The little girl tentatively took the leather hoop, raised a bright smile, and showed her half-grown teeth: "I like it, thank you Guoguo!"

Then, she turned to look at her friend in the distance, ran away with her small schoolbag on her back.

Because he was delayed at school for a while, when Lu Ming walked to the vegetable market, it was already dark and many fresh leaves had been sold out.

Lu Ming walked to the end of the vegetable market and saw a gray-haired old woman leaning over to peel green beans, coughing from time to time.

Perhaps it was because old lady Wang Luhua kept coughing that there were not many people in front of her stall, but there were still many fresh vegetables before closing.

When Wang Luhua saw Lu Ming, she hurriedly said: "I am old, weak and have a cough. My food is cheaper than theirs."

"Yeah."

Lu Ming picked two loofahs. They looked the same as those from other stores. They were even fresher, so he bought two.

After walking around twice, he went to another stall to buy some Shanghai greens. From a distance, he saw that the old man's stall was still doing bleak business. His compassion made him go back and said, "Grandma, you bought too much vegetables."

It’s cheap and the profit is too low.”

"Otherwise, if you try to buy more expensively, maybe your business will get better."

Wang Luhua looked at the half-grown boy in front of her in confusion, and said in a hoarse voice: "If I sell it cheaply, my business will be poor, and if I sell it expensively, no one will buy it."

Lu Ming looked at it and said, "Maybe it's because you sold it too cheap and your cough made them even more afraid to buy it."

"Is that so? Thank you, kid!"

Perhaps because she was too excited, Wang Luhua lowered her head and coughed again, her suppressed voice sounding like a crazy gasp after life gets old.

"Sometimes, what people spend money to buy is trust, and they think expensive things will be better."

"Goodbye, grandma."

Lu Ming left with the vegetables in hand, stepping on the uneven concrete floor and walking quickly on the roadside, inhaling car exhaust. No birdsong could be heard among the high-rise buildings.

Time was limited, so Lu Ming casually fried loofah and vegetables with fried meat, but it was also delicious, delicious and appetizing.

Meng Ruohua ate the loofah and praised its deliciousness several times. She praised her son's ability to buy groceries and even left a small bowl for Lu Guofu who returned home at night.

After suffering in the scorching heat for a long time, Lu Ming finally waited for a rain, and countless round water droplets fell from the sky, announcing the arrival of late autumn.

Lu Ming looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree outside the window that was shaking crazily in the rain. All the flowers that bloomed this year have withered, and said: "Tao Xinyi, the sweet-scented osmanthus you like has withered."

"It will open again next year. What time did you go to bed last night? Are the dark circles under your eyes so heavy?"

"It's about one o'clock in the morning, it's not too late." Lu Ming turned away. There were still a few weeks of half-term exams. He promised to get into the top fifty of his grade and get the three thousand yuan promised by his mother.

Tao Xinyi frowned: "We don't have that much homework, why do you go to bed so late?"

"Just playing for a while."

Lu Ming rubbed his sore eyes, not wanting to tell the truth. As for the improvement in his grades, Lu Ming hoped that Tao Xinyi would think that it was due to talent, rather than hard work and diligence behind the scenes.

After all, most people will worship talented people and ignore the wisdom of hardworking people.

Tao Xinyi lowered her head to write the question. Perhaps because the rain was too noisy, she couldn't help but made a few mistakes. The sticky air stuck to her skin, and she felt irritated.

Dark clouds gathered, covering the sun, and the sharp thunder tore through the silence. The sound of "boom" scared Tao Xinyi and she wrote the wrong word again. She turned her head, with water in her eyes, and said: "Is the game so fun?"<

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"You said you wanted to enter a high school with me, but why are you still playing games?"

Seeing Tao Xinyi's tears, Lu Ming had to be patient, carefully organize his words, and said: "Then I will go to bed early in the future, don't get excited, take a deep breath."

"I will go to bed before twelve o'clock tonight!"

"Really? You promise not to lie to me." Tao Xinyi's eyes were full of distrust. It turned out that Lu Ming had said this many times and never followed it. She said aggrievedly: "Who cares whether you sleep or not? Just stay up."

It has nothing to do with me all night long!"

If he hadn't been reborn and Tao Xinyi was making such a fuss, he would have lost his patience and ignored her.

It seemed that he had made the eldest lady cry many times in the past. But even the reborn Lu Ming couldn't help complaining, "I stayed up late because she didn't stay up late, and she's not sleepy. She has such a strong sense of responsibility."

"Miss, don't be angry. I promise I will never lie to you this time!" As he said this, Lu Ming made a gesture of swearing to the sky, with a solemn look on his face.

Tao Xinyi pursed her lips, tears flowing back, and said: "Just pretend. I will barely believe you again."

"Don't worry." Lu Ming looked into Tao Xinyi's eyes.

Maybe it was because the thunder was too noisy or the rain was too noisy. Tao Xinyi didn't respond and turned around to write and draw on the scratch paper.

Lu Ming leaned over curiously and found that Tao Xinyi's face was red again. Thinking of their previous conversation, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Just now, was I teasing her?

So, is she attracted by me?

The ringing of the school bell drew Lu Ming's attention to the blackboard. Printed on the white wall were red words "Study hard and make progress every day."

Focusing on writing the questions, not thinking about anything else. Chemistry teacher Zhou Wenwen stepped into the classroom on high heels, holding a stack of papers and motioning to the class representatives to come up and distribute the papers.

Lu Ming went through it several times and found this question really difficult.

Maybe it was because they were about to enter high school and the teacher was giving them more difficulty. Lu Ming picked up the pen and started writing with difficulty, but he couldn't get the answer to most of the questions.

Halfway through the exam, the incandescent lights in the classroom suddenly went out, leaving a unique dimness on a rainy day. Fortunately, he was sitting by the window and could roughly see the numbers.

There's a power outage.

Although it was an exam, the light was too dark and most students couldn't see the questions on the test paper, so they had to put their eyes close to the test paper and read it carefully.

Zhou Wenwen said helplessly: "There's a power outage. You can't see clearly even if you lie down. We don't need this paper either."

"What good ideas do you have?"

As soon as I heard that I didn’t need to take the exam, the atmosphere in the classroom instantly became lively, with boos and boos coming and going.

Some talk about playing drumming and passing flowers, some talk about playing flying flower order, and some talk about telling stories about generals.

Lu Ming ignored the commotion in the classroom, took out his chemistry book, and checked for omissions. In fact, it wasn't really about checking for omissions and filling in the vacancies. This paper tested all the knowledge points that he didn't know, and he almost passed the college entrance examination.

Scum.

"I remember there are still a few candles in my office. I'll go back and get them. It's too dark now."

"Class representatives maintain discipline."

But the teenagers without their teachers are like wild horses that are running wild and cannot be controlled by the class representatives. The voices gradually boil like water.

Lin Xuan, the chemistry class representative, saw the situation gradually getting out of control, slammed the table and yelled.
Chapter completed!