Chapter 40 Jealousy

"Just look and see, who is afraid of who." Although Bai Shanbao's face was pale, he opened the box with trembling hands in order not to fall in front of Manbao. It, it's so ugly, I don't like to look at it."

Man Bao felt that what he said was too right, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I also think it is too ugly, and it hurts my eyes to see it too much."

The two children looked at each other, both agreed with the other's words, then turned their heads to look at the bugs in the box together, then turned their heads away, took another look, and turned away...

Master Bai watched this scene from the window, and then glanced at his son, who lowered his head and pretended to be honest, and moved his feet, but seeing Mr. Zhuang in front, he held back his movements and did not kick out.

Although Mr. Zhuang also beat the students, he did not agree with parents hitting their children, especially Mr. Bai's style of play. Seeing that Bai Erlang's eyes were getting worse and worse, Mr. Zhuang signaled the parents to leave. Class started.

Master Bai glared at his younger son secretly, warned him in a low voice, and asked Liu and Zheng to leave together.

Although Qili Village is in a mountain col, it is difficult to get in and out, but the scenery is excellent.

Mr. Bai is also a scholar. When he built the school, he specially chose this place with excellent scenery, facing the water and looking at the mountains, which is very beautiful.

Although the autumn scenery is bleak, there are still dense forests here, and there are many wild flowers blooming on the roadside, which are beautifully decorated.

Mrs. Liu walked slowly along the river bank to the Bai family mansion, looking quite happy, she turned her head and said to Mr. Bai, "This place is really outstanding."

Knowing that Auntie was talking about Manbao, Master Bai stroked his beard and smiled, "Auntie, don't look at this as a poor valley. In fact, there are many good things and good people. You can watch it in the future."

Liu Shi nodded, "That child knew how to overcome difficulties at a very young age. He was clearly afraid, but he knew how to overcome it. I only hope that Shanbao can learn this from her in the future."

Mrs Liu felt a little regretful, "Unfortunately, she is a girl. By the way, she has many brothers and sons and nephews.

Although Master Bai rarely walks around the village, he still knows about the village's affairs. He smiled and said, "I am afraid that all the talents of the Zhou family have grown up on this child."

Liu Shi recalled the Zhou family he saw yesterday, nodded, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhou I saw yesterday seems to be a virtuous person."

Master Bai recalled what the housekeeper had mentioned to him about the Zhou family, and said unsurely: "Perhaps, it's just that the eldest and the third of his family are very diligent, and the second has two points of cleverness and often goes to the market to do things. some small business."

The two went home while talking.

On the other side of the school, Man Bao and Shan Bao had already put away the bugs and began to take out their own books and read with their husband.

Bai Shanbao originally wanted to crush the opponent from reading, so he recited aloud at the beginning of the game. Although he still had a milky voice, he was the loudest in the class.

Man Bao likes to join in the fun the most. Seeing that the same table read aloud, she also started to read along with her voice. The two little boys shook their heads and looked very cute.

At least Mr. Zhuang, who was standing on the stage, was very satisfied. With a smile in his eyes, he stroked his beard back and forth, and shook his head with relief and read.

The other students in the class were led by the two of them and also opened their throats to read. They were much more serious than before. Even the college students who had completed the Analects couldn't help but turn around and read "The Analects" with the two of them.

Bai Erlang, who was standing outside the classroom, couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the two children in the room, and snorted as if his nose was breathing fire.

The two classmates who were punished for standing like him also glanced in curiously, and leaned over to the boss and said, "Brother Erlang, how can your cousin read the "Analects of Confucius"? Didn't he just go to school?"

Bai Erlang muttered: "That's why I hate him the most. He was enlightened when he was only two years old. My grandmother said that he could not only memorize three hundred poems, but also memorize "Thousand Characters" and "The Analects of Confucius". When I came, my grandmother gave him my favorite braised pork. In short, he hated it as much as Man Bao. Humph, is it great to be able to read?"

"That's right, that's right, we fight better than him, otherwise we'll block him on the road after class in the afternoon, beat him up and let you out."

Bai Erlang hesitated, "If my father found out, he would definitely beat me up."

"We secretly. I heard from my eldest brother that if the person who doesn't want to be beaten knows who beat him, just put on a sack."

Bai Erlang rolled his eyes and whispered, "Where are we going to find sacks?"

"My house has it, but I can't run home to get it. Your house is closer than mine."

"Then tomorrow," another said, "Tomorrow we'll bring sacks, and it's best to cover them with Manbao."

"It's not good," Bai Erlang frowned. "She's a girl, just use bugs to scare her. How can a manly man beat a girl?"

The other also felt that beating the girl was too humiliating, so he did not agree with the proposal, so the proposal was shelved.

Bai Shanbao and Man Bao are talking louder than each other. In short, you overwhelmed me with the first sentence, and I will overpower you with the second sentence.

Mr. Zhuang smiled and watched for a long time before knocking on the table of the two of them, exhorting: "Be quieter and have some skills in reading, otherwise your voice will be speechless tomorrow."

Mr. Zhuang motioned everyone to stop, and asked the pupils to take out the books and start teaching new texts. After letting them know how to read this text, let them read it first, and then explain its meaning in class later.

After explaining to the elementary school students, Mr. Zhuang went to see the college students again.

In fact, there are only five older ones.

Bai Shanbao glanced at Manbao, and read silently by himself.

Man Bao also read it carefully. She has a good memory. After reading it two or three times, she basically remembered it, but she didn't know what it meant, so she looked around.

In the past, she would have asked Keke directly, but now there is a person sitting next to her, and she feels that it is better to talk to others with her mouth instead of talking to Keke in her heart.

The words that come out through the mouth are very pleasant.

So she started pushing the textbook she copied to Shanbao and asked, "Do you know what this sentence means?"

Bai Shanbao glanced at it, and it happened that he had learned from his grandmother before, so he said proudly, "Of course I do, don't you know?"

"I don't know, sir, I haven't had time to talk yet," Man Bao said as a matter of course: "But I want to know now, can you tell me?"

Bai Shanbao turned his head to look at her, and felt very comfortable to be seen by her eyes, so he reluctantly told her, "Actually, it is the two disciples of Confucius who are talking, Ziqin asking Zigong, and the teacher will hear it wherever he goes. He asked someone to tell him about the political affairs of that country, or someone else took the initiative to tell him..."

This is one of the articles that he has learned. Bai Shanbao has already memorized it by heart, meaning that his grandmother also told him, and he wrote it down.

Man Bao listened with gusto and said, "I have never heard of this story. It's really nice. If I can go to various countries like Confucius in the future, it would be great if someone would take the initiative to tell me the story."