Chapter 108: Ledger

"Swear in Merlin's name, you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open, Mr. Malfoy; a small person like me cannot afford that kind of responsibility!"
The voice of Mr. Shafik, the manager of Lihen Bookstore, still sounded extremely smooth and pitiful: "You must know what you wanted a year ago. I tried my best to get it for you. Yes; and the intact magic seal on it is enough to prove that I haven't touched them at all..."
　　 "...So Mr. Malfoy, you can't blame me for something wrong!"
　　 If an outsider had heard and witnessed such a conversation, he would definitely feel that poor Mr. Shafik was very wronged.
　　 "Humph!" And Mr. Lucius Malfoy just snorted without sympathy.
　　 Then, Mr. Shafik put on a pair of gold glasses.
He took a close look at the boy behind Mr. Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, and suddenly smiled: "I think you must be Master Malfoy...very welcome...I am honored...Is there anything you need? My price here is very fair!"
　　 "A set of Hogwarts textbooks for second grade..." Draco replied.
"Oh, yes." The smile on Mr. Shafik's face was slightly reduced, and he tentatively said softly: "Don't you plan to buy a few reference books... These days, you can learn nothing from textbooks alone. ..."
　　 "You don't need to worry about it, Shafik." Mr. Malfoy said coldly, "We have enough books in our manor."
　　 "That's nature, that's nature." Mr. Shafik nodded quickly.
　　 While talking, he turned around and picked up a second-grade bookcase from the corner of the wall.
　　 Matthew quickly tiptoedly adjusted his position a bit to avoid being caught by Mr. Shafik who was eavesdropping here.
　　 The small book box was handed to Draco.
　　 Then, Mr. Malfoy suddenly ordered: "Draco, you go out first!"
　　Draco gave his father a suspicious look.
"Go to the Quidditch boutique and wait for me." Mr. Malfoy added: "I will buy you the latest Smooth Wheel 2001 broom in the past. I remember you always think your original sweeping seven is a bit outdated. ."
　　Draco was holding the bookcase happily, and left Lihen Bookstore obediently.
　　……
　　 Now, if you don't count Matthew Wickfield hiding behind the bookshelf, only the bookstore manager Shafik and Mr. Malfoy are left here.
　　 Matthew felt that the content they were about to discuss would be very important, so he quickly raised his ears.
　　 "You are really a kind father, Mr. Malfoy." Shafik complimented: "I think I should learn more from you, knowing that my daughter has always despised me..."
　　 "Stop talking about these useless nonsense, Shafik!" Mr. Malfoy said coldly, his voice suddenly becoming serious:
　　 "You come here, the same as a year ago, this time is a big deal. Not surprisingly, you can earn at least three thousand gallons in this deal!"
　　 "Listen well," Shafik whispered.
　　 Malfoy also deliberately lowered his voice, so that Matthew could only hear the intermittent dialogue:
　　 "There is another batch of goods this time... I will leave the work of receiving to you... I will send the house elves to..."
　　 And Mr. Shafik did not speak the whole time, nodding his head there.
　　 "Remember, don't go wrong this time!" Mr. Malfoy urged at last.
　　 "You can wait for my good news at the manor, Mr. Malfoy..." Mr. Shafik bowed softly.
　　 "I hope so!" Malfoy walked away.
　　 and Mr. Shafik hummed happily. Obviously, he is in a good mood.
　　 Matthew behind the bookshelf, at this moment, there is also a desire to hum...
　　 It seems that choosing to go to Lihen Bookstore to work as a "summer temporary worker" this time is indeed the right choice.
　　……
　　 The time soon arrived at noon, the hottest time of the day.
　　 At this time, the Lihen Bookstore, the door is not easy; all the shop assistants are also shrinking in the corner, too lazy to move.
　　 And Matthew stood up unhurriedly and walked to the counter.
　　 "What's the matter, Wickfield?" Mr. Shafik asked lazily on the counter.
"It's because there is nothing wrong now, Mr. Shafik." Matthew said with a naive face, and his voice sounded very enthusiastic: "So I want to help proofread last month's bill. Maybe there is something wrong in it; I'm so bored, so just kill the time."
　　 "You are such a good hardworking boy, Wickfield..." Mr. Shafik praised hurriedly: "It is worthy of being the first place in the whole year at Hogwarts..."
　　 While shifting his position, he pointed to Matthew in the cupboard: "The ledgers are all here, please proofread slowly, don’t worry..."
　　 "Hmm." Matthew nodded: "I will work hard!"
　　 Throughout noon and most of the afternoon, Matthew sat on the counter, counting the numbers of Jin Jialong, Yin Si Ke and Tong Nath.
　　In the face of such a volunteer who volunteered, Mr. Shafik, the manager, certainly wouldn't stop anything.
　　 Especially after Matthew pointed out a few mistakes on the bill in June, he helped the bookstore recover some losses; this behavior made him nod again and again, UU reading www.uukanshu.com praised constantly.
　　 Of course, there is only a sound of approbation, and naturally no mention of salary increases.
　　 Matthew also appeared to "see money as dirt" without mentioning the word "money".
　　 After a flash, it was dark.
　　 When the Lihen Bookstore was about to close in the middle of the night, Matthew suddenly picked up two ledgers and said loudly to Mr. Shafik:
　　 "Mr. Shafik, I think, finally take these two ledgers to the room, and continue to proofread and organize them in the evening..."
　　Mr. Shafik naturally has no objections.
　　 "Thank you, Wakefield."
　　 "It's just a matter of raising your hand." Matthew said generously, and with two books, he returned to his dark and damp cabin in the basement.
　　……
　　 Matthew Wickfield had no idea that this temporary plan he came up with went so smoothly.
　　 But it is normal. After all, he is only a twelve or thirteen-year-old child. Even if there are some strange behaviors, it is difficult to arouse too much suspicion.
　　 Inside the basement cabin, Matthew slowly opened one of the books.
　　 This ledger was secretly found in the cabinet in the afternoon.
　　 The record above is the revenue record of Lihen Bookstore in August last year...
　　 Last August, it was when Matthew himself found the book from the bottom of the paper box in the Lihen Bookstore.