Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 132 Why are there 8 extra characters?

When I got home, it was almost time to cook.

The children are not at home, so I guess the delivery man has arrived.

After putting down the things, Zheng Yuan went to the kitchen to cook. Duan Minmin took Dashu and Xu Hui Niang there to help put things down.

When Zheng Yuan finished cooking, they came back, followed by Agui and three other delivery guys.

"That's great. You three brothers have worked hard. Come wash your hands and have a meal."

"I'm so tired. I want to eat five big bowls today!" Sizhu rushed out after washing his hands, holding the bowl and went straight to the steamer.

"Why don't you eat the steamer together?" Zheng Yuan laughed at him.

"Mom, you don't know that I didn't slack off at all and ran many times to get the four carts of stuff! If I wasn't small, I think I could have eaten the whole steamer!" Sizhu was a little unconvinced.

Four big cars?

Zheng Yuan raised his eyes to look at Duan Minmin, asking with his eyes.

Seeing Duan Minmin nod, it seems that Sizhu was not exaggerating. This Mr. Jiang is really a good writer.

But I can understand that for something that is sold in large quantities, the quantity must be sufficient at one time.

After dinner, Agui and his three servants hurried back while it was still light.

The original plan was to make a brush, but after running around all day today, we were so tired that neither of us wanted to move.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are market days. For the first time, the two of them felt how short a day is without electronic products such as mobile phones and computers.

Time was tight, so while the girls were making the ice jelly, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took the boys to split the bamboo, steam it in the steamer, and then find wooden boards to tie and straighten it, and wait to return from the market before making the rest.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin plan to take the children with them tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Now that the business with Mr. Jiang is slowly getting on track, the ice jelly business will be completely handed over to the children.

During these two markets, they did not plan to sell anything, so they treated the people on the street to free food in the name of giving back to new and old customers. Firstly, it was to eliminate the impact of the last false accusation. Although the verdict had been made by the government, it was inevitable that there would be hearsay; secondly, it was to let the children show their faces and let the people on the street know that these children were from their family.

Knowing that they would go to town tomorrow, the children who had never been there were very excited.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took out their money baskets again and gave each of them a string of money.

"Mom! So much!" Sizhu was so excited that he could hardly speak while holding a string of money.

"Yes, that's it. Now count how many there are in this string. If you count correctly, we will reward you with another five cents."

Seeing that the children were happy, the two of them simply set a prize and trained the children's counting ability at the same time.

When the children heard that there was a prize, they scattered and found a place where no one could see them and started counting the coins in their hands, for fear that their brothers and sisters would hear them.

"Big tree! Go out and count."

Dashu wanted to count with his wife in the room, but was chased away.

"We are husband and wife, there's nothing wrong with counting together. If there are two of us, the probability of getting the right number is higher." Dashu stood at the door pitifully.

"Mom said that this family must be fair and just. How can we cheat? Besides, who knows if I count correctly, you will lead me astray."

Xu Hui Niang's voice came from the room through the door, but she refused to open the door.

Helplessly, Dashu could only carry his small chain of coins and run into the tool room to count them.

The two stood in the yard, watching the young couple bickering, and smiled like an auntie, thinking that their sons' CP was quite sweet.

While the other children were still counting one by one, Erhe was already sitting under the eaves calmly, looking confident.

"Erhe, why don't you count anymore?" Duan Minmin asked curiously.

"Auntie, there's no need to count. I can tell how much it is just by looking at it!" Erhe said confidently.

Wow! So confident.

Duan Minmin and Zheng Yuan looked at each other. Could it be that you are really a genius?

After a while, the children who were hiding and counting money came out with their own money bags. The other children had more or less unconfidence on their faces, but Erhe was the only one with a confident and bright smile on his face.

"Have you counted them all?"

"It's counted, mother!"

"It's counted, Auntie!"

"Okay then. I'll shout out one, two, three, and you guys can call out your own numbers loudly. You're not allowed to change your answers following others."

"one two Three!"

"Eighty-eight!"

"Eighty-eight!"

......

"eighty!"

There was a series of counting calls, and the children all shouted out their numbers loudly. The numbers of the other children were all eighty-eight, but Erhe shouted out eighty loudly.

Seeing his confident expression as if you were all wrong, the other children became a little unconfident.

"Okay, are you sure? Then I'm going to announce the correct answer!"

"Mom! Wait! Can I change it?" Sizhu glanced at the confident Erhe, gritted his teeth and decided to follow.

"No, besides, how do you know your answer is wrong? Don't your brother and sister give the same answer?"

"But......"

"No buts. You will thank mom later." Zheng Yuan winked at Sizhu.

"The correct answer is eighty-eight coins! Congratulations to everyone except Erhe. Come over and get five more coins each!"

"Wow!"

"That's right!"

......

The few people who were counted correctly were holding hands and spinning in circles. Sizhu rushed over and hugged Zheng Yuan tightly. He finally understood why his mother said she would thank her later. He loved his mother so much.

Only Erhe was left standing aside, dumbfounded. Now the excitement really belonged to them, and I had nothing.

He didn't understand. His mother and Aunt Duan had clearly told him last time that they would be paid 20 cents every time they went to market. And it had been four times since the last time they had paid their wages, so it should be 80 cents. Why was there 8 more cents?

Zheng Yuan walked up and patted Erhe, who looked depressed.

"Erhe, I know what you're thinking. Do you think that I sent eighty coins four times before, and this time I sent eighty coins four times as well?"

Erhe nodded.

"You can think this way, which shows that you are very smart. Look at your brothers and sisters, none of them have thought of this method, only you have come up with it. So, mother wants to praise you."

"But sometimes, a little cleverness can't completely solve the problem. When you think it might be eighty cents, you should verify it again. It won't take you too much time, but the result will be completely different."

"Look at your brothers and sisters. Although they are not as smart as you, they calm down and count carefully one by one. After counting several times, they finally get the correct answer."

"Of course, I'm not saying that your little ideas are wrong. I think that both I and your aunt are very satisfied that you can draw inferences from one example and expand your thinking. But I hope that you will be more careful and verify more times when thinking in the future, okay?"

After Zheng Yuan's explanation, Erhe felt much better. He was not dumber than others, he just lacked a little care.

"Mom, I understand. It's okay. Even if I can't get five cents this time, I will definitely get countless five cents in the future."

"Well, we all believe you."

Zheng Yuan touched Erhe’s head with satisfaction, thinking that this boy is teachable.

"Okay, collect your money and go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow morning, especially you, Sizhu. If you can't get up, we won't take you with us."

"Mom, I can definitely get up!" Sizhu pouted unconvinced.

"Okay, Mom believes you. Remember to brush your teeth and wash your face~" Zheng Yuan pinched his upturned lips. This boy is getting more and more cute.

Now that Mr. Jiang is not living at home, Xu Hui Niang can stay here. After being apart for such a few days, the newlyweds may have some private things to talk about.

Leaving Xu Hui Niang behind with a shy look, the group went towards Duan Minmin's house.