Chapter 4 The Weight of a Drop of Oil

  Feng Xiao Tian did not know what it meant, he just enjoyed the fun of learning, for him it was just a kind of inner release, a way to alleviate loneliness and solitude.

  However, soon Feng Xiaotian learned that there was nothing more to learn. Since he had already grasped the most obscure and difficult knowledge, what else was there for him to learn? Reading other books basically had no difficulty at all, which made Feng Xiaotian feel quite depressed at times. Sometimes, understanding everything can also be a kind of suffering.

  Such days lasted for more than a month, until he picked up that "Computer Programming Language and Programming" in the garbage heap. Feng Xiaotian found the fun of learning again. The computer was completely a brand new world for him, which triggered Feng Xiaotian's strong desire for knowledge. He wanted to explore this new world, learn more about things he didn't know, so he started his hard study again.

  This time, Feng Xiaotian didn't learn easily because computer knowledge needs to be combined with actual operation to learn well. How can Feng Xiaotian grasp the subtleties of this book just by relying on one book? Especially his thoughts about artificial intelligence have become even more impossible.

  Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was just a coincidence, but more than ten days ago, Feng Xiaotian suddenly obtained a computer, which naturally gave him hope and his brain began to become active again, thinking about many questions related to computers, the most critical of which is artificial intelligence - a problem that even foreign computing experts find unthinkable.

  Artificial intelligence is not something that no one has thought of, many foreigners have studied this topic, and some countries even hire computer experts to set up secret departments to develop this project. However, unfortunately, it's not easy to make a machine have human thinking patterns. Since ancient times, the most difficult thing to guess is the human heart. Until today, no one dares to say that they can see through other people's inner world, let alone a computer?

  Computers work according to instructions, just like a football. People kick it and it moves a little. Without human instructions, it is completely useless. How can we give it the ability to think?

  Feng Xiaotian thought about these issues and soon arrived at the garbage heap next to the vegetable market. He carried a basket, bent down and searched for edible rotten vegetables in the garbage heap, without noticing that not far away, under a big tree, there was a girl staring at him intently.

  This is a girl wearing a red cotton-padded jacket, with a very cute cat ear on her head, the fluffy cat ear tightly protecting her cheeks, making her look very pretty and lovely.

  Feng Xiaotian's movements were quite skilled and efficient, and after a few minutes, he had harvested half a basket of rotten vegetables - actually, these vegetables couldn't be called rotten, many of them were still very fresh, they just looked bad, which affected their saleability and made the vendors throw them away. Sometimes, people tend to judge something based on their most intuitive impression, even though they know that thing doesn't look as bad as it seems, but they still choose to give up, this should be considered a human weakness.

  Feng Xiaotian straightened his waist and let out a long sigh towards the sky. The smell of the garbage heap was extremely pungent, and if Feng Xiaotian hadn't been accustomed to this smell for a long time, he would have vomited from that one breath alone. Even so, Feng Xiaotian didn't want to stay here any longer, so he picked up his basket and walked quickly down the garbage heap, heading straight in the direction of home.

  Feng Xiaotian's footsteps were a bit quick, as he still wanted to seize the time to study computers. The girl standing under the big tree saw Feng Xiaotian leave and blinked her big eyes unintentionally. Her eyes were full of curious expressions, it seemed that she couldn't understand what Feng Xiaotian was doing.

  Feng Xiaotian turned his head and saw her, but his eyes only stayed on the girl for a moment before he walked away without looking back. In Feng Xiaotian's opinion, this girl was probably waiting for someone... or waiting for her boyfriend? As the saying goes: "Under the moonlight, by the willow tree, people make appointments after sunset", but in this weather... doesn't she feel cold standing there?

  This is what's on Feng Xiaotian's mind, he's not very old either, so he doesn't really understand the taste of romance, and he even thinks it's a waste of time. With this kind of affection, it's better to just stay at home reading books and studying.

  Feng Xiaotian returned home and after closing the door, he went into the kitchen to start busying himself.

  Feng Xiaotian first washed and chopped the vegetables he had picked up, then lit a fire. His family used an earthen stove, which was made of bricks with a space for the pot on top and a space for firewood below. When the flames had heated the bottom of the pot, Feng Xiaotian carefully poured a spoonful of oil from the bottle into the pot.

  At this time, Feng Xiaotian's expression was a bit strange. He stared intently at the ladle in his hand, watching as the oil dripped into the pot, and muttered to himself: "Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen... Ah! I added 0.15 grams too much oil! This is not good, this month's budget will be exceeded again! However... it doesn't matter, next time when stir-frying vegetables, I'll save back this 0.15 grams of oil."

  If I added 0.15 grams of oil and got anxious and irritable, if this were to be told to others, I'm afraid they would laugh their teeth off!

  For a long time, Feng Xiaotian has been living like this, he can't help it, his income is mainly supported by picking up waste and selling it, if he doesn't plan well, it won't work. Over the years, Feng Xiaotian has developed a habit of strictly controlling his expenses, as long as it involves money, he will calculate carefully, even to the extent that he has strict rules for how much oil to put in stir-fries, accurate to zero point several grams.

  Feng Xiaotian was a bit unusual, he could clearly feel the weight of objects in his hands, such as cooking oil. This was due to his study of chemistry in middle school, which required hands-on experimentation. Feng Xiaotian was always very accurate when measuring weights, but he found that most of the time spent on experiments was wasted on weighing. To save time, he began to estimate the weight of objects in his hands, and over time, he developed the ability to accurately gauge the weight of objects without using a scale.

  Generally speaking, this error will never exceed one percent of the object's own weight. How heavy can a drop of oil be? In Feng Xiaotian's case, the answer is 0.15 grams.

  It's just that Feng Xiao Tian would do such a thing, ordinary people don't have the leisure to learn such skills. Because his learning speed was too fast, he had a lot more time than others, plus his persistent practice, so he could achieve this seemingly impossible task.