Chapter 50: Jealousy
"An inferior person like me doesn't dare to ask for the dishes that the old man likes, this Taihu white shrimp, we don't deserve to eat itββ"
Ren Yingze said this, which seemed to elevate the other party and belittle him, but in fact, his tone was yin and yang, and it seemed that Gu Yunji and the others were domineering and rude, robbing him of the shrimp he had set in advance.
Su Qi's heart was on fire when he heard this, and he threw his chopsticks on the ground with a snap, and said angrily: "What are you talking about!" You didn't pay the deposit yourself, why did the restaurant keep the shrimp for you? Don't you understand the principle that we came before you and were first come, first served? β
Ren Yingze snorted lightly, and his voice was still sour: "Oh, what if I paid the deposit yesterday?" When people saw that the old men of Luxi Academy were coming, they still had to serve the dishes obediently, so they wouldn't care about us. β
Su Qi really couldn't stand the sarcasm in the other party's words, stood up suddenly, kicked over the low stool next to him, walked to Ren Yingze and pointed to the other party's face and said, "Can you talk well?" Who do you tell your yin and yang weirdness? We're sitting here eating and doing nothing, so be sure to find fault! β
Cheng Yan smiled faintly, and his tone was cold: "It's the first time for us to come to this Hongyun Restaurant, and we don't know Your Excellency before, let alone talk about any festivals." How can you listen to the meaning of Ren Gongzi's words, it seems that our students of Luxi Academy are tyrannical here and bullying you. β
Ren Yingze snorted, as if he had heard something funny, and asked rhetorically: "Did you Luxi Academy bully us Hangzhou Fuxue less?" β
"Really? Then please tell me, how did our Luxi Academy bully you Hangzhou Fuxue? Gu Yunji shook his fan for a long time, and his tone was casual, "Say it to everyone, so that I can wait for 'shame and escape'." β
"You, you ......" Ren Yingze was full of grievances, but at this time, he asked him to tell the specific case of Luxi Academy bullying them, and he couldn't spit out a word for a while.
Say what? Could it be that because of the excellent grades of Luxi Academy, there are more people and scholars than them in each imperial examination, which steals the limelight of Hangzhou Fuxue? Or did the emperor go down to the south of the Yangtze River without looking at Hangzhou Fuxue, but would rather walk half an hour on the mountain road to go to Luxi Academy?
If you say this, isn't it tantamount to admitting that Hangzhou Fuxue is inferior to Luxi Academy everywhere?
Seeing that Ren Yingze didn't speak for a long time, the guest next to him who had pricked up his ears early in the morning and was about to listen to the gossip was quite disappointed, and whispered: "Didn't you say that Luxi Academy bullied them, let him say specific examples at this time, why don't you open your mouth again?" β
Another guest who knew the inside story shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "Hey, how can the Luxi Academy bully Hangzhou Fuxue, they are jealous." Under normal circumstances, the school accommodates almost all the outstanding students in the house, and it is the highest school in a state capital. β
"Luxi Academy is especially good at the imperial examination, and it is quite prestigious in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and the gentlemen in it are either the great Confucians in the world or the old men who have retired from the imperial court, and the students they accept are either children of the family, or students from poor families with extremely high talents, whether it is from the source of students or teaching support, they are too much better than Hangzhou Fuxue."
The man poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip of it, and said more and more energetically: "It stands to reason that we have such an excellent academy here, which is a good thing, which shows that the local literary style is flourishing." Every year, the government allocates funds to Luxi Academy for regular repair and maintenance. This year, the college also recruited a lot of students from Hangzhou, and we supported them, and they gave us back, which was a great thing for everyone. Butβ"
Halfway through his words, he took another unhurried sip of wine, which made the people next to him anxious, and kept urging him: "But what, you said it!" β
The man was clearly organized, and the restaurant gradually quieted down, holding his breath one by one, pricking up his ears and waiting for his next words. Even the tension between Gu Yunji and the others seemed to be suspended, and Ren Yingze didn't know what he was waiting for, so he closed his mouth and wanted to continue listening.
The people who spoke felt the expectant gazes coming from all sides, and finally continued as they wished: "However, there is someone among them who is not happy, and that is Hangzhou Fuxue!" This school is run by the Hangzhou government, and it should have been the most authoritative and formal school in the entire state capital, but after Luxi Academy came, the capable teachers ran away, and the talented students were also poached, and even the government's funding for the school became less! β
"Let's just talk about the new students of Fuxue, most of them were eliminated by Luxi Academy and can only stay here to study. This school is not as good as Luxi Academy everywhere, if you want to go to someone else's place to study, people don't want it, of course, the students of Fuxue look at them Luxi Academy unpleasantly, to put it bluntly, they are jealous. β
These words just hit Ren Yingze's heart, because he was a student who did not receive a post from Luxi Academy this year, and was rejected by the other party and could only stay in Hangzhou Fuxue.
Hearing this, the people around him cast strange glances at the few people in Fuxue, and there was a lot of sarcasm in their eyes. Ren Yingze was exposed in public, his face turned blue with anger, and he turned his head and yelled angrily at the person who spoke: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Who is jealous of them? If you dare to chew the root of your tongue again, I will tear your mouth! β
Gu Yunji now understands where this Ren Yingze's malice towards them comes from, and looking at the other party's fierce appearance, he knows that those words must have been right, otherwise he would not have jumped immediately.
He picked up the teacup with a calm expression and said calmly, "What are you angry with others?" In such a hurry to prove that he was right? β
Su Qi also knew it, he walked back to his seat and sat down, lifted Erlang's legs quite relaxedly, and said sarcastically: "I said that it's like eating explosives, and if you catch someone, you bite it, it turns out that you can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sourββ"
Ren Yingze forced his face and said stiffly: "Who can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour?" To tell you, I was also admitted at the beginning, but I didn't have to go! Our Hangzhou Mansion is very good, not worse than you at all, and I have never been jealous from beginning to end! β
"Really?" Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows, "Then is it a post or an article that Your Excellency received?" If it's a post, which adult's path is it taking? If it is an article, what is the title of the article? β
Ren Yingze turned his face away with a weak heart: "You, what do you care about me?" Why should I tell you! β
Gu Yunji sneered: "If you don't say it, there is no such thing at all!" I don't have the ability to pass the exam, I don't think about my own reasons, but I go to slander Luxi Academy, you are a villain who can't get on the stage! β
Ren Yingze glared angrily: "Who are you talking about!" β
Su Qi was not afraid at all, and stood up abruptly and looked at him: "It's you, Ren, Ying, Ze!" What, dissatisfied? Unconvinced! β
"You!" Ren Yingze trembled with anger, his fists clenched so loudly that he could barely suppress the urge to hit someone in his heart.
Seeing that the two parties were about to make a move, the guy hurriedly ran over to play a round: "A few guest officers are angry, isn't it just a plate of shrimp, won't it be not, will it be good to eat it another day?" Everyone is angry and prosperous......"
A student from the school behind Ren Yingze stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Most of the students in Luxi Academy are children of the family, and these three boys can't tell what the origin is. β
Gu Yunji didn't want to fight with them here and ruin the business of other restaurants. So he pulled Su Qi's sleeve and sat him down, and whispered comfortingly: "It's not worth ruining our good interest in eating and amusement for them." β
Seeing this, Ren Yingze took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "I'll let you go today, at this year's amusement fair, we'll see!" With that, he took a few people and walked away.
Su Qi didn't know what he was talking about, but he was still not to be outdone, and shouted at the other party's back: "Go and go, whoever is afraid of whom!" β
The good meal was interrupted like this, and several people lost their interest in eating. Seeing this, Cheng Yan sighed lightly, picked up a shrimp and put it in Su Qi's bowl, and persuaded: "Eat, this shrimp is not easy to come by, eat more." β
Su Qi said angrily: "Whatever you eat, I'm full of gas." β
"And what about these dishes?" Cheng Yan looked at the dishes on the table that hadn't moved much, and was a little reluctant, "Wouldn't it be a waste to throw so many good things here?" β
Su Qi waved his sleeves: "This is all costly, how can it be thrown here?" Pack them all up, pack them and take them away! Let's go back to the academy and eat again! β
(End of chapter)