Chapter 380 Lotus Battle

The danger is approaching, but no one notices it.

Zong Jincheng was concentrating on hooking the lotus when he suddenly felt someone push his left shoulder down. His center of gravity was already poor when he was standing on the shore, and he fell to the right front due to this mistake...

"Ah..." The little devil subconsciously reached out to grab the brother next to him. He Zheng panicked and pulled him, while using his other hand to quickly pull the other brothers.

They were pulled down one after another like this, and no one could hold on to anyone, and they all fell into the river like dumplings.

"Young Master!" the servants shouted in panic.

Five young boys were splashing around in the pond, few of them could swim. Xu Wan was frightened by this accident. She ran over and shouted, "Help! Quick! Get them out!"

Su Xi laughed and stopped her, "Don't worry, Madam Zong. The water in the pond isn't deep. Don't... worry too much and you'll get confused."

Xu Wan felt like her heart was beating out of her chest just now, but now that Su Xi had helped her calm down, she remembered that the water in the pond was indeed very shallow, only up to their waists.

This old Mr. Su, he does things too suddenly...

Several kids splashed around in the pond, their faces and bodies soaked with water. The worst off was the little devil, because he was the least prepared and drank a lot of water.

He spat several times before spitting out the water, and shouted angrily: "Damn it! You're too much! You clearly told us to pick lotus flowers, but you pushed us into the river instead. You have no good intentions!"

He Zheng also echoed, "That's right, sir, you really went too far this time. We came here to learn how to write poetry, but you teased us. How can a teacher be so disrespectful to his students!"

"Protest! I want to protest!" Shen Yibai wiped the water off his face and howled, "I want to change my teacher. I want to go and learn from my teacher Jiang. What a great poet! He is just a bad old man. I will not tolerate this bullying!"

The young dandies were furious, and even Zong Wenxiu couldn't help but say, "Teacher, there is an old saying that respecting teachers is a good quality for students. No matter how difficult you were before, we obeyed you. But now you are disrespecting us like this, isn't that also disrespectful to a teacher?"

"Yes! I am disrespectful to my teacher!"

"I am disrespectful to my teacher!!"

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Su Xi squatted on the bank with a smile on his face, and said frankly: "What do you mean by respecting teachers and honoring virtues? What do you mean by disrespecting teachers? I don't believe in that. I just play however I want, enjoy the mountains, rivers and the world, and be free and unrestrained. This is the key to writing good poems."

The young men's scolding was all in vain, their anger was rising, the little devil's chest was heaving violently, at the signal of Shen Yibai's eyes, the two boys quickly stretched out their claws, each grabbed Su Xi's arm, and dragged the old man squatting on the shore into the water!

"Puff--"

There was a huge splash of water.

Zong Wenxiu was splashed with water. He Zheng and Wei Xinglu were also stunned, but they quickly reacted and shouted, "Jincheng, Yibai, we still need you two!"

Xu Wan was shocked once and then again.

Cuizhi cried out in shock: "Madam... should we ask someone to rescue Mr. Su as soon as possible?"

Xu Wan swallowed and said, "Let's wait and see. Mr. Su doesn't play by the rules. Maybe he doesn't need our help at all. After all... the water in the pond is shallow." These are what Su Xi had just said.

Cuizhi covered her face with her hands, no longer daring to look any further.

Su Xi was having fun playing with the children when he was suddenly pulled into the water. It took him a long time to recover. He stood up from the pond, dripping wet, and shouted at the kids who were running away, "Stop! You dare to run after you pulled me into the water? Get out of here!"

"Ah... that damn old man made me drink a lot of water again."

Su Xi snorted and said, "I see the water in your pond is quite clean. What's wrong with drinking a few sips of water? It's not clean, so I won't get sick if I drink it."

Several children rolled their eyes at him and none of them listened.

Su Xi clapped his hands and said, "Since we are already in the water, let's just pick them like this. It's definitely faster than using a hook."

"Oh."

"Oh."

"Oh."

"Oh."

There were four more mocking voices. The young boys expressed disdain in words, but their actions were extremely obedient. They waded into the water one by one and went back to work.

Su Xi was right. Picking lotus in the water was indeed very fast. There was no need to control the length of the stick, calculate the positions of the hook and the net bag, and worry about the lotus falling into the pond. They just reached out and twisted, and all the fresh lotus were picked.

"Brother, you can put the clothes on first." He Zheng lifted the hem of his clothes, which could hold several lotus leaves. This way, no one would have to wade back and forth to the shore to deliver them.

Others followed his example and temporarily stored the lotus leaves. Zong Wenxiu asked the servants on the shore with great experience: "Can you bring us some small backpacks? This will be more convenient."

They looked at Xu Wan and Su Xi, neither of whom objected, and then they hurriedly trotted to find the small backpack.

The small backpack is convenient. By putting it on the back, the picked lotus can be easily collected. With their hands free, the young men begin to slowly experience the joy of picking lotus.

Su Xi picked lotus buds from their small basket. After receiving the little devil's disdainful look, he snorted and took the largest lotus bud. He peeled it open with his fingers and took out the lotus seeds. He put one in his mouth and ate it: "Mm, not bad, fresh."

Shen Yibai also followed suit, peeling off a lotus pod and putting one into his mouth. The next moment, he praised it in surprise, "It's really delicious, crunchy and a little sweet."

Wei Xinglu also came over and shouted, "Xiaobai, come here, let me have a taste."

Shen Yibai threw one at his head, and Wei Xinglu opened his mouth to catch it, saying proudly: "Look at our tacit understanding, even brothers can't compare to it!"

"Hahahaha." Shen Yibai laughed proudly, "Come on, come on, who else wants it? My lotus pod is really big."

He Zheng also raised his hands frantically: "Brother Bai, there's still me, there's still me!"

"Here it comes, open your mouth and take it!"

He Zheng jumped up to catch it, but because his feet were still in the mud and he was not very skilled at the movements, he fell directly onto the surface of the water.

"Puff, puff, puff..." He took several big gulps of water.

Wei Xinglu laughed loudly: "He Zheng can't do that, where is the brother we promised to be?"

He Zheng wiped the water stains off his face and said unconvincedly: "I want to try it with my elder brother!"

Zong Jincheng also joined in the feeding battle. He fed He Zheng through lotus leaves and pond water. Lotus seeds flew in the air and He Zheng hurriedly tried to catch them. He was determined to prove that he and his eldest brother had the best understanding with each other!

The little devil was addicted to the game and said, "Come on, let me try it too." Then he threw half of the lotus in his hand to He Zheng.

"Hahahahahaha...Jincheng, your aim is terrible. You're not even as good as He Zheng in catching it."