Chapter 215: Cram for the Exam

But she didn't expect that the seeds of her lineage's destruction in the future would be planted from the moment she had this evil thought today.

No one in the General's Mansion was concerned about how the Wei family's hairpin ceremony banquet went.

The most important thing right now is how to "reinforce the growth" of Xue Niang.

Before, Shang Ji and Du Jingyi thought more simply. They always felt that with the reputation of the General's Mansion protecting them, Xue Niang's marriage would not be a problem.

But it wasn’t until I came into contact with it these days that I realized that there were many problems.

Xue Niang's identity is naturally outstanding, but if she wants to match the children of aristocratic families of the same level, or marry into the palace and join the royal family, then she is not good enough.

In terms of beauty, she is not as outstanding as Wei Jialian, in terms of talent, she is not as talented as Gu Xiaolang, and in terms of housekeeping, she is even half-assed.

The only thing that can be used is female celebrities, but this is the most insignificant skill in high-ranking families such as the Duke's Mansion or the General's Mansion.

After all, there is no house where the matron relies on female celebrities to run the family.

Therefore, after understanding this, Du Jingyi immediately sent him to Xu Laiyuan, where he was educated by Mrs. Gu personally. Gu Xiaolang accompanied him to study, and started a small stove for Xue Niang alone.

Although it is a bit of a temporary fix, it may not be ineffective.

Anyway, it will take two or three years after she grows up to have hairpins before she will officially get married.

In these days, if Xue Niang really studied hard, she might be able to transform herself into a new person.

At first, Du Jingyi was worried that she would be unhappy, but as a result, the little girl felt that she had almost lost face when she was in Gonghualing last time, so she worked hard to make progress.

As a result, he suddenly became the busiest person in the house.

Not only did he have to get up early to learn how to behave with Mrs. Gu, but he also had to learn various talents from Gu Xiaolang at noon, and the little free time he had was not used to rest, but to correct some rules and regulations with Aunt Qin.

Therefore, she didn't even have time to be irritable or depressed, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to it. After half a month, she started to see a lot of results.

Seeing her progress bit by bit, Du Jingyi and her eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, felt a lot more relieved.

In Xitang Courtyard.

After Du Jingyi returned to the Huben Army camp because of her husband, she took some time off and chatted with her sister-in-law Liu, holding out her slightly bulging belly.

"In the end, it was my incompetence that almost cost me two children. I thought it was Ping'er who had a bigger problem, but I didn't expect that Xue Niang would show her timidity in front of all the ladies. Hey, if my mother-in-law was here, I wouldn't know what to do. How can you blame me?"

Sister-in-law Liu is now in deep self-blame. Fortunately, Mrs. Gu and the others are at home now, otherwise wouldn't there be no chance of recovery?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she had a huge problem, but Du Jingyi patted the back of her hand and said.

"Sister-in-law, don't be too harsh on yourself. Everyone knows how Dongyuan has been in these years. You can protect the two of them from growing up safely, which is the greatest comfort to my mother-in-law. Now that my grandmother is raising her in person, I want to come Bamei has also benefited a lot. Besides, there are still two or three years left. I believe Bamei will definitely become the best among the noble ladies. "

Xue Niang is not stupid, she just didn't know how to do it in the past.

For example, learning piano and practicing calligraphy do not have much foundation, so it is not necessarily possible to achieve great results within this period of time.

However, she was very good at managing the accounts and dealing with people, and these were her skills to establish herself in the back house, so Mrs. Gu also devoted her energy to this.

"I hope it's like what my siblings said. Don't let my short-sightedness delay the children."

My sister-in-law is now very able to face her own problems. Although she blames herself, she does not get too deeply involved in it. Instead, she gets into trouble.

As Du Jingyi said, although she had wronged her two children in terms of knowledge, she believed that she had devoted all her efforts to taking care of them.

So just do your best.

And she couldn't stop there, so after saying a few sad words, she relaxed and talked about other things with Du Jingyi.

"Sister-in-law, I am not very qualified. My brother and sister asked me to take a look at the account book last time. After looking at it for so many days, I noticed something different. I have listed all the contradictions. Can I take a look at it?"

With her age and situation, it is no longer of much use to learn those irritating talents.

Instead of wasting time on things she was not very good at, she might as well have listened to Du Jingyi's advice and put more focus on learning how to make money.

After all, they can't live in the general's mansion all their lives, otherwise what's the difference between it and three-bedroom and five-bedroom apartments?

Du Jingyi was worried now that he had nothing to do, so he took the list with a smile and scanned it up and down, with a lot of comfort in his eyes.

"Sister-in-law, aren't you being self-effacing? This account book has been filled with confusion over the years. If you weren't careful, you wouldn't be able to spot so many problems. It shows that sister-in-law is capable."

Du Jingyi originally thought that his sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, had not been in charge of the family or in charge of affairs for almost ten years, so it would take some time to understand the ledger.

Now it seems to be quite fast. Although some of the problems in it are overcorrected, generally speaking, half of the suspicions are correct.

It was already very good to be able to discover such problems for the first time, so I opened my mouth to praise him.

On the contrary, Mr. Liu knew what he was capable of, so he spoke soberly.

"I am not a young girl anymore, and I am not so thin-skinned. Since I am determined to learn from you, I will not be narrow-minded and only listen to good words. So if you think there is anything wrong with me, just tell me directly."

Du Jingyi saw the determination and sincerity in her eyes, and understood a lot, so he did not say anything hypocritical, and pointed out a few of them and spoke.

"Since sister-in-law said so, I will not be polite. The income of this shop has always been tepid, and it can be checked carefully. But the problem is that it is located in the prosperous area of ​​Sui'an City. If I have a shop in the same area, the income is more than three times that of the shop. So outsiders all advised me to stop the business here and start a new business, but sister-in-law, do you know why I didn't do this? Instead, I kept it there?"

After hearing this, the eldest sister-in-law Liu's face became solemn.

She looked at the account book and thought there was something fishy in the account book, so she was concentrating on drilling, checking, and checking.

But I never thought about looking beyond the account book to see the overall situation.

It is indeed as Du Jingyi said, this shop is basically only slightly profitable, why should it continue to do business for a long time?