Chapter 50 Is this really the first time we meet?
Lin Xiaoyue sneered. "Why are you so arrogant? Don't cry in the end!"
She smiled and said, "Let's each come up with ten arithmetic problems and see who can finish them the fastest!"
Wang Fugui felt that Lin Xiaoyue's smile was extremely dazzling. How many women could do arithmetic? Most of them were daughters of wealthy families, who learned it so that they could take charge of the house keys after their husband's death. This girl in front of him was plain-looking and wore linen clothes that only farmers would wear. How could she do arithmetic?
He ran to get paper and pen and said, "Miss Muyao, it's not too late for you to regret now!"
"I'll leave this to you!" Lin Xiaoyue took the paper and pen, walked directly to the table and started writing.
She was not good at writing with a brush. Her handwriting was crooked and not as comfortable as when she wrote with a charcoal pencil. However, she did not have time to worry about it now. She simply ignored the numbers that looked like earthworms crawling and quickly wrote down ten arithmetic problems.
“I’ve finished it!”
Wang Fugui also stopped writing and said, "I've finished writing too!"
Lin Xiaoyue directly took the paper in front of Wang Fugui. It was all addition and subtraction of three or four-digit numbers. It was a piece of cake!
"Shopkeeper Wang, I'll start answering the questions. Please come in too!"
Wang Fugui took the paper in front of Lin Xiaoyue with his eyes wide open. When he saw the question on the paper clearly, he was stunned!
"You, what are you doing?"
Lin Xiaoyue quickly finished answering the questions, straightened up, and said, "Multiplication and division. Doesn't Shopkeeper Wang know the multiplication table?"
Wang Fugui's eyes went dark and he almost fainted. What was going on?
"What multiplication table? Miss Mu Yao, you can't cheat me like this just to become the shopkeeper!"
Lin Xiaoyue was secretly delighted. It turned out that there was no multiplication table in this world. Wouldn’t that mean she would definitely win?
However, in order to prevent Shopkeeper Wang from destroying her work, she first handed the work to the man behind her and said, "Boss, can you take a look at what I did?"
The man picked it up, looked at it, nodded and said, "Well, none of them are wrong!"
Wang Fugui snatched the paper in disbelief, but the answers on it were indeed all correct!
"This, this is impossible! Then how do you calculate what you wrote?"
Lin Xiaoyue thought that Shopkeeper Wang knew the multiplication table, so she asked him questions about three-digit multiplication. This way, if we only compare the speed, she is still very confident in her mental arithmetic!
But Shopkeeper Wang didn't even know the multiplication table, so how could she explain it? She couldn't just start from the beginning, could she?
She picked up a pen and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, if you haven't learned the multiplication table, then this is really too difficult for you! Let me explain the basics!"
Time was limited, so she couldn't memorize the entire multiplication table. So, she simply wrote down the numbers from one plus one equals one to three plus three equals nine. Then she began to explain, "Look, one times one equals one, which means one one equals one. Two times one equals two, which means one two equals two. Two times two equals four, which means two twos added together equal four. And so on. Shopkeeper Wang, take your time to understand."
Because Lin Xiaoyue's words were very straightforward, Wang Fugui understood it immediately, but it still took some time for him to fully comprehend it. In any case, Wang Fugui was completely convinced this time!
"Miss Mu Yao, I'm sorry for being so rude. If you want my position as the head shopkeeper, I'm willing to give it up!"
Lin Xiaoyue didn't want to stay in the capital. There were so many people here and what if she accidentally exposed herself?
"Manager Wang, please don't be like this. Yangming Town suits me very well. I'll need your help if I have any problems in the future. Please don't leave!"
Wang Fugui's expression finally brightened a little. He smiled innocently and said, "Miss Mu Yao is very intelligent. I will do my best to help you wherever I can!"
Lin Xiaoyue thanked him readily, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang. It's getting late, so I should go back. I'll send a carrier pigeon to notify you to pick up the bamboo shoots once I've prepared them. Here are a few bamboo shoots I've peeled, you can use them first."
As she spoke, she took off the bag on her back and handed it to Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui was very happy when he heard that Lin Xiaoyue brought bamboo shoots. He decided to let the guys in the kitchen try it tomorrow morning!
He carefully took it with both hands and nodded in response: "Okay, then I'll wait here for your good news!"
At this time, the man spoke up and said, "I'm about to leave too. Why don't I give Miss Mu Yao a ride?"
Lin Xiaoyue rejected the man's kindness without hesitation. No matter how fast the carriage was, it would not be as useful as having her own space. If Kong took her on a run, it would not take much time to reach the bamboo courtyard!
She waved her hand and said, "No need. It's quite close to Yangming Town. I can walk by myself."
The man's eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked curiously, "Miss Mu Yao, don't you know that it's curfew now? You can't leave the city now. If you are caught, you will be whipped. Or you can stay in my Juewei Building for one night. I have a vacant room in my courtyard."
Lin Xiaoyue slapped her forehead. How could she have forgotten the curfew? The space could take her out, but she couldn't tell it!
It is definitely not possible for her to live in Juewei Building. Brother Liang will help her build a house early tomorrow morning. She can't do hard labor, so she must boil water and make snacks!
Since the owner of Jueweilou said he could take her there, he must have something that could take her out of the city. It seemed like she had to rely on him to take her part of the way.
She smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot the time. Then please give me a ride!"
The man nodded and said to Wang Fugui, "Fugui, prepare the carriage!"
Soon, a spacious carriage stopped outside the side door of Jueweilou.
The man extended his hand and said, "Miss Muyao, please get on the carriage first."
Because the carriage was a bit high, Lin Xiaoyue put her hand on the man's arm and stepped on a low stool to get into the carriage. The carriage was full of silk cushions, adding a lot of warmth to the late autumn night.
After the man got in the car, he took out a box and gave it to Lin Xiaoyue, saying, "It's boring on the road. Miss Muyao, you can have some candied fruit to relieve your fatigue."
Lin Xiaoyue opened it and took one and put it in her mouth. It was sweet and sour and very delicious!
"Thank you, Master! Once we enter the gate of Yangming Town, you can leave first. My home is near the gate, just a short walk away. It's late at night, and it's forbidden for men and women to touch each other, so we should avoid being misunderstood."
"Okay!" The man's lips curled up slightly. He took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Lin Xiaoyue, saying, "I'll ask Fugui to finalize the location for the restaurant in Yangming Town as soon as possible. The specific decoration matters can be based on your ideas. You can keep this money and ask Fugui for it when it's gone. I'm not often at Jueweilou, but I will ask Fugui to take good care of your branch."
Lin Xiaoyue looked at the ten thousand tael silver notes in her hand and felt a little dazed. Can people really trust each other like this when they meet for the first time?
"Boss, why do you trust me so much? Is this really the first time we've met? There are hundreds of thousands of taels here. What if I take them and run away?"
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