Spatial Farming: Rough Man Orion Dotes on His Wife Too Much

Chapter 156 Apprenticeship
Gao Caitong took a deep breath and took out the remaining seven pieces of jewelry from the cloth bag.

They are golden phoenix hairpin, gold finger cot, golden snake bracelet, golden gourd necklace, white jade step shaker, drop-shaped white jade earrings, and gourd-shaped emerald and diamond earrings.

He took out the emerald and diamond earrings and asked, "This pair of earrings is quite unique, the gemstones on both sides are shining in the sun, but, what are these gemstones?"

Gu Rao said, "That's brick."

Gao Caitong looked bewildered.

"What are diamonds?"

"Unheard of."

Gu Rao knows that diamonds are not yet popular in this era, so diamonds are worthless to people in this era.

For a while, I was a little reluctant to sell this emerald and diamond earrings.

"Diamonds are too hard, and high-quality masonry is not suitable for mining. It is not easy to make jewelry. It's normal if you don't know it. I got it by accident."

"If you don't accept it, I'll keep it for myself."

Although it was stained with feces, even if it was washed cleanly, she would not wear it again after she felt a shadow in her heart, but it was good to put it as a beautiful decoration at home.

Gao Caitong, "..."

Does this mean that he has never seen the world?

joke!

Although he was just a shopkeeper in a small town, when he was young, he traveled all over the world and went to many places. In addition, he was a pawn shop, and he saw countless good things.

"I've never seen this diamond before, but it looks really nice. Some nobleman should buy it fresh. With the emerald on it, I'll pay 30 taels of silver for this pair of earrings."

"how?"

Gu Rao raised her eyebrows, Boss Gao was sincere this time, and did not lower the price too low at one time, but it was within her acceptable range.

But she won't give up so easily.

"50 taels of silver."

Gao Caitong, "...Let's take a step back, 40 taels of silver! You can't just let me suffer, we all have to earn something, so the business can continue, right?"

Gu Rao felt that what he said was reasonable, so he compromised, "Then let's say 40 taels of silver."

Gao Caitong breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, the lion did not continue to speak loudly, otherwise he would have to be angry today.

Carefully estimate the value of the remaining jewellery.

The two negotiated for a while.

Finally, the golden phoenix hairpin is priced at 20 taels of silver, the gold finger sleeve is priced at 15 taels of silver, the gold snake bracelet is priced at 40 taels of silver, the golden gourd necklace is priced at 200 taels of silver, the price of white jade steps is [-] taels of silver, and the drop-shaped white jade earrings are priced at [-] taels of silver. The jadeite and diamond earrings are priced at [-] taels of silver, and the green and white jade bracelets are priced at [-] taels of silver.

Gu Rao directly stated the total price.

"A total of three hundred and fifty taels of silver."

Gao Caitong glanced at her.

"Don't worry, I'll use the abacus to calculate carefully first. This is not a small sum, and there must be no mistakes. Otherwise, we will not be able to figure it out when we leave the pawn shop."

Gu Rao said indifferently, "Okay."

Gao Caitong moved the abacus very quickly, and after a while, the total price was calculated, which was exactly the same as the price that Gu Rao blurted out just now, and he couldn't help looking at her with surprise.

"how did you do that?"

Gu Rao smiled.

"Gifted."

Gao Caitong, "..."

Seeing that he obviously didn't believe it, Gu Rao said jokingly, "Of course there are exclusive formulas, but I can't teach others for free. Since I am an old acquaintance with you, you can give me ten taels of silver as an apprenticeship fee. How about I teach you the method of quick mental calculation?"

"With this algorithm, not only will you benefit a lot, but you can also pass it on to future generations in the future. If you can't buy it with ten taels of silver, you will suffer losses and be fooled."

Gao Caitong was also interested.

"I'll give you a question. As long as you can answer the answer immediately without using the abacus like you did just now, and you don't make a mistake in your calculation, I will pay you ten taels of silver to learn from you."

"If you get the wrong answer, it means that it was just a coincidence that you figured out the answer so quickly."

Gu Rao has a plan in mind.

"Let's ask questions."

Gao Caitong tidied up his clothes, and seriously asked the question, "Today, there are chickens and rabbits in the same cage. There are 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the chickens and rabbits?"

Although he was a profit-seeking businessman, he had studied for several years back then, and he had been immersed in shopping malls for many years, so his research and familiarity with arithmetic was deeper than some specialized students.

This question was not made by him, but a friend who is also a businessman. He heard a question discussed among scholars from the imperial city. So far, no one has solved it.

He also discussed it with his friends for a long time, but like everyone else, he couldn't answer it.

I even suspect that the question itself is wrong.

Otherwise, how could there be no answer?
He has been entangled with this question for a long time, and he suffered a lot from this little woman today, so he wanted to say it out on purpose to embarrass her.

He stroked his short beard, pretending to be considerate, and said, "This question is a bit difficult. Some men can't figure it out for now. It's okay if you can't figure it out for a while. I can wait for you for a while."

As soon as his words fell, Gu Rao gave the answer loudly.

"There are 23 chickens and [-] rabbits."

Gao Caitong was stunned.

"So fast?"

With a suspicious look on his face, he said, "Do you want to do the calculation again? If it's wrong, I won't give you another chance to do it again."

Gu Rao smiled.

"Is it right? You can figure it out yourself."

Gao Caitong, "..."

He himself didn't know the answer, and of course he didn't know whether the woman's answer was correct, but if he told her now that he didn't know the answer, wouldn't it make her see that he was deliberately embarrassing her?

Pretending to bow his head to dial the abacus.

But after many calculations, I couldn't figure out why, my head seemed to be covered with a ball of paste, as if I understood something, and it seemed that I didn't understand the explanation.

Then simply gave up.

"I don't know the answer either, so I don't know if the answer you said is correct. Why don't you wait for me to write down your answer and ask other people later?"

Gu Rao said directly, "Here come the pen and paper, and I will tell you whether my answer is correct, and also tell you how the answer was calculated, and save you the trouble of asking people everywhere."

She wasn't that kind, it was just to get the apprenticeship money of ten taels of silver earlier.

Of course, only she knows the little girl in her heart. In the eyes of Gao Caitong, she is generous and considerate. She has earned money and a good reputation, which is the best of both worlds.

Gao Caitong hastily ordered the buddy.

"Go quickly."

The guys in the store quickly brought rice paper and brushes.

Gu Rao explained carefully, then wrote it down on rice paper, even with pictures and texts, breaking the topic apart, for fear that Gao Caitong would not understand.

"Let's assume that there are 35 chickens, that is 94 legs, but in fact there are 24 legs, and the few [-] legs come from rabbits that are regarded as chickens."

"Therefore, twelve rabbits must be removed from the hypothetical 35 chickens, that is, a total of 23 chickens and twelve rabbits. Do you understand this time?"

Gao Caitong suddenly realized.

"understood."

Looking at Gu Rao's eyes, the previous dissatisfaction and contempt finally disappeared, and instead there was more admiration and appreciation from the bottom of his heart.

He keeps his word.

"Xiao Si, take out the tea I treasured, I want to worship the tea teacher!"

(End of this chapter)