Make an effort
It was late at night. Cheng Yuping opened the door carefully, fearing to wake up Jiang Zhizhi who was already asleep. However, the light was bright inside the open study door, and Jiang Zhizhi was sitting at the desk, typing away on the computer.
"Zhizi, why haven't you slept yet?" Cheng Yuping asked with concern.
"I'll go to bed soon. I'll sort out some things."
Cheng Yuping walked behind her and asked, "What are you busy with?"
"I'm sorting out some letters of invitation."
"A letter of invitation?"
"These are the invitation letters from some magazines. If you submit your articles to these magazines, you can get royalties." Jiang Zhizhi showed Cheng Yuping the invitation letters she had compiled on her computer.
Cheng Yuping seemed very interested and couldn't help but come closer to take a closer look. "Are you writing an article? Will it interfere with your studies?"
"No, it's summer vacation now, and I'm just giving it a try." Jiang Zhizhi noticed Cheng Yuping's expression and thought of the poems she had read in the notebooks left by Cheng Yuping in her previous life. Her heart moved, "Mom, do you want to try submitting your work? There are many types of commissioned works, including poetry, prose, novels, stories, and essays... If you're interested, you can try submitting your works?"
"Ah?" Cheng Yuping blushed. "I just wrote those nonsense. How could anyone want them? Besides, I haven't even graduated from elementary school..."
"What's wrong with not graduating from elementary school? They don't care about your diploma. They're just trying it out. What if they're interested?"
Cheng Yuping waved her hands quickly, "No... No, forget it, I definitely can't do it..."
She wrote those things just for fun. It was embarrassing enough that Jiang Zhizhi saw them by chance. How could she possibly submit them for others to see?
Jiang Zhizhi did not force it, because Cheng Yuping had no education and had never had confidence. And confidence could not be achieved overnight, it could only be gained slowly.
"Mom, how about I teach you how to use a computer? Don't you want to open a bookstore in the future? You must know how to use a computer to open a bookstore, otherwise how can you handle the information of so many books, right?" Jiang Zhizhi said excitedly.
Opening a bookstore...
A hint of loneliness flashed across Cheng Yuping's brows.
She really wanted to open a bookstore. Staying in the bookstore every day would not only allow her to learn and meet readers of all kinds, but also allow her to have a decent job and not have to go out in the wind and sun every day.
But, it was just a dream after all.
After buying the house and the car, she only had about 200,000 yuan left.
Of course, this is still a huge sum of money for her, but she can no longer touch this money.
Zhizhi still has to go to college, work, and start a family in the future...
She wanted to leave the two hundred thousand to her daughter. Even if she didn't need it while she was in college or working, she could keep it as her dowry when Jiang Zhizhi got married.
She was a person with no talent, but she was lucky enough to win a jackpot once in a while and made a fortune unexpectedly.
It is unlikely that you will be able to make any more money in the second half of your life.
She had to make plans for Zhizhi early.
However, seeing Jiang Zhizhi's hopeful look when she mentioned opening a bookstore, she didn't want to discourage her.
"Okay, if we have time, Mom will teach you how to use the computer."
"By the way, Mom, why did you come downstairs so late? Are you going back to sleep?" Jiang Zhizhi asked.
"No, I came down to get two clothes."
Jiang Zhizhi was silent for a moment, "Mom, are you planning to stay with Lu Xiye forever?"
Cheng Yuping heard Jiang Zhizhi say this and thought she was dissatisfied. She sighed softly and put her hand on her shoulder. "Zhizhi, I know that it may be inconvenient for you that I live with Xiaoye, but Xiaoye is really pitiful. Hey, when you have children in the future, you will understand. Mom really can't bear it."
"But I see he's been doing fine these past two days, and doesn't seem to have any problems."
"The psychiatrist said that we need to observe the situation for a while, especially during the recovery period. We must not take it lightly, as it could get worse if we're not careful."
"Okay." Since Cheng Yuping was willing, she had nothing more to say. "Mom, I have something else to tell you. I'm starting to learn Go now, so I might go out more often in the future. You don't have to worry about me."
"Learn Go?"
"Well, because the teacher likes to play Go, I also want to learn it so that I can spend more time with the teacher in the future. You don't have to worry about the tuition. They don't charge me tuition, they just want me to help organize the materials." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Cheng Yuping rubbed Jiang Zhizhi's head and said with a smile: "If you like it, go and learn it. It doesn't matter if you have to pay tuition. As long as you are happy, it's fine."
The next day.
Jiang Zhizhi arrived at Zhibai chess room at six o'clock.
The chess room was not open yet, so she went directly to the information room at the end of the corridor. She spent ten minutes cleaning the room briefly and started to absorb the chess records from the first book.
Pu Yu came to the chess room to open the door at 6:30. Seeing that the door of the information room was open, he walked over in surprise.
"Jiang Zhizhi, you came so early?"
"Well, I went to bed early yesterday and woke up around five."
Since she no longer had to stay up late to read, Jiang Zhizhi went to bed before midnight.
"Have you had breakfast?"
"I bought two cakes on the way and have already eaten them."
"Wait a moment. I'll clean up the chess room. When someone comes over, I'll find you in the reference room."
After saying that, Pu Yu turned and walked out of the information room, took the key to open the frosted glass door of the chess room, and began a simple cleanup.
Jiang Zhizhi continued to look at chess records in the reference room.
At around 7:30, Pu Yu came to the information room. She had already absorbed the contents of the two information racks into her mind.
Just like every time after absorbing a large amount of knowledge, my head feels a little dizzy and swollen.
"Shall we start now?" Pu Yu had already switched to fluent English.
Jiang Zhizhi nodded and sat down beside the Go board on the platform.
Pu Yu sat down on the other side.
"Same as yesterday, let you five?"
"Can."
Jiang Zhizhi took out five chess pieces from the chess box, placed four of them on the star position on the chessboard, and placed the fifth on the small eye position.
Pu Yu, just like yesterday, was full of confidence and placed his chess piece.
But soon, she found that Jiang Zhizhi was different from yesterday.
After more than a dozen moves, she made almost no mistakes, and every chess piece fell into the correct position like a textbook.
The early layout can be said to be perfect.
Pu Yu began to have doubts in his heart.
Is it possible for a person to make such great progress in just one day?
Just when she was wondering, Jiang Zhizhi suddenly leaned over.
The originally perfect layout suddenly became shaky, and Pu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
This kind of mistake is completely a novice among novices.
It doesn't look like it could be played by a chess player who could make the perfect layout mentioned above.
"You made a mistake." Pu Yu said.
"Wrong?"
"You shouldn't be leaning in, but you should be placing a hand tip here so that your layout will be more perfect."
Jiang Zhizhi rubbed her chin in thought, "But just now in a chess book, one player landed on your move, and another player landed on this move. In other words, this is actually also possible, right?"
Pu Yu was stunned.
My first reaction was that Jiang Zhizhi could suddenly speak such a long sentence in English.
Yesterday, because her spoken English was not good and she didn't know many new words, she couldn't speak many words. Most of the time, she expressed herself by nodding, shaking her head and using some body language.
And today, she even used words like chess record, chess player, and work.
Cramming at night?
The second reaction was that Jiang Zhizhi's previous layout was actually copied from a chess manual.
No wonder she could suddenly come up with such a beautiful layout.
But, Jiang Zhizhi's memory is too terrifying, isn't it, that she can recall a game with a similar position to the one she played from so many chess records?
"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhizhi saw that she didn't say anything and just stared at herself blankly, so she asked.
Pu Yu coughed lightly and came back to his senses. "There are no two chess games in the world that are exactly the same. The position of any single piece can bring about earth-shaking changes. That's how Go is. It's very flexible. You can't beat me by just reading from the manual."
"Okay, I understand."
Although Jiang Zhizhi memorized all the chess records, it would still take some time for her to understand them.
"But I admit that you are indeed very powerful." Pu Yu said somewhat unwillingly.
After being praised, Jiang Zhizhi smiled at her and said sincerely, "You are also very good."
*
Pu Yu had never seen a chess player improve so quickly, nor had he seen a student improve his spoken English so quickly.
In less than ten days, she was defeated by Jiang Zhizhi for the first time, and Jiang Zhizhi's spoken English was already enough for her to communicate with her without any obstacles.
She thought she was an absolute genius, but in front of Jiang Zhizhi, she felt an irresistible frustration.
"Haha, from today on, we will play chess and communicate in N country."
Jiang Zhizhi had never been exposed to N Mandarin, so she had to start learning it all over again.
Fortunately, she already had some basic knowledge of Go, so she only needed to focus on learning the N language.
Fifteen days, barrier-free communication again.
Pu Yu was shocked.
"Come on, starting today, use E Mandarin."
This time it took even less time, Jiang Zhizhi only needed seven days.
"Jiang Zhizhi, you are a monster!"
After losing to Jiang Zhizhi again, Pu Yu's eyes began to become strange when he looked at her.
When she was studying in Mandarin, she was still able to dominate Jiang Zhizhi in Go.
But now, facing Jiang Zhizhi's unstoppable chess momentum, she actually felt like she was playing against professional chess players like her father and brother.
Even more terrifying was that Jiang Zhizhi actually smiled and asked her, "Do you speak Mandarin? Do you want to try Mandarin next?"
Pu Yu's mouth twitched. "You're using me as a sparring partner now, right?"
"I just think this is quite fun. Don't you like it?" Jiang Zhizhi said.
Pu Yu rolled his eyes at Jiang Zhizhi and said, "Of course I like this, but I don't like losing!"
Seeing that she seemed a little irritated, Jiang Zhizhi finally realized that she seemed to have won more and lost less during this period of time.
"Forget it. I was just planning to use you to practice speaking anyway, so let's just get on with it."
Although Pu Yu was depressed, he could actually feel that during the training process with Jiang Zhizhi, not only his spoken English had improved a lot, but his Go skills had also increased a lot.
Moreover, Jiang Zhizhi seemed to rely heavily on the chess records she had memorized before when playing chess. Those were famous records from ancient and modern times. Although Jiang Zhizhi's chess skills were still immature, sometimes, in a trance, she did have the feeling of playing against those strong players. Such training was particularly helpful for her to understand those chess records. Gradually, even when facing an overwhelming crisis, she kept thinking in her mind and was able to gradually turn the situation around.
She can clearly feel this feeling of rapid growth and even enjoys it.
"But school is about to start. After school starts, I may not be able to come to the chess room often." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Pu Yu couldn't believe that Jiang Zhizhi had said this. "With your abnormal learning ability, do you still need to study hard in school?"
"Of course, I will work hard to get into university." Jiang Zhizhi answered very seriously.
Pu Yu: ???
"Which university are you going to apply to?"
She wanted to see how lofty this guy's goals were that made her so afraid to slack off.
“I haven’t decided yet, but I think Nanyang Technological University is pretty good.”
Nanjing University is considered a first-class university in China, and it is located in Nanshi, very close to home.
Even when going to college, Jiang Zhizhi didn't want to be too far away from home.
"Nanjing University?" Pu Yu reached out and touched Jiang Zhizhi's forehead. "Are you mentally ill? For a perverted genius like you, can you set a higher goal for me?"
"Actually, I've also considered Mizuki University, but Jinghai is too far from Nanshi."
Pu Yu grabbed Jiang Zhizhi by the collar, pulled her in front of him, and said with gritted teeth: "Jiang Zhizhi, you are going to apply to the Ivy League with me!"
"Ivy League? Which university is Ivy League?"
"Ah!!!" Pu Yu was about to go crazy, "Jiang Zhizhi, you don't even know Ivy, I'll strangle you to death!"
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