Mr. Zhuang rarely spoke of his youth, but this time he was unrestrained, leaning back and sharing some amusing anecdotes from his school days.
Mr. Zhuang laughed, "When your teacher was studying, I was alone, not like you with companions at your side, and so mischievous, which is why you have so many funny stories. The only thing I remember is that we had to compete for books; as soon as classes ended each day, we would rush to the Book Collection Tower to reserve our books, and then ask someone to help fetch some food from the canteen. We'd read for half an hour, and when hunger became unbearable, we'd return the books to go eat..."
Bai Shan said, "You must have had a good friend in the academy to do that."
From what he had seen, there were few in their class who would fetch food for others in advance.
