Chapter 548 Obsession

So Mr. Zhuang was not in a hurry to eat dinner, and asked the three children to return to the river with their clothes and wooden basins.

The water in the river is very clear, not only people wash clothes in the river every day, but also people wash vegetables in the river.

Mr. Zhuang took a thin stick, found a big rock by the river and sat down, touched the big rocks where the clothes were washed with the stick, and said, "Come on, take out the clothes."

As a poor scholar who has been studying abroad for many years, and a single male teacher who has been widowed for many years, Mr. Zhuang is very experienced in washing clothes.

These experiences are the accumulation of his life.

"Go through the water first and rub it on the stone slab, especially the sleeves and the hem of the clothes..." Mr. Zhuang tapped Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao with a stick, "Be careful, you two, it's just washing your clothes, it's not a war. "

Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao couldn't help slowing down their movements. Mr. Zhuang saw that they slowed down and softened their movements, and then said: "Don't wash a set of clothes here, and the clothes on your body are all wet, so why do you wash them?" ? Learn from your senior sister."

The two looked at Man Bao at the side.

Man Bao looked at them proudly.

Mr. Zhuang knocked on the stone slab next to Manbao with a stick, and said, "You can also change the place to rub. You three, you climb trees every day, or squat on the ground to play. Everywhere is dirty..."

Under the guidance of Mr. Zhuang, the three of them struggled to finish their first laundry, wrung out the clothes and put them in the wooden tub. Then they all breathed a sigh of relief and sat down beside Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang knocked on the head of Bai Erlang who was closest, shook his head and said with a smile, "You're so tired after just washing such a set of clothes?"

At this time, the sun was already setting, and the last bit of sunset stubbornly stuck to the sky and refused to disappear, but half of Yizhou City began to usher in the night.

It may be because the people in the city are relatively busy, and most people start to eat dinner at this moment. There is a faint smell of rice from the homes of people on both sides of the river, and the sound of adults calling their children to go home for dinner, and some adults scold or Coaxes the child to sound.

But some people came out with a basket of vegetables in a hurry because they were busy, squatting by the river to wash.

The four masters and apprentices did not speak for a while, and put the wooden basin at their feet, quietly watching the audible and invisible bustle on both sides of the bank.

It wasn't until the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the sky, and everyone could only see the land under their feet, that Mr. Zhuang led the three disciples back.

Mr. Zhuang said to Bai Shanbao: "In the future, when you become an official, you will serve the people of this side."

Then he said to Bai Erlang and Man Bao: "Even if you don't become officials in the future, what you do can still serve the people of this side."

The three disciples were a little ignorant, Mr. Zhuang walked back slowly with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked, "This is an obsession of my teacher. You may not understand it now, but I hope you can understand it in the future."

While talking, suddenly there was a soft cough, Mr. Zhuang was startled. In the dark, he squinted his eyes and looked forward, only then did he see a person standing at the door of his house.

The man stood in the shadows, he hadn't seen it at all just now.

Daji, who was walking behind, said softly, "It's Mr. Lan."

After saying a word, Lan Cheng stood up from the shadows.

Mr. Zhuang was surprised, "Why is Zhong Cheng here?"

Lan Cheng said: "I just found out that you guys had a ghost-hunting scene here today. I'm a little worried, so I came here to have a look, who knows that you're not at home."

Lan Cheng asked, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you? I brought some wine and food."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the wooden basins held in the hands of the three disciples behind him, chuckled lightly, and stepped aside.

Mr. Zhuang hurriedly smiled and invited him in, and asked the three disciples to dry their clothes by themselves.

Zhou Zhoulang was adding steamed rice, and immediately ran out to report when he heard the movement, "Mr. Zhuang, you are back, and Mr. Lan is here to see you."

He said again: "The food from the restaurant has also been delivered. It's getting cold after you haven't come back. I'll reheat it. Will you and Mr. Lan eat it alone, or with us?"

Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Send a copy to the study, I will talk to Mr. Lan."

"yes."

Zhou Lang went into the kitchen to share the food with his hands and feet. Daji glanced at the three people who were honestly drying clothes in the yard, and then went into the kitchen to help Zhou Lang.

Zhou Zhoulang smiled at him, and gave him all the food and wine brought by Lan Cheng.

Although he is courageous, for some reason, he feels guilty every time he faces Mr. Shangzhuang, so this kind of thing can be pushed to Daji, and he never does it himself.

Zhou Zhoulang took another portion from the restaurant's dishes and put it on the tray, served the rice again, and handed it to Daji.

Daji glanced at him and took it silently.

Only then did Zhou Zhoulang clean up their own meals. While bringing the meals to the main room, he said to the three people in the yard: "Isn't it just washing a set of clothes? If you don't know, you think you took the clothes of the whole family for three days. I took it to wash, but I didn’t come back for so long.”

After drying the clothes, Man Bao argued, "Sir, he said we didn't wash well, so we have to wash slowly."

"That's really slow. Come on, let's go in and eat. My son hasn't had dinner yet. I'm starving to death."

"There are still a lot of families," Bai Shanbao said, "When we came back, quite a few households took out the dishes and cleaned them."

"Then can our family compare with other families?" Zhou Zhoulang said: "We neither go to work in the fields, nor do we have jobs in the city. They are too busy to eat, what about us?"

The three said in unison: "We are also busy."

"Yes, very busy, very busy, are you busy washing a set of clothes?"

Daji also came back, sat down silently and took the chopsticks. Zhou Zhoulang first moved the chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat for Manbao, and everyone began to eat.

Mr. Lan in the study room listened to the commotion next door, raised his head and smiled at Mr. Zhuang: "Having received three disciples like this, you have fulfilled your wish, right?"

Mr. Zhuang smiled at him.

Lan Cheng didn't speak for a long time, poured himself and Mr. Zhuang a glass of wine, drank it down and said, "After all these years, you're still an idiot."

Mr. Zhuang took a sip from his glass and smiled at him.

Lan Cheng sighed, turned his head to look outside, looked at the completely dark sky and said: "Aren't you afraid that he won't be able to be an official?"

Mr. Zhuang said indifferently: "If you can't be an official, there are other uses. Haven't I taught many students in these years? At least I have given them a skill."

Lan Cheng knew that it was impossible for him to get rid of his obsessions for many years, so he changed the subject, "What's the matter with ghosts? If it weren't for the family talking about today's ghosts during dinner, There was a strange case in Erxian Yamen, I didn't even know you were haunted by ghosts."

Mr. Zhuang laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said cheerfully: "The three children are playing around nonsense, and they just scared the pretender."

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