Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Bicycle

Jiang Cheng and Grandma Shen were having such an intense gossip session that they were reluctant to stop.

But it was quite late, and they needed to wake up early, so they eventually went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Jiang Cheng got up at four and arrived at Elder Xu’s place around four-thirty.

She immediately saw a stack of books laid out on Elder Xu’s table, roughly counted, eight in total.

It seemed today was going to be a "show-off battle"!

What a coincidence, she absolutely loved it!

"Elder Xu, shall we begin?"

Jiang Cheng wasted no time in getting to the main topic, and Elder Xu was curious as well.

He knew Jiang Cheng was smart, but today he wanted to determine just how smart.

Both were very serious as they began with the first book.

"The ancient—"

"Elder Xu, how about we try a different approach? I’d like to read by myself, and if there’s anything I don’t understand, I’ll ask you."

Elder Xu gazed at Jiang Cheng; her unwavering and calm eyes showed neither pride nor shyness.

"Alright."

Elder Xu handed the book to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng took the book and started reading it softly and quickly, asking about unfamiliar words once.

Once she asked about a word, she never needed to ask again.

The first book, not too thick, took forty-three minutes for Jiang Cheng to finish.

On to the second book.

The third book, the fourth book...

In three hours, Jiang Cheng read four and a third books.

"Elder Xu—"

"Jiang Cheng, do you have a photographic memory?"

Elder Xu finally asked what he most urgently wanted to know, and Jiang Cheng shook her head regretfully.

"Unfortunately, when it comes to language, I can only remember 99.999%, and for other subjects, I’m even more ashamed— I actually need to look twice or thrice!"

"Sometimes I wonder why I don’t have a photographic memory. It would save so much time."

Elder Xu finally understood the sense of admiration mixed with frustration that Teacher Lü had.

If yesterday Elder Xu was unsure whether Jiang Cheng was boasting or what, today he understood, this girl was indeed showing off!

The most frustrating thing is, she’s genuinely showing off!!

"Elder Xu, I took leave today. Let’s finish up these remaining books so we can catch up before you leave."

"I absolutely won’t let you leave with any regrets!"

The sparkle in Jiang Cheng’s eyes made Elder Xu swallow back his words about taking on an apprentice.

Also... why did her words sound so awkward??

In the end, the old man squeezed out a word through gritted teeth: Study!

Jiang Cheng spent the morning enjoyably finishing the eight books.

Uncle Zhong happened to walk in at this moment, holding an envelope.

"Elder Xu, this is from Beijing."

"Quick, quick! Bring it here!"

Elder Xu instantly forgot about taking on a disciple, quickly tearing open the envelope to take out a stamped document.

"Good, good! This is great!"

"This guy finally did something right."

Elder Xu invited Jiang Cheng to sit down and handed her the document to read.

"From today onward, you can openly read foreign books."

Jiang Cheng genuinely felt a moment of joy.

Great!

She put down the document, rose, and bowed to Elder Xu in gratitude.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me, I just pushed a bit. The main credit goes to Lü Da— that is, Teacher Lü."

"Take it and keep it safe; it was specially delivered through special means. Remember to tell Teacher Lü I didn’t take her credit."

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