After putting on her clothes, she didn't have time to wash up. She pulled Lu Yunyang to the outer room to help. Looking at the busy sisters Liu Qiaoer and Liu Erniu, she was stunned.
There were so many people. She stretched out her fingers and looked around, but she couldn't even count them all.
Feeling aggrieved, he dragged his younger brother to find his older brother, and saw that his older brother had also woken up.
"Brother, you're awake too. I'm sorry. My brother and I were too sleepy." Lu Yunxi apologized obediently.
Lu Yunzheng raised his hand and rubbed her hair: "It's okay, you are still young, it's normal to be sleepy."
Lu Yunyang also pouted, as if he had done something wrong.
"I will wake up earlier next time and take good care of my big brother."
Lu Yunzheng felt sour in his heart: "Okay, there are buns and porridge in the pot, you go and help big brother bring them over, we will eat first, and then go to work."
Lu Yunxi also thought about his own task, which was to make medicine for his elder brother.
Now that the brother and sister had work to do, smiles finally appeared on their little faces.
Watching them flying away like little birds, Lu Yunzheng's calm face finally showed a trace of sadness.
After spending a long time with Liu Qiaoer, the brother and sister were brainwashed by her and told that they had to work to have food to eat, that labor was the most glorious, and that they had to do their own things, etc.
You have to know that they are rich ladies and noble sons of famous families. Their energy should be focused on music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette and archery. But now they are just like ordinary people, having to do everything by themselves.
At this time, Lu Yunzheng was full of hatred, but he didn't know that decades later, when he recalled this period of time, he realized that this period of time was actually the best memory of his life.
The buns taste good, have thin skin and large fillings, and sell out quickly.
The vegetarian noodles sold at noon were made by Liu Qiaoer using the noodle soup made from large bones. The soup was delicious and cost five cents a bowl, so it was not expensive and sold well.
The stall was closed around three or four in the afternoon.
"Clatter, latter" Liu Qiaoer poured the copper coins onto the table. Just hearing the sound made her excited.
"Xiaoxi, Brother Yang, come quickly and help your sister keep the accounts."
Lu Yunxi, Lu Yunyang, Liu Erniu and Liu Qiaoer sat together on the round table. Liu Qiaoer took out a hemp rope and handed it to Lu Yunyang.
"Do you know how to count? One hundred coins equals one guan, and ten guan equals one liang. String the coins together, and when you have enough, you can exchange them for silver."
Unexpectedly, Lu Yunyang shook his head in frustration and stretched out his two chubby hands: "Sister, I can only count to ten."
Liu Qiaoer chuckled and pinched his chubby face: "It's okay, learn slowly, Yang Ge'er is smart, he will learn it quickly, let me count with you today, okay?"
Lu Yunxi has already taken out pen and ink and started to keep accounts.
Liu Erniu was also illiterate. She looked at the brother and sister and said with amusement: "It's not a lot of money. You still need to keep accounts for such a small amount of money."
Liu Qiaoer nodded solemnly: "Life is the best teacher. They are at the age of learning. I can't afford to hire a teacher for them, so I can only teach them this way."
Then, Liu Qiaoer taught Lu Yunyang to count. It was very simple. First, count ten copper coins, then tie a knot with the thread, ten copper coins in a knot, ten, twenty, thirty, and then count to one hundred. One hundred copper coins is one string.
The total amount is four hundred and sixty-seven copper coins, four strings and sixty-seven copper coins.
Liu Qiaoer was keeping accounts with Lu Yunxi: "Today we used 5 catties of flour. One catty of flour is 13 cents, so 5 catties is 65 cents."
"In addition, there are three catties of pork, four catties of cabbage, six catties of radishes, two catties of tofu, one catty of vermicelli, two catties of spring onions, and firewood, which costs ten cents. The total is one hundred and eighty-two cents."
"Today's total revenue is 467 copper coins. After deducting the 182 copper coins for the food, our gross profit is 285 copper coins."
Liu Erniu exclaimed: "It's more than two hundred coins a day, two taels in ten days, six taels a month, sister, it's much better than being a maid."
Liu Qiaoer said: "This is just the beginning, it will get better and better in the future."
Liu Qiao'er spoke slowly and calmly here, but Lu Yunxi remembered the chaos and confusion over there.
"Slow down, sister. I haven't figured it out yet."
Liu Qiao'er was not in a hurry. She just watched Lu Yunxi calculate one by one and patiently instructed: "Here we use multiplication. Three times five equals fifteen, sixty-five. Don't you know how to multiply?"
Watching Lu Yunxi add flour pound by pound, Liu Qiaoer was a little confused.
"Lu Yunzheng, didn't you learn the multiplication table when you were a kid?"
If Liu Qiaoer remembered history correctly, the multiplication table first appeared in the Qin Dynasty. Logically, anyone who has read books should know it.
However, Lu Yunxi's eyes flickered: "Tongsheng doesn't learn, but Xiucai learns. Mother will also use it when managing the household. Xi'er may not have learned much."
When did Liu Qiaoer learn this? A country girl, she had been in the mansion for three years, and she had learned to read and count...
Liu Qiaoer understood, but Lu Yunxi was young and had not learned it yet.
Yes, modern primary school students will not learn multiplication tables until the third grade, which is when they are ten years old.
Liu Qiaoer smiled and touched Lu Yunxi's face: "It's okay, take your time, multiplication is also derived from addition, just do it a few more times."
So Lu Yunxi's crooked big words appeared on the account book, buns, flour, pork, cabbage, etc. Lu Yunxi wrote and Lu Yunyang watched and learned from the side.
Lu Yunzheng thought of the crooked handwriting of Liu Qiao'er, and he felt disdain in his heart. He snorted coldly and shouted, "Yang'er, don't learn from those mercenaries. From tomorrow on, I will teach you."
Mercenary? Lu Yunzheng actually thought that the Lu siblings were mercenary for learning to do accounts from Liu Qiaoer
Liu Qiaoer was so angry that smoke came out of her nostrils: "Lu Yunzheng, don't look down on me. Learning to read and write is not just for the purpose of passing the imperial examinations."
Lu Yunzheng was still disdainful: "I didn't say I wouldn't teach them, but you don't need to teach them, I will do it myself."
Liu Qiaoer understood that Lu Yunzheng did not stop the siblings from reading and writing, but he just did not allow Liu Qiaoer to teach him because he was full of worldly airs and he was afraid that Lu Yunzheng would lead his younger siblings astray.
Liu Qiaoer held her forehead with her hand: "Okay, you teach me, you are noble, you are arrogant, you help the mouse to catch the cat."
After clearing the things on the table, Liu Qiaoer went to the kitchen to knead the dough and make the filling for the buns.
Liu Erniu advised, "Sister, why are you so rude to the eldest master? They are the masters, and you are a maid. How can a maid teach the master?"
Liu Qiaoer was suddenly stunned. It turned out that this was their real thought.
No matter how good Liu Qiao'er was to them, they felt it was their duty, because they were the masters and Liu Qiao'er was the servant. At most, she was a loyal servant, a loyal and righteous servant who helped them in times of crisis.
Just like Xiren beside Baoyu and Zijuan beside Daiyu, no matter how high their status are, they are still maids.
What Lu Yunzheng cared about was not just her vulgarity, but her inability to distinguish between superiors and inferiors.
Yes, there is no maid teaching her master.
Liu Qiaoer's heart sank, but after thinking about it for a moment, she came to terms with it.
"If they don't want to teach me, then don't teach me. I don't have the time. If they want to remember my kindness, then remember it. If they don't want to, that's fine too. Just do good things and don't worry about the future. Just have no regrets."
Liu Erniu didn't understand and muttered, "I thought you saved the eldest master, so you could at least become his concubine."
Liu Qiaoer immediately got angry: "Aunt? I don't want that. I'd rather be a commoner's wife than a nobleman's concubine. I don't have that mind. You'd better not mention the eldest master's affairs, otherwise, our family will be ruined."
Liu Erniu took two buns and stuffed them into her arms: "I know, don't worry, I won't tell anything, not even Niu Dahu. I'm leaving now, I'll come back tomorrow."