Although Manbao recognized a lot of words, she still couldn't understand the complicated stories. She could only understand them by feeling.
Fortunately, these books are different from the books on Mr. Zhuang's bookshelf, because they are in vernacular. As long as you can recognize the characters and read the whole text, you may not understand everything, but you can probably understand the story.
Manbao became excited and read the book with relish.
Although it is about a scumbag father, I didn't see the tragedy at first. The first story is about the tenth-ranked emperor named Kangxi.
The story is that he raised his sons like poison. In order to ensure his own rights, he deliberately let his sons fight and create a balance.
At first, Manbao didn't see how this father was so evil. She just saw it as a story. The system reminded her: "Look at the fate of his sons, aren't they all miserable?"
Man Bao was stunned for a moment and asked: "They are all princes and emperors, what's so bad about them?"
Keke analyzed it for him, "Look, they are princes, but most of them were imprisoned and exiled in the end. Do you know what imprisonment and exile are?"
Man Bao said confidently: "I don't know."
The system choked for a moment, and then explained to her in detail the confinement and exile. In the final analysis, it means going to jail and serving a sentence.
Man Bao was shocked, "My father is the emperor, my brother is the emperor, why do they still have to go to jail?"
Keke said: "That's why I say he's a scumbag dad."
Man Bao pouted, feeling that this father was indeed not very good. She read it back and forth twice and figured out a little bit of the meaning of the story.
This is actually a father who wants to keep his rights. For the sake of balance, he deliberately lets his sons fight over each other. In the end, he imprisoned three sons. Then he chose one son to be the emperor, and the emperor's son imprisoned several more.
and exiled several of them, so his sons were miserable.
Manbao didn't like this story very much, and it gave her a headache to read. There were several names in it that she didn't recognize, so she pointed to Keke.
Keke said that he not only taught her how to pronounce the word, but also explained the meaning of the word.
Manbao turned to the next story and cried.
This father is much worse than the previous one because he actually starved his daughter to death just because his daughter accepted a piece of cake from a neighbor.
Manbao was still a kind-hearted child. She burst into tears and said angrily to Keke: "This dad is really so bad. Why is he still an upright official?"
Keke: "He is an upright official and there is no conflict with his scumbag father."
Although it seemed that an upright official was good, Man Bao still decided to hate him. That little girl was about the same age as her, and she starved to death. How uncomfortable it must have been.
Man Bao cried until his eyes were red.
When Mr. Zhuang came back from get out of class, the system scanned the person at the door and immediately confiscated the book in Man Bao's hand. Therefore, Mr. Zhuang seemed to see Man Bao sitting on the steps crying alone, with red eyes.
Mr. Zhuang's grandson was only a little older than Man Bao, and he usually liked her the most. He felt extremely distressed for a moment. He quickly walked forward and asked softly: "Man Bao, who bullied you?"
Manbao wiped away tears and grabbed Mr. Zhuang's sleeve, raised his head and asked, "Sir, are you a good father?"
Mr. Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment he said: "Man Bao, my grandson is older than you. Even in terms of seniority, he should be grandpa."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Sir, are there many bad fathers in this world who specialize in bullying children?"
Mr. Zhuang asked: "Did your father scold you?"
Man Bao shook his head, "My father is very kind to me. He is not a bad father."
Mr. Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Man Bao. Knowing that she was still young, he sat down next to her and asked patiently, "Then why do you ask such a question?"
"I saw a story about an upright official who had little food at home and his daughter was hungry. When the neighbor saw it, he gave her a piece of cake and his daughter ate it. When he found out, he was very angry and sent his daughter to eat.
Locked up and starved to death."
Mr. Zhuang twitched his cheek and said, "How can there be such an official?"
Man Bao trusted the book that Ke Ke took out and insisted: "It's just there, I saw it with my own eyes."
Mr. Zhuang knew that he should not be serious with children, so he said: "Even if there are such officials, they are just trying to gain reputation. They are called honest officials, but they do not live up to their reputation. It's just a piece of cake, why should it be like this? If you are truly honest, you can give two pieces to your neighbors."
"Eh?" Man Bao blinked, trying hard to recall what he had just written in the book, scratched his head and said: "It seems that it was not just because of eating a piece of cake, it was said that it was because his daughter had contact with her foreign husband, Mr.
, what is a foreign man?”
Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "That is even more nonsense. A foreign man is what I am to you, and the students in the school are to you. Although men and women are different, they are not so guarded to the point of being so strict. If they were, that would not be the case.
A lunatic, a devil."
Mr. Zhuang said: "The former is crazy, and he really thinks so, and the latter did it deliberately, exchanging his daughter's life for a reputation. From now on, you should stay away from such people as much as possible. But I have never
I’ve heard stories like this, where did you read them?”
Man Bao immediately said: "It's a book called "Top Ten Evil Fathers in History"."
"Since it is history, it must have been recorded. I wonder which dynasty and generation the upright official you just mentioned is from?"
"People from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but laugh out loud, touched her little head and said: "It can be seen that the experiences of all fictional characters are all made up. How can there be any Ming Dynasty in this world?"
Manbao blinked, but still believed in Keke, and asked him in his heart: "Koke, did you lie to me?"
The system that had been silent all the time actually had a pleasant emotion. It said: "No, host, there is no Ming in your space. It does not mean that there is no Ming in other spaces. It does not exist now. It does not mean there will not be in the future. It is just like me, in this space now, in this era.
, only you own me, but in the era when my inventor lived, I was not uncommon. I dare not say that everyone has one, but as long as they have money and are willing to buy, everyone can buy one."
Manbao seemed to understand but still summarized her understanding, that is, Keke did not lie, but Mr. Zhuang was right, so she decided to listen to both.
She looked up at Mr. Zhuang and asked, "Sir, do you know any bad fathers in our history?"
Mr. Zhuang asked, "Why are you interested in this? You know, a son never talks about his father's fault. Even if his father has something wrong, few people will tell the world about it, which will make the father lose face and the family."
If you lose face, what good will it do to you?"
Manbao was stunned, and Mr. Zhuang simply used this to greet her. After a while, he said: "Manbao, you are a smart child. I know you love reading. In this case, then study hard. "Thousand Words"
"You have finished studying "The Analects of Confucius", now it's time to study "The Analects of Confucius", after you finish studying "The Analects of Confucius", the teacher will tell you about "Li"."
Man Bao was stunned, and the system couldn't help but remind her: "Host, why don't you thank your teacher quickly?"
Man Bao came to his senses and immediately knelt on the ground, "Sir, teacher!"
Man Bao kowtowed to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang regretted it for a moment as soon as he said the words, but when he saw her kneeling on the ground and calling him teacher happily, that trace of regret disappeared again.
Forget it, even though she is a female apprentice, she is smart and cute, so let's take some comfort in that.
Mr. Zhuang helped the child up and said, "Go back and tell your parents what happened today."
"Why, didn't the teacher never let me tell my parents what happened here?"
Mr. Zhuang touched her head and said: "Since I asked you to kneel down, I naturally have to live up to my name."
Mr. Zhuang touched her head and sighed quietly.
When I first met Man Bao, she was just a little girl who could just stand up by holding on to the wall. She seemed to be only eight or nine months old. She could barely stand steady by holding on to the wall.
Xiao Qian came to cook. Since she had just taken this job, she cherished it very much. She always came early. Not only did she have to clean inside and outside, but she also had to chop wood, light the fire, cook and cook.
So I couldn't help but neglect the child. At that time, Man Bao climbed to the threshold of the classroom, climbed over and hugged the door to listen to his lecture.
Mr. Zhuang was a little angry at first, thinking that Xiao Qian didn't know how to do things, so he put down the book, hugged her, and went to find Xiao Qian.
I originally wanted Xiao Qian to take care of her child, but I saw her chopping firewood with an ax and sweating profusely.
Mr. Zhuang was invited by Landlord Bai to teach in such a mountain village. Naturally, his family was not rich. In fact, he was also poor.
In his memory, this was how his mother brought him up, so Mr. Zhuang hesitated and did not call Xiao Qian. He turned around and took Man Bao back and let her sit on the threshold.
Fortunately, this child is also well-behaved. She sits on the doorstep, doesn't cry or fuss, and eats when given food. Seeing the students reading aloud, she also talks to herself.
Later, the first word she said was "sir", and Mr. Zhuang insisted on this statement.
This child is really smart. As soon as the one-year-old child could speak, she read "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang..." along with the students.
The students he taught, the youngest of whom was six years old, read it ten times, memorized it, and then forgot it again the next day, but this child's little mind remembered it very clearly.
Of course, she can only shout and does not know the words.
So Mr. Zhuang copied a thousand-character essay and gave it to her.
Later, Mr. Zhuang fell in love with her even more because he discovered that Manbao not only memorized books quickly, but also had an excellent memory and could also recognize words quickly.
After facing it several times, she can remember the word.
Why is such a smart, cute, and kind-hearted child not a boy?
Mr. Zhuang expressed regret more than once.
Then he couldn't help but teach her, teach her how to read, teach her principles, and even specially found some books to practice calligraphy, and then gave the manuscripts to her for her collection.
Although the words to accept her as a disciple came out of his mouth suddenly, he didn't think about it for a day or two. It was just because she was a girl that he hesitated.
In fact, he is just a scholar who was dropped out of the government school. His knowledge is limited after all, so why should he care too much about those false reputations?
Do you really want to be famous like the bad dad she calls him?
Mr. Zhuang rubbed Manbao's head harder and made up his mind: "You should go find your sister-in-law now and ask your parents to choose a good day to bring you to the door."