Ning Suxuan didn’t actually want to say much.
But the girl’s expression made her full of patience.
Unconsciously, Ning Suxuan said more.
"You should use this money to buy more shops, let those below manage them, and continue to do business. By repeating this, you can ensure long-term prosperity."
"In this world, people say gold and silver are vulgar things, but everyone relies on this vulgarity to get by."
The warm breeze softly carried Ning Suxuan’s voice.
"The identity of being the Young Madam of Duke Shun Mansion is given to you by Gui Zhi; it’s the power that allows you to be held in high regard among won and not be slighted. But when you have money, learn skills on your own, stand up straight, keep your family peaceful, and avoid trouble, you will find your own domain."
Yu Tingwan slightly paused while holding the brush on the desk.
Compared to Ning Suxuan, her perspective was indeed narrower.
Who made her mind obsessed with making money?
Yu Tingwan also knew there was much for her to learn.
But she was not as lazy as when she studied as a child!
What was to be taught today was naturally the simplest thing. Ning Suxuan glanced at Nanny Ru.
Nanny Ru understood and brought the abacus closer to Yu Tingwan: "Today, the Heir’s wife is to learn the abacus."
Yu Tingwan: ???
She was montarily stunned.
"Aren’t we looking at the account books?"
She pointed at several baskets of account books.
Nanny Ru replied softly: "Those are for the lady to review these days. After the news of the Princely Heir’s death before the New Year, they have been piling up."
"This old servant is quite adept at using the abacus and can teach the Heir’s wife as well."
Yu Tingwan felt a great deal of respect for Ning Suxuan.
Yu Tingwan found it very simple!
After all, she learns everything quickly!
Yaoyao is indeed bright!
Yu Tingwan asked: "After I’ve learned it, what should I learn next?"
Ning Suxuan, who was preparing to look at the account books, replied coldly, "How many days will it take you to finish?"
Yu Tingwan: ??
Ning Suxuan: "It only counts when I say it’s done."
The girl asked modestly for guidance.
"How do you define ’done’?"
Ning Suxuan replied indifferently: "With your eyes open, your hands should be quick; even with your eyes closed, you should be able to use it, and every ti without a single mistake."
What counts as quick, no need for Yu Tingwan to ask further.
She watched Ning Suxuan open the account book; while her gaze was on the book, her right hand swiftly moved, appearing like an afterimage, the beads of the abacus making incessant clicking sounds.
Soon, Ning Suxuan turned a page.
And the hand on the abacus didn’t stop.
Yu Tingwan: ?!!
The fla of her enthusiasm seed to be extinguished in part.
Nanny Ru taught carefully, and Yu Tingwan learned with diligence, though her actions weren’t yet fluid.
The maid who ca to serve tea and snacks could hear the crisp, efficient clicks of the beads mingled with the slower-paced clicks, but it did not feel out of place.
The girl hadn’t stopped, practicing all morning.
Her hands grew sore.
Her movents beca slower and slower.
Every now and then, she would look up at Ning Suxuan, who sat upright and ticulous.
At this mont, a nanny ca to the gate and whispered to the waiting maid outside.
After pondering for a brief mont, the maid walked into the courtyard.
"Lady and Young Madam."
Ning Suxuan finished another book, verified it was correct, and stopped her movents.
"Speak."
"The Minister of Ministry of Industry and his wife and daughter are here to seek an audience, saying they co to apologize to the Young Madam."
Ning Suxuan gave a sidelong glance at Yu Tingwan. The girl was slow, but she hadn’t stopped.
Her attitude was earnest.
Ning Suxuan sipped her tea, her eyes revealing no emotion: "Yu Family, what do you think?"
This was suddenly a chance to test her.
Yu Tingwan sat upright and serious, pondering for a mont.
"If it’s just the Zhou family mother and daughter coming, whether to see them or not is up to my mood. But when the Minister of Ministry of Industry cos, it’s a different matter."
"He is an official in the court; even if his rank is not as high as my husband’s, regardless of whether they fear Duke Shun Mansion or... the Grand Tutor Mansion, or whether they truly co with an apology, they probably know they’re at fault this ti."
"I just arrived in the Capital, if I don’t show my face to the Zhou Family, they may not dare to say anything, but people outside may privately criticize for being hard to get along with. I don’t particularly care about reputation, but damaging it over a Zhou Family is not worth it."
"Therefore, I should see them."
"But if I forgive them easily with a few words, it would make us at Duke Shun Mansion seem easy to fool."
Yu Tingwan: "I will handle it appropriately."
After saying this, she looked at Ning Suxuan with smiling eyes.
Ning Suxuan gave her not a glance but simply put down the teacup in her hand.
"Then why aren’t you going?"
That ant she was right!
Yu Tingwan stood up: "I got it right, yet there’s no praise for ?"
She muttered softly: "Such words make you stingy."
Ning Suxuan: ???
She heard it.
No need to lean in next to her while muttering.
So improper.
After Yu Tingwan left with Tan Jiang, Nanny Ru couldn’t hold back and laughed aloud.
She set the example, and the servants in the courtyard all covered their mouths, no longer shrouded in a deathly silence.
Nanny Ru: "Since the Heir’s wife arrived, our courtyard has gotten much livelier."
"It’s hard to imagine what kind of adoptive parents could raise such an Heir’s wife."
Ning Suxuan remained silent for a long ti.
What kind?
She thought of Gui Zhi, always sticking to the rules in front of her.
Not soone like her.
————
The Zhou Family was waiting in the guest hall.
After waiting for a while, Mrs. Zhou spoke.
"Sir, might the Wei Family be made for leaving us hanging? Shouldn’t we return and co again another ti?"
"Shut up."
The Minister of Ministry of Industry sneered: "Do you think everyone is as brainless as you?"
People wouldn’t co?
What needed to be considered was whether they would be favorable when they arrived!
Feeling wrongly scolded, Mrs. Zhou was inwardly indignant but didn’t dare show her dissatisfaction.
Zhou Yurou remained quiet, dressed in plain clothing. The funeral for the Crown Prince had just passed; who dared to dress brightly? Thus, she seed like a pure white flower, eliciting pity.
A jangling sound ca from afar.
The sound arrived before the person.
Zhou Yurou looked towards the doorway, seeing the girl in a Cloud Brocade Smoke Skirt, the hem embroidered with delicate orchids, the stitches ticulous, moving with her, vivid and lifelike.
Her gaze darkened slightly.
Saying she wasn’t jealous would be false.
Mr. Zhou quickly got up.
"General’s wife."
He quickly approached without showing sycophancy, but his deanor conveyed respect.
"Recently, my wife spoke inappropriate words; it was truly wrong. I have brought substantial gifts with , hoping you will kindly accept them."
As he spoke, he gave a look to his wife and daughter behind him.
Zhou Yurou acted gently and timidly, not daring to make trouble, and saluted Yu Tingwan.
Mrs. Zhou took a deep breath, forced a smile, and bowed slightly.
"I do apologize, I’m forgetful and never think before speaking. Young Madam Wei, please do not hold it against ."
"Bla my big mouth, it truly deserves to be hit."
Yu Tingwan spoke softly and gently.
"That won’t do, Mrs. Zhou, you’ve co to apologize, so be it, but why ntion hitting yourself?"
"Although you look down on , often gossip and slander behind my back, and never fail to speak ill of in front of my mother-in-law, trying to ruin our relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, all of these indeed..."
She paused.
Smiling.
"Deserve to be hit."
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