Border Cook

Chapter 47 Punished
But he was a scholar after all, and he had to maintain his reserve and decency, so he could only swallow his saliva again and again.

Zhang Mingyi also swallowed several times.

However, his body was not in good condition, and his mouth was always full of tears. He could only bow to Xia Mingyue and said, "We have to go back to review our lessons. Bye."

When he spoke, his voice was a little unclear due to the excessive saliva.

Fan Pingyang learned his lesson and simply didn't say anything. He just bowed to Xia Mingyue.

As long as he doesn't speak, he won't make a fool of himself!

Xia Mingyue bowed and said, "I won't bother you two gentlemen. I'll take my leave now."

After Xia Mingyue left the gatehouse, Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang did not bother to pack up the pens, ink and papers, but each opened a rice dumpling and put it into their mouths.

Sweet, soft, cool...

Delicious!
The two of them sighed at the same time, and then continued to concentrate on peeling and eating the rice dumplings.

Soon, the two discovered a problem.

Probably in order to take care of two people, Xia Mingyue sent an even number of rice dumplings, but because one of them ate faster, both of them ended up reaching for the last rice dumpling.

When they discovered this problem, they were both stunned.

Zhang Mingyi rolled his eyes and said, "Just now I saw that Pingyang you ate fast and ate one more than me, so this one is mine."

"Nonsense, it's obvious that you ate faster than me and ate one more. If you don't believe me, the leaves we peeled are still on both sides. You can tell them apart just by counting the leaves."

Without waiting for Fan Pingyang to count the leaves of the two zongzi, Zhang Mingyi put all his leaves together with Fan Pingyang's and smiled awkwardly, "You and I are two brothers, why do we have to be so fussy? If others knew, they would laugh at us. How about this, for the sake of fairness, let's split the last zongzi between the two of us, okay?"

Is this fair?

Fan Pingyang raised his eyebrows, "This last zongzi originally belongs to me, why should I share it with you? I don't agree, this zongzi should be eaten by me alone."

"Oh, just give me half..."

While Zhang Mingyi was speaking, he quickly grabbed the last rice dumpling and began to peel the skin skillfully.

"No!" Fan Pingyang tried to grab it.

Zhang Mingyi turned around and held the zongzi high up.

Fan Pingyang, who had missed his target, lost his balance and bumped into the table next to him.

The desk in the concierge's room was only for emergency use and was already a bit worn out. After being hit so hard, one side of the desk tilted to the side.

The pens, ink, paperweights and other items on top fell down with a crash.

Shen Yongan, who was about to enter the county school through the main gate, frowned when he heard the noise, "Who is making a noise here?"

"The two students, Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang, are inside." The gatekeeper, old Li, answered carefully.

"Why aren't you reviewing your lessons at this time, but are you just sitting here and idling away?" Shen Yongan was immediately furious and walked into the gatehouse.

At this time, Fan Pingyang was still struggling to take back the zongzi that belonged to him.

However, Zhang Mingyi was much taller than Fan Pingyang, and Fan Pingyang couldn't reach him with one hand, so he had to jump up.

After this jump, he didn't stand steadily and staggered to the door.

She threw herself into Shen Yongan's arms.

Fan Pingyang, "..."

Shen Yongan, "..."

The four looked at each other, feeling extremely awkward. When he saw that the person coming was the very strict Master Shen, Fan Pingyang was startled, stepped back several steps, and saluted in a proper manner, "Master."

Zhang Mingyi also hurriedly saluted.

Shen Yongan looked around, his face darkening as he looked at the bottom of a pot. "You are students from the county school, but instead of studying hard, you are fighting over rice dumplings here, messing up the place like this. How shameful!"

Facing the reprimand, Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang shrank their necks and said, "Master, we are right. We know we were wrong."

But they secretly glanced at each other in private.

It was indeed a mistake. I should have eaten faster so that Master Shen wouldn't have discovered me.

"Knowing one's mistakes is one thing, but the most important thing is to correct them. If one does not correct his mistakes, it is no different from not knowing. On the contrary, his behavior is even more abominable."

Shen Yongan was still furious and continued to scold loudly, "You two need to make sure this doesn't happen again in the future!"

This……

It’s hard to say.

Madam Xia promised them that she would make more other foods. These rice dumplings are just the beginning, and there will definitely be other foods in the future, and the taste will probably be even better.

Faced with the delicious food, they were somewhat hesitant and might not do anything excessive.

Of course, there won’t be anything too outrageous, but fighting over something should be common.

Besides, they didn’t really want to fight for it without caring about their image, but the rice dumplings tasted really good…

Seeing the two people's hesitation, Shen Yongan's anger went straight to the top of his head. He pointed at the two of them and cursed, "You are so stubborn just to satisfy your appetite. You are really a rotten wood that cannot be carved! You two go back and copy the article you learned yesterday a hundred times. You are not allowed to go out and eat until you finish copying it!"

A hundred times?!
Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang's faces suddenly turned as pale as frost-bitten eggplants, filled with resentment.

But he did not dare to refute anything, so he just replied respectfully, "Yes." Then he bowed and left.

Zhang Mingyi squeezed the rice dumpling tightly in his hand.

Fortunately, there was still one rice dumpling, so after two people shared it, it wouldn't be too miserable.

"Leave the rice dumplings behind." Shen Yongan shouted.

The culprit must not be taken away.

Zhang Mingyi, "..."

Fan Pingyang, "..."

I can't keep it!

Enduring the heart-wrenching pain, Zhang Mingyi could only put the fragrant rice dumplings on another table. He and Fan Pingyang picked up the pens, ink and papers scattered on the ground before fleeing.

Don't want to make progress!
Shen Yongan yelled angrily again, his eyes falling on the zongzi.

Fighting for something is human nature, but after all, they are both students from the county school and their families are relatively well-off. For a zongzi...

No prospects!
Shen Yongan was still angry. He grabbed the rice dumpling and wanted to throw it away, but he paused before raising his hand.

There were still some rice dumpling leaves scattered on the ground, and judging from the quantity, it seemed that the two of them had eaten quite a few.

It was not long before lunch, and after eating so many zongzi, I was still fighting for the last one...

Shen Yongan suddenly became curious. What kind of taste of the rice dumplings could make the students like this?
Moreover, this rice dumpling was indeed emitting a faint and refreshing fragrance. It was the best smelling rice dumpling he had eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival over the years.

eat it!
This thought popped up in Shen Yongan's mind, and even he was shocked.

(End of this chapter)