Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 171: The Medicinal Herb Dispute

"Miss Shen!"

The newly arrived accountant, Lin Sheng, saw her and quickly greeted her with a smile.

Shen Qinglan slightly nodded her head toward him.

"Why haven’t I seen Shopkeeper Tang?"

She looked around but didn’t see Shopkeeper Tang’s figure.

"Miss, you’re here at an inopportune time." The accountant smiled and said, "Just now, Adviser Liu came and took Shopkeeper Tang away, saying there was something to ask about."

Shen Qinglan didn’t need to think to know it must be related to today’s events.

She nodded slightly, returned to the counter, picked up the already filled account book, and began calculating the subtotals and totals.

"I’ve always heard Shopkeeper Tang say that Miss Shen’s mental arithmetic is exceptionally good. Seeing it today, it truly is remarkable."

Usually, when Shen Qinglan arrived, Lin Sheng had already finished work.

He often heard old Tang speak of Shen Qinglan’s calculation speed, and he felt it was somewhat exaggerated.

But only today did he realize it wasn’t old Tang exaggerating excessively; Shen Qinglan indeed has that capability.

The account books that usually took him half a day to compute were completed by Shen Qinglan within a matter of moments. It was astonishing.

No wonder old Tang always praised her.

"Not too bad!" Shen Qinglan said calmly.

Lin Sheng said, "I wonder how Miss Shen accomplishes it? Could you teach me?"

"It’s inherent."

Shen Qinglan truly couldn’t teach this; she discovered this mental arithmetic ability after transmigrating here.

Teaching him multiplication tables was fine, but this mental arithmetic skill was probably unteachable.

"I see!"

What Shen Qinglan said, Lin Sheng believed.

After all, Shen Qinglan was only fourteen years old. He was in his thirties and had been calculating for ten years without achieving that. If told it wasn’t inherent, he wouldn’t believe it.

Shen Qinglan finished calculating, and it was already near the hour of the rooster.

The restaurant had no more customers, and after tidying up, Lin Sheng left early.

Just as Shen Qinglan put away the account book, old Tang returned leisurely.

"Is the accounting done?" Old Tang asked with a smile.

Shen Qinglan nodded, "Mm."

"Did you today..."

Old Tang seemed to want to ask something, but finally shook his head, saying, "Forget it, the town isn’t peaceful lately; Miss Shen, you should go home early."

"Shopkeeper Tang, do you know what the Heavenly Killer Sect does?"

As soon as Shen Qinglan spoke, old Tang couldn’t help but look up at her.

"Did you... encounter them?"

Shen Qinglan nodded, "I did, when sending Duan Yunfei and the others back."

Old Tang was slightly shocked, "Were you hurt?"

"No." Shen Qinglan shook her head slightly, "When I saw everyone running, I followed and ran too."

Old Tang was relieved upon hearing this.

"That’s good!" He said, "The Heavenly Killer Sect is a renowned assassin sect in Jianghu, full of experts. Once they accept a client’s deposit, they will assist the entrusting party in assassinating the targeted individual. If the assassination fails, not only will the deposit be returned in full, the dispatched assassin will also end their own life."

Seeing her listening attentively, old Tang continued, "If I’m not mistaken, this time the client should be someone from Haoyue Manor."

Shen Qinglan was unfamiliar with Haoyue Manor and not very interested; she just wanted to understand the Heavenly Killer Sect.

But she still followed old Tang’s words and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Old Tang said, "A few days ago, Yongning Manor ordered a batch of precious medicinal materials from the Medicine Sect. Coincidentally, Haoyue Manor wanted the same batch, but was rejected by the Medicine Sect’s sect leader because Yongning Manor had already ordered them in advance."

"Haoyue Manor and Yongning Manor have always been rivals; this is known throughout Jianghu."

"Yongning Manor jumped ahead to get the medicinal materials; they’re surely upset, and in turn, they’ve come to resent the people from the Medicine Sect too. That’s why they hired the Heavenly Killer Sect to assassinate the Medicine Sect’s eldest young son, but it seems they failed in the end."

Shen Qinglan knew nothing about these Jianghu sects, but after hearing old Tang say all this, she got a general idea.