Man Bao righteously rejected Bai Shanbao's offer to help her cheat, and then took out the blank paper to copy the book.
She had just polished the ink when there was a knock on the courtyard door. The three people who were chatting immediately turned to look out. Seeing that Zhou Lang did not hold an umbrella, he ran over to open the door despite the rain, and soon a person came in.
People holding umbrellas.
Bai Erlang went to the window to look, and immediately turned back and said, "It's Mr. Lan."
The three of them all jumped for joy and went to the window to take a look. Sure enough, it was Lan Cheng.
Zhou Lang invited the man to the main room, and soon he came out holding an umbrella. Bai Shanbao immediately pushed Manbao.
Man Bao ran to the door and attracted Zhou Lang's attention with a "puff puff" sound.
Zhou Lang was about to go out. When he saw his sister's sneaky look, he walked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Fourth brother, what are you going to do?"
"Go buy some food and wine. Mr. Lan is here. I'm afraid I have something important to say to Mr. Zhuang."
Man Bao immediately waved his hand and said, "Then go quickly, go quickly."
Zhou Lang was silent, looked at her up and down and said: "Manbao, you are not allowed to be naughty at home."
"I'm not naughty."
Zhou Lang glanced at the two teenagers leaning against the study window again, shook his head and left.
Man Bao winked and smiled with them, "I think we can rest in the afternoon."
Man Bao happily went to copy the book. Even if she was copying "Etiquette", she felt very happy. After only copying two pages, Zhou Lang came back with wine and food.
Bai Shanbao immediately ran out and asked him to bring the food and wine to the study, saying, "Gentlemen, you will definitely want to talk about classics and history, so it's better to eat in the study."
Bai Erlang also nodded and said: "Yes, then we will go to the main room to study."
Zhou Lang looked at them with disdain. Should they go to the main room to study or play in the main room?
Isn't this the same as they are too lazy to go to the fields, so they make excuses to help their sisters-in-law with housework at home?
Zhou Lang ignored them and wanted to send the food and wine to the main room, but Mr. Zhuang heard it in the main room and said: "Send it to the study. It just so happens that Mr. Lan wants to take the Baishan exam."
Bai Shanbao:......
Man Bao and Bai Erlang immediately shrank their necks and stopped talking.
Zhou Lang agreed with a smile, picked up the basket and turned in one direction.
Man Bao had withdrawn his mind and pretended that he was copying the book seriously.
Mr. Zhuang invited Mr. Lan into the study, and the two of them sat down on the other side, far away from Man Bao's desk.
Mr. Zhuang asked Bai Erlang to go back to do his homework, leaving Bai Shanbao alone and said: "Your uncle Lan said that for some reason, the exam questions in the Fu Xue exam this year are more difficult than in previous years. It is said that two of the big questions were asked by the imperial court.
You are a high-ranking official, so your chances of passing the exam are lower. Your uncle Lan is here to take a look at your level."
Lan Cheng explained: "I may not be as good as your master in terms of knowledge and teaching, but I have some advantages in solving problems and posing questions, so I came to test you."
To put it bluntly, this is what friendship does for you.
Bai Shanbao quickly bent down and thanked him.
Lan Cheng raised his hand and asked, "How many of the books on the list have you read?"
The school exams started over there, and Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it had nothing to do with her.
She listened carefully and continued to copy the book.
After she finished copying the rest of "Rituals", Lan Cheng was still taking the test on Bai Shanbao, and even gave him two questions and asked him to write the essay immediately.
The two gentlemen found a seat in a corner of the study room to sit down, chat, and drink. The most important thing was to talk about the preferences of the mysterious question maker.
Because Lan Cheng couldn't see the test paper, he just learned a piece of news from his colleagues. The test paper that was supposed to have one major question each from Mr. Zhang and King Yizhou had different question writers.
Don't know who came from it.
For ordinary candidates, they have no chance to know this information, so changing the person who asked the question has little impact on them, but for candidates who can know who the person who asked the question is, changing the person who asked the question has a great impact on them.
Big.
The reason why Lan Cheng opened such a book list before was because he knew from the inside that those books were the ones that King Yizhou and Master Zhang read the most in the past year.
When most people come up with questions, they first consider the books they have read recently.
After Man Bao finished copying the book, he didn't want to read "Han Shu" for a while, and felt his eyes were a little sore, so he simply stretched his chin and looked at Bai Shanbao, and then looked at the misty sycamore trees outside.
Looking, looking, she found that the rain had stopped.
Keke also discovered it, so he whispered to Manbao: "Host, let's go."
Man Bao rolled his eyes, said "hmm" in his mind, and then sneaked out without anyone paying attention.
Bai Erlang, who was not very focused on his homework, looked up at her and turned to look at Mr. Zhuang who was talking to Mr. Lan. He didn't have the guts to sneak out to play without finishing his homework.
Man Bao slipped into the yard and immediately went to the woodshed to get her small basket and flower hoe.
Zhou Lang was sitting in the kitchen weaving baskets and didn't notice, but Daji, who was sitting under the eaves and guarding the door, saw it and couldn't help but stand up.
Man Bao yelled "Shh" at him, then quickly opened the door and slipped away.
Daji:……
He frowned, turned around and went to the kitchen to find Zhou Lang, and said, "Si Lang, Man Bao ran out."
Zhou Lang asked without raising his head, "Where did you go?"
"Next door."
Zhou Lang immediately raised his head, glared and asked, "Didn't Mr. Zhuang not allow them to run over? Why did they go again?"
Daji thought of the flower hoe that Man Bao took away, as well as the flowers and plants that she couldn't forget the last time she went there, and felt a little helpless, "Maybe because of the flowers and plants in the garden."
Zhoulang immediately dropped the half-made basket and ran out to find her.
Seeing that he was gone, Daji sat back under the eaves with relief and continued to watch the door in a daze.
It had just rained and the ground was very dirty, but Man Bao didn't mind it and drilled a hole and climbed in.
What do you dislike?
No matter whether they are dirty or clean, she washes the clothes herself.
Man Bao got in and took a deep breath of air, feeling that the air here was better than that over there.
She asked Keke in her mind, "Is this the free air you call it?"
"There are many flowers, plants and trees here, and it's normal for the air to be fresher. The host may be overthinking it."
Man Bao carried a basket on his back to look for the flowers and plants he had found before, and denied: "No, I just felt so happy after getting in. It's not just because of the air."
Is that because you want to play?
Man Bao found those hollyhocks, dug them up, put them together with the mud into the basket, and collected one into the system.
She wanted to try planting it herself and see what it looked like when it bloomed.