Du Lei was the eighth child in the Du Family and a true bookworm, his pet phrases always "Confucius says" and "thus and so" and such.
Ni Yang didn’t have a bit of this habit.
Elder Du twirled his Buddha beads, "There are many things you wouldn’t think of."
"What do you mean?" Du Jiaojiao turned back to look at Elder Du, "Do you know Ni Yang well?"
Elder Du turned and walked towards the study, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back to the study room now."
Du Jiaojiao pointed at the TV, "Aren’t you going to watch?"
"Watch it yourself."
"How boring." Du Jiaojiao rolled her eyes, she had once thought that maybe Elder Du liked Ni Yang!
Now it seemed that Elder Du was still the same as before.
A person without a heart.
Elder Du returned to the study, picked up the brush, and continued with his painting.
On the pure white canvas was the background of a brilliant night sky, surrounded by pitch-black jungle, a bonfire burning under a big tree.
A strand of black hair fell from the tree.
The fierce flames burned fiercely, threatening to destroy the painting.
After a few more strokes, Elder Du put down the brush, rolled up the canvas, placed it in the cabinet, and picked up a Buddhist Scripture to read softly.
Buddhist scriptures had a calming effect.
Soon after, Du Jiaojiao entered from outside, disdainfully saying, "Chanting scriptures, chanting scriptures, you’re chanting again!" She followed up by saying, "The moon is very round tonight, let’s go have a drink."
Elder Du glanced over lightly, "Not awake yet?"
Du Jiaojiao waved her hand, "Fine, fine, I know you don’t drink alcohol! Forget I asked!"
Jinghua Village.
Ever since Elder Liu got a TV, almost every evening at dinner time, everyone would bring their bowls and "leech off" Elder Liu’s TV—tonight was no exception.
When everyone saw Ni Yang on the TV, they were stunned!
"My goodness! Isn’t that Yangyang?"
"Yes! It’s Yangyang! Look at the introduction below—Beijing city and Jinghua Village jurisdiction!"
"Yangyang is so amazing!"
"I always knew Yangyang’s mom was lucky!"
The happiest person was the Village Chief!
A national top scholar came from their village; how could the Village Chief not be happy? He was just about to visit the Ni Family to offer his congratulations when the officials came, saying that journalists would arrive tomorrow for an interview in Scholar Village and asked the scholar to prepare.
Scholar Village!
The moment the Village Chief heard those three words, he felt like he was floating.
Although it was Ni Yang who had become the top scholar, the Village Chief also felt honored! The entire village felt honored!
Especially when he heard that their village would be on TV tomorrow, the Village Chief was even more excited!
Ni Yang had always been their village’s lucky star, and now she was the pride of their village!
The Village Chief rushed to the Ni Family to discuss the matter with Ni Yang.
When the Village Chief arrived, the Ni Family’s living room was packed with villagers who had come to offer their congratulations.
Everyone was thrilled to hear that their village would be on TV tomorrow.
The next day, as promised, journalists came to Jinghua Village for the interview.
They casually interviewed a villager from Jinghua Village.
"Oh, you mean Yangyang! Yangyang has always been very polite and especially filial... If my boy were even half as outstanding as Yangyang, I could die with my eyes closed!"
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