Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich-Chapter 160 - 159 Glad I Wasnt Greedy
Chapter 160: Chapter 159: Glad I Wasn’t Greedy Chapter 160 -159: Glad I Wasn’t Greedy The restroom at Xinghe Academy was the only place available for students, and it was not very spacious. Suddenly, so many students were running in and out, and then there were the Attendant Students who had upset stomachs, all lining up for the restroom.
When Tang Shunyan finished his assessment, he saw the little pageboy listlessly sitting on a bench in the corridor. The boy looked as though he had not eaten for days, weakly leaning on the chair.
Just an hour had passed, and even the brainwork involved in the assessment hadn’t left him looking as listless as that little pageboy. Was the pageboy hoping something bad for him, or had he grown impatient from waiting too long?
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“You’re this hungry already? Didn’t you eat breakfast this morning?”
“Young Master, I’ve got diarrhea.”
The little pageboy, fearing the young Master might misunderstand, explained to him what had happened after he went in for the assessment.
After hearing the little pageboy’s words and glancing at the many servants in the hallway looking just like him, displaying expressions of grievance before their masters, Tang Shunyan realized their masters weren’t likely to listen to their explanations.
The assessment itself had been annoying enough; now, they just wanted to head home quickly, their arrogant silhouettes marching out.
Tang Shunyan didn’t want to stay there any longer either; he gestured for the Attendant Student to go back first.
The little pageboy, carrying the young Master’s parcel, followed behind with wobbly legs.
“Tang Shunyan, you mentioned lychees, what about watermelon?”
Tang Xiyue and two other buddies, along with Su Tong, hurried over. Those two buddies hadn’t yet tried the watermelon and lychees Tang Shunyan had mentioned and were still thinking about them.
“Come on, you guys wouldn’t miss out, let’s go to the academy entrance.”
As they walked along, the little pageboy, his legs still wobbly, trailed behind them. Seeing his condition, the two buddies laughed and said:
“Tang Shunyan, did your little pageboy eat too much watermelon and lychees yesterday, and that’s what upset his stomach?”
“I think so too. Look at him, it makes me wonder if he ate some bad fruit.”
“Nonsense, do I look like that?” Tang Shunyan glared at his two buddies.
“That’s right, I don’t either!” Tang Xiyue chimed in supportively.
“Little pageboy, what’s the reason?” Tang Xiyue asked again.
“I was fine this morning, but after the young master entered the examination room, I ate a pastry out of boredom.”
The little pageboy spoke weakly, feeling quite aggrieved. This bout of diarrhea had flushed out all the good food he had eaten the day before, rendering it a wasted supplement.
“A pastry? What pastry?” Tang Shunyan had forgotten about the pastries delivered that morning.
“Young Master, don’t you remember? The pastries Miss Meng had the maid bring over.”
The little pageboy’s reminder jogged everyone’s memory.
Tang Shunyan was somewhat startled, feeling fortunate he hadn’t eaten any of the pastries, or else his assessment surely would have been a disaster.
Meng Zhaojun didn’t seem like such a malicious person; could it just be an accident?
“Oh, thank goodness, thank goodness we didn’t take your stuff to eat. Turns out, what seems like a blessing can also be a curse.”
“Yes, wow, thank goodness, one shouldn’t accept things from a woman!”
That morning, those two buddies had been envious of Tang Shunyan, and now, clutching their chests, they sported relieved expressions. They had really wanted to snatch those pastries to eat; good thing they had restrained themselves!
Listening to their words, Tang Xiyue burst into laughter: “Look at you guys drooling. It’s not like your families neglect you. Why covet someone else’s things?”
Upon hearing their conversation, Tang Xiyue’s little pageboy suddenly understood and commented:
“Oh, no wonder so many people were lining up for the bathroom, I saw a lot of people who had eaten that box of pastries. Luckily, I wasn’t tempted,”
“Now that you mention it, I saw it too, but I was too scared to try at the time,”
“At our house, we had breakfast before leaving home, and seeing such delicious pastries did tempt us a bit. However, we thought to wait until we were hungrier, but we didn’t expect so many others to sneak some,”
The words of the other three Attendant Students left Tang Shunyan’s Attendant Student stunned; their masters were equally flabbergasted.
“Meng Zhaojun, she didn’t do it on purpose, did she?” Tang Xiyue asked this question to Tang Shunyan.
“Whether she did it intentionally or not, we need to be cautious with anything she brings over in the future, especially at this time of assessment. We definitely can’t recklessly consume things given by others,” Tang Shunyan concluded.
The two friends were secretly wondering whether to accept the lychees and watermelon Tang Shunyan was going to offer them later.
By then, they had arrived at the entrance of Xinghe Academy; carriages from every family had congregated at the gate, jamming the road substantially.
The Tang Family’s carriage was also outside, and the Tang Family had brought two carriages, naturally one to pick up Tang Xiyue.
“Young Master, this is what you mentioned, to give them lychees and watermelon, do you still want to go ahead with it?”
Tang Shunyan glanced at the few friends beside him and said to the two friends, “Do you still dare to eat things given by others?”
“Of course we do; how can we not trust you?”
“Exactly, why refuse what’s free? These items aren’t like manufactured goods; the chance of getting a stomach upset is lesser.”
The two friends saw the lychees and watermelon being unloaded from Tang Shunyan’s carriage, so fresh they didn’t look like fruits that had been picked a day ago.
Looking like freshly picked fruits, who could resist such tempting fruits?
If we are to die, let it be a test of Tang Shunyan. if this friend intends to harm us, we will break off relations with Tang Shunyan in future.
Supported by the wet nurse, Tang Shunyan got onto the carriage, and then he had the wet nurse help the Attendant Student aboard as well. Once everyone was on, the driver slowly drove the carriage away.
The Attendant Student sat on the carriage looking all exhausted; was this still the lively Attendant Student from before?
“Young Master, what’s wrong with the Attendant Student?” Jinhua, seeing the Attendant Student’s appearance, thought he was either hungry or had been scolded by the young Master, but she hesitated to voice this.
“Him? He’s caused trouble with his greed.” Tang Shunyan glanced disdainfully at the Attendant Student, convinced that the Attendant Student had taken the blame to shield him, as he wouldn’t have touched the morning’s food.
“Greed? What did the Attendant Student eat?” Jinhua didn’t recall the pastries from that morning.
“Attendant Student, he ate the food brought by Meng Zhaojun’s maid! He said he had diarrhea all morning and it also harmed many innocent people,”
Tang Shunyan chuckled and gave the Attendant Student a disdainful glance.
“Young Master, you can’t blame me entirely; I know, young sir, you didn’t eat anything all morning, and I felt too embarrassed to throw it away, holding it in my hand for a long time.”
“I only ate a piece of cake from the food box, and it made me have diarrhea all morning. Who knew those people would sneak some? It wasn’t intentional!”
The Attendant Student’s innocent and wronged expression, his eyes turning red, was almost crying.
“The Mengs’ food? Young Master, if their family’s food comes without us trying it first, please don’t eat it,”
Jinhua was quite grateful to the Attendant Student, for if he hadn’t eaten the food sent by the Mengs and instead the young Master had, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Had the young Master faltered in the assessment, as a wet nurse, she would have faced severe punishment.
Jinhua looked sympathetically at the Attendant Student and opened a box to get some pastries for him to eat.
