Chapter 148
Chapter 148
No matter how reluctant the two ghosts were to face Su Gou, they still had to obediently listen to him recite the classics that afternoon.
At one o’clock sharp, Su Gou appeared in the wild field right on time.
Not only had he brought several books with him, he had also prepared an umbrella, a little stool, and a large water bottle for himself.
Red-haired Trendy Guy silently said, “Looks like he’s planning to wage a long-term campaign here.”
Su Gou said, “The Master said: A gentleman has nine things to consider…”
What Yun Youyou heard in her head was: The Master said, there are nine dishes on the table: steamed egg with minced pork, spicy crawfish, boiled Australian beef, giant deep-sea abalone…
Hiss…
Why was she getting hungrier the more she listened?
Yun Youyou’s simple little brain had completely sunk into a vast ocean of hunger.
Delicious giant abalone.
Yun Youyou opened her mouth wide and, awroo, swallowed the imaginary giant abalone in one bite.
Su Gou: “…”
This Sunflower had first started drooling, and now it had bitten down on the book in his hand. What was it trying to do?
Red-haired Trendy Guy was scared half to death by Yun Youyou.
From his perspective, a Sunflower had suddenly opened a bloody maw and bitten the Analects in Su Gou’s hand.
Red-haired Trendy Guy said, “Sister Yun, this… this doesn’t seem very appropriate, does it?”
Yun Youyou finally came back to her senses.
She had actually fallen asleep just now.
She quickly loosened her mouth and apologized to Confucius in her heart.
Sorry. I almost ate your honored work.
After becoming a plant, Yun Youyou felt that her already unreliable little brain was getting even more unreliable.
Faced with the Sunflower that had suddenly opened its mouth wide, Su Gou appeared exceptionally calm.
Perhaps it was because he had seen plenty of strange things in Instances, but he did not dwell much on the fact that a Sunflower had a mouth.
He simply felt that educating a child truly was a heavy responsibility and a long road.
“Although knowledge is food for the spirit, you still can’t just gnaw on books. Don’t worry, either. I will properly instill all this knowledge into your brain.”
Yun Youyou: “…Thank you for the kind thought, but that’s really not necessary.”
Su Gou continued his recitation.
Underground, Red-haired Trendy Guy poked Yun Youyou in surprise.
“Sister Yun, why did you suddenly grow a mouth?”
Yun Youyou shook her head, indicating that she did not know either.
Since Su Gou could not hear him anyway, Red-haired Trendy Guy simply started chattering away at Yun Youyou.
Even though Yun Youyou could not respond to him, he did not mind at all. He was perfectly happy talking by himself.
Su Gou seemed to notice Red-haired Trendy Guy’s lack of focus.
He gave a light cough.
Red-haired Trendy Guy was still jabbering nonstop over there.
Yun Youyou directly turned her flower head away, pretending she had not heard a thing.
Su Gou called over the student who was cultivating Red-haired Trendy Guy.
Lu Shenlin came over with a puzzled look on his face.
“Brother Su, what did you call me over for?”
He had always taken a free-range approach to his own plant. In any case, a Cactus was not easy to kill.
With a stern face, Su Gou pointed at the Cactus and said, “Your Cactus is interfering with my Sunflower’s studies.”
Lu Shenlin: “???”
In disbelief, he said, “No, Brother Su, how is my Cactus interfering with your Sunflower’s studies? It’s clearly standing right there without moving. You can’t pin such a huge blame on it!”
“Besides, a Sunflower doesn’t need to study in the first place!”
Lu Shenlin looked at his poor Cactus and felt as though a huge pot of blame had suddenly been dumped onto its head.
Su Gou proudly lifted his chin.
“Of course my Sunflower can study. It’s so smart, it needs to be properly nurtured.”
Lu Shenlin: …
Cactus: …
Yun Youyou: Heh. Guilty conscience.
Lu Shenlin felt that Su Gou had completely lost his mind.
There was no reasoning with a lunatic.
Lu Shenlin turned and gathered his poor little Cactus into his arms. “Come on. We’re not staying with them.”
He found a shovel too and moved his family’s Cactus somewhere else.
Red-haired Trendy Guy sobbed at Yun Youyou. “Goodbye. I, too, must set sail for distant shores. You’re the only ghost left here, so make sure you study hard. I’ll be off first, ho-hahahahahaha…”
As Red-haired Trendy Guy spoke, he burst out laughing and happily let himself be moved away.
At last, he didn’t have to listen to this guy drone on like a monk chanting scripture.
Yun Youyou glared furiously at Su Gou.
What kind of demon was this man?!
Demon Su Gou drove Red-haired Trendy Guy away, then devoted himself wholeheartedly to reading to Yun Youyou.
Yun Youyou lifted her gaze and looked around, only to realize that in this vast patch of wilderness, there wasn’t a single person or plant who could save her.
When the sun was about to set, Su Gou finally closed his book.
He looked seriously at the Sunflower before him.
“I know you can understand me.”
The Sunflower stayed perfectly still, pretending it didn’t understand a thing.
Su Gou glanced at the Sunflower.
“You don’t have to pretend. Not only do I know you can understand me, I also know you can curse people out. For all I know, you might be cursing me in your head right now.”
The Sunflower still didn’t move at all.
Su Gou said, “If you can understand what I’m saying, nod.”
The Sunflower played dead.
Su Gou said, “Fine. Then I’ll just have to pull you out.”
With that, he grabbed the Sunflower by the stem and made as if to yank it out of the ground.
Yun Youyou: !!!
Wasn’t this guy’s temper a little too explosive?
Yun Youyou quickly nodded her flower head.
Only then did Su Gou let go.
“Since you can understand, I can rest easy. I don’t know whether swearing is a personal plant behavior of yours or simply your nature, but my task is to help correct this bad habit of cursing people.”
“Did you listen carefully to all the books I read just now?”
Yun Youyou hurriedly nodded.
Su Gou was very satisfied. “Good. Then let me test you.”
Yun Youyou: ???
Su Gou rummaged through the bag beside him and pulled out a copy of One Hundred Lessons of Classical Chinese for Elementary Students.
Yun Youyou glanced into the bag and discovered that inside were also Six Years of Elementary, Three Years of Simulation and One Hundred Reading Comprehension Passages for Elementary Students.
Th-this… didn’t seem very appropriate.
Even if I knew how to write, it’s not like I could actually write.
Su Gou looked at the Sunflower and immediately understood the Sunflower’s difficulty.
“It’s fine. I brought you a pen.”
The Sunflower shook her head, indicating that she had no hands.
Su Gou remained perfectly calm. “That’s fine. You can hold the pen with your roots. Last time, I saw you pull your roots out of the ground and kick someone with them. I believe holding a pen definitely won’t be difficult for you.”
Yun Youyou felt as if he’d seen right through her, inside and out.
Since Su Gou had called her out directly, she couldn’t deny it.
Yun Youyou could only droop her flower head and listlessly pull her roots out of the soil.
Su Gou handed her the pen. “For these three books, do one page from each. I’ll come check tomorrow.”
Yun Youyou: …
Even becoming a plant wasn’t enough to escape the nightmare of homework.
It was getting late.