Chapter 148: Gambling ruins life, relatives shed tears (please subscribe and read)
"I remember, but..." Kuang Fusheng said softly, "I can't make any money at all. No restaurant in Bianliang City wants me. I'm too young. Even the beggars in Bianliang City have their own land cards. I can't do anything except playing Go."
"No buts. This kind of free money will always come back. You are too young to control yourself. I would rather die of illness than use the money you cheated me of."
Yes, lie.
Kuang Fusheng's mother believed that all gambling-related methods were deceptive. Zhao Huan moved back guiltily. After all, her identity, appearance, and everything else were fake.
In the courtyard, Zhu Lian slowly approached the little girl, took her hand and walked to the stone table together.
Wrapped in butter paper was a golden beggar's chicken, which they bought at a bun shop on the way here. Yun Jin'er also got the information about Kuang Fusheng from there.
The little girl swallowed her saliva and kept looking towards the house.
"Don't worry, we are not bad people, and we are very rich. We will ask a doctor to see your mother later."
Zhu Lian tore off a large chicken drumstick and handed it to the little girl: "Little girl, what's your name?"
"My name is Ma Xiaoling!"
The little girl stared at the big chicken drumstick and said with all her courage.
Zhu Lian handed the large chicken leg to Ma Xiaoling and said gently, "Eat quickly. After you finish eating, I'll play with you. You're about the same age as my daughter!"
Ma Xiaoling just focused on eating and soon finished a big chicken leg.
Zhu Lian handed over another chicken drumstick, but Ma Xiaoling didn't take it: "Leave it for mother and brother."
Zhu Lian's heart melted when she heard this. This child is so sensible.
"Don't worry, there's still plenty." Zhu Lian pulled out a ten-liang silver ingot and handed it to Yun Jin'er: "Jin'er, go to that bun shop and buy two more roast chickens."
Outside the house, big Duoji.
Inside the house, everyone was trembling with fear.
This story is actually very simple. They are a family of four and originally lived a happy life in Huizhou.
Kuang Fusheng's father was named Kuang Guohua, an accountant under the envoy. Because he was in charge of the real power of accounting, many people around him flattered him.
Gradually, I began to feel proud. With more and more people flattering me around me, I felt that I was superior to others. I spent money lavishly, eating in restaurants during the day and sleeping in brothels at night. My life was very happy.
During this period, he became addicted to gambling, or rather, he became addicted to the pleasure of getting something for nothing from gambling.
Those who flattered him took him to and from the local high-end casinos. As soon as he entered, he was surrounded by prostitutes dressed in various styles and provided attentive service.
The gambling chips are provided by those people. What does that mean? If you lose, it's theirs, and if you win, you can put the money in your own pocket. This is a business with no capital involved.
In one night, Kuang Guohua could earn hundreds of taels of silver.
However, this was just a scam. They wanted to use Kuang Guohua to offset the shortfall in rice from the city's granaries.
Kuang Guohua, who was drunk, agreed without thinking. The other party was giving him a lot of money, and it was just a matter of settling the accounts. With his brain and sensitivity to numbers, that was no big deal.
Besides, the granary had been piled there for three or four years. Except for replacing the sunken rice, no one had touched it, so there was no chance of anything happening.
Murphy's Law is sometimes bleak. The more insignificant something seems, the more likely it is to make mistakes.
When the Jin Kingdom marched south to attack the Song Kingdom, Emperor Huizong of Song ordered that all food from all places, except for necessary rations, be sent to the front lines.
I didn't know it was right, but I was shocked when I checked. There was only less than half of the 100,000 shi of grain left in the government warehouse.
Kuang Guohua also felt scared, so he privately found those people who usually flattered him. Now that the matter had been exposed, how could they still tolerate him? They all changed their faces and said that this matter had nothing to do with them.
Helpless Kuang Guohua tried to escape, but was caught red-handed by the governor's personal guards.
This made the governor very angry. A rat appeared right under his nose, and it was a person he valued in the court. In a rage, he beat the rat to death with sticks.
So, this woman would not allow him to do anything related to gambling. No matter what he did, he had to work.
Zhao Huan said, "There's no necessary connection between mathematics and gambling. We can't throw the baby out with the bathwater. He's very talented."
Zhao Huan said, "Your answer to the chicken-and-rabbit-in-the-cage question today was excellent. I have another solution. If you can understand it, I will take your mother and sister to live in the city."
"Can I answer?" Kuang Fusheng asked.
"First, you need to memorize a new counting method..."
Kuang Fusheng watched Zhao Huan write and draw on the rice paper with a pen. Those strange simple shapes were things they had never seen before. When combined, they formed a new counting method.
Kuang Fusheng had received mathematical education and had a solid foundation. Although this thing looked novel, it was not difficult to understand. After Zhao Huan's simple explanation, it took him a short time to basically understand this set of rules.
He was amazed. This method was undoubtedly much better than his father's counting method. It was more convenient and simple...
"This is called an equal sign, this is a plus sign, a minus sign, and this cross can be understood as a number that is not yet known..." Zhao Huan didn't think so much about it at first. But when he really started to explain, he found that popularizing this knowledge to them was not much easier than teaching two children who had just started elementary school.
But the words have already been said, so I naturally cannot give up halfway. I have to be patient and move forward step by step.
Half an hour later.
"Just like that, we can solve the two unknown numbers and get the number of chickens and rabbits." Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief. He finally explained the whole thing to them from beginning to end, feeling quite exhausted.
It is still easier to teach Doctor Sun and others. They can understand it to some extent just by explaining it casually. If I were to offer this kind of course again in the future, I would better recruit more students. If there are too few people listening, it would be a disadvantage.
"Do you understand?" He looked at Kuang Fusheng and asked expectantly.
Although the process was a bit tortuous, if he could understand a little bit, it would be a little comforting.
"No." Kuang Fusheng said firmly without any hesitation.
The woman also looked puzzled.
"It's still too difficult!" Zhao Huan sighed in his heart.
"Let's eat first!"
Looking at Yun Jin'er walking to the door with a roast chicken in her hand, Zhao Huan spoke decisively.
"Eat first. After dinner, you can explain it to me a few more times and then I should understand." Kuang Fusheng's competitive spirit came out.
He stood up, looked at Yun Jin'er with a smile on his face, and asked, "Where are you having dinner, pretty sister?"
Zhao Huan: ...Are you all professionals in face changing?
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