Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 31
a few days later.

The back hall of Dong Mansion.

Breakfast time.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't have any worries. He grabbed the steamed buns, ate the porridge, and chewed the pickles, enjoying himself very much.

Dong Cheng and Dong Shuyu, the father and daughter, always had their brows furrowed, their minds absent-minded, and their faces full of exhaustion.

Dong Cheng was involved in the yamen affairs, while Dong Shuyu was involved in the teahouse affairs.

"Dad, sister, you eat quickly, or it will get cold." Dong Shuzhen seemed to have grown up overnight.

"Hey!"

Dong Cheng sighed, took a sip of tea, shook his head and was speechless.

They don't understand what is going on in the yamen, so it's better not to talk about it.

"Yu'er, don't be too tired. No matter how busy you are at the tea house, you should also pay attention to rest. If you are exhausted..."

"Look, you've lost weight again recently. Zhen'er, get another bun for your sister and eat more."

Father-in-law became concerned about Dong Shuyu.

"Okay daddy." Dong Shuzhen obediently picked up a bun and put it in her sister's bowl.

Zhu Xiuyuan raised his head from the porridge bowl and took a sneak peek at Dong Shuyu.

Well, what his father-in-law said is true, Dong Shuyu has indeed lost weight.

She was actually getting thinner and thinner, and seemed to lack a bit of charm.

However, it is still so beautiful and moving...

Hiss, Zhu Xiuyuan secretly patted himself and thought, "What am I thinking about!"

"Dad, don't worry, my daughter is fine. The tea house is selling new tea for the first time, and has also introduced the tea set business. It will naturally be busy at the beginning, and it will be fine after this period of time passes." Dong Shuyu said slowly.

"You!"

Dong Cheng showed a smile, as if this kind of communication could dispel the fatigue in his heart, "She is exactly the same as your mother! Alas, it's a pity that your mother left early..."

"Dad, since mother passed away early, why don't you renew her string again..." Dong Shuzhen said suddenly.

"Ok?"

Everyone looked at Dong Shuzhen.

"What's wrong, dad, sister, and husband?" Dong Shuzhen shrank her neck, feeling that she had said the wrong thing, and gradually hid behind Zhu Xiuyuan...

"Don't mention this matter again!"

Dong Cheng's tone was a little cold. Fortunately, he thought this little daughter was sensible just now...

"Father-in-law, please calm down. Madam, she... is innocent..." Zhu Xiuyuan cupped his hands and laughed.

Seeing that Zhu Xiuyuan had spoken, Dong Cheng's expression slowly softened.

"I don't know what Shuyu is busy with. I just have some free time. If you can be of any use, please feel free to ask."

Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly asked Dong Shuyu again to change the topic.

Dong Shuyu's expression changed. He was about to say something, but Dong Shuzhen spoke first: "Yes, yes, except that my husband can't write... wu... wu..."

Dong Shuzhen's big eyes were black and white, and she glanced at Zhu Xiuyuan, as if asking: "Husband, why are you covering my mouth?"

Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corners of his mouth and shook his head.

Yeah!

Dong Shuzhen immediately remembered that her husband once said not to reveal that he could not write calligraphy.Therefore, Dong Shuzhen immediately changed her mind: "My husband is very powerful. If my sister has any problems, my husband will definitely be able to solve them."

"I think you want to go to the tea house?" Father-in-law glanced at Dong Shuzhen.

"No way!" Dong Shuzhen immediately shrank behind Zhu Xiuyuan, only half of her head sticking out.

"You..." Dong Cheng saw that his daughter was hiding behind his son-in-law. In addition, she refused to admit...

Dong Cheng was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

These two father and daughter... Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Okay, if Xiuyuan is free, please come to the tea house to help." Dong Shuyu said slowly.

"Okay, then I'll go today." Zhu Xiuyuan looked at Dong Shuzhen again and asked with a smile: "Madam, are you going?"

"I want to go, I want to go." Dong Shuzhen nodded fiercely, like a chicken pecking at rice.

Dong Cheng snorted coldly.

……

Dong's Tea House.

back room.

This is Dong Shuyu's "office".

"Hey, what are these little wooden strips?"

As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Xiuyuan saw a pile of small wooden strips on the table, arranged in a strange shape, which was particularly conspicuous.

"Uh...this is a ploy!"

Dong Shuyu was slightly surprised.

Is there anyone who hasn't seen a scheming person?
"Calculate..."

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a while before he understood.

This calculation is actually an ancient calculation tool.

"Don't you all need abacus?" Zhu Xiuyuan blurted out.

After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized his carelessness.

Because from the looks of it, the abacus has probably not been invented yet...

"What is the abacus?" Dong Shuyu looked suspicious.

"Uncle, is the abacus also used to settle accounts? Using abacus to settle accounts is very time-consuming and makes the lady very nervous..." Haruyuki interrupted.

"Husband, what is the abacus...? Can you play with it?" Dong Shuzhen also came to join in the fun, curious and a little cute.

"As Haruyuki said, the abacus is a tool for calculating accounts. The effect... should be better than calculating chips. Let me go get an abacus and you will know after you try it."

Zhu Xiuyuan rubbed his hands. He didn't expect that he would find a "job" as soon as he arrived.

It just so happened that his "itchy hands" symptom also showed some signs of "recurrence".

"That's fine, then we'll have to work hard to get far." Dong Shuyu nodded, and began to look forward to what kind of abacus in his heart.

Zhu Xiuyuan immediately found two carpenters in this tea house, and it was said that their craftsmanship was quite good.

He will instruct the carpenter to create an abacus through oral instructions.

The world’s first abacus!
(End of this chapter)