- On the small high platform, a stick of incense has been lit.

Seeing that Ruan Luo had said everything to this point, and the event had already begun. If you change the rules you set before, it will be a little confusing, so Yan Yu didn't insist on it anymore. Just a little persuasion: "Then take care of yourself." ”

Ruan Luo nodded, then looked sideways at Mo Ye and said, "Sister Ye, stand aside for the time being." ”

Mo Ye knew that Ruan Luo was responsible for half of the review tasks, although he was still a little worried about Ruan Luo's body, but he didn't insist on anything. He stepped aside, but didn't go far. It is very common for Ruan Luo to have a headache, and it will be fine in a day or two if he recuperates carefully, but the key is that compared to today's event, this headache is really nothing.

The remaining nine people in the eleventh hairpin of Dongfeng were sitting on chairs on the periphery of the small high platform. Also watching the event on the stage were several servants brought by the Yan family. Those who usually sit on these benches with soft cushions are either dressed up and singing songs along with wine. Either they are guests who are looking for pleasure, and there are men and women sitting on the chairs at this time, but they are completely divided into two groups of people who gather on one side, and each has a mood, and there is no joke at all.

The small high platform is usually a place for beautiful dances. At this time, it seems to be a dignified woman who has washed away the lead flower, and there is no trace of dissipation in the rhyme.

Yi Wen sat cross-legged in front of the table. Stretched out his fingers and stroked the neat rows of abacus beads in the abacus under his hand, and looked sideways, but saw that the fifteen-year-old boy named Shi Yi spread his arms and seemed to be stretching his waist.

The corners of Yi Wen's mouth hooked up a smile for a moment, and then said softly: "Jacky Shi." It's time to get started. ”

The two had a brief introduction to each other before, and Yi Wen knew that Shi Yi had just returned to Beijing from his studies, and his main study was abacus. The abacus was originally the national study of the Liang Kingdom, but the academy of Nanzhao was rarely contaminated with this subject, so the abacus taught by the school in the territory of Nanzhao should be more or less studied in the Liang Kingdom, so Yi Wen wanted to call Shi Yi a scholar, and it was also possible to catch up.

"Thanks for the reminder." Shi Yichong Yiwen smiled slightly, and twisted his neck again, behaving quite strangely.

Shi Yi retracted his gaze. Grabbed the abacus on the table and turned it upside down. In an instant, he flipped his wrist again, and the elliptical abacus slammed back and forth between the pillars, making two crisp wooden sounds that were very close. But its momentum is like a slap on the table on the yatang. Quite refreshing.

Not far away. The few beautiful women sitting on the sidelines were actually Shi Yi's aunts, who heard this sound. All the eyes couldn't help but look at them all at once, but what caught their eyes was Shi Yi's somewhat casual attitude.

- At least compared to Yi Wen, who was close to him, Shi Yi's momentum was obviously inferior.

Among the women, Sanniang, who has a delicate face but the most straight temperament, couldn't help but pull Zisu's sleeve and whispered: "Xiaoyi, who has no serious appearance, can he do it?" ”

Sanniang's first thing to talk about is Shisu, not without reason, who called Shisu the only aunt of Shi Yi among all the people?

Zi Su was also a little worried in her heart, but her temperament was originally a quiet faction, and she had been in charge of all the affairs of Dongfeng Building for nearly three years, and she had already honed a certain thickness of calm skills, so she just smiled lightly: "You have seen Xiao Yi serious, and how much, not being serious is his ability." ”

Erniang, who was sitting close to Zisu, laughed out loud when she heard the words, covered her lips and said softly: "It's still Zisu who understands that stinky boy, the third child, I'm afraid you're too worried." ”

"He's Xiao Yi, I'm not worried. If this matter is left to others, I don't bother to take care of it, I feel that it is a waste of time to even look at it. Sanniang said, her fingers tightened, and a walnut that she had been just holding in her hand was suddenly pinched and exploded.

When Erniang saw this detail, she couldn't help but hiss: "If Xiao Yi loses, he won't be able to eat you." ”

Before Sanniang could answer, Zi Su suddenly hesitated and said, "I see...... The key to this matter is not Xiao Yi. Third sister, if you really don't bother to wait here, go upstairs to see what is going on with the fifth sister. Why are we all busy here, she is the main owner of the Yan family, but she hides quickly. ”

Sanniang was about to nod when she heard this, but suddenly she was surprised again: "I didn't say that I didn't want to wait here, I meant to rest on someone else...... Alas! Why do you always call me by name in such things? ”

"Third sister, don't get me wrong." Zi Su smiled and continued: "Only you can do this, you ask everyone, whose door you can't knock on?" This is a heavy responsibility entrusted to you, thank you! ”

Sanniang smiled when she heard this, "This is about the same, while Xiaoyi and the surnamed Yi are just preparing, I'll go upstairs to see the fifth child first." Later, if there is a good show on stage, you have to call me as soon as possible, I have to cheer for Xiao Yi. ”

One of the women immediately laughed and scolded when she heard this: "Xiao Yi was a little nonsense a while ago, but you really think he is a jade lang?" He didn't come to the stage this time to flatter us with his sleeves and fingers, his indecent appearance is all stinky habits, but he wants to do serious things, what kind of show will it be in your eyes? ”

Sanniang raised her eyebrows slightly: "In your eyes, is my taste so low?" What a jade lang, I'm tired of seeing it. ”

Erniang urged: "Go, go, I know that you have a loud voice, and if there is something here, it won't leak you." ”

"Second child, help me peel the pine nuts, and I'll come down to eat them later." Sanniang didn't forget to instruct Erniang to do one thing before leaving, and then finally got up and left her seat, and went upstairs with her clothes.

Sanniang has a graceful figure, and a goose yellow gauze dress is covered on her body, reflecting her like a cloud of smoke. When she walked quickly in front of several servants of the Yan family who were sitting together, although she did not use the usual tricks to please the guests, she still provoked a few people to look at them frequently.

Some gestures are really made by habit.

……

On the small high platform, the abacus was put back on the table, and Shi Yi raised his little finger to hook one of the beads, as if he was playing. Seeing that the elliptical abacus turned several times on the pole before stopping, he praised: "This abacus is of very good quality." Looks like you're really prepared. ”

"Hehe, if Jacky Shi has been to Liang Guo, it must not be difficult to see that these two abacus are produced by Liang Jing's Luo family, and the abacus used by all students in the business school in Liang Jing to practice are directly purchased from the Luo family, and the quality is of course reliable." Yi Wen paused here for a while, and then said after a while: "Yan Shao's family had a plan earlier, and wanted to transport some of the abacus produced by the Luo family to Nanzhao to sell, after all, Nanzhao also began to learn abacus. It's just that I don't know if this kind of practice abacus will break Zhaoren's position. Now looking at Jacky Shi's evaluation, it should be safe. ”

Yi Wenyan stopped, and raised his eyebrows to glance at Yan Yu in the judging position.

Yan Yu didn't make a sound, but Ruan Luo on the side smiled and said, "Yes." This is indeed the style produced by the Luo family. I didn't expect their family to still do this business. When I think about it, I can't help but feel a little worried. ”

Hearing this, Yan Yu looked at Ruan Luo. Finally spoke: "Come to Kyoto another day, no matter whether this business is decided or not, Brother Fool will bring one over first and give it to you as a gift." You don't know, the transformation of the Luo family in this tool is very innovative, the new twenty-two columns, twenty-nine columns, and the abacus of the two-wing structure, I think you will be very interested. ”

Ruan Luo nodded with a smile and said, "In this way, there will be Brother Lao Yan." ”

On the other side, Shi Yi listened to Yi Wen's words, but he didn't buy it in his heart, and said secretly: Don't leave the business, don't leave the Yan family, and don't leave the Yan family.

As soon as his mind moved, Shi Yi smiled and said: "Yi Xueyou doesn't know, when my younger brother was studying in Xuelu, he often thought that if he could go to Liang Country and see the authentic abacus with his own eyes, he would definitely benefit a lot." It's just that I have been having a big concern, I don't know where I went there alone, where should I stay overnight? If the language, customs, and diet of Liang Guo are too different from those of Nanzhao, the younger brother has been pampered since he was a child, and he is afraid that he will not be able to stand it even for a day. ”

"This ...... In the lower life, although he has studied in Liang for many years, he has always been a guest resident. Yi Wen's face showed a look of melancholy, hesitated for a moment, and then he said: "If he really comes to Liang Country, he can still come to find him, and it will naturally be no problem to be a guide for you." ”

When Shi Yi heard this, a trace of shame suddenly appeared on his face, and he secretly thought: His life experience seems to be worse than mine, alas... Don't continue to think about competing with him, it's also a poor man! Maybe I've met today, and I won't have the chance to meet again in the future.

Gathering his mind a little, Shi Yi waved his hand at Yi Wen shallowly: "Jacky Yi's good intentions are appreciated, but the younger brother is a troublesome person, not like Jacky Yi who can take his future seriously, so the younger brother should not bother, so as not to drag you down." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, before Yi Wen could answer, he heard the sound of knocking on the table from the trial seat. As soon as the two of them turned their heads to look at each other, they saw that it was Ruan Luo who withdrew the hand that had been knocked on the table, and his expression was rare and serious, obviously saying to Shi Yi: "Xiao Yi, if you want to see the authentic abacus skills of the Supreme Academy of Liang Guo, you can see more of Yi Xueyou's fingering later." ”

When Shi Yi heard this, he hurriedly straightened his attitude. Nodding seriously, "Yes, Xiao Yi remembered." Then he looked sideways at Yi Wen, and said with the same serious expression: "Please also ask Jacky Yi to mention more junior brothers." ”

Yi Wen smiled modestly: "Don't dare to advise." ”

In the first round of competition, the content of the competition is relatively basic, and the test is only the accuracy of fingering and the calculation speed of a fixed account listed by the Yan family, but when two identical account books are placed in front of Yi Wen and Shi Yi's respective tables, Yan Yu on the trial seat suddenly beckoned and said: "This half of the fingering game is not included in the judgment criteria of the first round of victory or defeat, just move your fingers, feel free!" ”

Yan Yu's words came out. Everyone present was amazed.

Strictly speaking, this is not a temporary change of rules, but just a revocation of a streamlined rule. This is fair to both parties.

But even so, it can't stop everyone from questioning this. Ruan Luo, who was closest to Yan Yu, naturally became everyone's spokesperson, looked sideways at Yan Yu, and couldn't help but say, "Although this is the most basic skill. But it is also one of the most important foundation assessment criteria, why should it be exempted? ”

Yan Yu said gently: "No matter how you say it, our Yi Wen has one more year of experience than your Shi Yi, and these two people are not professors in the same college, I am afraid that there are differences in fingering, and it is not easy to judge equally, do you say yes." ”

"It's fine." Ruan Luo hesitated, and finally answered. But he still vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Shi Yi, who was on the other side, thanked Yan Yu when he heard this: "Xiao Yi, thank you Yan Shao for your support." ”

Yan Yu just nodded and didn't speak, and then his gaze shifted. looked at one of the Yan family's attendants he placed on the stage, and raised his hand: "Change a stick of incense." ”

The incense stick used for the new light was only half the length of the previous one. This is not difficult to understand, the time was halved because Yan Yu cut the content of the first game by half just now.

After the Yan family's entourage changed the time incense. also explained: "Two, this incense can be marked with double time." Look at the upper end of this incense stick, there is a small cut, until the incense stick burns here, it is still not officially timed, the two of you can move your fingers first. ”

"Thanks for the reminder." Shi Yi took the lead in arching his hand at the man, then rubbed the back of his hand, and twisted his knuckles with his fingers to "crackle" for a while, as if he was not about to start a delicate abacus operation, but to punch people.

After doing this, he put his right hand into a fist slightly, just spread his thumb and index finger, and tossed back and forth in the upper and lower areas of the abacus for a week, the speed was faster, and the finger drop was also accurate, which was the standard fingering method of two-finger beads.

It's a bit exaggerated, but in fact, Shi Yi's fingering looks very ordinary.

In the viewing seats on the periphery of the small high platform, among Shi Yi's seven aunts, several of them felt anxious when they watched this scene. Mo Ye, who was standing beside Ruan Luo, looked more carefully, and was faintly anxious, but when she stood behind Ruan Luo, she could only see a little side of his face, and she couldn't see his demeanor at this time, and she couldn't find the credentials that made her feel at ease.

But in fact, Ruan Luo's state of mind at this time was very calm, even if Shi Yi's live finger technique seemed a little rough, but that was only the beginning, and it did not have the effect of absolutely determining the victory or defeat.

Like Ruan Luo, Yan Yu was also calm, and so were the few of his close entourage in the spectator seat. can be selected by him, follow him to run so far to the Nanzhao Emperor's capital, and enter the Dongfeng Tower to participate in this event, these people rely on their followers, but they all have a basic skill for abacus, and naturally they all understand that no matter how fancy the fingering is, it cannot represent the certainty of victory or defeat.

In the Liangjing Business School, students with disabilities were also accepted. As long as they have the talent in this area, the business school is willing to accept them for further training after passing the basic entrance examination.

And the starting point of this initiative, although it is out of the spirit of benevolence, is not without a trace of gain.

(To be continued......)