Chapter 46: Meddling in one's own business is tantamount to humiliating oneself
The woman counted the money in her hand and said to Jiang Xia: "No, why are there only three yuan and thirty-six cents? Twenty cents less, Wen Wan just said It is said to be three yuan and five cents. Even if the five cents is not included, it should be three yuan and four cents."
Zhou Ying: "It's okay for such a small amount of money. You counted it wrong? My friend Wen Wan helped you figure it out. It’s very easy to count it wrong.”
Jiang Xia lowered her head and counted with her notes: “Can I bear with you?” It’s been a long time. Did I make a mistake in calculating it? Is it your money that I spent?”
The air suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Jiang Xia in surprise.
Zhou Ying was so beaten that her face turned blue and white.
It took a long time for her to hold back a sentence: "It's so kind that I can't repay you!"
Wen Wan's face was also touched, and she couldn't help but said: "I'm sorry, it's me. "Mind your own business."
Jiang Xia also didn't raise his head: "It's good to know."
Wen Wan: "..."
When the woman heard this, she immediately said: "How do you think you are nosy? Wen Wan did the calculation for me. You don't know how to calculate, and you don't want to let people who know know speak out. Do you want to defraud us of our money? Hurry up and give me the two cents." Otherwise I won’t sell it!”
Jiang Xia: “Okay, give me the money!”
The woman: “…”
Zhou Chenglei is also very good at mental arithmetic. , he knew that Jiang Xia was right all along: "Aunt He, Jiang Xia's calculation is not wrong. If you don't believe it, you can find someone to help you calculate it."
Someone has been calculating it for a long time, and the number is not big: " Jiang Xia’s calculation was correct.”
“A Lei’s wife was right.”
“Wen Wan’s calculation was wrong, and Xiao Xia’s calculation was correct.”
Wen Wan was right. She had already recalculated once, and said with a blushing face: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake. Sister Jiang Xia, you are so good at arithmetic!"
Zhou Ying's face changed: "A hundred secrets and a sparseness, It’s normal for the calculation to be wrong.”
Jiang Xia twitched her lips.
Zhou Ying: "..."
What expression? So angry! Can't it be considered wrong?
My grandma said cheerfully: "Actually, Xiaoxia has always been very fast at counting, much faster than Wenwan! When Wenwan counted the money, Xiaoxia had already counted the money, didn't anyone notice?"
It happened that Zhou Chenglei had finished weighing another villager and reported the number.
Then everyone saw clearly this time that Jiang Xia started counting the money as soon as Zhou Chenglei reported the number. In other words, as soon as she heard the weight, she calculated how much it was.
This mental arithmetic speed is amazing!
Everyone praised one after another:
“I saw just now that Ah Lei’s wife was already counting money in the basket before Wen Wan said anything.”
“Yes. Isn’t that awesome?”
“Isn’t that better than Wen Wan?”
"Nonsense, I'm studying in a high school in the city. Is Wenwan qualified to go to a high school in the city? Examinations are about luck, just like going out to sea to fish. Everyone casts a net into the sea to catch fish, so why do they earn different amounts of money? "
"Sometimes people are really lucky. A Lei was a good soldier and became a regiment leader. Isn't he very capable? Isn't it true that people are unlucky when they come back? It’s bad luck even if you drink water! .”
“That’s the truth, people have three weaknesses and six prosperity.”
…
Wen Wan thinks it’s really funny.
Is Jiangxia still unlucky? She gave birth to a good child and married Zhou Chenglei.
If she had Jiang Xia's family background, she would have been admitted to Beijing University long ago.
Jiang Xia asked Aunt He: "Do you want to sell the shrimp? If not, return the money to me, and I will return the shrimp to you."
Aunt He hurriedly stuffed the money into her pocket and said, "Sell it. ! Why not sell it?"
After saying that, she rolled her eyes at Wen Wan and walked away. She couldn't help but mutter: "It's a mistake to calculate such a small number, so don't worry about it! Nosy! ”
Tian Caihua has always been superficial and outspoken: "What about that, Xiaowan! My son is naughty, so I don't need you to teach him. Her little aunt can teach him."
Wenwan laughed in anger!
Suddenly I felt like I was a joke! It's self-inflicted!
All the good mood is gone!
She was busy for most of the day, but in the end she didn't get a single kind word and was even disliked.
These villagers are so awesome, no wonder they have been fishermen all their lives!
Wen Wan felt embarrassed and wanted to leave quickly. She handed over the shrimp in a small snakeskin bag: "Brother Zhou, weigh it for me!"
Zhou Chenglei finished weighing it. , looked at Jiang Xia: "Ten pounds and twenty taels."
Jiang Xia handed the money to Wen Wan.
Ten pounds and two taels is only three dollars and fifty-seven cents, which is rounded up to three dollars and sixty cents.
Wen Wan took the money and left in a depressed mood.
It was too little money. After paying more than three yuan for tuition, she would have no money left. She still had to find ways to earn living expenses and travel expenses to college.
She originally thought she could earn at least one or two hundred yuan from pearls this time.
But when she came, Jiang Xia had almost picked up all the shrimps, and even two pearl snails had been picked up by Jiang Xia.
Life has never been so unfair to her!
Luck never falls on her.
Wen Wan left with red eyes.
*
The shrimps were collected quickly. A total of seventy-three kilograms and six taels were collected, totaling twenty-five yuan, seventy-six cents, which was exactly twenty-six yuan. The number to a few centimeters is calculated by rounding off.
Jiang Xia handed the account book to Zhou Chenglei.
Zhou Chenglei found that Jiang Xia's accounts were clean, clear and clear at a glance.
And her handwriting is beautiful, elegant and very artistic.
Zhou Chenglei felt that what he was holding was not an account book, but a calligrapher's copybook.
He had seen Jiang Xia's signature. Her signature handwriting was more delicate and upright, not quite like the current handwriting, but it was also pretty. He didn't think much about it, after all, a signature couldn't mean anything.
His work required him to practice several different handwriting techniques.
After harvesting the shrimp, the family started cooking and drying the shrimp again.
Jiang Xia is responsible for lighting the fire, while Zhou Chenglei, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother are responsible for cooking and drying the shrimp, which is a heavier task.
But on a hot day, making a fire is not an easy task. Fortunately, the two iron pots are big enough, so it can be done quickly.
Including his own shrimps, there are a total of 196 kilograms of shrimps. Jiang Xia asked: "Approximately how many dried shrimps can be produced from these shrimps?"
Father Zhou: "Ten kilograms of prawns will produce about two kilograms of dried shrimps. Do the math."
Jiang Xia did the math and found that after drying, it would only be about thirty-nine kilograms.
One pound of shrimps costs 35 cents, and ten pounds only yields two pounds of dried shrimps, including firewood, labor, time and transportation costs.
“That pound of dried shrimp costs three yuan and fifty cents.”
Zhou’s father once went to sell it: “It’s almost the same. A mixture of large and small dried shrimps sells for about three yuan and fifty cents. All of them. They are large shrimps. If they are dried enough, they can be sold for more than four yuan or five yuan per catty. Small shrimps are even cheaper, less than one yuan. Some people sell dried shrimps for less money, but they can’t be put away and they go home. It will shrink even if it is exposed to the sun, but it is the same.”
The yard is full of shrimps, and the roof is full of shrimps. Mother Zhou is worried: “The typhoon has just passed, and I don’t know if the sun will shine tomorrow.”
Jiang Xia: "Don't be afraid. If the sun doesn't come out, just bake it in a big iron pot or on the stove. When the sun comes out, it will dry for a day."
What Jiang Xia is afraid of is that mice and cats will eat at night.
Mother Zhou muttered: "It's too troublesome."
Jiang Xia said nothing.
What if you want to make money but are afraid of trouble?
In fact, the more profitable something is, the more troublesome it is.
Because every hassle you deal with costs the consumer money.
At this time, Zhou Chenglei came out of the house, holding the two conches in his hands and called Jiang Xia.
When Jiang Xia saw it, she instantly became energetic!
A father’s love is like a mountain, I wish all fathers in the world a happy Father’s Day!
(End of this chapter)