kingnovel Chapter 326 Watermelon
Chapter 326 Watermelon
Starting from June, the Lin Family School had a large number of new students, including many from the town and the city. Of course, these students came from relatively poor families but wanted to pass the imperial examinations.
They heard from somewhere that studying at the Lin Family Academy would cost money and offer various rewards, so they formed a team and went to the academy to give it a try, and they didn't want to leave after seeing it.
They felt that there was no way the students from the village could compare to them who had studied for several years, so they were determined to get the scholarship.
After moving into the school, they could live in a much better place than in their previous school for the same amount of money. Not to mention the cafeteria, three meals a day cost only five cents in total, and the food was good and filling.
In the past, they could only stand by and listen to the daughters of wealthy families playing the piano. They never expected that now they can touch various musical instruments every day and can also paint and play chess.
Of course, the most popular class is physical education. The teacher will take them to the training ground on the farm to exercise. There will be teachers to teach them some martial arts, and they can also go to the stable to learn horse riding.
Originally, the students from the town only wanted to focus on their studies, but they heard that there would be tests for martial arts and horse riding at the end of the month, and the top three in the class would receive rewards. Thinking that there were only three physical education classes in ten days, it wouldn't take up much time, so now they are studying very hard.
Lin Jiaojiao declined politely, "Young Master Yu is a righteous man, but even if I agree, your mother will not agree. Besides, this place is far away, and it is not convenient for you to go to school. I won't bother you and other good seedlings to go to the countryside to study."
Yu Wanru found that things did not go as she expected. She thought Lin Jiaojiao would agree, or even if she did not agree, she would pretend to agree first, and then she could let her talk to her mother.
Although there is a 90% chance that her mother will not agree, there is still a chance. What if her mother agrees?
She asked in confusion: "Why?"
Lin Jiaojiao was so hot that she fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan. "No reason. You also said that your mother and the others thought it was a waste for me to build a school in the countryside. They already thought from the bottom of their hearts that my school had no future. How could they let you go there?"
Seeing the little girl's lost expression, she sighed and asked back.
"Why do you want to go to school in a strange place? Are you being bullied in school?"
Yu Wanru immediately retorted: "No, who dares to bully me? I am the boss of our college."
Lin Jiaojiao immediately became interested and joked: "Since you are already the boss of a place, why do you come to my remote place? Are you here to bully the students of my school?"
As she spoke, she acted frightened and looked at the little girl in front of her like she was an unforgivable villain.
Yu Wanru could not stand this slander, and hurriedly explained: "No matter how domineering I am, I will never bully others. How can you think of me like this? I want to study somewhere else just to have some freedom."
When she finished speaking, she folded her hands over her chest, turned her head away, and pouted her mouth. She looked very angry and sad, and no one could comfort her.
Lin Jiaojiao shook her head helplessly. How old is she yet she already longs for freedom?
"The boss's twenty-nine tables of customers have paid their bills."
At this time, a waitress came over quickly. Lin Jiaojiao didn't bother to coax her and buried her head in finding the bill for table 29. She couldn't use the abacus and felt that it was not as fast as her mental and hand calculations.
But there were a lot of dishes ordered for this table, so she took out a pen and paper and quickly counted them.
"Tomato scrambled eggs 60, spicy and sour potato shreds 40, green pepper pork shreds 88, minced pork eggplant 75, sweet and sour pork ribs 300, roasted whole chicken 288, roasted chicken with potatoes 388, rich squirrel fish 599, vegetable tofu soup 35, eight jars of plum wine 800, three plates of drunkard peanuts 90, a total of 2,431 coins after 18% discount."
After she calculated the price and wrote it down, she handed the bill to the waiter for payment. After a while, the waiter came back with three taels of silver.
She looked at the silver in her hand, opened the cash register resignedly, and started to make change. Fortunately, Zeng Yiyi had sorted out a bunch of coins in front of her. She counted out four hundred and thirty-one copper coins from it and gave the rest directly to the waitress to give change to the customers.
Yu Wanru had been standing on tiptoe, curiously watching her write strange symbols on the paper since she started to settle the accounts. The more she looked, the more she felt that this was a secret technique that only masters had.
Her desire to become a disciple rose again.
"master!"
Lin Jiaojiao had just drunk some honey water to moisten her throat and almost choked when she heard her address. She turned around and faced her with a very serious expression.
"I cannot be Master Yu's master. I am just a layman doing business. I can't teach you anything. Please don't make fun of me anymore."
If she didn't speak seriously, she was afraid that the girl would think there was a chance and keep pestering her to agree.
As if Yu Wan was frightened by her serious look, she curled her lips and stopped talking about it. It would be better to continue with the previous topic.
"Can I go to your school?"
Lin Jiaojiao held her forehead with her hand, feeling a little headache. She brought the topic back to the topic again. A waiter happened to pass by and she waved to him.
"Your name is Xiang Rong, right?"
"Yes, boss."
"Go to the kitchen and ask someone to cut a plate of watermelon for you."
"Young man, go right here."
Xiang Rong walked towards the backyard happily. She didn't expect that the boss would remember her name.
After she finished giving the order, Yu Wanru continued to stare at her expectantly with her round eyes, trying to use cuteness to make people accept her request.
"Okay, Lin Family Academy welcomes you to study at any time."
Seeing that she agreed, Yu Wanru wanted to strike while the iron was hot and state her next request, but she was ahead of her.
"But I won't talk to your mother about this. This is your family's own business."
Yu Wanru didn't hold out much hope in the first place, and stopped pestering Lin Jiaojiao. She found an empty seat and sat down in a daze, feeling a little disappointed.
Wang Rong came over with a plate of watermelons. This was the first time she had seen such good quality watermelons, with thin skin, few seeds, smooth flesh and lots of juice. But she didn't know how it would taste.
"The Dongjia watermelon is here."
Lin Jiaojiao put down the palm-leaf fan and said, "Put it here. Cut the remaining watermelons into plates and send them to the tables upstairs and downstairs for free. There should be another watermelon in the well. You can all share it to cool off."
"Thank you, boss! This watermelon looks better than Jiyun's. It must be refreshing and thirst-quenching." After saying that, he turned around and trotted to the backyard.
Lin Jiaojiao listened to her praise, smiled, took a piece, put it to her mouth and took a bite. It was icy, juicy and sweet, and it really quenched my thirst.
“This watermelon is really delicious.”
She deliberately spoke in a high-profile manner. Yu Wan couldn't help but turn her head to look at her. She smiled and waved for her to come over.
"Come and try it, it's delicious."
Yu Wanru said proudly: "What's so delicious about watermelon? It has a lot of seeds and is sandy. I don't like eating it."
Lin Jiaojiao had no choice but to pick up a piece of watermelon with regret, and said regretfully: "Well, then I can only enjoy this plate of watermelon alone."
Although it was just a small triangular piece of watermelon, Chun Mo was sharp enough to see that the watermelon had few seeds and the flesh was red. She leaned over to her young lady's ear and whispered.
"Miss, I see that watermelon is different from what I usually see."
Yu Wanru looked over and said, "I just don't want to eat. Is it necessary for you to act sad, sister? Isn't it okay for me to eat?" After she said that, she ran over happily.
Lin Jiaojiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Yes, yes, yes. If you don't eat it, I won't have the joy of sharing if I eat it alone."
As she spoke, she moved the plate in front of Yu Wanru. Yu Wanru took a piece without hesitation and handed it to Chun Mo behind her. Finally, she took another piece and looked at it again and again.
"What's the difference? Aren't they both red in color and black in color?"