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Chapter 354 Teaching People to Count

When Jane's husband came home at night, the first thing he said was to ask how his daughter Anna was doing.

When Jane talked about this matter, she was still a little annoyed and regretful: "It would be great if we took Anna to see a doctor earlier. If we go earlier, Anna only needs to take medicine for three days, and Anna will take medicine for ten days."

The husband was a little impatient: "What's the use of talking so much, it's good if it can cure the disease."

Seeing that her husband didn't take it seriously, Jane was also a little angry: "Do you know how much Anna spent on this treatment? 110 copper coins. The family didn't have much money left."

Speaking of the latter, Jane's voice was a little rough. She carefully counted the recent family expenses and worried about her future life.

There is only one source of income in the family. Jane is mainly responsible for taking care of the children, cleaning the house, or doing some laundry work at home. Although her life is not bad, she always needs to save some money, so the family of three is still struggling. It's not just their family, everyone lives like this.

Hearing that so much money was spent, the husband couldn't help but sighed heavily: "Don't worry, I will look for some jobs in the next few days and pick up a few more."

But craftsmen like them are not so easy to find work. Whether they have work depends on the wishes of the master, and sometimes they may not be able to work for ten days and a half months.

Jane, who has been married to him for many years, also understands this very well, so she didn't report any expectations. She just wanted to pick up some more clothes and wash them tomorrow. After all, it was also an income.

But she was worried about her daughter being alone at home, so she took her daughter to her younger brother and sister-in-law's house very early, and planned to ask them to take care of her daughter.

Anyway, Ken and his sister-in-law are at home, so it shouldn't be difficult to take care of a girl.

But she saw Ken who was about to go out.

Jane stopped Ken: "Why are you going out? Aren't you still in good health?"

The younger sister-in-law came out from behind Ken and complained: "What can I do if I don't work, can he make money by lying down like this?"

Money is always an unavoidable dilemma for ordinary people, and Jane has nothing to say: "Then remember to take medicine."

The sister-in-law still snapped up and said, "When you're all well, what medicine should you take? If you keep it, you might be able to take it next time."

This sounds unlucky, but many people really think so. Drug money is also money, and if you take a little less this time, you can save it for the next time.

Although Jane felt that it was not good to do so, she couldn't care too much, so she could only hand Anna over to her sister-in-law and ask her to take care of her.

The sister-in-law said straightforwardly that there was no problem, and it was not the first time she helped Jane take care of Anna, and she was very familiar with this job.

Jane and Ken went out together.

When Ken arrived at his work place, the workers saw that Ken was wrapped in gauze and came to condolences. Mark also saw it, stepped forward, and frowned: "Why did you go to work? Didn't the pharmacist tell you to at least take a rest?" three days?"

Ken smiled reluctantly: "Mark, I have to work to earn income, and I have already lost a day's wages if I lie down for a day."

Their salary settlement is also based on daily wages. The trouble is a bit troublesome, but the money they get is reassuring.

Of course, Mark is not a person who does not eat fireworks, and he only sighed after hearing the words: "Okay, then try not to do heavy work."

Ken looked at Mark a little strangely: "Why do you still come to work, you shouldn't come here to compete with us for jobs."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Mark has a long history with that hospital, so it is very strange that Mark appears here.

"My lady said," Mark said with obvious pride in his voice, "Since we have done it, we will finish it, so I will help you finish the work before leaving. Don't worry, I don't want wages."

Of course, the more free laborers, the better. Their job is to first negotiate how much the project will cost, how much will be paid every day, and the rest of the money will be paid if the work is completed in advance. They hadn't finished it yet, they had to finish it before leaving, so the appearance of Mark made them speed up the work process and get their wages in advance.

In fact, it was not just for this reason, Mark wanted to stay on his own initiative.

There was no further chat, and everyone started working quickly. After a while, someone found out: "I still need five bricks here."

Someone stood up: "Then I will pick it."

Immediately, someone said, "Then I still need three yuan here."

"I'm missing two dollars here."

"Bring me seven dollars, by the way."

"Stop, stop, stop," said the brick picker, "I can't remember what you said so much."

"What's so difficult about it?" Mark clapped the crumbs in his hand, "Just figure out the total."

"Then I won't count either."

"I'll count it for you." Mark found a branch, scratched and pulled it on the ground a few times, "First five yuan, then three yuan, and then..."

Others gathered around to see how Mark did the calculation, but they couldn't understand it. In their eyes, Mark was like drawing symbols. The ground was filled with symbols that they couldn't understand. After a while, Mark came to a conclusion: " Just bring the 17 yuan brick over here."

Others' eyes circled: "Really?"

Mark has a well-thought-out plan: "You will know when you take it."

The person who picked the bricks quickly picked the bricks, and everyone divided the bricks they needed, and then found that it was exactly 17 yuan bricks, no more than one less.

In the eyes of ordinary people, counting is a magical skill like magic. Some people do not believe in evil, but they want to take the Mark test. As a result, Mark finished calculating the formula on the ground, but he still hasn't finished counting with his fingers.

"Do you want to learn?" Mark said generously, "I can teach you."

But their work did not have a break, so Mark took the time to teach them the ten Arabic numerals from 0-9.

At night, Jane saw her husband gesticulating on the table with his fingers, and muttering something.

"What are you doing?" Jane asked casually, massaging the sour palms from washing the clothes.

"I'm learning how to read," my husband said about today's events, and he was very emotional. "Mark is such a good man, he is willing to teach us."

Jane thought about it: "Speaking of which, when we saw Anna yesterday, the noble lady quickly figured out the number, maybe he learned it from that lady."

Isn't it normal for nobles to know things they don't?
Suddenly Jane was shocked: "Don't learn it, what if we can't learn this thing? Are you going to die if the nobles blame you?"

They have heard too many examples of stealing magic and being beaten to death. It is a consensus that magic is a taboo that ordinary people cannot touch.

"Can't you?" The husband stopped hesitantly, "Mark didn't say anything when he taught us."

Jane insisted: "Then who knows what he has in mind."

"He wants to harm me, so there's no need to be so devious." Although the husband didn't agree with Jane's opinion, he stopped, "What is he planning?"

"I don't care," Jane said, "anyway, tomorrow you have to ask him what he wants to do."

(End of this chapter)