Chapter 20: Will not be reciprocated
Fifteen steps wide, sixteen steps back.
That is, it is fifteen steps wide and sixteen steps long. What is the area?
Fifteen times sixteen, fifteen is multiplied by two first to get thirty, then thirty is multiplied by eight, which is two hundred and forty. Do you even need to think about it?
However, Li Mengxi knew that the unit of area should be expressed in squares.
But, is there such a unit as a square step?
Two hundred and forty square steps, it feels weird just talking about it.
Li Mengxi secretly glanced at Guan Yu who asked the question.
"Fifteen steps wide, sixteen steps from it. An acre is an acre." Guan Yu said leisurely, stroking his beard.
Li Mengxi calculated quickly and correctly, but he didn't know the number of acres.
Li Mengxi understood. It turned out that in the Han Dynasty, one acre was two hundred and forty square steps.
I don’t know how much the unit of step is when converted into meters.
Li Mengxi is a little kid, seven or eight years old. Li Mengxi is also a little kid who can count quickly and correctly.
It's like seeing a child who can't walk steadily, but he is holding a snare, and if he throws it, he will catch something, and if he throws it, he will catch something.
I wonder, who wouldn’t want to bring a few more hoops over, put things further away, see if the children can still catch them, and have fun with them.
Liu Guanzhang regarded Li Mengxi as a child.
Being playful, Liu, Guan, and Zhang asked Li Mengxi questions one after another.
The questions are getting harder and harder.
Li Mengxi always asks questions in strange places, but he always calculates correctly.
After thirty questions, Li Mengxi also answered thirty questions in a row, all of them correct without any mistakes or omissions.
Liu, Guan, and Zhang looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
"How?" Li Mengxi asked with a smile, "Can someone with a certain calculation ability help Mr. Xuande?"
"Enough!" Liu Bei laughed heartily. Li Mengxi was only seven or eight years old, and he had calculated well. Liu Bei was in a good mood after getting such a talented person.
"Then... I want to serve in the army. Does our army have military pay?"
"Our rebel army has no military pay for the time being. However, if it's you, Meng Xi, you can have military pay." Liu Bei, who was in a happy mood, teased Li Mengxi, "Meng Xi, how much military pay do you want, just say it."
Li Mengxi raised his hands and saluted Liu Bei seriously.
"My two brothers don't need much money.
It only lacks dishes, chopsticks, bedding, and two clothes. A certain brother's straw sandals are damaged and can hardly be worn.
…I want another pair of straw sandals.”
Li Mengxi was a little embarrassed and asked for many things.
Liu Bei suddenly realized that the Li Mengxi brothers were as skinny as firewood, in rags, and the soles of their straw sandals were worn out.
Now, Li Mengxi said cautiously that he wanted to wear clothes, which made Liu Bei feel even sadder.
After being a righteous man, he even said that he would take care of his two brothers, but he didn't think about it and didn't even think of getting the two brothers well-dressed.
Liu Bei felt greatly ashamed.
"Little brother, wait for me for a moment."
With a heavy heart, Liu Bei clasped his fists at Li Mengxi and left in a hurry.
Guan Yu also felt a little heavy.
Li Mengxi asked for military pay, which only provided him with clothing, bedding, and straw shoes. He was so sensible that it made people feel distressed.
Zhang Fei also got up and left. I don’t know why.
"Little brother, if you need anything else, let me know and ask for it." Guan Yu asked Li Mengxi with a smile.
"I don't know the art of battle formation and military strategy, and my master has never taught me. That is, can General Guan teach me the art of military formation?" Li Mengxi opened his eyes wide and asked Guan Yu if he could teach me some military tactics.
Guan Yu smiled, "That's easy to say!"
After a while, Zhang Fei came back, holding a bowl.
Zhang Fei didn't say anything. He brought the bowl over and sat down. He put the meat in the bowl on thin wooden sticks and grilled it on the fire.
The only meat left in the army.
Zhang Fei took pity on Li Mengxi and Li Mengxi. He was just clumsy in words and didn't know how to speak, so he went to get some meat and roasted it for Li Mengxi and Li Zhuan.
With Zhang Fei's temperament, if there was no meat, Zhang Fei might get up and kill a war horse to feed Li Mengxi and his younger brother.
Although Li Mengxi is a child, his mind is not that of a child.
He saw Zhang Fei's actions, and Li Mengxi smiled at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei, who had a face as black as iron, also laughed back.
There's barbecue again.
The younger brother couldn't help biting his fingers while looking at the barbecue.
When Liu Bei also came back.
Liu Bei was holding several pieces of cloth in his hands.
There are also scissors and needlework.
Liu Bei arrived and smiled at Li Mengxi, "I just happened to have captured a few pieces of silk. The silk is useless, so I can make some clothes."
Silk is precious and useless.
Liu Bei taught Guan Yu the silk in his arms, and Guan Yu took over.
At this time, Li Mengxi saw that Liu Bei still had a handful of wheat straw under his arm.
"Come to Xi'er, Zhuan'er, and measure your feet."
Li Mengxi knew what Liu Bei wanted to do, and felt excited.
He stood up and bowed to Liu Bei.
He took his younger brother and walked around the bonfire to Liu Bei's place.
Liu Bei leaned over and picked up one of Li Mengxi's feet. He didn't mind it being dirty. He held it halfway with his hand and measured the length of Li Mengxi's foot.
After counting, Li Mengxi measured Li Bian's feet again.
Then, Guan Yu also came and compared the heads of Li Mengxi and Li Mengxi.
Returning to his seat, his younger brother didn't know what had happened and looked at him curiously. Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei who was carrying straw shoes, Guan Yu who was stretching his silk to make clothes, and Zhang Fei who was concentrating on barbecue without saying a word.
The three heroes of the Shu Han Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the army, did not care about their status at all and were busy taking care of their two brothers.
Li Mengxi was in a complicated mood, looking down at the bonfire in a daze.
Late at night, Zhang Fei finished the barbecue and handed the barbecue to Li Mengxi and Li Zhuan with a smile.
I had been waiting for my younger brother, who wanted to eat meat, to take the meat. He took one bite and was so hot that he sucked it in his mouth.
Another long time.
Guan Yu cut the cloth by the light of the fire, then took the needle and thread, sewing stitch by stitch, for a long time, and sewed the two cloaks.
Li Mengxi put on the cloak and wrapped it around him. The size fit him perfectly.
When the night got deeper, my brother couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.
Liu Bei knitted two pairs of small straw sandals.
He handed it to Li Mengxi with a smile, and Li Mengxi took the straw sandals with warmth in his heart.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Xuande."
Li Mengxi expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.
"Try it to see if it fits." Liu Bei pulled Li Mengxi and urged Li Mengxi to try it quickly.
The straw sandals made of wheat straw fit very well.
Liu Bei's shoes are very well knitted.
Li Mengxi just felt that his and his brother's clothes were too dirty, and he was too embarrassed to ask for clean clothes directly, so he took advantage of today's opportunity and asked for military pay to see if he could get two pairs of clothes.
Li Mengxi doesn't really want money, so it's useless to hold it now.
Unexpectedly, when Li Mengxi said this, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were busy with military affairs and had not paid attention to Li Mengxi, felt that they had neglected to take care of the two Li Mengxi brothers. They felt guilty and hurriedly made amends.
Liu Bei knitted the straw sandals by hand, Guan Yu sewed the cloak himself, Zhang Fei barbecued beside him, and the straw sandals and clothes that Li Mengxi wanted were ready immediately without waiting for the night or tomorrow.
Li Mengxi didn't mean to put on a show like this in exchange for the care of Liu Bei and the others. He didn't have such a deep intention.
I just wanted to ask for something in a roundabout way, but I couldn't speak directly. During the day, the soles of my brother's shoes fell off.
Li Mengxi held straw sandals in his hand and wanted to bow to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei blocked him.
Li Mengxi was deeply touched that Liu Bei treated him so kindly.
returning a Favour many times more.
Chapter completed!