Chapter 19: The Boy Who Counts

After playing a few hands, Fan Xian’s hand was not very good, plus he was really impatient with Aunt Liu’s apparent intimacy, so he gave up his position and patted Fan Si Zhe.

Fan Si Zhe timidly glanced at his father, and Si Nan Bo nodded slightly. He was ecstatic in his heart, and with a soft bark, he jumped onto the stool.

This boy was usually always cowering in front of his father, and after eating he would be forced to warm up his books, much less be allowed to play cards and gamble. He knew that he was able to get to the table today because his father was in a good mood and gave Fan Xian face, so Fan Si Zhe felt much better about this older brother from Tanyuzhou in his heart.

Fan Xian went to stroll around the courtyard, and when he returned to the flower hall, he looked at the table with his jaw dropped and realized that Fan Si Zhe had copper coins piled up in front of him, while the other three had actually lost almost all of their money.

Thinking about the daytime in the carriage, this seems to be a little bad brother to show the kind of incomparable enthusiasm for wealth, Fan Xian finally realized that the original brother is not necessarily useless, at least in the aspect of earning money, seems to be very talented.

He curiously stood behind Fan Si Zhe, carefully observing how this twelve-year-old boy actually operated. After watching for a while, can’t help but respect, only to see this kid hands are extremely flexible, actually can one hand code cards, grab cards, touch cards, out of the cards, touch cards, eat cards, hu cards …… the other hand is resting on the abacus, fat five fingers dialing the abacus beads snapping sound.

The other hand is resting on the abacus. Fan Xian watched from the sidelines, always feeling that this kid could count more than his money, so it was no wonder that he was able to pile up so many copper coins in front of him.

Realizing that Fan Xian was staring at Fan Si Zhe, Liu’s face remained unchanged, and she sighed in her heart, thinking that her son’s money-grubbing ugliness had been seen by Fan Xian, and she was afraid that the other party’s confidence would grow even more.

She didn’t know the shock in Fan Xian’s heart, because Fan Xian couldn’t see a trace of brutality or nonsense on Fan Si Zhe’s face at this time, but only the kind of resolute and serious light that only an “idealist” could have.

Fan Xian concluded in his heart that this young man in front of him, as long as he was given a space to play, he would definitely be able to become a very powerful character in the future. However, he also knew that in the country of Qing, if he wanted to make a name for himself, there was still only one way to get a scholarship, even if Fan Sichert was awarded a title in the future because of his family’s relationship, but if he really wanted to be awarded a real position, with his current level of skill in books, it was still not possible, so it is no wonder that Tou Zi Jing said that Liu’s family hated and hated this son.

The merchants of this era are still not valued, the Ministry of the household is one thing, the royal merchants is one thing, but the private merchants is another thing.

The card game soon came to an end, Sinan Bo Fan Jian left his seat without expression, this kind of happy family gathering was not in line with his character, but I don’t know why, but today is not quite the same as usual. It was only when he left that he glanced at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian read something in his father’s gaze, and it seemed that ditching the guards his father had sent him during the day had made him a little unhappy. Fan Xian smiled and didn’t respond to anything, after all, he was a man who didn’t like being followed, and since that was the case, he might as well make that clear with his actions early on.

Liu glanced at her own son, a trace of pity and helplessness showing in her gaze, only for this emotion to pass in an instant, getting up and saying a word to Fan Xian and Fan Ruo Ruo with extreme politeness, she followed her husband and left. The servants of the Sinanbo residence all knew that the lord liked to drink a cup of fruit syrup every night before going to bed, and that it was all handmade by Liu to help the lord, who labored daily at the Ministry of Households, fall asleep.

Fan Xian frowned, he had wanted to talk to his father about something, but it looked like he would have to put it off. Turning back, he saw Fan Si Zhe, who was still lying on the table memorizing the number, and asked curiously, “Why don’t you collect the money and memorize it?”

Ruoruo will play cards for a while, early some tired, gently move a wrist, said with a smile: “He ah, the annual festival will come to some guests, then father will allow him to play for a while, but every time he won the copper, but not allowed to collect him, said the man is a big man, how can you greed these small profits. He didn’t dare to go against his father’s wishes, but every time he did, he would write down how much he had won, saying that he would slowly settle the score with us in the future.”

Fan Xian’s heart stirred, hearing something else in the word “accounting”, he stabilized his mind and asked with a smile, “Si Zhe, I see that you’re good at calculating, I wonder what you’re going to do when you grow up in the future?”

Fan Si Zhe small age, bookkeeping time is not distracted, very concentrated, heard him ask but not answer. Fan Ruoruo thought that her brother didn’t know her younger brother’s temperament, and was afraid that he would be upset, so she was ready to help explain, but then she turned her eyes to see Fan Xian’s smiling face, looking at the young man at the table, who was keeping the accounts with a little bit of admiration.

After finishing his bookkeeping, Fan Si Zhe seemed to have just thought of the question Fan Xian had just asked, and after touching his head and frowning for a while, he said, “Of course it’s to study and become an official, to honor the family.”

Fan Xian looked at him with amusement and asked, “Is that really true?”

Fan Si Zhe’s anger gave out at once, lying on the table and saying breathlessly, “If I don’t say it like this, when my mother hears it, she’ll give me another good beating.”

“There’s only the three of us here, so what if you just say what you really mean?” Fan Xian joked.

This sentence fell into Fan Si Zhe’s ears, but let him have some different feelings, he grew up in the awe of the subordinates in the eyes of the general official children always father is strict and mother is kind, but he is father is strict and mother is also strict, and then his father let his sister discipline, who knows that his sister is even more severe, so the younger brother is not unfamiliar with this kind of feeling, but the older brother and friend has not experienced.

At this time to hear the three words of sincerity, Fan Si Zhe some trance, seems to be in front of this than their own four-year-old “brother” does not seem to be very scary, unlike what the mother said, on the contrary, but some kind of affection.

“I …… I like to make money.”

“Businessman seeking profit, what’s so good about it.” Fan Ruo Ruo frowned and lectured.

Fan Xian looked at his sister with extreme disapproval, a little disappointed in his heart, thinking to himself that this girl had corresponded with me for several years, how could she still have such a constricted and eccentric idea. Being glared at by him, Ruo Ruo’s heart tightened, knowing that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly stopped talking.

Fan Xian smiled and looked at Fan Si Zhe and said, “Anything, as long as it’s done well, earning money is the same, I support you.”

“You support have no use.” Fan Si Zhe sighed and said, “You have to let father-sama open this mouth.”

“Do it secretly.” Fan Xian seduced the other party like a devil.

Fan Si Zhe’s spirit lifted, and then he instantly thought of something and said enthusiastically, “Brother, then first give me the manuscript of that book in stock, and I’ll have a way to sell the book for a big price.” His shout of brother was not forced.

Fan Xian was stunned and said, “Isn’t it slow to rely on this for money?”

“Are you worried about money?” Fan Si Zhe looked at him with contempt, “Just trying it out.”

Realizing that this kid actually dared to despise himself, Fan Xian became furious and droned, “If you want to take the goods, you should give me a plan to look at first!”