Zhao Ergou and Zhao Dawang were sitting at attention.
Cheng Wanwan sat in front and was responsible for setting the questions. She said casually: "Three hundred and fifty-seven plus five thousand six hundred and eighty, and then subtract three thousand and forty-two."
The beads crackled.
Zhao Ergou was the first to speak: "The answer is two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five."
After he finished speaking, Zhao Dawang had just calculated the result.
Cheng Wanwan continued to ask questions.
After finishing the first seven questions, Zhao Ergou won seven games in a row.
Zhao Dawang's face was full of defeat and he was already planning to give up.
Cheng Wanwan said quietly: "The eighth question, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, plus five thousand and sixty-six, then subtract one thousand."
Zhao Ergou flipped the abacus beads.
But Zhao Dawang didn't move. He was suddenly stunned for a moment and said: "It's equal to eight thousand and sixty-five."
Zhao Ergou's fingers paused: "You didn't even calculate, how did you know the result so quickly?"
Cheng Wanwan also looked at him slightly surprised.
Zhao Dawang answered honestly: "Three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, if you add one from the last number, it becomes four thousand. That's a good calculation."
No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to surpass Brother Ergou in arithmetic. It seems that he really has no talent for business.
Cheng Wanwan looked at Zhao Dawang with admiration. This child had actually learned the art of supplementation without any teacher.
She spoke again: "In this game, there is no need for abacus. Let's see who can calculate faster. One plus two, plus three, plus four, until you add one hundred, what does it equal?"
Zhao Dawang knew that his aunt had approved the algorithm he had just calculated, and he quickly calculated it in his mind.
And Zhao Ergou, after just listening to Zhao Dawang's explanation, also understood this algorithm, and he quickly understood and applied it.
"Five thousand and fifty!"
"Five thousand and fifty!"
Zhao Dawang and Zhao Ergou gave their answers at the same time.
Cheng Wanwan laughed: "There is no need to ask the last question, Dawang passed my assessment."
Zhao Dawang's eyes widened. Didn't he say that he had to win three games? He lost seven games, won one, and drew one. From the looks of it, he had failed...
He stammered: "A-aunt, can I really start a business?"
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "As long as your parents agree."
Wen opened her lips, but she couldn't say anything against her. Her sister-in-law had a different status now, and doing business with her would definitely be a great thing.
Zhao Youyin coughed and said, "It's okay to do business, but you still have to study hard and don't let your studies go to waste."
"This is true." Cheng Wanwan agreed, "You can travel thousands of miles by reading thousands of books. In the future, you will have to travel to many places to do business. It is not enough to read less books."
Zhao Dawang nodded quickly: "I will definitely study hard!"
After noon, the people of Lao Zhao's family dispersed.
Cheng Wanwan was thinking about several businesses at home.
The first is the ice powder business, which can only be done in summer.
The second is the braised food business, which is all handed over to the Wang family. Zhao Youcai is responsible for the delivery, so she doesn't need to worry about it.
The third one is the cloth business, which Ergou manages by himself, but there is still a batch of goods piled up at home that has not been sold.
The fourth business is the soap workshop that is being planned now. It is not difficult to make this thing. What is more difficult to get started is opening the market.
The fifth business is a restaurant. This was Ergou's dream a long time ago, and it is also what Huiniang wants to do most. Of course, she, as an elder, must give her full support.
In addition, the family still has 60 acres of wasteland, 5 acres of paddy fields, and 11 acres of dry fields.
These things need to be arranged properly one by one.
While she was writing and drawing on paper, Ah Fu walked in from the door: "Auntie, the Cao family's carriage is here again."
After Ah Fu finished speaking, he glanced at Cheng Wanwan's handwriting, and the corner of his mouth suddenly twitched. Aunt Zhao's handwriting was as crawling as a dog, and she also liked to reduce the number of strokes. Each word would be missing a few key strokes, so that No one can tell what the original word is...
However, Aunt Zhao is a peasant woman, and it is already very good that she can read and write so quickly.
Cheng Wanwan put the paper into the cabinet and followed Ah Fu out.
The Cao family's exquisite carriage stopped at the door of their house, and Cao Yingying had already welcomed it out.
A maid got out of the car, wearing a rose-red double-breasted dress with a plain silver hairpin in her hair. The attire of a maid from the Cao family surpassed that of everyone in Dahe Village.
Cao Yingying's face darkened: "Hongyu, do you still have the nerve to come see me?"
Hongyu stepped out of the carriage and said, "Didn't the eldest lady tell Madam to deliver last month's profit within three days? Madam asked this servant to make this trip."
She waved her hand, and a little girl behind her came over with a lacquer tray, uncovered the red silk cloth, and placed two rows of twenty silver ingots on the lacquer tray.
This is ten taels of silver, and twenty taels equals two hundred taels.
Looking at the shining silver, the smile on Cao Yingying's lips was a little bitter.
She holds the land deeds for the shop and the village in her hands, but the stepmother helps take care of it because she is too young. She will give her the profit of the shop and the village every month, but she always says that she loses money every month. Just a few hundred copper coins, sometimes not even a copper coin for three to five months. She was cowardly and unwilling to ask for it. Day after day, year after year, it ended up like this.
After talking to the Cao family that day, she had thought that her stepmother would send money, but she did not expect that she would actually send two hundred taels of silver.
It turns out that as long as she gets tough, the stepmother will have some scruples.
Once she is cowardly and escapes, the stepmother will only think that she is easy to bully, and she will push her further and go further every time.
"Miss, this time the slave will not leave after coming." Hongyu lowered her head and said, "Madam said that the miss has a hard life in the country, so she asked the slave to take care of her."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked behind Cao Yingying with a low eyebrow.
"Every household in our village can't afford a maid." Cheng Wanwan walked over and said quietly, "Two dogs and three cows, hurry up and drive these people out."
Hongyu knelt on the ground with a plop: "Sui Ruren, our lady also wants to be friends with you. Please show your respect and let me stay here to serve you."
Cheng Wanwan looked very cold.
Mrs. Cao had been planning for three days and sent a maid here. She probably wanted to put an spy in her home.
People in their village are not interested in engaging in such conspiracies.
She said coldly: "Er Gou, why don't you move faster?"
Zhao Ergou held the fork and Zhao Sanniu held the hoe and surrounded Hongyu.
The men in the village behaved rudely, and Hongyu was so frightened that she got into the carriage and ran away.
The carriage rushed to Hekou County, and Hongyu regretted it. His wife asked her to find a way to stay in Dahe Village to serve the young lady, but she actually messed up the matter.
But she really didn't want to be surrounded by a group of rude men from the countryside.
She can't do this task.
Hongyu returned to Cao's Mansion with a worried heart. As soon as she entered, Mrs. Zhou raised her hand and slapped her across the face: "You didn't take seriously what Madam told you. What a waste!"
"Madam, forgive me!" Hongyu knelt on the ground, "It was the unruly people in Dahe Village who went too far. The slave was kicked out before she even entered the door. The wall of the courtyard was very high, and the slave couldn't get in... And the courtyard My master is from Suiru, a person who must be courteous even to the county magistrate, and I dare not offend him..."
"You don't want to offend her, why don't you come to offend me?" Mrs. Cao raised her foot and kicked Hong Yu over, "You bitch, you can't handle even the smallest thing, get out!"
Hongyu quickly kneeled out and went out.
Mrs. Zhou said to Mrs. Cao, "If the eldest lady is willing to stay in the country, then let her stay."
Mrs. Cao took a sip of tea and said coldly: "If she doesn't come back home, how can she get married? If we delay it any longer, Cao Defu will come back!"
"If the eldest lady returns to the Cao Mansion and is married off, the master will definitely put the blame on you, madam, but what if the eldest lady is tarnished in the countryside?" Mrs. Zhou smiled softly, "This Let the old slave handle this matter."
