Chapter 475: A Family of Dandies Killed All the Civil and Military Officials in the Court (28)

"In recent years, all seven shops in the Jin family have suffered losses, and business is not good. I plan to increase revenue and reduce expenditure in the Jin family's inner house."

Mrs. Jin sighed with melancholy. She didn't expect Jin Shu to understand much, but after all, she was her own daughter, and some things could only be said to her.

"Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure is a good idea, but in my opinion, the best way is to store food first, then build a granary, and train a team to guard it now that the weather is changing."

Mrs. Jin sighed.

"God doesn't let people live. There are more and more refugees in He'an County. I'm afraid the days ahead will be difficult."

"There will be more refugees, and He'an County will be crowded sooner or later. By then, no one can survive."

Mrs. Jin Shu said this, and Mrs. Jin couldn't help but look at her more.

"If we don't accept them, won't they be doomed?"

"It's not that we won't accept them, but we will accept them in an orderly manner. Others may not know, but Dad should know it best. Recently, the number of burns and robberies in the county has become more and more frequent.

In the past, I'm afraid there wouldn't be one in a year in the entire county.

One day, the number of refugees will be greater than the number of people in He'an County, and riots and chaos will be imminent."

Jin Shu gave a warning in a steady tone and a calm expression. Mrs. Jin felt her heart tighten, and her chest seemed to be pressed down by a stone, feeling heavy and panic.

"Don't worry about this matter, Dad and Mom will handle it."

"Well, it's always right to plan ahead for everything."

Mrs. Jin stared at Jin Shu seriously.

"Mom should have sat down and had a good chat with you like this. My Ah Shu has grown up. All the things in the past were my fault.

Mom will change in the future and will never be angry with you again."

Jin Shu didn't care about Mrs. Jin's attitude towards her, but if the mother and daughter could make peace, it would be convenient for her to plan the next step.

"Mom, I have nothing to do at home all day. If you are too busy, you can let me do it."

Knowing that Mrs. Jin was concerned about her eyes, Jin Shu followed up.

"Although I can't see, I can hear. It's not a good idea to live like this. I also want to help as much as possible."

Mrs. Jin looked at her with a look of relief and nodded slowly.

"Okay, the autumn banquet is coming, and I have a lot of things to do. Let's do this. I'll send someone to your yard to send this month's housekeeping account book. If you want to learn, I'll go to your yard to teach you when I'm free.

Don't force yourself, do as much as you can, take your time, don't rush."

For a half-blind person, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to handle such complicated accounts.

But for Jin Shu, it's really not a difficult task.

It does take some effort, but as long as the goal can be achieved.

That night, Mrs. Jin roughly told Jin Shu the steps and methods of liquidation in Jin Shu's yard.

Mrs. Jin didn't expect Jin Shu to be able to organize this month's accounts in a very orderly manner, but as long as she could have something to do and learn something, it would always be good for her.

And if she gets married and becomes the mistress of the house in the future, she will definitely not be ignorant of accounts.

After Mrs. Jin left, Jin Shu asked Lu Zhu to put down the work in her hands.

"Come here, do you know how to write?"

Lvzhu looked at her, hesitated for a while and shook her head.

"I only know a few."

"Only a few... That's okay, come here and I'll teach you a few symbols, and then you can follow these symbols to adjust the accounts in the account book."

Lvzhu was a little flattered, and sat down nervously, then watched Jinshu spread the rice paper in front of her, picked up the pen and wrote down ten special symbols.

"One, two, three, four, five... Do you know them?"

"Yes."

"In and out of the account... Do you know these words?"

"Only a little... But I can learn."

Lvzhu is a smart person, timid, cautious, and has suffered a lot. Now she is finally enjoying the happiness of being with Jinshu, so no one is more suitable to be Jinshu's eyes than her now.

"Come, I'll teach you to recognize the words on the account book first."

"Miss...how do you know these words on the account book?"

If it were before, Luzhu would definitely not dare to ask, but now that she plans to study hard, she must ask seriously, otherwise the young lady might suspect that she is lazy and slacking.

"When my mother came today, she read all the words on it to me."

"Miss is really amazing."

This is not flattery, but admiration from the heart.

The person Luzhu admires most in the world is her own young lady, who is smart and calm, not anxious when encountering things, decisive and mysterious.

The smartest person in the whole Jin family is the young lady.

Being able to get the young lady's personal teaching, Luzhu's whole nerves are tense and focused, for fear that she will be disliked by the young lady because she is too stupid.

But what she didn't expect was that Jin Shu's patience is much more than Luzhu imagined.

On the white rice paper, the black brush calligraphy is vigorous and powerful. The simple few words look like the handwriting of a famous artist, with style and character, like a dragon coiling around a pillar.

Lu Zhu stared at Jin Shu for a long time. The look in her eyes was not only about worshipping humans, but even more devout than praying to gods and Buddhas.

As a person who has been half-blind since childhood, she can practice calligraphy to such perfection. Even Lu Zhu knows how much effort and hard work it takes.

"Miss, your handwriting is really beautiful!"

"With more practice, you can do it too."

Jin Shu was not being modest. After all, she had lived for so many years and cultivated so many hobbies. One of the hobbies that could cultivate her character the most was practicing calligraphy.

If she still couldn't write well after practicing for tens of thousands of years, Jin Shu would have to hit her head against the wall and commit suicide.

In this way, Jin Shu wrote down all the characters involved in the account book and asked Lu Zhu to copy them later.

After she knew most of them, she wrote one to ten directly on the paper.

Lu Zhu could understand the above.

But she had a hard time reading the strange symbols below.

"What is this?"

"Replacing the numbers from one to ten, one is 1, two is 2... and so on.

This number is called 0, and is used for counting."

Lu Zhu looked at Jin Shu in amazement as she simplified the complicated accounts into two simple formulas.

A whole page of paper, after being simplified, only three strings of symbols remained.

"What you need to do now is to convert all the account numbers involved this month into the Arabic numerals I taught you, and then report them to me one by one."

"Miss, I have never heard of this counting method. The accounts are really clear at a glance."

This method is to allow Lu Zhu to see the accounts as quickly as possible and report them to Jin Shu after simplification.

She doesn't need to worry about so much, just list all the income and expenditure in the account book clearly, and the rest of the settlement will be easy for Jin Shu.