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Chapter 29

Fu Tian asked Dai Fu to clean up the living yard again, and Zhou Chuanqing temporarily lived in the Fu family.

Every morning, Zhou Chuanqing will go to the study to teach him. Most of them are based on the books Fu Tian read, telling many allusions that he has never heard before, and occasionally telling some unofficial history that is not in the book. This way of listening to stories aroused Fu Tian's interest to the greatest extent, and he was very enthusiastic in class every day.

After taking the class for half a month, Fu Tian could not only memorize the book in a backwards, but also integrate many obscure and incomprehensible parts.

In a blink of an eye, it was early April. After a few heavy rains, the weather became warmer and warmer. The heavy robes were replaced with thin and elegant clothes, and summer had begun to show signs.

When Fu Tian was still reading in the study on the morning, Fu Youqin's personal maid Qingbi suddenly ran in anxiously, "Young master! Madam fainted at the door!"

Fu Tian was shocked and immediately got up and walked out with her, "What's going on?"

Qingbi's face was full of anxiety. Today she followed her wife to inspect the shop as usual. When she woke up in the morning, her wife's face was not very good. Qingbi originally advised her to take a day off before going there, but there were so many things recently. Fu Youqin couldn't rest assured, so she forced herself to go out. But she didn't know that when she arrived at the door, she suddenly fainted when she got on the carriage.

Everyone was very scared, but the housekeeper reacted quickly and asked someone to send him back to the main courtyard first and quickly called the doctor over.

The doctor was taking the pulse when Fu Tian rushed over.

He wanted to go forward but was afraid that it would affect the doctor's vein, so he could only look anxiously at Fu Youqin who was lying quietly on the bed.

Fu Youqin's face was as pale as paper, and she was faintly evident with some unhealthy sallow yellow. In just over a month, she had already lost a lot of weight than before.

Fu Shuyue, who received the news, rushed over and saw the doctor stopping cautiously, and asked Fu Tian in a low voice, "How is your mother?"

Fu Tian shook his head, and the siblings could only wait anxiously for the doctor to diagnose.

After taking the pulse, the doctor took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote a few medicine names, "Come on my prescription and drink three doses of medicine first."

"Old sir, what's wrong with my mother?" Fu Tian asked anxiously, asking Qingbi to get medicine first.

"I feel overwhelmed and laboring."

The old doctor shook his head, "Mrs. Fu is tired of illness, so he has to take a good rest and take care of it these days."

Fu Tian was stunned and remembered that Fu Youqin could meet them during these days and say a few words to them during dinner. She either went to shops or shops to inspect or read books in the big study. She was really busy and had no rest time.

I felt sorry for her that she was too tired by herself. Fu Tian mentioned several times that he wanted to help, but at that time, Fu Youqin always touched his head with a smile, saying that it would not be too late to just sort it out before handing it over to him.

Although Fu Tian was willing to help, he could not resist Fu Youqin's persistence and could only focus on his studies.

"Do you still need to prescribe some medicine to regulate your body?" Fu Tian pursed her lips.

"It's three parts poisonous." The old doctor waved his hand, "Please take the three prescriptions of medicine I prescribed, and then take a good rest. Don't overwork, it's going to be fine."

Fu Tian nodded and sent the doctor away politely, then took the medicine Qingbi had grabbed to decoct, while Fu Shuyue stayed to take care of Fu Youqin.

When he arrived at the kitchen, Fu Tian skillfully added firewood to the small stove. After raising the fire, he poured the medicine into the casserole, added water and fryed it over high heat. The smoke from the stove drifted out. Fu Tian coughed a few times. Qingbi wanted to pick up the fan in his hand, but Fu Tian avoided it.

He had done the decoction work for a long time. After his mother became ill, they could not afford good medicinal materials, so they could only prescribe the cheapest medicine and barely hang it. They were reluctant to throw away one medicine once, and decocted it three times. Only when the medicine tasted weakened would they change another one.

Only those who have experienced this hardships and despair will understand it, so that when Fu Tian smells this familiar bitter Chinese medicine, his nose will become sore when he reacts.

Qingbi noticed his expression and comforted him: "Young Master, don't worry too much. The doctor said, "Young Master, you can recover for a while."

Fu Tian forced a smile. Thinking of Fu Youqin's running around for a while, his fingers tightened, and he still handed the fan to Qingbi, asking her to guard the medicine, and turned around to find the housekeeper.

During this period, except for Qingbi who followed her close to her, the most times the butler followed Fu Youqin.

The housekeeper was rescued by Fu Youqin on the roadside. Before that time, Fu Youqin had just given birth, she saw Fu Ji fainting from hunger on the roadside, so she took the person back to the mansion to work as a long-term worker. Fu Ji was grateful for her kindness and has been working diligently. Seeing that he was smart and willing to work, the old housekeeper chose him as his apprentice. After the old housekeeper retired, Fu Ji took over the position of the housekeeper.

He has always been loyal to Fu Youqin, and Fu Youqin trusts him very much, and many things are left to him to deal with.

Fu Ji was guarding outside. When he saw Fu Tian coming, he bent slightly, and his face was a little worried.

"Uncle Ji, I want to ask you some questions."

Fu Ji looked a little smiling, "If you have any questions, please ask me if you want."

Fu Tian looked at the inner room. This was not a place to speak, so he took Fu Ji to the study.

It was still early and the study room was a little dark. Fu Ji stepped forward and pushed the window open for ventilation, poured Fu Tian a cup of tea, and then bowed slightly before standing in front of Fu Tian.

"Uncle Ji, let's sit down. There are only two of us, so there is no need to be so polite." Fu Tian said.

Fu Ji shook his head and stood still, "Young Master, just ask whatever you want, just stand."

Seeing that he really didn't want to, Fu Tian couldn't force it. He thought for a moment and spoke carefully, "I want to ask about the matter in the shop..."

"Is there something wrong with the shop recently?"

I have never been so busy in the shop before. Even if I change my owner to manage it, my mother should not be so laborious, unless something goes wrong, which makes my mother have to worry and work hard all day long.

"This..." Fu Ji looked a little embarrassed and looked at Fu Tian hesitantly.

Seeing his hesitant look, Fu Tian said seriously: "I know that my mother and you both regard me as a child, but now I am the only man in the mansion. I can't always let my mother work hard. Sooner or later, I will take on the burden of the Fu family. Even if you don't tell me today, I will ask myself when my mother recovers from illness."

Fu Ji sighed, looking at him with a little relieved look. No one knows better than him how difficult it is for a wife.

In order to maintain the balance of the family, she never interfered with business matters and gave them all to Wen Boli to take care of them. Even the housekeeper, because she was the wife's confidant, rarely participated in business matters.

Unexpectedly, good intentions would not be rewarded. Wen Boli was a villain with ambition. Although he had driven away now, the mess he left behind had to be cleaned up.

The biggest industry of the Fu family is the farm and the land. The grain collected by the farm every year must be sold through its own rice and grain shop. The Fu family’s rice and grain shops are all over Nanming County, and there are two in the small Sifang Town, not to mention the shops in other places.

During the period when he took over the business, he and his wife first inspected the various farms and shops, collected all the accounts of the previous years and reconciled them.

I really don’t know. When I calculate it, I was shocked. Even the two shops that should have made the most money are losing money year by year!

But in fact, the harvest of Fujiazhuang is good every year. The harvested grain is delivered to the shop one by one, but the shop is losing money for years. What this means is self-evident.

There are borers in the shop, and it's not too short.

But no one has discovered this problem before. Maybe it was because Wen Boli and Yiji scholar did not understand business matters and was deceived, or maybe it was because he had conspired with the shop manager and had been conspiring to make fake accounts.

It was not until this time that Fu Youqin made the accounts on the farm with a pair on the shop and found that they didn't match the problem at all, and then discovered the problem.

After the new emperor's arrival, the world has become more and more peaceful. Although the price of rice and grain has dropped a lot, it is still huge profits because of the large amount. It is understandable that a shop has lost money. However, several shops have lost money and the accounts are not clear, so the problem here is getting bigger.

The shops with problems are the best in the store. They are all elderly people who have been in charge for more than ten years. Fu Youqin only found out that the accounts on both sides were not in line with each other, but could not provide actual evidence to prove that there was a problem in the shop.

And once it is confirmed that a few supervisors robbed themselves, the people on the shop will have to undergo a major change, which will affect the whole body.

That's why Fu Youqin was worried that she would be so worried. She had to inspect the remaining shops during the day and look at the account books when she came back at night. The problems had not been solved yet. If others were found out, the business this year would not be done.

"Mrs. I won't let me tell the young master. I'm afraid you will worry too."

Fu Ji was anxious and had no choice but to do it. In fact, he agreed to let Fu Tian help. After all, this big business will be handed over to him sooner or later. It was just that the wife had spoiled her two children too much before, and even he didn't know whether Fu Tian had the ability to take on this burden.

But now it seems that the young master is still the wife's child after all. Even though he was a little naive before, he still has this responsibility.
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