Volume 2: Residence in the Capital Chapter 62 Free Submission
Faced with this obvious situation of running out of energy, Zhang Shou beckoned to Ah Liu behind him. Seeing Ah Liu coming over with the horse carrying the book box without saying anything, he smiled and said, "Go over there and give everyone a book."
Seeing a young follower beside Zhang Shou easily take down a large bookcase from a horse with one hand and then walk towards them, almost everyone immediately perked up. Those who were sitting stood up, those who were leaning against the wall straightened their backs, and some people cleared their throats vigorously, preparing to say the lines that had not been used before.
However, when Ah Liu walked up to them, before they could even speak, he opened the box expressionlessly and began handing out books to everyone. Everyone was stunned. Some took the books stiffly, while others wanted to refuse them forcefully, but in the end, Ah Liu stuffed the books directly into their lapels. His movements were so swift that no one could resist.
After distributing all the books, Ah Liu glanced at the book box and called out to Zhang Shou, "Master, there are still three more books."
"Then you can keep it for now." Zhang Shou agreed, and waited for Ah Liu to come over and help him before he dismounted and walked forward.
"Since you all admire me, I will give each of you a copy of my new book. Please go back and study it carefully. If you can do all the exercises at the back of each book, you can truly say with confidence that you have made some progress in mathematics."
After saying this, he said sincerely: "The way of mathematics is broad and profound, so my teacher once told me that his greatest pride in life is not the unprecedented seven top scorers in the imperial examination, nor is it being a role model with many students all over the world, but being proficient in mathematics. So, it is better to do than to say a thousand words here!"
"The teacher really hopes that those of you who are proficient in mathematics can carry forward his knowledge!"
In the courtyard inside the gate of the Ge Mansion, Ge Yong glanced at his old friend Qi Jingshan who was standing beside him in deep thought, and suddenly he cursed angrily: "This stinky boy, he always uses my name to deceive people. When he comes in later, I will definitely teach him a lesson! It’s good to fool those guys outside with ulterior motives, but this boy also fooled me, I’m so angry!"
The first time he boasted to Qi Jingshan that Zhang Shou came to see him as soon as he arrived in Beijing, and he also boasted to the old man Qi that Zhang Shou could deal with those noble children and would definitely be able to deal with these guys who were making noises outside the door, Zhang Shou just waved his sleeves and left...
When Zhang Shou came back for the second time, he argued to Old Man Qi that people must have come prepared this time and would definitely give those guys outside the door a hard time. But Zhang Shou actually acted like he was passing by again and left with Zhu Ying!
The third time he used a ruthless trick, which resulted in giving one copy of those books signed by Ge Yong to each person!
This was the first time he had encountered such a daring disciple in all his years as a teacher!
It was given away for free, and the book given away was Grand Tutor Ge's book. What was expressed was Grand Tutor Ge's earnest hope. Everyone had different expressions on their faces.
After saying those very sincere words, Zhang Shou bowed politely to everyone.
"According to the teacher's original intention, he naturally wanted to give a set of six books to everyone who liked mathematics . Unfortunately, the teacher was short of money, and even the printing of the books was voluntarily helped by his disciples and grandchildren, so this book was not published until a few days ago."
"And the bookstore will not work for nothing. Even if the teacher goes to buy the books himself, one book will cost hundreds of coins. So, since you all gathered here just now, he can only let the doorman hint to me to go to the bookstore and buy these books immediately. If you still haven't left after I passed by twice, it means that you really like mathematics. I will give each of you a book. I hope you don't waste your talent."
"Of course, these new books of the teacher are really expensive. A set of six books costs two taels of silver. People who like mathematics may not be able to afford them. If there are people who come to visit and learn from me in the future, the teacher will ask the Sansan Bookstore to give him some face and lend the books to everyone for copying. In this way, the books will be well-placed."
At this moment, even Zhu Ying, who later found out that Zhang Shou had not seen Ge Yong for several days, unconsciously believed Zhang Shou's nonsense, not to mention others.
It must be said that a young man dressed in cloth and black shoes, who was neat and tidy, was easy to trust, not to mention Zhang Shou's handsome face like a banished immortal and his warm and amiable smile. After a long period of silence, a middle-aged man suddenly burst into tears.
"I'm so sorry for Master Ge's kindness! Someone heard that I can do math very quickly without an abacus, so they gave me a coin and hired me to cause trouble, and told me to show my skills if I'm caught! I was kicked out of two accounting offices in a row, but I never met a good person like Master Ge! I will never forget the kindness of giving you the book!"
Compared with this middle-aged man who was crying, kneeling and kowtowing with tears streaming down his face, some of the others were embarrassed, some were ashamed, and more people were holding books, silently bowing deeply towards the gate of Ge's Mansion, and then quietly lowered their heads and left.
Zhang Shou then stepped forward to comfort the crying middle-aged man: "What's your name? Where do you live?"
After asking, he continued to persuade her: "If the person who ordered you blames you for not being able to accomplish your task, just come here and tell him. Teacher Ge will naturally make the decision for you. There are few people in the world who are talented in mathematics. How can you let others treat them as chess pieces? Since you can't be an accountant, you can come to Rongshui Village in the suburbs of Beijing to find me in the future. I live at the entrance of the village..."
This guy who can do mental arithmetic faster than abacus is working as an accountant and keeps losing his job. He must have some serious problems in his temperament or other aspects. But no matter what, it is worth recruiting him.
Seeing Zhang Shou sending away the first and only middle-aged man who admitted to being instructed by someone, and finally thanking him profusely, and as the front of the Ge Mansion gradually became deserted, Zhu Ying hurriedly dismounted and walked forward, but looked at Zhang Shou with a smile, and then made gestures to the doorman.
After a long while, she turned around and said with a smile: "Grandpa Ge has taken in a lot of people with poor hearing. These people take turns to be the doorman. I also learned sign language for a while. Otherwise, if a visitor like this comes one day, they will be annoyed to death!"
Seeing Zhang Shou's confused expression, she asked with interest, "By the way, Ah Shou, you are not thinking that Grandpa Ge has some secrets that he doesn't want others to know, so he keeps a group of people like this to serve him?"
Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh and cry: "How could the teacher do such a thing? According to his mathematical attainments, if he didn't want others to know a secret, he only needed to use some mathematical knowledge to write a ciphertext, and then use the ciphertext to write letters or notes. In this way, even if others got his writings and letters and racked their brains, they would never be able to figure out what he wanted to say."
At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "What I was thinking just now is that the sign language is different in different regions. I didn't understand a single word of the gesture you made to the doorman just now."
Thinking back, he had at least been a volunteer for a while, but he was confused by Zhu Ying's gesture just now and didn't understand it...
Zhu Ying didn't expect that Zhang Shou, who seemed to be in a daze, was actually thinking about sign language, and she couldn't help but find it very interesting. But before she could make a few more gestures to explain to Zhang Shou, she heard Ge Yong's loud voice coming from the door.
"Are you two addicted to staying outside the door? Come in now!"
