Chapter 254

Xue Xiaohua and Xue Bainian shook their heads together, but Xue Baijun still looked like I didn't agree.

Bai Wenjing knew Xue Baijun's temper, so she slowed down her tone and said seriously, "it doesn't matter if I don't count. I just went to your father to see the situation. We're safe here for the time being. What we have to do now is to protect the safety of other villagers and prevent spies from sneaking in. Can we do it?"

"Yes."

Xue Baijun agreed without much thought. Bai Wenjing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When he looked down, he saw Xue Bonian holding her leg and said pitifully, "Mom, can I go too?"

"Of course, we are all good helpers of dad, aren't we?"

"Yes!!!"

The three little guys answered in unison and sounded energetic.

"Well, come with me now."

Bai Wenjing took Xue Xiaohua in one hand and Xue Bonian in the other. Xue Baijun walked ahead and several people walked towards the first cave.

"Mom, is it too slow for us to count one by one? It's better to pick out one person from each cave and let him be responsible for counting. At that time, we'll report the number uniformly. Mom, we'll write down the number of people in each cave. That's good."

After hearing Xue Baijun's proposal, Bai Wenjing was stunned.

She didn't expect Xue Baijun to be so clever.

So he nodded and said, "well, your proposal is really great. It really gets twice the result with half the effort. My mother decided to do it in the way you said."

When she reached the first cave, Bai Wenjing pointed to the humanity inside: "I'm the person sent by your county magistrate Grandpa. Now you need to select a steward from among them to register the population in the cave. The details should include the total number of elderly, children and women, as well as the people stationed at the city gate. At that time, this person will distribute food uniformly."

As soon as they heard it, they immediately began to talk.

Bai Wenjing frowned and asked, "how? Do you understand?"

However, after her words, the people around her seemed not to hear it. They just chatted with themselves. Bai Wenjing couldn't help frowning when she saw this situation.

"Then keep making noise. I've asked the county magistrate. The food stored in the town is only enough for seven days. If you don't decide, it's regarded as giving up automatically."

Bai Wenjing said he would turn around and leave. He only heard a man stand out in the crowd and say loudly, "be quiet, be quiet. Listen to me, be quiet."

Sure enough, after this sentence, everyone calmed down and stared at him.

It was an old man over sixty or seventy who said, "you said you were sent by the county master. How can you prove it?"

"This is proof."

Bai Wenjing held up the thing in her hand. It was a talisman given to her by the county magistrate. The old man looked at it and said, "if it is true, we will obey the arrangement of madam. Madam, you will be busy with your affairs first. When I check the number of people here, I will report to you in person."

"Yes."

Bai Wenjing answered faintly, and then took the three next guys to the second cave.

After learning from the previous lessons, Bai Wenjing took out the talisman directly this time, and then said the same words as at the first hole, which really saved a lot of trouble.

When Bai Wenjing finished counting these caves, he found that there were forty-five caves. All the caves were dug in hidden places on the mountain. One cave could accommodate twenty or thirty people. Although the conditions were not very good, it could also have a safe shelter.

This is the total population of the town.

When she finished informing, the horizon had turned white, and each cave had come to report the quantity one by one. Bai Wenjing recorded the quantity of men, women, old and young on the paper, and then looked at Xue Baijun.

"Bai Jun, will you count this number?"

Bai Wenjing then directly handed the paper and pen to Xue Baijun. Xue Baijun was stunned when he saw what Xue Changan handed him. Especially after seeing the quantity written on it, he didn't know how to calculate the total. He knew that there were more than 20 people in just a cave.

Xue Baijun broke his fingers back and forth, but he didn't find out at all.

In the end, he was worried and said, "Mom, I can't count clearly. Mom, there are so many people, how can I count clearly."

Xue Baijun cried when he said so.

"Take your time."

Bai Wenjing whispered, took out a pen and marked the numbers separately, and then said, "let's go step by step. You see, these are the number of children, so let's count the children first, and then the elderly and women."

Xue Baijun nodded, frowned and said, "but I have paper and pen, but I don't have an abacus. Even if I have an abacus, I can't count."

Listening to the voice, Xue Baijun was very depressed. He looked at Bai Wenjing as if he had something to say.

"Do you still need to make it clear? Why can't you count?"

As soon as Xue Bonian heard this, he burst into tears and said, "Mom, it's my fault that I didn't study hard."

Bai Wenjing couldn't help laughing. Unexpectedly, Xue Bonian was the first to understand it.

Xue Xiaohua also carefully shook her arm and said, "Mom, I know I'm wrong. I still have to learn. Mom, will you let dad teach us more in the future?"

Some villagers couldn't see it anymore. They came out and said, "in fact, just call out all the people and count them."

Bai Wenjing said faintly, "the target is too big to be found by the enemy."

Xue Baijun said, "let's go to the cave and order all the children, then all the old people, and then all the women..."

"And then order everyone again?"

Bai Wenjing asks Xue Baijun. Xue Baijun stops talking.

The old man who opened his mouth stopped talking at this time. Bai Wenjing simply said, "uncle, your suggestions are very good. Please take my children with you to check them."

Xue Baijun was immediately happy when his mother accepted his suggestion. He raised his hand and said, "Bai Nian Xiaohua, you two come with me."

As soon as Xue Xiaohua heard this, she immediately hid beside Bai Wenjing: "I don't want to go, I want to be with my mother."

"Don't go."

Xue Baijun looked at Xue Baijun contemptuously and took Xue Bonian with the old man.

Bai Wenjing took a pen and directly worked out the formula. She got all the answers in less than a minute.

"All right."

Bai Wenjing clapped her hands and said, "there are 1918 children. There are 78 old people, 375 women and 503 men. The total number is 1154."

Xue Xiaohua was stunned. She covered her mouth with her hands, stared at her mother and said, "Mom, why are you so powerful?"