C12 (1/2)
Chapter 12: A friend that leaves you wordless (Part 1)
Edited by bbkgs
Chen Chang Sheng said to pick any dish and in Tang Thirty Six’s point of view these words had two s The tords “pick any” means choose any food without restraint and interact freely with htly different Although Tang Thirty Six felt pity for Chen Chang Sheng, he was not really concerned about the prices when picking He grabbed the menu and casually picked several specialties of the inn The first two dishes were flying sparrow soup and stealanced toward Chen Chang Sheng and noticed that his eyebroere frowned Thinking that he didn’t have enough ret, he said to the waiter, “No e the flying sparrow soup to veggie soup”
As expected, Chen Chang Sheng’s eyebrows unfolded
Tang Thirty Six s Sheng in detail and understood hiet another bowl of plum blossom deer cake”
Chen Chang Sheng frowned
Tang Thirty Six glanced hietable in soy sauce”
Chen Chang Sheng still frowned
Tang Thirty Six felt a bit unhappy, thinking that just a bowl of pork which I wouldn’t even eat at ho to pay this?
He spoke to the waiter “Giveears!”
Chen Cang Sheng still kept the sareement
Tang Thirty Six felt really annoyed and said “Since you are treating people for the first ti with people I won’t say anything”
Chen Chang Sheng felt a little surprised and asked, “What did I do wrong?”
Tang Thirty Six yelled “Even if you don’t have enough money, you still shouldn’t reveal such an attitude in front of guests It is really irritating! As men, heads can be severed, blood can be drained, but reputation cannot be lost! Even if you have to sell your fur coat later, why should it matter?”
Tang Thirty Six thought that this reason was very appropriate and very good for educating friends, but for Chen Chang Sheng it sounded weird
Chen Chang Sheng asked “Isn’t it slapping one’s face until it’s swollen in an effort to look i?”
Tang Thirty Six felt a little annoyed and said, “What kind of saying is that?”
“It is the co explained seriously
Tang Thirty Six felt stunned Thinking that this was not what he asked He was about to get angry but then he heard Chen Chang Sheng’s next sentence
“……Also I don’t have a fur coat”
The room became quiet
Tang Thirty Six forgot about getting mad Instead, what he felt orry and pity for this kid He felt that Chen Chang Sheng was very pitiful
He often saw the poor elders in his fae for wine, but no one had told him how to treat others when they themselves are so poor that they don’t even have fur coats or flood dragon robes How can one treat others without losing face? Because Tang Thirty Six never lacked money and had never treated others before, he didn’t know the answer
He looked at Chen Chang Sheng and said seriously, “I will treat you this time”
Chen Chang Sheng felt a bit surprised and asked “Why?”
Tang Thirty Six looked at him and said in a friendly tone “You don’t even have a fur coat, then you s So I should not let you treat me”
Chen Chang Sheng felt innocent and said “But…I have money”
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Another aard silence
Tang Thirty Six’s face turned gloo before, why did you keep that face?”
Chen Chang Sheng thought about the previous scene and realized so He felt so Sparrow soup you picked is known for being nourishi+ng, but in reality it’s too hot for the body It’s good to eat it in the fall or winter, but it’s currently spring and drinking that soup is bad for your health”
(TL : Walking Encyclopedia?)
Tang Thirty Six had never thought that Cheng Chang Sheng was thinking about these kind of trifling matters and asked, “Are the other foods also bad? Those are the signature dishes”
“Double headed fish are from deep ocean It feeds on fish, shrimp, and sea snakes so it should have a lot of toxins in its body If it’s boiled then it’s fine If the cook skimmed its fat from the soup, it will still be edible, but the steamed ones are bad for your health Also, there’s only two of us Eating too much meat is also bad for your health, especially the braised pork with preserved vegetable in soy sauce It uses streaky pork, which contains too much fat and it’s better not to eat it”
Chen Cheng Sheng lastly added, “The pig ears in barbequed pig ears are good stuffs, but barbeque sauce is really bad Furthermore, that plate of lotus root, if you eat too much, it will hurt your intestine and heart, which is also bad for your health”
“Stop!”
Tang Thirty Six couldn’t bear listening to it any longer– Chen Chang Sheng’s words were like flies buzzing around his ears Itto so many lines of “it’s bad for your health” after happily ordering food, they would feel unhappy Of course not every food could be healthy, but ould notice these details when eating? And ould notice the was an old evity, it’s fine but he was only a fourteen year old young man…
“Why does ‘bad for health’ eventhem”
Chen Cheng Sheng said seriously “You won’t die right away, but you will definitely die young”
Tang Thirty Six had nothing to say He asked curiously “Then what do you normally eat?”
Chen Chang Sheng replied: “100 graies, best will be wild veggies, sorains, one brook fish every two days, best if it has scales, and no soup”
Tang Thirty Six asked, “How long have you been eating like this?”
Chen Chang Sheng replied naturally “I have been eating like this since I can remember”
Noas Tang Thirty Six’s turn to frown
He felt that these foods were not tasty si to the names If he really had to eat them for fourteen years, then how poor was his life?
He found that he felt even more pity for this kid
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While eating, both of theht that the foods were too coht that the foods were too unhealthy After all, they both had their own dissatisfactions Of course, this was so, just like Tofu Pudding and Zongzi (sticky rice du where humans’ point of views clashed into each other the most