Man Bao still looked confused when she was standing in the corner with Bai Shanbao holding the book. She obviously didn't understand why she was punished to stand in class just for taking a look at the book that Bai Shanbao thought was very interesting.
Bai Shanbao was still a little angry at first, feeling that she had not done what good friends should do to inform each other, but when he saw her confused look, he felt a little guilty.
It seemed like he was the one who got people involved.
It's not class time yet, and some students haven't arrived yet. Those who arrive must read morning lessons in the classroom first.
Mr. Zhuang only walked around for a while and then went out.
Bai Shanbao pretended to read. When his husband left, he lowered his voice and asked Manbao, "Why didn't you tell me that your husband was here?"
Man Bao had come to his senses and hummed: "Are you reading bad books like Bai Er? Otherwise, why would sir punish you?"
"No, I'm reading a book about benevolence and righteousness, not Bai Er's kind of book."
Man Bao was skeptical about this, "It's all your fault, I was even punished."
"Obviously you were punished because you also read extracurricular books."
"It's not like what I read is a bad book."
Bai Shanbao insisted, "The books I read are also good. Can you first tell me what the book you are reading is about?"
"It's about how to increase crop yields."
Bai Shanbao's eyes almost popped out of his head, "Nongshu, you actually think it looks good!"
Of all the books in the study, he disliked the agricultural books the most, and sometimes he would fall asleep while reading them.
Man Bao also took a careful look out the window, and then whispered to Bai Shanbao, "It's a great agricultural book. It's more detailed and more powerful than anything I've read before. Some things are still not available now."
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Bai Shanbao expressed doubts, "Aren't all agricultural books written based on existing materials? If not, Qili Village doesn't have them, right?"
Man Bao was right when he thought about it. The person who wrote this paper was a person in the very, very distant future. He was indeed writing based on things that had happened in the past. It's just that for them now, some things haven't existed yet.
So Manbao nodded and said affirmatively: "Your family definitely doesn't have one either."
so what?
Bai Shanbao was in low spirits.
Man Bao encouraged him, "I think what is written in the book is very important. Your land is bigger, there are cattle, and there are people. Why don't we take a piece of land and give it a try."
"My land is not here, and yours also has a lot of land. Why don't you use yours?"
"I'm afraid of failure, and then my family will have to drink the northwest wind."
"...My family will also fail." With such confidence, Bai Shanbao was considering whether to break off the relationship with her.
Man Bao said: "But your family won't drink the northwest wind if it fails."
Bai Shanbao thought for a moment and said, "My family's land is not here."
Bai Shanbao frowned sadly, and then couldn't help but glance at someone not far away who was playing with his deskmate under the cover of a book.
Man Bao followed his gaze and looked over, hesitating slightly, "Isn't this bad? It's wrong to trick people."
Bai Shanbao was angry, "Then you still want to trick me?"
"But you are my good friend. If I cheated you this time, I can make up for it next time. But what if I cheated Bai Er and I will feel guilty when I see him in the future?"
Bai Shanbao actually thought what she said made sense, but when he thought about it he thought it was wrong, "Then your agricultural book is of no use?"
"Yes, if you succeed, you can make a lot of money and grow a lot of food."
"Isn't that good? Everything has risks, and this is his risk. Risks also come with opportunities." Bai Shanbao immediately made a decision, "We will go find him after school."
After school at noon, Bai Shanbao and Manbao went to get their meals and then blocked Bai Erlang in the corridor.
Bai Erlang held the bowl and stared at the two of them blankly, then hesitantly stretched his bowl forward, "Do you want it?"
Bai Shanbao despised him, "Are we that kind of people? I have something to discuss with you."
The three children took their bowls and sat on the steps, eating in the sun and talking.
Of course, Bai Erlang was sitting between the two of them, and he rarely received such treatment. Even though Bai Erlang had always been ambitious, he couldn't help but feel worried at this time.
Bai Shanbao said: "We want to play a big game with you."
When Bai Erlang heard about the game, he immediately became energetic and asked: "What big game?"
Bai Shanbao looked at Manbao.
Man Bao took the book out of his arms and stuffed it into Bai Erlang's arms.
Bai Erlang covered the book with one hand, looked around, and then without even looking at the cover, he stuffed the book into his arms. He chuckled and said, "Is this the miscellaneous book that Mr. saw this morning? Let's talk about it.
, how do you want to play?”
Man Bao: "...the book that was discovered is Shan Bao's. This is mine. It is a very powerful agricultural book."
Bai Erlang blinked, took out the book from his arms with one hand, opened it and took a look. He looked up at Man Bao, turned several pages and looked at the middle, and then he saw the farm tools printed very clearly.
Don't ask him why he knows it. Growing up in the country, he has seen it even if he doesn't know how to use it, okay?
Bai Erlang closed the book, stuffed it back to Man Bao, and hummed: "You don't want me to farm, do you?"
Bai Shanbao praised him, "You are so smart. You guessed it before we even said it."
Bai Erlang immediately stood up and said: "I won't play. If you want to play, you can play by yourselves."
Bai Shanbao advised him, "It's so fun, why don't you play? You can learn about farming, earn money for your family, and take away your boring time. How great."
"It's not good at all," Bai Erlang shouted: "You told me the same thing at the beginning of spring, asking me to play with you, but you took me to Zhou Man's house to farm. I was exhausted.
Yeah, it’s not fun at all.”
Bai Shanbao said disdainfully: "You were obviously very happy when you were playing, and what's that called farming? You just took a handful of seeds and scattered them, and you didn't even take ten steps. The reason why you were tired was because you were with Er Tou.
They are tired of building houses on the ridges of the fields."
Bai Erlang felt a little guilty, but he firmly disagreed with games like farming, "There are so many fun games, why do you want to play farming without thinking?"
Bai Shanbao thought the same thing, and looked past Bai Erlang to see Man Bao, "Yes, why are we so reluctant to go farming?"
"Didn't you say that to be an official you need to know Nongsang? Otherwise I wouldn't have asked you, I would have just asked my elder brother to do it."
Bai Shanbao: "You just said you were reluctant to part with your family land because you were afraid of going to the northwest."
"Yes, but it's okay to take out a few acres of land and try the same thing and then try the same thing again," Man Bao said: "You said you wanted to learn how to farm mulberry trees. Your family has land, people, and cattle and horses. I
I just remembered you."
Bai Erlang looked around and asked, "What do these have to do with me?"
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao then looked at him together, and both smiled and said, "Because you are our good friend."