Chapter 6: Shaking Three Times

  He took the paper back to his seat, looking at the dense writing on it. Chen Huan could only barely recognize a few words that he had heard or seen before, apart from numbers. He had no idea what was written and didn't dare ask anyone else at this time. In his heart, he thought that he would just have to wait until he got back and then ask Xiao Ling'er.

  "Alright, go back and take a good look. The top is the Xiao family's rules and arrangements for you. Starting from tomorrow, it will be officially implemented! If anyone disobeys, don't blame me for being impolite! Now you can go to the cafeteria to eat, dismissed!" After sending out the materials, Xiao Qianrui said.

  Xiao Ling'er quickly flipped through the materials in her hand and turned to look at Chen Hao, saying: "Is yours different from ours? Let me see."

  Chen Hao hastily handed it over.

  Xiao Ling'er only flipped through two pages before furrowing her brow, looked up at Chen Hao who seemed to be in a daze with no reaction, and continued reading. Her brow furrowed even more severely as she muttered to herself: "How can it be like this?"

  "Xiao Ling... upstairs... what did you say?" Chen Hao asked awkwardly.

  Didn't you just see it?

  "I... I've never been to school, I... can't read or write." Chen said with a red face.

  "It's no wonder you didn't react..." Xiaoling said in a low voice. The clever her thought of Chen Hua's coarse linen clothes, and suddenly felt full of sympathy, but she didn't immediately tell Chen Hua what was written on it, because she was worried that if she said something, Chen Hua would probably lose his appetite for food, so she said: "I'll tell you when we get back, let's go to the cafeteria to eat first!"

  "Hmm!"

  ……

  Xiao Family Dining Hall is a canteen specially set up for outer door disciples, located in the middle of the dormitory area of each generation of outer door disciples. It has a very large area and a grand hall that can accommodate over a thousand people, filled with tables and chairs. As soon as you enter, you can see eight windows arranged according to the seniority of Xiao Family's outer door disciples, with Xiangzi generation being on the far right.

  On the left side of the hall, there are private rooms and separate dining halls. These dining halls are self-paid restaurants, different from the free meals in the public hall. Those who come to eat here are relatively wealthy disciples of the Xiao family. However, the vast majority still eat in the public hall, after all, the food of the Xiao family is much better than that of ordinary rich families.

  Martial artists expend a lot of physical energy, and if their nutrition can't keep up, it will inevitably affect their training speed. The Xiao family is naturally aware of this point. Therefore, the Xiao family would not be stingy with food.

  Chen Hao followed Xiao Ling'er and lined up at the back of the Xiang character generation.

  When it was Xiaoling's turn, Xiaoling took two lunch boxes and handed one to Chenhao. Then she walked to the window. The master in charge of distributing rice added half a box of rice for Xiaoling. Next, the master in charge of distributing dishes filled up a whole container with three meat and two vegetable dishes that looked exceptionally delicious.

  Chen Hao looked at the white rice and large pieces of meat, pursed his lips, and walked to the front of the chef.

  "Number ninety-nine?" The cook looked at Chen Hua's number and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes. He scooped out a spoonful of rice, shook it three times, leaving only half a spoonful behind, before finally serving it into Chen Hua's lunchbox.

  Chen Hao wanted to say something, but he saw the chef beckoning to the next person in line. He knew he had been treated unfairly once again. Immediately after that, every dish the chef scooped out was a mere three shakes, leaving almost nothing left for Chen's rice box!

  A spark of anger ignited in Chen Huan's heart, and his mind conjured up faces filled with contempt: the six elders, Xiao Bo, the disciples of the Xiao family who had led him astray, Instructor Xiao Qianrui, and the two chefs from the cafeteria... finally settling on a single name: Xiao Jihuan!

  Suppressing the anger in his heart, Chen Huan followed Xiao Ling'er to an empty table and sat down.

  "Xiao's family food is actually not bad...... Hey, Tianci, why do you have so little?" Xiaoling asked curiously when she saw that Chenhao's lunchbox had less than half the amount of food as hers.

  "It's okay!" Chen Hao said calmly, but his voice was trembling. His mind was more mature than other kids, but he was only twelve years old after all. How could he hide the resentment, humiliation and anger in his heart when facing unfair treatment again and again?

  Looking at Chen Huan stuffing his mouth with food, Xiao Ling'er thought that he should be the first but was actually the last, and also thought of the documents and the unfair treatment Chen Huan was receiving now... Although Xiao Ling'er was clever, she didn't think this was a conspiracy against Chen Huan. She naively believed all these were caused by being the real last one.

  "Heavenly gift... I have too much, I can't finish it, let me share some with you..."

  "No need, I've had enough." Chen Hao said softly. Indeed, these dishes were much fewer than others, but for Chen Hao, they were already a lot, at least more than when he was at home, and there was meat.

  But Xiaoling still stubbornly picked up her own lunch box.

  "Hehe! Xiangling, Xianghao, I've finally found you!" Just then, eight little girls carrying lunchboxes walked over and sat down at the table with Chen Hua and Xiao Ling. A round table, exactly ten people filled it up. These eight little girls were precisely the ones who lived in the shabby dormitory with Chen Hua and Xiao Ling.

  "Xiangling, you can't finish it either? Such a big box, how are we going to eat it all... Xianghao, let me give you some!" One of the girls said as she looked at Xiaoling about to serve Chenhao rice.

  "I can't finish it either, let Xianghao help out..." One by one, they said in succession, not giving Chenhao a chance to refuse. His lunchbox was soon filled up by Xiaoling and the others!

  He often filled his siblings' bellies with his own hunger, but he would never fill his own belly with Xiaoling's hunger.

  However, when faced with many girls who each take a little of the food they want to eat but can't finish, he won't refuse.

  He has an astonishing appetite, which he had since childhood. However, after becoming sensible, he never had a full meal again.

  So, a full big box was instantly destroyed by Chen Hao in the midst of Xiao Ling and the girls' stunned gazes. His expression remained calm and unruffled, without any signs of being full, leaving all the girls wide-eyed.

  "Xiang Huang... you can eat a lot... I still have so much, or else... can you help me out?"

  "Yes, help us out a bit more. Just now you took everything from me and I only managed to get a little back, how can I eat so much..."

  Two girls were talking while they were already in action, the other girls saw it and also took action, in a twinkling of an eye, Chen Hao's empty lunchbox was filled again!

  "Can you... really not finish it?" Chen Hao asked with embarrassment.

  "Of course it's true!"

  "Then... I won't be polite, thank you." Chen Hao said softly, a hint of gratitude flashing across his clear face.

  ……

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