nucmednet Chapter 199 Ledger
Chapter 199 Ledger
"Thank you for your hard work, butler. Please convey my thanks to my father."
Ye Qing'an looked at the steward with a smile and took out a money pouch from her sleeve: "It's just a small token of my appreciation. Steward, take this and buy some tea."
The butler took the money pouch from Ye Qing'an, quickly put it away, and said softly with his head down, "Congratulations, Miss, your hard times are finally over."
"It's too early to say that the hard times are over, but I will definitely work hard in the future. For myself, for the Ye family, and for Eleven."
As Ye Qing'an spoke, her gaze drifted vaguely towards Eleven, who was playing in the courtyard.
The steward followed Ye Qing'an's gaze and smiled, "This old servant knows that everything Miss is doing now is for the Eleventh Young Master. However, this old servant also has to give Miss a word of advice, but I don't know if Miss is willing to listen."
“Of course I would, butler, please speak.”
The butler smiled and said, "No matter what happened before, no matter whether Miss has let go of those things in her heart, Miss should understand one thing: Miss is the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and the master's daughter. Only when the master is well, only when the Ye family is well, will Miss and the eleventh young master be well."
Ye Qing'an pondered for a moment, then seemed to suddenly understand: "I understand, Steward, rest assured, Father will always be my blood relative, my only family in this world besides Eleven."
"Yes, I'm glad you understand, Miss."
The steward bowed to Ye Qing'an and said, "Then this old servant will go back to report."
After the steward left, Ye Qing'an looked at the books that Wei Mama and Zixiao were holding: "Bring all these books that Father sent over to my room. Don't put them on the bookshelf yet, just put them on the table for now."
"Yes."
After Granny Wei and Zixiao put the books away and left, Ye Qing'an raised her hand and picked up the books one by one to look through them.
"What's the meaning of sending you some books?" Jiu Xiao suddenly appeared in the room, his eyes full of doubt and confusion: "Could it be that you think you talk too much and want me to read more and talk less?"
Ye Qing'an scoffed: "With a brain like yours, if you were born as a human, in a secluded mansion or in the palace, you probably wouldn't even live past your first month."
Jiuxiao's eyes were full of doubt: "If I don't live past the full moon, it shouldn't have anything to do with whether I'm smart or not, right?"
“Hmm.” Ye Qing’an nodded: “I just think that your stupidity must be hereditary.”
"..."
Ye Qing'an ignored Jiu Xiao's accusing gaze, and simply laid out the books one by one on the table: "If Ye Qinghao was telling me to talk less and read more, the books he sent me should be the 'Precepts for Women' and 'Rules for Women'."
"But……"
Jiuxiao leaned closer and said, "Let me see what books Ye Qinghao sent you."
Jiuxiao glanced at it, his brows furrowing slightly: "The Six Secret Teachings and the Three Strategies? Are you going to go to war?"
"The Bamboo Annals and the Genealogy? Is this meant to send you into politics?"
Ye Qing'an casually flipped through the books: "Ye Qinghao doesn't want me to go to war or go into politics. He just wants to give me some hints through these books."
"What hint? I don't see it."
Ye Qing'an glanced at Jiu Xiao: "Ye Qinghao means that I can read more books of this kind so that I won't be confined to the battlefield of the inner quarters. I can give him advice from time to time and gradually start to get involved in other things, such as interpersonal relationships and strategizing."
"My father is planning to give me an important position."
Jiu Xiao's gaze swept over the books, then he glanced at Ye Qing'an. Is that so? But why couldn't he see it at all?
Ye Qing'an ignored him and continued to examine the books. However, after looking at only two books, Ye Qing'an suddenly stopped.
"what happened?"
Ye Qing'an remained silent, picked up the last few books, and examined them carefully.
Seeing that her expression was a little strange, Jiu Xiao leaned closer to take a look at the booklet in her hand: "An account book?"
"What kind of ledger is this?"
Ye Qing'an had already opened the ledger...
"Angelica sinensis, Forsythia suspensa, Asarum heterotropoides, Atractylodes lancea? What are the names of these medicinal herbs?"
Ye Qing'an hummed in agreement, then picked up the other three ledgers and looked at them together: "Pharmacy, jewelry store, clothing store, restaurant... these should all be Ye family's properties, right?"
Jiu Xiao raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that the butler delivered the wrong item?"
Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes: "These were sent to me by Ye Qinghao. The books must have all been reviewed by Ye Qinghao before being handed over to the steward, who will then check them again."
"The chances of them both sending the wrong books are extremely small, since they went through both of them once. And it wasn't just one book, but a whole four."
"I'm afraid it wasn't a mistake. These account books are exactly what Ye Qinghao wanted me to see. It's just that it's rather inappropriate to suddenly hand over a few account books to me like this, as it could easily cause gossip among the people in the mansion."
"So he found a pretext to deliver these account books to me and sent them over."
Jiuxiao was a little confused: "But what does it mean that he suddenly sent you several account books?"
Ye Qing'an flipped through the pages casually: "Who knows? You'll find out when you see it."
Although she didn't have many servants in her courtyard, her house was still cleaned every day. These account books weren't particularly large or small, but not all of the servants in her courtyard could be trusted.
Ye Qing'an then took the account books with her to the Cloud Dream Realm and began to look through them.
Although she had learned how to handle account books in her previous life, the account books she could get her hands on were only those of the national treasury and the imperial harem. She didn't know much about the income and expenditure of the shops.
Since they are all ledgers, they are generally similar. After reading them once, Ye Qing'an roughly figured out the general idea.
"These shops are all operating at a loss, and there are some problems with the ledgers. Perhaps that's why Ye Qinghao gave me these ledgers."
"This... is probably a test he's giving me."
Jiuxiao clicked his tongue: "So you've figured out the problem?"
"The problem is obvious, but there's no rush."
“It’s good to show a little bit of your talent, but if you show too much talent, it will make people wary.”
Ye Qing'an put the account book aside: "Let this account book stay for a couple of days. There are more important things for me to do now."
"what?"
"I've reached the point of advancement. I plan to undergo inner demon training tonight, break through my inner demons, and advance to the level of a spiritual cultivator."