Under the starlight, there was a piece of paper, two pieces of paper, three pieces of paper on the table by the west window …
Chen Pipi's eyes widened as he looked at the densely packed small characters on the paper. He felt his scalp tingle and wondered what kind of title this was. There were actually three whole paragraphs of characters written on it. Subconsciously, he began to read from the beginning,
"Haotian's light shines on the world, and cares for all living creatures like a cattle herder. If you think you are a little smart, you can try to calculate the number of cattle herded by Haotian."
"The cattle gather in the Kaiping market in the north of the Tang Empire. They are divided into four groups and pass through the city gate to leisurely graze on the grassland of the barbarians. The first group is as white as silk, the second group is shining with black luster, the third group is brown and yellow, and the fourth group is colorful. There are males and females in each group, and there are many and few of them."
"Let me tell you the proportion of the bulls in each group: the number of white bulls is equal to the number of brown bulls, plus one-third and half of the number of black bulls. In addition, the number of black bulls is equal to one-fourth and one-fifth of the number of colorful bulls, plus all the brown bulls … When the brown bulls and colorful bulls are together, they form a triangle, and no bull dares to break in …"
"Please tell me the exact number of cattle in each group, and add an explanation: I solved this question when I was seven years old."
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In the following time, Chen Pipi stared at the dense ink marks on the paper, and began to bite the pen, scratch his head and hair, smash his legs, pursed his lips, gasped, licked the pen tip, began to calculate, gave up, and then continued to bite the pen, scratch his head and hair, smash his legs, pursed his lips, gasped, and cursed in a low voice. He did not leave until late at night.
The Back Mountain of the Academy was shrouded in a faint mist in the early morning. The stone square was surrounded by a few thin fences, and one could faintly hear the sound of roosters pecking at their food nearby. Occasionally, there were some voices of reading and questioning coming from the school deep in the stone square.
The fog gradually dispersed, and Chen Pipi dragged his fat body out. His eyes were bloodshot after staring for a whole night, and his hair, which was usually tied up tightly, was fluffy and messy like a pile of grass pulled by a chicken. He looked extremely embarrassed, not like a poor child who had been scolded by his mother for a whole night, but more like a poor child who had been scolded by his mother with a stick.
Chen Pipi walked to the door of the school and listened to the questions being asked inside. Thinking of his usual arrogance, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. However, the urge to solve the question won over the possible humiliation. He gritted his teeth and pushed the door open. Without looking around, he respectfully bowed to the people around him.
A moment later, a few shocked and mocking laughter rang out in the study room.
"There are actually math problems in this world that our Junior Brother doesn't understand?"
"Even a genius like you can't solve this problem. How can we solve it?"
"Pipi … don't be naughty."
At this moment, a person appeared at the door of the study room, and the laughter in the room suddenly stopped. Everyone, including Chen Pipi, quickly stood up and bowed respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Second Brother."
The person who was addressed as Second Senior Brother was tall, wearing a rather ancient hat and an ordinary summer uniform of the Academy. However, there was a satin belt woven from golden threads tied around his waist. He had dashing eyebrows and handsome eyes, and his expression was solemn and square. His entire body exuded an air of strict observance of etiquette. Standing there, he seemed as unshakable as a palace.
"The season of the year is in spring. It's still the end of spring, and it's not summer yet. You're already lax again! The season of the year is in the morning. Now it's just morning, and you're already laughing and joking again. How improper! "
Everyone knew that Second Brother had such a proud and polite temperament, and they were even more nervous when facing him than when facing the Headmaster of Academy and Eldest Brother. Fortunately, they had long been used to such clichés, so they didn't take it seriously and just responded with a smile.
Chen Pipi couldn't pretend to be stupid. He smiled awkwardly, tidied up his messy scalp as fast as he could under the stern gaze of Second Brother, and pulled his wrinkled uniform hard. Then he coughed twice and walked forward, handing the pieces of paper in his hand to Second Brother very respectfully.
"You got A + in six subjects in the academy entrance exam, and there are math problems that you can't solve?"
Second Brother took the three pieces of paper with a slight frown and glanced at them. They said the same sentence, but it was not to laugh at Chen Pipi, but to be a little confused. Who made the problem that embarrassed a genius like Youngest Brother to this extent?
"Hmm?"
After quickly reading the problems on the paper, Second Brother frowned more and more, and his thin lips curled up. After a long while, he said, "This … Who made the damn problem? The algorithm is too troublesome, and I don't know how long it will take to figure it out. I'm going to study ancient rites these days, and I don't have time to play with you. You can figure it out yourself. "
After saying this, Second Brother flicked his sleeves, put his hands on the golden silk belt around his waist, and proudly turned to leave the study room. He went straight to the direction of the fog-shrouded fence outside the door.
The study room was silent, and all the students looked at Second Brother's back in astonishment. They thought that Second Brother, who hid his absolute pride with seriousness, would also use this method to avoid a fight? Thinking of Second Brother's usual serious behavior, some people wanted to laugh, but immediately raised their hands to cover their mouths, for fear that Second Brother would hear their laughter.
Chen Pipi looked at Second Brother's gradually disappearing back, and his expression became even uglier. His fat face twitched and undulated, and he ran to the door and cried, "Senior Brother! You should at least give me some ideas! "
At this time, Second Brother slowly walked out of the stone platform with strict and square steps, like an emperor on the stage. Hearing Chen Pipi's pleading, he didn't look back, but raised his hand impatiently, and angrily rebuked, "I said I won't figure it out, so I won't. I don't know how big the number of this damn problem will be … Not to mention Kaiping Market, even the whole Tang Empire can't put down so many cows. I'm curious about where Haotian's ranch is!"
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"Well, I admit that I can't figure out this damn problem, but I don't believe you can, especially when you were seven years old. Unless you tell me the answer immediately, I will think that you are acting shamelessly. To tell you the truth, acting shamelessly to me in the Academy, especially to someone who is angry out of shame today, will cause very serious consequences. This is not a warning, but a friendly reminder. "
Next to the table by the west window, Ning Que's right foot stepped on the chair, and his right arm rested on the windowsill, supporting his chin. He read that guy's message with great interest, and his eyebrows raised proudly from time to time. When he saw the four words "angry out of shame", he couldn't help laughing out loud, which made the female professor by the east window frown and look at him.
Ning Que hurriedly sat up straight, and then continued to read that guy's message.
He didn't know who was the person who was angry out of shame in the message, and thought that it was just an excuse to save face. If he knew that the person who was angered by his Archimedes Ox-Splitting Problem was the legendary Second Brother of the Second floor, he didn't know whether he would laugh more happily or break out in a cold sweat.
As for the guy's accusation of acting shamelessly, Ning Que didn't care at all. As a former problem-solving patient with Stockholm Syndrome, he knew very well the pain and annoyance of looking at a problem and not being able to find the answer. The guy's accusation was nothing more than an urgent need to know the answer.
"Do you want to know the answer to this problem? It's very simple. First tell me the answer to your medicine decoction problem, and then we will call this a draw. If you are not convinced, we can continue later. "
Outside the window, the spring scenery was in its last bloom, and the young cicadas were desperately chirping. Ning Que shook his head and chuckled. He rolled up his sleeves, poured water into the pot, ground the ink, and put the brush on the inkstone. Then he wrote the above words on the paper.
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On the night of the second day, the horse carriage left the Academy, passed through the Vermilion Bird Gate in the south of Chang 'an, and drove to Lin 47th Street in the Eastern City. It stopped in front of the Old Brush Pen Shop. Ning Que turned around and thanked the coachman before walking into the shop.
The shop door was closed, and Sangsang came out with a bowl of hot and sour noodle slice soup left in the morning. She put it in front of Ning Que along with chopsticks and a towel, and then took out a plate of vinegar-soaked cabbage head and a plate of cold mixed with three kinds of shredded vegetables from under the table.
After studying hard in the Academy for a whole day, Ning Que had to eat leftovers and pickled vegetables at home. He thought to himself, "Anyway, we are people with two thousand taels of silver. How can we treat ourselves so harshly?" If it were any other day, he might have directly taught the little handmaiden a lesson. However, he was in a good mood today, so he just shook his head and picked up the chopsticks to eat with relish. He also asked a few questions about the shop's business today.
Sangsang had already eaten in the afternoon, and now she was sitting beside him. Her thin arms were placed on the table, and her dark little face was resting on her arms. She tilted her head and stared at Ning Que's face with her willowy eyes. After a while, she asked curiously, "Young master, are you in a good mood today?"
"Yes." Ning Que picked up a piece of blackened cabbage head and threw it into his mouth. He chewed it and frowned painfully because of the sour taste. He answered vaguely, "Recently, I met a very interesting guy in the Academy."
Sangsang heard that he had made a new friend in the Academy and smiled happily. She tilted her little face and asked with concern, "Is it a classmate? Is it a man or a woman? "
Ning Que looked at the little handmaiden's face and was slightly startled. He moved the tip of his chopsticks in the warm hot and sour noodle slice soup. After a while, he hesitated and said, "I haven't seen him before, but … he should be a man?"
"No."
Thinking of the obscene metaphor the first time he left the message, he shook his head and said resolutely, "It shouldn't be. That guy must be a man, and he must be a wretched wretched man who has suffered many times at the hands of women."
"Wretched and wretched …" Sangsang began to think and wrinkled her nose. "They don't seem to be the same thing."
"Wretched is his experience, wretched is his temperament." Ning Que explained seriously.
Sangsang sat up and asked curiously, "Does it mean that he is ugly?"
"As I said just now, I haven't seen him."
Ning Que took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to her. He said, "There are several herbs on the paper, as well as the method of decocting and cutting them. Go to the pharmacy tomorrow to get the herbs, and then come back to fix it yourself. Remember, don't let others see it."
Sangsang took it and asked with a frown, "Why can't others see it?"
Ning Que thought of the guy who left him a message in the old library and couldn't help laughing. He said, "If I am right, that guy should be a student of the Second floor of the Academy. This prescription must be an exquisite secret prescription from the Second floor. Since you and I have secretly taken advantage of that guy, it is better not to let others know."
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(Note: This question is about Archimedes dividing the cow. Because it is too long, I can't write it all out. If I did, it would be too easy for me to write this chapter. Haha. You can find out by searching on Google. My understanding of mathematics is just like Ning Que's understanding of cultivation. There are many things that I don't understand. If there are any problems, and if there are students who study mathematics, you can just release me like that kind of gas. This is also the first disclaimer of Jiang Ye. (20111023241 revised) (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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