Chapter 292: Enter the Tiger School and Get the Tiger Cub
Zhong Jialing quickly held back, "It's okay, I've never encountered such a good thing, I'm happy."
Secretary Tang said disdainfully, "You are a girl who has never seen the world. Come on, I will take you to some training first."
Cheng Yaoyao and Zhong Jialing followed Secretary Tang away, while Feng Qi and Luo Jiu went into the city, preparing to go to Boss Ye's store to find Lu Qingyun and the others.
Just as they reached the alley entrance, Feng Qi suddenly heard someone approaching quickly from behind. She lowered her eyes and glanced at the shadow beside her. Seeing that the other person stretched out his hand towards her, she stopped abruptly, grabbed the person's arm with her backhand, and threw him over her shoulder.
Hearing a familiar "Ouch", Feng Qi quickly retracted his strength, and there was a crisp sound of bones.
Luo Jiu looked back and saw Lu Qingyun lying on the ground. Feng Qi was holding her dislocated arm, standing there in a daze.
Gu Meng ran over from behind and said anxiously, "I told you to call for help first. It's so dangerous for you to call for help from behind. Commander Fu has thrown me down twice."
Lu Qingyun frowned as he hugged his arm. Feng Qi said hurriedly, "It's okay. I'll take it back for you right away."
As she spoke, she held Lu Qingyun's elbow joint and shook it, and with a click, she put her arm back in place.
Lu Qingyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The streets were so quiet, I thought I wouldn't attract attention, so I caught up with you and talked quietly, but I didn't expect to get beaten up as soon as I got there."
Luo Jiu patted the dirt off her body and said with a smile: "You will know it after a long time. Marshal Feng is very agile. Several of us have suffered this kind of loss. Not only do we dare not pat her from behind, but we have to be careful when walking next to her that she will suddenly stretch."
Feng Qi laughed, "Don't make it sound so scary, didn't I just accidentally touch you guys a few times?"
Luo Jiu laughed and said, "Who can stand your rubbing? If you rub it a few more times, he will be rubbed to death.
Qingyun, please move around. If you can't feel well, go to the hospital."
Feng Qi: "That's not the case. I didn't kill him."
Lu Qingyun stood up and moved, fortunately nothing serious happened.
The four of them sat in the alley and exchanged information.
Lu Qingyun said: "These past two days, Feng Youguang's men have been recruiting people everywhere, and many people on the street are actors arranged by them.
Boss Ye said last night that the secretary was looking for students to form a welcoming team, and we two were afraid of being dragged along, so we hid and didn’t show up.”
Lu Qingyun suddenly remembered as he spoke, "Where are Minister Cheng and Minister Zhong?"
Luo Jiu smiled helplessly, "He was dragged away by Secretary Tang."
"Ah?" Lu Qingyun and Gu Meng were stunned.
Luo Jiu smiled and said, "It's okay, they are just going to be actors, they won't be in danger. What have you found out these days?"
Gu Meng said frustratedly: "We are incompetent. The confidants around Ma Youguang are all old people who are used to it. We can only investigate on the periphery and can't really get access to the core information."
Luo Jiu: "This is not your fault. Ma Youguang has been the county magistrate for so many years. It is impossible that he has been doing it for nothing."
Lu Qingyun said: "We only found the three-story house of Ma Youguang's family. Recently, the lights have been on every night. Ma Youguang's housekeeper is looking for accountants everywhere."
Luo Jiu nodded slightly. "He worked so hard looking for people everywhere. He must be cooking the accounts. What's the housekeeper's name? Is he still looking for people today?"
"The housekeeper's surname is Ma. He is a distant relative of Ma Youguang. He was wandering around the street yesterday, but I haven't seen him today."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Meng suddenly pointed at an old man in a long gown and glasses at the entrance of the alley, "That, he is the housekeeper of County Magistrate Ma's family."
Luo Jiu immediately stood up and said, "Let's go."
Feng Qi: "Where are you going?"
"You can't get a tiger cub without learning the tiger's training." Luo Jiu said as he quickly followed the butler Ma and entered a large rice and flour shop.
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Butler Ma had just entered the store and had not had time to talk to the boss when a clear female voice suddenly came from behind him, "Boss, I want to buy rice and noodles!"
He turned around and saw a girl who looked like a student. She glanced at the price tag on the counter and quickly said what she wanted to buy, "50 catties of rice, 80 catties of millet, 20 catties of sorghum rice, and 20 catties of glutinous rice.
I need another 100 catties of white flour, 60 catties of buckwheat flour, and 80 catties of corn flour."
When the boss saw that a big customer had come, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. "Welcome, welcome. Miss, you have ordered a lot of samples. It will take time to weigh, load and settle the bill. Please sit down and have some tea and some snacks."
As the boss spoke, he asked the waiter to make some tea, and the proprietress also brought out a plate of snacks with a smile.
As soon as Feng Qi and others came in, they heard Luo Jiu say, "No need for tea, I need it urgently, please ask the waiters to be quick.
I won't tell you the price. I'll just follow the price set by your shop, but you have to keep the remainder.
The rice and flour I want cost a total of 178.90 yuan. I'll give you 178 yuan."
When Butler Ma heard this, he was stunned, and even the shop owner was stunned. The clerk just wrote down "50 kilograms of rice" with a pen, and before he could remember what she wanted, the price had already been calculated.
The boss laughed and said, "Miss, let me ask you, how did you calculate this?"
Luo Jiu sat down on the chair, brushed off his clothes, and said nonchalantly: "Isn't this simple? You have clearly written it down.
Rice is 41 cents, millet is 22 cents, sorghum rice is 19 cents, glutinous rice is 2 cents, white flour is 75 cents, buckwheat flour is 46 cents, and corn flour is 38 cents.
What I want is 50 kilograms of rice, 80 kilograms of millet, 20 kilograms of sorghum rice, 20 kilograms of glutinous rice, 100 kilograms of white flour, 60 kilograms of buckwheat flour, and 80 kilograms of corn flour.
The price multiplied by the weight is 17,890 cents, or 1,789 cents, which is 178 yuan. Isn't it 178 yuan? What's so difficult about this?
I have been able to do mental arithmetic up to 100,000 numbers since I was a child, and I have never made a mistake. If you don’t believe me, just try it out.”
The boss was dumbfounded and asked a few guys in charge of accounting to come over and check the numbers.
Those people couldn't help but ask: "What kind of rice and flour does the girl want?"
Luo Jiu sighed helplessly and had to say it again.
After she finished speaking, several of the assistants immediately started working on their abacuses, and the room was filled with the sound of the beads clacking.
Gu Meng and Lu Qingyun looked at each other, both a little surprised.
Feng Qi whispered, "Don't worry, just watch her performance. This is Jiuer's unique skill."
Feng Qi said as he walked up to the dazed proprietress and took the snack from her hand, "Hey, if she doesn't eat it, I will. We'll eat it together."
Feng Qi sat in a chair drinking hot tea and eating snacks. Luo Jiu walked over to the waiters and watched them settle the bills.
The boss only then noticed Butler Ma and quickly bowed, "Butler Ma, thank you for coming. I just received a big customer and I'm really sorry for not entertaining him well."
Butler Ma waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me. Entertain this girl first."
Butler Ma had been Ma Youguang's butler for thirty years and had been in charge of more than twenty accounting offices, but he had never seen such a mathematical genius.
Is there really someone who can calculate tens of thousands of numbers in his head? Why doesn't he believe it? Is there any trickery involved?
Butler Ma had a question mark in his mind and stood quietly aside, observing Luo Jiu with an experienced look.
Soon, someone had finished the calculation. "I figured it out! One hundred and seventy-eight ninety. That's right. One hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents."
"Oh, is that true?" The boss was a little unconvinced.
Before he finished speaking, the young man next to him had also finished moving the last bead and said hesitantly, "No, I calculated it to be 16924!"
Upon hearing this, Steward Ma couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile, "Young man, you are too frivolous after all."
Luo Jiu sneered, walked up to the young man, glanced at the abacus in his hand, and asked with a smile: "You are an abacus user, let me ask you the formula for the carry. Seven, do you go from three to one or from four to one?"
The guy's eyes panicked for a moment, "Of course... go to the third one."
Luo Jiu's fingers moved quickly on the abacus. "You know to divide by three and add one, but you always divide by four and add one. I stood in front of you and watched you make the wrong call three times. Each time you divided by three and added one, you divided by four and added one. Of course, the result you calculated is different from others."
At this time, the other guys finished calculating the bill and said, "This girl's mental calculation is correct. It's one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents."
The boss immediately grabbed the boy's ear and said, "You, you dare to boast that you graduated in three months and are the fastest accountant in the school?
Fortunately, I only used you for three days, otherwise I don't know how many times you would have made mistakes. Pack up your things and get out of here immediately."
The young man covered his ears in pain and explained, "I'm not lying. I've only been learning for three months, and my master also praised me for my quick calculation. But I have a problem. When I'm anxious, I always change the number from seven to three and one to four and one.
I will calculate slowly, it won't be wrong. I have only been here for three days, this is the first time you let me calculate the bill, I am afraid that if I calculate slowly you will not keep me, I am anxious for a while...
I have a sick mother and young brothers and sisters at home, and they all rely on my wages to buy rice for the family. Please keep me, and I will definitely remember this time."
The boss waved his hand impatiently, "Go to hell, I'll give you two days' wages, get out of here."
The boss lady came out to smooth things over. "Okay, okay, it's not easy for everyone. I'll give you five days' wages. Here, take this fifty cents."
The young man was so anxious that he held the fifty cents in his hand and tears fell down his cheeks. The others started to busy themselves with weighing rice and packing noodles.
Luo Jiu saw that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he had already become a master after only three months of learning. He seemed to have great talent. He thought that he must be in a hurry to work because his family was poor.
Luo Jiu said: "You don't have to cry, I have a job here, it pays five dollars a month, do you want to do it?"
The young man wiped his tears and said, "Yes, I can do anything, no matter how hard or tiring the work is."
Luo Jiu smiled and said: "It's not that hard or tiring, we have a school that is in need of a math teacher.
The place is far away, but the school is built, there is a place to live, and it is in the countryside, so food is easy to get.”
The boy immediately changed from crying to laughing, "Really? You want me to teach you arithmetic? And you give me five dollars?"
You know, although the average monthly salary in the country is five yuan now, most of the lower-class people only make around three yuan, so five yuan is considered a high salary.
Luo Jiu turned to Lu Qingyun and said, "Send the rice and flour over later, take him with you, and tell Qiao Ju about the situation.
Let's pay him one month's wages in advance, so his family can live a more comfortable life this month."
Lu Qingyun was holding Luo Jiu's wallet and had just paid for the rice and flour. When he heard this, he quickly took out five yuan and said, "Here."
The young man took the big bill and thanked the customer profusely.
At this time, Butler Ma couldn't help but walk forward and test it out.
"Excuse me, young lady, where did you learn from?"
Luo Jiu made up a story: "Yenching University, major in accounting."
Butler Ma stood in awe and said, "You are very knowledgeable. May I ask you, young lady, do you come to this rice shop often?"
Luo Jiu looked him over and said, "You are an outsider. This is your first time here."
Steward Ma smiled and said, "Really? In fact, the sign is right out in the open. You can see it wherever you go. You've already decided what to buy and how much to buy. It's not surprising that you can calculate the price off the top of your head."
Luo Jiu chuckled, "You mean I secretly planned it before I came here, and I'm pretending to be here?"
Steward Ma said cunningly, "I don't mean that. It's just that I'm nearly sixty years old and I haven't heard of such a talent. Unless I give you a problem and you can figure it out right now."
Luo Jiu shook his fan disdainfully, "I got the answer right, so what?"
Butler Ma said, "I will hire you to work in my house with a high salary."
Lu Qingyun and Gu Meng looked at each other and couldn't help showing joy.
Luo Jiu said, "I'm not interested. My family is not short of money."
Steward Ma smiled apologetically and said, "Then what do you want?"
Luo Jiu rolled her eyes and said, "I got the answer right, you bow to me and call me aunt."
Butler Ma said, "Okay, then listen, this time we're going to buy groceries."
The boss immediately called the waiters and everyone listened to the questions together.
Steward Ma said, "Cabbage, 3 cents a pound, buy 430 pounds. Potatoes, 1 cent a pound, buy 280 pounds. Spinach, 21 cents, buy 66 pounds. Leeks, 32 cents, buy 77 pounds. Beans, 23 cents, buy 150 pounds.
Excuse me, young lady, how much is it in total?
There were a few crisp sounds in the room, and the guys cleared their abacus and started to move the beads.
Luo Jiu fanned himself, yawned, and answered easily, "The total is 11670, which is 116.70 yuan."
Butler Ma and the boss turned around at the same time to look at the waiters' abacus. After a moment, several waiters dialed the same number, one, one, six, seven, and zero.
Butler Ma was immediately convinced and bowed repeatedly, "Young lady, you are truly a genius sent from heaven."
Luo Jiu: "Admit defeat and you have to call me aunt."
Butler Ma laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, Auntie, I have a great job here, you can set the salary."
Luo Jiu sighed and deliberately declined, "I've already said that I'm not short of money. I don't want to work hard for others."
Butler Ma hurriedly advised: "It's not hard, it's not hard. The treatment in our house is very good. Whatever conditions you have, just ask, you have the final say."
Luo Jiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it. I still have things to do."
Lu Qingyun hurriedly said, "I can help you with anything. If they sincerely want to hire you, just go ahead."
She whispered in Luo Jiu's ear: "Don't stretch it, be careful that the person runs away."
Luo Jiu chuckled, "No, he still has to beg me."
Before he finished speaking, Butler Ma came up and bowed, "I call you ancestor, please come to the mansion and help me?"
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