Watching Zhang Jingxiu leading people into the store.
Shen Lie quickly stood up to greet him: "The big shopkeeper is here."
Tian Hong also hurriedly echoed: "Master Zhang is polite."
But Zhang Jingxiu ignored him and hid behind the middle-aged scribe.
No words or words.
He just slapped the folding fan in his hand and looked away, his white chin raised, looking malicious.
Shen Lie was slightly stunned, looked at Tian Hong, and then said softly: "Big shopkeeper, you..."
What does this mean?
Looking at her strange expression, she looked like an unwelcome guest who had walked into the wrong door.
But Zhang Jingxiu just ignored him, slapped the folding fan again, and the corners of his fair mouth raised slightly, revealing a playful smile.
Then she covered her pretty face with a folding fan and encouraged the middle-aged scribe: "Uncle Three Fingers, please take action to teach this ignorant person a lesson."
The middle-aged scribe hugged Zhang Jingxiu's hands very respectfully, then reached into his arms and took out a small, exquisite and gorgeous abacus.
This made Shen Lie and Tian Hong even more confused, muttering in their hearts, which song did Miss Zhang sing?
Why did you start playing riddles?
But when their eyes fell on the abacus in the hands of the middle-aged scribe, they involuntarily froze, and they were both surprised.
This gorgeous abacus exuded a golden luster in front of the two of them. The abacus was made of copper, but the beads looked...
It looks like it's made of pure gold!
Have you ever seen an abacus made of pure gold?
The air inside the store became quiet for a while.
Tian Hong looked confused.
Shen Lie was also speechless for a while, so he could only take a step forward and asked tentatively: "May I ask who this is?"
But they saw the middle-aged scribe put the abacus on the table, rolled up his sleeves, looked at Shen Lie with dazzling eyes, and said coldly: "A certain family's surname is Liu, Liu Sanzhi."
Shen Lie was speechless, who was Liu Sanzhi?
Tian Hong was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Tian Hong has met Mr. Liu."
The middle-aged scribe looked at the red brocade guard on Tian Hong's body, with an arrogant look on his face, and responded with a lukewarm response: "Yes."
Now Shen Lie was even more confused.
What's going on?
At this time, Tian Hong walked over quickly, whispered in Shen Lie's ear, and explained the origin of Mr. Liu.
Shen Liecai came forward with some doubts and said, "Shen Lie has met Mr. Liu."
But Mr. Liu was still lukewarm. He just fiddled with his three fingers on the abacus a few times and then said a lesson: "Young people don't know the heights of the world. They show off their arithmetic skills everywhere. It's so arrogant!"
Shen Lie was spat on for no reason, and was stunned for a moment. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he looked at Zhang Jingxiu who was standing aside and watching with cold eyes.
finally understood.
It's so early in the morning, she brought people to destroy the store!
Shen Lie couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, and Tian Hong was also dumbfounded. The two looked at each other and were speechless for a moment. This young lady must be too willful.
It's not unusual for a shop to be smashed, but how can anyone in this world bring someone with them to smash their own shop so early in the morning?
Shen Lie frowned slightly and said to Zhang Jingxiu: "Big shopkeeper, you..."
Have you ever played like this?
But Zhang Jingxiu ignored him, still covering his face with a folding fan, and encouraging him vigorously: "Shen Lie, don't be nagging. Uncle Sanzhi heard that you are proficient in Tianfang arithmetic and you are a prodigy in arithmetic, so I came here to ask for advice. If you don't dare, Just say it when you face the challenge."
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie's temper suddenly rose, he raised his eyebrows, clasped his fists politely, bowed and said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
The provoking method succeeded, Zhang Jingxiu was happy, and closed the folding fan with a snap. His bright eyes narrowed involuntarily, and his pretty face seemed to be smiling but not smiling. This look...
It's like a little fox whose plan has succeeded.
After a while.
The atmosphere in the store has become very magical.
Yun'er, the waiter and a group of people came from the kitchen to watch the fun.
Tian Hong and Zhang Kui were also watching and discussing, marveling in their hearts. It is not unusual for a competition to happen. We have seen poetry, wine, and article competitions among literati.
Warriors often compete with each other in martial arts, but this is the first time that everyone has seen one competing in arithmetic.
So fresh!
In the lobby of Bianyifang, Shen Lie and Liu Sanzhi were sitting at one end of the table, each making preparations for the competition.
Liu Sanzhi placed the golden abacus in front of him, resting his three fingers on the beads of the abacus, looking very confident.
In front of Shen Lie, there was a strange pen. It was not a writing brush, but a piece of charcoal sandwiched between two pieces of wood. It looked strange.
And there was a clean wooden board in front of Shen Lie...
As a modern person, Shen Lie is still accustomed to using hard pens to do arithmetic problems. Although the conditions are a bit crude, he can only make do with it.
Watching with pairs of eyes.
Zhang Jingxiu sat in the middle, looking at Shen Lie with a smile, his eyes fell on the charcoal wooden board, and there was a bit of disdain between his eyebrows: "Mysterious."
Shen Lie's face darkened, and he said angrily: "Aren't you still competing?"
No better than I can leave!
Zhang Jingxiu made him a little annoyed, and hurriedly sat down in a serious manner, and said seriously: "Okay... I am going to give a question."
As she spoke, she pulled out two identical account books from her sleeves, as if she were doing magic, and handed them to Shen Lie and Liu Sanzhi.
Tian Hong, Zhang Kui, Yun'er and others were all dumbfounded.
Shen Lie couldn't laugh or cry again.
I thought that you were really well prepared, even the questions were prepared in advance. This was already planned and you wanted to make me look embarrassed.
The self-esteem of a man cheered up Shen Lie, picked up the charcoal, narrowed his eyes, and quickly scanned the account book.
The distant memories buried deep in his heart came to mind. At this time, Shen Lie recalled the painful experience of being forced by his parents to attend various cram schools, mental arithmetic classes, and speed arithmetic classes when he was a child.
Who was not a little prodigy back then?
Look at Liu Sanzhi opposite, those three fingers are already twitching slightly, eager to try.
The fight is about to begin.
But seeing that Miss Zhang was in high spirits, she took out a one hundred tael silver note from her sleeve, put it on the table, and said happily.
"Since it's a competition, there must be a prize, and I will give you a hundred taels!"
Looking at the slender hands placing the one hundred taels of silver notes on the table, and the bright and pretty face, there was a playful look on her face, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
Everyone was speechless again.
Shen Lie was speechless and had no choice but to hold the charcoal pen in his hand and concentrate on preparing to fight.
As Zhang Jingxiu issued the order: "Start!"
In an instant, Shen Lie and Liu Sanzhi each showed their magical powers and quickly calculated. One calculated mentally, then quickly calculated and recorded with charcoal.
Another one knocked the abacus loudly.
There was silence in the shop for a while, and everyone held their breath for fear that they would make a little noise and ruin this rare arithmetic competition.
The account book was very thin, with only a dozen pages, so it only took a stick of incense for the two of them to decide the winner. In the end, Liu Sanzhi, who had been immersed in this art for decades, gained the upper hand.
When Liu Sanzhi finished calculating more than a dozen pages of the account book and stopped fiddling with the abacus beads, there were still three pages left in the account book in Shen Lie's hand.
After a while of silence.
There was an astonishing sigh in the lobby.
Shen Lie was speechless, looking at his proud opponent, he stopped what he was doing, put the charcoal down casually, and couldn't help but admire in his heart.
Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times, this plan is really brilliant.
