Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan saw through Bei Mingxue's thoughts and flatly rejected Bei Mingxue's request. Bei Mingxue left angrily...
Ma Xiaoquan did not arrange any classes for himself in the afternoon, and some students also took the afternoon off like Ma Xiaoquan due to course selection.
After all the class members came to class, Ma Xiaoquan walked out of the rest room.
Because I was in such a hurry when I came to Zijia this time, I didn't have time to take a good look at many places in Zijia. Taking advantage of the afternoon break, Ma Xiaoquan planned to visit Zijia.
In the Zi family compound, except for some places that are strictly prohibited, all public places can be visited.
Ma Xiaoquan originally wanted to sneak into a few strictly prohibited places to take a look, but then he thought about it and felt that he should not act rashly before the Zi family had a complete understanding of the situation.
"Well, it would be wiser to visit it publicly..." Ma Xiaoquan nodded and walked towards the first stop he wanted to visit this time.
This first stop is actually a public study room in Zijia Academy. According to current parlance, there is no problem in calling it a library.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped into the study room and saw a young man from a wealthy family carefully opening the pages of the book in his hand. He stepped forward and asked quietly: "Brother, why do you think you are so careful?"
The rich man raised his head and glanced at Ma Xiaoquan, then pointed to the plaque above his head without saying a word.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and took a look, and saw clearly on the plaque, "Anyone who destroys a page will be fined five taels of silver."
"Holy shit," Ma Xiaoquan cursed in a low voice. This Zi family is just robbing them openly. The books in this study are not antique books. If you destroy a page, you will have to pay five taels of silver?
Complaints are complaints. Since the Zi family has established rules, they must be implemented in accordance with the rules.
In addition to the fixed room and board fee of two taels of silver per day from each wealthy family member, the Zi family sometimes also charges other fees.
Although the children of wealthy families are not very poor in money, there is still a difference between having more money and less money. Besides, all of them are young people and they are not the ones at the helm of the family. The elders in the family must be very concerned about the possession and distribution of money.
There is a quota limit.
Before Ma Xiaoquan came, in addition to some money arranged by Ma's father and Ma's mother, he also gave him an extra two hundred taels. Before Ma Xiaoquan came, he thought he wouldn't need it. Now it seems that the money is in the Zi family compound.
It's important.
Among the eleven people who won the victory, except for Shui Ling'er who personally owned more silver, the other women, including Li Qinghan, didn't have much money with them. If you count carefully, the total of the ten people is exactly one thousand.
One hundred taels.
"Well, the money is a bit short... Do you want to find a way to get some more?" Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his head, picked up a book, and flipped through it carefully.
Unknowingly, Ma Xiaoquan was fascinated by what he saw. Just as he was fascinated, the other wealthy children in the study looked at each other, nodded slightly, and slipped out of the study.
Not far outside the study door, several wealthy family members nodded and bowed to a young man.
"Master Zilong, Ma Xiaoquan is watching fascinatedly in the study right now..."
"Well, very good. By the way, you guys took out those books that Ma Xiaoquan touched..."
"Master Zilong, I have taken it all out, please take a look..."
Zilong took a few books from the hands of a few wealthy children, waved to them and said: "Okay, you go back quickly, don't make my brother suspicious."
"yes"
Zilong raised his head, looked at the study, and murmured: "Ma Xiaoquan, when I got together with you, you didn't bring much money. It's just right for you to see how our Zi family treats the poor and poor children.
Hum "
After Zilong said that, he opened each book in his hand and tore out a few pages.
In the study room, Ma Xiaoquan was attracted by the book called The Road to Immortals in his hand. Many of the contents in the book were taken from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Ma Xiaoquan was hooked.
Zilong sneaked into the study, but Ma Xiaoquan didn't even notice.
Purple Chinchilla crouched down, quietly put a few tampered books back on the bookshelf, and then crouched down again and left the study.
Half an hour later, Zilong swaggeringly led several wealthy children to the door of the study. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan alone, Zilong stopped and stood outside the study door and shouted: "Ma Xiaoquan, why are you the only one in the study?"
personal?"
Zilong shouted twice in succession, and Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses. He looked up and saw that Zilong was standing at the door of the study with several people.
Zilong's behavior made Ma Xiaoquan very suspicious, but he couldn't explain it for a while. Ma Xiaoquan said, "There are no classes in the afternoon. I will read by myself. Zilong, why don't you come in?"
Zilong shook his head and pointed to a young man from a wealthy family next to him: "I have a class later. This is a friend of mine who said he was looking for a book."
After Zilong said that, a kid from a wealthy family next to him walked into the study, came close to Ma Xiaoquan, and looked at the book in Ma Xiaoquan's hand: "Hey, I want to read this book too...Brother, let me read it first.
Want to watch?"
Ma Xiaoquan was enjoying reading it so much that he could not allow others to compete with him for the book: "No, first come, first served. I'll finish reading it right away."
I thought that the son of the wealthy family would agree, but the other party suddenly made a move, grabbed the corner of the book, and said reluctantly: "If you don't like it, don't read it. The worst is that the book will be ruined. Pay some money. I have plenty of money."
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Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zilong outside the door, and found that the other party was looking at him as if he was watching the fun, and did not come to break up the fight.
Ma Xiaoquan suddenly realized something was not good, he chuckled, let go of his hand and said: "Since you like it, just take it and watch it."
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan walked towards the study door.
When I walked to the door, I bumped into a short man. The short man covered his shoulders in an exaggerated manner and sat down on the ground with a groan.
"Don't you have eyes?" the short man said angrily.
Ma Xiaoquan didn't want to cause trouble, so he said sorry and left.
When Ma Xiaoquan walked away, the short man suddenly jumped up from the ground.
"How's it going? Is it done?" Zilong asked.
The short man chuckled: "Don't worry, Master Zilong, our family of divine thieves seldom makes mistakes when we take action."
Zilong nodded: "Well, then...does Ma Xiaoquan have any suspicion?"
"Don't worry, Master Zilong. I stuffed those pages into Ma Xiaoquan's arms, and he didn't even know."
Zilong nodded and laughed: "Okay, let's go, it's time for us to play the next step... Well, you will come forward later, but I can't come forward..."
"Don't worry, Master Zilong, we will definitely do well."