With Guo Jiao's permission, Zhou Qingfeng eagerly followed her to Merry Forest. The hotel had a quiet room and boudoir specially prepared for Guo Jiao. Unauthorized people were not allowed to enter. It was rare for Zhou Qingfeng to step into the quiet room where Guo Jiao usually meditated. His mind was constantly thinking about what kind of problem he would face later.
Guo Jiao first returned to her boudoir to change her clothes. When she reappeared, she took off her riding boots with bells and wore a loose long dress. What was special was that she was actually holding a wine gourd in her hand. She lazily lay down on the cattail hassock in the quiet room. With one hand supporting her head, she raised the gourd with the other and poured wine into her mouth.
After Guo Jiao drank a few mouthfuls of the Hundred Flowers Wine, the woman's cheeks were slightly red under the candlelight. Her eyes were closed, and her slightly tipsy expression revealed an unconcealable leisurely laziness. She shook the gourd in her hand and said to the puppet bird, "'Flat Hair', come and tell that kid about our problem."
Flat Feather wasn't big in size, but he was quite strong. He dragged a box from the corner of the quiet room. When the box was opened, it was filled with scrolls. Zhou Qingfeng casually grabbed one and flipped through it. These scrolls were filled with scribbles … "What is this?"
"All the account books of Merry Forest since its opening five years ago." 'Flat Hair' said.
"Account books? Are you sure this is an account book? " Zhou Qingfeng had picked up the list of goods given to the ruffian Li Er by Temple Attendant Zhao before he swept the Dragon King Temple. Compared to the account book with circles and dots drawn on it, these account books of Guo Jiao were not much better. He casually flipped through it. The account books were often filled with scribbles of names and numbers. The scribbles did not even have dates and categories.
"Is this an entry or an exit?"
"Both. Young Miss casually jotted it down. It's been so long that I can't even tell anymore. "
"Why didn't you guys find an accountant?"
"Yes, we did. We found a few. It's just that none of them lasted for half a year. They were all driven away by Young Miss. "
According to Flat Hair, Guo Jiao had asked her father, Guo Buyi, for a sum of money when she was 15 to open Merry Forest and play a game of management. But in the process of running the business, Miss Guo had too many naive ideas and often played around as she pleased.
The waiters and kitchen staff who were paid a monthly salary were still fine, but the accountant who participated in the business was tormented by Guo Jiao's divergent thinking. Within five years, there had been seven or eight different accountants. The most recent accountant had just left last month. He even said that if 'Merry Forest' did not close, sooner or later Guo Buyi would lose all of his fortune.
But Young Miss Guo was very arrogant and insisted on running the business according to her own ideas. If there were people who did not have money to pay, she would freely waive the bill. If there were merchants who asked for cash, she would directly pay. If there were poor people who did not have food to eat, she would be a philanthropist every two or three days. Other people who were philanthropists would give out porridge, but she would hold big banquets for the poor to eat for free. She would hold banquets for three consecutive days, causing a sensation in the whole city.
The whole of Fushun knew that Young Miss Guo was heroic, free, warm-hearted, and easy to make friends. She was a heroine among women and did not lose to men. All kinds of nice words hung around her. The bitter thing was that every year, Guo Buyi had to throw large amounts of money into the bottomless pit of 'Merry Forest' — at least two to three thousand, and at most seven to eight thousand.
But in the recent year, Guo Jiao had a quarrel with her father and refused to go home no matter what. In a fit of anger, Guo Buyi had no other choice but to cut off the flow of money from 'Merry Forest' and force his beloved daughter to go home to see her father.
Right now, Guo Jiao was still stubbornly holding on, but she really did not know a thing about running a business. She could only calculate whether or not she should clear up the old accounts and see if she could get back some of the money she owed. But when she opened the account books, she herself lost confidence. The bad debts accumulated over the years could not be cleared up. Tens of thousands of taels of silver had all been lost here.
"Hey, little rascal. If you can clear up these accounts and let my 'Merry Forest' continue to operate, I will go home and ask my father to save your master. "In a short while, Guo Jiao had drunk an entire gourd of wine. She drunkenly fell onto the floor of the quiet room and spread out her arms and legs without the demeanor of a virtuous lady. She said, "I just want to continue operating my hotel, I don't want it to close down."
This was really a hard job. Zhou Qingfeng flipped through all the account books and first sorted them out. But the sorting of more than twenty account books was a headache, because many things did not match up at all. He pinched his forehead and said to Guo Jiao, "Can I first move these account books back and slowly look through them?"
"As you wish." Guo Jiao lay on the floor and waved at Zhou Qingfeng. It was very obvious that she could not wait for these annoying account books to disappear from her eyes. Zhou Qingfeng pondered for a moment and said, "Can you send 'Flat Hair' to me for a few days? Otherwise, even if I sort out the accounts, I will still need someone to chase after the debts. "
Without waiting for Guo Jiao to agree, 'Flat Hair' said angrily, "What? Send me to you for a few days? Little rascal, do you still want to order me around? I only listen to Miss and Master, no one else can take advantage of me. "
But Guo Jiao, who was on the floor, waved her hand lazily and said, "'Flat Hair', you are just going to collect the debts. Just be this kid's underling for a few days. You are my best 'Flat Hair', I can't just watch my 'Merry Forest' be destroyed, right? "
The big and small amounts had spoken, and the aggressive 'Flat Hair' immediately lowered its head. It inched closer to Zhou Qingfeng, stubbornly saying, "I'm listening to Miss, not you."
Hehehe … Zhou Qingfeng laughed and put all the account books back into the box and closed it. He gave 'Flat Hair' a look and said, "Move this box to the inn I am staying at now. I have a friend who is good at clearing out these kinds of accounts. She should be able to help."
"You want me to be a coolie the moment you arrive. I knew you, little rascal, didn't have any good intentions." 'Flat Hair' muttered, its two claws grabbed the box and flapped its wings, saying, "Just this once, don't do it again. Lead the way. "
Zhou Qingfeng came out of the 'Merry Forest' and returned to the inn where the transmigrators were staying. When he returned, he saw that everyone in the group was still awake. They were interrogating the inn worker who sent Zhou Qingfeng out. The inn worker was sweating profusely and panicking.
"Alright, alright, I'm back." Zhou Qingfeng climbed over the wall from the back door of the inn. Seeing that he was safe and sound, the inn worker heaved a huge sigh of relief. Zhou Qingfeng didn't have the time to scold the worker for abandoning him halfway. After waving his hand to let the worker leave, he introduced 'Flat Hair' to his companions in the group. "Everyone, I'm fine. This is' Flat Hair '. Let's get to know each other. "
'Flat Hair' threw the box containing the account books into the hall of the inn with a thud. It flew one round above everyone's head, attracting enough curiosity and attention before landing on Zhou Qingfeng's shoulder and asking softly, "These are your accomplices? I feel that their gazes are the same as yours, they like to take advantage of others. "
After listening to Zhou Qingfeng's explanation of the matter, the transmigrators gathered around curiously. Everyone's gazes were attracted by the puppet 'Flat Hair'. They couldn't help but investigate it. After confirming that its intelligence was no less than a normal person's, everyone was amazed.
"Did the officials come to investigate just now?"
"They did. We gave them some money and they left."
"Then let's continue sleeping and come back to work in the morning. These account books are very messy. It won't be easy to clean them up. Especially Big Sister Xu, you have to rest well. I'll have to rely on your financial skills next. "
"No, no … I'm still in good spirits now. Move the box to my room. I'll do some preliminary tidying up. Everyone can start working in the morning. Anyway, I'm already used to living day and night upside down. "
After a few words of gossip, the inn gradually quieted down. Zhou Qingfeng asked for an extra oil lamp from the inn worker and sent all the account books to Xu Li's room. Xu Li first flipped through the account books briefly. Once she was confident, she fell into a deep sleep. The next day, everyone was mobilized. Under Xu Li's command, they helped Zhou Qingfeng to sort out the messy account books.
"Who's going to buy some paper and pens? I need to copy out these fragmented records again. "
"That … 'Flat Hair', what did your young miss write? You need to decipher these words. "
"Zhou Qingfeng, get the inn worker to buy some breakfast. From now on, we'll resume three meals a day."
Although Guo Jiao could not understand the messy account books, Xu Li still braced herself and tried to decipher them. In order to help Zhou Qingfeng gain a favor from Guo Jiao, the group started to get busy the second day they arrived in Fu Shun. Everyone was very excited to be able to free themselves from the daily trembling of fear and hunger to do mental work.
Although analyzing and sorting out the scribbled numbers was very boring, for the transmigrators, this was the life they wanted. Especially for Zhou Qingfeng, who majored in computer science, dealing with data was a 'decent' job.
In order to increase the speed and efficiency of the entire accounting process, Zhou Qingfeng entered the Time Oasis at Xu Li's request and used his spiritual energy to obtain a computer with professional accounting software installed on it. A computer that was too advanced would consume too much spiritual energy, so it was impossible to obtain it. However, the technical school had been open for many years, so the warehouse was filled with scrap materials from the eighties and nineties of the last century, including many 386s and 486s.
Zhou Qingfeng moved a 386 computer and some office equipment that had been obsolete for almost thirty years to the end of the Ming Dynasty like an ant moving house. The transmigrators were shocked. Many people did not know that their own technical school had these antiques, and they were even more skeptical about whether they could be used.
Old Man Gu, who was slightly older, knew a little about the situation. "That technical school has been open for many years. Back then, a 386 was very expensive, costing tens of thousands. Even if it was eliminated, the school leaders could not bear to throw it away. After a long time, it became worthless and was thrown into the warehouse to collect dust. Now, it has actually become ours. I feel that if we search the warehouse again, there will definitely be many treasures that are suitable for us. "
After the 386 computer was moved to the end of the Ming Dynasty, it completely changed. Just like the 'electric loudspeaker' from before, it became a magic tool that relied on spiritual energy to operate. Things like photocopiers, scanners, printers, monitors, and other miscellaneous peripherals were all integrated into the computer. The computer actually turned into a tablet with a virtual projection, and after Zhou Qingfeng charged it with spiritual energy, it could actually be used.
In the 386 era, people were still using DOS. But at that time, a large number of software applications had already been developed overseas, so they could just directly use pirated versions in China. After a simple test, Xu Li said with certainty, "Although this thing's application interface is very old-fashioned, the software inside runs very quickly and smoothly. The basic principles of financial management have not changed for hundreds of years, so there's no need to worry about it going wrong. "
The transmigrators reorganized and copied Guo Jiao's account books, then Xu Li entered them into the magic tool of the financial software installed on the computer. This magic tool actually automatically sorted, categorized, and calculated, greatly reducing the burden on everyone. The only downside was that it consumed a lot of spiritual energy, so Zhou Qingfeng had to constantly charge it.
Zhou Qingfeng and the others were in the inn that they had booked, putting together tables and chairs, spreading out papers, continuously copying, writing, calculating, and even fiddling with a magical magic tool to deal with the account books. 'Flat Hair', who was at the side, was extremely curious about this.
It kept jumping around on the shoulders of the transmigrators, using its squawking voice to ask everyone what they were doing. It paid special attention to Xu Li, who was a female and could command others.
"This is Madam Xu?" 'Flat Hair' landed on Xu Li's shoulder, staring blankly at the 386 magic tool in Xu Li's hands. "Are you the wife of a rich family? Or the young lady of a rich and powerful official? These men actually listen to you. You can even write and calculate, you're even better than my young lady. Although I don't understand many of the things you write. "
Compared to how careless it was in front of Zhou Qingfeng, 'Flat Hair' was actually very careful in front of Xu Li. However, when it said 'Madam Xu', Xu Li pouted. Xu Li corrected it, "I'm not married yet, call me Big Sister Xu."
"You're not married yet?" 'Flat Hair's voice became louder. Its beak was so shocked that it couldn't close, and its eyes were wide open, perfectly reflecting an expression of disbelief. "You're older than my young lady, and you're not married yet? Are you really not married yet? Or have you been divorced by a man, or are you a widow who has a man? "
"You're the widow!" Xu Li was furious. Her words caused everyone who was working to burst into laughter.
During the entire morning of dealing with the account books, everyone quickly got used to this arrogant, yet overly curious puppet bird. From time to time, they would tease it. With Xu Li's age, she was considered an old lady at the end of the Ming Dynasty. She was not married yet, so it was inevitable that people would gossip about her.
'Flat Hair' expressed that it couldn't understand Xu Li's situation. It flapped its wings and flew out, shouting, "I'm going to tell the young lady that there's an unmarried woman here who's older than her, and she's just as talented and beautiful as she is. The young lady will definitely not believe it. "
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