Chapter 77

Chapter 77

~End of chapter 76

“Mu Qing, come out.”

She turned around and went back inside, and just as she was about to pick up the basket to go find Naduo and go out with her, that’s when she heard someone outside calling her name.

She could now understand some simple words and communicate with them in short syllables.

Chapter 77

(25.1)

Although Mu Qing and that woman had from the very beginning started on the wrong foot, but so many days had now passed, and apart from the ugly face that woman made when she was facing her, their interactions were peaceful and without quarrel. Seeing her being so flustered now, Mu Qing went forward to help her count, and very quickly counted the number of fruits in the basket.

There were one hundred and twenty, so she tied one knot indicating one hundred and one indicating twenty, on the ropes belonging to the woman in charge of collecting the things, and then drew three bars on the side. Mu Qing counted, once this woman gets another knot indicating one hundred, she could untie those ten knots and replace them with one knot indicating a thousand.

The line very quickly became short. The women finished handing over the things in their hands, touched Mu Qing’s forehead, and happily left. Here, touching the forehead was a gesture to express gratitude.

Mu Qing was a little worried that the woman in charge would blame her for being nosy. But when she saw her appearing relieved, while looking at Mu Qing’s face with a strange expression, similar to admiration, also a little reluctant to admit defeat, but without any malice, Mu Qing let go of her worries, smiled at her, and handed hers and Naduo’s things, before going back.

It was probably because her reputation for being good at calculations had spread, so these days she and the woman in charge were doing the counting together, and the woman’s attitude towards her was getting more and more polite. Then, when Li Mang learned of it, he looked at her just like the first time he saw the telescope, and for the first time in her life, Mu Qing knew the feeling of being worshiped, and by such a strong man.

Although she felt a little ashamed for being put on a pedestal even thought she only knew a little more math than them, but her mood was good. She even thought that after some time, when she and they could communicate smoothly, she would teach the children here Arabic numerals and simple arithmetic, after all, it was very helpful for daily life.

Translator : Laura

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