Chapter II Debt
Pulling his thoughts back from his memories, Yu Qiuping rubbed his temples and calmed down. He continued to pick up a small wooden stick and put it on the sand table, and calculated the account list delivered by a restaurant in the morning. This business could bring him 35 cents, which was a considerable income, enough to cope with the expenses of the day and the balance.
But Yu Qiupi looked at the expensive furniture behind him. Well, it totaled 26 coins, which is 26 ooo. How many days does he have to earn to pay back the money to Taehyung of Asahina.
"Hey," Yu Qiuping sighed sadly, and put the bangs on his forehead to the left with his left hand, speeding up the writing. "After finishing this order, go to that silk shop to help settle the score today." He thought secretly.
Suddenly, the right hand holding the wooden stick was slapped, and the vertical style halfway was scratched in a mess. Yu Qiuhei looked up at his right hand again helplessly, and sat on the counter, crossing his legs on the table. To be honest, Asahina Taehyung was actually quite handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but the ruffianism he exuded from the inside out made him look more like a gangster boss - in fact, it was indeed the case.
"How did you calculate that just now?" Asahitaehyung asked a question in slow Japanese. In fact, although Yu Qiuping's Japanese practice was not good enough for a month, for this sentence, you don't need to slow down to Shi Nahitaehyung to understand it - because he had already pestered Yu Qiuping's question for four days and a hundred times.
Since Taehyung, who came back from hunting once five days ago, happened to pass by Yu Qiuping's shop, and Yu Qiuping's way of settled accounts was very novel, he has a new hobby - watching Yu Qiuping's vertical settlement. He sat next to Yu Qiuping's counter all day, staring at every step like a child, and asking questions about what he didn't understand at any time.
This abnormal phenomenon attracted the attention of the entire Junfu Castle. The residents of Junfu Castle were surprised to find that the arrogant young master Asahi Nai had not played in the market for several days. The soldiers at the gate began to wonder why they had not seen Asahi Nai Taehyung and his servants return to the city with a large amount of prey for several days. The singers of the Whale House in the city were confused why Asahi Nai Taehyung had not come to have fun for several days. Even Asahi Nai Taehyung's brother, Asahi Taehyung, was at a loss because of his brother's sudden change. It is said that this incident alarmed Imakawa Yoshimoto, the governor of Imakawa's family, Mikawa, Tomyo, and Suruga.
After people found out that Taehyung had been staying in a accounting shop for four consecutive days, Yu Qiupi's shop's business suddenly became popular. He had to take two or three orders a day after two days. It was a good thing, but Taehyung's endless interruptions and problems around him made his calculation efficiency drop sharply.
"Brother, can we talk about it later and let me finish this business first?" Yu Qiuhei pushed Aokai Taehyung's hand away with an impatient expression, and Kondo Yasso behind him was sweating coldly. If Yu Qiuhei was not polite at the beginning, he could think that he did not understand Japanese etiquette and did not know how noble the identity of Asaokai Taehyung was, then a month later he would still have the attitude of "you and me equality" a little too much.
However, Asahina Taehyung, who has always been very respectful, was not angry at Yu Qiuhei's rudeness. "Okay," he took his hand back depressedly and continued to sway his stool back and forth, "For the sake of you calling me brother, let you calculate first."
Half an hour later, Yu Qiuping tasted it, put down the wooden stick in his hand, and wrote down the last few accounts calculated in the account book with a brush. The shopkeeper who was waiting on the side quickly took the account book, and after looking through the pages, he couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really fast, it's much faster than those of us who hold the abacus."
"It's just these symbols, hey, really," the shopkeeper scratched his head, and looked at the Arabic numerals and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division symbols on the Yuqiu flat sand table and sighed, "Hey, I'm old, I can't understand what these are."
After the shopkeeper handed the reward to Yuqiuping, Yuqiuping put part of it in the bag of money next to him, then picked up the bag and placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Abina Taehyung.
"Young Master, this is a money that you have always paid back to you first," Yu Qiuping said while putting the remaining few cents into his pocket. "It will probably take some time for the remaining 25 coins to be paid off."
"What's the matter?" Taehyung of Bina frowned, and pushed the wallet back in front of Yu Qiuping with his back hand. "Who asked you to pay back the money? Those furniture was given to you!"
"Young Master, you..." Yu Qiuping's words were immediately interrupted by Taehyung Asabina.
"Call me brother!" he snorted.
"Okay, okay, brother," Yu Qiuping smiled, "Brother, you kindly help me settle down. I am already very grateful. As for these furniture, I really don't dare to ask for it. I will earn money to you slowly."
"Boy, what do you mean?" Taehyung Kamikatae glared at Yuqiuhei, "Do you look down on me? How much money is there for me Taehyung Kamikatae?"
"Brother, you are not as good as these money. What's important is that I don't want to owe you money." Yu Qiuping pushed the bag back to Asabina Taehyung, "I don't like the feeling of being given away. I want to support myself, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable in front of you. This is my principle."
"Oh, you're so amazing. You don't want the free furniture. This is the living expenses of ordinary people for two years," said Taehyung, who was amused and laughed, "You guy is interesting, you didn't see you wrong at that time."
"Forget it," shrugged to Binataehyung, "I'll take these furniture back and use it myself, and exchange for a cheaper set for you. Two or three guan is enough. OK?"
"Thank you, brother." Yu Qiuping sighed with relief, "I finally don't have to eat dirt to pay off my debts for two years."
"Eat dirt? What does that mean? It sounds quite interesting hahahaha..." Asahina Taehyung jumped straight from behind the counter to the counter, "Okay, brother, I'll go find some dirt to eat. Come and ask you how these things are calculated later." After that, he hurriedly left.
I couldn't wait to get rid of the annoying Asahina Taehyung, and it wasn't until two minutes later that I realized that I was being fooled - the bag of money was still on the table.
"No wonder I walked so fast, I really thought I was going to eat dirt." He muttered resentfully.
"Heijun, the shopkeeper of the silk shop is here." Kondo Yasso pointed to the round figure walking from the distance to Guinan Street, interrupting Yu Qiupi's contemplation.
"Okay," Yu Qiuping cleaned up the things on the table and wiped the counter that was dirty when he was hit by Bina Taehyung. "Stay going to start."
Two months passed in a flash, Yu Qiuping had gradually integrated into the society of the Warring States Period in Japan, and the debts owed to Asabena Taehyung were finally paid off. Without the debts, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that the motivation for work was much smaller and the fatigue came like a tide. On May 28, Yu Qiuping had calculated the accounts for a morning and felt extremely tired, and his neck was so sore that he could hardly get up. So after lunch, he hung up the sign that was closed and planned to go around in Junfu City.
Walking along the South Street of Junfu, we walked towards the south gate. The roadside was lined with all kinds of shops, and behind them were lined up with residential areas. The merchants coming and going injected commercial vitality into this place. From time to time, a large group of carriages transported goods into Junfu City and waited for check-in at the hotel door. The people on the street seemed to have been accustomed to a peaceful and relaxed life, walking around in groups of three or three. The attractive aroma of the food stall attracted the children to hold their parents' clothes and staggered over to buy things. There seemed to be a wonderful dance in the distance. The audience was watching the three layers inside and three layers inside and three layers inside and around, standing on tiptoe to see what was born inside. Two or three children were holding candied haws in their hands, riding on their father's neck and laughing.
Occasionally, there were some tightly covered ox carts passing by. Yu Qiuping thought it was a nobleman in the first place. It was not until the owner of a ox cart accidentally raised the curtain that the two girls' cheeks were exposed. Yu Qiuping just glanced at it and turned his face away unhappily. The girl's cheeks were covered with thick white powder, and it was painted like a facial mask, sickly and lifeless without the vitality of a girl. However, this style of dressing seems to be a trend in Suruga, where Gong Qinghua, was. At least those upper-class women who were different from the people, were dressed in this outfit.
Walking further south, you can vaguely hear loud cheers. After passing a big shop, Yu Qiuping finally found the source of the sound - Cuju Field. There were more than a dozen Cuju Fields in that area, including many people around the venue in the middle, which was the most lively. Yu Qiuping walked straight to the middle.
There are about half a football field in Cuju field, and at this moment, 12 people are split into two teams and fighting hard. At the bottom line of both sides of Cuju field, two high wooden boards are erected, and a hole is opened in the middle of the top of the wooden board, which is the so-called Fengliu Eye. The players of the two teams have to try to shoot the ball into Fengliu Eye to score. Cuju is very similar to modern football, except that the gate standing on the ground has become a hole in the air, and there is no goalkeeper.
Chapter completed!