One of the small boxes had a crack in its lid, and a dozen or so small red coral beads rolled out.

The old woman put down the box and hurriedly went to pick up the small box. As a result, all the red coral beads inside rolled all over the ground.

The old woman panicked even more and went forward to pick them up one by one.

When Xiao Youran saw several Gaibang kids standing to the side, he waved his hand with a grin and said, "Gaibang kids, go!"

Upon hearing this, Stone Two and Little Mountain perked up and immediately rushed forward to help pick up the red coral beads and put them into the box in the old woman's hand.

The old woman thanked her repeatedly, then paced around to make sure the box was gone from the ground. Not knowing if it had been stolen, she reluctantly presented the box to Xiao Youran. "Miss Youran," she said, "this is what the young master instructed me to give you. I made a mistake just now, I deserve to die! There were originally three hundred and sixty small beads inside, but I don't know..."

Xiao Youran took it and held it in her arms, saying, "Baby saw everything, so it's not Grandma's fault."

The old woman thanked her repeatedly and turned back to continue moving things.

Xiao Youran waved to the children in the Gai gang, "Come on, let's count them, are all the red coral beads there?"

Xiaoshan and the others immediately followed.

The fifth and sixth kittens also came running over, each carrying a kitten.

"Oh? Little Yellow, Little Orange, you're here too?" She looked at the kittens in their arms and asked, "Where's Little Flower?"

Little Six said in a clear voice, "Fifth Sister took it away. All the older sisters were being kept busy by the eldest sister embroidering, so Fifth Sister wanted to slack off and took Little Flower away early this morning."

The three kittens were snatched up by the children as soon as they entered the backyard, who were always vying to hold and play with them.

In just seven or eight days, the kitten was able to stand up and walk on its own, and it had grown quite a bit. The kittens loved it even more.

Xiao Youran led them to a tree, took out a handkerchief, unfolded it, and spread it on the ground. Then she poured all the red coral beads on it. "Come on, everyone, count them..."

She looked at them, six people, then exclaimed, "Sixty!"

If it's not enough for one person to get sixty, then you'll know it's too little.

Stone asked in confusion, "Why sixty?"

Xiao Youran said, "Six people, six times six is ​​thirty-six, isn't that three hundred and sixty?"

Stone's eyes began to glaze over. "Six times six equals thirty-six?"

Xiao Shan became interested. "Boss, what does 'six times six equals thirty-six' mean?"

Xiao Youran recalled the multiplication tables she had seen countless times before, and suddenly realized that they didn't know Arabic numerals yet.

She waved her hand generously, "I'll teach you after you've finished counting the red coral beads!"

The group of people sat down, rubbing their hands together, and began picking up and counting the red coral beads.

But Erwa kept counting, "One, two, three... eight, nine, ten... ten."

He looked up, bewildered, and asked in a cute voice, "What comes after ten?"

Xiao Youran's face darkened: ...

The bunch of little brats she took in can't even count? Isn't that a bit too incompetent?

Thankfully, Xiaoshan is seven years old. "I know, I'll teach you... After ten comes eleven, twelve..."

They were engrossed in counting when a girl's voice came from behind them, saying disdainfully, "Hmph, such small red coral beads can only be used to string together some lace."

Xiao You looked up and saw Yun Manyin, who was holding a kitten in her arms. She came over and put it with Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huang.

Xiao Wu asked, "Second Sister, is that you? How did Xiao Hua end up in your hands?"

"Hmph, is it only Fifth Sister who's allowed to hold it? I want to hold it and rest for a while too! All Big Sister does is keep us busy with embroidery all day long. After embroidering handkerchiefs, we embroider pillowcases. When will this ever end?" she complained, looking at the pile of red coral beads on the ground with envy in her eyes. How long has it been since she received such a precious item?

Why did this little cousin get such a big box?

Although the red coral bead wasn't large and wasn't very valuable—she wouldn't even glance at it if it were in a nobleman's mansion in the capital—it was a precious item in a peasant's home.

That's why she spoke with a sour tone, and now her eyes darted around, "Little cousin, these red coral beads are so small, and you can't even drill holes in them. Even if you strung them into lace, you wouldn't use all of them by yourself. Why don't you share them with your second sister? Cough cough—"

Little Youran smiled and said, "Second sister, if I can't use it all, I can give it to eldest sister. She's getting married soon, and the bride needs to look beautiful. You're not getting married yet, are you?"

Yun Manyin's jealousy intensified, but she said, "Hmph, I don't want to marry a farmer like my older sister! Cough cough—"

"Oh, so what if she's a farmer? As long as you work hard, there's no such thing as a bad life!" Little Youran said in her childish voice after her coughing stopped. "Since you don't want it, then I definitely can't give it to you! If my older sister marries a farmer, I'll give her a lot of dowry!"

Yun Manyin felt nauseous, but she couldn't openly snatch her red coral beads, so she pretended to cough and left, clutching her chest.

A moment later, Xiaoshan also got stuck, his face flushed as he looked at Xiao Youran, "Boss... what do we do after 100?"

Xiao You Ran: ……

She sighed, pointed to the box, and said, "Count out one hundred, then put them inside. Do this three times, that makes three hundred. There are sixty left, understand?"

"Okay! Got it!" Xiaoshan happily put the red coral beads in his hand into the box.

The other four children all looked at Xiao Youran with admiration.

Little Youran can actually count to over one hundred? She really is a lucky star!

After counting several times, Stone finally put the last handful of red coral beads into the box. "Boss, there are 357 in total, three are missing!"

Xiao You Ran: ……

So there are still three missing?

But that doesn't matter; she and her mother could easily find three more from their jewelry boxes to make up the difference.

The important thing is...

She put her hands on her hips, pointed at them with a cute but fierce look, and said, "You five! How come you can't even count?!"

The five little ones looked completely bewildered.

Xiao Liu, the youngest, is a year younger than Xiao Youran, and therefore even more innocent. It's not his fault he can't count, is it?

But for some reason, he felt that his little cousin was right, and he started to pout, "Waaah, I was wrong... I'm three years old and I still can't count... Waaah..."

Upon hearing this, the other four children, realizing they were older than Xiao Liu, quickly admitted their mistake, saying, "Boss, we were wrong, we will definitely correct it!"

Xiao Shan had a clear mind. "Boss, we learned to count to three hundred today. Is the counting method the same for four hundred, five hundred... all the way up to nine hundred?"

Xiao Youran nodded, and was about to count on her fingers, but then thought better of it and decided to teach her Arabic numerals first...

So he found a tree branch, wrote ten Arabic numerals on the ground, and taught them to recognize them one by one.