Who Cares

The Qin dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and ruled the world. Legalist thought was followed. The legalist emphasized agriculture and soldiers, but restrained the development of commerce. , These five categories are called five beetles, they are extremely capable of suppressing.

After the fall of the Qin Kingdom, he experienced hundreds of years of disputes. The princes all followed the example of the first emperor, intending to change the law and strengthen the army, and dominate the world. Therefore, they also pursued the militarism of heavy agriculture and heavy soldiers. Gradually, the merchants, who were already low in status, turned into a niche existence, sometimes inferior to the maidservants of the wealthy and wealthy.

The Ye family had accumulated a lot of wealth by reselling war supplies, so they wanted to take a shortcut and quickly squeeze into the upper class. It is obviously not feasible to let children and granddaughters marry the daughters of the family, but there is still some hope for the daughter or granddaughter to marry the high school. So whenever there are beautiful women in the clan, the Ye family Patriarch will spend great efforts to cultivate, hoarding like Lu Buwei. Sell ​​for a price.

Ye Zhen won the favor of the family owner for his beautiful appearance. Since he was a child, he has been preparing for marriage to a high school. But after all, the vision of the merchant's house is limited. It only knows that it teaches the art of piano, chess, calligraphy, and charm. I don't know that the only real master of the family should learn is in charge of Zhongkui. The rest is just embellishment, optional.

The Ye family's daughter can be a concubine, can be a Ji, and can even live a life like a duck in the dust. If she is asked to occupy the position of the wife, it will not be enough. However, Zhao Luli liked such a girl, and did not notice anything wrong, so he taught his daughter to be another Ye Zhen.

Guan Suyi was supporting her cheek with one hand at this time, and smilingly staring at the bewildered Zhao Chunxi. She really wants to know, without her own guidance and correction in this life, what path can Zhao Chunxi blaze? Is it still possible to be granted the title of the prince of the township and 5,000 households in the town? Can you still marry into the clan with the same beauty?

Zhao Chunxi had never touched anything like an abacus. He had no idea what the beads on the top and the beads on the bottom represented. For a while, she was sweating coldly, ashamed and annoyed. But she refused to admit defeat or show her timidity, so she had to bite the bullet and fiddle, but only dialed "plus three" and could no longer continue.

At this time, the world is tentatively determined. After hundreds of years of war and displacement, people’s only thought is to survive. Where can they be in the mood to read and read, let alone study arithmetic. Even those giants who have been doing business all year round are limited to small sums of accounts. A little more, such as counting the number of arrows in the army, horses, grain and grass, etc., need to call dozens or even hundreds at the same time. An accountant who is proficient in this way can only be confirmed by auditing day and night.

Increasing from one to ninety-nine is not only an unimaginable number for Zhao Chunxi, but it is also unclear for the Ye Family Patriarch to be brought over. She repeatedly tried to make a fortune bead, her expression gradually changed from pretentious and calm to aggrieved pain, her eyes flushed, and she seemed to cry. It was too difficult, it was really too difficult, Guan Suyi was deliberately making her foolish!

Zhao Lu's pain was overwhelming, and he was about to intercede. Zhao Chunxi's nanny, Dou Shi, who was standing by, said indignantly, "Madam, the slave and maid came from the Ye family, and they have a lot of knowledge. It is our Ye family's shops all over the world, and money. It’s so huge, you don’t need to count such a huge number in one day. Naturally, there will be the help of the accountant below. Our young lady will marry a high school in the future, and there will be a group of servants underneath. There are more powerful stewards outside for driving, and there is no need Contaminate these mundane affairs. You don't want to return the dowry, just put it straight, why bother to humiliate her."

Zhao Chunxi burst into tears and looked at Guan Suyi with incredulous and aggrieved gaze, as if silently accusing her whether she was as suspicious as the nurse said.

When Zhao Luli heard that even Yue Zhang didn't need to touch this **** abacus, he couldn't help being secretly angry with Guan Suyi.

Guan Suyi glanced at the Dou family, and said unhurriedly, "The Ye family is indeed the home of merchants, and the vision is really..." She paused, and sighed, "Don't talk about it. Take a look at the merchant's house and the official family. Compared with home, it’s no wonder that Zhenbei Hou Mansion had frequent chaos and wind and rain in all directions. It was said that it was up and down, but your Hou Mansion was interesting and tight. It went down and up. It did not learn the legacy of celebrities and the qualities of aristocracy. At the end. I said that Xi'er and Wangshu didn't understand everything at such an age, but it turned out that this was the reason."

Zhao Chunxi and Dou clan are most afraid of others talking about the Ye family's family, they can't help but change their expressions, and Zhao Luli respects the Yue family very much. At this time, he also moved really angry and said sternly, "Guan Suyi, you can accumulate some morals! Before that! Who said that we should abandon the prejudice of blood and caste and live peacefully, and who repeatedly humiliated the Ye family with this? That was Xi'er’s foreign family, the mother of my deceased wife , It’s not the end of the ninth rate in your mouth."

"Is it the end of the ninth rate? I said it would not count, you said it would not count, the world said it. You can leave the Hou Mansion, just grab a flat-headed citizen on the street and ask, see if the merchants are right. Nine Liumo. If he said that I was wrong, I immediately went to Yefu to apologize."

Guan Suyi slowly blew the hot tea with a soft voice, "For you, the face of the dead wife and Ye Mansion is very important, but for me, the future of the two children is the most important. You follow Ye in everything. I can’t agree with what the mansion did. Ye Mansion is very rich, and Ye Mansion has shops all over the world. Ye Mansion does not lack Mr. Accountant. I know all these things, but that is Ye Mansion’s things. Does it have anything to do with Xi'er? Xi'er will indeed marry a high school in the future, and there must be a lot of servants and stewards, but then you can sit back and relax and enjoy a lifetime of wealth? The high school wife is not as simple as you think."

She lowered her eyes and sighed, "I am afraid that Xi'er has not learned anything except piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy these years. She has spoken too deeply and thoroughly, and she does not understand. Simple examples. It is said that Ji Xiang, the former power minister, was not defeated by the court battle, but by the hand of a woman. Do you know the inside story?"

"Only Ying Ying Chuo Chuo has heard of it, and doesn't know the inside story." Zhao Luli was so unhurried by her unhurried, unhurried attitude that there was nowhere to send it, so she could only reply in a dull voice.

Zhao Chunxi wanted to rush to cover Guan Suyi's mouth, but had to suppress it desperately. As long as she speaks, all other people's plans will be empty, which seems to have become a rule.

Guan Suyi chuckled unclearly, and said, "Ji Xiang was fascinated by a beautiful merchant's daughter, so he abandoned his original wife and married the merchant. After the original partner left, he was loyal and loyal to her for revenge. The business woman made tactics in the accounts of the Jifu. All along, the noble family has a routine to follow in the relationship between people, who is close, who is estranged, whoever is on the top should be greedy, and whoever is the subordinate should win over. , The number of red envelopes, antiques, jewels and jade wares that someone should give during the New Year’s Day is counted. You can't add or modify at will, let alone delete or delete at will. The steward gave the account book as usual after the new lady passed the door, but it was changed. , Those who should give a generous gift become a thin gift, and those who should give a thin gift are directly erased, and the business woman, because of her family and learning origin, is accustomed to digging and digging around with money, and she is very arrogant. The gift list was further reduced by 30%. So Ji Xiang offended his relatives, Shangfeng, and his subordinates at the same time when he was not clear. Righteousness, as a result, I don’t say you should also know."

Ji Xiang is a poor man, but relying on his own efforts to worship the deputy minister, he was eventually impeached by his subordinates on 36 counts of dereliction of duty, corruption, and treason. None of his relatives and Shangfeng have defended him, but all his subordinates have fallen into trouble. , So that Ji Xiang, who died improperly, was convicted of beheading. His rise and fall have become a hot topic of the time, and before his death, he cursed his wife without a word, and said that he would never marry a merchant girl in the next life, which also added a bit of legend to this tragedy. So later generations guessed that the reason why he ended up in a different place should have something to do with that successor, but the specific details were not known.

After that, the merchant girls were not interested in them, and they were criticized. Fortunately, the previous dynasty perished and the war began. The people only fled for their lives and gradually forgot about it.

Guan's family is clean and self-conscious and doesn't like to talk about obscure things, but Guan Suyi's grandmother Zuo Dingxiang is a historian, and especially loves exploring the legend of the market. Under her careful teaching and ears, not to mention the old news of the previous dynasty, but also the secrets of the palace for thousands of years. Guan Suyi also knew very well.

As soon as she uttered the word "Ji Xiang", Zhao Chunxi thought of the man's scolding of the business woman, and his already ugly face turned pale. Zhao Luli saw a lot of mysteries from it, and couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

Guan Suyi tapped the table top with his fingertips, making regular clicks, looked at the expressions of the father and daughter left and right, and continued, "A little trick in the back house is enough to overthrow a power official. There is the ancestor's legacy of "marry a wife and marry a virtuous", and there is also the market slang of "a good wife, a good husband, less misfortune, a filial filial father, and a good father". Accounting, auditing, accounting, and human relations are all skills that the master mother and grandfather must master Of course, you can drive your servant to do it, but how can you ensure that you won’t make mistakes or be fooled when you don’t know anything? If you break your arrogance, that's it. I will return the dowry to you immediately, and you can just take care of it yourself."

While she was talking, she took the abacus from Zhao Chunxi's hand and fiddled with it quickly. Only the crisp sound of the abacus beads hitting each other was left in the room, but for a while, she heard her say, "From one to ninety-nine, it counts four. One thousand nine hundred and five, is it difficult? Besides, there is an easier way to add the numbers of two to two, and the ninety-nine numbers are then halved..." Writing the deduction process one by one on the paper, she circled it with a brush. After giving the answer, he sighed earnestly, "Qinqi, calligraphy and calligraphy can only be used to cultivate sentiments. The real master must also learn some good skills. The clan mother must be able to teach her children, serve in-laws, and take care of mundane affairs internally; Only the lowly concubine Ji will do the things of assisting her husband, participating in communication, and inviting pets and flattering. Which of them is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Wouldn't you surrender your status if you compare it with them?"

Seeing that Zhao Luli was so ashamed, Zhao Chunxi was ashamed and angered, and Guan Suyi made the conclusion, "I think about the two children everywhere, but I didn't expect to become an unpredictable person in the eyes of Master Hou. I didn't look down on the Ye family. It means, but the Ye family’s tutor should not bring it into the Hou Mansion. Come here, press the Dou Shi down to blame fifty, and teach her what is respect and inferiority. When the mistress talked, she was a slave and maid. Out of thin air, what if I follow the eldest to my husband’s house in the future? I’m the Zhao’s wife, and I can tolerate one or two. How can others be forgiving? When people don’t say anything, they secretly remember the eldest’s. Over time, the relationship between husband and wife, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the relationship between children will be destroyed.

The ruthless wife outside the house immediately ran in and drove the frightened Dou Clan down.

Zhao Chunxi was still immersed in Guan Suyi's seemingly indoctrination, but in fact it was extremely derogatory. When he recovered, he heard his father sternly shout, "It almost ruined Xi'er's life, fifty is enough, plus thirty! After listening to my wife, I am really awakened. If you don’t say it, I really don’t know what Xi'er will encounter when she marries in the future. I don’t understand the customs of the house, my mother is old and weak, and my energy is limited. , It was my gaffe before, Madam, no wonder, I am really fortunate to be able to marry a wife. It is also because Xi'er and Wang Shufu have a deep bond with each other..."

Zhao Chunxi could no longer hear the words of sincere apology below, because shame, anger, powerlessness, fear, unwillingness and other emotions were violently tumbling in her heart. Even if she hated Guan Suyi with a sharp tongue, she had to admit that what the other party said made sense. She was almost, just so close, wasted her whole life by her father's teaching. Of course, she didn't agree with all Guan Suyi's points of view. Who said that only the humble concubine Ji would do it? Didn't the mother climb to Jieyu's high position with those skills? In the future, who is expensive and who is cheap, who loses and who wins, is still unknown.

Guan Suyi only glanced at Zhao Chunxi and could guess what she was thinking, and probably used Ye Zhen's bad things to comfort herself. That's right, Ye Zhen is indeed out, but so what? After all, Jie Yu was just a concubine. Zhao Luli was so dedicated and infatuated with her, she didn't do it so well that Madam Hou ran to compete with hundreds of women for a man. It was really maddening in her mind.

Although everyone has their own ambitions, Guan Suyi will no longer care about Zhao Chunxi’s actions and mistakes in this life, and the happiness that can't be passed. She loves toss and just let her go. The reputation is also good, that's enough.