But does Old Master Bai know how to weigh?
Of course, he doesn't. He has to use a dou measure!
Still immersed in excitement, Manbao had yet to notice the problem and was happily calling her brothers to bring out the chairs, stools, and the table. She was going to do the accounts in a moment.
Naturally, she was to do it with two little friends.
Old Zhou and Eldest Uncle Qian and the others understood immediately, but they didn't feel too sorry. After all, Manbao had mentioned from the start that it was one hundred and fifty wen per dou.
They had no idea that Manbao had originally talked to Old Master Bai about weighing by the jin; if they knew, they would've been extremely upset.
As elders who paid tribute to the imperial court every year, they might be illiterate and not so good at arithmetic, but they knew the difference between measure by the dou and weighing by the jin.
