About more than an hour, the sun has completely risen, the plan of the day lies in the morning, as the beginning of the day, the hour is the most energetic and energetic moment of the day, the hawkers in Jintan County are shouting higher than a sound, the pedestrians on the street come and go, a vibrant scene.

Yu Xia was visiting the county seat for the first time, and was full of curiosity about the lively scene of the village in front of her, which was different from the peaceful village, and the bluestone paved streets had long been occupied by vendors, filled with stalls of all kinds. There are people who sell fish and vegetables, there are people who blow candy and pinch noodles, and there are people who sell rouge gouache and women's jewelry, Yu Xia watched with great interest, and Yu Xian patiently explained to her on the side.

"Brother You, I'm going to the south of the city, I'll wait for you at the city gate before the sun sets." Here Yu Erzhu said goodbye to Yu Dayou, Yu Dayou was not hypocritical, and thanked Yu Erzhu, and the two people parted ways.

Yu Dayou bought four meat buns, one for each of them, with thin skin and enough filling, one for each child, and one for his wife Yang Cuilian.

Yang Cuilian looked at the three children eating with a satisfied look, her heart was a little sour, her family was poor, she couldn't eat meat a few times a year, an ordinary meat bun turned out to be a great happiness for them, seeing her husband give the last meat bun to herself, Yang Cuilian wiped her tears and pushed back, "I ate a little full in the morning, and I can't eat it now." ”

"It's just a bun, why can't you eat it if the children can eat it, I don't like to eat these things, it's not as good as a few solid steamed buns, you eat it while it's hot, it'll be cold in a while."

Two people push around, and the last bun is split into two halves, one person and a half.

Yu Xia gnawed on the buns, looking at her father and mother like this, her eyes were a little sour, she knew that the family had a little money for her own medical treatment, and the villagers could buy the meat buns in ten days and half a month, and they had become a precious thing in their house. Yu Xia lowered her eyes, stuffed the last bite of the bun into her mouth, and secretly vowed in her heart that in the future, she must let her father, mother, sister and brother live a good life, and have meat buns to eat every day.

Yu Dayou took his family to the grocery store to sell dry goods, all of which were dried vegetables and mushrooms produced by the farmer, and every household could do a little bit to pick the county to sell, and the dry goods of the Yu family were better than the fine materials and dried properly, and they were never shoddy or cut corners. The shopkeeper Cao asked the guy to weigh the pounds, the abacus crackled, and finally gave the price.

"According to the twenty-three wen a catty we agreed, there are a total of twenty-six catties here, a total of five hundred and seventy-eight wen, we are also considered regular customers, so I will add a fraction to you and count it as five hundred and eighty wen." Shopkeeper Cao put down his abacus and turned his head to greet the man, "Little Liu, count five hundred and eighty yuan." ”

Although only two more money, but enough to buy two meat buns, Yu Dayou is grateful that the shopkeeper Cao has always been willing to accept his own goods, and has repeatedly given more, the tall man rubbed his hands, and his gratitude was overflowing, but he didn't know how to express it.

"Shopkeeper Cao, thank you for taking care of our family." Yang Cuilian also often follows Yu Dayou to sell dry goods here, knowing that the shopkeeper Cao is kind, never lowers the price, and never shortens them, and the simple countrymen are treated like this, which is a great kindness to them.

Yu Xia frowned when she listened to the conversation between her parents and Shopkeeper Cao, she looked at Shopkeeper Cao with her big innocent eyes, tilted her head and asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, what were you doing with that frame just now?" ”

Seeing that although she had dark skin, her eyes were big and bright, and she was asking herself innocently at this time, so he reached out and touched her head, raised the abacus in his hand, and said with a smile, "This is not a wooden frame, this is called an abacus, this is a tool used for calculation, and everyone who does business has to know this." ”

"How is this used, can you show me, even if the one you typed just now counted for my father." Yu Xia scratched her head, a little embarrassed, but her eyes were full of longing.

Shopkeeper Cao knew that there were few children from rural families like them who studied and studied, let alone the enlightenment of arithmetic, maybe they hadn't even heard the ninety-nine multiplication song, so he took pity on him, so he took the abacus and specially demonstrated it to Yu Xia.

"Look, twenty-three pounds multiplied by twenty-six pounds...... Hey? The shopkeeper Cao hit it again, looked at the abacus that was moved, was stunned for a moment, and then hit the abacus back into place twice, "Hey, big brother, I'm really sorry, I just miscalculated, I should give you five hundred and ninety-eight wen." ”

Cao's shopkeeper's old face was slightly red, he thought he was a good hand in the abacus, who knew that he would make such a mistake, people who didn't know thought he was deliberately giving people less calculations, fortunately, the little girl asked herself just now, otherwise the reputation of his small shop would be bad.

Shopkeeper Cao glanced at Yu Xia a little strangely, he rarely made mistakes, why did he call this little girl so coincidentally?

Yu Dayou's family thanked Shopkeeper Cao and walked out of the grocery store, Yu Xian was already impatient, "Let's go to the pharmacy to sell Ganoderma lucidum!" "Before the Ganoderma lucidum is actually exchanged for money, he always thinks about it.

Although Jintan County is only a small county seat, there are several pharmacies, and the largest one is He'an Hall in the south of the city. At the beginning, Yu Xia fainted frequently, and the doctor only said that she was weak and weak, and prescribed a lot of qi-replenishing medicinal materials, among which several flavors of medicine were only available in He'antang, and the price was quite fair. Yu Dayou thought that precious medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum were probably only known in He'antang, so he took his family directly to He'antang.

Yu Xia walked with her family absentmindedly, just now she saw that the shopkeeper Cao was planning to plate, and there was always a feeling that she would too, and "ninety-nine-eighty-one, eight-nine-seventy-two...... automatically appeared in her mind" She listened to the number of shopkeepers Cao, and faintly felt that something was wrong, so she pretended to be curious and asked the shopkeeper Cao's use of the abacus.

Yu Xia knew that this was something that lived in his head again, and he heard the shopkeeper Cao say that this is a must for those who do business, and they always have something to sell to the county, and if they don't know how to count, they don't know if they are cheated by profiteers, after all, not everyone is a good person like Shopkeeper Cao, Yu Xia thought that she had to learn these things, so that her father and mother would not suffer, while carefully understanding the mantra in her head, and under the dual-purpose situation, she didn't realize that her brain was dizzy.

"Two girls!" Yu Xia's legs were weak, she rolled her eyes and fainted, Yang Cuilian, who had been paying attention to Yu Xia, screamed and quickly held her up. Every time Yu Xia fainted, the family put her in bed and waited for her to wake up, but now she is in the county seat, and she is not familiar with life, so she can't let her child sleep on the street.

Seeing passers-by looking here, Yu Chun hurriedly blocked his sister, looking at his mother's anxious face, Yu Chun couldn't help complaining, "I knew that this would happen, I shouldn't have brought my sister to the county seat." "Her embroidery hasn't been sold yet, and she hasn't gone to the bead flower gouache stall yet, Yu Xia fainted, and her plans were all in vain!