MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 215 Cramming

 But she never expected that the seeds of her lineage's future destruction 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 wedding banquet went.

 The most important thing at the moment 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 status is naturally outstanding, but if she wants to match the children of aristocratic families of the same level, or marry into a prince's 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 more half-assed.

The only skill 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 head matron relies on Nühong to run the family.

 So, 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 temporary, it may not be ineffective.

Anyway, it will take two or three years after she gets hairpins to officially get married.

In these days, if Xueniang really studies seriously, 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 do I have to get up early to learn how to behave with Mrs. Gu, but I also have to learn various talents from Gu Xiaolang at noon, and the little free time I have is 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, chatting with her sister-in-law Liu with her slightly bulging belly.

"After all, 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 also 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 in deep self-blame at this moment. 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, and besides, there are still two or three years left, I believe Bamei will definitely become the best among noble girls."

Xue Niang is not stupid, she just didn’t know how to do it in the past. For example, learning the piano and practicing calligraphy do not have much foundation, so it is not necessarily possible to achieve much results within this period of time.

But the Li family's way of reading accounts and dealing with people can be outstanding, and these are her skills to establish herself in the back house, so Mrs. Gu can also put her efforts into this.

 “I hope it’s as my brothers and sisters said, don’t let my short-sightedness delay the children.”

 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.

 Therefore, just do your best.

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

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

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

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

 After all, they can't live on the general's house all their lives. Otherwise, what's the difference between it and having three or five bedrooms?

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

“Sister-in-law, aren’t you being humble? 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 house or in charge of affairs for almost ten years, so it would take some time to understand the ledger.

It seems to be quite fast now. 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 clearly.

"I'm not a young girl anymore, and I'm not that thin-skinned. Since I want to learn from you, I won't be small-minded and can only listen to good things. So if my sister-in-law thinks there is something wrong with me, just say so. .”

Du Jingyi saw the firmness and sincerity in her eyes and understood a lot, so he didn't pretend to be hypocritical and said good things. He clicked on a few of them and spoke.

"Since my sister-in-law said so, I won't be polite. The revenue of this shop has always been tepid, and I can check the accounts carefully. But the problem is that it is located in a prosperous area of ​​Sui'an City. For example, the income of my shop in the same location is more than three times that of that, so outsiders have advised me to stop the business here and start something new, but does my sister-in-law know why I didn't do this? Instead, I kept it there?"

After hearing this, Sister-in-law Liu's face became serious.

She looked at the account books and always thought there was something fishy in them, so she focused on digging into them, checking them, and checking them.

 But I have never thought about looking beyond the ledger to look at the overall situation.

It is indeed as Du Jingyi said, this shop basically only makes a small profit, why should it be allowed to continue the business for a long time?