The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Chapter 586

Song Guanzhou was still immersed in mental arithmetic when she was interrupted by Aru. She looked like she was listening to Aru, but in fact she was still calculating the data silently.

"Young Madam, please take a look."

He was about to lift the cotton cloth on the bamboo basket, but Song Guanzhou slightly raised his head. After a moment, he said to Xu Lingbai, "Cousin, in the accounts you just checked, their travel expenses for the past five years were about 9,212 taels of silver?"

Xu Lingbai's expression froze for a moment. "It seems... it seems that there aren't that many."

After saying that, he immediately started flipping through a pile of account books. He was overwhelmed as he had no idea where was where, not to mention Song Guanzhou directly telling him the total amount of money.

Turning to the fifth account book and then to the page about travel expenses, when Song Guanzhou took it, Rendong stood up and wanted to move the red coral abacus in front of Song Guanzhou.

"No, there's no need for an abacus for such a small number."

She glanced at it and calculated the data, "Seven thousand one hundred taels of silver?"

Xu Lingbai was quite surprised, "The gap between the two is quite large."

"Not a little, a lot." At this point, Song Guanzhou fixed his eyes on Alu, who was carrying a basket, half hunched over with a strange posture. "Alu, what are you doing?"

Alu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Young Madam, I said this is a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from Miss Hua. Would you like to take a look?"

"Ah! Was it sent by Chonglou?"

Song Guanzhou replied, and then thought about the carriage fee, so he turned to Xiao Bei and said, "Cousin, please help me find out the carriage and horse rental prices in Tong County in the past five years. I'll take a look."

Aru: ...

Xiao Bei held his forehead with his hand, "Guan Zhou, I'll find him for you right away, but you should take a rest. I don't look energetic in the sun, so why not go to the Second Madam to pay your respects early today?"

There are layers of clouds in the sky, and the sun occasionally shows its face from the gaps in the clouds. The cloudy weather really makes people drowsy.

Alu stood aside, not daring to approach or leave.

It was Rendong who stood up to rescue him. She picked up the basket, lifted the cotton cloth and took a look. She was immediately surprised, "It's really exquisitely made. Was it made by Miss Hua herself?"

"What did Chonglou do? Let me take a look."

Honeysuckle came up with a bamboo basket and said, "Young Madam, please look, these little cakes are so beautiful." Dalong didn't call these little cakes mooncakes yet.

Song Guanzhou leaned over to take a look, and even though she had seen a lot in her previous life, she couldn't help but marvel at the sight.

"Zhonglou is a very good lady who can handle both housework and cooking. She looks very attractive, but how can I bring myself to eat her?"

It turned out that Hua Chonglou also rushed to the capital to prepare Mid-Autumn Festival gifts with his cousin.

However, the clinic was very busy. After Sun Lin and Doctor Sun hurriedly received Alu, they did not see Hua Chonglou in the kitchen.

After listening to what Sun Lin said, he turned around and pointed at the freshly made pancakes.

"I'd like to send some to the young lady. My method is different from that in the capital. The crust is crispy and the ham filling is frosted. I heard the young lady mention it earlier. She loves it."

Because of this, Sun Lin sent his young apprentice to wait at the door and tell him to call Alu in when he saw him.

Seeing that there was time, Sun Lin went to the kitchen to help out and prepared a basket of freshly baked cookies for Alu.

"Please don't despise me, Madam. This is also a token of our appreciation."

Alu knew that the two girls in front of him were valued by the young lady, so he did not dare to look down on them. He thanked them repeatedly and flattered them, "Don't you two girls know that our young lady loves your craftsmanship the most? The medicine balls and fragrant balls are only made by you two. As for these little cakes, I bet that the young lady will like them when she sees them."

Sure enough, after washing his hands, Song Guanzhou picked up one and took a bite. After chewing it for a few times, his brows relaxed immediately, "Delicious."

After that, he called Xiao Bei and Xu Lingbai, "Two cousins, have a try. It looks good, has a unique taste, and is very fragrant and glutinous."

Honeysuckle and Alu also took one each. After Xu Lingbai finished eating, he looked amused, "Why is this filling so sweet and salty——"

Xiao Bei shook his head, "It looks good, but it's filled with meat. Even though it's my first time eating it, I'm still not used to it."

Song Guanzhou was stunned. "This is ham stuffing with icing sugar. It's so delicious, but you two brothers don't like it?"

Looking at Rendong and Alu again, after they finished eating, they just said it was delicious but refused to eat another one.

Song Guanzhou couldn't help laughing any longer, "What a pity, what a pity, this kind of cake is really my favorite. Although the ones made by Zhuang Gu and Meng Sao with date paste, red bean, and melon seed fillings are also delicious, I prefer meat."

The ham biscuits are small and exquisite, about the size of apricots, crispy and crunchy, very delicious, and taste just like what you remember.

Song Guanzhou first ate one in two bites, then after eating two, he felt it was not enough, so he simply ate two more, one in one bite. Seeing this, Rendong hurriedly stopped him.

"My dear lady, please don't eat any more. We have to go to the second wife for a banquet soon."

If you eat more now, you won’t be able to eat more later.

Song Guanzhou was holding the fifth one, and after hearing this, he could only put it down with regret, "Well, have some tea and close the stall."

Closing the stall is a new term that Song Guanzhou instilled in everyone.

Xiao Bei smiled when he heard this, "Manager Song, may I ask how is business today?"

Song Guanzhou bowed and replied, "It's not very good. The people below have ulterior motives and are greedy for my business. I'm afraid this year will be difficult."

She looked so serious that Xiao Bei and Xu Lingbai couldn't help laughing.

After the issue of travel expenses was settled and handed over to Rendong for registration, Song Guanzhou stretched lazily and announced that it was over.

Just then Pei An also came in from outside.

Song Guanzhou looked over and was quite surprised. "Why is Silang back again?" Pei An walked straight up to him and saw that the account books on the big wooden table were closed. "Come and see you. If it's nothing important, let the maids dress you up and go over to pay your respects to Second Aunt."

"Yes, I forgot to dress and put on makeup."

She looked herself up and down and laughed, "If I go there like this, I won't look like Silang's wife, but like a housemaid sweeping the courtyard in Silang's yard."

After Pei An and Xu Lingbai signaled, they led Song Guanzhou into the inner room.

"Who can afford such a talented and beautiful maid? I'm afraid even if I spend all my money, I still can't get one."

Helping her to sit down, Pei An rubbed her shoulders.

"Work slower, you're working harder than I did in the Imperial Academy."

Song Guanzhou enjoyed Pei An's service and looked up. "Silang, you will be more busy than now when you are sent out to serve as an official."

Pei An pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"It depends on what position you hold and how you serve as an official. Lord Lin did mention it a few days ago, but since it was just a casual conversation, I didn't tell you about it."

Song Guanzhou was a little confused when he heard this.

"But did you tell me where you were going tomorrow?"