Chapter 20: The Struggle of Wills

Because Meng Xing and his party went to the provincial capital, the grandson of the three was temporarily arranged to go to school with Zhang Mingyang and Ji Lianzhong as a temporary transfer student.

As soon as he entered the school, it caused a sensation, after all, the students were very curious about what overseas Chinese looked like.

I saw a group of students pointing around them, like a giant panda, a national treasure.

The three of them had never seen such a battle, and they didn't like to be watched, so they looked displeased.

Seeing this, Ji Zhang and the others hurriedly pulled the three into the classroom to persuade the students outside.

However, when walking in the narrow corridor of the classroom, Chen Kezi, who had just returned from the dirt playground, accidentally touched his clothes.

Looking at an obvious dirty handprint on his clothes, Cheng Mu whispered with a dark face, "Lowly fool." ”

Chen Kezi frowned suspiciously: "What?"

"Nothing. Cheng Mu turned his head angrily and left.

But Zhang Mingyang on the side heard it clearly, with his character, how could he bear it?

"What did you just say? Cheng Mu, you say it again. Zhang Mingyang asked.

Cheng Mu was stunned for a moment.

"I didn't say anything! Brother Mingyang. ”

Cheng Mu didn't intend to admit it, he thought that in a poor and remote place like Qianzhou, it was impossible for anyone to understand English, let alone Zhang Mingyang.

Because he learned from his grandfather that the current Huaguo science and technology education is still relatively weak, and talents in line with international standards are very scarce.

Born and raised in the United States, he has a natural sense of pride in his heart, and always thinks that he is superior to others.

Zhang Mingyang sneered: "Do you think I don't understand?"

Cheng Mu was dumbfounded in an instant, Zhang Mingyang's ability to speak English was not in his plan.

He was a little flustered, he didn't dare to face Zhang Mingyang's questioning, his eyes wandered around, and he didn't know how to deal with the current situation.

The intelligent Meng Yi knew that this matter was not something he could participate in, so he hurriedly looked elsewhere.

And Nanchen wanted to say something, but Ji Lianzhong was busy pulling him to talk about other things.

Now Cheng Mu has become a loner.

"Mingyang, forget it!"

Because Cheng Mu is an overseas Chinese, Chen Kezi doesn't want to make things stiff.

"It's okay, Kezi, there are some things we can't retreat, I'll take care of this matter. Zhang Mingyang decisively rejected Chen Kezi's suggestion.

In fact, since the three of them came to Qianzhou, Zhang Mingyang and them were together, except for Meng Xing, there was very little communication with the other two.

First, because the Chinese level of the two is really not high, they often stumble when they talk, and occasionally pop up English words, Ji Zhang and the two are unwilling to expose the fact that they understand English, so they communicate very little.

The second is that the two-person display always feels domineering.

This made Zhang Mingyang very unhappy, but because he was a guest, and Zhang Mingyang couldn't be like a child, Zhang Mingyang didn't say anything.

And this time, Zhang Mingyang is angry, and he will just do it to himself, but insulting his friends, then it will not work.

In the face of Zhang Mingyang's aggressiveness, Cheng Mu's face flushed angrily.

The arrogance in his bones made him not realize the right and wrong of things at all.

"Did I say something wrong? I soiled my clothes, I can't say it yet?" Cheng Mu retorted sharply.

"Of course it's true, it's what is wrong!"

"You can make us apologize and let us wash your clothes, but you should never insult us with words, what qualifications do you have. Zhang Mingyang's words were unceremoniously.

"You hillbillies are unreasonable, what can I do if I scold them. Cheng Mu said angrily in English.

"After growing up abroad for a few years, you forget your ancestors, thinking that you are unattainable? As far as you are showing now, you are not worthy of lifting our shoes, and in my eyes you are an unbearable hillbilly. Zhang Mingyang sneered disdainfully.

"You... You..."Cheng Mu was stunned and couldn't speak.

"It's you, you look like a vexatious shrew, don't you claim to be a British?, but it seems to me that you don't have the gentlemanly and graceful that the Meijian people say, and you make me feel very ignorant. Zhang Mingyang continued to mend the knife.

"You dare to say I'm ignorant?" Cheng Mu felt like he had heard a huge joke.

"Yes. Zhang Mingyang said firmly and affirmatively.

"You hillbilly is ignorant, what do you know in this poor and out-of-the-way place? Do you know what the world is like? Have you ever been abroad? I don't know who is so arrogant and ignorant. Cheng Mu said sarcastically.

"Huh. Zhang Mingyang chuckled.

"Cheng Mu, since you don't think you're ignorant, then don't compare. ”

"Okay, it's better than that, today I'll let you understand what the difference between heaven and earth is. Cheng Mu said arrogantly.

"I don't bully you, I will accompany you what you say. Zhang Mingyang said confidently without fear of challenges.

"This ......" stumped Cheng Mu all of a sudden, and he hadn't thought about it yet.

"Well, I have a suggestion that each of you come up with ten questions and see who can answer both correctly and more. is the winner. ”

Nan Chen on the side suggested.

Zhang Mingyang: "Feel free, it's all right." ”

Cheng Mu: "I'm fine. ”

Nan Chen: "There are two pieces of paper, and you two should each write down the questions you think are more difficult."

The two men took the piece of paper, each with their backs to the beginning of the writing question.

After a while, both of them were ready.

Cheng Mu: "Who will come first?"

"Let you, you come first. ”

Zhang Mingyang didn't care about the problem of field order, he was confident in himself.

"Okay, I'll come. Cheng Mu said.

"Wait. Ji Lianzhong on the side spoke up.

"What's the matter with you?" Cheng Mu asked.

"It's okay, I just want to ask, what if I lose?" Ji Lianzhong smiled.

Cheng Mu touched his head: "What do you want?"

"Okay! It's not difficult for you, Cheng Mu, if you lose, on the podium of our class, I will personally apologize to classmate Chen Kezi. Ji Lianzhong said leisurely.

"No problem. Cheng Mu replied quickly.

"What if I win?" asked Cheng Mu.

"The three of us on the class podium apologize for you, and you will be sent in the future. Zhang Mingyang replied.

Cheng Mu: "Okay, it's decided, you listen to the first question." ”

"Prognosticate, exaggeration, evaluation, ophiscated, what do these four words mean. ”

Although Cheng Mu saw Zhang Mingyang speaking English, he was confident that he would not know these words.

Zhang Mingyang chuckled: "It's too simple, the first two words (foresight, foreknowledge), the last two (evaluation)." ”

If you still want to know, I can make up a sentence or say it directly.

"Count you right!" Cheng Mu said indignantly.

"It's my turn, the longest mountain in the world?"

As soon as the question came out, everyone present was asked.

"The Alps, the Duanheng Mountains, or the Himalayas?" Cheng Mu was thoughtless.

After waiting for a long time, he said slowly: "Himalayas?"

"No, it's the Andes Mountains, 8,900 kilometers long, crisscrossing North and South America. ”

"Hmph. Cheng Mu snorted coldly and didn't speak.

Then he asked the second question: "Where is the place called the "heart of German industry"?"

"Ruhr area. Zhang Mingyang was unhurried.

Then Zhang Mingyang: "In military history, the first time tanks appeared on the battlefield as weapons was during the First World War?"

As soon as the question was finished, the scene was quiet again, and Zhang Mingyang's question was too tricky for him.

Cheng Mu also had wandering eyes and wanted to seek help from others, but unfortunately the eyes of the people he saw were also confused. “

Meng Yi said secretly in his heart: "Who knows this!"

Cheng Mu had a dark face: "I don't know." ”

"Battle of the Somme. ”

"Again, what is the number that represents doom in Great Britain?"

You shouldn't know now, right?" Cheng Mu thought to himself.

"It's 666!" Zhang Mingyang said with a forced smile.

"What color is potassium permanganate?"

Cheng Mu: "......"

"Why is lightning crooked?"

Cheng Mu: "......"

The questions came out one after another, and the more Cheng Mu answered, the more ugly his face became.

Before I knew it, I came to Cheng Mu's last question.

Cheng Mu: "What is the 2000th digit of π?"

"Well, I think about it, what is it?" Zhang Mingyang deliberately hung his appetite.

"If you don't know, don't be strong. Cheng Mu's face was happy, he thought that Zhang Mingyang didn't know about this problem.

"It's 9!"

The moment the answer came out, Cheng Mu's face was like ashes, and cold sweat flowed behind his back.

Spread out on the stool all at once.

"It's my turn, do you know why Lao Tzu wrote the Tao Te Ching?"

Cheng Mu: "I don't know. ”

"Because! ”

Zhang Mingyang smiled: "You lost." ”

There are a total of 20 questions on both sides, Cheng Mu didn't have to answer any of them correctly, but Zhang Mingyang was all right.

He lost, and he lost completely.

The only bit of pride and pride that remained was completely shattered by Zhang Mingyang.

"I actually lost, I lost, I lost," Cheng Mu cried in a low voice as he spoke.

"That's the price you pay for ignorance. Zhang Mingyang said unceremoniously.

"Come on, keep your promises. ”

Cheng Mu got up slowly, staggered onto the podium, and looked at dozens of pairs of eyes from the audience.

His face was pale, and he said tremblingly: "Chen Kezi, I was wrong, I'm sorry, Chen Kezi, I was wrong, I'm sorry...... The sound is getting louder. ”

Then I saw him bend down his haughty back.