Teacher Chen invited his students to his house one day. Along the way, the teacher thought to himself, “Oh dear! There's nothing at home. My students will have nothing to eat when they arrive.” So, he turned around and told his students, “There are a lot of vegetables lining the road to my house. Let's dig up some vegetables along the way, and we shall have enough to eat later.” The students rolled up their sleeves and began digging for vegetables with their teacher.

A few hours later, they arrived at the teacher's house, and showed the vegetables they had collected to the teacher's wife. The teacher's wife said happily, “How nice of you all to come! I will fetch eggs from the two ducks in my backyard and make an omelet for everyone to share.” Then, everyone sat together and enjoyed the vegetables and the omelet that the teacher's wife had prepared. After lunch, it suddenly began to rain heavily. The teacher told his students apologetically, “I'm so sorry, but my thatched hut is very shabby and leaks whenever it rains.” So, the students quickly fetched a basin and a bucket to catch the rain that leaked down from the roof.

The next morning, the students who didn't go to the teacher's house were curious to find out what the teacher's house was like. They asked those that had been there, “Was our teacher's house grand and spacious?” A male student replied, “The teacher's house has a fluffy roof, and the sound of tinkling bells filled the house. It was very lively.” Then, another student asked, “Did you get to eat mouthwatering dishes?” A female student replied, “Of course! Our teacher's vegetable garden is a thousand miles long, and two boats supply him with food!” The students that didn't go to the teacher's house said, “How envious we are! Next time, we want to go to the teacher's house too.” It turned out that, the thousand-mile vegetable garden referred to the wild vegetables growing along the way, and the two boats referred to the two ducks in the backyard. The sound of tinkling bells referred to the sound of rainwater dripping into the buckets. The kind students were thoughtful and only said good things about their teacher's house.

陳老師帶著班上的學生到家裡玩，沿路上老師心想：「糟糕！家裡什麼東西也沒有，要怎麼招待學生呢？」就轉頭告訴大家：「路邊長了很多的野菜，我們一邊走一邊摘，到我家時就能摘到夠大家吃的菜了。」學生們開始捲起衣袖，跟著老師摘菜。

幾小時後，大伙兒終於來到老師家，就把沿路摘的野菜拿給師母煮，師母高興地說：「難得你們來玩，我把後院兩隻母鴨所生的蛋煎熟，大家一起吃。」於是，一群人就合吃兩道菜。吃完飯後突然下大雨，老師趕緊對學生說：「真不好意思，我家的茅草屋很簡陋，只要下雨就會到處漏水。」學生們就趕緊找臉盆、水桶來裝水。

第二天早上，沒去過老師家的學生都很好奇，一群人爭相詢問去過的人：「老師的家是不是寬敞又豪華啊？」其中一位男同學說：「老師家有蒲絨當屋頂，家中叮噹叮噹響，迴聲裊繞，非常熱鬧。」接著，又有人問：「你們一定也有吃到大魚大肉吧！」另一位女學生說：「沒有錯，老師家的菜園有千里遠，還有兩艘船會載菜來喔！」幾位沒去的學生聽完後都忍不住說：「好羨慕喔！下次我們也要去。」原來，千里遠的菜園是指路邊的野菜，而兩艘船則是指後院的母鴨，家中叮噹叮噹響則指雨水滴在桶子裡的聲音，學生們真是替老師著想，保留了面子。