The casual life of the flat space

"Tieying is back? Hey, why is your face so red? Did you get sunburned? Come over here and cool down under the tree. It's raining heavily! Go and bring Tieying a bowl of water!" When Village Chief Liao saw Bai Tieying's red face, he thought she was sunburned, so he quickly put down the reed in his hand and greeted her.

"Hey, hey, Brother Liao, don't go! I haven't finished counting yet! How many have you found? How many did you have in your hand just now?" shouted an old villager who was counting with Village Chief Liao.

"Don't you have any sense at all? Didn't you see that Tieying was exposed to the sun? You..."

Village Chief Liao was interrupted by Bai Tieying: "Grandpa Liao, Grandpa Gong, I'm fine. I'm not suffering from heat stroke. Don't worry! Uncle Liao, don't bother me. I can just scoop a bucket of water to drink."

"Why are you being polite? He doesn't do anything all day, so why bother pouring water?" Village Chief Liao waved his hand to signal his son to go pour water, and then waved to Bai Tieying, signaling her to sit under the stinky plum tree in the corner of the yard. He casually broke off a stinky plum and handed it to Bai Tieying, signaling her to eat it for fun.

Bai Tieying couldn't really sit down, but she took the stinky plums. She didn't even touch them, but just used her mouth to rub the branches from top to bottom, and a bunch of stinky plums went into her mouth.

"Hmm... So sweet! Grandpa Liao, is this stinky plum tree in your house old?"

"That's right! Frosted stinky plums are the most delicious, but those naughty monkeys in the village just don't listen. Look, all the plums that are within reach outside the shoji are broken off. Let's see what they will eat next year!

I planted this when I married your grandmother Liao! Your grandmother Liao said she loved the smell of this stinky plum, so I dug one from the edge of the forest. I didn’t expect it to actually survive. It’s been more than 20 years now!”

The reason why stinky plums are called stinky plums is because they have a unique smell, not because they are smelly. Just like coriander, some people think it smells good, while others think it smells bad.

The leaves of stinky plums can relieve coughs and kill insects, while the fruit can stop diarrhea and nourish the spleen. Bai Tieying herself made fruit wine from it. Mu Qingqiu tried it and couldn't get used to it, saying it tasted like a seasoning and choked the throat, and was not as good as persimmon wine.

In the Herbal Medicine School, Bai Tieying first taught the children about the various fruits that can be harvested in autumn, because they are easy for children to remember. However, she also reminded them that this stuff is only for the sweet taste, and not to eat too much, because eating too much will make the local area feel uncomfortable.

He didn't want to get his hands dirty, but his mouth was full of black and red white iron oxide. While smacking the flavor, he mentioned that he wanted to teach them how to count.

"Oh, what a great relationship! Your Grandpa Gong, Grandpa Sun and I have been looking for you for so long that we are exhausted. If we had known earlier, we would have found you earlier!"

"Well, I'll use a charcoal pencil to make a mark on the wooden shelf, and you can carve it with a knife later. In the future, let the girls put them in order, and as long as they are filled up, they are the corresponding numbers. Do you think this will work?

Then I saw that the child named Song Meiyu is quite clever. Can you ask her parents if she is willing to let me ask her to count? If yes, I will teach her first, and then she can teach everyone else. "

When it comes to mathematics, you may understand it at once, or you may not really understand it. This is Bai Tieying's personal experience, so when she was eating stinky plums, she came up with these two solutions.

"How could they not be happy? This is the child's good fortune! Da Yu, go to Old Song's house and ask Meiyu and her mother to come over."

While calling for help, Bai Tieying took out a charcoal pencil from his pocket and started to mark the wooden rack. At last count, if all the racks were hung in order, there would be 900 items. Bai Tieying marked every 50 items, so it would be easy to check if there were any extra items.

Before I finished writing, Song Meiyu and her mother had already arrived. Bai Tieying asked Aunt Song for her opinion while writing, and it was impossible for her to disagree.

"Meiyu, come here. I'll teach you how to count. Anyone who wants to listen can come and listen. It will be easy to teach others later." Bai Tieying finally finished writing the words "四百５拾" in a jumbled manner and called Song Meiyu over.

"Sister Tieying, I, I can't learn it, what should I do?"

"You damned thing! What nonsense are you talking about? Where is your Zhang Cheng at home? You chatter all day long, but when you really show your strength, you shrink back? I tell you, if you can't learn, I, I... I will..."

Aunt Song talked for a long time but couldn't say what she would do. Bai Tieying naturally interrupted her and said, "Aunt Song, look at you, if I didn't think Meiyu could learn it, why would I ask you to come? Okay, don't scare the child. No one is born with the ability. Just take your time!"

Among the ten children, Song Meiyu was the best dressed and had her hair combed neatly, which showed that her parents took good care of her. Bai Tieying also asked Song Meiyu how she could write her own name. She said that when she was five years old, she went to the county town with her parents. Her mother specially asked a scholar to write letters for her and she learned from him.

There aren't many families here who are so attentive to girls. Don't think that Aunt Song's words are unpleasant. In fact, she is just afraid that the child will miss the opportunity. Those words are said to others, don't take them seriously.

The reason why few people here check numbers is partly because they are illiterate. Unlike her original world, numbers are a bunch of symbols, and illiterate children may know them.

Bai Tieying was looking for a place to write, and after looking for a long time, she decided that the front door of Village Chief Liao's house was the most suitable place, so she wrote the ten numbers and digits on the door panel so that everyone could learn from them later.

Although her calligraphy was not very good, after all, she had been writing with a hard pen for many years in her original life, and Bai Tieying's charcoal writing was still readable, especially when she was very serious and afraid of losing face. But everyone's "thunderous" praise still made her face blush again.

Bai Tieying was teaching Song Meiyu at the gate, while Village Chief Liao and others were watching from the side. When she finished teaching and stood up, she was shocked to find that there were at least ten people surrounding her.

"Oh, Tieying, I'm sorry! I see that you teach the children seriously, and you just said that everyone can learn in the future, so I didn't feel comfortable to chase them away when they came."

"It's okay, it's okay. Everyone is so enthusiastic about learning, which shows that our Toad Village is about to prosper! If you have any questions, now is a good time to ask them and I will answer them together."

When everyone heard this, no matter how old they were, they all lowered their heads to their belts and stepped back unconsciously, just like children in the school answering questions from the teacher. If this wasn't his family, even Village Chief Liao would have wanted to run away at this time.