Because Shen Lan had already mentioned yesterday that someone would come to pick up food today, Song Wenyou did not go out to the field today, but stayed at home, and when he saw Yuan Tian and the others coming slowly, and saw the carriage of Shen Lan's family in the team, he suddenly couldn't sit still, and hurriedly trotted to the old house of Shen Lan's family in advance, took out the key and opened the door.

Yuan Tian did not take the lead, but got off the horse and led the horse to stand on the grain field, waiting for Shen Lan's carriage to come, Pan Qingping drove the carriage to the door of Shen Lan's house, and then stopped the carriage, after the carriage stopped, Shen Lan opened the car door, hugged Song Lian out of the car first, and jumped out of the car.

"Brother Yuan, please." Shen Lan walked to the door and made a gesture of please, Yuan Tian took someone into the house, Shen Lan took Yuan Tian to the door of the east house, and then opened the door, only to see a hill of millet piled up in the house, and Yuan Tian was pleasantly surprised.

"Okay, it's all new millet this year." Yuan Tian walked into the house, took a few grains of millet and twisted it with his hand, and then spoke, Song Wenyou and Shen Lan, who followed up on the side, looked at each other and smiled, these grains were all newly harvested in the summer, so they were naturally new grains.

"Wu Chen, Yao Yu, the two of you came in to be responsible for measuring the millet and recording it, and the brothers and sisters are busy." Yuan Tian roared outside the house, turned to Shen Lan and said, "Let's go, there will be a lot of dust in this house, so it's better to sit outside the house for a while." ”

"Why don't you go to my third brother's house and sit down for a while to rest and rest, this is not a piece of hard work for a while, is it?" Shen Lan said yes, and Song Wenyou on the side also said: "Yes, my house is not far from here, why don't you go to my house and sit down, rest for a while, and drink some tea." ”

Having a house and not staying in the sun, running outside to bask in the sun is definitely not Yuan Tian's style, so Yuan Tian nodded, and motioned to Song Wenyou to go ahead and lead the way, after Yuan Tian and the others came out, the others rushed in like fish.

When she arrived at Song Wenyou's house, Song Lian had already come back on her own, and when she saw that her father had brought someone over, she was busy boiling water and preparing to make tea for guests.

"Please sit, the house is simple, and please don't dislike the big boss." Song Wenyou took the broom that swept the table and swept the dust-free desktop on the table before inviting Yuan Tian to sit down.

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Tian replied and sat down, while Shen Lan turned around and went to the Song family's stove, and when she saw Song Lian boiling water, she asked, "Where is your teapot?" ”

"Auntie, I'll get it." Song Lian hurriedly got up and went to get a teapot for Shen Lan.

Shen Lan took the teapot and washed it with water, before she took out a paper bag from her sleeve, this is the tea that Shen Lan asked Xiangling to prepare for herself before, taking advantage of Song Lian's efforts to boil water, after Shen Lan washed the teapot, she poured the tea into it, and only Song Lian's water could be boiled to make tea.

Song Lian boiled the water, Shen Lan poured the hot water into the teapot, made a pot of tea, and then asked Song Lian to take three bowls out, Song Wenyou's house did not have any teacups, and they used bowls to drink water on weekdays, so Shen Lan took the bowl out, carried the teapot, and walked out with the bowl.

Yuan Tian sat in the hall, quietly looking at the sky outside the house, Song Wenyou was talking with a smile, and when he saw Shen Lan coming in with water and a bowl, he stopped talking, and the expression on his face was obviously relieved, although Yuan Tian sat there and didn't say anything, and his expression was not strict, but the aura was there, Song Wenyou felt uncomfortable sitting on the side, and Shen Lan came in at this time, which was a heavy sigh of relief.

Shen Lan set the bowls and poured a bowl of tea for everyone before sitting down and said, "Brother Yuan, third brother drink tea." ”

"Yes." Yuan Tian responded, and when Shen Lan poured the water, he picked up the bowl and took a sip.

"Brother and sister, don't be busy, just let Lianniang get it, it's also half a day from Yuan's family, sit down and drink some water, and rest and rest." Song Wenyou said.

"Okay, that's right, I have something to look for you too." Shen Lan put the teapot away, and shouted inside: "Lianniang, you can take out the account book I handed over to you before, and I will teach your father to use it." ”

"Okay." Song Lian replied crisply, walked out of it, and entered the Westhouse again.

"Lan Niang will still do accounts?" Yuan Tian couldn't help but ask.

Shen Lan smiled and shook her head, it's not that she is modest, it's just that she can't do the accounts of this era, so she replied: "Where will there be any accounts, but I just thought of some symbols to replace words, so that it is convenient to record." ”

As soon as Shen Lan said this, Yuan Tian was also interested, and just as he was about to ask, he saw Song Lian bring out a cloth baggage, put the burden on the table and open it, and there were naturally four treasures in the study, but there were more chicken feathers.

Shen Lan took the account book, Yuan Tian knew the words above, the font was upright and delicate, it was indeed a woman's so-called, but I didn't expect that although this Shen Lan was a peasant woman, she could write well, so it seems that her previous words were only modest.

Shen Lan opened the notebook, it was not like an ordinary account book, not only drew a lot of symbols, but also drew some strange grids, but Yuan Tian didn't understand what these were for.

"Third brother, look, do you know all the graphics in this row above?" Shen Lan pointed out the pattern on the booklet to Song Wenyou, Song Wenyou lowered his head, looked at it carefully, and then said with some caution: "This is a scale, a copper coin and the sun?" ”

Shen Lan nodded, then pointed to the scale and said: "This is to record the weight of the things you collect, and this is to record the unit price you received, which is the price of one catty or one liter, this is the total amount of money paid, and this sun indicates the date." ”

Being explained by Shen Lan like this, Song Wenyou immediately nodded to show that he understood, and then pointed to the blank space and said, "Is it okay to fill in these boxes and say the numbers?" ”

Shen Lan nodded, and then pointed to the first column, and the images drawn directly over there were also figurative ears of grain, sorghum ears or something, as well as empty circles and black circles, and the image of the graphics Song Wenyou naturally understood, but the circles and leaves did not know what they were.

"Brother and sister, what are these leaves and circles?" If you don't understand, you ask, so Song Wenyou asked.

"This leaf represents buckwheat, this hollow circle represents soybeans, and the black circle represents black beans." Shen Lan explained, and after explaining, he continued: "For other grains, you can also design your own patterns, as long as you understand what it is, and then sue me, you see that this line is buckwheat, then the first space is to fill in the quantity, the second space is the unit price, the third space is the total amount paid, and the last is the date." ”

Shen Lan pointed to the grid of the table and pointed it out to Song Wenyou, while explaining, Song Wenyou on the side listened carefully, and Yuan Tian was no exception, originally he thought that there would be words in the booklet, but now he saw these graphics, and then after listening to Shen Lan's explanation, he suddenly found that illiterate people can also be bookkeepers, so it is convenient for the booklet to be used for bookkeeping.

"Lan Niang, where did you get this booklet from?" Yuan Tian couldn't help but interrupt, he was really curious, so that the accounts were clear at a glance, and because they were patterns, even people who were not reading could understand them.

"I made it myself." Shen Lan replied, is there any problem?

Hearing this, Yuan Tian was shocked, but he didn't expect Shen Lan to have such a talent, and immediately said, "How could you think of making such a booklet?" ”

Shen Lan smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "I don't know how to read with my third brother, and now I can't rely entirely on memory to collect food, in case of a business trip, I don't even have a place to find it, if I record it, at least there is a voucher, and it is also convenient to query, but because I can't read, I thought of such a stupid way." ”

Yuan Tian smiled and said, "If you are stupid, then there is no smart way." ”

Shen Lan was a little embarrassed to be praised, and Song Wenyou also agreed: "Yes, my brother and sister have this method, even if I can't read a single big word, I can do the accounting, big boss, you don't know yet, my brother and sister also taught me a way to count." ”

"Oh, what's the idea?" Yuan Tian asked with some curiosity.

Song Wenyou immediately gestured to Yuan Tian, Yuan Tian didn't understand it very clearly, at this time, Song Wenyou couldn't care about his previous scruples about Yuan Tian, and took the initiative to pull Yuan Tian's arm, and was about to take people outside, so that it was convenient to write Arabic numerals on the ground with a branch, Yuan Tian didn't even object, and the two of them left Shen Lan and walked out by themselves.

Shen Lan looked at the four treasures of the study on the table, in fact, they really don't have to go outside, there are pens in the house, and there are also chicken feathers, as long as they grind the ink, they can write, but looking at the appearance of the two outside the house completely resolving the previous embarrassing atmosphere, Shen Lan decided not to remind them.

Outside the house, Song Wenyou and Yuan Tian chatted energetically because of the numbers taught by Shen Lan, and Shen Lan didn't bother to disturb them, because they had a common topic, Yuan Tian and Song Wenyou were finally not so restrained, and after they finished chatting, they returned to the house, and Shen Lan continued to teach Song Wenyou about bookkeeping, although Yuan Tian knew the symbols of numbers at first, but he didn't understand what the magic of these numbers was, but when Shen Lan carefully taught Song Wenyou, Yuan Tian finally knew the magic of these numbers, compared to a bunch of Chinese characters, these symbols are not only simple, And it is easy to recognize, it is indeed a lot more convenient than Chinese characters, in addition to these, Shen Lan even came up with the idea of using chicken feathers dipped in ink to write, because the handle of chicken feathers is hard, so it is much easier to write without a brush, and it is naturally a lot easier for people like Song Wenyou, Yuan Tian couldn't help but guess how much wisdom and surprises Shen Lan still has to excavate.

For Shen Lan, Yuan Tian not only had to take care of her because of his younger brother's entrustment, but gradually developed admiration, such a woman is indeed smart, but it is a pity that she was born in a peasant family, and she is a woman, if the male body is only afraid that it will be even more difficult, thinking of these Yuan Tian is even more determined to befriend Shen Lan's idea, this time it is no longer on Yuan Hao's face, but he himself feels that Shen Lan is a woman worth befriending. R1152