Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Li held the money box in her hand, her eyes and eyebrows were full of joy. She raised her eyebrows and said complacently: "That's right, I counted and collected the money these days. I have some experience in how much this thousand coins weigh."

After saying that, he happily went to the small table in the house to count the money. He had not yet unloaded the steamer and soup pot from the car, and had completely forgotten about it.

Shen Yu looked at Li's joyous expression, smiled and shook his head, then asked Yutao and Yucheng to unload the steamers and soup pots from the car.

They had eaten late in the morning, so they were not hungry at the moment. After unloading their things, they went into the house and saw Li counting money enthusiastically at a small table. The three of them sat down, and Li said happily to Yutao and Yucheng, "You came at the right time. Come and calculate how much money we made from this lunch today.

Shen Yu knew exactly how much was ordered for today's lunch. She had already counted the quantity and amount in the account book. What she needed to verify now was whether the shopkeeper had given less money when paying the bill.

She looked at Yutao and Yucheng with a smile, waiting for the result of the siblings.

The two of them are now learning to write the numbers from one to ten, and are learning the rhyme of the arithmetic from Li. They are very enthusiastic about learning now, and whenever they get a chance, they will practice calculating to see if they can get it right.

Yutao and Yucheng handed the account book to Shen Yu, asking her to cover the total amount in the account book with paper. The two flipped through the account book together, muttering to themselves, counting with their fingers, leaning over the table, heads touching, and after discussing for a long time, they confidently gave the answer: "Mom, it's 2,122 wen."

Li's eyes widened and her mouth opened, with an expression of surprise and joy. She didn't say a word, but the question "How did you know?" was clearly written on her face.

Shen Yu frowned slightly. According to the number in her book, it should be 2,108 coins. How come there are 14 more coins? She silently recalled the process of delivering the meal just now, wondering which store had charged more money.

Li looked at Shen Yu's expression, put away the joy on her face, and asked Shen Yu in confusion: "Yuzhi, is there anything wrong? I counted it, it is indeed 2,122 coins, Yutao Yucheng did not make a mistake."

Seeing that their sister stopped talking, Yutao and Yucheng thought they had calculated wrong, so they started to look through the book again and calculate again.

Shen Yu took the booklet and quickly counted it again. The recorded figures clearly told her that according to the quantity of meals ordered in the booklet, there was indeed an extra fourteen cents.

Shen Yu told her the result, but Li still didn't believe it. She also took the booklet and counted the number of orders according to Shen Yu's record, muttering to herself: "Eighty-nine is seventy-two, one nine is nine..."

After counting on his fingers and looking at the roof for a long time, he finally figured out that Shen Yu's result was correct. There was indeed fourteen cents more.

Li turned to the brother and sister who looked unconvinced and said, "You were just lucky. You just happened to be charged 14 more coins. It's not that you calculated correctly. Although I have taught you this arithmetic before, it's not that easy to learn it again this time. You must practice well in the future. Don't make mistakes again. If you do, you won't be able to eat this meal."

When Shen Yu heard Li scolding Yutao and Yucheng, he knew that Li was doing this for the brother and sister's good, so he just stood by without saying a word. He thought to himself that he should ask when he went to deliver the food tomorrow, in case some waiter took the wrong amount of money, otherwise he might get scolded by the shopkeeper.

After returning home and counting money and settling accounts, everyone was tired.

Li asked the three siblings if they were hungry. They had eaten late in the morning and each of them had several pieces of pork ribs with more meat and less bones. The three of them shook their heads.

Since they were not hungry, there was no rush to cook. Li simply sent the three of them to sleep, muttering, "Children grow taller in sleep. Only when they sleep well and eat well can they grow up well."

Shen Yu secretly laughed in his heart: "How old are these three people? From the tone of their voice, I thought they were three babies."

She agreed with a smile, and then said, "Mom, you should sleep for a while too. You've been up so early, so you should catch up on your sleep."

Li agreed, and while collecting the copper coins on the table, she said, "You guys go to bed first, I'll take the silver and leave."

After hearing this, Shen Yu took Yutao to rest first. Yucheng also turned around and climbed onto his own bed, still muttering the rhyme of the multiplication table.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Shen Yu was awakened by a loud knock on the door. She turned over and sat up. Li also sat up, rubbing her eyes. The two looked at each other and heard someone calling from outside the door: "Miss Shen, Aunt Li, are you home?"

The sound sounded as if it was the butcher who came to deliver meat every day. Shen Yu finally woke up and quickly responded loudly: "Coming, coming," and ran out in his slippers.

She raised her hand to hastily tidy up her messy hair, opened the door and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I was sleeping so soundly that I didn't hear you. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

The butcher's boy was banging on the door and shouting, feeling unhappy. When he saw the door open, he wanted to complain first. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, the eldest daughter of the Shen family with smiling eyes and a flushed face, looking like she had just woken up, suddenly caught his eye. Somehow, he blushed first.

He scratched his head uncomfortably and stammered, "No, nothing. I didn't wait for long. I saw your car in the yard through the crack in the door. I knew there were people at home, so I knocked on the door. I didn't disturb the girl, did I?"

Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, wondering what was wrong with this guy, he usually doesn't stutter, why did he stutter all of a sudden? "

After the waiter finished speaking, Shen Yu was still looking at him with a question mark on his face. Just as he was about to say something else, Li jumped over from behind and shouted, "It's not noisy, it's not noisy, send it in quickly. Yuzhi, go see if Yutao has gotten up, I'm here."

As she said that, she gently pushed Shen Yu from behind. Shen Yu said "Oh" and was pushed by Li to change direction. She walked into the house confused, not understanding why Li asked her to go and see if Yutao got up. Yutao is not a child. Do I need to watch her get up? "

When they got to the room, Yutao had already gotten up and was combing her hair. When she saw Shen Yu come in, she sighed like a little adult.

Shen Yu was even more confused, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Why are you sighing for no reason? Mom is also acting strangely, insisting that I come into the house."

Yu Tao said a little worriedly: "Mother is not surprised at all. When that guy leaves, you can expect mother to scold you."

Shen Yu was completely confused by Yu Tao's words. When she asked her, she just glanced out the door. Shen Yu simply gave up asking and was about to go out when Yu Tao stopped her and said, "Sister, don't go out. You should comb your hair first and let mother do her work."

Shen Yu knew there must be a reason for this, so she had no choice but to listen to Yutao and sat down obediently to let Yutao comb her hair.