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Chapter 1052 The Harmonious Auntie Group (4)
"And what else did I ask you to bring?" Liu Qiqiao raised her eyebrows and asked, and Lu Liu opened one of the boxes, and there were three unused candles lying in it, and said with a smile: "Young lady Chen said, You are such a naughty person, you must have done nothing good, so you specially put it in a box to prevent people from seeing it."

"She is careful, you bring the candle from noon, and I will compare it." Lu Liu said, then got up and went to her room, and took the candle she brought back in the morning.Liu Qiqiao took the two candles in her hands and compared them left and right, but she couldn't tell the difference for a while, and then compared them by holding them against the roots, there was not much difference, they looked exactly the same.

Liu Qiqiao thought for a while, then called Fu Ling over and said, "Is there a small name in the study of the eldest young master? Does he usually make medicine at home?"

Fu Ling only nodded and said: "The outer study has it, but the small study here doesn't. I'll ask the little girl to get it."

After a while, the little maid came over with a small scale, which was also delicately made, like a modern balance scale.Liu Qiqiao swung the two candles up, and the truth came out.Liu Qiqiao asked Fu Ling to bring over the unused candles that she went to pick up yesterday, and sure enough, each one was lighter than the Chen family's.Liu Qiqiao held the weights around for a long time, and then estimated that each candle was lightened by about one penny.In such a large yard of the Du family, at least a hundred candles are used every day.One is worth one penny, ten is one or two, and eighty is half a catty. Even if you use 180 candles every day, that is a whole catty of wax oil.Now a catty of wax oil costs five hundred renminbi. Calculated in this way, Yueguang can save 15 taels of silver in his usual expenses.It's a pity that the saved money definitely did not fall into the pockets of the Du family, but into the pockets of those servants who were doing things.

Liu Qiqiao thought about it again, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple, few of the owners are in charge of the business by themselves, and their staff must have been kept in the dark when selling such candles. I'm afraid there are not many.Liu Qiqiao put a few candles into the box together. She hadn't made up her mind to say this about it, but she might ask Du Ruo when she came back.

When it was time to light the lanterns, Du Ruo came back with the two masters.Liu Qiqiao had already ordered the maids to prepare hot water, and waited for him to wash up first when he came back.Du Ruo came in from the outside, his clothes were stained with dirt, Lu Liu was about to undress him, but Liu Qiqiao stopped him and said, "Go down, the place where the young master has been these few days is not clean, carefully wipe it It's not good if something comes back."

Lu Liu went out in response, Liu Qiqiao stepped forward to undress him, told what happened at home today, took off his coat, then leaned into his arms sullenly and said: "Fortunately you brought purple Su left, otherwise, if Second Aunt brought someone to find someone, I would be finished."

Du Ruo put her arms around Liu Qiqiao, lowered her head and kissed her on the forehead, and said: "Second aunt has such a temper. When I was young, she and my mother always had this kind of temper. I dare not, probably because you are a newcomer and want to stand in front of you."

While speaking, Du Ruo had already taken off his clothes and soaked in the bathtub.Liu Qiqiao took a ladle to water Du Ruo's back, and while reaching out to caress, said: "I went to see the three aunts of my second uncle today, but only Aunt Ruan was asleep during the rest, so I didn't see her."

"Look at it?" Du Ruo asked casually when he saw Liu Qiqiao had a faint smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)