Yang Heshu couldn't help but look up and smile. This was why he liked the three of them—because their aspirations always found harmony, and people with similar ambitions tended to have similar understandings of the world.
The four were chatting merrily as they copied ledgers.
They picked their own ledgers to copy, having read and studied them before, which meant they had some recollection. People like Bai Shan and Manbao, with their excellent memories, could glance over the contents and remember them, then bury their heads in their writing. Therefore, their speed was much faster than when they had first organized and calculated the accounts, and it was also less mentally taxing.
So the study became lively, with the three chattering away and even drawing County Magistrate Yang, who was still examining their completed ledgers, into their conversation.
