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Chapter 32

But after a cup of tea, she fiddled with the precious ivory calculation sheet and just finished counting the accounts for one page. When she was about to turn to the second page, the sound of the next one had stopped.

"Why did you stop?" Everyone couldn't help but wonder when they saw him pausing.

Ling Yun smiled, looked at the abacus, and then said aloud: "The total income is 3,781 cents, Uncle Zhang, please see if you are right?"

Uncle Zhang was surprised and nodded, "It's not bad for a penny, it's indeed 3,781 cents."

There was a burst of screams around, and everyone felt incredible. They were all watching the scene. Such a thick account book, the son-in-law actually calculated it in just one cup of tea, and it was still quite different. How could this be possible? When they saw the second lady who was the best at arithmetic, they had just finished the first page.

"This is impossible. He must have known the result a long time ago. He cheated!" Gao Mingyue couldn't accept such a fact and couldn't help but accuse him.

Uncle Zhang stood up and said, "This book of last month's income from several stores that I just sent from Yangzhou yesterday is one of them. All books were delivered yesterday. I was the only one in the whole shop. This book was also what I had just calculated this morning, and no one had contacted with, and the result was no one knew. I had never told my son-in-law, and the second lady misunderstood."

"How is this possible!"

The exclamation was even louder. Uncle Zhang had been the general ledger of the Gao family for twenty years. Of course, some people knew that before that, he had served as an official position in the Civil Affairs Department of Qi. What the old man said was absolutely reliable. He could not deceive the second lady by telling lies to his son-in-law.

Ling Yun had known that Gao Mingyue would have such a reaction, and he also knew that Gao Qianxue and other people in Gaojiazhuang were full of doubts at this time, wanting to know how he did it. He raised his abacus, lit it in front of everyone, then put it on the table, and said to Gao Mingyue, "Now you can just report a few numbers, no matter whether it is addition or subtraction or anything, I can calculate it immediately in front of you. If you don't believe it, you can try it."

Gao Mingyue gritted her teeth, paused, and then reported a series of numbers. This was a complicated account, and it was definitely an account that no second person knew about. Because this was compiled by Gao Mingyue himself, but just under her nose, Ling Yun still looked calm and could even look at her with a smile, and then pulled the plate with both hands. As soon as she finished reporting, Ling Yun had already reported a number.

"Is this the number?"

Facing Ling Yun's proud look, Gao Mingyue wanted to say no, but she knew that it was just a self-deception. Although she really didn't want to admit it, she knew that this guy was indeed very powerful, and his plate was indeed a good thing for arithmetic.

"That's right."

"Wow!" As soon as Gao Mingyue admitted, it immediately attracted countless exclamations. Now everyone really understood that the son-in-law not only knew how to tell stories, but also had the ability to calculate the calculus, and even the second lady was completely better than the second lady.

"Don't be proud, it's just ten thousand yuan, I can still lose!" Gao Mingyue gritted her teeth and said angrily. At this moment, her silver teeth were about to be broken. This guy was so annoying. But in her heart, she couldn't help but be curious about the magic plate. How could this thing be so useful? It seems that compared to the calculation, she was just throwing out eighteen streets.

Ling Yun was not polite. Anyway, they were all his family, but they just went out of the left pocket and went out of the right pocket. However, he did not forget his original purpose. He did not make this abacus to offend Gao Mingyue, his rude sister-in-law, but to please her to improve the relationship between the two. Therefore, he smiled and said, "I can't take such a large sum of money for nothing. Otherwise, this ten thousand yuan will be regarded as your tuition. I will teach you how to use this abacus to make. With your arithmetic talent, the abacus will definitely be better than mine in the future."

"If you don't learn, who cares!" Although Gao Mingyue was curious, she was desperate to save face and refused to bow her head.

However, everyone had already seen her true thoughts. Gao Qianxue, Gao Uncle Zhang and others laughed out loud. It was still Zhang Uncle Zhang who gave a step, "Old man, I am very interested in this kind of abacus. Do you have any special formulas?"

"Well, this kind of tool is abacus specially made for calculations. The reason why abacus arithmetic is faster is because it has a perfect set of abacus formulas. Using abacus formulas, abacus is no longer troublesome and complicated. Moreover, abacus formulas are simple. Even a five or six-year-old children can get started with just a month and calculate some simple accounts."

"Oh, even children can learn it?" Gao Qianxue couldn't help but be surprised.

Ling Yun saw that Gao Mingyue really wanted to learn, but because of his face, he couldn't say it. So he took the initiative to say: "How about this, I will make a batch of abacuses, and then I will make a booklet of the abacus formulas. Every night, those who want to learn can come and listen to me teach this abacus class."

"Okay, okay, I think I'd just take turns to draw the accounts of various shops and manors to study. These accounts are useless and need to be tempered. It's just a good opportunity to improve their level and let the eldest lady and the second lady teach them well. By the way, during class, the second lady will come to supervise, otherwise, I'm afraid these lazy guys will not study hard." Uncle Zhang said.

"Okay, then I'll just supervise it for a while. I'm explaining in advance that I'm just going to supervise those accounts, not to learn abacus." Gao Mingyue said arrogantly.

This look made everyone smile. This guy is really a cooked duck, and he is only stubborn. However, Ling Yun smiled and could see that Gao Mingyue's attitude towards him was a little relaxed. The little girl's movies are very simple to deal with her. With his ability, I believe that it will be possible to change the girl's attitude towards him in the future without much effort.

The competition ended, everyone dispersed, Gao Qianxue said to Lingyun: "Yilang, you will wear more decent tomorrow. I made you a set of Shujin round necklace shirts. You can look back and see if it fits. If it doesn't fit, you can change it immediately."

"Well, are you going to visit or entertain guests?" After Ling Yun came here, he was not very used to wearing smooth silk, nor did he like to wear long robes and big shirts. He still prefers to wear slack clothes and short dresses, which makes him more accustomed to naturalness. However, it was a bit inconsistent with his identity. Gao Qianxue suddenly reminded him that he would wear it tomorrow, and probably either visiting visitors or entertaining guests.

"Mr. Chen and Mr. Xiao will come to visit tomorrow, and will send back Zhuang Ding, who was rescued by Mr. Xiao last time. No matter what, they are all distinguished guests and have helped us so much. We have to treat us well this time. You are the male host of the Gao family, so you have to act appropriately. Don't be as casual as you usually do, as you will be considered to be intentionally neglecting the guests." Gao Qianxue doesn't care about Ling Yun's outfits, but since there are guests coming, it's different.

"Well, I will." Ling Yun nodded. He knew very well what the arrival of Chen Xiong and Xiao Shiluo meant. During this period, he deliberately ignored the follow-up matters of the Gao family and the Chen Xiao family, just to escape these things in a subtle way. Now that Chen Xiong and Xiao Shiluo are coming, this means that the three families have reached a preliminary agreement. Maybe it is just a smuggling business, maybe it is to fight against the Sui Dynasty together. No matter what, these things are not based on his will. Whether he is happy or not, things are still developing.

Back at the East Courtyard, the workers in the tea workshop had already opened the celadon tea jars they sent. The first batch of 500 Yuejiu celadon bottles were placed in front of them, completely according to Ling Yun's design. They were as green as jade, as bright as mirrors, and sounded like chimes. The real porcelain flower is worthy of being the most famous Yuejiu produced in the Tang Dynasty.

Ling Yun couldn't help but sigh that the nine autumn wind and dew bloomed across the kiln, and it won the green color of thousands of peaks. This bottle alone is a precious work of art. It is worthy of Ling Yun's special customization for 5,000 yuan. Such a small bottle only contains one pound of tea. The order price of the packaging bottle alone is worth five cents. If the tea is not sold higher, it will be impossible to even get the bottle back.

The green-shaped bottle body, paired with the tea picker personally drawn by Ling Yun and the advertising slogan, the tea bottle instantly improved to a higher level. The tea bottle was accompanied by a purple clay teapot sent by Yuejiao and eight purple clay tea cups. Ling Yun completely followed the sales model of mooncakes sold in later generations. Later generations sold boxes of mooncakes, and also sent a precious watch, foreign wine, etc. It was not just mooncakes sold, but Ling Yun also planned to do this. However, he mainly focused on art-like packaging bottles and teapots and tea cups, and even planned to print an exquisite brochure, exquisite picture album, and excellent calligraphy to package the agave into a top luxury product, a symbol of culture and art, and was afraid that no one liked it. Anyway, this type of luxury product is only for the most expensive, not the best.

Now there is only the last packaging sequence left. With these precious porcelain and pottery packaging, these unknown camellias in Liuhe Mountain will be transformed into top-level green tea agave.

Ling Yun couldn't wait to greet Mulan and Qinglian to pack with him. Every time he packed a bottle, he felt a strong sense of accomplishment. The same was true for the two girls, holding the porcelain bottle, as if holding a rare treasure.

The tea fragrance in the house is full of fragrance, and the best packaging of tea is quite complex and luxurious. First, pack the tea with a white cloth bag, then put it in a celadon bottle and cover it. Then put it on a silk bag, then put it in a box made of sandalwood with the matching purple clay tea set. Finally, put it in an ordinary wooden box filled with sandalwood chip powder and package it layer by layer, which not only prevents the tea from getting damp and evaporating the aroma, but also prevents the porcelain bottles, pottery and sandalwood boxes from touching and damage.

After a long time of busyness, the 100 kilograms of fresh tea they personally fried last time finally became twenty boxes of high-end dry tea they packed. One kilogram of fresh leaves was fried in two taels, a good ratio. After personally packing these twenty boxes of tea, the other subsequent stir-fried tea was handed over to the workers who were studying aside just now.

Looking at the twenty boxes of his own labor, Ling Yun was very happy. He took out two boxes from it and gave Mulan and Qinglian a box each.

"These are all made by our own labor, each person and a box."

Qinglian and Mulan both looked at Lingyun unexpectedly. They knew the preciousness of this tea. Tea alone was nothing, not to mention such luxurious celadon bottles and purple clay pottery.

"You are asked to take it and take it, why are you still standing there?"

The two girls looked at each other, but they could not refuse the temptation. They quickly picked up a small box in their arms, fearing that they would fly away.

There were eighteen bottles left, and Ling Yun also left a box for himself, and then asked a few people to take them and went straight to the front hall.

Gao Qianxue was discussing the preparations for receiving Chen Xiao and his party tomorrow in the hall. Gao Mingyue sat on the side and was taking the abacus left by Ling Yun and streaked the left and right. When she saw Ling Yun coming in, she hurriedly pushed the abacus aside.

"My wife, come and compensate for the freshly baked agave tea!"

"I paid for it a few days ago." Gao Qianxue smiled.

"The teas were not packaged a few days ago, and it was like people were not wearing clothes or makeup. The charm was much less. Come and take a look, this perfectly packaged agave."

Ling Yun waved his hand and called the two girls up, "Mulan, go and boil water, yes, just use the spring water I got yesterday, Qinglian, come and make tea."

The two little girls are now familiar with the method of brewing this new tea, and they divide the labor and cooperate with each other. After a while, a few cups of fragrant agave tea had been handed to Gao Qianxue and others. Gao Qianxue picked up the purple clay tea cup and went to her, lowered her head and smelled it, and couldn't help but close her eyes and enjoy the fragrance.
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