Chapter 587: Do You Make Friends?

Man Bao saw what he was looking for, and after reading it back and forth a few times, he closed the book gently, closed his eyes and recited it silently, opened it again to deepen his memory, and then continued to read down.

Her reading speed is not slow, and occasionally encounters difficult words that she has never seen before, or it is too awkward, she will ask Keke in her heart.

Keke was bored. Although it was not his duty, he would search for her casually. If he could find it, he would tell her. If he couldn't find it, then she could only write it down and go back to ask Mr. Zhuang.

But in most cases, she felt that she had written down the word, and when she went back, she would still forget what it looked like.

After all, I don't know the sound or the meaning of the words, so it's really hard to remember.

The more books she read, the more she realized that there were still many words she didn't know.

So she couldn't help but said to Keke in her heart: "I feel that I am already very good. My husband also said that I can read "Thousand Characters" after reading "Thousand Characters", but now it seems that I still don't know many characters."

Keke encouraged: "Then host, come on, but you should also pay attention to rest while studying. The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching. Doesn't the host consider going for a walk in the wild?"

Man Bao laughed when he heard it, and asked in his heart: "You miss the flowers and plants outside, don't you?"

Koko didn't answer.

Man Bao said generously: "Don't worry, we will definitely have a holiday during the Dragon Boat Festival. We will go to the riverside to have a look at that time. Generally, there are many good things by the riverside. I don't know the riverside here and our village. The riverside is different."

Keke silently thought: I hope it is different.

Manbao doesn't want them to be the same either.

She turned to the next page and continued to read. The scholar at the side glanced at her several times. Seeing that she was reciting quickly and silently, he closed the book and closed his eyes to recite silently after a while. He couldn't help but put down the book in his hand.

Man Bao noticed his gaze and turned his head to look. When the other party saw her looking over, he lowered his head in embarrassment.

After thinking about it, she felt something was wrong, so she raised her head to look at her, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you buy the book and read it, little lady?"

"expensive."

The other party was stunned for a moment, looked at the book in her hand, and asked, "Is it very expensive?"

Man Bao nodded, "If you buy this book, you will have to buy the next one. It will naturally become more expensive if you add it up, so I won't buy books that are not necessary."

He actually felt that it made sense, "Is it difficult for the little lady's family?"

"It's okay." Man Bao glanced at his clothes, nodded his head and said, "But it must be poorer than your family."

He also glanced at the gorgeous clothes on his body, feeling a little embarrassed.

He closed the book in his hand, and said in a low voice: "The student studying in Xiafu, Longzhou Weichen, who did the young lady read the book with? She is so good. I think you can memorize it after a few silent readings?"

"My husband's surname is Zhuang," Man Bao said, "I'll memorize it if I don't have one, but I can remember it for more than half a day. After a long time, I will forget most of it."

Wei Chen was stunned and asked, "Then you still recite?"

"I recited it back and wrote it silently. When I need it for my homework, and I wrote it silently, I can remember it after reading it a few more times in the future."

Wei Chen frowned, and said in a low voice: "In this way, wouldn't it take advantage of the bookstore?"

"That's right, so I buy all my pens and inks from here. No matter how cheap they are, I won't buy them from outside."

Wei Chen: ...

Man Bao turned to the next page, and then remembered, "You are a student of the government school, why don't you go to class?"

Wei Chen said, "I still have a lot of books to buy, so I didn't go."

"Hey, are you also a student who just got admitted this year?"

Wei Chen hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

Man Bao asked curiously, "Then which class are you in?"

"Class C, Class One."

Man Bao's eyes lit up, he couldn't help but sat up straight, and asked, "Then where are you?"

Wei Chen blushed slightly, and whispered, "I was directly recommended by the county magistrate, so I don't need to take an exam."

"Oh, what row and table do you sit at?"

Although Wei Chen found it strange, he still said, "I'm sitting at the third table in the second row."

Man Bao looked him up and down, and seeing that he was quite tall, he smiled brightly at him.

Wei Chen was attracted by her smile, and subconsciously smiled back, and the two became friends.

Man Bao took his book list and asked, "What other books do you not find?"

Wei Chen pointed to him in a daze.

Man Bao returned the book in his hand, and said, "I'll help you find it. I'm very good at finding books."

Some of the books in the bookstore are arranged in order, while others are out of order and very chaotic. Even the shopkeepers and clerks in the store couldn't tell where some books were, or whether they had them in their bookstores.

In addition to helping them find some common books with ease, what they said more was, "Look for it yourself. If it's not here, then it's over there. If it's not there, it's sold out."

And whether it is sold out, or there is no stock at all, only God knows.

But Man Bao has been in this bookstore for nearly a month, and sometimes he doesn't read books at all, but just goes from one bookshelf to another with Bai Shanbao, and when he sees a name he is interested in, he takes out a few pages to read, and then puts them back.

They didn't even spare the bamboo slips on the wall, mainly because they really wanted to find the remaining "Shui Jing Zhu" from it.

It's a pity that "Shui Jing Zhu" was not found, but I have a general impression of the books in the bookstore.

In the book list given by the government school, there are some books that are often used, which are easy to find, but there are also some books that are not commonly used.

There are a few of them, Man Bao bought them for Bai Shanbao just yesterday, so he looked for them very well, and handed them to him.

Even though she didn't know where the rest of the books were, she still had a general impression, so she could find them if she searched slowly.

Wei Chen blankly carried the book basket and followed her as she wandered among the bookshelves, and within a short while picked up a large book basket.

Man Bao helped him pick up all the books, and the two book baskets couldn't hold them. Of course, the price was very expensive.

These books required by government schools are teaching materials, and they are more expensive than ordinary books.

She watched Wei Chen put down the five ingots of silver, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him, "You should ask about the classes you will be taking this year, and then buy the textbooks you need this year."

But she glanced at the clothes on his body, and asked puzzledly: "Your family looks rich, and there should be books at home, why do you have to buy everything again?"

"Oh, I didn't bring any books when I came here," Wei Chen said confidently, "It's a long way from Longzhou to Yizhou, so it's tiring to bring so many books."

Man Bao stopped feeling sorry for him, and sighed: "Your family is really rich."

Wei Chen smiled modestly, "It's okay, it's okay."

After paying the bill, Wei Chen waved outside, and a man who looked like a servant ran up immediately, carrying a book basket in one hand, and went out.