Chapter 2: Brother Li

"Is this the Langjun snatched back by the lord of the village? He looks so handsome. ”

A group of people passed by the residential area of the cottage, and a group of women saw the owner of the village come back and came forward to salute, and after they finished condolences to the owner of the village, they all turned their eyes to Chen Wentian beside the owner of the village.

They surrounded him in the middle like the "melon-eating masses" in later generations, looking at him like monkeys.

"The master of the village has a really good vision, Xiao Langjun is more handsome than the girl."

"It looks like a scholar, but I don't know how to do this physical work......"

"In this world, what's the use of a scholar, it's not that you have to rely on your strength to eat."

The women were talking about it, many of them were disgusted, and they didn't care about Chen Wentian's reaction in front of them, as if they were speaking some difficult foreign language.

Chen Wentian listened to it in his ears, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless, you should come when I want to, I was robbed of someone in the village, okay......!

Looking at the looks on the women's faces, either disgusted or curious, this made Chen Wentian have some guesses in his heart.

After all, the owner of this big village is good-looking, and there are many people peeping in the village, who doesn't want to marry the owner of the big village. For such a sudden outsider, there is indeed not much kindness.

As soon as Chen Wentian wanted to say something, he heard the light voice of the master of the village:

"He will be the leader of the village in the future, don't talk about it!"

When the owner of the village said this, the women could only accept it in surprise, and they all smiled with various guesses and left, not forgetting to whisper a few words to each other on the way......

"You don't have to care about what they say, you just need to be a good concubine's husband."

The lord of the village walked over and said to him indifferently.

Chen Wentian smiled bitterly in his heart, and could only shake his head and sigh:

"I know, don't worry, I won't run around."

"That'll be fine."

The lord of the village nodded, turned around and beckoned the bandits to push the cart carrying grain into the straw shed.

Hundreds of men followed the order, leading the oxen or horses pulling the carts, and the wooden carts were stacked together. After one person holds a pen to record, the gate is closed.

Chen Wentian had nothing to do, so he could only find a place to sit down and watch the bandits busy.

Just as he was about to do something, a voice like a green sparrow came from behind him.

"Who are you? Why have I never seen you? ”

Chen Wentian looked at the man, it was a girl wearing a sleeve shirt.

She has a round and lovely appearance, and a pair of dark eyes are smart.

Although it does not have the cold temperament of the lord of the village, it is better than being smart and lovely.

The bright teeth, the red lips and the nose, there is no lack of greenness in the playfulness, which makes people happy to look at.

She wore her long hair, held a horsewhip in her hand, and stared at Chen Wentian tightly, revealing doubts.

Without waiting for Chen Wentian to reply to her, the girl jumped towards the master of the village in a few steps. hugged the arm of the master of the village, pointed at Chen Wentian and said suspiciously:

"Sister, who is he?"

"He will be your sister-in-law from now on, and you must respect him."

The owner of the village stroked the girl's head and said in a gentle voice.

"How can this work? I don't want it! Can he still be my sister-in-law with such fine skin and tender flesh? Sister, can you not want him to be my sister-in-law......

The girl shook the arm of the master of the village angrily, and said in a rather coquettish voice.

"I've made up my mind, and he will be your sister-in-law from now on!"

The lord of the village frowned, and said in a slightly cold voice.

"But, but Brother Li also likes you. Why didn't my sister choose Brother Li? ”

The girl stomped her feet in a hurry, feeling incomprehensible about her sister's decision.

"Brother Li is so capable, not a hundred times better than this person. Now he is the second owner of the village, and he and his sister are also in love, why does my sister want to find an outsider? ”

Chen Wentian listened to the girl's words and pondered the story.

He saw that the lord of the village looked quite displeased, and looked at the girl with a little annoyance in his eyes......

And the reason for this may be related to the girl's mouth, Brother Li.

The owner of the village ignored the girl anymore, lowered his head and carefully counted the cart in the grass shed.

The girl saw that her sister no longer cared about herself, and after wandering around for a while, she glared at Chen Wentian, and left angrily.

This made Chen Wentian feel helpless, so he could only touch his head and take the pot for himself.

The lord of the village also seemed to know Chen Wentian's thoughts, so he spoke not long after the girl left:

"She is the sister of the concubine, her name is Shang Ke, she is still young, and she is a little impatient on weekdays, if she offends Lang Jun, please don't be surprised by Lang Jun."

Chen Wentian heard the owner of the village say this, and also knew her love for her sister. said that he didn't care, and walked to the owner of the village to see what she was doing.

Seeing that the master of Dazhai counted the carts, he began to record the accounts with bamboo slips, and he could understand the words on it.

Although the official script of the Han Dynasty is different from that of later generations, there is not much difference. It is a bamboo slip unearthed in the Qin period, as long as it is linked to the context, it can still understand the general meaning.

Chen Wentian glanced at it a few times and roughly understood the recording method of the owner of the village.

Seeing the master of the village struggling to count the amount of food on the bamboo slips, he couldn't help but want to help her.

"I've learned some arithmetic, why don't I help you?"

"Huh?"

There was a hint of surprise in the beautiful eyes of the master of Dazhai, and he did not refuse Chen Wentian's kindness.

She handed the bamboo slip to Chen Wentian and said warmly:

"The concubine forgot that Lang Jun is also a scholar, and he is willing to help do these things, don't you hate me?"

"It's pointless to say it if you hate it or not, now that it's here, what else can I do, let's have a good chat when we're done with this......"

Chen Wentian sighed.

He took the bamboo slip, and without waiting for the owner of the village to reply, he began to redo the accounts by comparing the original records above.

For posterity, making such a simple record is handy.

The master of Dazhai may be because of martial arts, and the words on this hand are also strong and powerful, which looks pleasing to the eye.

Chen Wentianxin Dao relies on this handword alone, and the origin of the owner of the village is not simple. Not to mention a daughter's family, in ancient times, she could read and learn words, and her ancestors or fathers must not be simple characters.

What's more, the knowledge of the Han Dynasty was monopolized by the scholars, and it was far less easy to learn than in later dynasties.

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After packing up the accounts, Chen Wentian handed the bamboo slips to the master of the village.

Seeing that his brows were tightly knit, the lord of the village thought that there was something in his heart, so he asked:

"Is there anything in Lang Jun's heart that he can't let go? If you want, you might as well talk to the concubine. ”

"It's not a big deal."

Chen Wentian said with a smile.

"It's just that I just combed through this account and found some strange places, and I had some doubts in my heart."

"What's weird? I also hope that Lang Jun will speak bluntly, and the concubine will listen to her. ”

The lord of Dazhai looked at Chen Wentian sincerely and said.

Chen Wentian nodded yes and handed the bamboo slip to the master of Dazhai. Pointing to the above records, he said:

"The lord of the village also sees, here it is recorded that the new grain is 1,100 stones, plus the remaining grain before should be 2,400 stones, but when it arrives, it will become 2,100 stones. There was no record of entry and exit during this period, so why were hundreds of stones missing for no reason? ”

"Look at it again, and the number of bows and arrows is recorded. However, there are fewer records and no records of discrepancies. ”

"There are so many weirdness, I still want to ask the master of the village. This account records, but there are others to help? ”

When the lord of the village heard this, Xiumei couldn't help but wrinkle. She looked at the words on the bamboo slips and said slowly:

"The accounts in the village, the owner of the second village also has help to record."

"I see."

Chen Wentian nodded and didn't ask any more.