In the ancestral hall of the Song family, the thoughts of the young grandmother Pei Xueyan flew somewhere; The housekeeper Song Tongshan went to get the cloth; In order to express himself, Xu Bantou was directing eight porters to carry stone statues...

And the eight porters were carrying a thousand pounds of burden on their shoulders, and they were so tired that they couldn't breathe, so naturally they didn't have the heart and energy to pay attention to other things.

Stay at the door of the ancestral hall...

At the signal of Xu Bantou, they dared to slowly bend their knees and remove the stone statue on their shoulders...

As Liu Shen thought, as soon as the burden on his shoulders was removed, some people began to complain with bitter faces.

Among the eight people, Wei Dafu's physique was slightly weaker, and he was the first to speak: "Xu Bantou, I'm afraid this stone statue has to weigh 3,000 catties, and if you pick it out of the city without touching the ground, it will tire people to death." ”

"Yes, Xu Bantou."

Hu Dahai wiped the sweat on his cheeks, and echoed with a bitter face: "This costs one or two thousand catties, just the eight of us, and we will go out of the city without saying a word, but this ...... This...... It's a bit heavy. ”

"What is this??"

Seeing that the others also meant to retreat, Xu Bantou glared at the two of them viciously, and scolded sharply: "Didn't I tell you when I came?" Want to pick a pick now? Can't eat this bite of food and still rush to come? Is it really Lao Tzu's money that you can take if you want to? Well? ”

“……”

Although Wei Dafu and Hu Dahai had the heart to argue, they didn't dare to say anything when they saw Xu Bantou's vicious state.

Several other people originally wanted to speak, but when they saw this, they could only shrink their necks, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

"You don't have to worry..."

Seeing that the group was frightened, Xu Bantou changed his face to a smiling face, and said with relief: "Didn't you all pick up the stone statues?" It's not that you can't pick it up, it's just that you're tired. ”

“……”

"In this way, after you go back after this work, you will rest for a few more days, and I will not only not deduct your wages, but also double your monthly income for this month, how about it?"

“……”

Several porters glanced at each other, and although some wanted to pick a child, they didn't dare to speak alone when they saw that the others were silent.

After all, if the body is exhausted, it can still be raised, if it is remembered by Xu Bantou, then there will be no good life in the future...

Liu Shen took in the helplessness of the people around him, and sighed in his heart: "This is the class, this is the helplessness of the people at the bottom." ’

"Alright, alright."

Xu Bantou clapped his hands to signal them to cheer up, and said with a smile: "Since everyone has no objections, let's get ready to work, it's just a mile away." ”

"It's still a few months before the New Year, earn more money, and go home for a peaceful New Year..."

"Dafu, didn't your mother-in-law just give birth to a big fat boy for you? I have all the red envelopes for you, you old boy don't make more money to go home to see your son? ”

"Come on, come on, work hard!"

"Three ......"

"Two ......"

"One ......"

"Up!!"

The statue of the Bodhisattva, covered by a white cloth, slowly detached from the ground, and eight men who gritted their teeth for life carried it.

"Out of the ancestral hall!"

In the shouting of Xu Bantou, the eight porters slowly moved their steps and walked out of the ancestral hall.

Xu Bantou bowed to the young grandmother of the Song family with his face: "Young grandmother, these porters at the dock are all rough people who don't know how to be polite, so you can see the joke." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Pei Xueyan waved her hand disappreciably.

"That's it."

Xu Bantou also secretly swallowed his saliva when he saw his lazy state when he spoke, and said with a smile: "They are all lazy people who take whips to leave, I have to take a look with the past, so that they don't break the rules set by Master Song." ”

"As it should be."

Pei Xueyan bowed slightly, and advised: "Steward Song, you can also go over and have a look, come back and talk to your father, so that the old man can rest in peace." ”

"The young grandmother has thought it through."

The housekeeper Song Tongshan and Xu Bantou followed out the door.

And Pei Xueyan looked at the back of the group in the distance, and didn't know what to think, Xingmu closed her legs slightly, and turned into a long sigh...

She straightened up, and wanted to go back to her room to rest, but when she reached the door, she thought of the strange behavior of the young man just now, so she curiously turned back to the corner of the ancestral hall.

Sure enough, she saw rows of digital white marks on the bluestone bricks on the ground.

"It's ...... Arithmetic? ”

Pei Xueyan was originally the daughter of a businessman, and she was exposed to arithmetic since she was a child, and she was very intelligent, so she could naturally see that the white marks of the numbers in the rows on the ground seemed to be some kind of arithmetic.

She wondered why the porter at the docks could also do arithmetic.

Pei Xueyan half-squatted down and looked at the white marks on the ground, thinking about what this arithmetic calculated?

Just looking at it, her beautiful eyebrows frowned.

She can understand the numbers, and she can also understand the addition and subtraction, but when combined with those ghost-drawn symbols, she can't understand them!

Can't read it!?

Pei Xueyan asked herself that her arithmetic was not bad, and the Song family's business could be managed in an orderly manner, so she naturally couldn't accept that she couldn't understand the arithmetic written by a porter...

She turned her gaze to the result of the arithmetic, and looked at the result of the arithmetic of 'three thousand two hundred and thirty-five' in deep thought.

Three thousand two hundred and thirty-five?

Pei Xueyan was slightly stunned, thinking of the young man's action of measuring the various sizes of the stone statue with hemp rope, and thinking of his father-in-law Master Song once said that this Bodhisattva statue weighs about 3,400 catties...

This arithmetic ...... How much does the stone statue weigh!?

The young man didn't use a ruler, he didn't use a scale, he just measured it with hemp rope, and he calculated the weight of the stone statue in such a short time!?

And the difference is only 100 pounds!?

This......

Pei Xueyan's breath stagnated, and the sturdy figure of the young man carrying the wood shirtless subconsciously appeared in his mind.

She called the maid to fetch pen and ink, and transcribed the arithmetic on the floor before returning to her room to rest.

She lay on the bed and looked at the transcribed arithmetic, but for some reason, when she saw this arithmetic, she always thought of the figure of the sturdy young man, or the arithmetic on the ground with a stone pen, or gritted her teeth and sweated like rain...

The upright facial features, the sturdy physique of the tiger's back and bee's waist, the muscles that stretch when carrying the wood, and the sweat that slides down like beans......

On the bed, Pei Xueyan seemed to be in a deep nightmare, her apricot eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and the paper in her hand was unconsciously crumpled...

Suddenly, the voice of the maid came from outside the door: "Young grandmother, the slave maid is on duty today, if you have anything to do, just call the slave maid." ”

“……”

Pei Xueyan came back to her senses when she heard the voice, and responded with some weakness and annoyance: "Got it!" ”

"The slave and maid are gone."

“……”

There was no sound outside, Pei Xueyan was also not interested, and her earlobes were a little hot when she saw the paper crumpled up by her unconscious.

After coming back to his senses, he threw the paper ball in his hand like a snake and scorpion...

'Annoying! ’