It only took Yi Tianxing, who came to Yiji Grain Shop to work as an apprentice with Accountant Wu, to understand everything big and small in just half a year. In the words of Accountant Wu, accounting is the purchase, sale and inventory.

Just write down how much rice was put into the store that month, how much was stored in the warehouse in the backyard of the store, and how much was sold every day.

This is like a useless modern journal. There is no ticket stub to write down anything, and there is no ticket stub for entry and exit. It is no wonder that anyone who can read and know how to count can do it. In the first three months, shopkeeper Wu started from hand to hand

Teach Yitian step by step how to read, recognize, keep, and write off accounts.

Next, Yi Tian could complete the accounts independently under the supervision of Accountant Wu, and even his uncle was full of praise when he saw it. After half a year, Accountant Wu delegated all matters to Yi Tian, ​​except for the final cancellation of accounts and deposits.

Poor teenage boy, he is forced to do accounting every day by an unscrupulous uncle. The only advantage is that he keeps keeping accounts. Yi Tian's handwriting is relatively neat, but he has no choice but to write according to the rules set by Wu Accounting Office.

All the crooked chicken feet characters have to be rewritten.

Because of this incident, Yi Tian was tortured so much that he could only sleep three hours a day for the first month. The rest of the time he spent practicing calligraphy. He couldn't write or rewrite, and he was under too much psychological pressure. He was a bit like a primary school student in China who couldn't finish studying every day.

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Accountant Wu has become free during this period. Taking on an apprentice is a free helper, and the helper has done all his own work. In the end, he only needs to take a look at it himself, sign and pledge it, and he will be paid five taels of silver per month.

, relying on his employer for food and accommodation, this little life has become more comfortable. Accountant Wu has lost confidence in the examination since the imperial examination was launched. Thinking that he is almost forty years old, he started taking the examination at the age of sixteen.

Except for the time when I passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of twenty-six, I should have been very high-spirited, but I didn’t expect that I would fail again and again. My whole life was wasted and I was tired of the examination, and I still haven’t started a family.

People who have money and time will have hobbies. Men are nothing more than wine, sex and wealth. Fortunately, Wu Accountant only accounted for wine and wealth. Since the first day Yi Tian saw Accountant Wu, he noticed that he never left the bottle of wine, and sometimes got up early in the morning.

He was full of alcohol and had talked to his uncle about this several times. His uncle always said that Wu Accounting was just his hobby and he should leave it to him. Besides, as long as he did a good job in accounting, who would care about his other affairs. Yi Tianxing observed

Several times, Accountant Wu seldom went out and tinkered in his own small yard when he had nothing to do. He didn't know there was so much wine coming from there.

When Wu Zhangfang drinks like this, he has to drink at least two kilograms every day. Is he making wine by himself? This question has been lingering in Yi Tianxing's mind. But Wu Zhangfang is a vigilant person and does not allow others to enter his yard. If the clerk has anything to do, he will call him at the door.

The shopkeeper Yi Da would not come to his small courtyard. At most, he would just ask someone to spread the word.

At the beginning of spring, everything revives, and it is also the time when animals are in estrus. It is especially lively at night during the spring equinox. Yi Da gave Yi Tian a separate hut, right next to Shopkeeper Wu's yard. It was out of kindness that the master and apprentice lived closer together.

If you have any questions, you can ask the teacher. After the first watch in the evening, Yi Tianxing heard the sound of thin ropes outside the house. He thought it was a cat meowing, but it didn't sound like it.

After getting out of bed and getting dressed, he unlatched the door and opened the door. Yi Tian looked up and saw that there was no sound in his yard. He listened carefully and found that the sound was coming from the yard next to him. He thought it was midnight, not the first watch.

What is Master Wu doing in the middle of the night? No matter what age, young people always have endless energy and invincible curiosity.

Yi Tian simply stopped sleeping and quietly moved a bench and placed it next to the low wall of the yard. He climbed up to see what the neighbor next door was doing. As soon as he poked his head out from the low wall, he saw that the yard around Wu's accountant was full of

There are jars and jars of different sizes, with a fire in the middle and a large pot stand on the fire. Accountant Wu is busy working next to the big pot. There is also a steel scale next to it. Every time he takes out the contents of the sack and puts them on the scale.

After weighing, divide it into portions. Wait for the water in the pot to boil and then add these ingredients to the big pot from time to time.

On the other side was a five-layer steamer. Shopkeeper Wu washed the contents of the sack in water and put it in the steamer. Yi Tianxing could vaguely see the word "Yi Ji" on the sack by the light of the fire. Could it be that

Accountant Wu enriched his own pockets by stealing goods from the shop for his own use. Seeing that he was using them to make wine, it is no wonder that he always had endless amounts of wine to drink.

Seeing this, Yi Tian understood clearly, but he had nothing to do this evening. He just wanted to see how Wu's accountant made wine, and by the way, he blackmailed him to see where he got the food.

In about half an hour, Accountant Wu put all the steamed rice into the big jar, added some water to the cooked ingredients in the big pot, put a spoonful into each jar in turn, and finally put it mysteriously.

He took out a small bottle from the room and put some in each jar. As soon as he sat down, Counter Wu, although his face was red from exhaustion and his forehead was sweating, he could tell that he was in a good mood. He took out the wine bottle and was about to drink it.

After a few sips, I saw a smiling face beside the low wall, and the wine in my mouth spurted out.

Yi Tian turned around and climbed down the low wall, patted the dust on his body, and said to shopkeeper Wu with a smile: "Master, I am in a good mood tonight. I have been busy for a long time. Can you give me some advice so that I can learn more skills?"

.After speaking, he pointed to Yiji’s rice bag.

Accountant Wu sighed, thinking that it was difficult to guard against thieves day and night, so he had to explain it in detail. It turned out that Accountant Wu was originally named Wu Youdao, and his family used to make wine. Although he was obsessed with the imperial examination, he had heard about the family industry since he was a child.

He is an expert at making wine.

After hearing this, Yi Tian was completely despised: "What does this mean? There are many liquor shops in Hewan County alone in Bei City alone. Do you need to make it so mysterious?"

After hearing this, Accountant Wu snorted coldly: "This is a secret recipe passed down from the family. How can it be compared to the dirty wines on the street? Moreover, if ordinary people drink it to strengthen their body, my wine can help martial arts practitioners perform their martial arts."

Even those who are cultivating immortals say it’s good to drink it.”

Yi Tian didn't pay much attention to it at first, but the last sentence piqued his interest: "Then have you ever seen a cultivator drink your wine?"

Accountant Wu blushed and said, "I just heard my father say that."

Yi Tianxing looked disappointed after hearing this, and then pointed to Yi Ji's rice bag. Accountant Wu felt a little guilty after looking at it, and just said, "That's old grain. There is plenty of it in the shop anyway. It's a pity that it won't be sold and will rot."

"What's in that little jar?"

Upon hearing this, Accountant Wu hurriedly covered the jar as if holding his lifeblood, which made Yi Tianxing want to know more about the truth behind it.

In fact, every year the grain shops that cannot be sold will find ways to dispose of it. Usually new grains are mixed with old grains, which is also the rule. Thinking of this, Yi Tianxing looked at the yard and realized that buying wine is also a way to make money.

To get rid of the inventory in the shop, this was done together with his uncle. Then Yi Tianxing comforted Accountant Wu and reassured him that he would not betray him, and he just had to talk to his uncle about this matter. Accountant Wu also mentioned

I told the shopkeeper about this and everyone understood it tacitly.

After saying that, Yi Tian exited the small courtyard and went straight to the shopkeeper's room. Then he heard a startled conversation in the shopkeeper's room, and the lights were not turned off until five o'clock.

The next day, Yi Da came forward and chatted with Accountant Wu for an hour. Finally, it was decided that the shopkeeper and Accountant Wu would open another wine recipe in Beishi. Accountant Wu would provide the recipe, the Yi family would pay for it, and everyone would split the recipe in half. In order to keep the recipe secret,

Yi Da took care of it, while Yi Tianze learned brewing from Wu Zhangfang in his spare time. His small jar contained distiller's yeast. Generally, the distiller's yeast used for brewing is maltose, sucrose, etc. Shopkeeper Wu used honey and propolis mixed with cloves.
Chapter completed!