"Hey, young man, what are these? How much are they?" an old man came over and asked.

Shen Yizhi swallowed the meat in his mouth and said crisply: "Uncle, these are braised dishes, including braised meat cubes, braised chicken wings, braised dried shrimps, braised peanuts..."

Then she quoted the price again: "Meat dishes are 30 coins per pound, and vegetables are 10 coins per pound. You can try them first and buy them if you like them."

Shen Yizhi motioned to Shen Xing to hand over the bowl, which had a few toothpicks stuck in it.

Convenient for guests to eat.

The old man forked a piece of braised meat into his mouth. As he chewed, his expression changed. "Well, give me a pound of this braised meat."

He also tried other braised dried fish and braised peanuts, and they all tasted good! No problem, buy it! "Uncle, the total is 50 coins. Since you are our first customer today, we will give you a discount. You only need to pay 48 coins."

The old man took out the money happily.

Finally, Shen Xing added some more stuff to it.

As soon as the old man left, others gathered around him and said, "Let me have a taste too."

“I want one too!”

After tasting it, everyone said it was delicious.

Shen Xing skillfully packed the braised food in an oil paper bag and handed it to the customer, while Shen Yizhi was responsible for collecting the money and making the change.

The brother and sister had a clear division of labor, but even so, they were still a little flustered.

A luxurious carriage passed by the street in front of Penglai Pavilion. In the carriage sat a plump white boy. He was dozing off when he suddenly smelled a strong salty aroma. He immediately became alert and ordered the driver, "Stop!"

He jumped out of the car and followed the smell.

The servant boy followed behind and shouted, "Master, we are going to be late!"

Unfortunately, his master was only focused on eating and completely ignored his cries.

The young man came to the alley next to Penglai Pavilion and saw a lot of people gathered in front of a stall.

That's right, that smell is coming from here! He squeezed in and tasted the various stewed dishes in the bowls. He was immediately amazed and waved his hand: "Give me two, no, three pounds of each."

Shen Yizhi took a look and saw that he was a chubby and cute little boy, and he must be a big customer.

Shen Xing skillfully packed the braised food for him and handed it to him. The boy took it and hugged it tightly.

Shen Yizhi offered: "The total price is 510 wen. Since you bought so much, I will give you a decimal point. Just give me 500 wen."

Just at this moment, the book boy came over and said, "Xiao Shunzi, give me the money."

Xiao Shunzi handed over a piece of silver, about one or two taels. Shen Yizhi gave him the change and gave him a sweet smile: "Little brother, welcome to visit us next time."

Hey, this little girl is quite interesting.

The young man, Zhou Da, touched her head, nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, if it tastes good, I will definitely come again."

Xiao Shunzi tugged at his sleeve and said, "Sir, we are really going to be late. The first class today is Master Wang's. If you are late, you will be in trouble."

Zhou Da's face suddenly changed when he heard this: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

No matter how hard I tried, I was still late.

Zhou Da ran to the classroom panting, only to find that Master Wang had already arrived and was standing on the podium.

My heart skipped a beat. I was in trouble!

Master Wang glanced over slowly and asked, "Why did the Third Prince come only now?"

Zhou Da immediately laughed out loud, with a bitter look on his face: "Master, I accidentally had a stomachache this morning, so I'm late. Please forgive me."

Master Wang glanced at the sauce on the corner of his mouth and asked meaningfully, "Really?"

Zhou Da subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked it.

Master Wang's eyes twitched, "Come in."

Zhou Da suddenly felt as if he had been pardoned, and quickly walked to his seat and sat down.

Pei Fei, who was sitting behind him, threw a ball of paper over. Zhou Da covered it with his sleeve, opened the book and stood it upright in front of him, then opened the ball of paper: "What delicious food did you come across again? Share it after class."

As a friend, how could Pei Fei not know Zhou Da's character? Every time something went wrong, it was definitely related to eating.

This time is definitely no exception.

Thinking of the delicious stewed food, Zhou Da couldn't help but drooling, and replied on the note: "Okay, okay."

He handed the note over.

Pei Fei took the note, but before he could open it, Mr. Wang suddenly coughed a few times. He immediately sat up straight and pretended to be attending class seriously.

Master Wang felt tired and couldn't help but look at Gu Xueting behind Pei Fei.

These three people have been together for many years, so why is Gu Xueting so outstanding? He always ranks first in his studies, and he is well-behaved in class and never slacks off.

Not like the other two!

Being late for class! Passing notes openly! Dozing off! It's just a bad record.

In fact, Gu Xueting was not as obedient and honest as he thought, he just pretended.

Just like at this moment, he seemed to be sitting upright, listening to the lecture, but in fact his mind was wandering somewhere else.

But he had a unique skill of doing two things at once. Even when he was distracted, he could still hear everything the teacher said.

"How did you do in reciting the article 'Xunzi's Encouragement to Learning' that I asked you to recite yesterday?" Master Wang glanced at the students.

However, everyone buried their heads like quails and did not dare to look him in the eye.

When Master Wang saw this, he knew that these people must not have even touched the books when they went home yesterday! However, there must be one exception among them -

"Xingzhou, you recite it again."

"yes."

Gu Xueting collected his wild thoughts, stood up, and said in a loud voice: "A gentleman says: learning should never stop. Blue is derived from indigo, but it is bluer than indigo; ice is made of water, but it is colder than water... A gentleman's learning enters his ears, is imprinted on his heart, spreads to his four limbs, and manifests in his movements and stillness... Therefore, power cannot be overthrown, the masses cannot be moved, and the world cannot be shaken... The sky sees its brightness, the earth sees its light, and a gentleman values ​​its integrity."

The entire article of Encouraging Learning consisted of nearly 2,000 words, but Gu Xueting recited it very fluently without stuttering at all. His voice was varied in pitch and full of emotion, and Master Wang could not stop nodding his head as he listened.

But in fact? Gu Xueting did not flip through the book when he returned. He just flipped through all the pages when he got the book and then wrote it down.

This photographic memory often makes Pei Fei and Zhou Da, two poor students, envious.

It is obvious that this little friend is as uneducated as them, but because he has a good memory and a smart brain, he is admired by his classmates and valued by his teachers.

Gu Xueting is a recognized academic genius, and the two of them, poor students, are not worthy of playing with him!

Of course, this is just other people's opinion, and the two of them have no awareness at all.

Regardless of whether they learn good or bad things, they are destined to be rich and prosperous in their lives.

So, why bother studying so hard?