After traveling for more than an hour, the ox cart arrived at Shiwan.
Passing by Shiwan Village, turning into a side road, and walking for about a quarter of an hour, I saw a large bare loess field ahead.
There is a wide flat ground in the middle, one side is the entrance, and many fired bricks and tiles are stacked high on one side, and seven or eight kiln mouths of various sizes have been dug along the mountain ridge on the other two sides, and piles of kiln mouths are piled up beside the kiln mouth. Yellow mud, brick molds, firewood for kilns, barrels, tubs, shovels, carts, etc. Five or six workers in patched short brown were busy.
Seeing them coming, the owner Shi Laocai came over with his hands in his sleeves, smiling, and asked, "This old man, are you here to buy bricks or tiles?"
Li Damu smiled and said, "My neighbor's roof needs to be repaired, so I came here to buy some tiles."
"Oh, this way please, please! The clay I use here is good, and the kiln is also good. The quality of the fired tiles is the best, durable, and the price is fair! Hehe!" Shi Laocai led them to the place with a smile. Go to the pile of rubble piled up on the side.
Lian Fangzhou laughed and said: "We have three rooms, one and a half needs to be replaced with new tiles, and the other one and a half needs to be replaced. We need two rooms in total! There are about fifty square meters in total. ! Calculate how much you need in total.”
She smiled shyly as she spoke, and said, "We don't want much, so I'm embarrassed to bargain with you again! You can just ask for a fair price! I'll come to your place again when we build a new house in the future!"
Lian Fangzhou enunciated clearly, spoke fluently, and spoke clearly and plainly, which stunned this old man.
Shi Laocai couldn't help squinting his eyes to look at the girl in front of him. She was fourteen or five years old, with a thin figure, wearing old and clean clothes of date red floral coarse cloth, with a thin face, but a pair of bright eyes, small and exquisite. The lips are slightly smiling, and the drooping hair that is common to little country girls is combed. It is neat and clean, and there is a spirit of energy in the whole person, so that people can't help but feel good when they see it.
Shi Laocai couldn't help laughing, seeing Lian Fangzhou say "good" several times, he put up a thumbs up and said with a smile: "This girl is really a bright, bright and smart person, ha ha, I don't know which family is so lucky , I have such a good daughter! Well, just say what I said to you, I am comfortable listening to the old man, I will give you the lowest price, and I will give you the best stuff!"
"Then thank you, Boss Shi!" Lian Fangzhou smiled and nodded.
Lian Ze had seen Lian Fangzhou's tongue-in-cheek these two days and didn't think much of it, but Li Damu was just like Shi Laocai, stunned!
Lian Fangzhou's behavior just now completely overturned her impression in his heart.
If it wasn't the person or the same person, his appearance hadn't changed at all, and Lian Ze was beside him, he would almost have suspected that the girl in front of him was really Lian Fangzhou
Li Damu sighed secretly: It seems that the Yang family's resignation and the Hua family's daughter-in-law's misconduct really stimulated this girl too much!
Shi Laocai said with a smile, "You're welcome." Suddenly, he thought of teasing, and then smiled at Lian Fangzhou: "Little girl, my tile is only this big. If you can figure out how many tiles you need, I will give you a lot of money." I'll give you another 20% off, how about it?"
Lian Fangzhou's eyes flickered, but he said with a smile: "How could I be so accurate, don't be joking."
Shi Laocai waved his hand, brushed his beard that was neither long nor short, and said with a smile: "I'm not joking, I'm serious! Haha, in fact, who can count as a good piece, as long as it's close, you win!"
Seeing Shi Laocai's interested eyes, Lian Fangzhou thought for a while, then nodded politely and smiled: "In that case, then I'll make a fool of myself, if my calculation is not accurate, uncle, don't laugh at me! "
Shi Laocai laughed and said: "No, no, just come and see."
The workers at work heard this, seeing that even a young girl like Fangzhou could count, they couldn't help being curious, they stopped their work and gathered around to watch the excitement, chatting in low voices.
Lian Fangzhou took a piece of tile, estimated the length and width with her fingers to calculate the area, the ground was a thin layer of loess, she folded a thin branch and squatted down, and scratched on the ground up.
All the workers had never seen Arabic numerals before, and seeing her scratching on the ground, they couldn't help but let out a "huh" in surprise, and one of them couldn't help asking Shi Laocai: "Boss Shi, what did this little girl write?"
"That's right, what's that word? It's really strange!"
"No, I've never seen it before."
"I said, is this a word? Why do I feel like the talisman drawn by Zhang Tianshi in Wuyun Temple!"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Seeing them making fun of Lian Fangzhou, Lian Ze couldn't help blushing, and said loudly, "Since my sister dares to try, she can do it! What are you laughing at? What's so funny!"
Everyone laughed louder when they heard this, teasing Lian Ze while laughing.
Shi Laocai "coughed" twice, and then stopped.
Lian Fangzhou smiled slightly, without distinction or embarrassment, but assigned himself smoothly.
In fact, this is a very simple math problem, but she has already calculated it in two or three sentences, and reported the number with a smile. At the same time, he stood up and wiped away all the traces on the ground with his feet.
"Is it going to be so soon?" Shi Laocai was dumbfounded, and everyone was also stunned.
You don't need an abacus to settle accounts, and it's so fast, it's really evil!
"Boss, is it right, is it right!" Everyone was discussing and couldn't wait.
Shi Laocai stared: How did he know? He has to do the math to find out!
Before he could give an order, a worker rushed to fetch the abacus and handed it to him with both hands. Everyone stared at him with countless pairs of eyes.
"Sister, are you accurate?" Lian Ze couldn't help asking Lian Fangzhou in a low voice. Li Damu also looked over with concern.
Lian Fangzhou was not in a hurry, glanced at Boss Shi who was flying away with the abacus beads, and said with a smile: "I'll know when Boss Shi calculates it!"
Her unhurried expression and calm smile made the anxious Lian Ze feel at ease, and Lian Ze blurted out: "I believe my sister must be right."
"Oh?" Lian Fangzhou laughed, "Why?"
Lian Ze said stubbornly: "I don't know, anyway, I just believe in my sister."
Lian Fangzhou nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Good brother."
"It's amazing! It's really amazing!" Shi Laocai looked at the numbers on the abacus and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
"It's really accurate!"
"No! Sure!"
The workers were also very surprised.
Li Damu and Lian Ze were heartbroken, they looked at each other and smiled, both were happy for Lian Fangzhou.
Someone couldn't help but said: "Boss, why don't you do the calculation again?"
Shi Laocai slapped the man on the back of the head, and stared at him: "You are a genius! What? I suspect that my calculation is wrong!"
"No, no..." The man blushed and hurriedly denied it, causing everyone to laugh.
"What are you laughing at! Hurry up and go to work!" Shi Laocai glared at the crowd.
Everyone agreed with their mouths, and couldn't help but look at Lian Fangzhou a few more times, and went to talk about it.
"Boss Shi, what you said just now counts, right?" Li Damu said with a smile.
"It's a promise! Of course it's a promise!" Shi Laocai nodded bluntly, and gave Lian Fangzhou a thumbs up: "Miss Lian is the smartest girl I have ever seen, really! But, Miss Lian, you were on the ground just now. What kind of thing is that gesture?"