Chapter 350 Mr. Accountant
Since Xiaoxi was teased by Huangsha once in the morning, she would avoid him from afar whenever she saw him, but Huangsha came to the door with a smile one day.
"I heard you have read a book? Can you tell me what you have learned?" Huang Sha was very serious when he asked these words, as if there was something important about him coming to her.
Xiaoxi couldn't help but blushed again. When she asked Huangsha this question, she finally answered as a mosquito: "The Women's Commandment, The Women's Analects of Confucius."
Huang Sha still has some understanding of the books these women read. The books read by women in ancient times are collectively called "Four Books of Women": "Female Commandments", "Inner Training", "Female Analects of Confucius", and "Female Fan Jielu".
"The Women's Commandment" was written by Ban Zhao, a female historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to conduct feudal moral education such as "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" on his daughter. The book is divided into 7 articles: low and weak, husband and wife, respectful and obedient, women's actions, concentration, Qu Cong and uncle sister, with a total of 7 articles.
"The Analects of Confucius" was written by Song Ruoxin, a female scholar in the Tang Dynasty. The style is imitated by "The Analects of Confucius". In the past, the mother of Wei Cheng, the mother of Qin Taichang, the Song family, used Cao Jia (i.e. Ban Zhao) and other people to replace Yan and Min (according to the Old Book of Tang, and Yan and Ran) to answer questions and answers each other, explaining feudal women's rituals. It includes establishing one's own life, learning work, learning etiquette, getting up early, serving parents, serving uncles and aunts, serving husbands, training men and women, managing families, treating guests, being gentle, and maintaining integrity.
"Inner Training" is a collection of teachings by Empress Xu of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty on women's feudal morality by "Ancient Sages and Sages". It was compiled in the second year of Yongle (1404). It includes 20 chapters such as virtue, self-cultivation, careful words, diligence, frugality, alertness, accumulation of good deeds, promotion of good deeds, worshipping the holy teachings, serving parents, serving kings, serving uncles and aunts, serving sacrifices, motherly manners, being kind to relatives, being kind to the young, arresting the lower, and treating relatives.
"The Book of Female Fan Jie" was written by Liu, the mother of Wang Xiang, a Confucian scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. This book consists of 11 articles: Confucianism, later virtue, mother etiquette, filial piety, chastity, loyalty, righteousness, kindness, etiquette, wisdom, diligence and thrift, and talent. It promotes the ancient deeds of "faithful women and strong women" and "good wives and good mothers", praises the books of "Female Commandments" and "Inner Training", and explains feudal ethics.
The "Great Learning", "Doctor of the Mean", "Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn Annals" that women and men read are very different, namely the Five Classics of History. They are basically aimed at elaborating on the "Three Obediences" and "Four Virtues" of the Confucianism, and cultivating a "good wife and good mother" with feudal ideology.
After hearing Xiaoxi say this, Huang Sha found that it was exactly what he expected. She was silent for a long time, but it was difficult to find someone among these people to read. In this case, there was no possibility of being picky and picky. In the end, he put the things he had carefully prepared these days in front of Xiaoxi. Now he can only treat it as a living person. How much Xiaoxi can digest is not only based on her personal talent, but also has a lot to do with the future gentleman who is about to bring her into.
"It's very easy for me to come to you. I hope you can promise us to be our accountant. Have you ever seen this thing? It's called abacus."
When Xiaoxi saw the small round beads made of bamboos strung together and placed in a small square box, she thought it was a gadget I had never seen before. However, when Huangsha said that this thing seemed to be of great use, she silently said in her heart: Abacus.
"There are almost no one counting the specific amount of Sands we go in and out every day. Do you know the consequences of doing so?"
Xiaoxi shook her head helplessly and talked to herself about Huangsha who was almost Tianshu. In the end, Xiaoxi could only remember words that made her somewhat unpredictable based on her memory, such as: statistics.
Huangsha continued: "That is the end of the month, those who come to collect gold will say as much as they want. We have no way to deal with them. If we make a account here and ask those people to sign and seal it, they will be unable to deny it. In this way, we will reduce a lot of invisible losses. Let me give an example. Someone borrowed three bowls from you, but when he returned it, he only paid back two. How do you prove this?"
"IOUT NOTICE."
"Yes, this is the same as accounting, in order to leave evidence." Huang Sha touched Xiao Xi's head with satisfaction. For this woman, in her own era, she was a good age to study. A woman of such an age had a good memory. She only needed a teacher to point out what she learned, but it was actually very easy to learn. Huang Sha only asked her to plan, learn addition and subtraction, and keep accounts. He had a lot of confidence in teaching her these.
"One up one, two up two, five up four, two down five down three, one down nine into one, two up eight into one, six up five into one" Huang Sha had just recited the abacus formula three times, and the clever Xiaoxi remembered it word for word.
Huang Sha taught her to use abacus to be familiar with abacus and to teach her addition and subtraction at the same time. What made Huang Sha feel relieved was that Xiaoxi was still a little knowledgeable. She actually knew that 11=2, but in some cases 11 could be greater than 2. For example, if a man and a woman were together, they might become three, four, lucky, or even more. Huang Sha naturally could not mention such rogue words to Xiaoxi, a minor child. If his wife was willing to academically count in the future, he would not mind telling out the things that could add some minor emotions that did not say today.
Xiaoxi showed a strong interest in those numbers like earthworms. When she heard that the 1, 2, and 3, which were called Arabic numerals, represented one, 2, and 3, she was so surprised that she could hardly speak. Why did the teacher or father who taught numerology before never thought of such a simple method? Her admiration for Huangsha had reached an unparalleled level. As her teacher, Huangsha, as her teacher, the ancient teachings clearly demonstrated the ethics of teachers and students, and she did not allow her to have any blasphemy or transcendence. Moreover, after she started learning numerology with Huangsha every day, her head was completely filled with numbers and formulas, which also reduced a lot of messy thoughts. At the same time, Xiaoxi discovered that it was that a person could learn to do so many things, which made her fuller day by day.
In the end of the month, according to Huangsha, it is also the time to hand over Jinsha. At this time, Xiaoxi and Huangsha are the busiest and are also the most proud moment for Xiaoxi. Looking at the pile of gold stacked together like a hill, Xiaoxi then understood why Master Huang could support twice as many people as others. After looking at the numbers in the account book, she was scared. Then she looked at the pitiful golden ingots placed in front of her. Xiaoxi found that even if he supported several times more people, it seemed that it would not be a problem. If Master Huang was willing to lower the living standards of people like him.
Chapter completed!