Chapter 777: Light Mountain

Bai Shan snorted and turned his head away, and Man Bao also snorted and turned to the other side.

Bai Erlang wasn't worried at all, anyway, they'll be fine in a while.

Daji, who was driving outside the car, was even less worried. He kept his eyes half-closed and let the horse run forward slowly from the beginning to the end, not in a hurry.

When they arrived at the county seat, Daji found a place to park the car, and the three of them walked down the street with their hands behind their backs in high spirits.

It was evening at this time, and the shops on both sides of the street had already hung up lanterns, and some wealthy gentry and merchants built lantern hills together, occupying a good place in the county town, and when night fell, these lantern hills would be When it is lit up, the whole county is lit up.

Man Bao and the others just saw all kinds of lanterns when they went shopping at this time, so they didn't seem too shocked, but the people walking along the street were very shocked. They didn't miss the Lantern Festival in the county town, and felt that this year's Lantern Festival seemed to be extraordinarily lively.

"I counted a total of nine mountains of lights. How beautiful they would be if they were lit at night."

"There are much more lights this year than in previous years. I heard that the county government has also built one, and Mr. Zhang's family has also built one. Mr. Liu's family is the most powerful. They have made two lamp mountains. They say they will be in pairs. .”

Man Bao and the others sat in the tea room and listened to gossip with great interest. After a while, the topic turned to people they were familiar with.

"As for the rich families in Luojiang County, the Bai family in Baimaguan Town is also considered a family, but why have you never seen his family do Dengshan?"

"Pick it?"

"Not necessarily. You see, every year the county builds bridges and digs ditches, Mr. Bai pays for it. During the winter solstice last year, he donated some cotton clothes and quilts to the poor households in the county." One person said: "I I just worked as a clerk in the county government office, and secretly calculated that in this whole county, apart from the magistrate, the one who does the most good deeds every year is Mr. Zhang, and then Mr. Bai."

"Then Master Bai is also rich, so why didn't he become a lamp mountain?"

"Master Bai doesn't come to the county to celebrate the Lantern Festival, why spend so much money building a lantern mountain?"

Bai Shan and Man Bao stared at Bai Erlang together, and Bai Erlang lowered his voice and said, "My father builds a lantern mountain in Mianzhou City every year, but he didn't do it this year."

Man Bao asked curiously, "Why?"

"Because my elder brother is going to take the exam in the capital after the new year, and he is not in Mianzhou anymore, who will he be doing Dengshan?" Bai Erlang whispered: "My father said, when my elder brother is admitted to the Imperial College, he will It will cost more to have someone build a lamp mountain in the capital."

Bai Erlang had never worried about money, but after being talked about by his father a lot, he became more concerned, and said to the two of them: "My father said, I only watch this lantern once a year. It’s useless, the money is wasted, so it has to be used wisely. My elder brother is studying in a government school, and he asked people to build a lamp mountain in Mianzhou City, so that people would not look down on my brother. My brother went to the capital , I will build a mountain of lights for my brother in the capital, and outsiders will know that my family is not incompetent when they see it, so they dare not bully my brother."

"When I pass the entrance examination of Yizhou Prefecture School in the future, my father will also light up the lamp mountain for me in Yizhou City..."

Man Bao asked, "Then do you want your father to light up the Lantern Mountain for you?"

"I don't want to." Bai Erlang said in a low voice: "The lamp mountain made by my house is just like that. I have to guard the lamp mountain when I look back. Why don't I go to see someone else's lamp mountain?"

Man Bao and Bai Shan breathed a sigh of relief together, gave him a thumbs up, and boasted: "Your thinking is correct."

Bai Erlang chuckled, scratched his head in embarrassment, and whispered: "The main reason is that I don't think I can be admitted to Yizhou Prefecture School."

Bai Shan thought about it seriously and said: "You can still pass the exam, but you may study for two more years."

Bai Erlang's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Really?"

Bai Shan nodded, but looked worried, "But in two years, I should also get the quota to go to the capital for the exam. When the time comes, will you go to the government school to study, or study with the husband?"

Bai Erlang was stunned, and became angry, "How do you know that you can go to the capital?"

Man Baole said: "This is called self-confidence."

"Then why do you have to go to the capital with you, sir? I am also a disciple of my husband, and I am still a young disciple. Can't my husband stay with me in Yizhou City?"

"Because two to one, we have more people than you, and the minority obeys the majority. Mister will definitely go to the capital with us."

Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Man Bao, "Can you not go to the capital, the capital is so far away, you might not be able to come home once a year."

Bai Shan said: "How could she not go?"

"Why is she going?"

Bai Shan said in a daze: "She was about to go..."

As for why you must go...

Bai Shan scratched his head, isn't this inevitable, why should there be a reason?

Bai Shan turned his head to look at Man Bao.

But Man Bao pondered, and asked after a while, "There must be many flowers, plants, trees, insects, fish, birds and animals in the capital that I have never seen before?"

Bai Shan nodded, and Bai Erlang shook his head.

Keke said: "Go to the host."

Man Bao waved his small fist and said, "I'll go!"

Bai Shan spread out a big smile, and proudly raised his eyebrows and smiled at Bai Erlang, making Bai Erlang very angry.

Man Bao said to Bai Erlang: "You are stupid, you have been in Yizhou City for three years by then, and you have visited all the places you should visit, why don't you go to the capital for a walk? Anyway, there is a gentleman with you, so studying is not a problem. "

Bai Shandao: "If you have any doubts, I can teach you, brother. Anyway, I have attended government schools. I know how gentlemen teach."

Not to be outdone, Man Bao immediately said: "Sister, I can also teach you, I read a lot of extracurricular books, what do you want to learn?"

Although they were all well intentioned, Bai Erlang just felt angry, so he turned his head and ignored them.

Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other, and started laughing like two little squirrels, and then one of them took him by the side, dragged him up and said, "Okay, don't be angry, let's go play, it's still a long time before dark." In a while, why don't we take a look at the lamp mountain of the county government first, and then go to the restaurant to find a good seat to sit down."

"The lights haven't been lit yet, so what's the point of going to see it at this time?" Bai Erlang didn't want to move, and said, "Let's go directly to the restaurant to reserve a seat, so as not to be late."

But the county seat is no better than Yizhou City, and there are not many people who go to restaurants to reserve seats when they come out to play. Even if it is getting dark, there are still many vacant seats.

There is even a good location and a good box.

Man Bao and the three were overjoyed. After looking at a few boxes, they decided on the one with the best view, and directly gave them money to serve tea and snacks.

The boy happily took the money and went down.

Bai Shan opened the window and looked out for a while, then said with a smile, "This location is good, almost half of the street can be seen, and you can see several mountains of lights."

Next update around 6pm