Chapter 46 Meddling in other people's affairs is like bringing disgrace upon yourself

The woman counted the money in her hand and said to Jiang Xia, "No, why is it only 3.36 yuan? It's 20 cents short. Wen Wan just said it was 3.55 yuan and 5 cents. Even if the 5 cents is not counted, it should be 3.45 yuan. You gave too little."

Zhou Min: "How could you miscount such a small amount of money? Wen Wan has already calculated it for you, so it's possible to miscount it."

Jiang Xia lowered his head and counted with a notebook, without raising his head: "Can you shut up? I have tolerated you for a long time. It's none of your business whether I made a mistake or not? It's your money that is being spent."

The air suddenly became quiet and everyone looked at Jiang Xia in surprise.

Zhou Min's face turned pale and blue due to the criticism.

After a long while, she managed to utter: "Good intentions are not rewarded!"

Wen Wan was also embarrassed and couldn't help but say, "Sorry, I'm meddling in other people's business."

Jiang Xia also didn't raise his head: "I'm glad to know."

Wen Wan: “…”

The woman immediately said, "How can you be considered nosy? Wen Wan is helping me with the calculations. You don't know how to calculate, and you don't let people who know how to calculate speak out. Are you trying to cheat us out of our money? Hurry up and give me the two cents, or I won't sell it to you!"

Jiang Xia: "Okay, give me back the money!"

The woman: “…”

Zhou Chenglei is also very good at mental arithmetic. He knows that Jiang Xia has always been right: "Aunt He, Jiang Xia is not wrong. If you don't believe me, find someone else to help you calculate."

Someone had already calculated it, and the number was not that big: "Jiang Xia was right."

"Alei's wife was right."

"Wen Wan calculated wrong, Xiao Xia calculated right."

Wen Wan had already recalculated it and blushed, "I'm sorry, I calculated it wrong, Sister Jiang Xia, you are really good at math!"

Zhou Min's expression changed: "It's normal to make mistakes."

Jiang Xia curled the corners of his mouth.

Zhou Min: “…”

What's that expression? I'm so angry! Isn't that wrong?

Grandma said cheerfully, "Actually, Xiaoxia has always been very fast at counting, much faster than Wenwan! When Wenwan was counting, Xiaoxia had already finished counting the money. Didn't everyone notice?"

Just then Zhou Chenglei finished weighing a villager and reported the number.

Then everyone saw clearly this time that Jiang Xia started counting the money as soon as Zhou Chenglei said the number, that is to say, she calculated the amount as soon as she heard the weight.

This mental arithmetic speed is amazing!

Everyone praised:

"I just saw it. A Lei's wife was already counting money in the basket before Wen Wan said anything."

"Really? That's amazing."

"Isn't that better than Wen Wan? Why can't you get into university?"

"Nonsense, he is in the number one high school in the city, the best high school in the city. How can Wen Wan's high school compare? Exams are about luck, just like going out to sea to fish. Everyone is casting nets into the sea to fish, so why do they earn different amounts of money?"

"Sometimes people really rely on luck. A Lei was doing well in the army and even became a regiment commander. Isn't that great? Didn't he also come back injured? When people are unlucky, even drinking water will bring bad luck!"

"That's the truth. People have three ups and six downs."

…

Wen Wan thought it was really funny.

Jiang Xia is unlucky? She was born into a good family and married Zhou Chenglei.

If she had Jiang Xia's family background, she would have been admitted to Peking University long ago.

Jiang Xia asked Aunt He: "Are you still going to sell the shrimps? If not, return the money to me and I will return the shrimps to you."

Aunt He quickly stuffed the money into her pocket and said, "Sell it! Why not?"

After saying that, she rolled her eyes at Wen Wan before walking away, still unable to help muttering, "You even got such a small amount wrong, so stop making trouble! You're really meddling in other people's business!"

Tian Caihua has always been superficial and outspoken: "Well, Xiaowan! My son is naughty, you don't need to teach him, his aunt can teach him."

Wen Wan was so angry that she laughed!

Suddenly I felt like a joke!

It's just self-humiliation!

All the good mood is gone!

She was busy for most of the day, but in the end she didn't get a single good word in return and was even despised.

These villagers are simply amazing. No wonder they have been fishermen all their lives! Wen Wan felt embarrassed and wanted to leave quickly. She handed over a small snakeskin bag of shrimps: "Brother Zhou, weigh them for me!"

After Zhou Chenglei finished weighing, he looked at Jiang Xia and said, "10 jin and 2 liang."

Jiang Xia handed the money to Wen Wan.

Ten jin and two liang is only three yuan and fifty-seven cents, which is rounded off to three yuan and sixty cents.

Wen Wan took the money and left in a depressed mood.

The money was too little. After paying the tuition of more than three dollars, she had no more money left. She also had to find a way to earn living expenses and travel expenses to college.

She originally thought that she could earn at least one or two hundred dollars from Pearl this time.

But when she arrived, Jiang Xia had almost picked up all the shrimps, even two pearl snails were picked up by Jiang Xia.

Life has always been so unfair to her!

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Luck never comes to her.

Wen Wan left with red eyes.

*The shrimps were quickly collected, totaling 73.6 jin, for a total of 25.76 yuan, which was exactly 26 yuan to give out, because the calculation was rounded up to the nearest cent.

Jiang Xia handed the account book to Zhou Chenglei.

Zhou Chenglei found that Jiang Xiaji's accounts were clean, clear and easy to understand.

Moreover, her handwriting is elegant, graceful and very artistic.

Zhou Chenglei felt that what he was holding was not an account book, but a copy of a calligrapher's calligraphy.

He had seen Jiang Xia's signature. Her signature was delicate and neat, not quite like the current handwriting, but it was also nice. He didn't think much about it. After all, a signature didn't mean much.

Due to work needs, he also practiced several different handwritings.

After harvesting the shrimps, the family began to cook and dry them.

Jiang Xia was responsible for making fire, while Zhou Chenglei and his father and mother were responsible for cooking and drying the shrimps, which were relatively heavy tasks.

However, making a fire is not an easy task in such hot weather. Fortunately, the two iron pots are big enough and it was done quickly.

Including the shrimp from their own farm, there were a total of 196 kilograms of shrimp. Jiang Xia asked, "How much dried shrimp can be obtained from these shrimps?"

Father Zhou: "Ten kilograms of large shrimps can produce about two kilograms of dried shrimps. Do the math."

Jiang Xia calculated that after drying, it would only weigh about 39 kilograms.

The price of shrimps is 35 cents per pound, and it takes 10 pounds to produce 2 pounds of dried shrimps, including the cost of firewood, labor, time and transportation.

"That pound of dried shrimp costs three dollars and fifty cents."

Zhou's father has been selling there before: "It's about the same. The dried shrimps, which are big and small, are sold for about 3.5 yuan. They are all big shrimps. If they are fully dried, they can be sold for more than 4 or 5 yuan per pound. Small shrimps are even cheaper, less than 1 yuan. Some people sell dried shrimps that are not dried very dry, which is a little cheaper, but they can't be stored. They will shrink if they are dried at home. They are all about the same."

The whole yard and the roof were full of shrimps. Zhou's mother was worried: "The typhoon just passed, and I don't know if the sun will come out tomorrow."

Jiang Xia: "Don't worry, if the sun is not out, just bake it in a big iron pot or on the stove. When the sun comes out, it will be dry in a day."

What Jiang Xia fears is mice and cats stealing food at night.

Mother Zhou muttered, "It's too troublesome."

Jiang Xia didn't say anything.

How can you be afraid of trouble if you want to make money? In fact, the more money something makes, the more trouble it causes.

Because every hassle you deal with costs the consumer money.

At this time, Zhou Chenglei came out of the house, holding the two conch shells in his hand and called out "Jiang Xia".

Jiang Xia became energetic instantly when he saw it!

Father’s love is like a mountain. Happy Father’s Day to all fathers in the world!

(End of this chapter)