Cultivation Shura Field

Wenhao nodded immediately.

So Xu Zhe said: "It's actually programming, writing code. Some companies or self-employed individuals need some code, but it's too expensive to hire a programmer, and the demand may only be short-term, so there's no need to hire a programmer who works long-term. So they post the work tasks online and find programmers to help them write."

Wenhao was even more confused: "You can also write code?"

"I have been teaching myself this. And I chose the simplest and most basic jobs. The money I get after I finish the job is enough to buy a cheap notebook."

After saying this, I received a look of surprise, awe and a little doubt.

Xu Zhe had a headache. He really didn't want to show off in front of these first-year junior high school kids, but Tang Lingfei knew part of the truth, and Song Xingye also knew part of it. When the two of them pieced together the truth, he couldn't hide it anymore.

When he decided to let Tang Lingfei and Song Xingye be friends, he only thought that he could change Song Xingye's mood and free himself from the trouble of coaxing a child. But he forgot that this would also bring other small troubles.

But, just say it out loud, it's not something shameful...

Xu Zhe sighed and continued, "I bought the computer for this purpose. So don't ask me to borrow your computer. The only game on my laptop seems to be Minesweeper. Also, don't tell anyone else about this to avoid trouble."

Song Xingye and Wen Hao were silent for a long time, not knowing how to comment.

To say that so-and-so has good academic performance is still within their understanding. Even if he or she is the top student in the grade, even if he or she has never been the top student, who hasn't seen it?

But a first-year junior high school student can make money by writing code and even earn enough to buy his own computer. This is... beyond their worldview.

Tang Lingfei suddenly asked: "Why did you hide this from your parents?"

Xu Zhe spread his hands and said, "Because parents' first reaction to this kind of thing is always to not interfere with study. My parents are no exception. If they really knew, they would definitely confiscate my computer."

Tang Lingfei: "But you got first place in the class!"

Xu Zhe: "No matter how good the test scores are, parents can't just let it go. Of course, I'm not sure how my parents would handle it if they knew about it. But as long as I don't let them know, I can avoid all the trouble."

Of course there was a key reason he couldn't explain.

Others don't know him that well, but his parents know him too well. He could just about get away with saving everyone on the bus and his test scores suddenly improving. But if his parents knew that he could suddenly make money from programming, it would be hard to get away with it.

No one knows a child better than his parents. Xu Zhe is worried that too many unreasonable things will make his parents think too much...

Song Xingye suddenly asked: "How do you do programming to make money and go to school at the same time? Won't it interfere with your studies?"

How difficult is the knowledge at the junior high school level?

Xu Zhe did not say what was in his heart, but just borrowed the famous saying again: "Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze it, there will always be some."

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At eleven o'clock in the evening, after the TV in the living room stopped playing and his parents turned off the lights and went to bed, Xu Zhe turned on the computer again.

He hasn't taken on any outsourcing work recently.

Some key nodes are getting closer and closer, and he feels that he must prepare early.

Xu Zhe clicked on a cryptography website that had been in his favorites for several days, browsed around, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

He had visited this website many times, and tonight, he finally saw the article he had been waiting for, titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System."

Xu Zhe rubbed his hands and felt his heart beating faster.

The account that published the paper was named Satoshi-Nakamoto, which is a name in Sakurajima language, which can be translated into Chinese as Nakamoto Satoshi or Nakamoto Tetsushi. Of course, Xu Zhe did not intend to contact this person immediately.

Besides, he didn't want to interfere with the historical development of Bitcoin. He just wanted to store some of it quietly before the price of this thing soared.

In the future, whether he is making games or starting some other business, he will feel at ease if he can have a pile of Bitcoin as a guarantee regardless of the outcome of success or failure.

Xu Zhe clicked on the article and read it carefully.

There are many things in it, especially some very professional details, which he really cannot understand now.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Zhe suddenly came back to his senses, glanced at the time in the corner of the screen, and noticed that it was already past midnight.

I don't know how long it will take to figure out this article, but tonight is definitely not enough. So Xu Zhe decided to find a printing shop to print out the article on the weekend and study it slowly over the next few days.

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Chapter 28 Serious Snow

2023-09-06

Why should we study the articles of the founder of Bitcoin instead of just buying it and leaving it there?

Xu Zhe knew that not all of the pioneers of Bitcoin in the past had made a fortune. This thing had been targeted by hackers more than once or twice, and early exchanges had been hacked, and many holders had even lost their accounts. If you really just bought without thinking, you would most likely not be able to keep your wealth.

On Saturday morning, Xu Zhe went straight to the printing shop and printed out the article "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".

Although it was just an article, it actually had more than ten pages when printed out. Xu Zhe borrowed a stapler from the printing shop, bound them neatly into a booklet, then paid and left.

He couldn't help flipping through it while walking on the road.

In his previous life, he only knew some basic principles of Bitcoin, apart from its roller coaster-like price. He knew that the foundation of this thing was mathematics. More precisely, it was cryptography in mathematics.

He also knows some basic terms, such as hash algorithm, blockchain, etc., but he can't explain clearly how the specific principles work.

In his previous life, he could have read Satoshi Nakamoto's article at any time, but he didn't dare to play with it and didn't have the capital to play with it, so he naturally had no interest in learning about it. But now it's different. The opportunity to get rich overnight is in front of him, giving him an extremely strong motivation to study.

Just walking and looking, Xu Zhe returned to his community.

Before lunch time, he found the pavilion in the corner of the community and sat on a bench to watch.

It was November now, and the temperature in the town was getting colder and colder, and the bench under my butt was quite icy. But after sitting for a while, the wooden board under my butt warmed up.

Xu Zhe felt that blowing the cold wind outside would help keep him thinking sharply.

After looking at it for an unknown amount of time, Xu Zhe felt a slight chill on the back of his neck.

He raised his head and murmured, "It's snowing now..."

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Tang Lingfei and Song Xingye were reading in the bookstore again.

They had already exchanged their home phone numbers, so it was very convenient to contact each other. The weekend reading session had become a habit for the two girls.

When she set out this morning, Tang Lingfei knocked on Xu Zhe's door, but learned from Zeng Jing that the boy had already run away. So Tang Lingfei could only meet up with Song Xingye alone, and then found a good window seat in the youth literature section of the bookstore.

There aren't actually any seats in this place, but there are some empty cabinets where people can sit.

Song Xingye was embarrassed at first, but Tang Lingfei was not as shameless as her. She pulled her to sit on an empty cabinet and read a book. After getting used to it, Song Xingye no longer resisted.

At this time, the two were still sitting here, almost shoulder to shoulder, but they were not reading the same book.

Because of the different reading progress, Song Xingye reads faster, so she had already finished reading the novel in Tang Lingfei's hand.

Suddenly, Tang Lingfei saw the romantic scene of the male protagonist confessing his love in the snow, and took a deep breath. She raised her head and caught a glimpse of the street scene outside the window.

The street scene was normal, but the snowflakes floating in the sky were something I hadn’t seen in almost a year.

"Huh..." The girl let out a long sigh.

Song Xingye noticed the movement beside him and turned to ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Tang Lingfei first pointed to the page in her hand and said, "Have you read this paragraph?"

Song Xingye nodded: "I have seen it."

Tang Lingfei pointed outside again.

The first snow of this winter was not a light snow like salt grains, but a heavy snow fluttering like goose feathers.

Song Xingye noticed the snow outside the glass and sighed softly: "Wow, God is so cooperative with you."

Tang Lingfei stared at the falling snow outside: "If I have a boyfriend in the future, I will ask him to confess his love in this kind of weather. It feels... so great."

Song Xingye also looked at the snow in the sky and whispered, "Yes, it's so romantic."

Tang Lingfei: "But the person you are confessing to seems to be more important. If it's someone you don't like, then the weather doesn't mean anything."

Song Xingye: "We are only in the first grade, isn't it too early to think about this?"

Tang Lingfei retracted her gaze, looked at the cute baby in front of her, and said, "It's not too early, actually. I've seen boys and girls holding hands in class."

Song Xingye was immediately shocked: "No way?!"

Tang Lingfei: "Really, I saw it with my own eyes, and there was more than one couple."

Song Xingye: "Are they all from your class? Your class is really amazing..."

"There are some in your class, too," Tang Lingfei said confidently, "but you are too well behaved and not popular, so others didn't tell you."

Song Xingye smiled bitterly and said, "Can you please stop talking about my popularity problem? Besides, you're not from our class, how do you know?"

Tang Lingfei: "There are actually some in every class. Really, don't disbelieve it, it's normal for people in the first year of junior high to fall in love. Which class doesn't have any?"

Hearing her say this, Song Xingye suddenly realized a problem.

The school definitely forbids premature love. Once the teachers or parents know about it, they will definitely break up violently. So even if a classmate starts dating, they will definitely avoid you to prevent the teacher or parents from being exposed, right?

After all, the first time I reported a classmate during the monthly exam, it seemed to have left a deep impression on everyone...

Thinking of this, Song Xingye suddenly felt a little depressed.

She said faintly: "Fortunately you are not in our class."

Tang Lingfei was stunned for a moment: "You mean me? Why?"

Song Xingye: "If you were in our class, it would be difficult for you to play with me, right?"

Tang Lingfei sneered: "How is that possible! I can play with whoever I want, and no one can control me! It would be more convenient if I were in your class. But I really can't sit with you and Xu Zhe."

After all, there is a big gap between her performance and those of these two people.

Song Xingye couldn't help but start imagining, how great would it be if Tang Lingfei was in the same class with him?

We can chat together, read together, take a walk together during free time in PE class, and even go to the toilet together...

But Song Xingye discovered another detail problem.

If Tang Lingfei was also in this class, she and Xu Zhe, childhood sweethearts, would have had a better time, right? Maybe Xu Zhe wouldn't even start chatting with her at first.

So Song Xingye felt a little distressed again.

Moreover, she couldn't share this distress with Tang Lingfei.

At this time, Tang Lingfei lowered her head and continued reading.

Song Xingye's mind was a little bit unsettled. She looked at the snowflakes flying outside, and somehow she remembered that gentle voice on that rainy day when she was most helpless.

"I have an umbrella. Do you want to come with me?"

This kind of thought has not really been colored by love, it is just like a beam of light shining into life, making her subconsciously greedy.

Song Xingye thought quietly, it’s snowing today, can she walk with him for a while longer?

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Thanks to classmate [I am a Saint] for the reward!

I have used up all my saved drafts, and it is hard to control the time when I am coding now. I will try my best tonight and try to save up some saved drafts besides updating...

Chapter 29 Snowman

2023-09-06

Song Xingye had lunch on Saturday at Tang Lingfei's house.

Knowing that this cute and well-behaved girl ranked second in Xu Zhe's class, Tang's parents welcomed her even more. However, after this meal, Song Xingye couldn't help but secretly complain.

It turns out that the cooking skills of uncle and aunt are not only inferior to Xu Zhe, but also inferior to my parents...

After lunch, Tang Lingfei pulled Song Xingye and ran to Xu Zhe's house.

After knocking on the door, Aunt Zeng Jing said, "Hey, isn't this Feifei? Are you here to see Xu Zhe again?"

"Hello Auntie!"

"Who is this little girl?"

"Her name is Song Xingye, she's Xu Zhe's deskmate and also my best friend!"

Although they had known each other for a short time, Tang Lingfei had no hesitation in classifying her as her 'best friend'.

Zeng Jing couldn't help but take a look. She had never heard her son say that his classmate was actually a little girl like this...