Old Madam Zuo covered her heart and felt a throbbing pain in her head. Their family had just arrived in Yizhou City, and the territory was not yet well-established. Here, there was the King of Yizhou, and there were county magistrates from well-established families.
It's not something they, a family of low-ranking officials, can offend.
Originally, they wanted to make a show of their face in order to break into the upper class of Yizhou City, but the Winter Solstice Banquet had just passed, and their family's face was trampled on the ground.
The grandson is young and separated by a generation, so it is their responsibility as parents to educate their children.
Mrs. Zuo could only point at Bai Yu for a long time and was speechless.
Mrs. Duan hurriedly went to give her some relief, but Mrs. Zuo also complained against her. She pushed her hand away angrily and said, "You are a mother. My son has done something wrong. If he wants to beat or scold you, just do it; you also do it."
Wife, you should advise your husband when he does something wrong. Isn’t he your son? Isn’t he your husband? Isn’t this home your home? Do you think you can just stand by and be alone?”
Duan was so frightened that she quickly took a step back and knelt down.
Mrs. Zuo scolded her and then scolded Bai Yu, "You are a cousin and an official, but you argue with three children. Isn't it embarrassing? Your son has been ruined by you...
"
Bai Yu also knelt down, and when his mother had scolded her enough, he asked: "If you don't let them withdraw the lawsuit, what should we do about this matter?"
Mrs. Zuo sat on the chair, looked at him condescendingly and asked, "What do you think?"
Of course Bai Yu knew what his mother meant, but... that would be too embarrassing.
Seeing that her son lowered his head and said nothing, Mrs. Zuo closed her eyes and said, "Although I have only met those three children twice, and only said a few words to Bai Shan and Baicheng, I can also tell.
, those are three very arrogant children.”
"Especially Bai Shan and the little girl from the Zhou family. It's impossible for them to bow their heads." Mrs. Zuo said: "Don't bully young people who are poor. You think they have no father and no foundation, but you don't think about Bai Qi. Back then,
If he hadn't died too early, the old house would be... hum."
Bai Yu lowered his head.
Mrs. Zuo took a deep breath and said, "You don't need me to teach you anymore, do you? Tomorrow, when he comes out of the academy after taking the exam, he will go to the county government office."
Bai Yu could only comply.
Mrs. Zuo glanced at the group of people kneeling on the ground. Because her parents were kneeling, Bai Ling, her two younger sisters and her aunts were also kneeling.
The masters in the room had all knelt down, but the servants dared to stand, so now the room was full of people kneeling.
Mrs. Zuo had a headache when she saw it. She waved her hand and stood up holding the chair. Mrs. Duan quickly got up and supported her.
Mrs. Zuo glanced at her and said, "I have servants here to take care of me. You can go and do your work."
Mrs. Duan bowed his head in response.
Because Mrs. Zuo had just scolded her for being incompetent, Mrs. Duan did not take her daughters away immediately, but helped Bai Yu to comfort her.
Bai Yu waved her hand away and said: "It's not a big deal, you don't need to worry about it. Although it is a complaint, since the Tang County Magistrate sent a Yamen servant to notify the door in advance, it will obviously not cause a big fuss. I will reprimand Erlang Yi at most tomorrow."
Just pay a fine. If you don't publicize it, no one will know."
Mrs. Duan lowered her eyes and responded, but sneered in her heart: Since you know everything, why did you think about causing trouble next door in the first place?
Bai Yu had no time to care about what Duan was thinking. What he was worried about was how to meet Magistrate Tang tomorrow.
After all, they are colleagues. Although they are not in the same department, it is too embarrassing to appear in the county government like this.
Whenever he thought of this, Bai Yu couldn't control his temper, so he glared at Bai Ning fiercely and scolded: "Quickly retreat, I will punish you after you finish your year-end exam, get out!"
Bai Ning stepped back with a pale face. After all, she was only thirteen years old. When she thought about going to the Yamen to answer the question tomorrow, her face turned pale beyond words.
I was worried all night, not to mention reviewing my homework, and I couldn't even concentrate. You know, Bai Ning still wants to get good grades this year and directly take the entrance exam for the next year.
He always felt that he was no worse than Bai Shan. It was just that he was not in Yizhou City during the Fu Xue exam last year, otherwise he would have taken the exam.
Bai Shan was admitted to the Fu Xue with the last grade. If he also took the exam, Bai Shan might not have a chance. By then, he would be the youngest student admitted to the Fu Xue.
Ever since he got to know Bai Shan, everyone in his family, from his grandmother to his brothers, have been saying how great he is. He was admitted to a private school at a young age, and his father told him to learn from him three times a day.
You know, he was the Bai Shan that other fathers called him before. This was the first time he heard his father say such things to him.
Bai Ning returned to her room in a daze, and went out to take the exam at the academy the next day in a daze.
Bai Shan and the others had almost forgotten about this matter after a good sleep. After all, they had worked so hard yesterday evening, and the remaining anger after complaining to Magistrate Tang had dissipated in the work.
In addition, Mr. Zhuang's words last night told them to hurry up and review their homework. Who can think of Bai Ning?
Early in the morning, Man Bao stood at the door waving goodbye to them and wishing them good luck in their exams.
Then she went to the drug store empty-handed and told Dr. Ji that she had exams in the next few days and would not come to the drug store.
Doctor Ji looked at her curiously, "Why do you have to take the exam even if you don't go to the academy?"
Man Bao nodded, "Sir, I went to the government school to ask for a test paper. You always have to read the book. Now that you have read it, you have to take a test to see how well you have mastered it."
Doctor Ji waved his hand and said: "Okay, I understand. By the way, haven't you been asking the pharmacists to help you pick some fresh and active medicinal materials? In a few days, those farmers will send the medicinal materials. Do you want to come and see them then?
one time."
Manbao said without much hope: "Okay, I'll come and take a look then."
But in fact, few medicinal farmers would bring her fresh medicinal materials. The main reason is that most medicinal materials are picked in the wild.
It is difficult to survive after harvesting, so in order to preserve it, they have to cook it.
Generally, medicinal farmers will accumulate the picked medicinal materials for a month or two before delivering them once. Therefore, even if someone is willing to plant some fresh medicinal herbs in pots for her, most of them will be dead by the time they are brought to her.
Therefore, in the past six months, Manbao has collected very few fresh medicinal materials from medicinal farmers, and most of the only ones are commonly found in encyclopedias, and their points are not high.
Man Bao doesn't have much hope, but it's better to have hope than no hope.
Keke thought so too.
In the past six months, the host has been wandering around a lot, collecting everything that can be collected. If it can't, either the plants are too expensive and the host can't afford them; or they can't get them, so they can only watch.
As soon as she returned from the drug store, Man Bao immediately got into the study room to review her homework. What made her better than Bai Shan and Bai Erlang was that she always had one more day to review than them.