The two of them took the arithmetic chips and ran to Mr. Zhuang. After checking back and forth several times, they ran back and followed Mr. Zhuang's previous calculation example.
But the speed still dropped a lot, and errors always occurred.
They made a mistake here, so they couldn't help Bai Erlang. Bai Erlang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but his accounting speed was much faster, and if he was slower, he wouldn't forget the numbers just reported.
The further back he got, the faster he got. Not only did he succeed, but he also had time to take a look at Bai Shanbao and Manbao, who were in a state of distress.
Mr. Bai looked at it and sighed. Now everyone has learned to use counters to calculate, and the calculations were already very fast and smooth. I think you can quickly adapt to calculating weights here, but you can't even count counters.
If you still can’t use it, what are you proud of?
Mr. Bai didn't even look at his son. He covered his face with his tea cup and turned to talk to Mr. Zhuang.
Weighing is much faster than measuring with a bucket. Once the sack is dumped, two people lift it, one of them compares the weight, and the number is reported.
So everyone's speed was pretty good, but Manbao and the others were a little slower.
But they gradually became proficient in counting, and the two of them quickly counted out the last bag of money. Bai Erlang breathed a sigh of relief after he remembered it.
Mr. Bai also came over and took a look at his son's accounts first, and then looked at his accountant's accounts.
The accountant also took advantage of the situation and calculated the price of each item. He did the work of the three of them by himself, which was not only neater and more beautiful than theirs, but also faster.
During the calculation, the three children looked at the cashier with envy more than once.
Mr. Bai turned over the pages, nodded and said, "Okay, let's calculate the total."
The accountant took the account book with a smile and flipped the chips with his fingers so fast that he could almost see his fingers.
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao were stunned for a moment, and Bai Erlang also opened his mouth wide, looking at the accountant with admiration.
Mr. Zhuang walked up behind the two of them, coughed lightly and said, "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Let's do it quickly."
Man Bao came to his senses, quickly took the account book kept by Bai Erlang, and started counting with Bai Shanbao.
Mr. Zhuang stood in front of the two of them and said: "The more complicated the numbers, the more careful you have to be, otherwise, if you make a mistake in calculation, you will lose everything. You will have to start over."
Mr. Zhuang warned: "So be careful, smart, bold, and have a good memory."
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly to express their understanding, and then slowly moved the abacus.
The counting room was very fast, and within a quarter of an hour, all the accounts were calculated, including the total copper coins and the converted silver coins.
Manbao and the others were much slower. Fortunately, both of them made no mistakes, and the numbers they calculated were the same.
The two of them added up the two copper coins, and then looked at the last copper coins together and were stunned, "We have a lot, a lot of money."
Bai Erlang hurriedly went up to take a look, and saw that the final total weighed was 1,566,2 fen, while the amount weighed was 1,411,457 fen.
Bai Er also let out a wow, amazed.
Mr. Bai asked with a smile, "How much is it in silver?"
The two children immediately started calculating the numbers on the chips.
Because it was elimination, and the number to be eliminated was still so large, the two children carefully moved it, but it still got messed up after a while. The two scratched their heads and started counting again...
Man Bao looked at the final messy calculation and couldn't help but look at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang knew that this was a bit difficult, so he didn't embarrass them. He smiled and took the calculation to help them.
"The total is one thousand nine hundred and ninety taels of silver, with a balance of one hundred and nineteen cents."
Mr. Accountant stroked his beard and nodded with a smile, "Exactly this number."
The three children screamed, extremely happy.
Mr. Bai asked with a smile, "Are you happy?"
The three of them nodded vigorously.
Mr. Bai smiled and said: "Then while Mr. Zhuang is here, please help you calculate how much the wheat you bought before cost. Didn't you say that the wheat was on credit? You have to pay back the debt, right?"
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The three excited children were stunned for a moment. Yes, they almost forgot that they had exchanged so many wheat seeds with others, and the wheat they exchanged was on credit.
Bai Shanbao coughed lightly, and Zhuangtou Bai immediately brought up the account book for the credit. It only recorded the quantity exchanged and calculated the total. As for the value, he didn't know the price agreed upon by the young master and the old lady.
But Manbao and Bai Shanbao knew it, so they used chips to calculate.
Bai Shanbao and Mrs. Liu had agreed before that the wheat shipped would be thirty cents per dou.
This price was the market price in Luojiang County at that time, but it was very high in Longzhou, so Ms. Liu felt that she was not losing money in this business.
But Man Bao and Bai Shanbao thought that they would not lose money if they packaged the transportation here and they didn't have to run around to buy it.
Who would have thought that when the front end of the grain arrived, the market price of the rear end would drop to twenty-seven cents?
Of course, this market price is the purchase price given by grain merchants to farmers, and the price sold in grain stores is naturally more than this amount.
The grain they exchanged totaled 16,878 dou, which was 56,340 penny, converted into silver.
The two of them raised their heads and handed the calculation to Mr. Zhuang very wisely.
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said: "Four hundred and twenty-one taels, leaving one thousand one hundred and forty taels."
The three children now got the exact number and cheered completely.
Mr. Bai stroked his beard and smiled, turned to the accountant and said, "Let someone bring the silver in."
It was already in full swing at this time, and the sun was growing stronger, but Mr. Bai felt that there were not many wheat seeds in Lao Zhou's house, so it would not take so much time, so he waved his hand and took everyone to Lao Zhou's house.
People from Lao Zhou's family and Qian's family were anxiously waiting at home. They even sent a chief to check at the entrance of the village. Whenever they saw someone coming across the river, they would report immediately.
Datou watched his sister-in-law coming with a group of people from a distance, and immediately ran home.
Lao Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Qian.
Mrs. Qian then got up and led a group of daughters-in-law out, along with Aunt Qian and Sister-in-law Qian. After going out to greet the people watching the excitement nearby, they all went to Zhou Dayuan's house nearby.
The sun was quite strong at this time, and there were only a few women enjoying the shade under the banyan tree. After all, it was still comfortable to stay at home at this time, right?
As soon as Mrs. Qian said hello, everyone followed her. No matter what she wanted to do, it was just gossip.
When Mr. Bai arrived at Lao Zhou's house, he was stunned when he saw so many people.
Lao Zhoutou explained with a smile: "This is my uncle. Isn't it the Dragon Boat Festival? They came to see my wife. They knew that Mr. Bai was coming to harvest wheat seeds today, so they stayed to watch the excitement."
Master Bai naturally greeted them happily and bowed to each other.
Lao Zhou's family has already prepared the wheat seeds for sale, and they can weigh them directly by carrying them out.