"Jiang Ning, someone sent you an email."
Xue Yuantong said that an email just popped up on the screen.
Thinking it was a work email from Shao Shuangshuang, Jiang Ning was not in a hurry to reply, but said:
"It's okay, just play first."
At this moment, a few more people came in through the door.
Ma Shicheng led the group, followed by Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan and others.
"Oh, Jiang Ning, you're here too." Ma Shicheng said curiously. This was the first time he met Jiang Ning outside the school when he went home for lunch.
"It's raining, it's not convenient to go back," he said.
After hearing this, Ma Shicheng took a few classmates to sit at the table next to Jiang Ning. There were six people in their group, and two of them sat in the aisle, so there was enough space.
The proprietress came over to greet them. While Ma Shicheng was ordering, he asked a few other people, discussed it, and decided on the menu, five dishes for six people.
Ma Shicheng had eaten lunch alone before, but due to his financial constraints, he could only order one dish, which was not satisfying.
After all, in the restaurants here, even stir-fried shredded potatoes cost 8 or 10 yuan. The average daily living expenses for many boarding students are only around 25 yuan, so they cannot afford to cook two dishes at a time.
So he organized a few classmates and decided to have lunch together, so that they could have a wider variety of dishes and save a dollar or two.
They are all high school students. After being hungry for the whole morning, Ma Shicheng is now starving. He is holding his phone absent-mindedly, scrolling through Tieba, expecting the food to be served soon.
Before his dish arrived, Jiang Ning's was ready. The proprietress brought over the dish, sweet potato porridge and pancakes, and the aroma filled the air.
Ma Shicheng took a look at the dishes ordered by Jiang Ning and drooled with envy. The dishes they ordered were just over 10 yuan, such as shredded potatoes with green peppers, duck blood tofu, tomato and eggs. The dishes ordered by the six of them were not as expensive as those ordered by Jiang Ning and his companions.
He knew that Jiang Ning had some money, but he didn't notice it normally. It was only when they came out to eat that he realized the difference.
"Stop playing and eat." Jiang Ning said to Xue Yuantong.
"Wait, wait until I finish this game."
As soon as she finished saying this, the game character fell into a pit. Xue Yuantong returned the phone regretfully. She would also download this game when she returned home today.
Xue Yuantong tasted the dish and found it tasted okay, but not as good as her own cooking, so she just ate it.
She sighed inwardly, 'It turns out that my cooking is better than some chefs~'
When they were almost done eating, Jiang Ning went to the kitchen to settle the bill with the proprietress, and said hello to Ma Shicheng and the others before leaving.
Ma Shicheng and his group were having lunch, and when they were done, he roughly calculated in his mind how much money the six of them had spent in total, and took out banknotes to pay the bill.
The lady boss said, "The total is 63 yuan. The young man just paid for it when he paid the bill."
Ma Shicheng was confused: "Has it been paid?"
"Yes, I've paid for you." The proprietress repeated.
"Okay, okay, let's go."
After they left the house, Guo Kunnan sighed:
"Jiang Ning is a really good person, we can get along well with him!"
Shan Kaiquan thought the same thing: "Yes, I didn't expect that he would pay for our meal as well. This meal is not cheap."
Several other students followed suit and praised Jiang Ning.
Everyone saved 10 yuan and felt a little happy.
Ma Shicheng really wanted to say, why don’t we go to the classroom and return the money to Jiang Ning, but looking at the expressions of the others, he didn’t say it in the end, and Jiang Ning might not want it.
Before entering the school gate, Ma Shicheng went to Yucai Supermarket and spent four yuan to buy a large bag of melon seeds.
He connected to the wifi by the way, and when someone else came outside to buy something, he opened the killer software and killed a few people who were using the free internet.
Then he stayed at the door for a while, waiting for the student who was using the internet for free in the small dark room to come out with an unhappy look on his face.
Ma Shicheng was overjoyed:
"I'll let you steal my net, you little bastards!"
Ma Shicheng suddenly understood what was going on. Then he turned off the killer software and stayed for a while before leaving.
This can avoid being suspected by others. Ma Shicheng is not a fool. He thinks he is still very smart.
After arriving at the class, Ma Shicheng said to Jiang Ning:
"Thank you for lunch. I'll treat you to some melon seeds." He took out two pieces of paper, put them on the desk, and then poured a handful of melon seeds for Jiang Ning.
Geng Lu rested her wrist on Jiang Ning's desk, playing games.
Jiang Ning pointed at the melon seeds and asked, "Would you like some?"
"Eat right away." Geng Lu had originally planned to have lunch with Jiang Ning, but a friend from another class came over, so she had no choice but to leave with her friend.
If she insisted on having dinner with Jiang Ning, her friends would definitely say that she valued her love over her friendship. At the moment, Geng Lu didn't want to show her feelings.
Ma Shicheng went to find Wang Longlong holding his mobile phone. Recently, whether he was playing games or watching animations with Wang Longlong, he liked to play with Wang Longlong. Wang Longlong was a qualified audience.
Now when he plays games, he is not used to it without Wang Longlong watching him.
Before the afternoon class, Jiang Ning had not finished his melon seeds yet, and Geng Lu ate very slowly, taking small bites every now and then.
Ma Shicheng came back from playing games and poured a bunch of melon seeds on the paper again.
Jiang Ning reminded them, "The first class is Chinese. Put away the melon seeds and try not to let the Chinese teacher see them."
Geng Lu was puzzled: "Why?"
"The Chinese teacher can't stand seeing others eating melon seeds." Jiang Ning said.
When Ma Shicheng heard this, he immediately recalled the last time he was made to stand in the corner as punishment by his Chinese teacher, and all the new and old grudges piled up together.
He got angry and vowed: "Not only will I not put them away, I will also eat sunflower seeds in his class. Let's see what he can do to me."
Jiang Ning said, "Okay."
Chinese teacher Dai Yongquan came with the textbooks.
"Today we are learning a new classical Chinese passage, Kong Kong Kong Kong, Kong! The que feidongnanfei."
As usual, he asked a classmate to stand up and read aloud.
Shan Kaiquan was unfortunately chosen and finished reading it haltingly.
Dai Yongquan shook his head after hearing this. He threw the textbook aside and gave everyone an impromptu demonstration of what recitation meant.
Dai Yongquan started reciting, while Ma Shicheng was eating melon seeds below.
His actions were rather covert. Dai Yongquan didn't notice it at first and explained the classical Chinese word by word. Later, he glanced and happened to see Ma Shicheng's melon seeds, and his expression changed instantly.
Dai Yongquan threw the textbook onto the podium again, and the class became quiet.
Dai Yongquan said with emotion: "Some students really don't know what they are doing in school. They don't listen to classes or read books. If you are like this, what are you doing in school?"
Although he didn't mention anyone by name, Ma Shicheng knew very well who he was talking about, and it was himself.
"You're eating melon seeds with such relish." Dai Yongquan said coldly.
"Do you know who is eating melon seeds?"
"What kind of people in ancient times ate melon seeds?"
"Let me tell you, in ancient times, only those women who squatted on the door railings all day to seduce men with their beauty would hold melon seeds and eat them one by one."
"What is that? That's a prostitute! Do you understand prostitutes?"
"Only prostitutes eat melon seeds."
Chinese teacher Dai Yongquan was so emotional that his speech became completely illogical.
It seems like I have an unspeakable story with melon seeds.
Wait until this Chinese class is over.
Geng Lu took out the remaining melon seeds and prepared to try them, but suddenly she thought of the prostitute that her Chinese teacher had just mentioned in class. Her face turned bitter and she lost her appetite.
She felt that every time she ate melon seeds in her life, she would think of this lesson taught by her Chinese teacher.