Chapter 8: The Old Man and Arithmetic
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, there is only one day left until Luo Zeng's birthday.
At this time, Luo Yu was reading the book "Go Tricks" with a focused face, and after a while, Luo Yu put down the book, took out a blank paper from the drawer and spread it on the table, and then took out a pen, dipped it in ink, and slowly drew it on the paper.
The demeanor is very monographed, and his face shows puzzlement, joy, and embarrassment expressions from time to time, and finally, he seems to understand something, his eyes flash, and he dances with his hands, and shouts happily: "Yes, that's it! It's not in vain that I have been studying day and night for three years, this is the early innate nine palace gossip bureau, the innate yuan embryo, the famous nine-number Luo Shu on easy learning, the origin is very early, and people called it "Luo Shu" in ancient times , The person who wrote this book actually realized this unique spectrum that has been passed down through the ages, and it is still recorded in this book, which is definitely a rare genius in the world. At this time, Luo Yu was excited: "With this Luo Shu chess technique, and then the method of calculation, all the games in the world can be broken, haha, I can also crack the "Longzhong pair" of the crazy uncle." But I'm still just scratching the surface of the innate Nine Palaces."
The more I study the way of Go, the more I feel that my roots are shallow, shallow and ignorant. The more I studied, the more I felt that Go was rich in connotation and mysterious.
"It seems that I used to be too proud, and the strange people of ancient times were no worse than the current people. Luo Yu thought about it and felt that he still needed to work hard, and he couldn't be complacent.
At this time, there was a crisp knock on the door outside the house, "Dog, if you don't open the door again, Lao Tzu will tear down your broken door." The voice was thick and loud, shaking people's ears a little painfully, such a loud voice naturally pulled Luo Yu out of his thoughts, frowned slightly and opened the door to see that it was a steward in the house, a little strange, and said: "Steward Wang, what's the matter with me?" Luo Yu's voice was a little stiff at this time, he had just understood the innate Nine Palaces Bureau, and before he had time to experience the mysterious changes, he was interrupted, and his face would not be too good if he changed it.
The royal steward seemed to be a little unaccustomed to Luo Yu's expression, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then shouted sharply: "Tomorrow is the master's birthday, the whole house is tired to death, you are still in the mood to read here, just came down from above to inform that there is a lack of an accountant in the treasury, your kid has read for two days, so I asked you to fill this vacancy, this is a good errand, and there is a reward for doing a good job."
"Don't go" Luo Yu replied directly without thinking about it, what kind of errand is this, if he loses something on his head, where can he afford to pay for it, Luo Yu never did the thing of setting himself on fire, so he refused directly.
"You kid, don't know what to do, this is an order from above, it's up to you whether you want to go or not, if you dare not agree to blame the above, you can't avoid a meal of flesh and skin, and you don't want your mother to worry about you. The steward of the king said that his voice was a little quieter, and he didn't seem to have the domineering frame just now, but in fact, his psychological side was thinking about what the manager Gao said to him when he came, and asked him to make Luo Yu agree to go to the treasury to work, otherwise he would be the steward to the end. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little worried, if Luo Yu didn't agree, he couldn't do anything, so he didn't dare to force Luo Yu too much.
"Okay, I promise you, but I can't let my mother know about this matter, otherwise I'd rather be punished than go. Luo Yu gritted his teeth and replied, he was indeed afraid that her mother would worry about him, and he had always been cautious in doing things, so he must have been careful and not make mistakes.
"Hmph, you kid is quite sensible, this is a token to enter and exit the warehouse, tonight you will go over and count the congratulatory gifts sent by those guests, remember not to forget the time, I still have something to do, go first." After the steward skillfully took out a jet-black iron plate from his body and handed it to Luo Yu, he left quickly, as if he was afraid that Luo Yu would regret it.
At this time, Luo Yu looked at the token in his hand slightly, and after finding that there was no problem, he turned around and went back to the room, and then he was not in the mood to read, although he was young, he had experienced a lot of hardships, and his mental fortitude was far better than that of his peers, he didn't think that this Wang steward would be so good and give him benefits, but he couldn't think of anything wrong, so he could only take one step at a time.
After lunch in the afternoon, Luo Yu quietly left the backyard and came to the warehouse attic located in the west of Luofu alone, which was a three-story tall house, with some exquisite patterns and some auspicious beast patterns carved on the roof and beams, gorgeous and noble, exuding a luxurious atmosphere, Luo Yu looked at it for a while, and walked in quickly.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by a guard, the guard looked at Luo Yu coldly, although Luo Yu was wearing not very good clothes, even a little shabby, and his body was slightly thin, not like a powerful person in the house, but there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, giving people an unpredictable feeling. "Who are you, this is the important land of Luofu, and idle people are not allowed to enter without permission. The guard asked in a cold voice with one hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.
"I was ordered by the Governor to serve in the warehouse to register the congratulatory gifts received during my birthday, and this is my token. After saying that, he took out the jet-black token from his arms and handed it over.
The guard took the token in one hand and looked at it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he returned it to Luo Yu and said: "In the future, when you enter and exit, you must wear this card on your body, and protect it closely. After knowing that Luo Yu was not a person with a noble status in the mansion, he didn't seem to want to pay more attention to Luo Yu, and put on a dog-eyed look at people.
Luo Yu ignored these, took the token and walked in, the space in the warehouse is very large, it is divided into many small rooms, each small room is marked with a wooden door number, like a fruit house, rice granary, jewelry pavilion, strange room, etc., there are eight rooms on each floor, and there is a gray hair at the door, and the face is as red as a baby What is written with a pen.
The peculiar appearance of the old man can scare some children who don't understand the world, but although Luo Yu is young, he has been weathered, and even touched the dead, so he is naturally bolder than ordinary people, and he returned to normal after a slight stunned, watching the old man keep writing something on the table, although he was curious, he didn't dare to interrupt others in the past, so he had to wait quietly on the side.
A moment passed in a blink of an eye, the old man slowly put down the pen in his hand, wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, sighed twice, and looked up to see a slightly thin boy with an ordinary face standing there frowning lightly, looking at himself, instantly startled, and raised his voice: "Who are you, what are you doing here." The old man's voice was slightly hoarse, but there was no malice, it seemed that he was quite satisfied with Luo Yu's performance just now, and knew that Luo Yu didn't take the liberty to disturb just now.
Luo Yu immediately replied: "The kid came to do some registration for the birthday gift on the order of Manager Gao, and I don't know where to work, so I want to take the liberty of asking you, old man." β
"Oh, do the registration, do arithmetic, which academy did you study?" The old man heard Luo Yu say that he came to do the registration and accounting, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity, "I haven't been to any academy, but for the arithmetic boy to learn on his own for a while, he should barely be able to get by." When Luo Yu said this, his face couldn't help but flush slightly, but he was immediately replaced by a sense of self-confidence, the Nine Palaces Bureau is an innate number of arts, which already contains a lot of arithmetic in it, and he also studied some when he was a child, so it shouldn't be too bad in this regard. β
The old man was slightly disappointed when he first heard that Luo Yu was just self-taught, and when he saw the confident expression on Luo Yu's face, he couldn't help but remind: "These accounts are as many as a cow's hair, as long as you miscalculate the consequences, you can't afford it, so let's do it, this piece of paper is the entry and exit of all kinds of goods in the house on this day, old man, it took me two hours to figure it out, now you can calculate it again, and if you can't count it out within three hours, let's go." β
After Luo Yu listened, he slowly took the list, a little nervous in his heart, after all, he was still a child, his eyes stared at the paper, and his face suddenly showed a strange expression, there was a result on this paper that the old man had just calculated, wasn't he afraid that he would lie to him with this result, or was it a wrong result, the old man wanted to take the postgraduate examination for him, Luo Yu couldn't help but secretly think, looked up at the old man and held a glance, only to see that he was sitting in the corner of the door with an account book and watching intently, his expression was focused, and he couldn't see anything from his face at allγ