The Qinhuai River, like a blue ribbon, flows quietly in the center of Jiangning. Stars are scattered in the river, emitting little starlight. It stretches to the horizon and borders the stars in the sky.
On the river, the flower boats were still singing happily. Under the dim lanterns, drunken men walked into the flower garden with charming and enchanting women in their arms, enjoying the tenderness of the beauties.
The night was much late, and the weather was a bit cold. Lu Heng just walked by the river, looking at the Qinhuai River flowing quietly, and the flower boat actors on the river as if in a dream. There was a vague feeling of being in a painting.
a feeling of.
Thinking of Miss Wang's anxious look not long ago, Lu Heng felt a little funny.
At that time, when she said that she was willing to teach her her own accounting method, Miss Wang became impatient and wanted to learn it immediately.
Manager Fang also smiled and nodded to Lu Heng, indicating that he didn't mind.
After that, the three of them set up a table in the eldest lady's room, spread out the rice paper, and prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones. With Manager Fang and Miss Wang acting like good students, Lu Heng started teaching modern mathematics in ancient times.
The first lesson.
I have to admire Miss Wang's talent in mathematics. Miss Wang was able to understand many formulas after Lu Heng explained them once, and she also learned to draw inferences from one example.
Then, Lu Heng gave Miss Wang all the abacus formulas in his memory. When the other party had almost figured it out, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After drinking a cup of tea and looking out the window, I realized that it was already late and Lu Heng was about to say goodbye.
Miss Wang took out one hundred taels of silver and firmly asked Lu Heng to accept it. She said it was Lu Heng's bonus for the past two days.
Lu Heng did not refuse. He nodded and accepted.
One hundred taels of silver was a bit heavy, and his current physical condition was not very good. Although it was only a few miles from the palace to his home, Lu Heng was so tired that he was panting even after such a short journey.
After walking for a while, he stopped to rest for a while. Shaking his tired arms, Lu Heng secretly cursed himself for being useless.
It seems that this sentence is not true for those scholars with thin arms and thin legs!
Watching the last light disappear from the sky, Lu Heng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, carried the one hundred taels of silver on his back, endured the pain of being burped on his shoulder, and walked towards home.
In the palace, in the eldest lady's boudoir in the east courtyard, candlelight flickered.
After Lu Heng said goodbye and left, Wang Tingzhi has been sitting there with an abacus in front of her, practicing according to the formulas left by Lu Heng on the paper.
It must be said that Wang Tingzhi's talent in mathematics only took a few hours. She understood the abacus formula Lu Heng told her. At this time, she had already started to use the newly learned abacus formula to calculate accounts.
The crackling, the clear sound of the abacus beads, I recalled in the boudoir.
The thick account book was turned over page by page. After a while, the thick account book came to the last page.
Wang Tingzhi flicked her fingers, and after calculating the accounts clearly, she closed the account book, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a charming smile: "Sure enough, it is much simpler! His formula is really useful.
Extremely. And those weird formulas!”
Wang Tingzhi removed the abacus and poured herself a cup of tea. After taking a sip, something suddenly occurred to her, which made this famous talented woman in Jiangning City reveal a sly smile on her face: "Use this simple and capable...
With the abacus formula and the fast-calculating arithmetic formula, I, a beginner, can complete the calculation of an account book that originally took one day to calculate in a few hours. Then Mr. Lu, how could it take three days to complete those account books?
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Wang Tingzhi's slender white fingers gently rubbed the tea cup. In the white steam of the fragrant tea, the cunning smile on a beautiful face looked very suspicious.
Along the Qinhuai River, Lu Heng carried a heavy load of money and did not return to his home until the lights were on.
Thanks to Lu Heng's former father-in-law, the governor of Jiangning City was also in charge. Although there were some criminals in Jiangning City, robbing people and property was still very rare. Otherwise, Lu Heng would have been in trouble all the way.
No one knows how many times I will be robbed.
Looking up, I can already see the dilapidated wooden door. The simple lantern still hangs high on the top of the wooden door. The dim light is like a lighthouse in the night sea. Although it is weak, it will never go out.
On the cracked doorpost, only a few mottled pieces of paper remained from the long-faded couplets. The breeze blew, and the pieces of paper stuck to the pillar swayed slightly.
For seven days, every time he saw this dilapidated door and the old lantern hanging above the door, Lu Heng felt particularly peaceful in his heart.
This is a kind of quietness that comes from the bottom of my heart. There is no noise or worries. There is only warmth and tranquility.
If my sister-in-law knew that she had earned one hundred taels of silver, she would be very happy.
Lu Heng smiled inwardly and grabbed the bag hanging on his shoulder. He grabbed the iron ring on the door and pulled it gently. The heavy iron ring made a muffled sound.
Not long after, a soft voice came from the courtyard: "Is it uncle?"
"It's me, sister-in-law!" Lu Heng responded standing at the door.
The wooden door opened with a creak, and Liu Qingqing, wearing a linen coat, walked out of the door.
"Uncle, why did you come back?" Liu Qingqing tightened her coat, took a look at the sky, and asked.
Under the dim light, Liu Qingqing's hair was a little messy, and she looked lazy and mature. She raised her fingers and gently brushed the wind-blown hair beside her ears. Her voice was like the sound of nature, intoxicating.
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Under the night as beautiful as a picture scroll, stood a classical beauty who could only be seen in dreams in her previous life. This quiet and warm scene made Lu Heng feel a little intoxicated.
After not hearing Lu Heng's answer for a long time, Liu Qingqing looked up and saw that Lu Heng's eyes were focused on her, seeming a little erratic.
Liu Qingqing's face turned cold, and the lazy look in her beautiful eyes disappeared.
He frowned, said nothing, then turned around and walked in.
"It's cold outside, uncle, it's better to go back to the house and rest soon!
Lu Heng came back to his senses, shook his head with a wry smile, carried the bag, and walked into the courtyard gate.
The cold wind blew through the night, picking up pieces of dry leaves. On top of the wooden door, the dim yellow lantern fluttered in the wind, and the weak light swayed, but it was always bright.
The night of the third year of Qingyuan of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still so quiet.