Qingwen set up a table and benches at the door of the room early in the morning, and helped Mr. Xiangling, the accountant, hold the door!
This is the task assigned to her by Jia Lian last night, and she takes it very seriously.
People inside and outside the courtyard also knew that today there would be housekeepers and wives coming to pay embezzlement money, and they all came to watch the fun.
Qingwen immediately raised her eyes and scolded everyone away.
Some people, relying on their thick skin or some status, pretended to be friendly and wanted to come forward to inquire, but Qingwen did not spare any face: "I advise you all to be calm and not to interfere with matters that should not be interfered with.
The second master specifically told me that no irrelevant person is allowed to enter this room today!
To tell you the truth, even the second grandma doesn’t dare to go against the second master’s wishes. If you think you are more honorable than the second grandma, just come forward and see how you die.”
As for Qingwen, the effect is excellent.
No one had any intention of causing trouble, and they even stayed around for half a day, but still no housekeeper and wife came to pay the money. Only then did everyone lose their interest and slowly dispersed.
Qingwen waited until there was no one in the yard, and she couldn't sit still easily, so she went into the house to look for Xiangling.
"Hey, you said those housekeepers and ladies won't disrespect the second master's orders and won't come today, right?"
Xiangling shook her head and said she didn't know.
She only knew that the second master asked her to write down everything she received.
"Well, if this continues, it won't be long before the second master goes to work. Seeing that we haven't received anything, will the second master be angry?"
Qingwen was a little listless. She finally got a serious job, but she wanted to perform well.
Now that nothing has been accomplished, I am naturally a little unhappy.
Xiangling advised: "Sister Qingwen, don't worry, the second master has given them until the second watch in the evening. The time is still long, maybe they will come after a while."
Qingwen only replied, "I hope so."
While he was listlessly fidgeting with a small scale on Xiangling's desk, which was used to weigh money, he saw Xiaohong tiptoeing over from the door.
Qingwen immediately scolded her sternly: "What are you doing here? Don't you know that no idlers are allowed in here today?
This Xiaohong was a flattering girl. She had only been in the courtyard for a few months and she had made her second mistress happy and suppressed the other maids around her. She acted like a new member of the courtyard.
Qingwen doesn't like her.
Xiaohong smiled. She was wearing very thick clothes. She didn't take off her sleeves until she entered the house, and said to Qingwen: "I follow my mother's instructions and come here to pay the money..."
It turned out that although most of the housekeepers had prepared the money, they did not dare to send it over rashly.
One by one, they made repeated inquiries in the dark, one to see what was going on in Sister Feng's nursery, such as whether the second mistress was waiting, and the other to see what other people were doing...
After all, it was an important matter, so they were all very cautious.
Lin Zhixiao's family didn't want to take this risk. Fortunately, their daughter worked in Sister Feng's nursery, so they asked Xiaohong to bring all the money over and let her wait for the opportunity.
Xiaohong was originally a very smart person, so she waited until no one saw her in the courtyard before she quietly came over.
Qingwen heard that Xiaohong was here to pay, and when she saw the big bulging package she was holding, her eyes lit up, and she stood up from her seat.
"Since you paid the money, why don't you take it over?"
Qingwen stepped forward very neatly and was about to snatch the parcel.
Xiao Hong retreated subconsciously, thinking that even though Qingwen shouldn't be qualified to take a look, she and Xiang Ling lived together, so there was no way she could get around this matter.
Instead of offending her and targeting me in the future, it would be better to show her kindness. Anyway, the second master no longer blames my parents, and even gave half of the money to my father, so he is not afraid of her going out and talking nonsense.
So I asked Qingwen to take the package.
"Oh, is this what your family has to hand over? Tsk tsk, your family is really good at it. How much money does it cost..."
Qingwen thought that after following Jia Lian, she could be regarded as someone who had seen the big world. She had seen a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.
But when she received the package in Xiaohong's arms, the heavy weight almost caused her to lose her grip and fall.
So he hurriedly put the parcel on the table and opened it. Sure enough, it was full of silver ingots, large and small, regular and irregular.
Hearing Qingwen's sarcastic words, Xiaohong had no way to defend herself. She just glanced outside the door, afraid that someone would come.
Originally, his father wanted to exchange it for gold and let her bring it in. It was light in weight and had a small target. But her mother said that changing it to gold would be too eye-catching, and it would be inappropriate if the masters thought that their family had a mountain of gold and silver.
So I decided to use silver.
Her mother was also careful and deliberately took most of the old silver ingots and broken silver, intending to let her masters know that their house had been ransacked...
Qingwen ignored Xiao Hong and happily started to take out all the silver and put it in piles to weigh.
Together with Xiang Ling, when finally weighed out, the total amount was more than five hundred taels...
After Xiangling recorded the numbers, Qingwen was about to kick Xiaohong out, but she saw Xiaohong blushing and took out something wrapped in silk from her arms, and then opened it while Qingwen and Xiangling looked at her doubtfully.
While saying:
"This is the banknote my mother exchanged at Datong Bank this morning. The total is one thousand taels. Sister Xiangling, please count..."
Lin Zhixiao was so excited last night that he filled three thousand taels in one go.
It was only later that I realized that paying money had become a problem.
Even if Jia Lian gave him half of it, the more than one thousand taels would be eye-catching enough that he wouldn't be able to take it in easily.
Since it couldn't be exchanged for gold, after thinking about it, the Lin family decided to go to a big bank in the city and secretly exchange the silver for a specific banknote, which would make it easier to bring it in.
Xiangling took the banknote handed over by Xiaohong and counted it like a robot.
Qingwen looked at Xiqi and wondered, "Isn't this a fake?"
Xiao Hong said hurriedly: "No, these are all true. We don't dare to deceive the second master. These banknotes were exchanged by my mother in person at Datong Bank this morning. They can all be exchanged for cash..."
Silver notes are a rare thing. Even if there are those circulating in the market, they are small denominations issued by big banks.
There are very few large denominations, because large denominations are issued by banks to specific people. The exchange process is complicated and you can only exchange them at specific places, which is very inconvenient.
Xiangling finished counting and found that it was indeed one thousand taels. Adding the previous silver, it was more than one thousand five hundred taels.
Knowing this total, both Qingwen and Xiangling found it eye-opening.
How can a slave be so rich?
For a time, both Qingwen and Xiangling mentally labeled the Lin family as extremely corrupt.
Xiaohong could see what they were thinking, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Seeing that Xiangling had already recorded it, she muttered: "Sister Qingwen, sister Xiangling, I'm leaving then..."