MMB Chapter 46 The Bet Between Two Girls, Zhang Chengfei Comes to the Door!
Chapter 46 The Bet Between Two Girls, Zhang Chengfei Comes to the Door!
Looking at the huge dark circles under Zhang Erya's eyes from staying up all night, Zhang Chengfei clicked his tongue and said leisurely, "Erya, don't you want to earn more?"
Zhang Erya suddenly looked up: "Yes!"
"Your third uncle has a task for you. Do you dare to take on it?"
Seeing her third uncle's serious expression, Zhang Erya swallowed hard: "Third Uncle, please speak, I'll listen first."
Zhang Chengfei said casually, "Actually, it's nothing. I just have a little poem here... If you can memorize it and write it from memory in three days, I'll give you an extra dollar on top of your regular salary. How about it? Dare to take the challenge?"
Despite having gone through four literacy campaigns since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Er Ya has not yet become literate.
But she had actually attended a few days of literacy classes and knew that ancient poems were either twenty or twenty-eight characters long.
She quickly did some calculations on her chubby white fingers. Her current task was to learn forty characters and write twenty characters every day.
My third uncle said that memorizing a short poem would only require a maximum of twenty-eight characters, so by that calculation, I could earn more than I did before.
In a moment of impulsiveness, Er Ya immediately agreed: "Third Uncle, I dare!"
"Good boy, your third uncle believes in you!" Zhang Chengfei took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over.
Upon seeing the densely packed small characters on the paper, Zhang Erya was immediately dumbfounded: "Third Uncle, wasn't it supposed to be a poem? This isn't one."
Although she didn't count them, Er Ya could tell at a glance that there were at least two hundred words on them.
"Is Uncle playing a trick on me?" Er Ya felt a surge of emotions and gave Zhang Chengfei a resentful look.
Zhang Chengfei didn't answer her, but instead looked at Yan Bugui in the crowd: "Professor Yan, may I ask if 'The Road to Shu is Hard' is a poem?"
Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses and stepped forward: "The Road to Shu is Hard" is a highly representative ancient-style poem written by Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Although he didn't know why Zhang Chengfei suddenly made things difficult for Zhang Erya, he was happy whenever Zhang Erya was in trouble: "I can say with certainty that it is poetry, and definitely a short poem."
Zhang Erya didn't dare to argue with Zhang Chengfei, but she dared to bare her teeth at him, immediately yelling, "Old Yan, are you blind? Whose little poem has so many words? This is clearly a grand poem!"
Yan Bugui first mocked her for being uncultured, saying that there are no great poems in the world, only long poems, and then gave examples: "Of course this is a short poem, but 'Li Sao' and 'Chang Hen Ge' are long poems!"
He actually knew that "The Road to Shu is Hard" was indeed a long poem, and he said that to bully Er Ya because she was illiterate.
Zhang Erya wanted to argue further, but Zhang Chengfei spoke up quietly: "Erya, if you think you're not up to the task, we don't have to take this bet."
I was originally thinking that if you succeeded, I'd buy you a braised pork knuckle sandwich in addition to the one yuan, but now it seems the sandwich will have to go to Banggeng.
A white, fatty pork knuckle, paired with a crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside steamed bun? Zhang Erya swallowed hard and raised her hand: "Third Uncle, I can! I can memorize it!"
Banggeng, standing nearby, became anxious: "Grandma, you can't go back on your word! You just said you didn't want to recite it."
"Where did I say I wouldn't memorize it? I said I could memorize it, and I definitely can!"
"That's my braised pork knuckle sandwich!" Bang Geng stamped his feet anxiously, wanting to get close to Zhang Chengfei to argue.
Zhang Erya shoved him aside with her bottom: "You're only eight years old! Do you even understand what good food like braised pork knuckle and roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) are?!"
"Go, go, go home and find your mother!"
And so, because of the introduction of the "catfish" that was competing with the punt, Zhang Erya got carried away and declared that she would definitely be able to complete the mission perfectly.
Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, exchanged a glance. Xu Damao spoke first: "Hey Dafei, shouldn't there be a stake in every bet?"
You only mentioned what Aunt Zhang would receive if she won, but you didn't say what would happen if she lost.
Sha Zhu chimed in, "Right, what kind of bet only involves winning and never losing?"
Zhang Chengfei smiled and asked, "What do you and Brother Da Mao think?"
Before either of them could speak, Yan Bugui said first, "If Zhang Erya can't memorize it by the deadline, make her give back all the money she earned in the last two days!"
Good heavens! Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed in surprise. Just how much does Yan Bugui hate Zhang Erya to propose such a bet?
But...
When they realized that Zhang Erya had earned a dollar in just two days, everyone immediately raised their hands in agreement.
Some people even feared that Arya might not die and said they could raise the stakes even further.
Zhang Erya looked nervously at Zhang Chengfei, fearing that he would accept the opinions of the others.
Unfortunately, it was still adopted.
"Look how loud the crowd's voice is, Er Ya. Since that's the case, let's do it the way everyone says. If you win, I'll give you a dollar and a pork knuckle sandwich."
"If you lose, you have to give me back the dollar you owed me from the previous two days."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Erya almost fainted.
No way, is this really her third uncle? How come he's ganging up with these bastards in the courtyard to bully her?
Dislike level +557!!
Upon seeing the highest level of dislike he had ever received, Zhang Chengfei exclaimed that Er Ya truly lived up to her name.
They're still as heartless as ever, using people when they need them and discarding them when they don't.
But that's fine too. The more Er Ya acts like this, the easier it is for her to feel at ease raising her dislike rating, isn't it?
……
Because they had important business to attend to that evening, Zhang Chengfei and Xu Damao rescheduled for a drinking session before leaving the courtyard.
Dinner was a quick bite on the street, using food coupons saved up by the previous incarnation.
While pondering that he didn't have many grain coupons left and needed to find a way to exchange them, Zhang Chengfei arrived at No. 17 Mianhua Hutong, following the address left by Lao Tai.
After looking around to make sure no one was around, he took out a pound of white sugar that the system had previously rewarded him with and knocked on Tai Jinyan's door.
A moment later, footsteps echoed in the courtyard, the door opened, and a simply dressed woman in her fifties spoke: "Who are you?"
A look of confusion flashed in the woman's eyes.
"Hello. My name is Zhang Chengfei, I'm from the technical department of the machinery factory. I'm looking for Section Chief Tai." Seeing that the woman seemed not to remember him, Zhang Chengfei continued, "We met a few days ago when you went to pick up Section Chief Tai after he got drunk."
"I remember now. Please come in." The woman suddenly realized.
Zhang Chengfei handed her the sugar, but the woman shook her head: "Why did you bring anything when you came?"
Zhang Chengfei insisted, "It would be impolite to come empty-handed on my first visit. I didn't know what to buy, but I noticed our team leader likes to drink sugar water, so I bought some. It's nothing special, and I'd feel bad if you didn't accept it."
"Oh, how could I accept this?" The woman finally accepted the sugar and praised Cheng Fei for his thoughtfulness.
She told Zhang Chengfei that Lao Tai had diabetes, and his blood sugar levels fluctuated, sometimes even experiencing hypoglycemia.
"To prevent any accidents, he drinks some sugar water when he feels something is wrong to stabilize his blood sugar level."
"Oh, diabetes is a difficult disease to treat. You have to pay attention to your diet and exercise as much as possible."
"That's right. I've been telling him to exercise more, but he never seems to take it seriously..."
"We've been in contact at the factory a lot, I'll help you persuade him later..."
The two talked as they walked into the courtyard.
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