In July, although the weather is still hot, it has been divided into morning and evening, unlike in midsummer, when it is hot from morning to morning, and people can at least sleep comfortably.

The housewarming and resettlement project at home is gradually on the right track, and the labor hired from the village has played a big role, and there is an experienced and well-connected money housekeeper in charge, and I am 90% relieved. There are also ten percent of the housekeeper's body, although it looks fat and strong, but after all, it is an elderly person, and it is easy to get sick when he is tired and tired, and now it is more difficult to find a good housekeeper than to find a good wife, but I don't want the old man to get sick or something.

In fact, the old men of the Wang family are good, they have worked at home for decades, come through ups and downs, conscientiously and dutifully loyal to the owner, and none of them have changed jobs in the most difficult times, although Mr. Hu is shrewd and calculated, and the money housekeeper has the habit of being cheap, but when it comes to the position issue, it is absolutely unambiguous, the nail is the nail riveting is riveting, and the interests of the Wang family are above all else.

For the ancients, this was ethics, the minimum criterion for being a man, and a tradition. If it is put in the 21st century, it will be evaluated as stupid and loyal, brainless, and does not have the minimum pursuit of being a person, which is pedantic. Anyway, the times are advancing, and people's thinking is also advancing, maybe future generations are right, but I am an ancient man now, and of course I have to protect the face of the ancients, so I still affirm the former in my heart.

Although the Wang family has a noble status, the relationship with the parents and officials must be harmonious, and the eyes of the high-ranking officials will grow and the top of their heads will disdain the small officials and officials, and it is a lack of heart and eyes, and maintaining a good relationship with the local government is the long-term solution.

Now the Tang Dynasty was not long after the founding of the country, the government is still honest, and the gifts can be exchanged, if you send money directly to show your intentions, it will scare people, so what new products or paper workshops fine paper. Those who are closed for the New Year and the festival are all brought to the past, and that little thing is insignificant to the Wang family, but it can give themselves a good fortune. The officials were made by me, and the farmers of the grange were managed by Ying, and the officials and the people had a good reputation.

What is the foundation, reputation is the foundation in these years, family wealth is not a skill, and there are many people who are scolded when they go out with rich money. It is the way to live if it is unanimously recognized by the government and the people. Ying often nags, leaving a reputation is better than keeping a field, and keeping a field is better than keeping money, I recognize the former, and I selectively recognize the latter, after all, the culture and education that I have been exposed to since childhood are different.

Ying has a habit of sitting under the oil lamp every day on the kang and making a rough calculation of the money and food for the day, and now she has added another homework. At the same time as planning for his own family, he was enthusiastic about helping the Yun family once, and he was very dedicated. The landlord's wife should be impeccable in this part. At first, I was afraid that she would be tired from hard work, after all, it was still very physically demanding to work hard for a long time. I gradually found that this is purely Ying's personal hobby, it is entertainment, and it is the same as my fishing, it is rest. But the benefits are more than fishing the highlands.

Calculating, the number of digits on the small bamboo slices, lined up on the kang table, and then added and subtracted one by one, the first time I saw this calculation method, I mistakenly thought she was playing cards to tell fortunes. After observing for a long time, I figured out the doorway, and the principle is very simple. The use is very complicated, and the abacus is the same reason, but the abacus beads are replaced with bamboo chips, and the efficiency is not the same.

Working in a bank, whether you are a cashier or not, you can pull twice on the abacus, from the president to the business counter. If you don't know how to play tricks, you will be ridiculed by your colleagues. Especially on the counter, there is no special N-level abacus certificate. I'm embarrassed to say hello when I go out. Banks, especially the four major state-owned banks, have a tradition of delegating training to newcomers, and all newly assigned people, no matter what major you have, and which departments you will be assigned to in the future, must first practice at the business counter for three months, count money, and be familiar with the working environment and basic work theory, even if you are the son of the director of the bureau or the nephew of the director, you must pass this pass first, and treat everyone equally.

Three months is not long, but it is enough to exercise an abacus level 4 for a clumsy, more than 180 centimeters, and an idiot college student with a bearded face. I remember once went to a private enterprise to collect loans, often dealing with the financial staff of the enterprise, there is a young and beautiful cashier surnamed Liu MM especially admired me, the most like to climb me to see my plan plate, every time at this time to make tea and light cigarettes to serve thoughtfully, and then I proudly help her to reconcile the accounts, the opposite accountant will say to the cashier MM: "Xiao Liu, you let the comrades of the bank help you work, anyway, the bank's loan interest will not reach the account for a while, at least I can help you work for half a month, If you receive your salary, you have to give half of it to others. ”

Ying doesn't have Xiao Liu's habit of being lazy, I just volunteered to help her count, but the small bamboo pieces that come and go are not a way, and I feel distressed under the oil lamp. Why don't you use an abacus?

In the extracurricular reading materials of primary school, I once proudly introduced the abacus, saying that the Han Dynasty had the subject of "Abacus", but I have not seen it once in the more than a year since I came. On this issue, I specifically consulted the professional personnel Hu account room, and the answer I got was no, first, the abacus has been seen, but it is not the way I described, and there is no one at home, it is an eliminated product; Second, it is completely different from the abacus algorithm I said, it is useless when calculating the accounts, and it can even be said that it has nothing to do with the reckoning.

I understand, as I said, the abacus of later generations has not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and the 'abacus' invented in the Han Dynasty and the one we use in daily life are fundamentally different things, and they are just called the same name. It's simple, we can't get the steam engine, but it's a shame if we can't even get the abacus. If you want to get high-end goods, small and exquisite, not to mention, the elimination of five sons, directly on the fourth, weekdays and decoration are used to a few, jade, agate beads can be given on the ground, say do it, skillful craftsmen are many places, even do it yourself.

"From today to the next three days, if I don't discuss knowledge with you, this marquis will shock the world, cry ghosts and gods, and let you open your eyes." Early in the morning, I solemnly swore to Lanling: "I want to achieve a great cause, it will only take three days, wait and see." ”

"You're going to rebel?" Lan Ling's first reaction when he saw me say the ground scorpion tiger. Then he smiled: "I'm not as lazy as you, it's raining and it's cool, so hurry up." ”

"Didn't bluff. Why don't you believe me. "Now this appearance is not good, thin and ordinary, and he can't bluff people. Recently, I found a sharp knife, and I shaved my face after washing my face every day, and my little yellow face had to be shaved into a bearded face, and I was a twenty-year-old man, and the corners of my mouth were still hairy, which made people unbearable. In my original experience. Persist in scraping for three years or have a small success, and strive to surpass Zhang Fei at the age of 30. "It's wordy, it's cool to rest, reach out, I'll see the thickness of your fingers, and make you a nice thing." This abacus and weapons are a truth, and all masters must be tailor-made. The more you take advantage of it, the better you can play. In the past, there were abacus master colleagues, all of whom picked and chose among dozens of abacus models, and now they have to keep improving, and such a big thing can't be sloppy.

Ying's fingers are slender, and Lanling's is much richer. It feels good to the touch, and it is meaty in the hand, slippery, and comfortable to hold gently. Hold the pain hard...... "Oh, why do you work hard!" ”

"Did you do that?" Lan Ling thought I was a hooligan, chuckled and lay on his side on the soft chair, stretched his body, and pulled out his hand and gently scratched the back of my hand, "Why is your wife always running towards the neighbor's house in a hurry recently?" No wonder you're getting bolder. ”

"Cut," I glanced at Lan Ling disdainfully, "who do you think of me?" What does it matter to me whether she runs or not? "Since reaching an egg purchase agreement with farmers in Zhuangzi. The Yun family also seems to follow the Wangjiazhuang household's method of raising chickens, and semi-disclose the scale of breeding, Ying is very interested in the income of the Yun family, and calls Miss Yun to pull a homely banner, and goes to the Yun family every now and then to investigate. How many chickens were laid, how many eggs were laid, how many died, how many were added. I suspect Ying knows better than Yun Girl. Anyway, after the evening, he smiled, thinking that the Yun family had no possibility of repaying the debt. "How about the two housekeepers you sent to study abroad go back to work on the land?"

"I just learned it. Naturally, it's not as good as the fine hair at home. But the maggot seeds you took from you have already tossed the boss a lot, and people who watch it are panicking. Lanling talked about chicken feed and got goosebumps, "As soon as there were too many maggots, the chickens couldn't eat them, so they took them and fed the livestock." ”

"Huh? Livestock? "It's unbelievable, the first time I heard that animals also eat meat, I felt strange.

"Yes, those two stewards used to sell livestock, and they are doing these things." Lan Ling smiled when he said this, "The two people I sent, they were all liars in the past, and they were taken by the people on my Zhuangzi to be sent to the government, I think they are also a little capable, so they were accepted as stewards and specialized in taking care of large animals." ”

"Liar?" No wonder I saw those two old men with thieves and rat eyes, it turned out that they were from this background, Lanling really dared to use people, let me go out early.

"Liar." Lan Ling smiled and nodded, "I make money by secretly buying and selling livestock." If it's a resale, it's just two black-hearted ghosts. In the autumn, pick some thin and sick ones, buy them cheaply, and then pull them back to fatten, and sell them again in the spring when the farm is busy, and the price will at least quadruple. ”

"Isn't that good, fat and strong spring is just working, how can it be said to be a liar?"

"Hehe, it sounds reasonable, but there are many doorways inside." Lanling roughly told me the trick of the place, and I was confused when I listened to it, and secretly admired the wisdom and courage of the ancient liars.

Autumn is the season when cattle and horses hang fat, and generally those with good physique can eat a brain full of fat before winter, but some livestock born with poor physique or disease, just eat not grow meat, and there is not much strength to work in the field. The two men got this vacancy, bought the emaciated animals, fed them in a unique way, and sold them at a great price in the spring when the farm was busy. As for how to feed, the details of Lanling are not clear, just know that it is to grasp some voles and hay with a guillotine to break the guillotine and feed together, the livestock can quickly get fat after eating, but only hang the fat and do not grow strength, buy the ground to show the original shape (hurt the natural and harmful things will not be detailed, there is speculation to the habit of the book friends do not delve into it, once it is exposed, it will be caught by the farmer uncle and killed). In this day and age, it is a high-tech crime. But then again, those who can do this are the masters of studying livestock land, and once there is a place to play, they will definitely be model workers if they make reasonable use of it.

"Actually, it's also good for this animal to occasionally see a little meat, but it shouldn't be too much, and if there are too many, it will make you sick." Lanling's attainments in agriculture and animal husbandry, I don't accept it, and I never play things like royal personnel studying crops and livestock in TV dramas. I used to think that those people were perverted except for eating prostitutes, and none of them were serious. "You also have someone who knows how to do it, or I'll pick one to come over and help your family take care of it."

"No, I have a master in my family, hehe." I think of Dr. Zhou, who is enshrined at home, and in the future, I should learn from Lanling and make good use of others' strengths, and Dr. Zhou should give full play to his own advantages.

The first abacus was finally made. According to my design, the upper son and the lower four, the abacus sandalwood shelf polished by nanmu, the smooth and rounded bamboo string rod grinding to reduce friction, flexible and labor-saving, the fingers fly up and down with a slight movement of the abacus, and the impact crackles. When I performed, I was in good spirits. After getting familiar with the feel of the hand a few times, under the gaze of Ying and Lanlingdi, more than 100 superimposed and decreasing arithmetic problems disappeared in the crisp sound of rhythmic 'pop'. Anyway, I did the math in advance, and I knew the correct answer, and the whole process was just for show. Try to play chic, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, anyway, just dial out the correct answer when you stop fingering. , Ying and Lanling were dumbfounded. I haven't returned to my soul for a long time, which is good, and I have a lot of face.

Lanling didn't believe it very much, so he crawled on the table for a long time and wrote a dozen thick numbers for me to re-type. Small meaning, under the condition that it does not affect the image, you can be a little careful and slow.

coughed dryly twice, grabbed the abacus and shook it up and down a few times, and learned the action of the gambling god to release the color cup. Press the abacus on the table, and return the abacus to its place in a chic manner (this action has been practiced hard, belongs to the façade decoration, and is indispensable.) If you use the resetter, it will be a shame), the left hand is dipped in some water, and he begins to quickly turn the question paper, and the abacus is dialed in his right hand, and there are words in his mouth (in fact, there is no need to read. to increase the atmosphere of the scene). After a cup of tea, the problem will be completed and repeated. Get. The sword is not old, if there is a master of special three and two, the time can be more than doubled.

"How?" Proudly pulled the abacus beads, "This is addition and subtraction, multiplication is no problem, do you want to see?" "I've always been bad at dividing, barely able to play, but the heat is too far away, so I don't offer ugliness.

"It's a little faster than the calculations." Lanling didn't want to fuel my arrogance, suppressed his excitement, and said in a flat tone, "But the truth is similar to planning." Saying that, he took the abacus up and down, and praised: "Yes, the workmanship is exquisite, the materials are exquisite, and the average person is afraid that he can't afford it." ”

I don't know it, I can't afford to be behind, and when the agate and jade are done, I will know what it means to be useless. I pressed the hand shape of Ying and Lanling, estimated the size, and specially found a good craftsman to order a pair for each of them, and now I plan to give this to Hu Ledger. The chief accountant of the dignified Earl's Court also has to have a posture to be imposing.

Ying saw that Lan Ling was present, so she didn't praise her too much, but she still admired it in her eyes, and stood next to her and looked at the abacus in Lan Ling's hand eagerly, and wanted to put it aside and grab it earlier.

"What did you just read?" Lan Ling flicked it a few times like me, "How do you use it?" ”

"This ......" shook his head, took a shelf, and said slowly: "It's difficult." ”

Ying was present, Lanling was not good at seizures, and as soon as Ying left, she pounced on me and shook my neck, "Tell you to put on a fight, quickly teach me, and strangle you!" ”

"Let go, it's dead." Killing, which is the posture of learning, and the ** of new knowledge is too much, "teach, teach, learn...... Stop. ”

Truth, formula, simple fingering, and Lanling is also a person with a foundation for planning. "Take it, I'll go home and practice in the evening." Lanling domineering took the abacus for himself, "It's okay to sell the abacus to make money, but it's not allowed to sell it too expensive, and it's generally used at home to live." ”

"Huh? Take it! "Regret that I only ordered one sample. But the proposal is good, I didn't expect this fork, but I was reminded by Lanling. She thought I was making a new gadget to make money, hehe, okay. Like computers, they are cheap things, and they can be sold for a lot of money when everyone has no land, and it will be unprofitable to imitate them when they become popular in the future. The abacus is now a high-end product, the usage is simple, and it is sold together with a booklet printed with the formula, which is made more fine, and the materials are more expensive, especially for the taste of the wealthy landlords of the high doors, and the arithmetic is wide and full of energy, and they are alive. "You can practice it yourself, don't let others see it, this thing is easy to imitate, and once it spreads, there will be no money to be made."

Ying was annoyed for a while that Lanling had run away from the abacus, but she supported this suggestion, because the abacus was transformed by using the principle of calculation, and there were many people who could calculate, as long as they read the booklet a few times, they could learn it, and it was profitable.

"By the way, there is still something to discuss," Jianying immediately began to think about the abacus listing plan, and hurriedly said it first, otherwise she would not be able to pull it out after losing her money for a while. "I plan to bring back all the livestock that our family has raised in the tenant's house to raise them in a centralized manner, and there is still a place in the village to build a livestock shed for Dr. Zhou to take care of them in a unified manner."

Ying was crawling on the kang table to settle accounts, and when she heard me say this, she asked: "The cost of pulling it back is huge, what are the benefits of our family?" ”

"I can't say that there is any benefit, but I think that Dr. Zhou can rest assured that there is a small problem that can be treated in time, which is easier to manage than putting it in a tenant's house." This year's farming cattle and donkeys and horses must be taken care of, Lanling has done a good job, and I want to follow suit, "Maybe there are benefits, and it won't cost much money." ”

"Well, come according to the husband's wishes, and when the house is built on the Zhuangzi, add a livestock shed." Ying saw the second daughter enter the house, turned her head and asked her, "Is Dalai better?" Dr. Zhou is indeed not very good at treating people. ”

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