It snowed overnight, and the whole city of Beiping was white.

The snow on the branches fell, Gu Huai opened his eyes, the sky outside was still slightly bright, but he didn't dare to sleep anymore.

Although he knew that the two would not do it so quickly, he was still a little wary.

The sound alarmed Xiaohuan outside, and the copper basin of hot water was quickly sent, Gu Huai washed his face, was taken by Xiaohuan to the main hall, and looked up to see Song Jia with a somewhat ruddy face.

"Madame wakes up so early?"

"Xianggong is here," Song Jia smiled gently, "The concubine is going to the shop to take account, so she got up early." ”

She handed over a bowl of white porridge, as if she had no intention: "Xianggong's health is better?" ”

"I've just recovered from a serious illness, my spirit is good, and my body is still a little weak," Gu Huai naturally took the white porridge, "What?" ”

"There are three shops in the Song family, one is for supply, and two are open, and the concubine has always been too busy in the past two years, if the husband is not too troublesome, how about going to the shop for the concubine to take inventory?"

Are you so anxious?

Gu Huai remained silent and drank porridge slowly: "I just woke up yesterday, and I went to take stock today, isn't it..."

"The concubine will naturally let the carriage send Xianggong over," Song Jia hurriedly added, "It's just to show up, after all, Xianggong is also half the master of the Song family, isn't it?" ”

She wiped the corners of her eyes: "There has been a lot of gossip outside over the years, but Xianggong is awake now, but it's fine." ”

Good acting.

Gu Huai couldn't help but praise, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "That... All right. ”

The words have already been said on this, it would be a little strange if he didn't go, although Gu Huai was afraid of trouble, but he was more afraid of death in comparison.

I still have to stabilize these two people first... And he really wanted to meet the adulterer.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and it was all in... Needless to say.

......

The architectural style of the whole Beiping is on the tall side, the shops are like this, the houses are like this, the streets are paved with bluestone slabs, some rugged, and the wheels of the carriages are always stumbling.

There are not many pedestrians on the streets, and when the New Year is approaching and there is heavy snowfall, most of them still choose to stay at home except for the people who are begging for a living on the street.

Gu Huai, who lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, and his eyes were full of what it would look like hundreds of years later.

He retracted his gaze: "How far is it?" ”

"It's here, uncle." Xiaohuan pointed intimately: "It's that shop." ”

Gu Huai raised his eyes and looked, on the side of the street where there were few pedestrians, the shops without plaques looked a little desolate.

was helped out of the carriage by Xiaohuan, and the somewhat wealthy shopkeeper Chen greeted him: "Ouch, the owner is here, the account books are ready, the owner is invited." ”

"It's just a routine, the shopkeeper will do it himself," Gu Huai smiled and waved his hand, "Don't delay the unloading of the goods." ”

A few carriages were parked in front of the shop, and a few guys were sweating profusely to remove the medicinal herbs, and the smell of Chinese medicine filled the entire street.

Sure enough, as Shopkeeper Chen said, the account books were all placed on the counter, Gu Huaiwan refused Shopkeeper Chen's invitation, did not enter the counter, just found a chair to sit down, and flipped through the account books while chatting.

There was a low laugh from the side.

"Pretending... Don't use an abacus for accounting? I'm afraid I'm stupid to read. ”

"Shhhh Who doesn't know that this owner has been paralyzed for three years, I'm afraid that people are stupid, what's wrong with making a appearance, you have to break it? ”

"Not to mention, it's a bit of an owner to sit there."

Shopkeeper Chen, who was standing on the side, obviously also heard this whisper of disdain, he glared over there, and looked at Gu Huai with some concern, but found that Gu Huai's expression did not change at all, as if he didn't hear it at all.

After a while, Gu Huai had already finished half of the account book, and Shopkeeper Chen relaxed slightly, but Gu Huai suddenly spoke: "Shopkeeper Chen, do you have paper and pen?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Shopkeeper Chen's heart jumped, and he took the pen and paper, "Does the owner still need an abacus?" ”

"No, it won't work." Gu Huai smiled, turned the tent over with his left hand, lowered his head and began to draw on the paper.

Shopkeeper Chen looked sideways, and it was full of ghost drawings, and he couldn't understand it at all.

His heart went up again, thinking that those guys just now were not wrong...

There was a noise outside the shop, Gu Huai lowered his head and continued to write hard, Chen shopkeeper went out, only to see a little girl walking towards the shop with some men in Tsing Yi and a short beat.

I saw that this little girl was dressed in a light blue cotton jacket, her hair was combed with three temples, her hair was like satin divided into two bundles hanging down on both shoulders, her plain face was extremely delicate and lovely, the fluff on her face had not faded, her skin was fair and moist, as if the smooth ivory was pink, even if her vision was bad, she could see at a glance that this little girl was an absolute beauty embryo, and she would be a great beauty when she grew up.

Shopkeeper Chen was careful, this momentum and this dress are either rich or expensive: "This nobleman, what is the noble matter?" ”

"Sichuan cimicifuga, asparagus, bamboo yellow... Do you have one here? ”

Different from the common Beiping accent, this voice is as crisp as a yellow bird, it is an authentic Jiangnan accent, extremely pleasant, Chen shopkeeper thought for a moment, and nodded his head firmly: "Yes, how much does the guest officer need?" ”

"Let's come for ten pounds," the little girl hesitated, "no... It's still twenty pounds. ”

Shopkeeper Chen, who had just turned around, almost flashed his waist when he heard this, who buys medicine and buys it? This is not a peer to pick up the goods.

But the eyes of the men in Tsing Yi were very vicious, so that the shopkeeper Chen really didn't dare to ask, he shook his head and walked straight to the warehouse: "It's all medicine for madness... Can eating so much be cured? ”

The shop was quiet for a while, the guys continued to carry things, their eyes were quietly cast on the little girl, the men in Tsing Yi hugged their shoulders to guard the door, and only the sound of the tip of the pen rubbing rice paper was left in the whole shop.

The account book turned to the end, and after writing two pages of rice paper, a number was written under the horizontal line representing the end of the operation, Gu Huai put down the pen and rubbed his eyebrows.

A voice suddenly rang out: "What is this?" ”

The sound is very good, and the aroma of grass on the face is also very good, Gu Huai, who has been focusing on settling accounts, didn't notice that there were so many people in the shop at once, and he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's just settling accounts." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, where is this reckoning?" The little girl's brow furrowed beautifully, "It's just a scribble." ”

The little girl who is too cute is easy to lose her vigilance, Gu Huai glanced at it, and the shopkeeper Chen was not there, so he picked up the rice paper and blew it: "This is an Arabic numeral." ”

"Ahh What? ”

"Arabia," Gu Huai said with a smile, "a very distant country, far away from the ocean, if nothing else, you will never meet the Ming Dynasty." ”

The little girl had a strong desire to learn: "What is it like there?" ”

"The yellow sand desert is hot all year round, riding camels and planting cacti."

"What are you talking about, where is there such a place," the little girl was stunned and said with a smile, "I haven't heard of it in Jinling." ”

She pointed to the string of numbers: "What does this mean?" ”

"One thousand nine hundred seventy-two taels."

"Is this shop's income?"

"No," Gu Huai glanced at the counter and lowered his voice, "It's this shop... Two years of deficit. ”

The sound was so small that the unloading guys couldn't hear it, but the little girl must have heard it, because her pupils shrank slightly.

After a moment, she straightened up, wrinkled her nose, and was a little dissatisfied: "You are talking nonsense. ”

Gu Huai put away the rice paper and said interestingly: "Oh? ”

"You're the owner of this shop?"

"Sort of."

"Then where can anyone laugh when he knows that his shop is short of so much silver, you must be talking nonsense."

Gu Huaili was straightforward: "Although I am the owner, but the money does not fit into my pocket, why can't I laugh?" ”

The little girl obviously didn't understand why there were owners in this world who didn't take money, and stared at a pair of clear eyes like autumn water: "Then you can calculate it, and the real owner can definitely figure it out, how can it be a deficit for two years in a row?" ”

"Shop bookkeeping, it has always been a note, the amount is large, there are many projects, no matter how shrewd the old account room will make a mistake," Gu Huai shook the account book in his hand, "Not to mention the number of unit prices, as soon as you write it, it is a large piece, the ink is smudged, the pages are missing, the account book is this thing... It's not necessarily clear. ”

"Then how can you figure it out?"

"It's these ghost talismans that make difficult things easy," Gu Huai saw that the little girl still didn't believe it, and beckoned, "Look." ”

"One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two taels, it is very long to write, and the words in the account book are very small, even if they are used in small amounts, it is not easy to distinguish them when they are squeezed together, but in another way..."

He wrote down a few Arabic numerals: "It's fast, it's intuitive, it's easy to change, it's easier to find the source of the error." ”

The little girl stared blankly at the comparison of the two lines of numbers on the rice paper: "It's really... How long did it take you to finish this book? ”

"If you don't count the time spent chatting with you, it should only take about half a pillar of incense."

"How can it be so fast?"

"This involves a deeper mathematical problem," Gu Huai obviously didn't want to continue popularizing science, "Don't ask me what is above the four operations, it's too difficult to explain." ”

He patted the account book and sighed a little: "I just want to say sorry to my math teacher now." ”

"This is the first time I've felt it firsthand... The power of learning. ”