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Su Zhi jumped in fright. Instinctively, she retreated until she bumped into the corner of the table behind her. The pain made her grimace, but it was difficult for her to flare up.

After all, stealing a peek at someone being caught was not something to be proud of.

"Are you alright?"

Seeing that she didn't look well, Xiao Qian stood up to check on her injuries.

"Don't worry about it, General."

Su Zhi sucked in a breath of cold air and repeatedly refused.

Xiao Qian didn't force it and the tent wasn't big. He could faintly smell a familiar sweet fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose.

Su Zhi's chest rose up and down from the pain, as she panted incessantly.

Xiao Qian felt a bit unnatural. When he thought back to last night, his ears turned red.

Su Zhi rubbed her sore spot. Su Zhi didn't notice Xiao Qian's strangeness and continued, "There's nothing important in Japan today. I heard that the general has been handling military matters all night. I want to see if there's anything I can do to help."

Xiao Qian glanced through the account books for the entire night before reading a few pages. He couldn't help but rub his nose.

"It's best if you can help."

Without being rejected, Su Zhi brought over a small stool from the side, sat herself down in front of the desk, and used her slender fingers to quickly move the abacus up and down.

"Why don't I give you a list of ninety-nine times multiplication method?"

Su Zhi said.

Xiao Qian looked over in confusion.

What the hell was that?

"Or simple operations and laws? It's all very simple, even children know how to do it. "

Xiao Qian was silent. He was shocked by Su Zhi's expression, which was clearly full of common sense.

Although he was a martial general, he had studied proper books before, and even though he had not studied the Four Books and Five Classics very well, he still understood the general principles. As for Su Zhi's simple calculation, he truly did not know a thing.

Xiao Qian looked thoughtfully at the innocent looking woman in front of him. He had the nagging feeling that she wasn't an ordinary mountain village woman.

The general did not speak, and Su Zhi did not know why. She bit her pen and, before he could signal her, continued with the accounting.

When within a hundred times add, subtract, multiply, and divide, the result can be easily calculated without the need of a click-clack abacus.

"Wait a minute, if you were to calculate in this place, how did you end up flipping a page?" The man suddenly spoke up.

Su Zhi blinked her eyes, but then turned to the previous page and puzzledly said, "This page has already been calculated. "The garrison city has given out grain a total of 11 times, and each time, there would be 4,611 stones, right? Then, we can just multiply it by 11 and get a total of 5,0611 stones, right?"

Xiao Qian was stunned, but he quickly took the abacus and calculated it. The result was indeed correct.

He looked at Su Zhi in shock and opened his mouth to speak.

Su Zhi shrugged her shoulders indifferently. 11 was a miraculous number. No matter how complex the multiplier was, it could be calculated verbally.

The simple truth was that any misplaced numbers were the result.

"You … You worked in an accounting office before? "

"Is that so, my university, cough, my … "I inadvertently received the teachings of an old mister and was told these simple calculation methods. The general is interested in them, so I can teach you."

That was close! He had almost said that he was a major in university.

What relative mass energy equation, Newton's second law... This was just a small matter.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to thank Madam Su first."

In the past, when the military's accounts were being investigated at the end of the year, he would always be in the top two. If he could learn Su Zhi's method, it would be much easier.

"Alright, I'll take the general as my disciple."

Su Zhi narrowed her almond eyes and chuckled. This was nothing. She knew a lot of things. If she wanted to learn, she would have to see how good your perception was!

The thick stack of account books was finished with no effort at all.

Su Zhi arranged the various data on the white paper and discussed some bad debts with Xiao Qian.

After the time it took to make another half a cup of tea, Su Zhi thought to herself that it was about time. She would have to busy herself with lunch. The remaining two accounts would be ready by tomorrow at the latest.

The faint sound of wailing could be heard from outside the tent. Su Zhi quivered. After being away for so long, she had even forgotten that Little Dou was causing trouble.

"Young wife Su, your child …"

"Mother ~"

Su Zhi was in a very difficult situation. She closed the account book and said apologetically, "General, please forgive me. My child is still young …"

"No problem, Mo Qi will let them in."

Only with permission did the soldiers guarding the camp dare to let them through.

The curtain was lifted, and A Jin, who had an uneasy expression, apologized, "Say hello to the general. My sister is crying because she doesn't see my mother. She's still young and insensible, please don't be angry."

"I don't blame you. This general was wrong."

The bean bun struggled to fall from A Jin's arms, with a face covered in tears and a snot.

Su Zhi loved her child dearly and did not have the heart to scold him. Seeing that Xiao Qian's attitude was calm, she relaxed.

"Good child, come here."

The two year old child held his mouth in grievance. His eyes were red and wet as he ran towards the two of them.

As expected, it was her own child. This crying appearance truly made Su Zhi's eyes ache. She really wanted to hug him and make him cackle.

"Bean bun …"

Su Zhi was still thinking about how to coax the child when Xiao Budian turned in front of her and threw himself into Xiao Qian's embrace. He even called out in a childish voice, "Daddy ~"

This... They were indeed the children of their own family, without a doubt.

She was wondering why Little Dou Wu always mistook this man for her father. Could it be that Xiao Qian's temperament was similar to her father's?

"Little Dou Bao, don't call me that. You have to call me General. Come and say it to Mother, General ~"

The snowy-ball-like child gave her a serious look. He frowned as he couldn't see clearly, but then turned his head to look at the extraordinarily handsome man behind him.