Chapter 43: Seeing the Essence Through Phenomena

The sun was still shining brightly at noon, but in the afternoon, the sky began to be clouded by the end of class.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao lay on the table and glanced out, they were a little excited, it would really rain when the ants moved.

Mr. Zhuang also saw it. After class, he asked the students to stay in the classroom and wait for the family to pick them up. Then he took Man Bao and Shanbao to the yard where he lived next door.

He led the two children to the study and said, "You saw the ants moving in the morning. What do you see now?"

Man Bao said: "It's raining, it will rain when the ants move."

Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Silly boy, you have reversed the order. It's not that it will rain when the ants move, but the ants will move when it is going to rain, and move their home to a safe place. Humans see Now, you know it's going to rain."

Mr. Zhuang spoke slowly, the two children counted back and forth with their fingers, and found that it was true, so they nodded.

Mr. Zhuang pointed to the rain curtain outside and continued to ask, "What are you seeing now?"

The two children said in unison, "It's raining."

"These are all appearances," said Mr. Zhuang, "Manbao, your parents told you that it would rain when ants moved, so you decided that it would rain when ants moved. Shanbao, you have never heard of such a thing. So all I see is the ants moving. But do you know what the teacher thinks when he sees the ants?"

The two children shook their heads.

"The teacher will not only think that it is about to rain, but also think that there are so many ants under the house in my house, ants are eating the house and furniture, and the house should start to control insects and ants. I will also think that the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by Ant nest..." Mr. Zhuang told them about ants in detail.

Man Bao and Shan Bao were stunned when they heard it, how could they know that a small ant would not only gnaw a tree to death, but also empty a house and destroy a thousand-mile dam.

After Mr. Zhuang finished speaking, the ants said about the autumn rain outside, telling them that what they saw now was just a rain, but in the eyes of different people, this autumn rain has different meanings.

For these children, the autumn rain only temporarily imprisoned them in the school, but for the farmers, the fall of this autumn rain means that they can start plowing and retting the grass to prepare for the next year's cultivation.

For those who want to go out, this autumn rain is more harmful than beneficial, because they don't know how much time it will take.

Mr. Zhuang talked about this with the two children in detail, which seemed to be irrelevant, but the conversation turned back to the issue of the county magistrate.

"In the morning, I asked you what the county magistrate does. What you said was the most intuitive impression you saw with your eyes and heard with your ears, but in fact, what you said was incomplete," Mr. Zhuang said: "Sometimes what your eyes see See, what you hear in your ears may not be what you think in your heart. You should see more, listen more, and think more. If you have too much emotion in your chest, then put it off, don’t make a conclusion yet, and wait a little longer. If you think about these things when you are calm enough, you may have a different harvest."

The two children understood a little bit, but they didn't understand it very well, but Mr. Zhuang didn't let them understand now, but let them remember what he said, and they would understand later when they should understand.

While talking, the Bai family and Zhou family came to pick up the two children. Man Bao and Shanbao said goodbye to their husband. They held hands and ran out in the rain. They were drenched in the rain. At that time, I also deliberately found a place with puddles to step on, and the two were happier when the water splashed.

The warnings and reprimands of the two adults sounded outside the yard one after another, and the two children ran to their respective families while stepping on the water.

Mr. Zhuang stood at the door and watched, stroking his beard again and again, but he was thinking about what Man Bao said.

The county magistrate wants to increase the entry fee. What is this time for?

Mr. Zhuang naturally knows more than the Zhou family. In fact, as early as three years ago, when the magistrate Fu first came to Luojiang County, he added an amount to the city fee. Within two years, a section of the official road was repaired, the Luojiang dam was reinforced, and a canal was dug for the county.

The magistrate is elected for a term of three years. This year, magistrate Fu has not been transferred, which means that he is still here for another term, but he just doesn't know whether he wants to do political affairs this time, or do nothing at all.

Mr. Zhuang is a little worried.

But these questions obviously cannot be said to the two children.

Man Bao was taken home by Mrs. Feng, and as soon as he got home, he went to the kitchen to make hot water to give her a bath. There was no other way. When the child stepped on the water, not only did his shoes get wet, but his pants also got wet a lot.

Qian Shi scolded her while touching her little hand, "It's really getting more and more worrying. Why do you think you're even more naughty when you go to the school?"

Man Bao said, "Bai Shanbao has also treaded water."

"He is him, you are you, maybe he still learns from you, let you learn good, not bad, let alone teach bad other children."

Man Bao sighed, "Okay, I won't tread water in the future."

The promise of a child is as untrustworthy as the days of July.

Mrs Qian asked Mrs Feng to bathe her and poured a bowl of hot water for her, and then let her play, only to instruct her, "Don't go out to tread water and get in the rain, or I won't allow you to study tomorrow. "

When Man Bao loves learning, how could he be reluctant to go?

So she could only sit in the main room and wait for her brothers to come back.

Chuu Lang and his two younger brothers took shelter under the tree and ran back when the rain was not heavy, but they were also wet.

Wu Wulang and the others helped to open up the wasteland today, cut a lot of bamboo by the way, and then winked at Yaomei when they came back.

Man Bao understood that when Zhou Lang came back, he would pester him to help weave flower baskets.

On Tuesday, Lang was just about to say that Manbao's flower baskets made a lot of money before. On Tuesday, Lang didn't say it, but he was very moved, but he was busy with a lot of things recently. When asked, he immediately knew that it was the idea of ​​the old five and the sixth, and he did not refuse, and said, "Let the old five and the sixth cut the bamboo strips, and I will make them for them when I come back."

Even Lao Zhou Tou said in a rare way: "I'll help you make it up when I come back from the field."

After thinking about it, I felt that the fourth child was too unreliable to open up the wasteland, so he hesitated: "Why don't you let the fourth child not go to the wasteland, the land at the foot of the mountain may not be able to get fat even if you open it up for two years, why? It's more practical to help out with homework."

Shirou was refreshed and wanted to nod his head.

But Man Bao didn't agree, Man Bao said, "Dad, fourth brother is not obedient, that's punishment, sir said, changing the order of the day is a big taboo, what should the fourth brother do if he thinks it's okay to do something wrong in the future?"

"He dares, see if I don't kill him!"

Man Bao despised her father, "You definitely can't beat the fourth brother to death, otherwise you will be very sad."

Old Zhou Tou was so choked that he waved: "Okay, let your fourth brother continue to open up wasteland, and your fifth brother and sixth brother will see if you can continue the flower basket business for a long time."