Chapter 12 Buying Tiles

The bullock cart traveled for more than an hour before arriving at Shiwan.

Passing by Shiwan Village, turning into a fork, and walking for about a quarter of an hour, I saw a large expanse of bare loess field ahead.

There is a wide flat land in the middle, one side is the entrance, one side is piled high with many fired bricks, and the other two sides are dug along the mountain ridge with seven or eight large and small kiln mouths. Yellow clay, brick and tile molds, firewood for kiln, wooden barrels, wooden basins, shovels, small carts, etc. Five or six workers in short brown patches were busy.

Seeing them coming, the owner of the farm, Shi Laocai, came over with a smile on his sleeves and looked at them, "This old man, are you here to buy bricks or tiles?"

Li Damu smiled and said, "My neighbor's roof needs to be repaired, so I came here to buy some tiles."

"Oh, please, please! The clay I use here is good, the kiln is good, the quality of the tiles produced is the best, durable, and the price is fair! Haha!" Shi Laocai led them to the road with a smile. Go to the pile of tiles stacked on the side.

Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "One and a half of our three rooms need to be replaced with new tiles, and the other one and a half will probably have to be replaced. It will take two rooms in total! It is about fifty square meters in total. Calculate how much you need in total."

As she spoke, she smiled shyly, and said, "We don't want much, and I'm sorry to ask you about the price again! You can just say a fair price! When a new house is built in the future, come back to visit you!"

Lian Fangzhou's articulation is clear, his language is fluent, he speaks clearly and clearly, and he is stunned to hear it.

Shi Laocai couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him. He was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a slightly thin body. He was wearing old and clean burgundy floral coarse cloth. His face was thin, but his eyes were bright and small. His lips, with a slight smile on his face, combed the shackles that are common among little country girls, neat and neat, and the whole person showed a spirit of energy, which made people feel good when they saw them.

Shi Laocai couldn't help laughing out loud, watching Lian Fangzhou say a few "good" words in a row, then gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "This girl is really a bright, bright and intelligent person, hehe, I don't know which one is so lucky. , I have such a good daughter! I'll tell you what I said to you, old man, I'm comfortable listening, I'll give you the lowest price and the best things!"

"Then thank you Boss Shi!" Lian Fangzhou nodded with a smile.

Lian Ze had seen Lian Fangzhou's tongue in the past two days, and he didn't feel anything, but Li Damu was just like Shi Laocai, stunned!

Lian Fangzhou's performance just now completely subverted her impression in his mind.

If it wasn't the same person, his appearance didn't change at all, and Lian Ze was by his side, he almost doubted whether the girl in front of him was really Lian Fangzhou?

Li Damu sighed secretly: It seems that the Yang family's withdrawal from the relatives and the Hua family's daughter-in-law's swaying have really stimulated this girl too much!

Shi Laocai said with a smile, "You're welcome." Suddenly he felt teased, and then smiled at Lian Fangzhou: "Little girl, my tile is so big, if you can figure out how many tiles I need, I will I'll give you 20% cheaper, how about that?"

Lian Fangzhou's eyes flashed, but he said with a smile: "How can I be so accurate, stop joking."

Shi Laocai waved his hand, swept the beard that was neither long nor short, and said with a smile: "I'm not joking, I'm serious! Haha, in fact, who can count as a piece is not bad, as long as it is close, you will win!"

Looking at Shi Laocai's interesting eyes, Lian Fangzhou thought for a while, then nodded and smiled politely: "If that's the case, then I'll be ugly, if I'm not accurate, don't make fun of me, uncles! "

Shi Laocai laughed and said, "No, no, let's take a look."

The workers at work heard that, seeing that a little girl like Lian Fangzhou could actually count, they couldn't help but stop their work and gathered around to watch the fun, talking in a low voice.

Lian Fangzhou took a tile and used her fingers to estimate the length and width to calculate the area. The ground was a thin layer of loess. She folded a thin branch and squatted down, scratching the ground. up.

The workers had never seen Arabic numerals before, and they were very surprised when they saw her scratching on the ground and couldn't help but scream "Huh". One couldn't help but ask Shi Laocai, "Boss Shi, what did this little girl write?"

"That's right, what word is that? It's weird!"

"No, I've never seen it before."

"I said, is this a character? Why do I feel like a talisman drawn by Zhang Tianshi in the Temple of Five Clouds!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Lian Ze blushed when he saw them making fun of Lian Fangzhou, and said loudly, "If my sister dares to try, she will definitely be able to do it! What are you laughing at? What's so funny!"

Everyone laughed even louder when they heard this, laughing and teasing Lian Ze.

Shi Laocai "cough cough" twice, and then it stopped.

Lian Fangzhou smiled slightly, neither distinguishing nor embarrassed, but allocating his own like flowing water.

In fact, this is a very simple math problem, but after two or three sentences, she has already calculated it and reported a number with a smile. At the same time, he stood up and wiped away all the traces on the ground with his feet.

"It'll be fine so soon?" Shi Laocai was stunned, and everyone was stunned.

There is no need to calculate accounts, and it is so fast, but it is really evil!

"Boss, is it right, right!" Everyone was talking and couldn't wait.

Shi Laocai glared: How did he know, right? He has to figure it out too!

Without waiting for his orders, a worker had already rushed over to get the abacus and handed it to him. Countless pairs of eyes stared at him.

"Sister, is your calculation accurate?" Lian Ze couldn't help but whispered to Lian Fangzhou. Li Damu also looked over with concern.

Lian Fangzhou was slow and slow, glanced at Boss Shi, who was flying away with the abacus beads, and said with a smile: "I will know when Boss Shi calculates it!"

Her calm expression and calm smile made the nervous Lian Ze feel at ease, and Lian Ze blurted out, "I believe my sister's calculation must be right."

"Oh?" Lian Fangzhou laughed, "Why?"

Lian Ze stubbornly said: "I don't know, anyway, I just trust my sister."

Lian Fangzhou nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Good brother."

"God! What a god!" Shi Laocai looked at the numbers on the abacus and was speechless in astonishment.

"Really accurate!"

"No! That's right!"

The workers were also amazed.

Li Damu and Lian Ze were heartbroken, they smiled at each other, and both were happy for Lian Fangzhou.

Someone couldn't help but said, "Boss, why don't you count it again?"

Shi Laocai slapped the back of the man's head with a slap and stared: "You are a killer! What? I suspect that my calculation is wrong!"

"No, no..." The man blushed and hurriedly denied it, causing everyone to laugh.

"What are you laughing at! Why don't you hurry to work!" Shi Laocai glared at everyone.

Everyone agreed in their mouths, and couldn't help but look at Lian Fangzhou a few more times and went to talk about it.

"Boss Shi, what you said just now counts?" Li Damu said with a smile.

"Forget it! Of course it's true!" Shi Laocai nodded succinctly and gave Lian Fangzhou a thumbs up: "Miss Lian is really the smartest girl I've ever seen, really! But, Miss Lian, you were on the ground just now. What kind of thing are you gesturing?"