Chapter 7 A Letter to Chief Huang

After leaving Area A, Chu Ning did not return to the dormitory, but went to the gatehouse.

Each student can write a letter here and ask the concierge to help mail it.

In the two months since he came to the school, Chu Ning wrote two letters to his family and also wrote a letter to Director Huang.

The content of the letter to my great aunt was mostly about reporting my safety so as not to make her worry, while the letter to General Huang was mainly about my progress in martial arts training in the school.

Chu Ning regarded himself as a poor college student, and Director Huang as the kind-hearted person who donated money to help him go to college. He told the kind-hearted person about his study situation in school, so that he would feel that his donation was not in vain and that he could have some sense of accomplishment.

People don't necessarily want you to be successful, but at least you should show that you are grateful. If you can achieve excellent results on this basis, it will be even more gratifying.

After writing a letter to his great aunt in the same way, Chu Ning picked up his pen to write the second letter.

Uncle Huang:

【Respectfully addressed to my nephew Chu Ning. 】

[As in the previous letter, I first thanked Uncle Huang for his help in allowing me to practice martial arts in the academy. After a few words of this, I got to the point.]

[I have been in school for sixty years. I know that learning martial arts is not easy, so I dare not slack off and practice hard day and night. My nephew is dull and not as good as my classmates. When I have doubts, I ask them to teach me. If they scold me, I will be more respectful and polite, and dare not say a word. When they are happy, I will ask them again. Therefore, although my nephew is dull, he has learned something. ]

【The road bed, no fresh and delicious food. The roommates all wore brocade, red tassels and jeweled hats, white jade rings on their waists, swords on their left and perfume bottles on their right, looking like gods. My nephew, however, was wearing a tattered robe and shabby clothes, and he had no desire to envy them. He was content with what he had, and he did not know that his food and clothing were not as good as others. It was because my nephew was so hardworking and hardworking...】

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After writing, Chu Ning paid the doorman five cents of silver and asked him to deliver the two letters immediately, then he went back to the dormitory.

As soon as I entered the dormitory, the smell of meat hit my nose.

Chu Ning swallowed, fortunately he was very full this time.

In the courtyard, Ji Yang was taking beef out of the pot. Seeing Chu Ning coming back, he quickly called out, "Chu Ning, I bought a beef leg earlier. It's already cooked. Come and eat together."

"I ate a lot in the kitchen. If I had known you bought beef, I would have eaten less. Now I really can't eat any more."

Chu Ning lifted up her clothes, revealing her round belly. Ji Yang laughed and said, "You're blaming me. It's not me who made you eat so much."

Lying on his bed, although Ji Yang was careful not to make any noise while gnawing on the beef leg, the aroma of the meat could not be concealed. Chu Ning looked at the ceiling on the wall. Half of what he wrote in this letter to Director Huang was his true feelings.

Among all the students in the academy, he probably has the worst family background.

If you want to increase your strength quickly, you need to have adequate nutrition.

Nutrition in this era means eating meat. Those students who can pass the assessment may not come from families that can eat meat for every meal, but at least they don’t eat grass for every meal like himself.

You say you're not envious? That's nonsense.

If he wasn't envious, how could the author of "Preface to Ma Sheng of Dongyang" remember his classmates' food and clothing so clearly.

Chu Ning simply closed his eyes and listened to Ji Yang quietly sorting the beef bones and walking out of the dormitory. He sighed in his heart, thinking that his roommate relationship with Ji Yang was probably coming to an end.

I refused today on the grounds that I was full, but what about tomorrow? What if I ate the beef that Ji Yang bought?

One or two meals is fine, but if it’s more than that, Ji Yang will probably feel uncomfortable.

Although Ji Yang's family background is good, it is not excellent either. The martial artist in their clan is only his cousin, not his biological uncle.

If he didn't eat it, Ji Yang would feel uncomfortable and embarrassed eating beef alone in the dormitory.

It was inevitable that the two of them would gradually grow apart.

It’s not my fault, nor is it Ji Yang’s fault.

The fault is that I am too poor.

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Day 70.

Chu Ning’s strength reached 410 kilograms.

I only gained 20 pounds in these seven days.

It would be dangerous to lose 500 kilograms in three months at this rate. I would need to rely on dietary supplements to break through to the third level of Bull Demon Power.

Chu Ning went to the kitchen and bought a beef leg. The price of the beef leg was thirty taels, which was ten times the price outside.

But half a month ago, an ox leg cost only twenty taels.

Medicinal herbs are even more expensive. Chu Ning asked about the price of an herb and then turned and left.

He could only sigh that the buyer is not as smart as the seller.

The owner of the kitchen has fully understood the psychological changes of the students.

At the beginning, the students were all confident in themselves. Beef and medicinal herbs were not selling well, after all, the prices were so high.

But as the three-month deadline approached, those students whose strength growth was not ideal began to get anxious and had to buy it even if the price was high.

Just like a crazy gambler, he dares to borrow even though he knows the interest rate is high, because he can get his money back as long as he wins.

Chu Ning put the beef leg in the pot to cook and did not call Ji Yang because Ji Yang had not returned to the dormitory.

When Ji Yang first started eating the beef leg, he felt embarrassed to eat alone in front of Chu Ning, so he ran to Dormitory A8 to eat with Huang Chen in Room A8, and came back to live there at night.

According to Ji Yang himself, Huang Chen's father was also a martial artist and had a good relationship with his cousin.

But when Ji Yang saw Chu Ning fetching water for Huang Chen, he did not come back that night. Chu Ning came to fetch water for Huang Chen several times and met Ji Yang, but Ji Yang pretended not to see him.

Chu Ning knew in his heart that Ji Yang felt ashamed to live in the same dormitory with him.

After all, there are so many students, and I am the only one doing the miscellaneous work that servants should do.

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But Chu Ning didn't care, because he had already anticipated this result, and he didn't blame Ji Yang. This was the thinking of this world.

For example, the literati in ancient times, even if they were poor and had to rely on others for food, were unwilling to work as accountants or do small business, because poverty could be said to be the lowest point, but if they did business or worked for merchants, they would be willing to lower themselves.

The difference in thoughts and cognition has nothing to do with people.

It took four days to finish working on the four ox legs, and Chu Ning's strength reached 440 kilograms.

Still haven't broken through the third level of "Bull Demon Power".

There are still fifteen days left until the assessment.

I don’t have money to buy beef legs anymore.

Those in No. A have already received their month-end payment in one lump sum and it is impossible for them to receive any more.

Those people are not fools. If they fail to pass the three-month assessment and are eliminated, the extra money they paid will be wasted.

If there were no assessment, Chu Ning would not be in a hurry, because even if he did not eat beef, his strength would steadily increase by three kilograms every day, and he would reach one thousand kilograms in a year.

The key point is that there is an assessment in the school. If he fails to reach 500 kilograms, it means he will have to pack up and leave.

The result of picking up the bucket and leaving is that you cannot work in the government office and cannot obtain the last three levels of "Bull Demon Power".

"Should we go find Instructor Liu and try to cheat again?"

Chu Ning murmured in his heart, but then denied this method.

If he had not been seen through by those teachers, he might have been able to do it by using the cover of Director Huang, but those teachers all knew that he and Director Huang did not have a very deep friendship, and the school would not allow him to cheat again.

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Huang Mansion.

Huang Zhongtai rode back home on horseback. The servant came forward to lead the horse. As they walked, the housekeeper reported to him about some major events that had taken place in the mansion and the county during the month he was away from Daning County.

After the report, the butler hesitated. Huang Zhongtai saw the butler's hesitation and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Master, another letter from Chu Ning has arrived from the school."

The butler hesitated because a month ago the doorman brought a letter from the school, saying that it was sent by Chu Ning. The master picked it up and took a look at it, and then there was no further response.

"Oh, let me see it."

Huang Zhongtai walked inside while speaking, and the housekeeper quickly handed him the letter.

Huang Zhongtai opened the letter and just glanced at it for a few seconds before he stopped in his tracks, a look of emotion on his face.

"Master?" The housekeeper saw his master stop and was curious about what was in his heart that could make the master so moved.

"This boy has great perseverance!"

Huang Zhongtai sighed, and instead of going to the bedroom, he turned and walked towards the study.

PS: The contract status has changed, I’ll add another chapter to celebrate!

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