King Leng pursues his wife, but abandons his concubine

Chapter 74
Wow, it really deserves to be a royal palace, rich and powerful, even a random old man can open his mouth and say 1000 taels of gold. Although there is no clear concept of money conversion in this era, but when you think about it, you can tell that it must be a lot of wealth.

If you don't make money, you don't make money!

An An, who was going to make soy sauce, suddenly wanted to win this inexplicable competition, not for anything else, just for that seemingly rich fortune - 1000 taels of gold.

Thinking of the 1000 taels of gold, An An suddenly felt that she was also motivated, and her eyes were as bright as they were bound to get.

"Everyone, are you ready?"

The old man asked again, and everyone said in unison: "Ready!"

Although An An said something with those women, she actually felt a little guilty in her heart. She didn't know what questions she would take the exam!

"That's good. The first question for the old man is - financial management. Since everyone has come prepared, I believe this question will not trouble you."

The old man stroked his snow-white beard, shook his head and said.

An An also imitated the other women in the team, bit the bullet and nodded with a smile...Financial management...Cough, she, of course she is fine.

Financial management, this is not a problem for her.

After a while, the female test takers in the team were all separated, and they stood in the open space above the grass one by one, one person at a table, and a wooden abacus that was clearly an antique in An An's view was placed on the table.

The method of the test is very simple, that is, the old man reads the account books in the palace, and then they move the abacus together. If the calculation is accurate, they can naturally enter the next round of competition, which can be said to be a knockout match.

An An had quietly moved to the most remote and corner table in the space where they didn't pay attention. In her opinion, that position was the safest position.

"Listen up, everyone. I'm going to start reading the account books now! Uh-huh! The imperial dining room in the palace purchased a batch of ingredients outside the palace. The ingredients are divided into grades, grades, and grades. The price of the basket of greens is... the price of each egg is..."

Crackling... crackling... crackling...

For a while, only the voice of the old man reading the account book and the voices of the people quickly moving the wooden abacus could be heard.

An An is no exception, she is also concentrating on calculating. In fact, An An also learned how to use the abacus for a while in modern times, and she thinks that she has learned it pretty well.

In fact, if she is given enough time to avoid a little bit of outside interference and count a few more times, she is sure that she will be able to calculate correctly.

However, what she is most afraid of is going fast, being urged, and the pressure brought to her by the outside world...

On the one hand, An An pricked up her ears to listen carefully. On the other hand, she still moved her fingers on the wooden abacus. Gradually, her scalp began to tingle and cold sweat began to break out from her body. An An The speed of her fingers was messed up, but she still decided to bite her lip and keep going.

After finally suppressing my irritability, I just wanted to continue, but at this time, another voice sounded.

That voice was very soft. Strictly speaking, it could not be regarded as interference, but as an extra encouragement and support.

The sound of the old man reading the account book didn't stop, and everyone's fingers quickly moving the wooden abacus didn't stop, but his eyes quickly glanced sharply at the source of the sound.

On the opposite side, on a rather elegant stone arch bridge with a view corridor, a man in yellow clothes was blowing a bamboo flute on the stone bridge. If not.

The man is very young, he can easily see the scene here, except for the old man, the many women who just turned their backs to him cannot see him.

After reading the account book, the old man originally wanted to salute the young man, but when he saw the man raised his hand from a distance, an impatient rejection flashed between his brows and eyes.

Seeing the man raised his hand to him, signaling him not to disturb the women who were still in the competition, the old man immediately understood the meaning of the young man, nodded, and continued as if nothing had happened.

The young man stopped blowing the flute, but he didn't intend to leave. Instead, he stood there and continued to watch the competition of many women.

"Okay, now that the account book is finished, how are you doing the settlement?"

The old man closed the account book that was spread out in his hands, and asked everyone.

The slender hands of many women left the wooden abacus in front of them one after another, and took a small step back respectfully, asking others to show the settlement answer first.

The old man walked towards the competition table here, checking the settlement results one by one.

"Oh, you seem to have made a wrong step. Hey, you also seem to have made a wrong step. Oh, why did you make a wrong move this time! Hey!"

The old man walked over one by one, commented on the results one by one, shook his head regretfully, and sighed.

When the old man walked up to the fourth table, he glanced at it, showed a rare smile, and said something different from the previous one: "Oh, you have a good abacus!"

The other women all looked sideways, wanting to see what the result of this lucky guy's settlement was?
"Look! There's a plane in the sky!"

An An suddenly yelled, pointing her finger straight at the sky, startling everyone.

But "flying chicken"?Chicken flying in the sky?But why use "one" instead of "one"?
What the hell is that weird thing?
Everyone who was curious forgot to look at the result of the lucky guy's settlement, but all looked towards the direction of the sky where An An's finger was pointing.

Taking advantage of this spare time, An An quickly glanced at the table that the old man praised just now, and then quickly moved the beads on his wooden abacus.

Naturally, there was nothing in the sky, so, soon, everyone withdrew their silly eyes from looking at the sky.

The people who came back to their senses gave An An an angry look, and some generously gave her a big white eye.

Because, after An An's interruption just now, they have lost the best time to peek at the correct answer.

The old man didn't pay much attention to An An's nonsense, and quickly brought the topic back, and said loudly: "Although, your abacus is indeed considered to be a good one, but—"

The old man suddenly had a magical turning point.

An An suddenly had an ominous premonition. Under normal circumstances, "but" is not followed by any pleasant words.

A drop of sweat slipped across An An's smooth forehead...

"However, it is still a wrong step."

Touching his snow-white beard, the old man officially announced the final result of the woman's settlement.

In fact, basically no one noticed that when everyone looked at the sky just now, only two people did not look up.

One was An An who secretly moved the wooden one on his desk, and the other was the young man on the stone bridge not far away.

After watching, the man obviously didn't have the mood to expose An An's little tricks. His handsome face, which was somewhat similar to Leng Yuechen, didn't have much expression fluctuations, just lightly tapped with his white, bony fingers. A few times on the bridge deck of the stone bridge, it still has the attitude of a spectator.

The old man walked past the previous table and the woman with a little disappointment on her face, and continued to examine the abacus placed on the other tables one by one, and everyone's eyes still followed him closely.

"Look! There's another plane in the sky!"

Unexpectedly, An An yelled again, and pointed his finger at the sky again.

Everyone on the grass raised their heads instinctively again, instinctively wanting to see the "airplane" An An was talking about, and of course, instinctively fell for it again.

An'an repeated the same trick again, and quickly moved the wooden abacus beads she had just moved back, and the movement was done in one go.

After all, isn't there a saying that goes like this?

"The first time is raw, the second time is familiar"!

Not far away, the young man standing on the stone bridge froze slightly with his hand on the stone bridge wall.

I still can't see anything in the sky, let alone "airplanes", not even a single bird, okay?

The old man continued to check, but just shook his head slightly again and again. Obviously, the answers they calculated were all wrong.

An An clearly saw that one woman after another lowered her head in shame and frustration.

Finally, the old man paused in front of a table for a while, looked at it for a while, and smiled at the woman, without expressing any opinions, before looking at the next one.Everyone knew that the woman must have done the calculations correctly, and they all looked sideways, and then compared their own. There were also a few lucky ones who had the same calculation results as the woman. I let out a sigh of relief, and straightened my chest confidently, as if it was such an honor.

An An's heart suddenly "thumped". At that moment, of course, she also saw the answer, but what made her feel tragic was that there was still a difference between the answer and the result she had calculated.

An An's brows unconsciously tightened a little again, what should I do?

She will be here soon, what to do, what to do?
Forget it, take another gamble!
An'an bit her lower lip, straightened her heart, and uttered a lion's roar for the third time: "Look! The sky..."

As expected, everyone on the grass turned their heads for the third time in unison...

However, this time, no one looked at the sky, but all looked at An An...

Ga, ga, ga...

An An seemed to feel that there was a nasty crow flying over her head, making a sound as if it was mocking her.

An'an opened his mouth wide and held up a white finger in embarrassment, being watched by everyone's eyes, he was embarrassed to put it down for a while.

She swallowed hard, rolled her eyeballs a few times, and said with difficulty: "In the sky...as expected...there are no planes..."

"cut!"

Everyone sent this extremely contemptuous response to An An in unison, and then looked at her with a look of snake spirits before turning away from An An.

Well, I can only accept my fate and resign myself to fate!

Fate must have it sometimes, and there is no time to force it. If the wealth is destined not to belong to you, then forget it!
(End of this chapter)