Chapter 37 Mental Arithmetic
The couple first went to the Huichun Hall. When they came, there were a lot of people coming to see the doctor, but the man obviously knew Bie Ye. After seeing the snake in his hand, he said happily, "Bie Ye is here, let's go first."
Let’s do it inside, and I’ll go talk to the master and he’ll come back and tell you the price later.”
Bieye nodded.
"good."
After sitting in for a while, an old doctor over fifty years old came in.
Wu Huichun glanced at Gu Rao, smiled and said to Bieye, "You have come alone before, why come with others this time?"
"What do you call this person?"
Bieye first said to Wu Huichun, "This is my wife Gu."
Then he said to Gu Rao, "This is Doctor Wu. I used to occasionally collect valuable herbs or extra snakes in the mountains and sell them to him."
Gu Rao smiled gently and added, "Doctor Wu."
Wu Huichun looked at Bieye, his eyes filled with emotion and teasing.
"It's just a matter of time before you get married. As soon as you get married, you marry such a beautiful wife. No wonder you haven't brought her out to see people before. She's so beautiful, so she should be hidden and tucked away."
Bieye knew that he was blaming him for not inviting him to the wedding banquet when he got married, and it was hard to tell him that he bought his wife from Yaren.
He just avoided the important and simply explained, "Liu Guihua didn't want me to get married, so I only went to court with her at that time and didn't hold a big banquet to entertain the guests."
Wu Huichun knew about the separation of Bieye's family and expressed his understanding, but still said, "After all, getting married is a major event in life. It only happens once in a lifetime. How can it be done without getting married?"
"Look at you, you didn't have a wedding party, you got married quietly, so I only found out today that you were married."
Bieye was reminded.
But then he thought about the three-year agreement with his wife. He and her were still not married yet, and she also said that she would only be his wife for three years.
If she is still willing to be his wife after three years, at that time, he must hold a grand wedding banquet and tell everyone that she is his wife.
Bieye is not a generous person. Even though he knows that she is willing to stay by his side now, which is gratitude and a helpless choice, he still doesn't want to let her go.
The thoughts in my heart flashed like lightning, and he said vaguely with a smile on his face, "I know how to hold a wedding banquet. I will invite you when the time comes, so you must come."
Wu Huichun nodded.
"Definitely go."
Then he got down to business. He looked at the snake in Biye's hand and praised, "Others will run away when they see a cobra, but you were lucky enough to catch two cobras at once."
"There are also bunaka snakes, bamboo leaf green snakes, and cauliflower snakes."
Except for cauliflower snakes, they are all venomous.
"There are many venomous snakes, insects, and ants in Big Bear Mountain. Most people don't dare to go there, but you go there often, and you're still safe until now."
"You used to be carefree, so my advice was in vain. Now that you have a wife, you will probably have your own children soon. You'd better cherish your life and don't go to Big Bear Mountain again."
"Although there are many prey in Big Bear Mountain, it is also very dangerous. A person's luck in this life is limited. You will not be so lucky every time."
Bie Ye's expression turned slightly stiff. He wanted to stop Wu Huichun from saying anything, but it was already too late. He said everything that should be said and should not be said.
Subconsciously look at his wife's expression.
Gu Rao kept a decent smile on his face, but his eyes were fixed on Bieye like knives.
"Aren't you saying that few people go to Big Bear Mountain because it's too far away, there aren't many villages around, and there are a lot of large game animals so they don't dare to go there?"
Bieye's confidence is somewhat lacking.
"These are some of the reasons."
Of course Gu Rao knew that Bieye did not lie to him, but only concealed the most important reason for the large number of poisons in Daxiong Mountain, but he became even more angry in his heart.
Why hide it from her?
Wu Huichun could tell at a glance that the atmosphere between the couple was starting to go wrong, and he realized that he had just said the wrong thing. Bieye's wife did not know that hunting in Big Bear Mountain would be so dangerous.
"It's my fault, I tend to talk nonsense when I get older."
"Let's not talk about that."
"Do you want to sell all these snakes?"
Bieye put five snakes on the ground.
"You choose two, I will send in the remaining three."
Wu Huichun's eyes were filled with regret.
"Then a bungara or a cobra."
I picked up the scale at hand, first selected a thicker cobra, put it on the scale and weighed it.
"Seven pounds and two taels."
Weighed the bungara snake again.
"One pound and two taels."
"The price is still the same as before. The cobra will cost you one hundred and twenty cents per catty, the bungara will cost you one hundred and eighty cents per catty, the cobra's snake gallbladder will cost you twenty cents each, and the bungara's snake gallbladder will cost you thirty cents each.
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"I'll go get an abacus and do some calculations."
Gu Rao directly told the price.
"A seven-pound cobra is sold at a price of one hundred and twenty cents, so the total can be sold for 864 cents, plus the twenty cents of snake gallbladder, the total is 884 cents."
"A silver krait weighing one pound and twenty taels, sold at a price of one hundred and eighty cents, can be sold for a total of two hundred and sixteen cents, plus the thirty cents of snake gallbladder, the total is two hundred and forty-six cents."
"The total price of the cobra and bungara is one thousand one hundred and thirty cents."
Wu Huichun looked surprised.
"You can actually do mental arithmetic? And you can do it so fast!"
Simply unbelievable.
He quickly asked the waiter to bring the abacus and did some calculations. He found that the result he calculated with the abacus was exactly the same as the result calculated by Gu Rao without even using the abacus.
"how did you do it?"
Seeing his shocked expression, Gu Rao realized that arithmetic in this era was still very backward. His calculation just now was too fast, which was indeed a bit exaggerated in the eyes of ordinary people.
You can't tell him that you have learned the multiplication formula, right?
Blinking innocently, he pretended to be dumbfounded and said, "Maybe it's because I like housekeeping to calculate accounts. I count money a lot, so practice makes perfect."
Wu Huichun, "..."
He has been a doctor for most of his life and has to settle accounts almost every day. How come it's not like 'practice makes perfect'?
It sounds perfunctory at first glance.
Forget it, everyone has their own secrets. Since others don't want to tell them, there is no need for him to ask further.
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After coming out of Huichun Hall, the couple went back to Taohua Village. First they went to the village chief's house and gave him a bamboo leaf.
Zhen Qianduo smiled happily.
"Such a good thing can be sold for a lot of money, right? If you just give it to me for free, wouldn't you be reluctant to part with it? I'm a little embarrassed to accept it."
The words were spoken politely, but the movement in his hand was not slow.
"You two are not familiar with each other in the town. You should keep in touch with people in the village in the future. If you encounter any difficulties, you can also come to me as the village chief."
"Whenever you get tired of living in the town, you can go back to the village and sell a piece of land to build your own house."
Bieye fully agreed.
"good."
Zhen has a lot of money and wants to keep them to eat.
Bieye declined politely.
"I have to go to Big Bear Mountain and rush back to town in the evening. If I don't have time to stay, I won't eat. Thank you to the village chief for your kindness."
Only after Zhen had a lot of money did he let him go.
Bieye and Gu Rao were about to go to Xu Yuan's house, but they met Liu Guihua not long after leaving. They wanted to turn a blind eye, but Liu Guihua shamelessly stopped them.
"I'm feeling dizzy right now and need something to replenish my body. Please give me these two snakes."
As he said that, he reached out to grab it.
Bieye dodged her hand, there was no warmth in his amber eyes.
Chapter completed!