The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 215 Jia Huan’s gift
Li Wan took out a wooden back scratcher from the box, commonly known as "not asking for help." Everyone was slightly shocked. The gifts Jia Huan gave to the girls were all calico worth two taels of silver. How could he give them to the old lady? The gift was a wooden rake. Although the quality and workmanship were good, it was probably only worth a few tens of pennies.

However, Jia Mu didn't take it seriously. She took the "Don't Ask for Others" from Yuanyang's hand and said with a smile: "This is good, suitable for my old lady, but Brother Huan is thoughtful." After that, she tried to scratch it. Behind the scenes, everyone laughed when they saw this.

Then Li Wan distributed the remaining gifts one by one. Only then did everyone realize that although Jia Huan's gifts were of different sizes, they were all carefully selected. Unlike the gifts given to the maids, they were all uniformly selected. Half a piece of calico.

For example, Jia Huan's gift to his second sister Jia Yingchun was an exquisite Go chess set. The chess pieces were polished with Jinling Yuhua stones. The grains were crystal clear and worth at least seven or eight taels of silver. The gift to Jia Xichun was A stack of fine rice paper and an Hui inkstone; Tan Chun had a set of Yang Hao brushes and a Western pocket watch; Jia Baoyu, Jia Lan and Jia Cong all had a set of Yang Hao brushes and two pieces of high quality Hui ink.

Jia Huan was not a stingy person in the first place. Since the gift was given, it was natural for everyone to have a share, so as not to be misled by others, so Mrs. Wang also received a piece of silk, but the latter felt uncomfortable after accepting it and sat down for a while. After a while, he left Jia Mu's house.

Jia Tanchun liked that pocket watch very much and kept playing with it. Shi Xiangyun got a string of dark red agate beads. He was wearing it on his wrist and looking left and right. He liked it very much and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Huan'er to even touch me." I have also prepared a gift. By the way, Sister Bao, what exactly did Huan'er give you?"

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he also looked at it curiously, because what Xue Baochai received seemed to be a book, and it was also packed in a small cloth bag. Could it be another drama script written by Huan Laosan himself?

Although Jia Baoyu doesn't like Jia Huan, he has to admit that the plays written by Jia Huan are very exciting and fascinating. For example, "The Palace of Eternal Life" and "The Peach Blossom Fan" are excellent works that people can't put down, especially "The Peach Blossom". "Fan" has now become popular all over the country and has become a must-see play for everyone when listening to the opera.

Xue Baochai shook his head and smiled: "I don't know either."

"Open it and have a look!" Shi Xiangyun encouraged enthusiastically. She also suspected that it was a new play written by Jia Huan.

"It's better to go back to the garden and read again." Jia Tanchun reminded in a low voice, and the girls immediately realized that the ancestors didn't like everyone reading miscellaneous books. If it was really a play written by Jia Huan, it would probably cause displeasure in her hometown.

So the girls sat for a while and then made excuses to leave, returned to the Grand View Garden, and went straight to Hengwu Courtyard. Jia Baoyu originally loved playing with her sisters, and now she was even more curious about what Jia Huan had given Xue Baochai. Naturally, he followed.

When everyone arrived at Hengwu Courtyard, Shi Xiangyun asked Cui Xue Baochai to quickly take out the gifts and have a look.Xue Baochai also guessed that it was a script or something, so he didn't shy away from it. He opened the bag and found that it was not a script, but a booklet. Judging from the handwriting, it should be Jia Huan's handwriting, but some of the words on it were extremely weird.

Shi Xiangyun said in surprise: "It's incredible, Huan'er has become more and more advanced now, and he actually wrote the Book of Heaven."

Xue Baochai took a closer look and said with a smile: "It's not some heavenly book. You see, Brother Huan has stated here that these are Arabic numerals, corresponding to the numbers zero, one, two, and three."

"Hey, it's true. It turns out this is a book that teaches people arithmetic. Why did Huan'er give this to Sister Bao? Could it be that she thinks Sister Bao's arithmetic is not good?" Jia Xichun said in confusion.

Xue Baochai's heart moved, but he remained silent, just looked through it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became, so he sat down behind the case, subconsciously picked up the abacus, and began to calculate, as if he was verifying something.

Jia Tanchun said with a smile: "Look, it seems that Huan'er's gift has been sent to Sister Bao's heart."

What Jia Baoyu disliked the most was the career economy. Seeing that what Jia Huan gave Xue Baochai was not a drama script but a book about calculations, he immediately lost interest and suggested that everyone go boating. Shi Xiangyun was the most lively and active person. So the two hit it off immediately, and immediately called the boat girl to go rowing in the pond.Xue Baochai finished reading Jia Huan's booklet in one breath. It was already half an hour later. He stood up and stretched, and said softly: "They are all gone?"

Ying'er smiled and said, "The girl just realized that they have been rowing in the pond for a long time. By the way, what is written in Mr. Huan's booklet? The girl is so fascinated."

There was a hint of warmth in Xue Baochai's eyes, and he smiled and said, "He teaches people to keep accounts and count."

Ying'er widened her eyes and said, "The Third Master Huan is too contemptuous of people. I have been helping my family settle accounts since I was seven or eight years old. Even the master praised you for being fast and good at calculating. Now, the Third Master Huan is teaching you." The girl is here, isn't this the one... Guan Gong is playing with a sword in front of his gate?"

Xue Baochai shook his head and said: "Brother Huan's accounting method is very novel and convenient. It really saves a lot of trouble. I benefited a lot after reading it."

When Ying'er heard this, she stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know the heights of the world, but I underestimate the Third Master Huan."

It turns out that Jia Huan had watched Xue Baochai calculate accounts before and found that these traditional accounting and counting methods were too cumbersome. If Arabic numerals were introduced, the efficiency would undoubtedly be greatly improved and the workload would be greatly reduced, so he specially compiled this booklet Given to Xue Baochai, the above content mainly covers the counting methods of Arabic numerals, as well as simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Primary school students can understand it at a glance. With Xue Baochai's arithmetic level, it will be a matter of course.

Ying'er brought some water to Xue Baochai to clean her hands, and said, "Young lady, you are telling me how Mr. Huan knows so many things, such as this laborer... Numbers, I have never heard of them."

Xue Baochai was obviously a little accustomed to Jia Huan's endless abilities, and smiled: "There are many things you haven't heard of."

At this time, a woman's voice from outside came in: "Xiang Ling is here."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a very charming maidservant walk in. The bright red rouge mark on her eyebrows was Xiangling, whose real name was Zhen Yinglian. Xue Pan was fighting for this maidservant when he was killed. Litigious.

As soon as Xiangling entered the room, she said in a panic: "Something happened in Jinling. Madam, please ask the girl to go back."

Xue Baochai was taken aback and asked quickly: "What happened?"

"My servant doesn't know, I heard who disappeared." Xiangling replied.

Xue Baochai hurried out of the garden and rushed to Aunt Xue's residence.

(End of this chapter)