So Zheng En fell into bad luck, he was ordered by his eldest brother to memorize the ninety-nine table backwards before lunch, and pass the eldest brother's oral arithmetic exam, if he couldn't pass, he was not allowed to eat, he was not allowed to go out to play, and he was not allowed to ......

Although Zheng En was a little skinny, he didn't dare to disobey his eldest brother's order. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info On the one hand, it is the influence of the times, in this era, Zaipi's younger brother is also afraid of the eldest brother, and on the other hand, it is also because his eldest brother does have something to suppress them. In their hearts, the eldest brother is almost an omniscient god, the eldest brother will tell them all kinds of ancient stories, will give them all kinds of knowledge, and even the adults admire the eldest brother. Therefore, Zheng Sen, the eldest brother, is still quite prestigious in the hearts of the brothers. So Zheng En could only honestly recite the ninety-nine watch with a bitter face.

It's just that I don't usually burn incense, and it may not be useful to hold Buddha's feet or something at zero hour, plus Zheng En feels that the eldest brother has always been very kind to everyone, always smiling, like a bodhisattva, he used to play a little prank with his eldest brother, and the eldest brother always smiled and came to a "don't take an example" Forget it, at this time, I naturally fantasize that when it is time to eat, the eldest brother may be extrajudicial when he sees that he is hungry, and he will not take an example or something. So the progress is naturally very problematic.

So Zheng En was there with a ninety-nine watch on his back, and Zheng Sen was there with his head down and looking at some of the words written by the Dutch captives seriously, while trying to recall some of the content of Mahan's "Naval Strategy" that he had read when he was bored in his previous life, but he had been reading that book for a long time, and what he did in his previous life had nothing to do with the navy or anything. At this time, it is naturally all messy fragments.

At this time, a maid walked softly to the door, she glanced inside, and saw Zheng En sitting at the desk, muttering something "ninety-nine-eighty-one" or something, and at the same time kept looking up to look outside, while Zheng Sen was sitting next to the bookcase on the other side, looking at something, while holding a pen and writing something on a piece of paper.

The maid saw that Zheng Sen didn't notice her arrival, and seemed to be doing something, so she stood at the door and waited silently.

"Big brother, Xiu Tang is here." But Zheng Eun immediately shouted.

"Oh." Zheng Sen raised his head and saw Xiu Tang standing at the door, so he put down the pen in his hand, picked up the written thing and blew it, and then smiled slowly: "Sister Xiu Tang, is there something wrong?" "This Xiu Tang is Zhuang's maid, and she has a bit of status in the house, so Zheng Sen also calls her a sister.

"Young Master." Xiu Tang said, "Lunch is ready, the master asked me to call the eldest young master." ”

Zheng Sen frowned, then sat upright, and said, "Sister Xiucheng, you go back and talk to the master first, the third young master's homework has not been completed yet, and he can't go to eat until he finishes his homework." ”

After listening to Zheng Sen's words, Xiu Tang hurriedly smiled and said, "The master knows that the third young master has not finished his homework yet......"

Hearing this, Zheng En's eyes immediately lit up, and he was full of anticipation that Xiu Tang would say later, "But the master said that he is not in a hurry, it is better to eat first and then think about it in the long run" or something.

However, what Xiu Tang said later: "The master said, if the third young master doesn't study honestly, he deserves to have nothing to eat...... Speaking of this, she deliberately glanced at Zheng En, and then continued, "Moreover, the master also said that the eldest young master is an elder brother, and he can't blindly condone his younger brother, and when he should have a good beating, he should have a good beating." It's just that the eldest young master doesn't have to accompany him here. The master asked the little maid to invite the eldest young master over for dinner. ”

Listening to Xiu Tang's words, Zheng En immediately hung his head in disappointment.

Zheng Sen glanced at Zheng En, then turned his head to Xiu Tang and said, "Sister Xiu Tang, you go back and tell the master first, just say that the third brother will be able to finish it soon." I'll go with him when the time comes. Besides, the third brother didn't learn well, and I didn't teach well. I went to eat, but I couldn't bear to let him starve here alone. Okay, so be it, you go first. ”

Xiu Tang listened, and said again: "In this way, the little maid has retired." And he withdrew.

Jung Eun stared at Xiu Tachia with straight eyes and left.

"Third child, if you don't take it seriously, I'm afraid you won't have to eat dinner today!" Zheng Sen said.

Zheng En immediately lowered his head and continued to recite Table 99.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zheng Sen said again: "Third child, how are you preparing?" Would you like to give it a try? ”

The so-called trial refers to seeing if you can complete the 120 questions given by Zheng Sen within the specified time of one stick of incense.

"I'm afraid I can't." Jung Eun shook his head himself.

Zheng Sen shook his head with a smile and said, "Then you can continue to practice by yourself." ”

As he was talking, the maid named Xiu Tang just now came back.

"Young Master." She first blessed Zheng Sen, then turned her face to Zheng En and said solemnly: "Third young master, let me tell you a word. ”

Zheng En immediately put down his pen and stood up to listen. These were the rules he had just learned from his teachers and eldest brother. Although Xiu Tang is just a maid, but now she is speaking on behalf of his father, so as a son, he has to stand up and listen.

"The master said that you don't study seriously, but you drag your brother to starve with you, it's really not good. The old man said that he would come over after eating in a while, and if you haven't finished your homework by this time, take care of your skin! Xiu Tachibana said.

"Huh?" Zheng En's face suddenly turned earthy.

"Third young master, the master has always eaten quickly, you have to hurry." After Xiu Tang finished passing on Zheng Zhilong's words, he hurriedly recovered his tone and said with concern.

"Oh, this ...... What can I do? Zheng En panicked.

"The third child!" Zheng Sen shouted. Zheng En suddenly stopped, and only looked at Zheng Sen with his eyes.

"The third child, the more urgent it is, the more you have to calm down. And you've been memorizing it for so long, now you can come to me and try it, seriously, in fact, it's not difficult to pass one hundred and twenty questions in one stick of incense. Zheng Sen replied leisurely.

"Oh, by the way, Sister Xiutang, you go and help me light the incense sticks." Zheng Sen said again.

Xiu Tang answered, so he went to the incense table and took a stick of incense that was obviously thicker, lit it and gently inserted it into the incense burner.

Zheng Sen saw this small action, but he didn't point it out. As for Zheng En, he was already desperately rushing to do the exam papers given to him by Zheng Sen with his head down at this time, where did he still pay attention to these details.

But after a while, Zheng En finished these questions, he raised his head, glanced at the incense stick, and saw that the incense stick was still a long section, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

"Show me." Zheng Sen walked over and said.

Zheng En pulled the test paper into his arms and said with a smile: "Big brother, it's not time yet, I'll take a look again so as not to make a mistake." ”

"Ah Sen, how is your brother learning?" A voice came from outside. As soon as Zheng Sen turned around, he saw Zheng Zhilong striding in from outside.

"Daddy." "Daddy." Zheng Sen and Zheng En immediately straightened up.

"Arne, I heard you're not honest again!" Zheng Zhilong said.

"Daddy, my brother is done." Zheng Sen replied first.

"Oh, I heard it's a math problem, ninety-nine table, right?" Zheng Zhilong said, "Where is the topic, and is it done?" Show me? ”

"Arne." Zheng Sen said.

Zheng En handed the scroll to Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zilong took the roll and read it.

"Well, you use Tianzhu numbers?" Zheng Zhilong asked casually. In order to pretend to be an authority in Western learning, Zheng Zhilong still learned some mathematics more or less. Without waiting for Zheng Sen to answer, Zheng Zhilong himself said: "It's not bad to use Tianzhu numbers, to be honest, it's more convenient, and there are few people who understand, well, it uses Western-style symbols, which is good, and it will also be conducive to secrecy in the future." lest the secret art of the family be inadvertently spread. ”

After saying this, Zheng Zhilong began to look at Zheng En's test paper seriously. After looking at it for a while, Zheng Zhilong frowned and asked, "Ah Sen, how many of your correct answers to this exam paper are considered to be passed?" ”

"Daddy, the younger brothers are of different ages, and their requirements are high and low, like the fifth brother, as long as you have to answer a hundred questions, of which eighty are right. As for the third brother, what is required is to answer all of them, and to answer more than 100 questions correctly. Zheng Sen hurriedly replied.

"Is the time limited to such a stick of incense?" Zheng Zhilong glanced at the pillar of incense that had not yet been burned, so he asked.

"Yes, Daddy." Zheng Sen replied.

"It's too simple to use such a thick incense stick for such a simple question, right? Well, where is the exam paper that the third child didn't pass in front of? Zheng Zhilong furrowed his eyebrows and suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Zheng Eun was taken aback and vaguely felt that things were not going well.

"Daddy, here." Zheng Sen glanced at Zheng En and handed his original test paper to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong took the test paper and looked at it, looking at his face getting darker and darker.

"The third child!" Zheng Zhilong suddenly shouted angrily, so frightened that Zheng En knelt on the ground all of a sudden.

"You do this in a stick of incense! And then after your eldest brother stared at you and memorized it for a while, a stick of incense can be done? You tell me, your eldest brother asked you to memorize the ninety-nine table before today, did you memorize a sentence! I'm so! And Assen! Your brother is so lazy, you just let him re-memorize it, and let him eat after he finishes it? If you want me to say, you should have invited the family law out just now and taught this stinky boy a hard lesson, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to remember the lesson. Ah Sen, I know you feel sorry for your brother, but as a big brother, you must remember that Yan is a master and a high apprentice, and Yan is loving and forgiving! ”

"What Daddy said is that it's just that my brother is still ......young," Zheng Sen said.

"The more this happens, the more you can't relax." Zheng Zhilong said, then he turned his head to stare at Zheng En, and suddenly shouted, "You idiot! Next time, Lao Tzu peeled off your skin! ”