Chapter 6: Making Money, Not Shabby
Blink of a month.
Chu Ning and Ji Yang's daily life is just a straight line between these two points.
At mealtime I went to the school canteen to eat, and after dinner I went back to the dormitory yard to practice martial arts.
The same is true for all students in the entire school. Everyone’s first goal is to pass the three-month 500-jin assessment.
On the 15th day, Ji Yang's "Bull Demon Power" was cultivated to the second level.
Chu Ning still stayed on the first floor.
This made Chu Ning realize that his aptitude in martial arts was not very high, but he was not discouraged because he had a cheating device.
A lifespan of ten thousand years plus daily increased strength could make up for one's aptitude in martial arts.
Ji Yang, who had broken through to the second level of "Bull Demon Power", had a strength of 320 kilograms, while when his "Bull Demon Power" was still at the first level, his strength had already reached 280 kilograms.
You should know that his initial weight when he entered school was not 200 kilograms, but 100 kilograms.
In terms of increased strength, he surpasses Ji Yang.
On the 35th day, Chu Ning's "Bull Demon Power" finally broke through to the second level.
At this time, his strength had reached 300 kilograms.
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Day 63.
Chu Ning's strength reached 390 kilograms, while Ji Yang's was only 380 kilograms.
There is still a month left, and Chu Ning understands that as long as he breaks through to the third level of "Bull Demon Power", 500 kilograms will be no problem.
Instead, Ji Yang became a little anxious.
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Day 65.
"Chun Ning, let's go to the kitchen and buy some beef."
Ji Yang wanted to supplement his diet, but he had run out of medicinal herbs. He could only rely on the free meals provided by the kitchen. Although there was some meat, it was very little. He was afraid that he would not be able to reach the requirement of 500 kilograms in three months.
Beef strengthens bones and increases strength. Before he came, his cousin told him that he could spend money to buy beef from the kitchen.
"You go ahead. I'll forget about it. My family doesn't have that much money prepared." Chu Ning smiled and shook his head.
The academy provided meat and medicinal herbs, and he saw many students buying them, but the prices were nearly ten times higher than outside. He only had one or two taels of silver on him, which was not enough to buy even the amount of beef for a bowl of Lanzhou ramen in the academy.
Ji Yang was silent. He knew that what Chu Ning said was true. They had been together day and night for more than two months, and he already knew Chu Ning's family situation.
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At dinner time, Ji Yang did not come to the kitchen with Chu Ning.
In the past, Chu Ning would eat eight bowls of rice in one meal, but this time he ate ten bowls and made himself very full.
After dinner, Chu Ning did not rush back to the dormitory, but walked back from the kitchen and went to the No. A dormitory area.
The students who can live in the Class A rooms are those whose weight during the assessment is over 250 kilograms, and each person lives in a separate room.
For the seven students living in Room A, losing 500 kilograms in three months is not a difficult task. Therefore, unlike Chu Ning and the others living in Room B who are training desperately, the students in Room A will visit each other to communicate.
Chu Ning pondered for a moment and knocked on the door of Room 6.
"Is that Brother Lin? Wait a moment?"
There was a sound from inside the door, and after a while the door opened. A young man in a silk shirt opened the door, but when he saw that it was Chu Ning standing at the door, the smile on his face disappeared.
"Who are you and why are you knocking on my door?"
"Brother He, I'm a student in Room B..."
"Stop!" He Jin interrupted Chu Ning directly: "I don't know you well, so I don't deserve to be called 'Brother He' by you. If you have something to say, please tell me."
Chu Ning knew in his heart that in the minds of the students in Room A, they probably didn't even consider the students in Room B as their classmates.
"Mr. He." Chu Ning changed his address. "You, a noble young man from a famous family, should just focus on practicing martial arts. How can you do menial tasks like carrying water? I can serve you for one tael of silver per time."
Ji Yang chose to buy beef for food supplement, and Chu Ning also had to prepare for the future. If the "Bull Demon Power" could not break through the third level, he would have to rely on food supplements and medicine supplements.
After much thought, he decided that he could earn money by helping the students in Room A fetch water.
The school's servants are not allowed to enter the dormitory area where the students live. This is what Chu Ning learned from the doorman when he sent a letter home last time.
Even if people in Room B have money, they will probably spend it on themselves, while people in Room A have no pressure and are not short of money.
"One tael of silver?" He Jin frowned. He certainly had enough money, but the servant who was responsible for cleaning the entire courtyard at home usually didn't even get one tael of silver a month.
"One tael of silver is definitely nothing to you, Mr. He. Mr. Zhang from Room 5 of Gangjia also gave me this job."
Chu Ning added a sentence, and He Jin did not hesitate this time, because he and Zhang Song from Room A5 did not get along well, and the two families had some conflicting businesses in Daning County. Since Zhang Song had agreed, if he did not agree, wouldn't it mean that his He family was not as good as the Zhang family?
"Come once a day from now on. Here are ten taels of silver."
In order to overpower Zhang Song, He Jin threw the silver ingot to Chu Ning. Chu Ning took it with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. He."
Chu Ning accidentally saw the conflict between He Jin and Zhang Song while he was eating in the kitchen. At that time, He Jin and Zhang Song almost got into a fight. He remembered this scene in his mind, and now it just happened to be useful.
After receiving the money, Chu Ning started working on the spot. After filling He Jin's water tank and four buckets with water, he went to knock on the doors of other Type A students in the same way.
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Room A2.
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Chu Ning knocked on the door.
No one responded.
Chu Ning frowned. Could it be that this person was not at home? Room A2 was occupied by the only female student in their group, Tang Ruowei, who ranked second in the assessment.
"Stop knocking."
A woman's voice came from behind him. Chu Ning turned around and saw Tang Ruowei, who was wearing a purple tights and had a good figure, standing ten meters behind him, looking at him with a complicated expression.
Tang Ruowei looked at Chu Ning. She had gone to the backyard to ask Instructor Liu about martial arts. When she came back, she saw a man standing and wandering in their dormitory area. This aroused her curiosity. She did not say anything, but wanted to know what the man was going to do.
Then she watched the man knock on He Jin's door, cheat He Jin out of ten taels of silver, then cheat Zhang Song out of twenty taels of silver, and then take the silver from other students.
"Master Zhang, I have something to tell you first. I have to wait until I finish fetching water for Master He before I can fetch water for you. Master He gave me ten taels of silver at once."
"Mr. Zhu, there is something I need to explain to you first. Young Master Zhang and Young Master He gave me thirty taels of silver at once. I have to fetch water for them first and then come back to fetch water for you. Don't worry, I am very nimble and will be able to fetch it quickly."
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With just this kind of rhetoric, he had already collected more than one hundred taels.
Chu Ning was not embarrassed at all when being seen by others. There is nothing shameful in making money.
"Alas, I have no choice. My family is poor and I don't have enough strength. If I don't make some money, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the three-month 500-jin test." Chu Ning had a sad look on his face, and the next moment he suddenly said, "Miss Tang is kind-hearted, I don't know..."
"Do you think you can enter the girls' dormitory?" Tang Ruowei knew what Chu Ning was going to say next and interrupted him directly.
Chu Ning was speechless. He had forgotten about this when he was doing business. This is not the modern world where if a young woman living alone finds her sewer is blocked, she can just call and ask a sewer unblocker to come and clear it.
"I was abrupt."
"And I advise you not to knock on Zhao Qin's door. Zhao Qin hates being disturbed when he is practicing martial arts. If you knock on this door, I'm afraid you will not only not get the money, but also get beaten up."
"Thank you Miss Tang for the reminder." Chu Ning clasped his fists in gratitude: "To show my gratitude, I can deliver the water to your door for only half a tael of silver."
Tang Ruowei: ...
"It's already a 50% discount." Chu Ning said sincerely.
"I won't use your discount, I'll give you one tael of silver."
Tang Ruowei threw a purse over. Chu Ning caught it, felt the weight, and smiled happily.
"Don't worry, Miss Tang. I promise you'll be the first one to use the water."
Tang Ruowei: ...
So I should feel honored by this?
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PS: I saw many book friends said that the protagonist charged too much for cleaning the school. Let me explain. The protagonist was the chairman of a listed company in his previous life. He was not an ordinary citizen. He knows rich people too well.
Even in small cities, where the average salary is four or five thousand, there are some rich second-generations who spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in a single night in nightclubs. This is not to mention the money spent on school and the support of their families.
The protagonist knows that these teenagers are big spenders, and secondly, he uses rhetoric to arouse their sense of face. Everyone’s family background is similar, so if you can afford it, then I can too.
(End of this chapter)