Under Cui Weizhen's strong request, Ye Zhenzhen had no choice but to abandon the sweaty boys and go measure the data with him.
Compared with ordinary people, Ye Zhenzhen's calculation ability is quite good, even better than some of the scribes in the workhouse. After several times, the officials in the workhouse were very impressed.
Ye Zhenzhen felt that her skills were very amateurish, and asked doubtfully: "Why don't you let the students from the academy come over to help?"
Although arithmetic does not account for a large proportion in the imperial examination, those scholars who are already considered to be highly intellectuals still learn arithmetic well. Let them come over to calculate the data, and they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
As a result, as soon as she asked the question, Zhao Gongshu and others felt a little uncomfortable, and there seemed to be a guilty look on their faces.
Ye Zhenzhen was confused and looked towards Cui Weizhen.
Cui Weizhen knew the inside story and told her quietly: "Luming Academy and Fu Xue sent a total of five students who are good at arithmetic to work in the workshop. These students are serious and diligent. These days, whether it is the construction of the cultural square or the construction of the river canal,
They all helped a lot with the preliminary data compilation. They worked hard for nearly a month without taking a break, and one student was tired and sick, so Zhao Gongshu asked them to go home and rest for the past few days."
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
No wonder Zhao Gongshu and others looked guilty and made other students tired and sick. This is also terrible. Those poor students have experienced the pain of social animals before they entered the officialdom. I hope it will not leave any shadow in their hearts.
Ye Zhenzhen followed and walked around. Apart from helping to calculate a few data, she didn't help much. The people in the workshop were all very experienced old people. Some data could be estimated to be close to ten even without calculation. This
His professional abilities are very admirable.
She finally understood that Wei Zhen asked her to help calculate whether it was fake, and it was true that he took the opportunity to let her rest.
Although Ye Zhenzhen felt happy, she still thought about the children. After going back for a while, she found that they were still digging ditches. They were so tired that they were sweating. She wiped the sweat with her sleeves casually and just wiped them clean.
Soon my face turned pale again.
"Are you tired? Take a break and drink some water."
These boys had not rested since they left. Ye Zhenzhen felt extremely distressed and quickly returned to the carriage to take out the water bag that had been prepared.
Cui Zhiduan and others were already extremely thirsty, so they drank it down in a gulp, and drank most of it in the blink of an eye. It was probably because they stopped and took a break that they realized how tired they were.
Ning Kang panted and said, "Madam, it's so hard to do hard labor. It's even harder than me going up the mountain to collect medicine."
Cui Zhiming nodded matter-of-factly, but Cui Zhiduan wrinkled his little face, looking unhappy.
Ye Zhenzhen thought he was losing his temper, so she hurriedly knelt down to comfort him: "Executive, are you tired? Are your hands sore? Come here, mother, help you rub them."
Cui Zhiduan shook his head and nodded, looking up at her with very bright eyes: "Mom, I am indeed very tired, but the farmers who have been digging ditches without a break are even more tired. Mom, do the common people have to do hard labor? There are many.
They are old enough to be old, and they still have to do hard labor, which is so hard."
Ye Zhenzhen looked at her son's worried look, and felt soft in her heart. She couldn't help but stretched out her hand to rub his little head: "It is inevitable for people to do hard work, but they must pay attention to methods. If you don't understand, you can ask
Ask them what they think.”
Cui Zhiduan looked at his mother and then at the steward of the Duan family next to him: "I want to ask too, but I'm just worried that they will be criticized by the steward for this."
With his status, if someone asked, the Duan family manager would definitely not dare to say anything. However, Ye Zhenzhen was very happy with her son's concerns, which showed that the child had empathy and did not think too highly of himself because of his status.
, which is very rare.
So Ye Zhenzhen became softer and softer: "You can say hello to the Duan family manager in advance. If he is willing, you can investigate. If he is not willing, you don't have to complain, because this is also his job."
Cui Zhiduan was thoughtful and nodded: "Mom, I understand."
