Chapter 42

Master Zhang looked at Huo Rui, Luo Chaoyan and the others and asked, "Are you ready?"

Huo Rui nodded reluctantly, while Luo Chaoyan smiled, looking confident.

"Okay, let's start the relay game." Master Zhang stroked his beard and said, "Confucius said: Learning and practicing from time to time is a pleasure. Who will take over?"

Huo Rui quickly said, "It is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar. It is also a sign of a gentleman not to be angry when people don't know him." After saying this, he raised his chin proudly. Fortunately, he spoke quickly, so he could remember the simple beginning, but he couldn't remember the difficult ones later.

"Zeng Zi said: I examine myself three times a day: Am I loyal when I work for others? Am I trustworthy when I interact with friends? Am I not able to practice what I preach?" Huo Yu took it calmly.

When it was Huo Shun's turn, he answered with some hesitation: "I... I was determined to study at fifteen, I became independent at thirty, I was free from doubts at forty, I was fifty... uh... fifty... I knew the will of heaven at fifty, I was obedient to others at sixty, and I followed my heart's desire at seventy without breaking the rules."

call! He finally memorized it. He was so anxious that his palms were sweating.

Huo Rui was also worried just now. He was afraid that Huo Shun really couldn't recite it, and then they would lose before they even started. Wouldn't that make that woman too proud?

"The Master said: If one can review the old and learn the new, he can be a teacher."

"The Master said: 'To learn without thinking is to be lost; to think without learning is to be in danger.'"

Luo Chaoyan recited the last two simple sentences directly.

When it was Huo Ze's turn, he looked at her in disbelief. Why did she recite the last sentence as well? Didn't he have to recite the longer one?

He looked at Huo Rui with a bitter face.

Huo Rui pointed at Luo Chaoyan and said, "You broke the rules!"

Luo Chaoyan laughed and said, "How did I break the rules? It's called relay, but it doesn't specify how many sentences each person has to say."

She looked at Master Zhang, "Master Zhang, what do you think?"

"It's indeed not a foul." Master Zhang nodded.

Huo Rui gritted his teeth. This woman was so insidious and cunning, but he couldn't find any evidence against her. He was so angry.

"It's your turn." Luo Chaoyan reminded with a smile.

Huo Ze frowned, he really couldn't remember, he looked at Huo Rui with some guilt, "Boss..."

"Let me count for you, ten, nine, eight..." Luo Chaoyan said with a loving face.

Even when he counted to one, Huo Ze still couldn't recite it.

Master Zhang said, "Huo Rui, I'll give you a chance. If anyone in your team can recite it, you'll pass."

The kids from Huo Rui's team looked at each other and lowered their heads.

Master Zhang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, saying, "How virtuous Hui is! With only a bowl of rice and a jug of water, living in a humble alley, people cannot bear the worry, but Hui does not change his joy. How virtuous Hui is."

"Go back and copy it twenty times. If you still can't remember it after twenty times, then keep copying it until you can remember it."

"ah?"

Huo Shun and the other children wailed again. Why do these teachers always like to punish people by making them copy books?

"Ahem!" Although Luo Chaoyan wanted to shed tears for them, she felt that since it was a competition, there would be winners and losers, and since she lost, she had to keep her promise.

"Master Zhang, if we lose, don't we have to weed in the vegetable garden? Do we have to be punished for this?" Huo Rui was a little dissatisfied.

Master Zhang snorted coldly and said, "You have already had breakfast, so you won't have dinner?"

"Master, you are absolutely right. As the saying goes, diligence can make up for lack of talent. Since I don't have a natural brain like Huo Yu, I can only rely on hard work." Luo Chaoyan agreed.

Huo Shun, Huo Ze and other children finally understood why the eldest brother said that his stepmother was difficult to deal with. Not only is he difficult to deal with, he is simply the boss's nemesis.

Master Zhang nodded, "Young Madam is indeed sensible."

Luo Chaoyan said modestly, "No, Master, you are too kind."

When Huo Rui and Huo Shun and a few others walked to the vegetable garden in the backyard, they were stunned when they saw a green and overgrown vegetable garden.

A little kid wondered, "Are we in the wrong place?"

Huo Ze shook his head and said, "Yes, it's here. This is the only vegetable patch in the school."

"There's too much grass here. How long has it been since you weeded it?" Huo Shun said.

Huo Ze nodded and said, "There are so many. How long will it take us to get rid of them?"

"Yeah!" the other kids echoed.

"Boss, can we find someone to help us?"

Huo Rui frowned, and after thinking for a while, he said, "If we ask for help, Master Zhang will find out and punish us to copy books again."

"What should I do then?"

"Boss, I'm afraid there might be some poisonous snake in this grass." Huo Ze said.

"Huo Ze, don't scare me." said a timid child.

Everyone looked at the weed field with some fear.

As the eldest, Huo Ze had to lead by example. He took a small hoe and walked to the edge of the grass. He smashed around and saw nothing came out. Then he walked closer and said to the other friends, "What are men afraid of? We are going to be generals in the future. We can't be defeated by such a small matter."

As he spoke, he lifted up the small hoe and dug into the ground with all his strength. The iron hoe sank into the soil. When he lifted the hoe, it did not move at all. In order not to embarrass himself in front of his friends, he had to do his best.

Seeing him do this, the other children had no choice but to follow suit.

Luo Chaoyan and Fengli found a secluded place, cracked melon seeds, and watched the show with complete concentration, without the slightest awareness that they were abusing a child.

She had to admit that she felt Huo Rui looked a bit like Huo Jin when he was serious. Cough cough! It's nothing, why does she think of him?

"Madam, it's already noon. I'm sure the young master must be hungry. Why don't you ask the teacher to let them weed another day?" Bai Mu said anxiously.

"No, that won't work. We should finish today's work today. This is what the Master taught us." Luo Chaoyan said leisurely.

Bai Mu felt very distressed when he saw his young master was sweating from exhaustion. Since the young lady couldn't convince him, he could only go forward to help.

"Stop!" Luo Chaoyan stopped Bai Mu who was about to move forward.

Bai Mu said, "Madam, if you don't feel sorry for the young master, I do."

This accusatory look made it seem as if she had committed an unforgivable crime.

"I am doing this for their own good. The Master said that if Heaven wants to give a man a great responsibility, it must first make him suffer. I am also doing this to train your young master to have the noble quality of enduring hardships and standing hard work."

"Hey, Baimu, have you noticed that I'm speaking more and more like a scholar? Oh, it seems my grandmother was right to let me come to accompany her to study. I think in some time, I will be able to speak fluently." Luo Chaoyan said proudly.

Bai Mu was speechless for a while.