Chapter 4: Pine Nut Cinnamon Fish
There were five people sitting at the table, and three of the other four people she had already seen except for Meng Meng herself.
After a few words, Meng Meng figured out the identities of several people.
Shen Ruyu is the hostess of this Chen Mansion, Chen Qingsong is her eldest son, and the young girl is her youngest daughter, named Chen Qingxue.
Another short-haired woman is called Xia Wenxin, Ai Mengmeng has never seen her, she looks a few years older than her, like her, she is also here to teach, and she only arrived today, but she arrived a few hours earlier than her.
"What school did Ms. Ai use to be a teacher in?" Chatting is the best way to understand the situation of unfamiliar people, and Shen Ruyu turned on the inquiry mode.
Ai Mengmeng shook her head a little weakly: "I haven't been a teacher, I just graduated from college this year."
Her father arranged for her to come here to teach, and until now that she is here, she still hasn't figured out why her father made such an arrangement for her.
"Was Mr. Xia a teacher before?" Ai Mengmeng looked at Xia Wenxin and asked.
Although she had only known Xia Wenxin for less than half an hour, she felt that Xia Wenxin looked very elegant like a teacher.
Xia Wenxin nodded his head: "Yes, I have been teaching for three years before."
"From then on, I will learn more from you, and please give me more guidance," Ai Mengmeng said sincerely.
Xia Wenxin didn't show any enthusiasm, but said with a light expression: "Teacher Ai is too polite, let's learn from each other in the future."
"What university did Mr. Ai graduate from?" Chen Qingxue opened her mouth, she was really curious about this girl who looked like a big girl and looked like a doll.
"Harvard," Lemon said as she swallowed a mouthful of food, her words unclear.
As soon as her words fell, she felt that the atmosphere on the table was quiet again, and all eyes were cast on her, even Chen Qingsong, who had not looked at her all the time, cast a somewhat surprised glance at her.
Ai Mengmeng glared at her, and her big eyes full of innocence once again inexplicably turned to everyone.
"Harvard University in the United States?" Chen Qingxue asked again.
Ai Mengmeng nodded: "Yes, Harvard has not yet set up a campus in China, if there is, I will not go there to study!" ”
The thought of the pain of flying for more than ten hours brought a hint of complaint to her tone.
"Teacher Ai, can you ask, how old are you this year?" Chen Qingxue asked again.
"I'm 23 years old," Ai Mengmeng flashed her big eyes and looked at Chen Qingxue, she didn't understand why Chen Qingxue suddenly asked her age.
"It's nothing, I just feel that Teacher Ai is so young," Chen Qingxue smiled.
I think she also had a Harvard dream back then, but she just regarded it as a dream at that time, but the girl in front of her has graduated from Harvard, this girl is really amazing.
Of course, Ai Mengmeng didn't know what Chen Qingxue was thinking, her thinking habit was that what others said was what she wanted to express, she didn't understand it a little, Chen Qingxue looked about the same age as her, why did she still say that she was young, it sounded like an older person was sighing.
"Miss Chen, you're also very young, you should be about the same age as me, right?" Ai Mengmeng looked at Chen Qingxue and asked with a smile.
Chen Qingxue smiled again, but lamented in her heart, her age was indeed about the same as this girl, only one year older than her, but in front of this girl, how could she feel like she was ten years older than her.
The eating speed of eating and chatting is naturally slower, but after about half an hour, everyone has basically eaten almost, only Ai Mengmeng still has a small half bowl of rice left unfinished, and she is a little anxious when she sees that everyone has put down their chopsticks.
Suddenly, a plate of pine nut cinnamon fish that was originally placed in the table was moved in front of her, and she looked up to see that it was Chen Qingsong who moved the plate.
She thought the dish was delicious, so she put a few more chopsticks, but how did he know? He hadn't looked at her since he started using chopsticks, could it be that he was secretly paying attention to her?
She was a little stunned when she heard Shen Ruyu smile and said, "Teacher Ai, this fish still suits your appetite, right?" ”
Ai Meng nodded very affirmatively: "Very delicious!" ”
"This pine nut fish is my mother's specialty, I don't usually cook it, today I know that you and Teacher Xia are here, especially for you, Teacher Ai, if you like it, eat more," Chen Qingxue also said with a smile.
She sighed softly, but secretly said in her heart, is she so obvious? She really thinks this fish is delicious, just a few more chopsticks just now, how can everyone see that she likes to eat this dish?
"It's best if you can eat all this fish, my mother is happiest to see others finish all the dishes she cooked," Seeing that Ai Mengmeng began to eat the fish intently, Chen Qingxue said again.
Chen Qingxue's words were said casually, but Ai Mengmeng took it seriously.
So in the next five minutes, Ai Mengmeng carried out Chen Qingxue's words very seriously, and when she finished eating the rice in the bowl, only the fish bones were left on the plate.
"I'm done," she looked up and smiled happily at Shen Ruyu with a sense of accomplishment.
Shen Ruyu and Chen Qingxue were both slightly stunned, but Chen Qingsong frowned slightly imperceptibly.
"Qingxue, go pour a cup of tea," Chen Qingsong said to Chen Qingxue.
Chen Qingxue also reacted, quickly got up and poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Ai Mengmeng.
"Is this fish really delicious?" Chen Qingxue asked.
"It's really delicious!" Lemon's expression was as serious as when she ate fish.
Chen Qingxue laughed and winked at Ai Mengmeng: "Do you feel a little salty?" “
Ai Mengmeng nodded honestly: "It's a little salty."
She already felt a little salty when she ate most of the fish, but thinking of what Chen Qingxue said, she felt that she had to finish the fish and do something that could make others happy, and she felt even happier.
"Then let's have some tea," Chen Qingxue said.
"Thank you," Ai Mengmeng smiled brightly at Chen Qingxue.
Chen Qingxue sighed again in her heart, this girl is simply a child.
"Still eating!" A medium-thick voice suddenly came in through the doorway.
When the voice landed, three people also walked in.
"Have you eaten yet?" Shen Ruyu stood up.
Seeing her get up, the other people who were sitting all stood up.
"Teacher Xia, Teacher Ai, let me introduce you, this is Chen Mingren, the principal of Qingfeng Town Middle School," Shen Ruyu pointed to a middle-aged man among the three people who entered the door.
"Hello, Principal Chen!" Xia Wenxin and Ai Mengmeng greeted Chen Mingren politely at the same time.
Chen Mingren stepped forward and shook hands with the two of them: "Teacher Xia, Teacher Ai, you can come to our Qingfeng Town Middle School to teach, we are very welcome!" ”
"Let me introduce you, this is Jiang Jingmei, Teacher Jiang, an excellent teacher in our school," Chen Mingren said, pointing to a young woman who came with him.
Ai Mengmeng's eyes lit up, she looked about twenty-five or sixteen years old, her facial features were delicate and dignified, and her whole person had a classical gentle air.
"Teacher Xia, Teacher Ai, hello," Jiang Jingmei's face showed a light smile, her voice and smile were very soft, making people feel very comfortable.
After she greeted the two, her eyes glanced at Chen Qingsong, who had been silent, seemingly unintentionally, and saw that Chen Qingsong didn't look at her at all, and a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
"This is Ma Jinsong, Teacher Ma, the head of education at our school," Chen Mingren pointed to a man standing beside him and continued.
Ai Mengmeng looked at Ma Jinsong, his young man looked about twenty-six or seventeen years old, very tall, with well-rounded facial features, sharp edges and corners, and the whole person looked extremely energetic and energetic.
Xia Wenxin first shook hands with him politely and said hello, and Ai Mengmeng also stretched out her hand to him: "Teacher Ma, hello!" ”
Ma Jinsong grabbed Ai Mengmeng's hand, but he didn't let go as soon as he shook hands with Xia Wenxin, but held it lightly and didn't let go.
"Principal Chen, you've invited a peerless beauty," Ma Jinsong stared at Ai Mengmeng without turning his eyes, and his eyes looked at Ai Mengmeng from head to toe without hindering.
Ai Mengmeng was uncomfortable by his deep look, and wanted to withdraw her hand from his hand, but Ma Jinsong held it too tightly, and she tried to exert herself but failed, and she was embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
Ma Jinsong suddenly felt that there was an elite gaze on him next to him, he looked sideways, and the owner of the gaze was Chen Qingsong, and he couldn't help but be stunned.