"How much is four jiao, eight jiao, and two yuan?" Xia Lan asked Fang Yiyi with a smile.

"This shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

"Seven yuan and forty cents, no, eight yuan!" Fang Yiyi said confidently.

"Are you sure?" Xia Lan asked with a smile.

"Of course." Fang Yiyi was certain of this answer.

"Xia, how was it? Did Fang Zhiqing get it right?"

"Of course he can answer that correctly. Fang Zhiqing is an educated person!"

The aunts all felt that Xia Lan was definitely not as good as Fang Yiyi.

"The correct answer should be eight yuan and forty cents," Xia Lan said calmly, glancing at the confident Fang Yiyi.

"That's impossible, this is eight pieces." Fang Yiyi's face turned pale. The aunties were all embarrassed because they didn't expect Fang Yiyi to be wrong.

“Four four-cent bills make one dollar and sixty cents, eight six-cent bills make four dollars and eighty cents, and if you add two more dollars, it’s eight dollars and forty cents, right?” Xia Lan explained to the other party, breaking down the bills one by one.

"These kinds of questions are very simple, right? But if you have to calculate them in a short time, your brain can't process it, so you'll get them wrong, right?"

Xia Lan's words were like a slap in the face to Fang Yiyi.

Everyone else looked at each other in surprise, not expecting that Xia Lan's math skills were even better than Fang Zhiqing's, who had gone to school.

"How could you be so amazing?" Hu Li looked at Xia Lan in astonishment. "You've never even been to school!"

"I never went to school, but when I was at home, my mother taught me to read, write, and do math. All of these were taught to me by my mother!"

Xia Lan looked at Hu Li and Fang Yiyi seriously.

"Don't assume everyone is as despicable as you. Why can't I get this sales clerk job? I got it, so what are you questioning?" Xia Lan looked at Hu Li, seemingly speaking to her, but actually addressing everyone.

"Xia, now that you're at work, what about Shitou?" an aunt asked Xia Lan.

"Of course he'll stay in the city with me. It's not like I can't afford to support him!" Xia Lan smiled sweetly.

"You're the one who's been raising these stones?" All the aunties were stunned.

"I'm planning to find a job for Brother Yu in a while," Xia Lan said without explaining.

"You're going to find him a job?" The aunties were envious. Is it that easy to find a job?

“That’s right! I’m in the city, I can’t leave Brother Qin Yu in the village! What couple can be separated?” Xia Lan explained with a smile. “Besides, Brother Yu is so handsome, how can I not keep him by my side?”

Seeing Xia Lan's infatuated expression, and recalling Qin Yu's face after he shaved, the aunties' doubts were dispelled.

Qin Yu's face was indeed very popular with the unmarried girls in the village. At the time, they all stopped their daughters from having any contact with Qin Yu.

Later, when Qin Yu grew a beard, the village girls finally quieted down.

Qin Yu suddenly shaved off his beard again, which made the younger generation start to have designs on him again.

No wonder Xia Lan was willing to bring Qin Yu along; it's all because of Qin Yu's good looks.

"You only saw Qin Yu's face, how shallow!" Hu Li pointed at Xia Lan and snorted angrily.

"You only care about Qin Yu's face, what right do you have to talk to me? Brother Yu has been in the village for so many years, if your family wanted, you could have married him hundreds of times! In the end, isn't it just that you think Brother Yu's family is not well-off? You think Brother Yu is poor?" Xia Lan pointed at Hu Li, whose eyes were red with anger.

"No, I really like Brother Qin Yu!" Hu Li retorted.

She even wanted to take off her clothes and sleep with Qin Yu, but Qin Yu wouldn't even glance at her.

This caused Hu Li great frustration.

"Comrade Xia Lan, you're just attracted to beauty; it's not love at all," Fang Yiyi said, criticizing Xia Lan.

"Love at first sight is just lust at first sight, what's wrong with that! If Qin Yu wasn't good-looking, would you think highly of him?" Xia Lan sneered as she saw Fang Yiyi preparing to talk to her about free love, exposing her fallacy.

“You’re just a disobedient son reciting the Classic of Filial Piety—pretending to be serious!” Xia Lan retorted.

"They clearly only care about someone's looks, but they insist on using the guise of free love."

"What did you say in front of Brother Yu last time? That I don't like him? Were you trying to sow discord? Let me tell you, I've seen plenty of women like you. You pretend to be refined in front of others, but what do you do behind my back? You flirt with my man and act all weak."

Xia Lan looked at Fang Yiyi and retorted without any politeness.

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't say anything." Fang Yiyi looked like she was about to cry, as if Xia Lan had said something really hurtful.