He has participated several times, and last time he was two points away from making the third prize list.

It’s not that easy to win the China Cup.

Ding Qiang is very confident that he will win the award this time, as for Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong who are participating in the competition for the first time.

Ding Qiang sneered in his heart, thinking that most of them were just there to watch.

Ma Xiangdong actually instructed him to take good care of Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong and pass on his experience to them.

Ding Qiang would never do such a stupid thing. He had long regarded Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian as his opponents and hoped that they would be eliminated in the preliminary round next month.

In front of Ma Xiangdong, Ding Qiang was very enthusiastic towards Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong, and told them everything he knew.

Do your best to play the role of a responsible and good squad leader.

Even Ma Xiangdong couldn't help but nodded to him.

But once Ma Xiangdong left his sight, Ding Qiang would stay away from the two of them, showing a cold attitude of "Don't ask me, I won't answer even if you ask me."

Pei Tiantian was amused by the speed at which this guy's expression changed.

This Ding Qiang is so boring. Isn’t he tired of acting?

At noon, Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong went to Xie Jiagui's restaurant as usual.

Once the small bowl dishes were introduced in the restaurant, they became a huge success.

Because food is served more efficiently, restaurants are now more organized than before.

There won't be a noisy scene of a group of people shouting at the boss to serve the food.

And students can eat a wider variety of dishes with less money than before.

Now there are more middle school students eating here.

Other restaurants in the town followed suit and started making small dishes.

However, since their dishes did not taste as good as those made by Xie Jiagui, most of the customers still flocked to Xie Jiagui's restaurant.

Xie Jiagui was very grateful to Pei Tiantian. Not only did he buy her and Gu Rong a big bag of White Rabbit milk candies, he also increased Zhou Wanhong's salary.

Pei Tiantian did not reject Xie Jiagui's kindness. She looked around the restaurant lobby and said, "Uncle Xie, have you ever thought about opening a store in the city?"

Xie Jiagui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm just a small restaurant, how can I compare to those big restaurants in the city."

Pei Tiantian shook her head. "No matter how magnificent a restaurant is, if the food is not delicious, no one will eat there. Uncle Xie, your food has received unanimous praise from everyone, which shows that your food is competitive in the market. Why don't you open a restaurant in a place with more traffic? This way you can make more money."

Xie Jiagui was shocked when he heard this.

Pei Tiantian's tone of voice doesn't sound like that of a six-year-old child at all. Instead, it sounds like that of a mature and experienced businessman.

But this also woke him up, and Xie Jiagui reacted.

Yes, why had he never thought of opening his own restaurant in the city?

Xie Jiagui was thinking about his current savings. He thought that if he worked hard for another half a year, he would be able to pay off all his previous foreign debts. If he worked harder and saved more money, he could rent a shop in the city and continue to run the restaurant.

Although the rent would definitely be more expensive than in town, the cost of living in the city was higher. He remembered that when he went to a restaurant in the city, a bowl of noodles cost two dollars.

In town, he only sold a bowl of noodles for 80 cents.

Xie Jiagui felt a little overwhelmed.

It seems that all this is not unfeasible.

Pei Tiantian saw Xie Jiagui was in deep thought, so she said, "Uncle Xie, please think about it carefully."

During the afternoon class, she and Gu Rong brought a big bag of candy back to school and gave one to each of the students.

The classmates in the class were very happy. They didn’t expect Pei Tiantian to be so generous.

They are not so lucky to be able to eat White Rabbit Milk Candy often.

Many people can only eat a few of them when they visit relatives during the Chinese New Year.

So the classmates all followed and shouted "Thank you Tiantian".

Because of this bag of candy, Pei Tiantian's impression in the minds of her classmates quickly rose to an extremely high level.

Some girls who had previously disliked Pei Tiantian for being too young now took the initiative to become friends with her.

For girls at this age, the most important way to be friends is to go to the toilet together. The friendships among little girls are all developed in the toilet.

"Tiantian, do you want to go to the bathroom?"

"Let's go to the bathroom together?"

After every get out of class, someone would call her to go to the bathroom together.

While going to the toilet, Pei Tiantian was deeply impressed by a girl named Fang Yun in her class.

Because every time she went to the toilet, Fang Yun would complain to them in various ways about Ding Qiang.

Fang Yun is the deputy monitor of the class, and Ding Qiang is the class monitor.

Ding Qiang always uses the title of squad leader to push all the work to Fang Yun, and then takes all the credit for himself in front of Ma Xiangdong.

Fang Yun didn't realize it at first, but after being taken advantage of by Ding Qiang several times, she finally came to her senses.

Fang Yun has a bad temper and can't stand this kind of anger, so she quarrels with Ding Qiang almost every day.

"Tiantian, I heard that you and your brother are going to participate in the China Cup. You must work hard and try to get a higher score than Ding Qiang! Help me to curb his arrogance, so that he won't always be self-righteous and think that he is the smartest in the class!" Fang Yun said to Pei Tiantian.

Pei Tiantian raised her little face and smiled, "Sister Fang Yun, we will work hard."

After school in the afternoon, Ma Xiangdong told Pei Tiantian about the concentrated training.

The school attaches great importance to the China Cup Competition and has specially organized a one-week after-school training, bringing together those students from each class who have registered for the China Cup Competition to work on and discuss exercises.

Although Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong felt that it didn't matter whether they attended the intensive training or not, they still went under Ma Xiangdong's urging.

There were not many people in the classroom, only about twenty people from several grades combined.

After all, the registration fee of ten yuan is still relatively expensive for many people.

Most of them are classmates and sit together.

Ma Xiangdong led Ding Qiang, Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong to sit in the first row, three consecutive seats.

All the math teachers in the school take turns explaining Olympiad math problems to these students.

After making the arrangements, Ma Xiangdong left because he was not supposed to give a lecture today.

The teacher who came was a stranger. He first gave everyone questions and then gave everyone time to do them.

The first question was a bit difficult and everyone worked very slowly.

Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong finished quickly and were the first to put down their pens.

Pei Tiantian poked Gu Rong with her little fleshy hand, and Gu Rong turned his head. The two compared their answers, and they both got 4.

However, Ding Qiang, who was sitting next to him, scratched his head and cheeks, and after a long time, he slowly put down his pen.

Pei Tiantian turned her head and took a look at his question book, and laughed as soon as she saw it.

I thought this guy was so amazing, but he got the first one wrong.

Unexpectedly, Ding Qiang noticed Pei Tiantian's gaze very keenly. He reacted strongly and quickly covered the answer with his palm, then glared at Pei Tiantian, "Stay away from me, don't even think about asking me to copy it for you!"

Pei Tiantian: “…”