Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 78 Lai Shangrong audits the accounts

Inside Rongxi Hall.

After listening to Mrs. Wang's request, Lai Shangrong suppressed the ecstasy in his heart.

He said without leaving any trace: "It is Shangrong's duty to be able to share the worries of the family!"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "You always handle things appropriately. The other hospital is related to the Queen's marriage, so you should work more hard."

Then he added: "I also know that your office is busy, so I just need to help keep an eye on it. Let Lian Er and Feng Yatou handle the hard work!"

It's not that the Jia family is short of manpower, or that Mrs. Wang is worried about Jia Lian and his wife.

She had no choice but to do this. Yuanchun gave her a gift during the Spring Festival. She, Jia Mu and others went to the palace to express their gratitude, and took the opportunity to tell Yuanchun in a roundabout way to serve the emperor carefully and strive to give birth to the prince as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Yuanchun looked strange after hearing this, and then he made some insinuations, and then he learned that Yuanchun had not been to bed with him yet.

Mrs. Wang was so anxious now that she couldn't figure it out. She could only attribute it to the sequelae of Jia She and Jia Zhen's quarrel with the Lai family.

So it was a two-pronged approach.

On the one hand, she hinted to Jin Chuan that if Yu Chuan was taken over by Lai Shangrong, she would consider accepting him as her adopted daughter.

Of course, this at least requires Lai Shangrong to intentionally adopt the jade bracelet as a concubine. Otherwise, how can the mother of a majestic concubine recognize a girl who is married to her as her goddaughter.

If this happens, in the name of Yuchai's adoptive mother, she arranges a happy event for Lai Shangrong to bring happiness to her family...

On the other hand, because of Pan Youan's experience, he thought that someone needed to tie the bell to untie it. When Jia Zheng left Beijing, he asked Lai Shangrong to give him the false title of building a separate courtyard to see if he could eliminate hidden dangers.

The reason why we had to wait for Jia Zheng to leave Beijing was because Jia Zheng rejected the proposal to send a gold necklace last time. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, we waited until he left Beijing.

I have to say that the aunt and nephew wanted to go together.

She thought about letting Lai Shangrong have an empty title, just because she was afraid that he would be too busy to shirk it, but Lai Shangrong didn't think so.

Although Wang Xifeng drugged himself this time, allowing him to win in vain and solving Qin Keqing's hidden dangers, the starting point was to blackmail himself after all.

Now that I can use the other hospital project to retaliate, I will certainly not let him go easily.

"My wife also knows that I always strive for perfection in everything I do, but I'm afraid it's inevitable that I may have different views on some aspects with Second Master Lian and Second Grandma..."

"This..." Mrs. Wang just thought that he was unprofitable and wanted to make a fortune from the project. She felt a little unhappy, but now she was riding a tiger and was afraid of backlash if she refused.

So he said: "Of course it's not easy to keep Xian Bai busy. I'll call your mother over later to see if there is any purchasing work to help take care of it."

Lai Shangrong heard what Mrs. Wang meant and said hurriedly: "Madam, you misunderstood! My family has been kind to me. I just want to try my best to get things done. Why don't Madam ask someone to bring the account book first? I'll look at it first and then I'll tell you what to do." ?”

As a private owner in his previous life, keeping accounts was just a piece of cake for Lai Shangrong. Although Wang Xifeng had 1 ideas, her literacy was limited and she had to rely on others to do things like accounting books. He didn't believe that he couldn't find any omissions.

Mrs. Wang's expression was stagnant. She didn't expect him to be so calm and do what he said.

"Although the construction has just started not long ago, the accounts cannot be read in a short while..."

Lai Shangrong smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry, it will only take an hour or two at most."

When Mrs. Wang saw this, she couldn't help but suspect that he was being called out and was pretending to be pretentious, so she stopped talking and ordered the Zhou Rui family to go to Wang Xifeng to get the account book.

Lai Shangrong immediately asked for pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and started preparations in the side hall outside Rongxi Hall.

Although he didn't have a computer to make the form, he could still draw it himself.

When the account book arrived, Lai Shangrong couldn't help but have a headache when he opened it.He has never been exposed to the account books of this era. He only knows how to keep accounts when he sees them today, and he is still in the mode of running accounts.

I could only bite the bullet and read through it, and record the data one by one in the table I drew. I worked for more than an hour. Although I only read half of it, it was enough.

Too lazy to look at the following, I took the account books and homemade forms and returned to Rongxi Hall.

He glanced at Wang Xifeng who was anxious and pointed out the omissions one by one.

"Our state-owned company has also recently had a workshop renovation project. I will look back at the company's accounts and then go to the market to ask for prices. I am afraid that the prices of these materials are also a bit inflated!"

Wang Xifeng sent Jia Zheng off early this morning with everyone, and then caught Jia Lian. Then she threatened Mrs. Wang with a complaint about his corruption of the money from the Mo official. I took out most of my belongings and promised to pack my bags and move back home soon.

After dealing with Jia Lian, and just as he returned home to collect the money with satisfaction, he saw someone from Zhou Rui's family who came to ask for the account book.

When she learned that it was Mrs. Wang who wanted the account books, she felt panicked, so she came with Zhou Rui's family. After arriving, she realized that it was for Lai Shangrong to check the accounts, so she didn't dare to be careless.

This more than an hour has been extremely painful. Although she does not reach out directly like Jia Lian, the husband and wife are one, and she has not had time to help modify Jia Lian's accounts.

The more I listened, the more frightened I became. I didn't expect that in just over an hour, all the bad things about Jia Lian would be found out.

Fortunately, she just arranged the manpower and raised the cost slightly to receive some benefits. If she was really caught, she could evade the unclear market situation.

But Jia Lian's side is all set, and I'm afraid it's only a small amount to make up for the shortfall. While Mrs. Wang doubts Jia Lian, she will inevitably implicate herself.

Thinking of this, I suddenly had a plan in mind.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang's face turned cold and she said angrily: "Call Lian Er to answer the question!"

Zhou Rui's family took the order.

After a while, Jia Lian came in, and Mrs. Wang threw the account book at him.

He scolded angrily: "Is this how you do things for me and your second uncle?"

Jia Lian looked at the account book on the ground blankly, and then saw Sister Feng's provocative eyes.

He angrily scolded: "You Yashaxing, you deceived my body and came here to complain. I agree..."

Before he could finish his words, Sister Feng immediately interrupted: "I have advised you not to be obsessed with money. Fortunately, Brother Lai has found out about your problem now. How can I have the face to face my aunt?"

As he spoke, he knelt in front of Mrs. Wang and said, "My ex-son checked the accounts and found something wrong. I just got his money back today. I was going to tell my wife, but I didn't know that my wife asked Brother Lai to look at the accounts. I thought about the family scandal." Don't tell anyone about it, I originally planned to wait until Brother Lai left... Lian Er was also confused for a moment, please beg my wife to give him another chance."

Jia Lian finally realized that it was not Sister Feng who complained, but that Lai Shangrong found out the problem, and he almost accidentally injured an ally.

He said hurriedly: "Yes, yes! I was confused for a moment, and I still have the money. I will make up for the shortfall later. I beg my wife, for Feng'er's sake..."

He is not a fool. He knows that now he can only take off Wang Xifeng first, hoping that Mrs. Wang will gently remove it for the sake of Sister Feng.

Mrs. Wang didn't know the story. When Jia Lian came up, she angrily scolded Sister Feng and accused her of complaining. She only took it as what Sister Feng said.

Although she didn't believe the report, she found that it was rare for Jia Lian to be able to persuade him to make up for the shortfall. Even if he concealed it and refused to report it, it was human nature.

So he said to the two of them: "Okay! You go back and make up for the shortfall, and leave the errands of other courtyards to Shang Rong in advance!"

Then he said: "You guys go down first! I have something else to talk to Shang Rong!"

Lai Shangrong originally thought that the couple had not broken up yet, and they were greedy together, but he didn't expect that such a quarrel would happen, so he could only let it go.

(End of this chapter)