Therefore, when Yao Anxin took the account book she had prepared in calligraphy and asked Mrs. Yao to teach her, the following scene occurred:
"What is this?" Mrs. Yao looked at the thing in Yao Anxin's hand with a surprised look on her face.
Yao Anxin was a little confused: "The account book."
"Why does your account book look like this?! What is this?" Mrs. Yao pointed to the Arabic numerals on it. She felt they looked familiar, but she didn't recognize what they were.
"They are numbers, this is 1, this is 2, this is 3..." Yao Anxin pointed them out to Mrs. Yao one by one.
Also, the incoming and outgoing accounts, when they came in and when they came out, should be written clearly.
Mrs. Yao felt that this account book seemed to be many times better than the one she used.
"How did you come up with this? How could you... keep accounts like this?!" Could it be that her daughter is already so smart?!
Yao Anxin: "I didn't come up with it, it was Shuyi who kept the accounts for me."
"Shu Yi? Is that the maid in the study that the old lady gave you?" Mrs. Yao still had an impression of the maid Shu Yi.
After all, after Yao Anxin studied, wasn't it the maid named "Shu Yi" who accompanied Yao Anxin to and from school?
Because it was given by the old lady, Mrs. Yao also gave her face, acquiescing to her status as "big maid".
However, Mrs. Yao still trusts her people more than the old lady's people, so she still likes to ask Mo Xiang when asking questions.
Regarding calligraphy, Mrs. Yao also asked Mo Xiang to be careful not to let the opponent take her position.
Yao Anxin nodded: "Well, that's her. Mom, she may be good at calligraphy. Not only is she good at writing, she is also very good at accounting..."
While talking, Yao Anxin carefully looked at Mrs. Yao's expression, and tentatively told Mrs. Yao that in fact, she had already handed over the account books in her yard to Shuyi after Shuyi returned to Jinling with her.
She knew that her mother was wary of the old lady, but to be honest, the wet nurse didn't know how to manage accounts at all. Even if she trusted the wet nurse, she just couldn't do it, and there was nothing she could do.
Mrs. Yao's expression changed slightly: "Why didn't you tell me?"
She always thought that even if her daughter had someone from the old lady around her, the person her daughter trusted should be hers.
Unexpectedly, I don’t know when, my daughter actually disliked her people as being unsuitable, and chose the old lady’s people instead?!
"The wet nurse belongs to my mother, and my daughter is afraid that she will hurt her if she says anything, so... Mom, it's not that my daughter doesn't trust the wet nurse, but she really doesn't know how to keep accounts. Even the literate maid you called has not learned how to do it.
When I was an accountant, the account books were so confusing that I couldn't understand them at all. But after Shu Yi came and she explained the account books she kept, I understood them." Yao Anxin said in a weak voice, as if she was afraid of Yao Yao.
The madam looked angry.
However, the account book was placed in front of Mrs. Yao, how could she be angry?
What’s the blame?
The only blame is that the person she gave him was too useless and was disliked by her daughter.
"You trust Shuyi so much? Aren't you afraid that she belongs to the old lady?" Mrs. Yao looked at her daughter and asked.
Seeing that her mother was not angry, Yao Anxin became more courageous and said, "I'm afraid, of course I am. But after Shuyi followed me, she became mine, and the deed of betrayal was also with me. Everything she did was
It's for my own good...Anyway, I've been using it for so long and I haven't seen anything bad about her."
"Moreover," Yao Anxin paused, "I am the granddaughter of the old lady. Even if the calligraphy skills belong to the old lady, I can't think of any reason why the old lady would harm me. At most, she would just keep staring.
I'm just like an ear-catching spirit, any trouble will reach the old lady's ears."
"Did she do it?" Mrs. Yao asked.
Yao Anxin shook her head: "No, I sent a special person to keep an eye on her, but she did nothing. Ever since the old lady gave her to me, she has not had any contact with anyone in the old lady's courtyard without my instructions.
Any contact.”
Hearing this, what can Mrs. Yao say?
It's obvious what her daughter would choose between a nanny who is easy to use and knows her duties, and a nanny who looks like her but can't even keep an account.
"Then how are you going to arrange for the wet nurse?"
Yao Anxin lowered her head and said softly: "Nanny is old. If she is in good spirits, she can help me take care of other things in the yard. If nothing happens, just treat it as having one more person to take care of her for the rest of her life. After all, she is a nanny.
If she passes me, I will never leave her alone. I still have to give her the dignity she deserves."
"As long as you know, you can handle this matter yourself, and I won't interfere. If someone is disobedient, just tell me and I will help you deal with it."
Yao Anxin suddenly raised her head in surprise: "Mom, you agreed?!"
"You are my daughter," Mrs. Yao smiled and said, "If I don't stand on your side, whose side will I stand on?"
"I thought... I thought you would be angry if I left the wet nurse unused."
"The nanny is indeed mine, but when I assigned her to you, I wanted her to take care of you instead of holding you back. Now that you have someone more useful, just use the person you like.
As for the wet nurse, haven’t you already given her some dignity? If she cherishes it, she will have someone to rely on for the rest of her life; if she doesn’t cherish it, she can’t blame others.”
"Thank you, mother, you are so kind."
"You are my daughter. If I am not good to you, who should I be good to? Well, call Shuyi over and ask her to tell us about the new account book. It seems that my mother has to learn this account book with you."
"Mother~"
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Yao Anxin coquettishly coquettishly did not expect that this matter would pass so easily.
She happily called the eldest maid Calligraphy over and asked her to teach herself and Mrs. Yao this new account book.
It was only then that Mrs. Yao knew that this new type of account book was made by the old lady. The reason why she could become the maid with the prefix "book" was not only literate and proficient in writing, but also because the account book was well made.
.
In the old lady's yard, accounting is one of the skills that the maid with the prefix "book" must learn.
In other words, in addition to literacy, the maids whose names are prefixed with "书" next to other young masters must learn account books. If they cannot pass the test, they will not be able to wear the prefix "书".
Suddenly, Mrs. Yao really wanted to go to the old lady Gu Qingling's yard and ask for a few maids or boys with the word "book" in her name. Those were maids or boys who could do accounting. This would require the use of several of her shops.
I don't know how much effort I have to save.
My heart felt a little itchy, and unconsciously, Mrs. Yao muttered something to Uncle Yao in the evening.
When Uncle Yao heard this, he said: "If you want it, then tell me. My mother's side has the most servants. I heard from Mo Shu that there is a yard dedicated to cultivating servants there, and there are many servants in it."
Few people."
"Mo Shu? Isn't he the steward of the bookstore? Then he also came from the courtyard where servants were trained?"
"Well! He is one of the better ones in the bookstore. He is also very good in other aspects. He graduated early and is also smart, so my mother assigned him to the bookshop. It didn't take long for him to get good results and do a lot of work.
I have become the steward." Uncle Yao put down the book in his hand and said to Mrs. Yao, "Don't look at Mo Shu's youth. Let me tell you, few of the boys around me can compare to him. That's Chong'er.
