Chapter 55: Study Tour (Part 4) “Mr. Chicken probably doesn’t lay eggs…
"Just thinking about it." Jiang Ci replied calmly.
The answer was expected, very much in Jiang Ci's style.
But Yu Xiang seemed dissatisfied and said "oh" in a muffled voice.
Jiang Ci turned off the faucet, pursed his lips and stared at Yu Xiang's profile. After a moment of silence, his lips slightly opened, and he looked like he wanted to say something, but the latter didn't pay any attention. After rinsing the foam off his hands, he shook his hands violently a few times.
He splashed water on his face.
Not only that, this person was completely unaware of the bad thing he had done. He turned around and said to him, "Let's go," as if nothing had happened.
So he swallowed back the truth that was about to come out of his mouth, and replaced it with a faint "hmm".
After the tent is set up, each group can temporarily put some things that they don’t need to carry with them inside, leaving only some necessities and valuables on their bodies.
They followed Brother Du for the rest of the journey, while Lei Wanquan took photos for them at the end of the team.
Their first stop was to an ecological farm.
"This farm is truly ecological, even the roads are dirt roads." Fang Chengyu's face was almost as green as the grass along the roadside. "My new shoes, which I just bought—"
"Hahaha, Old Fang, what are you thinking? You actually dare to wear new shoes, hahaha!!!" Zhang Miao walked in front of Fang Chengyu, but he looked back every few steps, just to laugh at him mercilessly.
Fang Chengyu glared at him unhappily: "Go ahead and laugh, or you'll slip and fall flat on your face."
"How is that possible? My shoes are so non-slip - ouch! Damn it!" Zhang Miao was slapped in the face the next second after he finished bragging, and his whole body came into close contact with the mud.
"Hahaha, you deserve it--" This time it was Fang Chengyu's turn to laugh at him.
"Students, please be careful when you walk. It has rained here these two days, and the road may be a bit slippery. Be careful not to fall." Brother Du's voice came from far ahead.
Zhang Miao got up from the ground, patted the mud off his body, and said with tears in his eyes, "It's a little too late. I've already fallen."
"Are you okay, Sanshui?" Lu Ziyang, who was behind, leaned forward and asked with concern.
Zhang Miao looked at him with a dull face: "Lu Ziyang, can you please put away that smile on your face and show some concern for me?"
Lu Ziyang laughed even more happily when he heard this: "Hahahaha sorry I really can't help it hahahaha!!!"
Zhang Miao said with a sad face: "...This is too much."
"It's okay, Sanshui. Don't be sad. It's not shameful. You're not the only one who slipped." Lu Ziyang tried to be serious and said, "Yu Xiang also..."
Zhang Miao: "What? Brother Yu fell too?"
"No, no, no, he just slipped, he didn't fall."
"That's good...but how did you do that?" Zhang Miao asked curiously.
"Well... his teammates should be more reliable - Jiang Ci behind him reacted super quickly and managed to pull him up. Isn't that awesome?" Lu Zi said with a beaming eyebrow.
Zhang Miao looked at Fang Chengyu silently.
Fang Chengyu turned away silently: "Don't look at me. With your weight, the only result of doing this is that we will both fall."
Zhang Miao: "Am I that fat?! If you're weak, just say so!"
"You're just fat."
"It's you Taixu!"
"Hey, that's enough, hurry up and leave. If you don't leave now, the people behind you will protest." Lu Ziyang urged them.
After a chaotic journey, the group finally arrived at their destination.
In addition to the students who came for study, there were also a few tourists present, all of whom were looking at them curiously.
While Brother Du was explaining the tasks for the groups, Yu Xiang was diligently rubbing the mud off his shoes, wondering how Jiang Ci could still stand there without changing his expression.
If he can tolerate so much mud on his shoes, then what about forcing him to wash clothes last time?
How come this person's mysophobia sometimes gets worse and sometimes gets better? Is this normal?
"Okay, now we will split up into groups and gather here in half an hour. Everyone, please pay attention to the time." After Brother Du finished his announcement, the students dispersed.
According to the keywords Yu Xiang heard, their task was to find eggs and then compete with which group to find more.
The groups were already divided from the beginning—not the groups for sleeping at night, but the groups for daily activities. A class was divided into six groups, each consisting of exactly seven people, and the gender ratio was as evenly distributed as possible.
This group was created by Lei Wanquan. To save trouble, he simply drew six circles based on the seats in the class and the principle of proximity, with each circle forming a group.
So in addition to him and Jiang Ci, their group also included Ning Anyan from the next group, Wang Sitian at one table, Wang Ming at another table, and a girl in the front row.
The team leader was chosen by drawing lots, and the winner was Jiang Ci.
Although he himself had no joy in winning the prize, he still accepted the title.
"Where can we find the academic genius?" Wang Ming came over and asked, rubbing his hands.
"I suggest going to a place with fewer people where the competition won't be so great," Ning Anyan suggested.
Yu Xiang looked around and saw people everywhere: "Are there really places with few people?" Aren't they all the same?
"I mean a place with relatively fewer people. Do you understand what I mean?" Ning Anyan glanced at Yu Xiang meaningfully and said.
Yu Xiang couldn't help but say, "I mean, every area is about the same, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
Wang Ming saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly tried to smooth things over: "What you said makes sense. So, how about we listen to the team leader's opinion?"
The conversation was thrown to Jiang Ci, and the eyes of the whole group were focused on him.
"Yu Ying should be more experienced in this regard." Jiang Ci said to Yu Xiang calmly, "You pick a route."
Wang Ming: "? Brother Yu, you actually have experience?"
Yu Xiang: "...Don't listen to his nonsense."
What Jiang Ci called "experience" was nothing more than the time when he went back to his grandmother's house in the countryside as a child and stole eggs from all over the mountains.
At that time, the chickens, ducks and geese in the family were all raised in the mountains. After eating and having nothing to do, Yu Xiang liked to go up and look for eggs. He was chased by the hens several times but he still did not change his bad habits until one day he was pecked on the butt by a goose.
Although the goose was served on the dinner table that night, Yu Xiang was obviously much more obedient after that. He went up the mountain less frequently and took Jiang Ci to the creek to catch crayfish more often.
"It's okay, I believe in you. I'm counting on you, Brother Yu." After the last 1,000-meter test, Wang Ming's favorability towards Yu Xiang increased, and so did his inexplicable trust in Yu Xiang.
"It doesn't matter. The team leader has said it anyway, so just go ahead boldly." Wang Sitian winked at him.
Ning Anyan did not comment on this, and the other people in the team nodded in agreement with this plan.
Yu Xiang couldn't refuse any longer, so he went to the designated location, got a big basket, and set off with the whole group.
The area where they were looking for eggs was dotted with low bushes, which was very suitable for free-range poultry to find food and lay eggs. Considering that there were many people today, the staff locked up some of the animals in advance and only left a small number wandering around the area.
These animals are not afraid of people, and some can even interact with tourists.
"I now seriously doubt whether there are any eggs here." Yu Xiang and his group ran into Lu Ziyang's group as soon as they went over. The leader Lu Ziyang was holding a basket in one hand and had his other hand on his waist. He looked solemn and shook his head.
"What's wrong? No results?" Yu Xiang asked.
"No, zero! Zero! Can you believe it?" Lu Ziyang said exaggeratedly, "Our group walked around and didn't see even an eggshell."
"Okay, classmate, stop showing off your foreign language skills and go find it quickly." Xu Tianhao reached out and patted Lu Ziyang's shoulder, sighing.
As he spoke, he looked at Yu Xiang and the others: "Your group just set out? So relaxed?"
"Didn't you get nothing when you set out first?" Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang stood side by side. He raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice.
"It hurts." Lu Ziyang clutched his chest and said angrily, "Hey, God of Learning, can you use your clever brain to figure out where those lovely chickens lay their eggs?"
Jiang Ci said calmly, "Mr. Chicken probably doesn't lay eggs."
"Help, hahaha, Lu Ziyang, do you want to listen to what you are saying? Are you expecting a rooster to lay eggs?" Wang Sitian couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"It was a slip of the tongue. It should have been Ms. Chicken," Lu Ziyang quickly corrected himself. "Don't laugh too soon, these eggs are hard to find. If you come back empty-handed after this is over, just be quiet... Yu Xiang, where did you find the eggs?"
Before Lu Ziyang finished speaking, he saw Yu Xiang, who had walked a few steps to the side and temporarily left his sight a dozen seconds ago, come back with an egg in his hand, which immediately stunned him.
Jiang Ci had already taken the initiative to take on the task of carrying the basket before Yu Xiang left. Seeing this, he took the egg from Yu Xiang's hand and put it carefully into the basket.
"Impossible? Are you sure you didn't bring this egg from home?" Lu Ziyang was obviously unwilling to accept this fact. "We just checked this area, and there's clearly no egg there."
"It's in the bushes, hidden by the grass. You have to reach out and feel for it." Yu Xiang looked at him strangely. "Are you expecting the hen to lay eggs right in front of you?"
Lu Ziyang touched his chin awkwardly: "I thought it would just fall to the ground."
"Team Leader! Team Leader! I found the egg!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a boy from Lu Ziyang's group.
Lu Ziyang was overjoyed. He turned around and said, "See, the tide has turned. Our group is going to rise!"
But when the boy brought the egg to them, everyone fell silent.
After a long moment, Xu Tianhao pointed at the egg and said, "...Why is it so small?"
The boy scratched his head and said, "I don't know. Maybe it was laid by a chicken?"
Ning Anyan curled her lips, expressing her skepticism about this statement: "Can chickens lay eggs?"
Wang Sitian: "No way?"
Wang Ming: "Is this a quail egg? It's so small?"
Lu Ziyang's expression turned serious: "Quail eggs don't look like this. Never mind, just treat it as a stunted egg."
He simply stopped worrying about it and put the egg in the basket.
After parting with Lu Ziyang's group, Yu Xiang led a few of them to find more eggs. When they gathered in time, they had filled half a basket.
"What the God of Learning said is indeed right. Brother Yu, you are indeed very experienced." Wang Ming now has even more respect for Yu Xiang. "You are an expert in finding eggs!"
Yu Xiang pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly: "...That's not necessary, Xiaopang. I don't really want to become an expert in this area."
"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. I'm just very powerful anyway." Wang Ming laughed.
"Our group should be able to get into the top three, right?" Wang Sitian asked expectantly.
"It should be possible... Why hasn't Jiang Ci come back yet?" Yu Xiang said while looking into the distance.
As the team leader, Jiang Ci took their eggs to Brother Du to register the quantity, but the team leaders of other teams had already returned, but he was nowhere to be seen.
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