But what was the result?
She delivered meals to Zhang Yixing several times and exchanged glances with him a few more times, and gradually they became familiar with each other.
Lu Weiwei got up by herself, took out a few pieces of mung bean cake from the basket, and said, "A-Mian, you must be hungry after your journey back. Here, have some to eat."
A-Mian didn't answer, and slowly said, "You want to call my husband and be with you."
!!
Lu Weiwei didn't expect that this idiot would actually figure it out. And to make matters worse, he actually said it so bluntly!
Even if you figured it out, how can you say it to my face like that!
Lu Weiwei was extremely embarrassed. She frantically scratched her straw sandal with her big toe and chuckled dryly, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a married woman too. I just came to see if you're doing well. Why are you saying such things? Aren't you ruining my reputation? You think all the ladies in the world are fighting over you just because your husband is so good to you!"
She hurriedly brushed the grass clippings off her clothes. "Since you don't appreciate my kindness, then I'll leave. To be honest with you, you shouldn't be so controlling of your husband. You should at least give him some face in front of others. A wife should be gentle and considerate..."
Meng Chijian said, "It's not your place to tell the so-called 'truth' here. You used to talk badly about A-Mian in the village. The second time A-Mian sold food, you embarrassed her in public and even imitated her selling food, which made her business decline. Not only that, during the epidemic, you even tried to sell us fake medicine at a high price. Our family does not welcome relatives like you, and you should never appear in front of us again."
How could there be such a vengeful and petty man!
Lu Weiwei was very thin-skinned, and at this moment she was so angry that she was furious. So she decided to throw caution to the wind: "Look at your petty temper! People say that a great man can hold a boat in his belly, but I think your heart is only as big as a pinhead. You are not a man at all!"
After saying that, he left angrily.
A-Mian said, "You have a really good memory."
"Um."
This little incident didn't affect the two of them. A-Mian talked with her mother for quite a while, and Meng Chijian, being very proper, kept praising A-Mian, making the latter a little embarrassed.
As she was leaving, A-Mian suddenly remembered something from the past: "Actually, when my mother was alive, we did eat snake once. It was right after winter, when my mother was still in good health. She found a rat snake in the backyard. She caught it immediately, chopped off its head with an axe, skinned it, and chopped it into pieces. Then she sliced some ginger and stewed the snake meat into a soup."
"Snake meat is very tough. The first time I stewed it, I couldn't even chew it. Later, I stewed it again for a long time, and this time it was delicious. It tastes similar to pork ribs and is very fragrant."
"We've eaten it too, but the way we eat it is to skewer it on a branch, roast it over a fire, and then sprinkle it with salt after it's cooked. It's very convenient this way when we're in the wild."
This time, I didn't run into Father Lu; apparently, he was out drinking in the city again.
The day she returned to her parents' home was quite tiring, and Ah Mian almost overslept the next day.
Fortunately, we rushed in and entered the academy before the teacher arrived.
The next second, Ji Hengzhi, who was stopped outside the academy, had veins bulging on his forehead: "Is it really that much of a difference? If these boots weren't in my way, would I have been able to outrun her?"
"We shouldn't have come at the last minute in the first place, and besides, what day is it today? A day off isn't for you to go out and play! Have you been preparing for the monthly exam at home?"
The academy holds a monthly exam, which mainly consists of memorizing and annotating the classic texts studied during that period, as well as writing essays and composing poems. There are two sets of questions for the monthly exam. A-Mian's class only takes the memorization test, but all the students' rankings are arranged on a piece of paper in the order of "A, B, C, D".
Last time she took the test and got a "D" grade. This time, when she received the test paper, she first looked through the main questions and found that she could answer most of them. Amian felt confident and calmly filled in the answers one by one with a brush.
After completing the exam, you can hand it directly to the teacher for grading and know your score on the spot.
As the teacher revised the papers, he glanced at her and said, "Not bad... This time... there's a grade B."
In just two months, A-Mian had learned over a thousand characters and could recite the Three Character Classic from memory! While not quite a prodigy with a photographic memory, she was certainly quite intelligent. Moreover, she made no mistakes in the recent exam; her only shortcoming was that her calligraphy was still not very good, which prevented her from receiving an A grade.
"Really?" A-Mian took back the test paper. "I'm not at the bottom anymore!"
She wanted to take the test paper home to show everyone.
In the study room next to hers, separated by only a wall, there were two completely different atmospheres.
"...Zhao Fei, C grade. Ji Hengzhi, still D grade. You two, stay after school and memorize this before you're allowed to go home."
After the results were posted, the scholars gossiped among themselves: "No way, they couldn't even beat the girl next door."
They've all been in school for many years, starting their education at the age of four or five. Although the test questions are different, this...
"That's not all. The rule of the school is that if someone in the beginner class gets a 'Grade A' in the exam, they will be transferred to our class next time."
Ji Hengzhi was back in last place, staring intently at the grade sheet on the wall. He pulled Zhao Fei aside: "Did she cheat? Did she use a cheat sheet?"
"Probably not. You know, those are things kids learn. We already know them a long time ago."
Ji Hengzhi clicked his tongue and said, "Look at your pathetic self."
"..." Zhao Fei didn't want to anger him, thinking to himself, "You haven't even passed the exam as well as me, bro."
Ji Hengzhi, a typical spoiled brat, had never cared much about studying, as there were always people in his family who could pass the imperial examinations. But what angered him was those doggerel poems they had previously composed, like "stupid as a pig," which now seemed to be insulting themselves!
"Look how happy she is." Zhao Fei decided to say a few words to curry favor.
Ji Hengzhi said coldly, "If she transfers to our school in two months and passes our exam in less than two months, what will the whole academy think of me then?"
They're nothing more than good-for-nothings and parasites.
People won't say it out loud, but they'll definitely think the same thing.
But... actually, we don't need to wait for A-Mian to come; everyone thinks the same way now. Zhao Fei hesitated, then said, "Then... then shouldn't we leave? That old man told us to stay and study... but weren't we supposed to play Cuju today?"
"What are you talking about? I don't believe it." Ji Hengzhi picked up the book.
Although his grades have been poor over the years, the teachers' comments have generally been as follows:
—His son is exceptionally intelligent, but he doesn't focus on his studies.
—With his free-spirited nature, he is destined to be an outstanding person in the future; one should not judge him by his current appearance.
—I haven't quite grasped it yet; I'll catch up as I get older...
He, Ji Hengzhi, used to disdain studying seriously.
Now that he's putting in the effort, Ah Mian definitely can't beat him in the exam.
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