Chapter 550 Heartbeat (To the Newborn Princess Today)
Magistrate Tang leaned against the wall and listened to the sound of reading inside, as if he had returned to the Imperial College.
He had been working as a county magistrate for more than two years, and he had been living as an official in the capital for more than a year. He always felt that life in the Imperial College was far away from him, very far away.
"Ah!" A cry came out, and Magistrate Tang came to his senses. Then he raised his hand and knocked on the door. At the same time, the voice from inside also came out, "I dozed off early in the morning. Bai Er, go and endorse me while squatting on horseback.
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Then there was a sound of footsteps, and the door was opened. Man Bao was stunned for a moment when he saw the person standing outside, and asked: "Why are you here so early?"
Magistrate Tang looked up at the sun and asked, "Is it very early?"
"Good morning, we have just finished breakfast, but we are guests. Welcome, please come in quickly." After saying that, he shouted inside, "Sir, Magistrate Tang is here!"
Mr. Zhuang rushed out to greet him. Bai Erlang, who had just squatted down, immediately stood up straight, ran into the kitchen and said, "I'm going to boil water and make tea."
Magistrate Tang couldn't help but feel happy. After greeting Mr. Zhuang, he asked, "Tang came here rashly. Didn't he disturb Mr. Zhuang's teaching?"
"Mr. Tang, you are very polite. Although the three children are naughty, they are also self-disciplined. It is fine to let them study in the yard by themselves. There is no need to disturb them. Please come and take a seat."
After that, he invited Magistrate Tang to sit down in the lobby.
Man Bao and the others went to the kitchen together, took the tea leaves brought by their husband and made two cups of tea. After delivering it to the lobby, they were about to slip out, but were left behind by Magistrate Tang.
Mr. Zhuang happened to ask him, "Listen to me, my senior disciple, do you know Magistrate Yang?"
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "He and I are classmates, or the same year. Is he okay in Luojiang County?"
"Very good." Since he was Yang Heshu's friend, Mr. Zhuang relaxed a lot and became more friendly towards Magistrate Tang.
Magistrate Tang County came here this time to see how Mr. Yang Heshu, whom Yang Heshu admired, and his three children were doing. Secondly, he wanted to ask Bai Shan about his preparations for the exam and see if there was anything he could do to help.
When a group of scholars talked, they were naturally talking about studying. Like all the scholars who became elders, Magistrate Tang subconsciously wanted to test the knowledge of the three children.
The three people who were already used to taking the test each answered two or three questions. Well, the questions were not very deep, and Manbao and the other three were very satisfied.
All the questions were answered, and Magistrate Tang was very satisfied.
Then Mr. Zhuang asked them to study while he and Magistrate Tang drank tea and talked in the house.
They had just arrived in the yard, and Zhou Lang happened to come back from buying snacks. He happily raised the paper bag in his hand and said with a smile: "Freshly baked, it's still warm. By the way, are the distinguished guests here?"
The three of them immediately ran up, smelled the fragrance that could not be contained in paper, nodded and said: "Here we are, in the main room."
Zhou Lang immediately knocked off their hands and said: "Present it to the guests first, and then you can eat after the guests have eaten."
Having said that, when he went to the kitchen to unpack all the snacks and put them on the plates, he still left a piece of their favorite snack for each of them.
The three of them took snacks and put a book under their arms. They found a corner far away from the main room and squatted down, eating snacks and whispering.
Bai Shanbao: "I always feel that Mr. is not in a very good mood today."
"It's not good. I was knocked on the palm of my hand when I fell asleep yesterday morning, but today I have to squat."
Man Bao said: "Then let's be good today."
Bai Shanbao felt sad: "I always feel that being good is useless."
"Then you study hard," Man Bao said, "You will have an exam soon. As long as you get good grades, sir, you will be happy."
"Then there's still nearly a month left. Isn't it too long?"
Man Bao comforted him, "Anyway, we will stay in Yizhou City for a long time. We can just go out to play later. This month we will study first, and Bai Er and I will accompany you."
Bai Er wants to say don't take me with you, but think about it, he doesn't have any other friends here. If they don't go out to play, he can't go out alone.
He also sighed and agreed.
Magistrate Tang made friends with Mr. Zhuang, and they were considered to have a backer in Yizhou City.
Although this backer is nothing in Yizhou City, it is still very useful in the Kangxue Street area, especially among ordinary people.
Magistrate Tang stayed until the afternoon before leaving. Before leaving, he warned the three people who looked very lively and naughty, "The wall of Yan's house will not be repaired for a while, so don't get in there and play if you have nothing to do. I know
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If he hadn't mentioned it, the three of them might have forgotten about Yan Zhai, but when he mentioned it, the curiosity of the three of them was aroused.
Man Bao asked curiously, "Are there any other treasures over there?"
"Yes," County Magistrate Tang said, "There is a piece of vegetables over there."
Everyone:......
No matter what they were thinking, Manbao and the others responded very obediently, indicating that they would never get through.
Mr. Zhuang also said that he would keep an eye on them.
However, Mr. Zhuang is not at home all the time, so how can he possibly keep an eye on them?
The wall of Xiao's house had been repaired, but the big hole in the alley had not been filled in. For several days, every evening when Manbao and the others went out to wash clothes, they could see that the big hole was still there.
Of course, no one dared to get in from there anymore. I heard that the Xiao family was sentenced to confiscate 60% of the family property. Except for Xiao Dalang's daughter-in-law and wife, the rest were all sentenced. Xiao Erlang was the least charged, but he was also sentenced.
Sentenced to two years.
It is said that Xiao Dalang's wife plans to divorce Xiao Dalang and then remarry with her son.
It's another day of rest after studying. Mr. Zhuang went out to visit today. It is said that Mr. Lan was the host and brought together several classmates who had played better in the past, so Mr. Zhuang may not even come back at night.
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The three people who were left to study on their own were particularly undisciplined. They felt tired in the middle of studying, so they planned to sit in the yard.
Just as Zhou Lang was about to go out to order lunch, he went out with a basket and asked the three of them, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"whatever."
"Then I can buy whatever I want."
The three of them nodded together, and Zhou Lang left.
Man Bao sat on the threshold, watching her fourth brother walk away, then held her head and turned left and right. Just when she was thinking about going back to the study to continue reading, she saw the big open hole at the end of the alley.
Bai Shanbao also came out of the yard and sat next to her. He followed her gaze and asked, "Want to go in?"
Man Bao nodded and said, "Magistrate Tang said there are treasures inside. I want to go in and have a look."
"Didn't he say it was a vegetable patch? He was lying to you at first glance."
"Yes, but I still want to go in and take a look."
Bai Erlang came out and said: "If you get caught if you go in, you will be slapped with a stick and sent to jail."
"No, we won't take the things inside," Man Bao said matter-of-factly: "There is no such provision in the Jin Code. You have forgotten that we asked sir."
Bai Shanbao was also a little eager to try, "How about going in and taking a look?"
"Let's go while the adults are gone!" Man Bao stood up, turned around and was about to close the door, and then saw Daji standing silently behind them.