Chapter 20: Fish for candy?

"The sky and earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless, the sun and the moon wax and wane, the stars are lined up, winter comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter stores..."

Perhaps the little devil found a little sense of accomplishment in successfully reciting the text, which is why even after half an hour, I could still hear him reciting the Thousand Character Classic.

"Giving up the throne and surrendering the country, You Yu, Tao Tang... Hiss, a fish is asking for candy? Fish also like to eat sweets? How can it ask for candy when it doesn't have arms?"

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

Oh my God, this doesn’t seem to be what I learned.

Shunzi: “…”

Sometimes, it is really helpless to teach Mr. Cheng.

"Puff..." Xu Wan, who had just entered the room, heard this wonderful translation, her feet slipped and she hit her head on the door frame, making a thud.

God, spare her ears!

What the hell is this translation?!

Cuizhi, who was still holding the food box in her hand, was startled. She hurried to help Xu Wan up: "Madam! Are you okay?"

When the little devil heard the sound, he finally opened his eyes which had been closed. When he saw Xu Wanlai, he immediately became fully alert and quickly sat up from his half-lying body on the bench.

Seeing Xu Wan's horrified expression, he subconsciously felt that something bad was going to happen.

Xu Wan walked in, being led by Cuizhi. She pointed at the little devil weakly and said, "A fish is asking for candy... You can come up with that idea. Why don't you say that the fish came ashore to grab the candy itself?"

The little devil clasped his fists across his chest, looking like he was the smartest person in the world, and replied confidently, "How can a fish come ashore to catch candy? You are stupid, but I am not."

Xu Wan: “…”

Okay, okay, it’s okay that you don’t realize that you are stupid, but you also think that everyone else is stupid.

You are worthy of being here, the little devil.

Xu Wan took a deep breath and silently repeated "one hundred million, one hundred million, one hundred million" three times, which calmed her down.

She said, "Shunzi, when you teach Master Cheng, remember to translate it, so that he won't give such an explanation in class, which will make Master Baili angry for three days."

Zong Jincheng glared at her.

He immediately recognized that this was an obvious mockery of himself!

He questioned, "You saw that I have amazing talent and will win soon, so you deliberately came to stop me from studying!"

This woman just wanted to withhold his monthly salary and servants so that she could lock him up in this mansion and torture him slowly. Humph, he had seen through her a long time ago!

Xu Wan looked at the childish boy in front of her who had everything written on his face. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "Do you know what it means to judge a gentleman by your own standards? This is what you look like now."

The little devil narrowed his eyes and said, "You are quite knowledgeable and you know that you are a villain."

"Oh, I mean the gentleman is me."

"???"

"The gentleman is me." Afraid that he didn't hear clearly, Xu Wan repeated it again.

Little Devil: “!!!” Where’s my knife!

The two of them were about to quarrel again because of a disagreement, and Cuizhi came out with great tact to act as peacemaker.

She quickly opened the food box and placed it on the table in front of the two young masters. This was the most popular Dongji Seven Flavor Cake in the capital city. One had to queue up before dawn to buy it.

Zong Wenxiu had never eaten anything good, so he naturally didn't know how precious the seven-flavor cake was. But it was different for the extravagant Zong Jincheng. This was something he used to eat every day, but after Xu Wan cut off his servants and money, there was no one to help him queue up, and he had no money to buy it for him.

"Master Cheng, Master Xiu, this is the seven-flavor cake that Madam specially asked someone to buy for you. Madam is just not good at speaking, but she has always been thinking about you two masters in her heart."

Zong Wenxiu was already very grateful to Xu Wan, and upon hearing this, he quickly thanked her: "Thank you for your concern, Madam."

Cuizhi smiled and handed the seven-flavor cake to him to taste.

The little devil is still at loggerheads with Xu Wan.

A pair of bright and sparkling eyes refused to admit defeat, and although Xu Wan's gaze was gentle and non-aggressive, there was no trace of timidity either. Instead, she won a slight victory with this calm strength.

Xu Wan raised her eyebrows: "Boy, you don't want to eat the seven-flavor cake anymore?"

She just doesn't believe that anyone can go against their conscience and say they don't like the food they love.

Zong Jincheng turned his head and said firmly: "A gentleman does not eat food given out of pity."

Zong Wenxiu, who had just stuffed the seven-flavor cake into his mouth, said: "..."

No, I really never complained.

Xu Wan snorted and didn't continue to snort at him. She just glanced at the book that Zong Wenxiu placed on the table and said casually, "Why is Wenxiu also reading the Thousand Character Classic? Didn't you just learn Mengqiu?"

She couldn't directly expose the private agreement between the two, otherwise the little devil would become defensive, but she couldn't let him delay Zong Wenxiu's progress either, otherwise if this little bastard fished for three days and dried the nets for two days, wouldn't Zong Wenxiu be implicated as well?

Zong Wenxiu's heart skipped a beat when he was asked this question.

He subconsciously looked at his brother...

What should I do? Has my wife found out?

If he told the truth, his brother would definitely be angry, but if he lied to his wife, how could he repay her for saving his mother?

The little devil had an indignant look on his face, seeing that Xu Wan was going to continue to cause trouble for him, but perhaps he was used to being troubled in the past few days, he was so focused on being angry that he even forgot to give a statement to his half-brother.

Zong Wenxiu could not wait for his brother's response, so he could only stammer, "Wen... Wen Xi."

The child didn't seem to lie often. He was so nervous that his body was shaking. Not to mention looking at her, he even lowered his head lower and lower.

Xu Wan had expected his reaction. She smiled and replied, "Reviewing the past to learn new things is indeed a good habit."

"Hmm..." Zong Wenxiu responded randomly, hoping that she could skip the topic as soon as possible.

However, things did not go as planned. Xu Wan continued, "I just read Meng Qiu's book. Although the book is a bit thick, it is a collection of historical allusions. It will be very helpful for you to accumulate knowledge. Knowing history will help you to make wise judgments, and knowing the past will help you to understand the present. You must experience it carefully and don't swallow it whole like an illiterate person. "

Suddenly, an illiterate Cheng was called out: “???”

Did she think he couldn't understand such an obvious insinuation?

The little devil is about to have a fit.

Xu Wanque said to Zong Wenxiu: "I know your learning ability. You should be able to finish Mengqiu in a month, right? It is very hard to tutor your brother, but you must remember to study hard and not fall behind. I will come to check your learning progress in a month."