Mr. Zhuang smiled and said: "It's not that I'm great, but that your parents are reasonable. When I left, your mother had already given you the silver ingot, but you went out without eating breakfast, so you missed it."
Mr. Zhuang said: "This is your third mistake. You don't eat breakfast because of such a thing. It hurts your body and also hurts your parents' hearts..."
When Mr. Zhuang became interested, he took the three children and taught him a lesson on filial piety. The three children were very anxious.
Seeing that they really couldn't listen any more, Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go home."
The three children rushed out together carrying a small book box. Bai Erlang was older than them all and the fastest runner. He took the lead on the bridge and ran towards his house like a gallop.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao were slightly two steps behind, but they were also following him.
Rushing back to his room in one breath, Bai Erlang didn't even put the book box away before looking for the silver ingot.
Mrs. Bai's girl was placed on the table in the inner room, and Bai Erlang's servant didn't do much to clean it up, so Bai Erlang rushed in and saw it.
He rushed up to open the box and saw the familiar silver ingots inside, and couldn't help laughing happily.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao were also happy for him, and they helped him find a place to hide the money.
The two of them felt that hiding good things under the bed was the most unsafe, because everyone could think of hiding things under the bed.
Her father's private money was never hidden under the bed.
"Then the remaining twenty-nine silver ingots, do you want to take them back and take care of them yourself?"
"No," Bai Erlang said, "I want to wait and see. If no one wants to take my money again, I will take it back. You can keep it for me first."
"No problem, the money is in my study. If you want to see it, you can go and see it yourself."
Bai Erlang was a little worried, "Is it safe?"
"Don't worry, there won't be any thieves."
After talking about business, Bai Shanbao invited his two friends to go back to his house to drink realgar wine. "It is said that during the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar wine is drunk."
Man Bao was curious, "Can you drink it?"
"I can't, but I'm also prepared, and I'll let Daji drink it for us when the time comes."
Manbao didn't know what was so interesting about this, so he refused.
Bai Shanbao felt very regretful and said, "My grandmother will be back in a few days. Alas, why are your husband's classes so heavy?"
Mrs. Liu is like a big mountain that is weighing on Bai Shanbao's head. When his grandmother is not at home, he is the tyrant of the family and no one can take care of him.
And now the tyrant is about to become the bastard.
Man Bao missed her a little, and said, "Grandma Liu has been gone for a long time, don't you miss her?"
"Yes, but I want to be the king at home."
Man Bao and Bai Erlang:......
Mrs. Liu came back earlier than all of them thought. It was only the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and before she arrived, the car entered Qili Village.
There were no students to attend these two days, so Mr. Zhuang taught them in the small courtyard, surrounded by walls. Although there were only three of them, they were reading very loudly, so they did not hear the noisy carriages and horses at the entrance of the village.
Until Grandma Liu came to find it herself with a food box.
The girl following Grandma Liu was holding many things, all of which were gifts for Mr. Zhuang.
Aunt Liu said with a smile: "We, old lady, are going to Yizhou, thanks to my husband for taking care of my son. These things are the local products that the old lady brought back from Yizhou. Please don't dislike them, Mr. Zhuang."
Then he brought up the matter of asking for leave from Bai Shanbao, "My old lady hasn't seen the young master for a long time, and she misses him very much, and she wants to ask him something, so she wants to ask for half a day's leave from her husband and send him back during class in the afternoon.
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This means that you may have to leave early in the morning.
Mr. Zhuang looked at the hourglass and saw that it wasn't long before school ended at noon, only about three-quarters of an hour, so he nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, you can take him back."
Aunt Liu smiled and left the things behind. She also greeted Manbao Baierlang and said with a smile: "Master Tang, Miss Man, the old lady also brought you things. I will go home after school at noon. The old lady will take the things with you."
I came back with a lot of delicious food."
Man Bao's eyes were bright, but he couldn't help but look at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang laughed and waved: "Okay, you all can go together."
Mr. Zhuang paused and then said: "I will leave you early this morning, but you have to go home first and talk to your parents and family before going to play with Shanbao."
It's a reunion between grandparents and grandchildren, so you have to give them some time to speak, right?
Man Bao and Bai Erlang nodded fiercely, they were very happy to be able to leave early.
Man Bao happily ran home carrying a small bookcase.
Seeing that she was sweating profusely, Qian quickly pulled her to the door of the kitchen. While taking down the book box for her, he said, "Why are you back in such a hot day?"
"Grandma Liu is back. She asked Shanbao for half a day's leave, and then Mr. Liu also gave us a day off."
"What about eating at home for lunch today?"
Manbao nodded.
Mrs. Qian smiled and said, "That's fine. Mom will cook you some wheat porridge. It's such a hot day and you won't have an appetite if you eat it dry."
Man Bao nodded repeatedly and made a request: "I want to eat the pickles made by my sister-in-law with porridge."
Qian nodded her nose and said with a smile, "You are really picky."
Qian returned to the house and was about to cook porridge when someone knocked on the door. A man poked his head in from outside and shouted: "Is this Zhou Jin's house?"
Ms. Qian smiled and responded "Yes" and walked out. When she saw the Yamen servant standing at the door, she smiled for a moment, then she squeezed out a nervous smile and said, "Yes, Zhou Jin is my head. I don't know if the official is looking for me."
What's wrong with him?"
"Where is the other person? Get him back. Here is his official document."
The wives of each house who were resting or doing various tasks in the house opened the door and came out with a bunch of children.
The yamen servant was startled when he saw so many women and children suddenly appearing in the yard. He frowned and said, "Why are you asking so many questions? I see there are quite a few men in your household registration. Where are they?"
"They went up the mountain," Mrs. Qian was afraid that he would misunderstand, so she quickly said: "There are some wild mushrooms and fruits on the mountain. They went up the mountain to look for them. For a while, I didn't know where to look..."
In fact, I went up the mountain to look for Poria cocos. I went to weed the fields in the morning when the sun was not high. When the sun got high, the wives went home, and the men went up the mountain with their backpacks and hoes to look for Poria cocos.
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Last year, their family made a lot of money from Poria cocos.
Of course, Zhou Lang was not here. He went to the city to sell tofu and vegetables.
So what Qian said was true. She really couldn't find the person for a while.
She glanced behind the Yamen servant and confirmed that he was the only one there. Qian gritted her teeth and turned sideways to invite him in.
She smiled and said: "The sun is too strong, so I can't ask you to wait at the door. You might as well come in and have a drink of water."
Then he said: "I asked my grandson to call the village chief. The chief of our village comes from the same clan as my family. If the men are not here, you can tell him the same thing."
The yamen servant's face looked pretty now, and he followed Mr. Qian into the main room.