A few more days have passed.

In the morning, in the back hall of Dong's mansion, the four of them sat around a table and enjoyed breakfast.

Zhu Xiuyuan had no worries and was heartless. He grabbed steamed buns and pastries, and ate very happily with porridge and pickles.

Dong Cheng and Dong Shuyu, the father and daughter, always frowned slightly, and their minds were not in their hearts, and their faces were full of fatigue. Dong Cheng was because of the affairs of the yamen and Dong Shuyu was because of the affairs of the tea shop.

"Dad, sister, you eat quickly, otherwise it will be cold." Dong Shuzhen seemed to have grown up overnight. Looking at her increasingly tired and haggard father and sister, she was touched.

"Oh!" The father-in-law Dong Cheng sighed, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then shook his head and said nothing. They didn't understand what happened to the yamen, so it would be better not to say it.

However, as the pillar of the family, Dong Cheng suppressed his fatigue and looked at Dong Shuyu, saying, "Yu'er, don't be too tired. No matter how busy the tea shop is, you should pay attention to rest. If you get tired of your body... Look at you, you have lost weight recently. Zhen'er, get your sister another bun and eat more."

"Okay dad." Dong Shuzhen obediently picked up a bun and put it in Dong Shuyu's bowl.

Zhu Xiuyuan raised his head from the porridge bowl and secretly peeked at Dong Shuyu. Well, what his father-in-law said is not bad. Dong Shuyu has indeed lost weight. He is getting thinner and thinner, and looks like he lacks a little charm. However, he is still so beautiful and charming... Hiss, Zhu Xiuyuan secretly patted himself and said to himself: "What am I thinking!"

"Thank you, thank you, Zhen'er. Dad, my daughter is fine. The tea shop has just sold new tea and has introduced the business of selling tea sets. It was naturally more busy at the beginning. It would be great if I had been busy during this period." Dong Shuyu said slowly.

"You!" A smile appeared on the corner of his father-in-law Dong Cheng's mouth, as if this communication could dispel the fatigue in his heart. "It's exactly the same as your mother. Oh, it's a pity that your mother left early... Yu'er, you have to remember your father's words, pay more attention to rest, and eat more food. Don't embark on your mother's old path... Your mother... Oh!"

"Dad, my mother left early, why don't you add another string..." Dong Shuzhen said suddenly.

"Um?"

Dong Cheng, Dong Shuyu, Zhu Xiuyuan and the other three all looked at Dong Shuzhen and widened their eyes.

"What's wrong with Dad, sister and husband?" Dong Shuzhen shrank her neck, feeling that she had said the wrong thing, and gradually hid behind Zhu Xiuyuan...

"This matter... don't mention it again!" Dong Cheng said coldly. Fortunately, he thought Dong Shuzhen had grown up and became sensible...

"My father-in-law please calm down. My wife... I'm not afraid of being a child. My father-in-law, don't be as knowledgeable as my wife." Zhu Xiuyuan bowed and smiled.

When Dong Cheng saw that Zhu Xiuyuan had spoken, his expression slowly calmed down.

"I don't know what Shuyu is busy with. I'm just free. If there is a place to use, please speak up." Zhu Xiuyuan said to Dong Shuyu again.

Dong Shuyu's expression moved. Just as he was about to say something, Dong Shuzhen said, "Yes, yes, my husband can't write except... Woo..." Dong Shuzhen looked at Zhu Xiuyuan with big black and white eyes, as if asking, "Husband, why are you covering my mouth?"

Zhu Xiuyuan pulled the corner of his mouth and shook his head slightly.

ah!

Dong Shuzhen immediately remembered that his husband once said not to reveal that he could not write calligraphy, so Dong Shuzhen immediately changed her words: "Husband is very powerful. If you have any problems with your sister, you can definitely help her solve them."

Dong Cheng looked at Dong Shuzhen with a squinted look and said, "Do you want to go to the tea shop?"

Dong Shuzhen immediately shrank behind Zhu Xiuyuan, poked out half of her head and looked at Dong Cheng: "Where is it!"

In fact, Dong Shuzhen really wanted to go to the tea shop to have fun. As soon as she heard Zhu Xiuyuan mention helping, she immediately seized the opportunity and gave a wave of assists.

"You..." Dong Cheng saw that his daughter was actually hiding behind his son-in-law, and in addition, he refused to admit that she just wanted to go to the tea shop to play... Dong Cheng was so angry that he glared at him.

"Okay, Xiuyuan's talent is obvious to all. If Xiuyuan has time, please go to the tea shop to help." Dong Shuyu stared at Zhu Xiuyuan and said slowly.

These days, Zhu Xiuyuan intends to alienate Dong Shuyu. Although the two often meet each other, Dong Shuyu clearly notices that Zhu Xiuyuan's current performance is completely different from the performance when they discuss tea cooking in the tool room of the tea shop... Dong Shuyu vaguely noticed something, which made her feel excited and extremely shy. But... she finally pressed this thought into her heart.

"Okay, then I'll go today." Zhu Xiuyuan turned his head and looked at Dong Shuzhen, and asked with a smile: "Madam, are you going?"

"I want to go." Dong Shuzhen nodded violently, like a chicken pecking at rice.

Dong Chengze snorted gently.

...

...

Dong's Tea House.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, and the group of four followed Dong Shuyu, Chunxue and Dongmei, and went straight to the back hall of Dong's tea house.

The back hall is where Dong Shuyu handles things in the tea house every day.

"Hey, what are these small wooden strips?" After just entering the door, Zhu Xiuyuan saw a pile of small wooden strips on the table, arranged in strange shapes, which were particularly conspicuous on the table.

"Uh... this is a calculation!" Dong Shuyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan in surprise. It is very common to calculate the calculation, but Xiuyuan seems to not recognize it.

"Planning the score..." Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a while. After thinking for a long time, he realized what this so-called Planning the score was.

In short, calculation is an ancient calculation tool.

"Don't you do not need to do abacus?" Zhu Xiuyuan blurted out, but after saying that, he felt careless. Since Dong Shuyu and the others were still using abacus, it means that the abacus had not been invented at all...

In the well-known history, there is no conclusion in which dynasty the abacus was invented.

"What is the abacus?" Dong Shuyu asked with a suspicious face.

"Son-in-law, is the abacus also used to settle accounts? It takes a lot of time for me to use this to calculate accounts, and the young lady is also very sad..." Chunxue said.

"Husband, what is the abacus? Can it be used for fun?" Dong Shuzhen also came to join in the fun.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at Dong Shuzhen and smiled, then said, "As Chunxue said, abacus is a tool for calculating accounts, and the effect is... it should be better than calculating funds. So, I'll get an abacus, and you can try it out."

"Okay, then I'll work hard to cultivate myself." Dong Shuyu nodded slowly, and began to look forward to the abacus in his heart.
Chapter completed!