Chapter 61
As for how much Wang Daya will give to her parents, that is her own business.
It's okay to help friends within your means. It's helpful to help anyone. If you have money, watering your flowers to make them bloom more vibrantly is a personal pleasure. Some people water their flowers selectively, choosing just one or two varieties, while others prefer to just ladle a bucket of water. It all depends on your ability.
Gu Xinxin wasn't the kind of saint who, when she said she wanted to help someone, would do everything to the utmost. She only did what she could. Even helping Wang Xiaoya fight her parents...it took her considerable effort to finally get Gu Daniu to... well, tame him, you could say? Even though she had to hold him up by the carrot, he was finally willing to obey.
If Wang Daya had the courage to ask Gu Xinxin for help, she might have helped. But if Wang Daya didn't ask, Gu Xinxin would never meddle in other people's business.
She surveyed the yard again.
After Accountant Li arrived, she went home temporarily and listened to Mr. Li's lecture with Gu Qiuhe.
Since there were two female students, Gu Xinxin didn't need to mention it herself. Accountant Li let Gu Xinxin open the gate and have class in the yard.
Anyone passing by the Gu family could easily spot Accountant Li sitting across from the two students, separated by a large table. Old Mrs. Gu had taken out the eight-immortal table from her own room. Of course, she hadn't necessarily volunteered, but she had definitely nodded in agreement in front of Gu Xinxin.
"Write down the numbers first, from zero to ten." Accountant Li ordered. Gu Xinxin could write, although it was not very pretty. Gu Qiuhe could not. He sat on the stool, scratching his head and trying to peek at Gu Xinxin.
Gu Xinxin simply put what she had written in front of her, and Gu Qiuhe quickly followed suit.
Accountant Li knew who his target was the moment Gu Xinxin came to invite him, so he just took a look and did not stop her, allowing Gu Qiuhe to draw on her own.
"Okay, now let's take a look at this account book. Here, income is on top, and here, expenses are on the bottom. Generally speaking, there are two ways to record accounts. One is by date. No matter what the income is, just write it down, and then compare it to the expenses for that day."
The other type is categorized into purchase and shipment. This type is more suitable for business owners, just like the shopkeeper Qian, who sells mung bean cakes based on how much he spends on mung beans. Of course, mung bean cakes aren't made solely from mung beans, so this categorization isn't very detailed.
The most important thing in learning to keep accounts is to be careful and cautious. Even if you spend a penny, it must be recorded clearly in the account book.
The next step is to calculate the daily account. Whether you record by date or by type, the daily quantity must be clear.
Accountant Li only spent half an hour explaining how to keep accounts. The next step was to teach arithmetic.
Arithmetic starts with addition and subtraction within ten. Once you become proficient, you can move on to mental arithmetic within 100. Yes, using an abacus is faster, but you can't completely forget about it without it.
Gu Xinxin calculated quickly, and this was because she was in control of the situation. As soon as Accountant Li reported the numbers within a hundred, Gu Xinxin immediately had the answer in her mind. However, she couldn't be so shocking as to be outstanding at the beginning of her learning, so she could only hesitate for a moment before reporting the answer.
But at this speed, Accountant Li was already very surprised: "Have you learned this before?"
Gu Xinxin nodded quickly: "My brother goes to school in town. He teaches me a little bit after school, but not much."
Accountant Li nodded. "No wonder. I was wondering if you were calculating too fast. So, let's move on to the next step and start calculating."
Gu Qiuhe was a little anxious, with beads of sweat on her forehead and nose: "I... I haven't learned how to keep accounts yet..."
Gu Xinxin waved her hand: "Don't look for you, just practice writing these words slowly, and I will teach you later."
Gu Qiuhe opened her mouth to say something, but after a moment she closed it again, looking dejected. She'd never thought her eldest sister was that smart before, so how come it was so obvious after being together for so long? Besides...if her eldest sister learned it, and Accountant Li stopped coming, would she really be willing to teach her?
My mother said that we should seize this opportunity and learn everything we can.
But Gu Qiuhe didn't have the courage to refute Gu Xinxin, so he could only lower his head and write those words with a dejected look on his face.
Gu Xinxin pretended to have a good memory. Accountant Li said it once and she could repeat it: "There's a bead on it representing ten. Is this decimal?"
Accountant Li nodded: "How do you play twenty-five?"
Gu Xinxin hesitated for a moment and moved the abacus beads.
Accountant Li counted again, and Gu Xinxin quickly reset the beads and then played the next one.
If they are to be added, type the two numbers together and the result is the final answer.
The abacus beads clattered, and Gu Qiuhe became more and more anxious. Even the hand holding the brush began to tremble. On the one hand, she was anxious, and on the other hand, she was angry. How could her elder sister do this? They said they were going to study together, but she didn't even wait for her.
Gu Xinxin had no time to comfort Gu Qiuhe. She only practiced her speed and technique in using the abacus. There was a trick to knowing which finger moved which abacus bead. It's not like you just press your hand on it and move the bead when it's your turn. Let's put it this way, it's just like typing on a keyboard. If you don't know how to use it, you can use one-finger Zen, and if you know how to use it, you can use ten fingers flying.
Compared to that speed, you can imagine that it must be fast enough if all ten fingers are used.
She practiced for a while, then stood up to change the tea for Mr. Li. "Sir, please soften your throat. Let's take a short break."
She went to the kitchen and brought some small twisted dough sticks. Accountant Li didn't refuse, as these tea snacks were originally included in the salary. She reached out and pinched two, tried them, and still preferred the sweet ones.
When people get older, they don’t like salty food anymore, because after eating too much, they always feel thirsty and need to go to the toilet, but they can’t hold it back anymore when they get older, so they get anxious and gradually they don’t like salty food anymore.
Gu Xinxin took a look. Although Accountant Li liked sweet food, she also had to prepare some salty food. What if he wanted to try something salty for a change? Since she had some at home, she might as well just bring it all over.
Gu Daniu came back from outside and saw Gu Xinxin using the abacus. He clasped his fists towards Li the Accountant as a gesture of greeting and quickly went into Old Lady Gu's room. "Mom, where's Gu Chen? Didn't we ask her to cook at home?"
Old Mrs. Gu held onto the door tremblingly. "She said she was going to buy some mushrooms to make chicken mushrooms. You didn't see her outside? Well, you'd better look for her carefully. What if she ran back to the Chen family? This woman has evil intentions, you have to keep an eye on her."
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