Chapter 595: Jealousy (Thanks to the tip from book friend "Al Pacino")
Kang Xiaodong nodded subconsciously, then shook his head. Thinking that he should be the person in the class who was most familiar with Bai Shan, he nodded again.
Seeing him nodding and shaking his head, Wei Chen asked, "Do you have a stiff neck?"
Kang Xiaodong was speechless for a moment, then he looked at his classmates around him and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so familiar with Brother Bai...?"
Although they have only known each other for two days, Kang Xiaodong has already fully understood Bai Shan's arrogance. That is real arrogance.
The academic officer in charge of their class ridiculed him in the first class, but Bai Shan retorted during his self-introduction, not giving in at all, which made the academic officer so angry that his nose was about to smoke.
Then some classmates took the lead in isolating him and even secretly teased him. If it were any other twelve-year-old boy, no, even any other adult classmates would probably be terrified, but he was not.
The whole person felt like a hedgehog that was pricked all over. Anyway, after yesterday's open and secret struggles, neither side benefited.
Although the incident didn't reach the schoolmaster, all the classmates knew that the youngest boy sitting at the back was not someone to be trifled with.
In the entire class, Kang Xiaodong is the only one who can talk to Bai Shan, and that's because they knew each other when they entered school the day before yesterday.
However, Kang Xiaodong himself admired Bai Shan very much. Although he was the last one to pass the exam, to be honest, he had seen his paper.
It was because he was ranked 146th and the other two were ranked almost the same, so he looked through all the papers of the people behind him.
Even if he had selfish motives, he had to admit that Bai Shan's paper was better than his overall. If it weren't for the last mention, he arrogantly asked the examiners back, he could have entered Class B3.
That was why, when so many people targeted Bai Shan yesterday, he stood up to persuade them, because he felt that although the kid was a little arrogant, he was capable.
Besides, he was not being arrogant towards these students. He was being arrogant towards the examiners and academic officials. Why were they joining in the fun here?
He thought he was the person who knew Bai Shan best in the class, but now looking at the snacks in Wei Chen's hand, he became a little uncertain.
Many people pricked up their ears along with Kang Xiaodong, and everyone wanted to know when the two of them became so familiar with each other?
Wei Chen felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. He held the snack in his hand and asked, "What's wrong? Aren't we classmates? That's why I went to visit Brother Bai's house yesterday."
Kang Xiaodong felt quite uncomfortable, as if he had invited him but not me, feeling sad and resentful.
Bai Shanbao ignored them. He laid out his books, writing brushes, paper, and inkstone one by one, then opened the first book, began to read it for the first time, and then tried to punctuate it.
Meanwhile, Manbao had just finished reading the text he had learned yesterday and writing the big characters he was supposed to write that morning. He put them all aside and looked at Mr. Zhuang. "Sir, the bookstore is open now. I'm going to buy two books."
Mr. Zhuang looked at her for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "Go ahead. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back."
Manbao responded, and Zhou Lijun followed her. "Auntie, are the books more expensive here or in the county town?"
Manbao had never really thought about this, but now she thought about it and said, "Common books seem to be the same price. Less commonly used books and some miscellaneous books seem to be more expensive in the county."
"But the price isn't the most important thing. Books have always been expensive anyway," Manbao said. "The key is that there are very few books in the county. It wasn't until I came to the provincial capital that I realized there are so many books in the world."
Zhou Lijun: "A lot?"
Manbao nodded affirmatively, "A lot!"
Not long after that, Zhou Lijun saw the bookstore in Yizhou City. It was really...huge.
Manbao said, "This is just one of them. There are four bookstores like this in Yizhou City. I've only been to two of them."
Because the other two stores are a bit far from here, Manbao has not been able to visit those places yet.
The books to be taught in the provincial school this year are very common. "The Book of Changes", "The Spring and Autumn Annals" and "The Book of Rites" are the most important courses, in addition to "The Book of History" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".
However, Manbao and her classmates have already studied "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals" with Mr. Zhuang, and she has copied both books. This time, she mainly came to buy three books including "The Book of History", as well as other books that are on the schedule but occupy a very small proportion.
Although it accounts for a small proportion, it is still something to learn.
Manbao had just helped Wei Chen look for the books yesterday and was very familiar with their locations. As soon as she entered the bookstore, she went straight to the bookshelf and found the books she was missing in no time.
The young man was stunned.
It was early in the morning, the bookstore had just opened, and there was no one inside. Manbao came in and bought several books. They were so familiar with each other that the shop assistant couldn't help but ask her, "Are you reselling books?"
Manbao: "...Buy it here at the original price and then sell it at a higher price? Who would be so stupid as to buy from me? Unless you give me a discount."
The boy immediately said, "I'm just kidding, but why did you buy so many books?"
"I bought it this time. The first two times I was looking for it for someone else." Manbao paused and asked, "Yes, I'm doing your job. I'm helping you sell books. Shouldn't you give me some discounts?"
The young man didn't expect her to be so shameless and subconsciously looked at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "No problem, no problem. You have really helped us a lot. How about this? I give you a piece of paper."
Manbao looked at the paper the shopkeeper took out and felt a little regretful. The thing she had the most was paper.
The paper in the system mall is of good quality and inexpensive, and she only spends points, so she never feels bad about using paper.
But it was a gift after all, and Manbao, who inherited the good qualities of Old Zhoutou, felt that it would be a waste, so he took it with a smile and thanked him sweetly.
Manbao paid the money, put the books and papers in the book basket and carried it up.
Zhou Lijun took the basket of books and was very happy. "Although the books are expensive, I got a piece of paper for free."
Manbao nodded happily, "You should practice your handwriting too. These papers are for you to practice on. Oh, by the way, next time Fourth Brother comes home, I should ask him to bring some back to Datou and the others. I'm not at home, and they definitely won't be willing to spend money on paper to practice calligraphy. Their handwriting is as sloppy as dog's crawling. Sigh~~"
Zhou Lijun's handwriting was also very poor. There was nothing they could do about it. In the past few years, they had been practicing calligraphy on the ground with wooden sticks. Suddenly, they changed to soft brushes, which made them very uncomfortable.
Although I have practiced for two years, my handwriting is just barely legible and cannot be considered good.
When Zhou Lijun was at home, although he knew that studying was good, he was still more accustomed to following his elder sister in and out of the house. When he was free, he would go out to play, go to the mountains, go to the river, and play with his friends.
But when she arrived in Yizhou City, her teacher was sitting in the study, her sister-in-law was reading, and the two young masters of the Bai family were also reading. Although she occasionally couldn't help wanting to touch and walk around in the yard, she would eventually take the book and calm down to read it.
She would go out for a walk in the afternoon. She didn't dare to go too far, so she would look around Kangxue Street to see if there was anyone looking for an accountant.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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