The sun is setting in the west, and in more than half an hour, the gongs and drums of the Western Market's closing time will sound. At that time, the shops have to close and customers have to go home. Chang'an City has a very strict curfew system. The vendors outside shouted even harder, trying to sell more goods in the last half hour.
In Li Ji's clothing store, everything was quiet.
Xu Hongzhi stood beside Li Zexuan and watched Li Zexuan write and draw. I saw him draw some horizontal and vertical lines on the paper. These horizontal and vertical lines formed a grid, and the daily expenses and income were listed and classified in the grid. Finally, he made a comprehensive calculation. Xu Hongzhi admired in his heart. , this accounting method is unprecedented, but what are the tadpole-like words in it
Xu Hongzhi, who wanted to come over to support his juniors, was confused when he looked at the Arabic numerals in front of him. He wanted to ask the boy now, but seeing Li Zexuan writing and drawing seriously, he resisted the idea of asking questions.
Not even a quarter of an hour had passed, but Li Zexuan let out a long breath, stood up and said to Li Jingmo: "Okay, dad, I'll find out what's wrong with this account."
Xu Hongzhi looked shocked. He had been calculating for more than an hour and still couldn't figure it out. This boy actually found the problem before even a quarter of an hour
Xu Hongzhi was very suspicious that this young man was deceiving him. Although he had never seen his accounting method before and looked very clever, he couldn't calculate so many numbers together so quickly.
He had no idea how easy these pediatric operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were for Li Zexuan, an engineering dog who was often bombarded by square root, power series, calculus and even more complex matrix convolution operations.
Wang Zhengkun panicked when he heard this, but then he sneered secretly. In less than a quarter of an hour, he could find out the problem with Wang Zhengkun's account. He was a liar.
Li Jingmo also couldn't believe it and said hesitantly: "Xuan'er, are you serious?"
Li Zexuan took the table he drew, walked up to Li Jingmo and nodded: "Of course I take it seriously."
Then he turned to look at Wang Zhengkun and saw that although he looked scared, Li Zexuan still caught the sarcasm in the corner of his eyes.
Li Zexuan sneered in his heart: "Humph, old man, if you still don't believe it, I will expose your crimes today and make you go to jail."
At that moment, Li Zexuan didn't waste any time. He picked up the financial report he had made and said coldly to Wang Zhengkun: "Wang Zhengkun, on the twenty-fifth day of the first month of this year, the clothing store is short by sixteen guan, eight yuan and three cents. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, it is short by nine guan and six yuan." The money is nine cents, the fifth day of February is eight cents, four cents and five cents short... March 20th is yesterday, the money is thirteen cents short, seven cents and four cents. In these less than three months of accounts, Wang Zhengkun, you secretly deducted a total of two cents of silver. Sixteen strokes, totaling two hundred and eighty nine cents and six cents, do you plead guilty or not?"
Li Zexuan's voice was thunderous and his words were shocking. Lan'er looked at her brother with admiration. Although she didn't understand the twists and turns between adults, she just felt that her brother was just so majestic and powerful.
Xiao He and Xiao Xi also had brilliant eyes, and they admired in their hearts that their young master was handsome and good at martial arts. Now he even knew arithmetic, and he was better than the student of the Imperial College Doctorate. He was so good at both civil and military skills. The two little maids were a little guilty now. anthomaniac.
But Wang Zhengkun was not in such a good mood now. As Li Zexuan reported the accounts one by one, although it was still spring, his sweat could not help but drip down drop by drop. The sarcastic look in his eyes was no longer there, replaced by endless of panic.
By the time Li Zexuan finished speaking, his back was completely soaked and his legs were trembling. He couldn't help but knelt down to Li Jingmo and cried: "Master, master, I know my mistake. It's all the fault of the evil son in my family." , was tricked into a gambling house and owed a gambling debt. If the old slave doesn't help him pay back the money, the gang will break his hands and feet. The old slave is only such a son. Master, it's all because of the old slave's obsession, master. For the sake of my hard work in the garment shop for so many years, let me spare you this time."
Xu Hongzhi originally didn't believe that Li Zexuan had found out the problem with the accounts, but when he saw Wang Zhengkun in this state, it was obvious that what Li Zexuan had just said was true. I asked about the accounting method and the strange text, but the occasion is obviously inappropriate now. My old friend still has family matters to deal with.
When Li Jingmo saw Wang Zhengkun's confession, he was very surprised at his son's arithmetic ability, and was very angry at Wang Zhengkun's malicious deception. If his son hadn't helped today, he would have been fooled by this old slave. He was really an evil slave who deceived his master, and he was very angry. , was about to send this old slave to the official, but after hearing what Wang Zhengkun said, he felt a little soft-hearted. He also had a son. As a father, he also sympathized with Wang Zhengkun's experience, but he withheld so much money. It was really unjustifiable not to send him to the official. .
Seeing that Li Jingmo was a little soft-hearted, Li Zexuan said quickly: "Dad, please don't be soft-hearted. Even if he wants to pay off his son's debt, he can't harm the interests of the clothing store. He can borrow money from you, dad. It's for taking money without complaining." Stealing, he made false accounts just to avoid responsibility.
If he really knew he was wrong, he should have taken the initiative to admit his mistake when you questioned him just now, instead of waiting until now when there is irrefutable proof. If the price of crime is so low, then no one will abide by the law in the future. Poor people must be hateful. Dad, you should send him to the official. You should choose another honest and honest shopkeeper for the clothing store. "
Xu Hongzhi nodded repeatedly as he listened. When Li Zexuan finished speaking, he also said to Li Jingmo: "Brother Jingmo, what the master said is the truth. We must not condone people like Wang Zhengkun."
After saying that, he looked at Li Zexuan and praised Li Jingmo: "Brother Jingmo, you have given birth to a good son. He knows arithmetic and is sensible. His stupid brother was also greatly impressed by the truth. It is really a dragon lurking in the abyss. We will meet him one day." The wind and clouds turn into dragons."
Li Zexuan hurriedly said that the gentleman was too complimentary and he could not deserve such praise.
Li Jingmo also felt that his son's words were quite reasonable. He was very happy when he heard the praise from his old friend, but he did not want to show it in front of others. He said reservedly: "Mr. Xu is really too complimentary. The dog has a lazy temperament and needs to be polished." ah."
Then he ordered: "Sambo, Ah Fu, you two will send Wang Zhengkun to the official, and then you can go back to the house directly." The two of them followed the order and stepped forward to hold Wang Zhengkun who had fainted from fright.
"Dad, it's time to go home, the West Market will be closing soon." Li Zexuan urged as he saw that it was getting late outside.
"Well, then let's go home together." Li Jingmo nodded and invited Xu Hongzhi: "Mr. Xu, do you want to go sit in the humble house with us?"
Xu Hongzhi quickly waved his hand and said: "Forget it for today, I will definitely visit you the next day. I still want to ask you for advice on how to keep accounts. I hope you will give me some advice then."
Li Zexuan kept saying that he didn't dare. Several people said goodbye in the West Market.
Li Jingmo hired a carriage, and the family of three got into the carriage and drove slowly towards Li Mansion.
On the way, Li Jingmo asked: "Xuan'er, why did you come to the West Market today? Don't tell me that you came specifically to see dad. My father doesn't believe it." Li Jingmo saw that Li Zexuan wanted to come up and flatter him, so he immediately added.
Li Zexuan really wanted to say this just now, but he didn't expect that his witty father saw through it. He had to swallow the words that were on his lips. He was choked for a while and then said after a while: "My child saw that his sister was staying at home. Out of boredom, I accompanied Lan'er to the West Market today to watch the sideshow."
"Yes, Daddy, that juggling was great. My brother also made Lan'er a chicken that Lan'er had never eaten before in Zuixian Tower. It was so delicious that it made Lan'er's belly grow bigger. In the end, she still We couldn't eat the remaining pieces of chicken, so a black-faced brother took it away. The black-faced brother almost licked the plate clean. He also asked shopkeeper Liu to take out the chicken and sell it tomorrow. I will definitely be able to earn a lot of money for my father by then.”
Lan'er immediately chirped like a little sparrow and shared today's happy events with her father.
Li Zexuan was sweating profusely as he listened. Is this what a girl should say, "I feel so full"? There are also those words that Cheng Chumo, the "black-faced brother," said. Cheng Chumo didn't know if he would vomit blood after hearing them.
Li Jingmo didn't take it seriously when he heard about the gnawing chicken. He just thought it was his child's play. He didn't care whether he made money or not, but the name was so weird...
The night slowly fell, and the carriage gradually moved away...
(End of chapter)