Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Time passed quickly and before I knew it it was noon.

Chen Lang probably wrote three sets of papers.

But I didn’t answer any of the cloze questions at the beginning.

When Sheng Chuliang got the test paper, he was stunned to see that the first page was completely blank.

He clearly saw Chen Lang writing furiously and answering the questions very seriously, so why were there so many blank spaces?

Restraining his displeasure, Sheng Chuliang continued reading.

Fortunately, I answered the questions later on pretty well, especially the last article in the second set of papers, which was very well written.

Sheng Chuliang put down the paper, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and asked, "The essay is well written, but why didn't you fill in any of the recitations at the beginning?"

Chen Lang answered truthfully: "Sir, I can't remember any of this."

It is true that sincerity is the greatest killer skill. Sheng Chuliang, who was originally full of anger, calmed down a lot after hearing these words, and even wanted to laugh.

"If you don't write the first part, no matter how well you write the second part, you won't pass the exam."

Chen Lang said: "After returning home, the students will try their best to recite it."

Sheng Chuliang said calmly, "I don't care whether you can take the exam or not, because the exam is related to your own future. Although if you fail, it will affect me as the recommender, but I have been affected by it for most of my life, so I am not affected by it in the same way as you."

Although he said this, Sheng Chuliang still took out a few books from the bookcase and said, "Take them with you when you leave, and remember to return them to me after you finish reading them."

After saying that, he walked out and said, "Clear the table, then come out to eat."

Chen Lang tidied the table and casually opened a book that Sheng Chuliang had given him.

The book is filled with his thoughts on reading.

Chen Lang smiled: "This old man has a cold exterior but a warm heart."

He picked up the pile of books and went to the dining room under the guidance of the housekeeper.

The dining room is quite simple, with just a table and four chairs.

There were four plates on the table, all filled with green vegetables and no meat.

There were only two people in the room, Sheng Chuliang and his wife.

When Mrs. Sheng saw Chen Lang, she waved enthusiastically, "Little Chen, come and sit down."

Chen Lang placed the book on an empty chair beside him, then bowed and said, "Junior Chen Lang, greetings to the Madam."

"Don't be polite. We haven't had guests in a long time. Please take a seat." Madam Sheng said with a smile, "Our family is poor, so the food is a bit simple. Please don't despise it, Xiao Chen."

Sheng Chuliang said coldly: "What do you mean by simple? Can't we eat the things on the table?"

“Every meal should be appreciated as it is not easy to come by!”

Madam Sheng said, "Yes, yes, you always make sense."

"But the thing is, it's fine for us to eat alone, but Xiao Chen is a guest. How can we treat guests like this?"

Sheng Chuliang said angrily: "What kind of guest is he?!"

Madam Sheng wanted to say something, but Chen Lang hurriedly said, "Madam, these meals are very good. What I ate in the countryside was not as good as this."

In order to prevent the old couple from quarreling, Chen Lang had no choice but to lie against his conscience.

After Chen Lang sat down, he found that the tofu he brought was not on the table, so he asked casually.

Madam Sheng said, "Xiao Chen, your tofu, the cook at home doesn't know how to make it."

Chen Lang said, "It's very simple. Just dress it up with some green onions and it will be a good dish to go with wine."

"Well, I'll go to the kitchen and make two tofu dishes. They'll be ready soon."

Mrs. Sheng was surprised and asked, "Xiao Chen, you can cook?"

Chen Lang said modestly, "I understand a little bit."

Sheng Chuliang said angrily, "How disrespectful."

Madam Sheng took Chen Lang's hand and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Don't listen to this old man's nonsense. It's good for a man to be able to cook."

"He's a lazy person who only has everything he wants. Without me, he would have starved to death long ago."

When the two arrived in the kitchen, the family's cook was staring at the tofu with worry.

He also knew that tofu was the hottest food ingredient in Nanhe County today. People in the county school even called it "white jade." However, a dish made with tofu would cost at least two coins of silver, which was not something servants like them could afford.

If you have never eaten it, you naturally don’t know how to cook it.

Chen Lang's arrival solved the chef's urgent problem.

Chen Lang first looked at the cupboard and found it was as clean as when he first came here.

Nothing.

So he took out two coins of silver and asked the housekeeper to buy some meat and seasonings.

The housekeeper was a little overwhelmed when he saw the money.

Chen Lang said: "Although the teacher does not recognize me as a student, I recognize him as a teacher."

"It's the students' duty to respect their teachers. Go now."

The butler looked at Mrs. Sheng again, and only after she nodded did he hurried away with the money.

A quarter of an hour later, the housekeeper came back and bought a fish, half a pound of meat and other seasonings.

Chen Lang immediately started cooking.

At first, Mrs. Sheng thought that Chen Lang could only cook some ordinary dishes, but after seeing Chen Lang kill and remove fish scales very skillfully, she realized that Chen Lang's culinary skills were probably not worse than her own chef.

Because of the time constraints, Chen Lang couldn't make any complicated dishes, just one stir-fried meat and one stewed fish with tofu.

However, even so, it took more than half an hour to complete the task.

By the time they brought the dishes to the table, Sheng Chuliang's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

When Sheng Chuliang saw two more meat dishes, he was about to lose his temper.

However, there is always a nemesis. Before Sheng Chuliang could even open his mouth, Mrs. Sheng retorted.

"Eat it or not, Xiao Chen made this as a gift to me."

"I'm different from you. You'd rather live without meat than without bamboo, but I, an old woman, love to eat meat."

"The last time I ate meat was half a month ago. I've been craving it for a long time."

"Go out and ask around. Is there a family of that scholar who can't afford to eat meat for half a month?"

"Xiao Chen, let's eat and ignore this old man."

Sheng Chuliang opened his mouth and muttered after a moment: "I didn't say a word."

Mrs. Sheng rolled her eyes at him.

Chen Lang tried to hold back his laughter, as he found this old couple quite interesting.

"Sir, please sit down and try my cooking." Chen Lang gave Sheng Chuliang a way out.

Sheng Chuliang was indeed hungry, so he took the opportunity to get off the donkey and sat back down.

Madam Sheng not only did not continue to squeeze, but also took the initiative to pick up a piece of tofu from the stewed fish for Sheng Chuliang, "Try it, it's the most popular white jade in the county right now."

Sheng Chuliang put the tofu in his mouth with a stern face, tasted it for a while, and said, "Hmm, it's really good."

Madam Sheng said, "Is it the cooking skills that are good, or is it the tofu that is good?"

Sheng Chuliang said: "Everything is fine.

"Chen Lang, if you could put more of your energy into memorizing your lessons instead of cooking, you wouldn't be unable to answer any of the memorization questions!"

Chen Lang blinked, this sounded very familiar.

When I was in high school, my homeroom teacher seemed to say this kind of thing often.

"If you put the focus you put on playing games online into studying, you could get into Tsinghua or Peking University!"

It seems that teachers have always used the same method to teach students throughout history.