and I did it properly. For such a big matter as crushing ice, my brother has pressed it down for you. Exempting you from corvee, isn't it interesting!"

Ye Juelu took a sip of tea indifferently, sat up straight and blocked the cold wind for Ming Lanying.

Ming Langtao said again: "But Sister Lan Ying is not kind, she has to wait a few years to help my brother and me look at the account books! My brother is distressed and anxious!"

Ming Lanying watched Ming Langtao's performance with cold eyes, Ye Juelu silently brought Ming Lanying a cup of tea, Ming Langtao cried for a while, Ming Lanying got impatient and found an excuse.

"Got it, got it, brother Liu, don't worry, since I agreed, I will give you an explanation, but I also have to make some basic preparations for this matter." Ming Lanying pinched her nails, "The government's bad debts, involving There are many, such as basic expenditure income and tax collection, but I have been dealing with the account books of private shops all year round, and I am not very familiar with these government officials, so I have to figure it out before I can start, right?"

Ming Langtao looked at Meng Huaisu, who nodded, "It's because I didn't think carefully."

Ming Langtao pretended to think for a moment, and patted Meng Huaisu next to him, "In this case, I must find someone who is familiar with these things to help you, but brother, I am busy, or if I leave Huaisu, you can also help me at any time." comminicate."

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Mr. Tongsan, and it will damage Qing Yu's reputation." Ye Juelu immediately looked at Meng Huaisu vigilantly, and even used Qing Yu.

"It's nothing inappropriate." Ming Langtao waved his hand, "I pushed you off about your blacksmith shop, and I'll give you the money. You can stay at home without any inconvenience!"

Ye Juelu gritted his teeth and stared at him, Ming Langtao was still smiling, with a hint of malice.

Ming Lanying smiled disdainfully, "Brother Liutang is kind, but the small temple can't accommodate the big Buddha, not to mention Mr. Tongshang avoids me, so how can I do what is difficult for others? Since cousin Liu promoted the blacksmith for me About the shop, I can just ask him when he is at home, so I won’t bother Mr. Tongsan.”

Ye Juelu heaved a sigh of relief, Meng Huaisu looked at Ye Juelu and said suddenly, "Then I would like to ask you how to choose Zuyong Diao."

"The so-called mediocrity of rent, if you have land, you have rent, if you have body, you have mediocrity, and if you have mouth, you have to adjust. This year, the Ministry of Household Affairs changed the regulations, intending to reduce the people's tax. The land tax is per dime..." Ye Juelu talked eloquently, giving Knowing Ming Lanying's more self-confidence and confidence, it turns out that the right-hand man who can be selected by the emperor is not a reckless man.

After Ye Juelu finished speaking in detail, Meng Huaisu's complexion was not very good-looking, and his nose turned gray. Ming Langtao laughed twice and still refused to let go of this opportunity to make Ye Juelu jealous, "Brother-in-law is worthy of being the emperor's confidant Old minister, but he specializes in arts, and there are always some old bad debts that you can't take care of. How about this, I will pay the money to buy a house for Huaisu in the village, and you can go to him if you don't understand. How about bothering each other and being clear about it?"

Ming Lanying has no objection, as long as it is not dangling under her nose, it doesn't matter, Ye Juelu is relieved, not needing to go to the blacksmith shop means that he can be by Ming Lanying's side all the time, as long as he is here, he will not give Chances of anyone approaching her.

Ming Langtao had a good attitude, so Ming Lanying told him more clearly, "Brother Liu, for the sake of our surname Ming, I will say some things first. The government has accumulated bad debts for many years, and some books are not It's not as simple as you think, even if I read it all, straighten it out, and find it out, in the end some accounts are destined to be muddled accounts, and I can't do anything about it."

Ming Langtao couldn't laugh anymore, he frowned and thought, Ming Lanying gave him time.She is just an account checker, and she doesn't have such a great ability to judge cases and reasoning. No matter in which era, as long as it is linked to people, there will be accounts, muddled accounts, and some gray account books that cannot be seen.What she can do is, no matter how high the price is offered by the employer, she will give an appropriate answer.

Ming Langtao pondered for a long time, "It's all trivial matters, sister Lan Ying just checks and sorts things out."

"Okay, I'll be relieved if I have my sixth cousin."

Knowing what Ming Langtao had said, Ming Lanying didn't bother to keep the two of them, seeing that it was almost lunch time, she directly saw off the guests, and Ming Langtao reluctantly took Meng Huai back home.

On the swaying carriage, Ming Langtao looked at Meng Huaisu beside him with a smile, "Huisu, what do you think about my sister now?"

Meng Huaisu pursed his lips, and it was difficult to speak, "The change is huge, it's unexpected."

Ming Langtao laughed loudly, "I regret it now. If I had known that she would undergo such an astonishing change, I should have matched you up."

Meng Huaisu wanted to say that it was not too late, but when he reached the point of his mouth, he suddenly remembered that she was already Ye Juelu's legal wife, he opened his mouth, and his words turned around.

"it's already over."

Ming Langtao looked at him with a smile on his face. He grew up together, so he thought that he could only be seven or eight years old, but he didn't say anything, and murmured, "It's a pity."

Ming Lanying said that she was looking at the accounts after the next year, but she was actually just lazy, but she was fine at home. He Bai guarded the warehouse and the lambs and chicken cubs, pestering Ming Lanying for food every day. Accompanied by little squirrels and sparrows, they read books and practice martial arts every day, and they have a great time playing.

And she is weak and lazy, not wanting to move, and finally can only pass the time by looking at the account book, flipping through two books when she is free, and Ye Juelu is by her side to serve her pen and ink, which makes Ming Lanying suddenly feel like a red sleeve adds to the fragrance... …

Ming Lanying flipped through the account books, and occasionally complained to him about the tricks of corrupt officials. After hearing this, Ye Juelu heaved a long sigh and hesitated to speak.

"Just talk if you have something to say, I'm so uncomfortable and panicked." Ming Lanying looked at the account book in her hand, but didn't look up at him.

Ye Juelu looked at her smooth and slender plain hands, holding the pen holder and writing and drawing lightly on the blank straw paper beside her, his thoughts were a little distracted.

"If you had been there back then, the emperor would not have gone through many twists and turns, and would be impeached for a crime of corruption when he was about to ascend the throne. We were subordinates, and after two years of investigation, we couldn't find any clues."

Looking back now, it's all regret.

Ming Lanying said flatly: "The me back then is not the me now, even if you look for me, it's useless."

Ye Juelu knew that Ming Lanying at that time was an illiterate, arrogant and unreasonable waste that made people very repulsive.And the Ming Lanying in front of him has a clear spirit and clear eyes, and he only needs one look to make him let her drive him willingly.

They are different.

Ming Lanying said again: "You have been with the emperor for many years, and you also know that there is nothing wrong with wanting to accuse you of crimes. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. The important thing is that if others believe this trumped-up crime, your master will not be able to clear it up." , can’t get rid of this crime, and the opponent only needs to achieve this goal.”

Ye Juelu sighed again, "You are right, but I still regret and resent."

After reading the ledger in her hand, Ming Lanying marked it up and looked up at Ye Juelu, her autumn-like eyes were calm and deep, "I can only see through the ledger, but not people's hearts, because the ledger is just simple words, but people The heart is too complicated, it is flexible and changeable, some people may be your life and death acquaintance at one moment, and at the next moment they may face you with swords for your loved ones or fame and fortune."

Ye Juelu and her looked at each other, as if drowning in her autumn pool, the resentment in his heart gradually subsided, he said quietly, "Lanying, I miss the emperor a little bit."

Ming Lanying was taken aback, goosebumps crawled up from the soles of her feet, and she was stunned for a moment. Before she could react, Ye Juelu turned to look at the distant white mountains outside the window, with a heavy but dazed expression.

Ming Lanying can only sigh that he and the emperor have such a good relationship. If the emperor had not had a wife, concubine and heir, she would have suspected that there was some ulterior emotional secret between the two.

　Out of stock, cry (°ω°｀)
　　There may be typos, looking forward to the bugs from the babies

　　
　
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