Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

The noodles in a bowl of Sanwen are naturally plain noodles, but the noodles are cooked with bone broth that has been simmered overnight.

After eating noodles, before sitting for a long time, someone came shopping again.Seeing that August [-]th is coming soon, people in the surrounding villages are afraid of rising prices during the festival, so they always come to buy things earlier.

This time Zhang Shu stood alone on the counter.After Xiaohu freed his hands, he went to a counter to help people weigh. After each weighing, he read the weight and bid aloud to let Zhang Shu in front of the counter know.

The speed of cooperation between the two is much faster, because Zhang Shu can always calculate the price immediately after he quotes it.It has to be said that this speed is a little faster than the previous accountant.

The whole afternoon passed by writing and calculating here. When Youshi was approaching, there were no more people going to and from the grocery store. Zhang Shu put down the account book, rubbed his swollen forehead with his hands, and brought out a little bit of pain on his face. Tired.

Although he didn't do any physical work, he did a lot of writing and calculating, which inevitably made people feel mentally tired.

Shopkeeper Yan spent the whole afternoon in the shop observing the situation of the shop.Hu Da left after eating the noodles. Before leaving, he told the shopkeeper Yan that if Zhang Shu is not here, don't let Zhang Shu go. He will take Zhang Shu to the brick kiln for counting.

Shopkeeper Yan cursed with a smile, then waved him away.After he read the account book that Zhang Shu handed him, he put Hu Da's words behind him. This man was clearly sent by God to help him!

The handwriting on the ledger was a little distorted at first, after all, Zhang Shu didn't specialize in writing, but after writing a few entries, it almost stabilized.Although the characters are not particularly beautiful, they are at least clean and tidy, so that others can read them clearly.

And how fast he settles accounts!There was no miscalculation, no one came to the door all afternoon to say that they had overcharged or something like that.

Shopkeeper Yan nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that it was still early, he let him follow into the inner room, and then reported the purchase price of the things to him, and then asked him to calculate the profit.

There are many kinds of things in the grocery store. It took a long time for shopkeeper Yan to remember the prices of all the things when he first arrived.But Zhang Shu's memory is very good, as long as it is the price he said, he doesn't need to say it a second time when it appears again.

The profit is also calculated quickly, and the number can be calculated without using the abacus.He silently corrected the two strokes in his heart, and after he found that there were no mistakes, he left it alone.

It took about two quarters of an hour for Zhang Shu to calculate all of today's profits. He also calculated the total of today's profits on the blank page of the account book and copied it on it.

When he put down the pen, flexed his fingers a few times, and was about to take a break, he saw shopkeeper Yan looking at him with a ledger, smiling like a fox who had stolen a chicken.

Today's accounts are cleared, but yesterday he kept only four accounts. Just figuring out the accounts that those people have to pay is enough to make his head hurt. He didn't have the courage to open it, which is why he was in a hurry to find the accountant. When he was young, he could do these things by himself.

Zhang Shu took it silently, and counted again without saying a word.

Shopkeeper Yan was a little embarrassed, so he coughed, "This little brother..."

"My name is Zhang Shu." Zhang Shu raised his head and interrupted Shopkeeper Yan.

"Oh, Zhang Shu, I read your account, and I remember it is pretty good. You also heard that the accountant in our shop has asked for a few days off, and you will stay here these days to help us keep accounts or something. , the salary is [-] Wen per day, how about it?" Shopkeeper Yan added, "Of course, the food and lodging are all here."

Zhang Shu thought for a while, last time he was doing physical work, 35 cents a day for food and lodging, but this time he was doing mental work, five cents more, which is relatively less than last time.Because everyone knows that manual labor is a low-level job, and everyone can do it.

However, Laiwang also said it last time, it was because Mr. Mo was the dean of the academy, he was the most generous and benevolent person, and the money given last time was considered too much, and the average family’s meal package was only 25 cents a day.

These thoughts were only in his mind for a moment, Zhang Shu nodded, and then remembered what his grandma said, telling him to go back on August [-]th, and asked, "Shopkeeper Yan, how many days are you going to do?" Today is It's the eighth day of August.

Shopkeeper Yan thought for a while and said, "It will take about five or six days. It will be almost done after the boss finishes checking the accounts." The accountant should also be back.

"That's okay, shopkeeper Yan, I'll do it here." After Zhang Shu finished speaking, he lowered his head to settle the accounts.

Shopkeeper Yan looked very satisfied. This Zhang Shuren looked honest and responsible, and he was not lazy in doing things. If he can do this in the past few days, then he will not treat him badly.

In the past few days, Zhang Shu has almost become familiar with the shop assistants here. Among a group of people of the same age, Zhang Shu seems to be much more mature than them, and he is also called Brother Shu.

He sighed a little in his heart, how much he couldn't think about it before, so he locked himself in an eggshell all day long and was ashamed to see others.This man, once he thinks about it, life will be much easier.

On the thirteenth day of the eighth month, Zhang Shu was buried in the counter to settle accounts, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.Except for the guys inside who were still greeting the guests, everyone else ran out.

He poked his head around and saw that there was a big carriage coming outside. The carriage was square and almost as big as the inner room of the shop. There were two horses harnessed outside, and there were several strong-looking men riding horses. On both sides of the carriage, there is a faint sense of maintenance.

This should be the owner that shopkeeper Yan is talking about.Zhang Shu withdrew his eyes, and continued to settle the score. Anyway, such a character is not something he can get acquainted with, and he might feel offended if he looks at him twice!

"Where's Lao Li? Who is this?" A voice sounded in front of him, and there was a trace of unhappiness in this voice.

Zhang Shu raised his head in a daze, and saw a thin, shrewd young man looking at him without any concealment.

Shopkeeper Yan immediately explained, "Lao Li said that he and the second young master have reported to a fake house. This is the accountant I hired temporarily. His name is Zhang Shu, and he counts very well."

Shopkeeper Yan put on eye drops calmly, and if he wanted to cause trouble for himself, he would not hide it for him.

Sure enough, the young master frowned, "It's true that everyone is a relative!" He walked over and looked through Zhang Shu's accounts. , found nothing wrong.

"It's okay." He said, and then went in with shopkeeper Yan.There are these two more accounts in it, waiting for him to check them one by one.

This investigation lasted all morning, and at noon, the young master came out with a satisfied expression on his face. Shopkeeper Yan followed behind, his expression relaxed a lot.

"The boss said that everyone has worked hard in the past two months. When the holiday comes, everyone can get an extra holiday fee." The shopkeeper Yan announced to everyone, and then watched the guys in the store all cheered and jumped up. Say thank you, my master, thank you, my master!

Zhang Shu followed suit, although he didn't know if he had his own share of the holiday expenses.

The host is satisfied, and the lunch menu is no longer noodles. Although the noodles are delicious, after eating them for several days in a row, people still want to change their taste.

Finger-wide slices of fatty meat, fried rotten small river fish, Wu Ji’s stewed pig intestines, some seasonal vegetables, and a bucket of white rice. After this meal, it will take about a month. The oil and water have all been fished in.

The young master didn't put on any airs, and there was only one more white-cut chicken at their table than this one.Such an act of being close to the people has greatly won the hearts of the shop assistants.

By the time he was off to the next place, the guys were still saying good things about him.Zhang Shu only smiled when he heard this. In terms of winning people's hearts, no one is better than his wife. The whole village she can coax is against his family.

Fourteen This morning, a man with a straight face and a mustache on his lips came to the store. He was carrying a bundle and stared at Zhang Shu for a long time, his eyes were full of unkindness.

Zhang Shu had a guess in his mind, and then he poked the little tiger in front of him, and got an affirmative answer, that this person really was Accountant Li.

He didn't move, anyway, it was Shopkeeper Yan who hired him, not this person.Moreover, I have been so busy these days that many people will come to check out after a short stop, but I can't afford to waste time.Seeing his actions, accountant Li believed that he was here to grab jobs, and he was even more upset on the surface.

Not long after, shopkeeper Yan came in from the outside, "Yo, Lao Li is back? Are the family affairs settled? It's okay to delay for a few more days. This young man can probably do this job." He said with a smile on his face. , but what was said was not the case.

The Li accountant just snorted, "I don't dare to rest anymore, my job is almost taken away." He looked at Zhang Shu, meaning something.

"Come on, Zhang Shu, don't you want to go back today? Just leave the bills there and let Lao Li do it. Come in with me and settle the wages."

Shopkeeper Yan greeted Zhang Shu cheerfully, not caring about Lao Li at all.Before entering the inner room, he turned around and said, "This time the young master came in person to check the accounts. By the way, he even asked you!"

This inadvertent sentence made Lao Li's face pale instantly, "Why did you come to check the accounts?!"

"How do I know, can we decide what the boss wants to do? Zhang Shu, come in quickly."

Zhang Shu walked by Li's accountant who was stunned, feeling a little sympathetic in his heart, it's better to be honest and do one's duty!