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Chapter 239 The Third Cave of the Cunning Rabbit

Wei Ming works in the library's copy room, which contains books that are not displayed openly. Most of them are old books, but not old enough to be considered ancient books.

The ancient books are all treasured and preserved in the rare book library next door.

The books in the library are not highly valued. Some of them are old works with old viewpoints that have been eliminated with the development of science and technology, while others are sensitive and should not be seen by ordinary students, but it would be a pity to destroy them directly.

Almost no one reads the former, but there are still some teachers and professors who come to borrow the latter, but sometimes no one comes in a whole day.

Ordinary students are not qualified to borrow books here unless they have a note from a leader or professor, like Wei Ming in the past.

Wei Ming used to be a frequent visitor here, but now he has become the owner.

In addition to waiting for the right people to borrow books and helping them find books, his job also involves summarizing and organizing them, which requires the use of library knowledge that he has not yet systematically learned.

A few days ago, colleagues from the library had given him a simple training so that he understood the basic rules of book placement.

This place is difficult to find. It is located on the underground floor and is surrounded by unpopular storage rooms that are rarely visited. If the library is a quiet place, then the storage room is terrifyingly quiet.

This was exactly what Wei Ming wanted. After lunch, he used his key to open the door of the library, came in, closed the door, and then began to create. His efficiency was far higher than in other scenes.

The only downside is that there is no sunlight here, so we can only rely on lights all day long, and the light bulbs here are not bright enough. Wei Ming plans to go back and buy a higher-power light bulb to replace it.

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When Wei Hong took Ning Xin and Qiao Cui to leave Yannan Garden, Mr. Feng's daughter personally saw them out and said that they were welcome to visit often.

Both female students found it incredible that they had just talked to the characters in the textbook. Qiao Cui gained a new understanding of Teacher Wei's power.

It was still early, not yet time for dinner, so Wei Hong said, "Mei'er is giving birth. I have to tell my brother about this big thing. Let's go to the library."

Qiao Cui: "Yes, yes, I've heard that Peking University Library has a very rich collection!"

Ning Xin muttered quietly: "It's just a cat giving birth, why are you making such a fuss?"

Wei Hong: "Then are you going or not?"

"I'll go, I'll go borrow some books."

Wei Hong said: "You can't borrow books now. Without a library card, you can only look inside the library."

Qiao Cui asked, "Xiaohong, can you borrow books from the library?"

Wei Hong: "I used my brother's library card and read more than a dozen books on economics and finance during this holiday."

She was quite interested in this field, after all, it could make money, but considering that mathematics was the foundation of everything, she finally chose the Department of Mathematics.

When they arrived at the library lobby, there were still many freshmen exchanging meal tickets, and they also saw some speaking Cantonese.

Wei Hong also knew a little bit about it, and said to her two roommates, "They are international students from Hong Kong."

Qiao Cui: "Are there still people from Hong Kong in our school?"

"There are foreigners too. There's nothing special about Hong Kong people. Hong Kong is also an inseparable part of our motherland's territory." Wei Hong said righteously. But after all, she is an international student, so she lives in Shaoyuan.

When thinking of Shaoyuan, Wei Hong thought of her ex-sister-in-law Melinda, whom she had never met.

When she was working at Oriental Plaza, she often asked Mei Wenhua about their affairs. According to Wenhua, Melinda came back some time ago, and she came back with the British Prime Minister. That's amazing.

After entering the library, Wei Hong saw the teacher on duty and went over to ask.

"Teacher Lin, do you know where my brother is?"

Many people in the library already knew Wei Hong. She smiled and said, "Teacher Wei is in the library, but he said he is writing a novel. Don't disturb him if you have nothing to do."

"Oh, I see." Wei Hong also knew the importance of the matter. After thinking for a while, she said, "Then let's go in and read a book. When he comes out, you can tell him to wait for us, okay?"

"Sure, if you want to borrow any book, you can ask your brother to help you."

The library, which is usually crowded, is not too crowded now and there is no shortage of seats. Qiao Cui suggested going to read magazines, and Wei Hong led them into the magazine reading room.

Qiao Cui asked: "Xiaohong, has your brother published any works in any publications recently?"

Wei Hong: "I think I submitted a series of essays to Huacheng, which talked about Lingnan cuisine."

Ning Xin thought: He is a great writer, and he is also a foodie.

Qiao Cui: "I'll look for it."

Generally, Peking University Library will collect every new issue of mainstream magazines, which is a considerable expense every month. Top-tier publications such as "Harvest" and "People's Literature", which are extremely popular, are basically always borrowed.

As they were looking for it, a boy came out and volunteered, "Junior sisters, what kind of publication are you looking for? I'm very familiar with this place."

The boy was so proactive not just because he was enthusiastic and kind, but mainly because he thought the girl was pretty.

Even though Qiao Cui, who ranks third among the three, is considered to be of average appearance, and she is young and loves to laugh, so she is still very attractive.

Not to mention Wei Hong, who is naturally beautiful with fair skin, and Ning Xin, who comes from a wealthy family and is very good at dressing up.

Qiao Cui mentioned "Huacheng", and the other party found the magazine for her immediately, and he really knew how to arrange the magazines.

Ning Xin asked hurriedly: "Brother, do you know where the Story Club is?"

"Storytelling?"

When the boys heard this name, they suddenly felt that Ning Xin, who looked like a fairy in a white dress, was dirty. How could a student from Peking University watch such meaningless things?

However, considering her beauty, the boy kindly helped him find it. It was not available before, but recently because the sales of this magazine increased so rapidly, he bought it, but there was only the July issue.

Ning Xin flipped through it and was disappointed. Oh, I wanted to read the second part of "The Battle of Ancient and Modern Times and the Love of Qin Terracotta Warriors", but I had already read this book a long time ago.

Wei Hong casually picked up an August issue of "Popular Movies". Her family subscribed to every issue, but she couldn't find the August issue. Her brother said it might have been lent to someone.

In fact, Wei Ming showed it to Zhu Lin. There was a short paragraph on it about "Traitor". The movie will be released soon, but there was not even a still photo, and Sister Lin's name was not even mentioned.

Wei Hong found a seat and started watching. There was also an introduction to foreign films, which mentioned the production of foreign feature films.

China produces dozens of films each year, which is still too few and cannot even be ranked in the world. However, the world's largest film country in terms of quantity is actually India, which produced 714 films last year!
Oh my god, that's like two new movies to watch every day, don't they do anything else besides making and watching movies???
The second is Japan, with 331 films, which is also a lot. The third is the United States, with 248 films.

Last year, China released 55 films, barely ranking in the top ten.

Continuing to flip through the pages, Wei Hong was pleasantly surprised to find that there was also a report about "Heroes Have Always Been Young" in the magazine.

Wow, this chivalrous woman must be Brother Biao’s girlfriend, so cool!

The magazine devoted one page to each of the two kung fu films that had recently started filming.

One is "Treasure Hunt" filmed in mainland China by Hong Kong Phoenix Company. Mainland actors include Zhang Fengyi and Wang Ji, as well as Biaozi's teacher Coach Wu Bin.

Not long after Zhang Fengyi and two classmates bought clothes in Xintiandi, he got the role and went to northwest China to film.

The other one was "Heroes Have Always Been Young", which was filmed in the southwest and produced by Blue Bird and Beijing Film Studio. It emphasized that the story was a popular martial arts novel written by mainland writer Wei Kuangren, and also mentioned that the screenwriter was the young writer Wei Ming.

Wei Hong was about to turn the page, but Ning Xin asked her to wait.

"I haven't finished reading it yet." Ning Xin was clearly reading the article about "Heroes Have Always Been Young".

Wei Hong pointed to a certain line proudly and said, "See? My brother is the screenwriter, and I know the leading actor too."

Ning Xin: "What's the point of being a screenwriter? It's not the author who writes the best stories."

Wei Hong laughed: "Sorry, the original author is another pen name of my brother."

Ning Xin looked at Wei Hong in disbelief. She was so dumbfounded that she couldn't speak.

Wei Hong felt a little regretful after she had the pleasure. She wondered if she should have revealed the secret. Although her eldest brother didn't say that she had to keep it a secret, even her parents didn't know about it.

Besides, popular novels are not considered presentable after all. Wouldn't this damage my brother's image in the literary world?

So Wei Hong quickly covered Ning Xin's mouth: "Don't tell anyone."

Ning Xin pushed Wei Hong's hand away and wiped her mouth: "Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"

"Why are you lying to me?"

"Then was 'The Battle of Ancient and Modern Times' also written by your brother?" Ning Xin asked. Although she was also a top student, she had an alternative hobby, which was to be more refined. She liked to read popular novels about fighting, love, spies, and suspense.

Seeing Wei Hong nod, Ning Xin said, "Do you have the manuscript of this novel at home? I can't wait to see the ending."

"If you want to see it, I can tell you," Wei Hong said kindly, "Dong'er met Meng Tianfang again in his second life, and then died."

"You you you..." Ning Xin was so angry that she lost her voice.

Wei Hong smiled and said, "You're welcome. Do you still want to know about the third life?"

Ning Xin took the initiative to cover Wei Hong's mouth.

Seeing some students starting to leave, Wei Hong guessed it was time for dinner, so she pulled Ning Xin and Qiao Cui to leave as well.

Qiao Cui covered her stomach and said, "Watching Teacher Wei's works made me hungry. I didn't expect he was such a teacher. What kind of delicacy is Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?"

Ning Xin: I didn’t expect him to be such a madman like Wei.

When the three of them arrived at the door, they met Wei Ming who was waiting for them. He was carrying a backpack and was ready to go home to continue working on his project. He had to update over 10,000 articles today.

"Brother, Mei'er gave birth to three cubs!" Wei Hong quickly told him the good news.

Wei Ming: "When did it happen?"

"Just yesterday, the kitten hadn't even opened its eyes yet."

"Then I'll take some gifts to see it tomorrow and choose a kitten by the way."

Wei Hong said: "All three have long hair. One looks like Mei'er and is all white. One is calico, the prettiest. The other is black and white, just like Black Cat Sheriff!"

"Then I would definitely choose Sheriff Black Cat." Wei Ming blurted out. This is a God-given fate.

Wei Hong said again: "Brother, I'm going to eat, do you want to join us?"

Qiao Cui and Ning Xin looked at Wei Ming expectantly, but he shook his head: "You have classmates to accompany you, and I'm worried that Mom will have no one to accompany her. I'd better go back and eat."

Wei Hong thought about it and it made sense. Sister Yunyun would probably want to have dinner with Brother Wenhua.

When Wei Ming rode his motorcycle back to the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Xu Shufen had already prepared dinner. What surprised him was that the old lady actually cooked three kinds of dishes, which is the specialty of the Changzheng Canteen. The old lady smiled and said, "Didn't you order this dish today? I saw that you ate a lot, so I went to buy pig liver, kidneys and pig stomach when I came back."

From the appearance, it is almost the same as that made by the chef in the Changzheng Canteen.

"Mom, you are amazing. If nothing else, this dish looks good."

Xu Shufen: "There are some differences in taste. After all, the chef must have his own unique skills, but it's not bad."

Wei Ming took a bite and said, "It's not just not bad, it's delicious! The liver is tender, the kidneys are crispy, and the stomach is especially chewy."

Although I can’t completely replicate the taste of the Long March canteen, I know how to cook and I know what to add and what temperature to keep to make the dishes taste better.

After all, she is a good wife and mother who can cook a table full of delicious food with little oil and no meat.

Encouraged by Wei Ming, the bored Xu Shufen decided to replicate more of the famous dishes she had eaten in Beijing.

Wei Ming was about to say that mothers are the best in the world, but Xu Shufen said, "When I'm done practicing, your father should be back, and I'll cook for him then."

Wei Ming: “…”

When they finished their meal, Wei Ming was writing a novel. When he heard the sound of a motorcycle downstairs, he knew that Yunyun had returned.

After Yunyun came back, she didn't say hello to anyone. She sneaked into the room like a thief and covered herself with the quilt. She touched her lips and was worried. Would she get pregnant like this?

The next day, before going to work, Wei Ming bought some shrimps and visited Mei'er who was in confinement after her baby's birth. He also agreed with Mr. Feng that he would adopt a black and white long-haired dairy cat.

Mr. Feng was not surprised at all: "I knew you would choose this."

Wei Ming asked again: "Have anyone ordered the other two?"

Mr. Feng said, "I'll keep the one that looks most like Mei'er for myself, and give the other to Zong Pu. It's a pity there are only three, otherwise Ji Xianlin could have gotten one too."

Upon hearing that his adoption rank was before that of Mr. Ji, Wei Ming was deeply moved. He went back to get a fishing rod and went to the moat of the Forbidden City to fish in order to make fish soup for Mei'er to increase her milk production.

This afternoon, Wei Ming ran into Wei Hong and her group of two who were wandering around the school. They looked very idle.

"There aren't any new people in your dormitory yet?"

"Today a girl from Tianjin came," Wei Hong said, paying close attention to her tone, "but she went out to eat with her boyfriend."

"Wow, this is the one I brought from high school."

Qiao Cui: "Yes, and he is from Tsinghua University."

Wei Ming: "Why don't we take the exam together? Even though we are just across the street, it's actually very inconvenient."

Ning Xin said, "That guy must be admitted to Tsinghua University's Department of Architecture, and Guo Qian must be admitted to Peking University's Department of Mathematics."

Wei Ming nodded. They were both top majors and it was indeed difficult to give up. Ning Xin said, "Teacher Wei, why don't we have dinner together?"

Wei Ming smiled and said, "I don't have a meal ticket for your cafeteria."

Qiao Cui said positively: "It's okay, if each of us eats a little less, it will be enough for you."

Unable to refuse the kindness, Wei Ming followed them to the school cafeteria. On the way, Wei Hong secretly told him that he had been exposed.

"Which one?"

"All."

At a dorm talk party last night, Wei Hong couldn't stop bragging, and even the fairy tale king Wei She, who was famous overseas, was exposed.

Now Qiao Cui and Ning Xin look at Wei Ming with eyes full of admiration. This is not an idol, this is clearly a god!
So at the dinner table they treated God as artificial intelligence and asked him anything they didn't understand. Fortunately, these questions were relatively basic and Wei Ming could answer them.

Ning Xin focused on asking about studying abroad.

"My parents want me to study abroad in the United States in the future, and they asked me to be active since my freshman year, but I don't want to go. It's so pitiful to travel across the ocean alone, all alone and helpless," she asked, "Teacher Wei, do you think it's necessary for us to study abroad?"

Wei Ming replied: "The current level of your mathematics department is far from the international forefront. If you want to make achievements in mathematics-related fields, studying abroad is inevitable."

Although most of them never come back after leaving, there is really nothing we can do about it.

Even their mathematics department head, Professor Ding Shisun, the future president of Peking University, is now planning to study abroad for a period of time, otherwise he really won’t have enough academic resources.

Ning Xin asked again: "If Wei Hong wants to study abroad in the future, will you be at ease? In four years, she will only be 18 years old."

Wei Ming: "I'm worried, so why don't I just go out with her?"

"Ah?" Ning Xin and Qiao Cuiwei opened their mouths.

Wei Ming: "I still have some connections abroad. In four years, my connections will be even greater. It shouldn't be difficult for me to go abroad by then."

Wei Hong was so moved that she almost cried. There is only one good brother in the world, and a sister with a brother is a treasure!

As for Ning Xin and Qiao Cui, they could only envy her and regretted that they were not Wei Hong's sister-in-law.

However, Wei Ming would not take advantage of his sisters' surroundings, nor did he give them any chance. After dinner, he went straight into the library to study hard.

The library is much brighter today. He replaced the light bulb with a bigger one at his own expense, but the school has to pay for the electricity.

In the evening, Xu Shufen prepared the classic Shandong cuisine Nine-turn Large Intestine for her son, and she made sure it was clean.

But why have I been so keen on going into the water these days?

Yunyun came back earlier today. She rode her bike back and made it in time for dinner.

In addition, she told Wei Ming: "Wenhua asked me to ask you if you have time tomorrow."

Wei Ming knew that he would have to share the profits again, so he nodded and said, "Let them go to the courtyard in Beichizi. I'll go there after work."

My mother reminded him to check on the growth of the radishes, and that she would plant some cabbages when she had time.

August was the first full month of Oriental Plaza's opening, and because of the extensive media coverage, its customer flow and daily sales hit new highs, so it may get a considerable share this time.

The next day, Wei Ming rushed to the courtyard in Beichizi after get off work, but Xiaomei and the others had not arrived yet.

Wei Ming saw some weeds in the radish field, so he removed them.

While I was working, Mei Wenhua and Biao's mother came together. Each of them had a bag stuffed in their stomachs. After coming in, they quickly locked the door. They were very cautious.

"Come in." Wei Ming invited them into the living room, which was still short of furniture and could barely fit three chairs.

Mei Wenhua said with a smile: "Brother Ming, you are really sitting on the Diaoyutai. You haven't visited for such a long time since you came back."

"I believe in your ability. By the way, Aunt Qian, Biaozi and I met Uncle Zhao in Sichuan this time. I have a photo of them father and son here." Wei Ming took out the photo he had prepared long ago.

Biao's mother was very surprised because due to the inconvenience of communication, she didn't know that her son had found his father.

Seeing the obvious contrast in the photo of father and son, Biao's mother smiled and said with some emotion: "It's a great photo, but did Biaozi's father stand on tiptoe? I remember he was not this tall."

Mei Wenhua quickly interrupted: "Auntie, let's not talk about tiptoeing anymore, let's talk about how much money we made last month!"

Wei Ming: “How much?”

"The profit in August is 70,000!" Mei Wenhua's eyes sparkled, "I plan to share 50,000 of it."

"So much to share?" Wei Ming got more than 20,000 yuan directly, which he felt was too hot.

Xiaomei and Biao's mother looked at each other, and Biao's mother said, "Actually, Xiaomei and I are both planning to buy a house. He needs a house to get married, and I'm also thinking about getting married for Biaozi next year."

So you want to buy a wedding house, so you really need to get a bigger share.

Wei Ming asked: "Have you found a house?"

He also wanted to ask Li Guangfu, as he had entrusted him with something before.

Mei Wenhua said: "We want to buy it in Tuanjiehu."

After living in the compound for so long, everyone wants to move into an apartment building. Now there are only two commercial apartments in Yanjing: the Overseas Chinese Apartment and Tuanjiehu.

Overseas Chinese Apartment is an old building with no inventory, so we can only wait for the original owner to sell the house. However, there are two buildings in Tuanjie Lake waiting to be sold. Due to the high prices, only a small part of them have been sold so far.

Tuanjie Lake is in Chaoyang, and the location is not very good, especially it is a bit far from Oriental Plaza, but there is no other choice.

"How much does a house over there cost?" Wei Ming asked.

Biao's mother had already inquired about it: "180 yuan per square meter, 60 to more than 80 square meters."

That means the starting price is 10,000 yuan, and they plan to buy a bigger house with a better floor.

After dividing the money, Wei Ming said, "When you buy a house, call me and I'll buy one too."

There's no other way. Sister Lin and I must have some private space, otherwise our relationship will gradually fade.

The next day, Peking University held a welcome ceremony and the admission work was officially completed. Peking University welcomed 3066 undergraduate students, including 72 from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Of course, it is much easier for them to get into Peking University than mainland students. This is also an old tradition.

Today, Wei Ming officially met all of Wei Hong's roommates. Except for the one from Tianjin, there is one from Shanghai and one from Harbin.

Wei Hong was actually the only girl from the countryside, but she couldn't feel inferior because her brother said that he would give her enough pocket money and even bought her an imported tape recorder with two rpm and one mic!
Wei Ming, who just got 25,000 yuan, would only need more than 10,000 yuan to buy another house. How would he spend so much money?

At this time, he hoped to get some foreign currency, because once the money arrived at the Friendship Store, it would be spent quickly.

Just a few days later, Mei Wenhua had settled the house issue, but Wei Ming did not go with them when they paid the money; he went alone.

Ask Zhu Lin to go along alone.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Lin, who had just signed up, said, "I have an exam in a few days, so I'm busy these days."

Wei Ming: "Did you bring your household registration book with you to the exam?"

"Bring it."

Wei Ming: "That's good, follow me."

Zhu Lin's heart was pounding. He, he wouldn't want to get a marriage certificate with me, right?

(Yesterday's guaranteed minimum)
(End of this chapter)