A white lotus attracts swallows

As night fell, candle lights were lit in the study.

With exquisite makeup, Qing Ji walked towards the study with lotus steps, holding a plain brocade in her hand.Si'er carried a three-tiered red sandalwood carved food box, and followed her slowly.

Walking outside the study, Yan Li was sitting on a small bench with his head shaking, he woke up suddenly after being hit hard, and then began to feel drowsy bit by bit.Qing Ji stepped forward and said softly, "Yan Li?"

He woke up with a jerk, and looked up sleepily.

Qing Ji asked warmly with a smile on her face, "Why are you sitting here and falling asleep? Have you had dinner yet? I made some food. Come and eat some."

Tsk, why is this woman.Yan Li rolled her eyes in her heart, and replied in a neutral tone: "Go back to Second Young Madam, I'm not hungry. Young Madam is concentrating on settling accounts inside, and ordered that no one should disturb her, and I will stay here."

After Qing Ji heard this, she poked her head slightly and glanced at the crack of the door, her voice became softer: "Brother Cheng has been inside for a whole day, maybe he hasn't eaten yet, right? I came here specially to deliver food to him. Hear it, I have boiled this ginseng soup for a whole day, it can replenish my body."

"This...Young Madam said I can't disturb you..." The soup was very fragrant, and he was really worried that the Young Madam would starve to death, but the Young Madam ordered...

"Sharpening a knife is not the same as chopping firewood. If you collapse from starvation or illness, isn't the gain outweigh the loss?"

...does make sense.But Yan Li didn't believe that she had any good intentions for the young lady, so she still told her: "The second young lady should come out quickly, otherwise it would be bad to disturb the young lady."

"Thank you for guarding the gate."

Qing Ji had never believed that Cheng Hua could renew the account book in just three days. After all, it took her 20 days to finish the account book.But when she walked into the study, she immediately froze.

There were no other sounds in the study except the sound of pages being turned and the sound of planning.Taking a closer look, a little boy was standing beside him rubbing ink for Cheng Hua. Cheng Hua was staring at the ledger attentively, holding the beads with his left hand, and writing down the results with ink in his right hand.The scary thing is not his proficiency, but his speed.The eyes quickly skipped the lines of text, and some even wrote the results directly, and then quickly jumped to the next item.Qing Ji and the others just walked from the door to the desk, and he had already turned a page.

The little boy seemed to have gotten used to this terrifying speed, and was just grinding ink calmly aside.Watching the two come in, they bowed quietly, but they didn't say a word to remind Cheng Hua.Qing Ji was not annoyed by his attitude, and greeted her in a soft voice: "Brother Cheng, my sister boiled some ginseng soup today, and specially sent it to you to replenish your body. You have worked hard all day, why don't you take a rest first, and finish eating Shall we continue with the meal?"

Cheng Hua seemed to be completely immersed in the account book, and didn't hear her, and ignored her.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little awkward.Si'er carried the heavy food box and looked at the little boy pitifully.Xiao Tong shrugged slightly, telling her with his eyes that he could do nothing.

Seeing people ignoring her, Qing Ji showed a little grievance on her face, and asked Si'er to put down the food box, her voice became louder: "Qing Ji put the food here, brother must remember to eat, or you will starve I'm not in good health."

This time, Cheng Hua still didn't look up, but just let out a noncommittal "hmm".

The two indifferent attitudes brought tears to her eyes. She bit her lower lip lightly, with a resigned look, lowered her head, twisted the handkerchief, sighed sadly, and left reluctantly.

Yan Li, who was guarding the door regretfully, saw them coming out, and immediately understood Qing Ji's expression, and waited for them to walk away before looking inside.

Cheng Hua finally finished a big calculation, let out a long breath, put down his pen and stretched his body, when he saw Yan Li sneaking in.

"what happened?"

"Young lady, have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, why, are you hungry?" Cheng Hua looked at him with a smile, and continued, "I happen to be a little hungry too, let's eat together. You have worked hard with me today."

"No hard work, no hard work! Young Madam, let me take a sip first, and test the poison for you!"

Cheng Hua laughed, but still served him a bowl of soup first: "Little glutton, just say what you want, don't make so many excuses."

Yan Li was very wronged: "This is not an excuse, this thing was made by that woman, I'm afraid she will poison you, Young Madam!"

"How can it be so scary." Cheng Hua didn't take it seriously, and taught him easily: "At the beginning of a person, one's nature is kind. You see how virtuous he is, and he spends so much time making soup for me. You, just drink it well , eat people soft-mouthed, you know?"

"I...Young Madam, I am helping you! Ah Xin, don't you think so!"

Ah Xin just smiled and sat obediently, drinking soup with a bowl in his hand.

"A Li, if you can be half as well-behaved as Ah Xin, your young master doesn't know how much peace of mind you will have."

"Young lady! You, you, you run on me!"

Two chuckles and one exaggerated sobbing came from the dull study.

Qing Ji's face was extremely ugly, she seemed to be very sad, she turned to Si'er and asked Si'er: "Si'er, you see, they ignored me when I went in, but now they are harmonious. Do you hate me so much?"

Seeing that her master was about to cry, Si'er replied in fear: "How could it be! Second Young Madam, you are so gentle and compassionate, how could they hate you! Just now, it may be that Young Madam was too focused and didn't take care of you, don't you Sad!"

Qing Ji just stared at the two windows shining with warm yellow light for a long time without saying a word, the emotion in her eyes was difficult to discern, and after a while she said softly: "Maybe you are right."

Time passed quickly in the wordless repetition.Cheng Hua worked day and night, and finally settled the accounts at the dawn of thirty.

After writing the last word, he only felt his heart tremble.Putting down the pen and closing the account book after the ink dries up, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.Holding the account book, he stood up and handed it to Ah Xin, and said, "You go and get it to Uncle Yan, he has already prepared it, there is no problem..."

Before he finished speaking, his legs went limp, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.

"Young lady? Young lady!..."

When he managed to open his eyes again, he found that he was lying on the bed, beside the bed was squatting Yan Lu with a worried and distressed face.

I have hardly seen him in the past few days, but when I see him now, I feel like I miss him overwhelmingly.

The old man stroking his white beard bowed respectfully: "Young Madam fainted because of overthinking and overwork. You don't have to worry, Young Master, as long as you rest for a few days."

Hearing this diagnosis, Yan Lu only felt his heart throbbing with pain. He hurriedly hugged Cheng Hua, stroked his back, and said softly: "It's been hard to manage accounts these days, you Take a good rest, and I will ask the kitchen to make you some tonic."

"I didn't feel much before. It may be because I suddenly relaxed and I couldn't bear it. Don't worry."

Seeing that he looked tired, Yan Lu couldn't bear to let him have any more worries, and responded according to his words: "Okay, I don't worry, you have a good rest, sleep up and drink some medicine, I'm getting someone to make some of your favorite food of."

Cheng Hua was so tired that he turned his head away from looking at Yan Lu, his eyelids were so sleepy that they seemed to be glued together, Yan Lu's voice buzzed in his head, and he agreed.

Yan Lu mentioned the names of a few dim sum and wanted to ask for his opinion. Seeing that there was no response from the person, he turned over and saw that he was frightened to death. He hurriedly asked the doctor to come over to look at it. The doctor said that he only put it down after falling asleep. Feeling relieved, I feel sorry for his tiredness again.

With Yan Lu's order, Cheng Hua, who was not disturbed, slept until dusk.Even though he was full of sleep, he was also a little dizzy from sleeping too long.

The little maid who stood by saw that Cheng Hua had woken up, and immediately ran to notify Yan Lu, who came over after a while.

He walked to Cheng Hua's bed and asked in a slow voice, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable? After sleeping for so long, are you hungry?"

"Hmm... just a little hungry." Cheng Hua rubbed his hungry belly and smiled: "I want to drink red bean and barley porridge."

"Okay, I'll let someone do it right now. You wash up first, and I'll bring you some snacks to cushion yourself first."

"Hmm." Looking at the back of the person leaving with a smile, Cheng Hua thought happily, it's not bad to suffer a little bit occasionally, in exchange for a husband who is obedient and obedient.