Chapter 217: A Brilliant Account

Xiao Yu took the rather thick account book and sat in front of the desk. He didn't know whether he understood it or not, but he flipped through it.

After waiting for a long time, Xiao Yu was getting impatient. Huang Qing finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and handed a book to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the book, glanced at Huang Qing, and said, "Brother Huang Qing, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Huang Qing was stunned for a moment and said, "What? I was too slow."

Duan Rong said, "I was inconsiderate. I just wanted to reminisce with Brother Huang Qing. I didn't expect you might not be familiar with this document library."

Huang Qing saw that Duan Rong was not angry because of his slowness, but explained to him sincerely. His heart, which had been hanging in the air, suddenly fell.

Huang Qing smiled and said, "It's not bad. You should be familiar with it after a few times."

Duan Rong took the book and flipped to the end, and took a look at the final balance of silver after the summary on the account.

He raised his head, looked at Li Jun, and asked, "Isn't there a lot of money in this account? Why does Mr. Xu always say that there is no money in the account and delay the payment of the money?"

Xiao Yu and Huang Qing didn't understand what Duan Rong meant, and looked at him blankly.

But Li Jun suddenly felt very embarrassed. He smiled awkwardly and said, "I will go and pay you the money I owe to Master Duan for the past few months."

Duan Rong smiled and said, "That's great!"

Not long after Li Jun went out, he brought back five silver bills and five receipts, and asked Duan Rong to sign them one by one.

Duan Rong got his money back and was in a good mood.

Xiao Yu looked at Duan Rong and said, "Are you here to check the account or to collect the debt?"

Duan Rong glanced at Xiao Yu and smiled, "How about I give you ten taels?"

"Get lost!" Xiao Yu glared at Duan Rong with her beautiful eyes and lowered her head to look at her account book.

Duan Rong was fine, but Li Jun and Huang Qing, who were standing by, were a little dazed by Xiao Yu's angry look.

Duan Rong smiled indifferently and continued to look through the account book in his hand.

After many life and death trials and baptisms of killing, Duan Rong's mentality at this time was completely different from when he first arrived in this world.

Duan Rong suddenly pointed to an item in the summary of one page and said, "Where is the detailed account book for this item? Let me see it."

Huang Qing looked at the item. He was familiar with the content of this item, but there were so many account books in this room. Where could he find it?

Huang Qing looked at Li Jun again with a look of help.

This time Li Jun ignored him directly.

Xiao Yu glanced over here, turned his head and said to Li Jun: "I have nothing to do here for the time being. You are familiar with the document library, go and help him find it."

Li Jun saw Xiao Yu speaking, so he had to come over, looked at Huang Qing, and said: "Come, come here! I will teach you how to distribute the numbering order of the account books on this shelf."

There are still five days to go, and Li Jun doesn't want to help Huang Qing find it every day, so he might as well teach him how to find it.

Although there are many account books here, they are arranged according to a certain pattern. After all, Huang Qing is an apprentice accountant and is already very familiar with various items. After Li Jun said it once, he immediately suddenly understood. After a while, he found several detailed account books for the item that Duan Rong wanted and handed them to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the account book and just flipped through it casually, pretending that he didn't want to check the account properly at all.

Xiao Yu had the same idea, and the two of them almost understood each other tacitly.

Duan Rong was flipping through the account book, but suddenly saw Li Jun holding an abacus in his hand not far away.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Isn't Mr. Li Jun known as the best in mental arithmetic? Why does he still keep the abacus in his hand?"

Xiao Yu was a straightforward person, and she felt that it was more tiring than escorting a caravan to pretend to look at the account book.

She was feeling bored, and suddenly she saw Duan Rong asking an interesting question, so she immediately raised her beautiful eyes and looked over curiously.

Li Jun didn't want to answer Duan Rong's question, but when he saw Xiao Yu also raised her head and looked at him curiously with her beautiful eyes, his heart was immediately moved.

Li Jun smiled immediately. Although he seemed to be looking at Duan Rong, his eyes were always glancing at Xiao Yu. He said, "My mental arithmetic is the best in terms of speed and accuracy. However, after a lot of verification, the accuracy of mental arithmetic will never be as good as abacus arithmetic. Besides, long-term mental arithmetic is also very mentally exhausting. When the mental energy is exhausted, the speed and preparation will be reduced."

Duan Rong nodded. He had to say that what Li Jun said made some sense.

After Li Jun finished speaking, he finally glanced at Xiao Yu boldly. Seeing that Xiao Yu seemed very interested, he continued, "In fact, my mental arithmetic is just simulating abacus arithmetic in my mind. Therefore, my mental arithmetic method is also called abacus mental arithmetic or virtual mental arithmetic."

Xiao Yu was interested in the question asked by Duan Rong. At this time, Li Jun began to say some boring terms, and she lowered her head to look at the account book again.

Li Jun saw that Xiao Yu had no reaction to his boasting, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Duan Rong's eyes suddenly flashed, and he said, "Mr. Li Jun, can I borrow your abacus?"

Li Jun hesitated, but still handed over his abacus, saying, "This copper abacus has been with me for more than ten years. My grandfather made it for me when I first learned to count."

Duan Rong was slightly surprised. Copper in this world is not cheap. He said, "Mr. Li Jun also has a family background in this field, right?"

Li Jun heard this and said, "My family has been doing accounting for three generations."

No mistakes in one sentence, one post, one content, one book, one bar, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

While the two were talking, Duan Rong had already taken the abacus from Li Jun. The abacus was made of pure copper and felt cool to the touch.

Duan Rong looked at the copper abacus in his hand under the light.

This abacus was not very big. After all, copper was not cheap. Moreover, if the copper abacus was too big, it would be too heavy. It was not used as a weapon.

Under the mottled light, Duan Rong could see the copper abacus. The surface was polished to a shiny finish, but the inside of the abacus had a layer of black patina. This abacus was obviously quite old.

Duan Rong looked at the abacus in front of him and suddenly said to himself: "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Duan Rong had this thought in his mind, and a set of data immediately appeared in front of him.

Artifact: Copper abacus

Spirit of the instrument level: Level 3

Devouring requirements: Host mental power level 3 (satisfied)

Devouring effects: Mastery of counting chips, mastery of mental arithmetic, and mastery of ingenious accounts.

Duan Rong looked at the data in front of him and was surprised: Three proficiency? This abacus turned out to be a third-level spirit.

Duan Rong's heart moved, staring at the three devouring effects, the last one was full of wonderful accounts, thinking that with this devouring effect, the accounts would probably be understandable. After a few hours, Duan Rong felt that pretending to check the accounts seemed to be more tiring than really checking the accounts.

He then said in his heart: "Swallow!"

Almost as soon as the word "swallow" flashed through his mind, the data panel in front of Duan Rong shook and blurred, and then collapsed.

Duan Rong smiled, and handed the copper abacus in his hand back to Li Jun, and praised casually: "What a good thing!"

Then, several people did their own things in the dimly lit dark room.

Li Jun had already seen that Duan Rong and Xiao Yu were just pretending. They didn't understand the account books at all. Moreover, when they reviewed the account books, they just flipped through them. They didn't take notes or check them. At least they flipped through several account books without even touching the abacus. What? Are they doing mental abacus like me?

However, Huang Qing was no longer so nervous. He was a smart person. As soon as Li Jun explained, he understood the order of the account books. No matter what account Duan Rong asked him to find, he could find it quickly.