There was a thick stack of books on the coffee table, including textbooks from junior high school to high school given by Zeng Yaqian, Olympiad books given by Zhou Qianqian, economics books given by old professors, and a book "The Rabble" taken out of Zuoqiu's room a few days ago, which was a book about group psychology.

When I was in the mountains, my grandfather let me read those yellowed Four Books and Five Classics since I was a child. When I was a child, I thought that everyone could read them, but later, especially after I arrived in the East China Sea, I realized that not everyone nowadays wants to read those books.

Until now, Lu Shanmin didn't understand why his grandfather had to read those four books and five classics by himself.

When I arrived in the East China Sea, for the life plan designed by Zhang Li, for the commitment to Yaqian, in order to live up to the expectations of the old professor, and in order to become the person Zuoqiu thought he should become, he picked up the books from scratch and picked up these books that he had never read before.

Lu Shanmin looked at the book on the coffee table in a daze, so for his own sake, after thinking about it, maybe it was just for curiosity about the university, maybe he just wanted to get a peek at what was going on in the university that Bai Ling attended.

For a long time, in Lu Shanmin's mind, scholars are an existence that people look up to, and it feels like they can do everything, understand everything, and everything is right. After coming to the East China Sea, Lu Shanmin gradually found that the scholars were not as tall as they imagined, they would make mistakes, they were also confused, and many of them were even inferior to the mountain people.

But Zuoqiu is different, he is the most powerful scholar Lu Shanmin has ever seen, he is a top student of Tianjing University, which is the highest institution of learning in the whole of China, the temple of scholars. Indeed, Zuoqiu is also the smartest scholar Lu Shanmin has ever met. No matter how complicated and difficult things happen, he can come up with the most perfect way to solve them, as if there is no difficult thing in this world that he can't think of. At the same time, he is also a very affectionate person, on the title page of the "Biography" on the bar desk, every time he opens it, he can feel a throbbing in his heart, 'Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations'.

But it is such a scholar, Lu Shanmin found that he was not perfect, his reasoning was not all right, and he even felt that it was ridiculously wrong, reporting Huang Liang, a three-year-old child in the mountains could make a decision without hesitation, but he had so many reasons. Yes, in Lu Shanmin's view, his reasoning is just a reason and excuse for cowardice.

Although Lu Shanmin now regrets that what he just said is a bit too heavy, he doesn't think that what he said is angry, this scholar who stands at the top has read so many books, and as a result, he has lost his backbone and courage.

All afternoon, Lu Shanmin just sat in a daze, did not open the book on the table, until Zhang Li came back from work.

Zhang Li often checks Lu Shanmin's learning, and recently Lu Shanmin's performance has made her very satisfied, and she can understand the mathematics of the entire junior high school in less than half a year, not only to learn, but also to learn through, which is a very gratifying thing for her. She is a person who has read books, and she knows very well that learning mathematics requires talent more than any subject, and Lu Shanmin can learn through self-study, and she can also study the deeper Olympiad, which makes her even more surprised, which shows that Lu Shanmin is a very smart person.

Of course, there are many smart people in this world, and there are many people who can bear hardships and stand hard work, but there are many, many fewer people who can combine the two.

Zhang Li believes that as long as Lu Shanmin continues to study like this, sooner or later he will be able to really gain a foothold in the East China Sea, and it is not impossible to mix better than her, a college student.

Usually when Zhang Li came back from work, Lu Shanmin had already gone to work in the bar, and when he came home today, he found that Lu Shanmin was still at home, sitting on the sofa in a daze, and he didn't read, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhang Li put down her bag and sat next to Lu Shanmin.

"What are you thinking, thinking so intently".

Lu Shanmin smiled bitterly, "I quarreled with Zuoqiu."

Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, "What do you two big men have to quarrel about?"

Lu Shanmin turned his head and asked, "Sister Li, what do you think of Zuoqiu?"

Zhang Li thought for a while, "Zuoqiu Bo is very talented, I always feel that he is crazy and hides some unknown secrets, in general, he is a very good person."

After a pause, he asked, "Why are you arguing?"

Lu Shanmin smiled awkwardly, "We have differences in some concepts."

Zhang Li didn't ask specifically, thought about it and said: "Mountain people, people should be good at learning and absorbing the advantages of others, Zuoqiu seems to be sloppy and sloppy, but since he can be admitted to Tianjing University, he has been by the side of the big leader, there must be something extraordinary, I think it doesn't hurt for you to listen to his opinions more."

Lu Shanmin nodded, "I know this, and I now regret that I went too far."

Zhang Li smiled, "If you think it's too much, go and apologize to him, a man must be able to bend and stretch, and not be ashamed."

Lu Shanmin grinned, "Thank you, Sister Li."

After thinking about it, he asked, "Sister Li, what is the role of reading in addition to becoming a capital to gain a foothold in society?"

Zhang Li frowned slightly, and thought for a long time, "In fact, the vast majority of people study to find a good job and earn more money, at least when I was studying, whether it was a teacher or a parent, most of them were educated in this way, I remember when I was studying, there was a wise saying, 'Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid to go all over the world'."

After a pause, he said: "Later, when I entered the society, I found that this is indeed the case, the vast majority of people do not read for any ideals and beliefs, to say something that makes readers feel very ashamed, 'reading is to make money'", smiled and said: "In fact, this sentence may not be ashamed of today's readers, because they can boldly say it without blushing and heartbeat, and they don't feel that it is such a shameful thing."

Zhang Li took a deep breath, "But I think it's okay, reading should have other effects, ideals and beliefs don't dare to talk about it, but at least we should read some truths, read books reasonably, read others, read ourselves, these are all very important, but it's easy to say, it's still too difficult to do."

Lu Shanmin frowned and sighed, "It's true that a reader like Zuoqiu, after reading so many books, I found that some truths are not as clear as those in the mountains, can reading really be reasonable?"

Zhang Li smiled, "Scholars are also human beings first, and if they are human beings, they will not be perfect, if you regard them as gods, when you find that they are not perfect, you will be very disappointed."

"Mountain people, you have been from the mountains to the East China Sea for a long time, and you should be able to find that the truth in the city is much more complicated than the truth in the mountains."

After a pause, he continued: "So, have you thought about it, maybe it's not that Zuoqiu doesn't understand the simple truth that even the people in the mountains understand, maybe you don't really understand what he means, or you haven't read him yet."