A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 216 Document Library

The man led Duan Rong and Xiao Yu to the door of Dong Yi Room.

He knocked on the door once, and without waiting for the person inside to speak, he pushed the door open a crack, stood at the door, and said in a deep voice, "The person is here!"

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu stood outside the door and did not hear any response, but the person inside clearly responded with an action. The person pushed the door open, took a step back, stood by the door, fixed his eyes on Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, and said, "Come in, both of you!"

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu walked into Dong Yi's room.

The room was filled with various account books and documents. Wang Dean was the only one sitting behind a table. When he saw the two people come in, he stood up and said with a smile: "You two are indeed very talented. You are really the young talents of my Yuanshun Escort Agency!"

Xiao Yu always disliked such empty politeness, but Duan Rong, who had lived two lives, was already familiar with such polite words, and responded: "Deputy Accountant Wang, you are so busy with paperwork and have so many things to do every day. And yet you still have to entertain us two young people. We are really ashamed to say it!"

Duan Rong said this while glancing at the account books that Wang De'an was looking through in front of the desk.

Duan Rong's flattery is obviously more natural and more atmospheric than Wang De'an's straightforward and awkward praise.

Moreover, Duan Rong's expression was solemn and his tone was sincere. Although Wang De'an knew that Duan Rong was just being polite, he couldn't help but feel a little favorable towards him.

Xiao Yu stood beside him and glanced at Duan Rong, obviously feeling a little attracted by Duan Rong.

However, Duan Rong's way of dealing with things made Wang De'an feel a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat and said, "It's like this. The account books from January to December this year have been sorted out a few days ago and sealed on the shelf in the document library."

"This is the door to the accounting office in the backyard, and the key to the document library." Wang De'an said, placing the two keys at hand on the desk.

"According to convention, the audit period is five days. During these five days, you two can enter and leave the accounting office and the document library at will."

Duan Rong glanced at the two keys and stood there without moving. Seeing that Duan Rong did not move, Xiao Yu took a step forward and grabbed the two keys.

"Originally, we were going to assign two assistants to you two, but the chief accountant wanted you two to choose yourselves. I have a list of the personnel here, you two can take a look."

Duan Rong's eyes moved when he heard this. Xu Shouxian made this arrangement with the intention of avoiding suspicion.

As Wang De'an spoke, he placed a piece of paper filled with a list on the desk.

Duan Rong glanced at the paper and said, "No need to look at it. I choose Huang Qing."

"Huang Qing?" Wang Dean looked at Duan Rong strangely, because Huang Qing was not on the list at all. "Huang Qing is just an apprentice accountant, and he is not very familiar with many business matters. Master Duan, why not change someone!"

"No need, let's take him! It doesn't matter whether he is familiar or not!" Duan Rong said carelessly.

He didn't expect at all that the audit could reveal anything. Duan Rong had thought it through yesterday. With just him and Xiao Yu as blank slates, what could they possibly find out? He just went through the motions and fooled people for five days.

And even if they could find some minor problems, they couldn't afford to offend the great god Xu Shouxian.

Seeing Duan Rong say this, Wang De'an had no choice but to give up and turned to look at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu didn't even look at the list, and said, "I heard that there's a person in your backyard account office who's the best at mental arithmetic. What's his name? Let's pick him."

Wang De'an's face suddenly turned ugly, and he thought to himself: You really dare to pick on people.

However, he still said with a fake smile on his face: "Miss Xiao said Li Jun, but he is not on the list! Moreover, he is the assistant of General Manager Xu's accounting office. General Manager Xu's daily audit of accounts cannot be done without him."

"Miss Xiao, you should find someone else!" Wang De'an said in an admonishing tone.

"Since Xiao girl chose Li Jun, let Li Jun come over."

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door, and then Xu Shouxian came in, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan. He looked at Wang Dean and said, "The shopkeeper told us to fully cooperate."

Xiao Yu had only heard of this person, so he just said it casually, but he didn't expect that this person was Xu Shouxian's assistant. Xiao Yu glanced at Xu Shouxian, and saw that he was looking at him with a warm smile, and he looked lifeless. Wang De'an saw that Xu Shouxian had spoken, and he immediately nodded in agreement. He then found Li Jun and Huang Qing, and then took Duan Rong and Xiao Yu to the western document library.

The wing on the west side has the same number of rooms as the east side, namely, A, B, C, and D.

In fact, the two side rooms Bing and Ding were used as document storage.

The account books of Yuanshun Escort Agency are usually kept for four years.

After four years, they will be destroyed. Otherwise, there will be too many account books and documents to store them in the document library.

Generally, the year-end audit only checks the current year's accounts. Even if problems are found, the maximum they can be traced back to is the fourth year. Anything before that has already been destroyed.

This year's account books have been sorted out and are all placed on the document rack in the West Bing Room.

Wang De'an walked in with a few people, holding only a lamp in his hand, and instructed: "No fire is allowed in the document library, so don't light too many lamps."

Duan Rong walked in and found that the room was not big, and it was full of high shelves filled with neatly stacked wooden boxes, each of which had a wooden sign hanging on it.

Moreover, this room only has one door and no windows.

Wang Dean placed the lamp in his hand on a table in the corner, then turned around and said with a smile: "This is where you two will check the accounts for the next five days. Li Jun and Huang Qing will assist you with daily affairs. If you have any additional needs, you can come to the East Room B to find me at any time."

After Wang De'an finished speaking, he walked out.

Duan Rong looked at the small dark room in front of him and felt depressed. "It's such a dark room, but there is only one light. Is this to check the accounts? Or is it to test our eyesight?"

Li Jun said: "Master Duan Rong, please don't misunderstand. We can only light one lamp here. After all, this is a very important place for documents. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous."

Duan Rong glanced at Li Jun and ignored him. He still remembered clearly what Li Jun said to him on the day he received the money.

After staying in the dark room for a while, they quickly adapted to the light inside.

Duan Rong walked to a shelf beside him and casually opened a wooden box. He saw several account books stacked inside. He looked up and saw that although the room was not big, there were about ten or twenty shelves.

He glanced at Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu's eyes were as confused as his.

With so many account books, where should I start checking this account?

Duan Rong asked, "Are all the account books here for this year?"

Li Jun said: "In this West Bing room, there are account books for last year and this year, a total of two years."

Duan Rong glanced at Huang Qing who was standing there stupidly. It was obvious from Huang Qing's expression that this was the first time he knew this. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Xiao Yu was smart. Fortunately, he chose someone who knew the business.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he suddenly looked at Huang Qing and said, "Let me take a look at the summary account book for December this year. Please help me find it."

Huang Qing blinked and looked at Li Jun. Li Jun glared at him and said impatiently, "South side, on the third shelf."

Huang Qing then walked over and started searching on the shelf.

Xiao Yu was at a loss as to what to do. Seeing Duan Rong suddenly asking to see the summary account book, she followed suit and looked at Li Jun, saying, "Then let me see the summary account book for March."

Upon hearing this, Li Jun walked slowly to a shelf on the north side, squatted down, opened a wooden box from the bottom, pulled out a book from the stack of account books inside, glanced at the cover, and walked back.

(End of this chapter)