The second monthly exam in the second semester of the third year of senior high school came as scheduled.
The monthly exam this time was much easier than last time. Lu Zhong reckoned that his score could reach 710 points, so he stopped.
You must know that Lu Zhong still did not fill in the listening answers in the last foreign language subject. There are 30 points in this listening comprehension. It took Lu Zhong less than an hour for the foreign language test questions, and he finished and handed in the papers and left the examination room.
After leaving the examination room, Lu Zhong suddenly thought that tomorrow would be Thursday, and he was going to participate in someone's 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, and it would be inappropriate not to give a gift.
However, everyone is a student, so it is not only vulgar to give gold, silver and jewelry, but also Lu Zhong does not have the capital now. It would be too casual to send other things.
After thinking about it, Lu Zhong was going to write a calligraphy and painting work by himself and give it to Leng Mei.
Growing up with his grandfather, Lu Zhong was deeply influenced by the old man, and his calligraphy and painting skills are not bad. Moreover, his current soul energy is astonishingly huge, even if it is not as good as some ancient masters, it should be more than enough to deal with some modern "bricks and beasts".
With this idea, Lu Zhong saw that it was still early, so he went straight out of the school gate, stopped a taxi, and rushed to [Jiguzhai].
[Jiguzhai] is very close to the Youth Palace in Yancheng City, where there are many traditional Chinese things. There are everything like rice paper, inkstone, brush and ink, calligraphy and painting, porcelain and so on. There are even some antiques on the second floor of this shop. Of course, ordinary customers will not go to the second floor.
The reason why Lu Zhong chose this shop is because the prices of the items in this shop are fair and the quality is reliable. The second is that he has been here many times with his grandfather, and he is quite familiar with this shop.
This [Jiguzhai] has been open in Yancheng for many years. Lu Zhong came here several times with his grandfather when he was a child, and the last time Lu Zhong came here was three years ago. At that time, old man Lu Haoran seemed to be invited to practice medicine for the boss here.
Lu Zhong remembered that the boss here was an old man named Zheng Tianle, who seemed to have a good relationship with his grandfather. And two years ago, when Grandpa Lu Zhong passed away, Zheng Tianle seemed to have also paid a memorial service to him. But at that time, Lu Zhong was crying so much that he didn't have much impression of Zheng Tianle.
Originally, Lu Zhong thought that since he came to Zheng Tianle, he should pay a visit to Uncle Zheng, but Lu Zhong heard that Zheng Tianle had retired, and he didn't have the energy to take care of this [Jiguzhai], so he handed Jiguzhai over to him. Gave it to his little daughter. Thinking about it, he wouldn't be here now, so Lu Zhong stopped thinking about visiting Zheng Tianle.
When I came to this shop, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. After Lu Zhong quickly selected the corresponding pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he went to the counter to prepare to pay. However, there were still three or four customers in front of him, so Lu Zhong had no choice but to queue up.
The cashier was still very fast. Three minutes later, it was finally Lu Zhong's turn.
Putting the things on the cash register, Lu Zhong looked at the things in his hand, and found that the price of the things was close to two hundred yuan, which made him feel a little heartbroken: "Dizzy, money is not everything in this world , but it is absolutely impossible without money. It seems that in order to practice better and enjoy life better in the future, I have to make money."
Wei Wei muttered, after paying the 178 yuan bill, Lu Zhong was ready to leave with the plastic bag in hand.
At this moment, a gentle and refined old man came down from the second floor. When he saw Lu Zhong appearing, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? Xiao Xiao Zhong, you bad boy came to Uncle Zheng, and you didn't even think about it." Come to see Uncle?"
It was Zheng Tianle who came, because tomorrow is the 18th birthday of one of his favorite juniors, so he has been waiting in the store for the arrival of a piece of goods he ordered for the past few days, and he also took care of his little daughter by the way The grandson didn't want to see Lu Zhong appearing with a plastic bag, so he hurried over in surprise.
Zheng Tianle is sixty-eight years old today, but he calls Lu Chong's grandfather, Lu Haoran, Shibo. In this way, it is normal for Lu Zhong to call him uncle.
"Uh, so it's Uncle Zheng." Lu Zhong gave the old man downstairs an embarrassed look, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I originally wanted to visit Uncle Zheng, but I heard last time that you have retired I didn't expect you to be in Jiguzhai today. What a coincidence. Hehe"
"Bastard boy, I didn't expect to see you in two years. Not only have you grown taller, but you have also become glib." Zheng Tianle blew his beard and stared at his eyes, and reached out and tapped Lu Zhong's head angrily, saying: Here you go, let's go to Uncle's house today to identify the door. Kid, don't refuse."
"Uncle Zheng, let's forget about today. Because tomorrow I will attend a classmate's eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. No, I rushed to you.Still have to work tonight. "Lu Zhong smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "Why don't you give me an address, and I will visit you after a while"
When Lu Zhong refused, Zheng Tianle immediately turned black, but when Lu Zhong said that he was going to attend a classmate's 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony tomorrow, his face brightened, and he unconsciously pulled his beard. A weird smile flashed across his eyes.
"Aren't you fooling Uncle Zheng?" Zheng Tianle's expression turned serious, but Lu Zhong didn't see the hidden smile in Zheng Tianle's eyes.
Lu Zhong hurriedly said: "Uncle Zheng, I am a senior high school student. I have a lot of work to do now. If I don't want to give gifts, why should I come to you to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones?"
"Well, since that's the case, then Uncle Zheng will let you go this time. Hehe, but, you remember to visit Uncle Zheng within a week." Zheng Tianle's face seemed to calm down, and then he looked at Lu Chong jokingly, Suddenly asked, "Xiao Zhong, is that classmate of yours a girl?"
"It's a woman!" Lu nodded, and there was nothing to hide about it.
"Tsk tsk, female classmate? That female classmate of yours is beautiful, right? Tell Uncle Zheng, do you like that female classmate?" Zheng Tianle suddenly approached Lu Zhong's side, and asked with a smile on his face.
"dislike!"
For Zheng Tianle's close behavior, Lu Zhong suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. But he really didn't like Leng Mei now, so he shook his head resolutely.
"Cut, little guy, who are you fooling?" Zheng Tianle glared at Lu Chong with disbelief, "Seeing how you prepared a gift for that girl, it can be seen that you not only like her, but also very much." I like him. Hmph, you want to hide from my old man?"
In fact, Zheng Tianle was even more annoyed in his heart, complaining secretly: "Who is this bastard kid lying to? How could there be students in City No. 1 Middle School who can resist the beauty of my sister?"
The sister that Zheng Tianle was talking about in his heart was Leng Mei. She is also the granddaughter of Zheng Tianle. He already knew that Lu Zhong and Leng Mei were classmates. Today, when Lu Zhong said that he was going to participate in a classmate's 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, he immediately understood who the classmate Lu Chong was talking about. After all, his granddaughter will be celebrating her eighteenth birthday tomorrow. If someone else celebrates their eighteenth birthday, it may not be necessary to hold a coming-of-age ceremony.
"What I said is true, and I didn't deceive you." Lu Zhong didn't know what Zheng Tianle was thinking, but said lightly. Leng Mei is indeed beautiful, but Lu Zhong is not yet fascinated by Leng Mei.
Zheng Tianle stroked his snow-white beard, suddenly feeling a little confused. He finally realized that Lu Zhong's expression did not seem to be lying. Immediately, Zheng Tianle was a little unhappy again. In his heart, Leng Mei was a first-class outstanding person, and he needed good looks and family background. Lu Zhong didn't even like such a girl, which made Zheng Tianle very depressed.
"Weiwei, what's wrong with you? Don't scare mom" At this moment, a woman's scream interrupted the conversation between Lu Zhong and Zheng Tianle.
Lu Zhong looked around, but saw a very beautiful young woman hugging a five or six-year-old boy on the stairs on the second floor. The little boy was bruised and whimpered, looking very distressed.
But at this moment, Zheng Tianle's complexion changed drastically, and it was the mother and son who ran towards the stairs like crazy.
Lu Zhong didn't expect this to happen to him when he bought some pens, inks, papers and inkstones, so he quickly followed. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com