Chapter Five Hundred and Fortieth Sixth Reading Breaks Ten Thousand Volumes

π likes to read Chinese books very much. At first, he was not very used to it, but the Chinese language has a kind of magical power. The composition of each word has its own special rules. For example, the word "mountain", when you see this word, you seem to be able to see the mountainous peaks.

It followed Zhang Zian's suggestion, sat upright in front of the computer and typed for a while, then sat on the window sill and looked into the distance, observing the passing people in a hurry. After a few minutes, the eyes were adjusted and relaxed, and then half-lyed on the hanging basket I read a book on a tablet computer in the chair for a while, going round and round, and never get tired of it.

Perhaps it is because π is used to finding knowledge from the complicated records in unnamed books, it reads very fast, almost ten lines at a glance, not only can read, but can also remember and understand. Every time Zhang Zian went up to the second floor to check on it, he would find that it was already reading another book.

"Squeak!"

π typed and explained: I have read the English translations of these books, so I can read them quickly.

Zhang Zian nodded in relief.

The books he imported into the tablet computer are all electronic versions of classical or modern masterpieces, most of which have been translated into English and introduced abroad, so it is normal for π to have read them before.

π likes to read any type of book, whether it is novels, travel notes, prose, poetry, popular science works, or biographies, he reads them all with gusto. In order to satisfy its growing appetite, Zhang Zian dug out various childhood reading materials from the storage room, and also borrowed some books from Wang Qian and Li Kun, stacked them next to the rattan chair in the hanging basket, so that they could be used at any time.

π treats physical books with great care, handles them with care, and is very careful when turning pages, but the reading speed remains unabated.

Soon, Zhang Zian's family and all the physical books he could borrow were read by π.

In addition to the daily operation of the pet store, Zhang Zian has another task, which is to browse the e-commerce website in his spare time to see if there is any discount information on books, and buy a batch when he encounters a promotion.

"Master, it's so heavy! You always have express delivery these days!"

Wang Gan and Li Kun walked into the store carrying two heavy packing boxes, and placed them next to Zhang Zian's recliner.

"Well, I bought some books."

Zhang Zian picked up a paper cutter and removed the packaging, and inside were a complete set of books and periodicals—these periodicals were all from last year, and the price of packaged purchases was very affordable, anyway, π is not picky about the release date.

Wang Qian and Li Kun looked at the Abyssinian cat breeding manual in Zhang Zian's hand.

He asked puzzledly: "But Master, you have bought so many books, we have never seen you read them..."

Zhang Zian glared at them, "I have to let you see me while I'm reading? Can I buy it as a table foot? Stop talking nonsense, go back and prepare for the make-up exam!"

For the time being, he didn't tell anyone about π's coming to the pet shop, especially Wang Gan and Li Kun, the two bastards, who always like to brag everywhere.

"Yes, Master!" The two of them stuck out their tongues and ran back to school in a hurry.

After they left, Zhang Zian picked up the books and periodicals and went to the second floor.

"π, there's a new book again."

"Squeak!"

π jumped out of the rattan chair in the hanging basket, and came up to him expectantly. He looked at the spines of these books, and before Zhang Zian could finish stacking them, he eagerly pulled out a book and flipped through it greedily, swimming in the treasure house of knowledge.

Seeing its happy appearance, Zhang Zian was both relieved and a little worried.

A small mountain of books rises on the ground next to the hanging basket rattan chair. The original books, borrowed books, bought books and periodicals in his home are piled up into four hills of different heights. The short ones are also waist-length.

Zhang Zian's speed of finding books was completely inferior to π's speed of reading books. If things went on like this, the books would break through the ceiling in a few days.

Physical books are more expensive, are not often discounted, and are inconvenient to store. Books and periodicals are fast-moving consumer goods for π, and have no long-term preservation value. After all, it has all-encompassing unnamed books, and reading Chinese books is just to understand the profoundness of Chinese.

When π has no books to read, it is boring, lonely, and melancholy. It knows that it cannot go downstairs and appear in front of the world, because it will cause trouble for Zhang Zian, and even if it goes downstairs, it has nothing to do. To communicate with other elves, it is better to stay on the second floor and type, but typing all the time is not interesting, so it often sits on the windowsill in a daze.

Zhang Zian was very worried about π's state, and so was Lao Cha, who was proficient in Chinese medicine. The old tea said that stagnation hurts the body, if you are depressed for a long time, π will definitely get sick, especially in the already melancholy winter. The expression of old tea replaced by Western medicine is depression. If you live alone for a long time, do not communicate with the outside world, and feel depressed, you may suffer from depression over time.

Humans are social animals, as are monkeys, and π, whose behavior and temperament are very close to monkeys, is probably the same, but it is impossible for Zhang Zian to find a group of monkeys for him to play with.

Many studies have shown that negative emotions can affect health, such as gastric ulcers, endocrine disorders, hair loss and other acute and chronic diseases - he always felt that there were a lot of yellow short hairs when he swept the floor recently.

Since physical books are difficult to satisfy π's appetite, after thinking about it, he decided to turn to the omnipotent Internet.

"π, do you want to try online novels?"

He suggested to π.

"Squeak?"

π was sitting on a rattan chair reading a book, and was taken aback when he heard this.

Zhang Zian explained: "Online novels are a new form of reading that arose with the rise of the Internet. They are similar to the electronic versions of physical books you have read. The difference is that online novels were created for sharing on the Internet from the beginning. .”

"Squeak?"

π put down the book, picked up the laptop and typed: Are online novels interesting?

"Some are okay, some are not interesting, but there are many types of online novels, and there are a lot of them, and you can always find something you like." Zhang Zian answered truthfully. In fact, he has not read a few online novels, so he did not have the confidence to say these words. Not quite enough.

Regardless of the literary and artistic qualities, the biggest advantage of online novels is that they can be filled in large quantities. Before he comes up with a solution, he can temporarily fill π's stomach so that he will not feel depressed because of boredom.

"Squeak!"

π nodded and typed: I want to read it.

"Okay, I'll download some online reading apps for you."

Zhang Zian took the tablet, downloaded several well-known online reading apps in the app market, and then registered an account for π, and taught it how to find books.

π happily picked up the tablet and plunged into the sea of ​​online novels.