Chapter two hundred and seventy seventh virtuous inner helper
Chapter 277: A Virtuous House Helper
Back to the command post...well, it is now called General Dingguo's residence. As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, he saw that the whole courtyard was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. Ling'er and Man Tiao's dowry maid Qiao'er were directing them.
The servants were busy running around. Although there were still snowflakes in the sky, many people were so busy that they were sweating profusely.
"Daniu, please put this lantern higher, you are so stupid, you can't even put a lantern properly!"
"Erya, go back to the warehouse and get some red ribbons."
"Mama Chen, we've run out of paste. Go to the kitchen and tell us to cook some more."
"The table is here, come on... let it go, eh, it turns out to be the master, I have met the master before!"
Looking at the busy people in the yard, Pang Gang felt an impending joy. This feeling was something he could not feel in the future generations. In the future generations where Pang Gang lived, the smell of the New Year was getting weaker and weaker, and many young people
People are more interested in celebrating Christmas Eve than their own New Year. For people, New Year's Day in future generations is no different from weekdays. At best, they can watch a TV show called Spring Festival Gala while eating, which is not like now, as if everyone
They are all busy for the same day. Although Pang Gang seems a little uncomfortable, this feeling is really good.
After finally avoiding the crowds of servants in the yard, I came to my own yard. Then I felt that the flow of people was less. I opened the door of the yard and found a large, newly built house inside. The house was divided into two floors and occupied a large area.
It is more than 300 square meters.
It was Pang Gang's idea to build this house. If current customs were followed, in a wealthy family like Pang Gang, each of his three wives and two concubines would have a beautiful yard, and the male owner Pang Gang
But he didn't have his own exclusive courtyard. At night, he could spend the night in the courtyard of whose wife or concubine he wanted to favor.
However, Pang Gang, who had always been easygoing in family affairs, expressed strong dissatisfaction with this approach. At his strong request, General Dingguo's Mansion built this big house in the inner courtyard as quickly as possible.
The first floor of the house is used for receiving guests, eating and working, while the second floor is where Pang Gang and his wives rest.
Although Pang Gang's decision was initially opposed by Ruo Lan, Man Ting and others, they thought it was simply chaos. There is no reason for a husband to live in the same house with several wives and concubines. This is not chaos.
Huh? But under Pang Gang's enforcement, the girls finally had to live in the house aggrievedly. However, after living for a while, the girls began to like such a house. Not to mention the other big families living together is indeed a good idea.
It's quite cozy, and it also makes it easier for Pang Gang to do bad things, so he doesn't have to run around.
But precisely because of this, this house is also a very private place. Except for Pang Gang's family, only some maids in the inner courtyard can enter and exit. What about others? Ahem...
After patting the snowflakes on his body, Pang Gang walked into the lobby on the first floor and saw Ruolan and Man Ting sitting at the table busy counting something. Xuezhu and Chen Yuanyuan were helping on the side. There was also a
A bunch of account books.
As soon as Pang entered the room, he felt a strong warmth. He took off his coat and put it on a chair aside. He asked with a smile: "Ruolan, Man Ting, what are you busy with?"
Chen Yuanyuan, who was sorting out the account books, raised her bright head, smiled sweetly at her husband and said, "My lord, Sister Lan is teaching Sister Xuezhu to settle accounts with my concubine."
"Settling the accounts?" Pang Gang asked in confusion: "Isn't there an accountant in the house? Why do you still need to do the calculations yourself?"
After hearing Pang Gang's words, Ruo Lan and Man Ting, who were immersed in calculations, both raised their heads and glanced at Pang Gang.
"What? Am I right?" Pang Gang touched his head strangely.
"Yes, the eldest man of our family is right about everything!" Man Ting glared at her husband angrily, and then said: "Although there is an accounting office in the house, we can't just ignore everything. If we have such a big property, how can we lose it?"
Everything is pushed to the people below, waiting for the subordinates to report, and you don't care about anything, then you just wait to be screwed to death. Besides, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and we still have to be there
Sort out the account books before noon so that the dividends can be distributed to the servants and the major workshops and mines. My concubine and sister Ruolan are almost dying of anxiety, and you are still making fun of me."
"Well, look at me." Pang Gang said embarrassedly: "I forgot about my husband for a moment, ladies, you have worked hard." After saying that, Pang Gang really bowed to the ladies.
"Puch!" Seeing their husband's funny look, all the girls laughed.
Li Xuezhu put down the account book in her hand and ran over lightly, hugged Pang Gang's arm and said coquettishly, "Husband, I don't even know how to calculate the account book, but Sister Ruolan and Sister Man Ting insist on doing it with Yuanyuan, and now I have a headache."
He's dead, can you tell your two sisters and let me help Ling'er Qiao'er? Anyway, I can't help much by staying here, what do you think?"
Looking at Xue Zhu's snow-white pretty face and wide-open eyes, and feeling the softness and size of his arms, Pang Gang was about to agree, but then he shook his head and said, "No,
I said that you, Sister Ruolan and Sister Manting, will arrange everything at home, and I cannot go back on my word."
"No, husband, I don't know how to settle accounts at all." Ruolan hugged her husband's arm and continued to shake, her huge breasts shaking so much that Pang Gang felt dizzy.
"Look at you, your little mouth can hold an oil bottle." Pang just smiled and gently hung it on her straight nose, and asked helplessly: "Tell me, did you get into trouble again today?"
La?"
"No, I'm just...just..." At this point, Li Xuezhu's pretty face turned red.
"I didn't break anything, I just messed up the inner courtyard that Ling'er and Qiao'er worked hard for several hours to decorate." At this time, Ruolan, who had been settling accounts and said nothing, exposed Xue Zhu's background.
"Oh...really?" Pang Gang said in a long voice and looked at Xue Zhu with a smile.
"Hey, sister Ruolan, you are the worst. I was just careless." Seeing Xuezhu pacing her jade feet anxiously, Pang Gang missed Xuezhu with a tiny handful and did it. In Pang Gang's eyes,
Among the many wives and concubines, Xuezhu is the youngest. Although she is a bit unruly in temperament at less than sixteen years old, if you get along with her for a long time, you will find that she is actually very innocent and romantic, and she has a childish face*
Her breasts were so cute that Pang Gang and the other girls loved her very much.
"Okay Xue Zhu, let me see if your calculation is correct." Pang Gang pulled an account book in front of Xue Zhu and started to read it, but soon Pang Gang was confused by the numbers in the account book.
Dizzy and unable to bear it anymore, he picked up a quill and started to calculate the accounts in the account book again.
Although Pang Gang did not study accounting before, he still knew some basic double-entry bookkeeping. He took a quill and quickly calculated the account books using Arabic numerals, and then asked proudly: "How is it?
, Your husband-in-law, am I very powerful, right?"
After Pang Gang finished writing, Li Xuezhu, who had been clinging to Pang Gang's arms secretly, glanced at it secretly and said, "Ms. sir, what kind of words are these? It's as ugly as a ghost's talisman."
Pang Gang, who was hugging his beloved wife's slender waist, smiled and explained: "These are not some magic symbols. These are Arabic numerals. They are very convenient and quick for counting. My husband is here to teach you."
"Yes!" The well-behaved Li Xuezhu nodded slightly, and the two of them used quill pens to draw strokes on the blank paper, starting from 1234.
Li Xuezhu was very smart and learned the numbers from 0 to 9 in a short time. When the two of them were busy writing, Kong Ruolan came over and saw the Arabic numerals written by Pang Gang. She frowned and asked
: "Where did my husband learn these things? They seem very convenient."
Pang Gang smiled and said: "It's nothing. This is a little thing that my husband has learned before. If you want to learn from me, I will teach you later. Now let's finish calculating these account books."
Thanks to the efforts of several people, the five husbands and wives finally settled the account books of the brigade just before noon.
"Huh...it's finally over..."
Kong Ruolan stretched out a long stretch: "Mr. sir, the account books have been calculated. This year we have received a total of 4,687,549 taels of silver, excluding the 1,985,000 taels spent.
Four hundred taels of silver, we still have 2,700,2149 taels left."
"Haha, it's not bad. Our family is also rich." After hearing his wife's account report, Pang Gang laughed and felt very good.
"What's good? We have only earned so much money after working hard for a year, but we can't help our husband-in-law messing around so casually." Ruolan had a strong objection to Pang Gang's flowing money, especially to him.
The one million taels of silver given casually to the court made her feel even more distressed.
At this time, Man Ting on the side was advising, "Sister Ruolan, my husband spends everything he deserves. Those are business matters and cannot be saved."
Kong Ruolan's pretty face blushed slightly and said, "Sister Man Ting, these little girls all know that our family has a big business, and the money that should be spent will not feel bad, but the little girl will not feel bad if she gave the court one million taels of silver like last time.
But we earned it with great difficulty, and we can’t help spending it like this even though we have so much money.”
"Haha, it seems that Sister Ruolan feels sorry for the one million taels of silver that our husband sent to the court." Wei Mantiao laughed, "But my husband is also doing it for our own good. If he hadn't spent so much money, he would be able to become the emperor."
Is this the right governor of Nanjing, General Dingguo? Sister, we can’t be extravagant in life, but we can’t just be misers either, right?”
Ruolan Haoran smiled: "What Sister Man Ting said is that the younger sister didn't think carefully enough."
Pang Gang looked on and nodded repeatedly. Ruolan in his family was good at managing money, while Man Ting was good at officialdom. They were indeed his good helpers.