The Grand Dowager waved her hand nonchalantly, saying, "They're just lifeless objects, why bother with them! It's good to account for them, so I can know exactly how much property I really have." After saying this, she slowly sat down in the chair. Nanny Wu silently took out the key, retrieved the account books one by one, and then brought out a black lacquered box with double copper surfaces and placed it on the table. She went out and called Qingyue in, and they began to compare the accounts in front of the Grand Dowager, book by book.
After a moment, a maid reported through the door from outside the room, "Grand Dowager, Madam Qian is here!"
"Understood," the Grand Dowager stood up and said to Nanny Wu and Qingyue, "You two continue; just focus on what you're doing." She then walked out by herself.
