Houfu Key Class

Zong Wenxiu said worriedly: "But Mr. Su only asked us to sell an egg for one penny, and we were not allowed to lower the price. Without many advantages, it would be difficult to sell it quickly."

He Zheng nodded: "Yes, other places that collect eggs also want to collect them cheaply. Our prices are not cheap, so they can't ask for it."

Shen Yibai said angrily: "Bad old man, he just deliberately makes things difficult for us and wants us to stay here for a few days, huh."

Zong Jincheng tilted his head and thought for a while: "Since the ordinary methods will not work, then we will find another way and think of other methods."

"What can we do?" they asked in unison.

The little devil raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm still thinking about it, but you can also think about it. Are there any methods that we have that others don't have?"

"Some of us...are good-looking?" Shen Yibai put forward his first advantage.

Everyone else laughed.

Zong Jincheng commented: "It counts, after all, they really looked at us a few times when we were selling eggs."

Wei Xinglu held his chin and thought: "We can also play Cuju... but we can't kick it with eggs, right?"

Zong Wenxiu said with a smile: "We can also study. Being knowledgeable is our greatest advantage."

The words woke up the dreamer, and He Zheng shouted: "That's right! We are boys!!"

Shen Yibai reminded: "But now we are selling eggs, not books or knowledge. The two have nothing to do with each other!"

Zong Jincheng hummed and said: "It doesn't matter, let them have a relationship. You just watch the stall here, He Zheng, the two of us go to the library to discuss cooperation."

"Okay!" He Zheng quickly followed him and left.

Shen Yibai took a look at the market and wondered, "It looks like they are all selling chicken, duck, and fish. Is there anyone selling books?"

Zong Wenxiu said with a smile: "Yes, libraries are usually in quieter places at the end of the street."

"Ah... looking forward to it."

When Zong Jincheng and He Zheng came to the door, business in the library was slow. The boss thought they were here to buy books and hurriedly greeted them.

"What books do you two young gentlemen want to buy?"

"Let's take a look first." He Zheng replied with a smile.

"Okay."

The two of them walked around the room and found that the library in the suburbs of Beijing was too small compared to the capital city. They only contained enlightenment books, not to mention the amount of books in their large study room.

Zong Jincheng asked: "Boss, why don't you even have Warring States Policy and Geography here?"

The boss knew he was an expert as soon as he submitted the title of the book. He sighed and said, "No one is buying it. It would be great if we can produce one child every year here. Other families buy books as enlightenment books. Not many people will buy it.”

Zong Jincheng asked: "Is it because you are too poor to study?"

"I can't pass the exam. There is no one around me who can pass the exam. The hope is too slim. Gradually, there are fewer people who want to study." The boss said, "This is just the suburbs of Beijing, not the bustling capital. We can't see the outside world." The world doesn’t want to see it either.”

The two young boys looked at each other, as if they had suddenly seen another world.

Zong Jincheng asked: "What if you see the person who got hit?"

The boss replied: "It may be exciting for a while, but it is very difficult for people here to take the exam for children. The people who can pass the exam are all very old, and it makes people feel desperate when they see it."

He Zheng snorted and said, "Doesn't a young age give people hope?"

"Of course. When people see that even young people can win, they will definitely think that they can do it too. Once you have confidence, you will have the motivation to learn." The boss said and then suddenly realized, "You ask this Why, is it possible that you are still children? It’s impossible, you can only take the child examination if you are over ten years old, you look like you are just in your teens.”

Zong Jincheng was immediately proud. It seemed that their identities other than the young master would come in handy. He poked He Zheng and indicated that he could introduce them.

He Zheng cleared his throat and said impassionedly: "Boss, listen carefully, the person standing in front of you is not a Tong Sheng, but a Tong Zilang who is a higher level than Tong Sheng, a Tong Zilang who can join the scholars in the Qiu Wei Festival as an exception!"

The boss's listless eyes gradually became brighter, and he opened his mouth and said dumbly: "Tongzilang? Is that... that... only one hundred and twenty people in the country win every year? The boy child examination that prodigies take part in?! "

He Zheng said proudly: "Yes, I won this year. I am eleven years old. My eldest brother is more powerful. He won last year. He was only nine years old last year. He is very powerful!"

The boss was all excited.

But he still had a trace of reason and asked in a trembling voice: "How do you prove it? When I go out, I gave my identity to myself. How do I know if you are lying to me?"

The little devil crossed his arms and said proudly and confidently: "If you take any test on the Four Books and Five Classics, I can memorize them."

The boss became more and more excited and tentatively ordered a book: "Medium...Medium..."

Zong Jincheng began to recite. After reciting the text of more than 2,000 words, he asked if he needed to translate it again.

The boss's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the book titles he ordered became more and more biased: "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography."

He Zheng asked his eldest brother to rest for a while, and he started to recite it.

The boss couldn't stand listening to it halfway, because he found that these two boys really knew how to memorize it. No matter which book he picked, these two children could open their mouths and read it.

"Oh my god... boy prodigy, boy boy actually came to our little place, my god..." the boss shook hands with them excitedly, "boy prodigy, don't leave, I will send someone to invite the dean of our village academy to come over. ”

Zong Jincheng saw that the situation was not right, and was afraid that the exposure of their identities would violate the agreement with Su Xi, so he quickly reminded them: "We have a college in Beijing, not to transfer to your place."

"Ah? Ah... Then, those two little prodigies came to our store, is there something going on? Our store doesn't have all the books. If you want any books, I'll go to the village to find them for you."

The boss looked like a senior scholar, and he admired the young boys with honors. He kept muttering: "Oh, Tongzilang, a living Tongzilang... As expected, a prodigy is a prodigy, young and smart, no matter how you look at it, you like it..."

Zong Jincheng and He Zheng scratched their heads at the same time when they heard the living Tongzilang, but they were still secretly happy to be cherished by others.

Finally, Zong Jincheng coughed and said seriously: "It's like this, we have eight or nine hundred eggs that we want to sell today, but simply selling eggs is too slow, so we are thinking about whether we can cooperate with your library?"

"Ah? Sell eggs?" The boss was confused, "How to sell it?"

He Zheng suggested: "You raise the price of the book and include the price of eggs. Then buy books and give eggs, until they are all gone, is that okay?"

He discussed it with his eldest brother on the way here. Since the price of eggs cannot be reduced, let's raise the price of books. The two parties cooperate, no matter how much the boss earns, they can complete the task.

The boss thought for a while and said: "That's fine, but you can't sell it here, you have to go to the entrance of the academy."