The drizzle outside the classroom gradually became heavier.
Fortunately, the students made sufficient preparations today. At noon, umbrellas blossomed all over the campus. Umbrellas of various colors were like flowers, vying for beauty.
Jiang Ning held up the umbrella and released his spiritual power to clear away the rain falling from the edge. Xue Yuantong hid under the umbrella and walked carefully.
I followed the crowd out of the school gate and came to the restaurant we had last time.
The proprietress had some impression of Jiang Ning and greeted him warmly.
Jiang Ning didn't ask Xue Yuantong's opinion and ordered a few dishes as usual.
"Jiang Ning, the exam is coming up soon. Do you have any questions for me?" Xue Yuantong decided to show some concern for him.
"No." Jiang Ning said.
The knowledge in the first semester of the first year of high school is not that difficult. With his level, it will be no problem for him to be in the top ten in the grade.
"Okay." Xue Yuantong didn't say anything else. She just thought that after the exam, she would change her position and then formally help Jiang Ning.
While Jiang Ning was waiting for his meal, Ma Shicheng came in alone.
When he saw Jiang Ning, his eyes lit up and he walked towards him.
"Jiang Ning, I noticed that whenever it rains, you come out to eat!" said Ma Shicheng.
"Yes, do you want to come together?" Jiang Ning invited.
Ma Shicheng shook his head: "I'd better eat alone."
In fact, he was somewhat tempted, but when he thought about how Jiang Ning's meals were rather extravagant and he must have ordered quite a few dishes, if the money was divided equally, the money he would have to pay would probably be higher than for two normal meals.
Perhaps with Jiang Ning's personality, he would just treat him directly, but Ma Shicheng doesn't like to take advantage of others, and besides, Jiang Ning has already treated him once last time.
Jiang Ning looked behind Ma Shicheng and found that Guo Kunnan and the others from last time did not follow him.
"Didn't you eat with them before?"
After hearing this, Ma Shicheng smiled and said, "I think it's more fun to eat alone."
In fact, the activity of eating together was first organized by Ma Shicheng. We were very happy in the first few days because we had a wide variety of dishes and could chat together.
But later on, problems gradually arose. Some people were picky about food and would not eat vegetables, carrots, or onions. There were all kinds of people, and many dishes could not be ordered every time.
That's fine, it's still better than eating alone. What Ma Shicheng can't stand the most is that when there are six of them eating, sometimes a meal costs 62 yuan, and it's hard to divide it equally.
Ma Shicheng was the one who paid the bill. Many times after the bill was settled, everyone would only give 10 yuan with a smile, so he would have one or two yuan more every time they ate.
The money is not much, but the mindset is great.
Moreover, the prices of the dishes ordered each time are different, and some students are not conscious and always choose the expensive dishes.
After eating it a few times, Ma Shicheng became unhappy and simply went out to eat by himself.
Seeing that Ma Shicheng did not agree and did not invite him again, Jiang Ning moved his spiritual sense.
At the store entrance, Dong Qingfeng, Wang Yong and Chen Qian walked in first, followed by Bai Yuxia and a pair of twins.
When Ma Shicheng saw it, he greeted him.
Instead, Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing stared at Jiang Ning, especially Chen Siqing, who still remembered the day when Jiang Ning refused to play table tennis with her.
The restaurant was not very big, so they chose the table in front of Ma Shicheng and ordered a few dishes.
Ma Shicheng watched silently and found that the dishes they ordered were also not cheap.
Dong Qingfeng and the others were chatting and laughing, and from time to time some words like test papers, grades, difficult questions, and grade rankings popped up.
Ma Shicheng was not interested, he took out his cell phone to play games.
Jiang Ning said to Xue Yuantong: "Play chess?"
Jiang Ning has a chess software on his mobile phone that can play online.
Xue Yuantong was very excited. She said modestly:
"Okay, I'll play two games with you."
In fact, she was so excited that she could hardly contain herself. Since her last failure in table tennis, Jiang Ning finally hit her strong point again. She was going to defeat him without leaving a single blade in his grasp today!
Xue Yuantong still remembers that when she was a child, she had no peers around her and was very bored at home. She could only hold a copy of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and read it over and over again.
At that time, there were a few old ladies knitting and making shoe uppers, as well as old men playing chess at the door, and a large group of people gathered around to watch.
Xue Yuantong also came over to take a look. He didn't understand at first, but he found the old man's expression of blowing his beard and glaring very funny.
After returning home, she found some cardboard, drew a chessboard, carved chess pieces, and studied it every day.
Later, her mother came back and taught her the rules of chess, so Xue Yuantong played chess with herself every day.
After practicing for a while, he played chess with his mother, but she was no match for him at all. Xue Yuantong often won the game in thirteen moves.
So Xue Yuantong walked out of the house and went to play chess with the group of old men.
At first, the old man was very happy, he didn’t expect that such a young chess friend would join him. It is really a cause for celebration that there will be successors in the field of chess!
The old men who loved to teach others vied with each other to play chess with Xue Yuantong, while the old ladies knitted sweaters beside them with a smile and gave food to Xue Yuantong.
The atmosphere was very harmonious at the beginning.
It was not until seven days later that Xue Yuantong shaved the old man's head into a bald general.
This was achieved with the guidance and support of several older men who worked together to help an old man.
The uncles were so angry that they overturned the chessboard.
Since then, Xue Yuantong never saw the old men setting up the chessboard again.
Later, my mother said that only when Xue Yuantong went to school would the uncles set up the chessboard and practice chess with each other. When Xue Yuantong was about to finish school, they would quickly put away the chessboard.
Xue Yuantong never played chess again after that.
At this moment, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong started a game of chess.
In the first game, Jiang Ning defeated Xue Yuantong in just three minutes.
The second game took five minutes.
In the third game, Xue Yuantong was unwilling to give up and prepared to take revenge, but he failed.
She didn't want to eat and insisted on finishing the game with Jiang Ning.
Unfortunately, Xue Yuantong still lost the third game.
Jiang Ning felt a little tired. During the time when he was cultivating immortals in his previous life, he often used chess to relieve boredom. Over the long years, he developed superb chess skills.
However, the longer you play chess, the better you will become. Otherwise, those chess-playing grandfathers at the entrance of the village might be invincible.
With this skill, one can become a master with years of experience, but if one wants to go further, it requires a lot of talent.
Xue Yuantong has made great progress in the past few games. If he continues to play, the outcome will be unpredictable.
Jiang Ning put away his phone: "Let's eat."
Xue Yuantong snorted: "Continue tonight."
"We'll talk about it when the time comes." Jiang Ning said perfunctorily.
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After finishing his meal, Jiang Ning left the restaurant with Ma Shicheng.
Dong Qingfeng and his friends arrived late, and they were chatting and laughing during the meal, so they only ate half of the meal.
After seeing Jiang Ning and the others leave, Dong Qingfeng said:
"Jiang Ning's family should be well off, right? The dishes he ordered are pretty good."
Chen Qian doesn't think so:
"Not necessarily. Don't you know what the people in the back row are like? They often eat well one meal and eat steamed buns with Lao Gan Ma the next."
He still remembers the quarrel with Shan Kaiquan in the group that day, and he also felt displeased with several people in the back row.
Even though Chen Qian was attacking the group a bit, Dong Qingfeng also admitted that the group of people in the back row were really not that good and were completely the cancer of the class. This time, the average score of Class 8's monthly exam might be dragged down by them.
Wang Yongguang was at the meal and did not join in. Lin Zida asked him about Jiang Ning, but he was sure that Jiang Ning was no ordinary person, so he did not agree with what the two said.
Chen Siqing next to him spoke up: "The girl opposite Jiang Ning is very pretty."