Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 33 Abacus
Probably, the expressions in the carpenters' eyes this time were not very subtle. Anyway, Zhu Xiuyuan noticed it.

"Ok?"

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at the two carpenters, frowning slightly with questioning eyes.

The two carpenters were instantly ecstatic. Oh my god, God finally opened his eyes!

My uncle finally saw the hint in their eyes!

Seizing the opportunity, they winked wildly in a certain direction.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked curiously and happened to see Dong Shuzhen's small hand, like a cat's paw, slowly approaching the small wooden beads on the table.

He moved like a rabbit, "picking up" a small wooden bead as fast as lightning, and then quickly retracted his entire paw...

Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes twitched, and he looked along Dong Shuzhen's little hand. His eyes moved up again, and they happened to meet her big eyes, which were clear in black and white.

"Husband..." Dong Shuzhen cried weakly, as if she had been wronged a lot, pretending to be pitiful.

The two carpenters rolled their eyes wildly, who was the most pitiful? They were the most pitiful!

The second lady took the first one and it was not enough, so she took the next one one after another.

It was okay to take it, but after taking a look at it, she stuffed it into her sleeve and "collected" it.

Then I took another one...

That's not all, the maid named Xia Wu also joined the ranks of "stealing" the little wooden beads...

The speed at which carpenters make small wooden beads cannot keep up with the speed at which they "steal"...

"How many did you take? Put them all back." Zhu Xiuyuan's face darkened.

"Oh..." Dong Shuzhen muttered.

However, he followed the instructions and put the one in his hand back first.

Then he reached into his sleeves, dug inside, and finally pulled out a handful of small wooden beads.

My little hands can hardly hold it!

Zhu Xiuyuan's face suddenly turned darker, while Dong Shuzhen couldn't help laughing.

"Is there any more?" Zhu Xiuyuan asked.

"No more!" Dong Shuzhen immediately hid her long sleeves behind her back.

"Uncle... there's still... more." Xia Wu also smiled, took out a small handful from his sleeve, and slowly put it back on the table.

Zhu Xiuyuan's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Shu Yu is still waiting, so don't make trouble."

"Yes, my husband, I know."

"Uncle, this slave also knows."

Behind Zhu Xiuyuan, Qiu Wen held a small wooden bead tightly and quietly hid it in the pocket of her clothes.

Then he curled up his neck and stopped moving, like a quail.

……

"This, this, and this, put it together."

"Yes, uncle..."

After ordering the carpenter, Zhu Xiuyuan found a place to sit down.

And prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, think and write at the same time.Dong Shuzhen's three masters and servants naturally followed Zhu Xiuyuan.

Dong Shuzhen tilted her head and looked at the paper. She saw what was written: "One up, one up, five down, four, one down, nine in, one..."

"Husband, what is this?" Dong Shuzhen was curious.

"This is the abacus formula." Zhu Xiuyuan replied simply.

"Oh!" Dong Shuzhen nodded. In fact, she still didn't know what it was.

After writing five or six pages, Zhu Xiuyuan stopped writing.

At this time, the two carpenters came over to discuss the matter, and the abacus was ready.

This is the world’s first abacus!
"not bad!"

Zhu Xiuyuan pinched the frame of the abacus and shook it up and down twice. The wooden beads slid up and down, making a clattering sound.

Dong Shuzhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and she thought to herself, can this thing called an abacus still be used like this?

There was a splash, and the sound was quite... special.

The two carpenters were also slightly distracted.

Could this thing be... a toy?
Snapped!
Zhu Xiuyuan placed the abacus on the table, and everyone's eyes followed him to the table.

clap clap!

Zhu Xiuyuan fiddled with the beads on the abacus twice, then stopped.

He looked at his fingers and pondered for a while...

When he fiddled with it again, Zhu Xiuyuan's fingers had become much more flexible and he quickly fiddled with the abacus, making a series of snapping sounds.

Dong Shuzhen stared at the movements of his fingers the whole time.

Flick the beads on the abacus until they crackle. The sound is crisp and rhythmic. It's really... amazing!

"It's done, let's go see Shuyu!"

Zhu Xiuyuan picked up those pages and walked to the back hall of the tea house first.

Dong Shuzhen's three masters and servants immediately followed.

The two carpenters looked at each other and followed.

They were still very confused in their hearts, what exactly was this thing called the abacus used for? Is it really used to settle accounts?

……

The back hall of the tea house.

Dong Shuyu was sitting and reading a book, quietly and with a somewhat enchanting posture.

Haruyuki, on the other hand, was busy making "big plans".

When Zhu Xiuyuan first saw Dong Shuyu's enchanting sitting posture, he couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise in his heart.

But he immediately looked away.

"Xiuyuan Zhen'er, you are here." Dong Shuyu came over and his eyes fell on the strange object in Zhu Xiuyuan's hand, "Has the abacus been made?"

"It's done, this is the abacus."

(End of this chapter)