Chapter 1013 Socializing
Bai Shan has been in school for about a month. Although the class is divided into three factions and they look down on each other, there are actually not many conflicts between them.
Moreover, they are all teenagers in their teens, so it is relatively easy to get along with them. When they grow up, they are involved in more family affairs, and it is not easy to get along with them.
So he wanted to get along in the Imperial Academy. It was easy to say but difficult, but it was also easy.
He hadn't been willing to bother with this before, because he wanted to keep a low profile, and he had a ready-made excuse. But now he knew he was a fish on the chopping block, with only one breath left to live, and there was another fish lying next to him, and another in a bucket below, ready to be scooped up and put on the chopping block at any moment.
For the sake of their three lives, Bai Shan was still willing to take the trouble to compromise.
So the next day, he took a lunch box of the most delicious moon cakes made by Aunt Rong and brought it to school.
When Bai Erlang saw it, he also picked up a box. When Manbao saw it, he couldn't help but take out a food box from his arms.
Aunt Rong looked helpless as she distributed the moon cakes to them, saying, "You didn't say you wanted to eat them before, but the young master asked me to make some extra for his classmates, so I made these. Now that you have divided them all, what will the master and Young Master Zhou Wu eat?"
Manbao picked one out of the food box and put it on the plate. "This is for Mr. Master. My fifth brother and the others are not in a hurry. I'll make it tomorrow."
Aunt Rong looked at the lonely moon cake on the plate and was speechless for a while. "Who would arrange snacks like this?"
That's too stingy, there's only one on a plate.
Bai Shan also took a look and nodded, "It's not very good-looking."
So he reached out and picked it up and handed it to Bai Erlang, "Here, take it directly to the master."
Bai Erlang took it in a daze. Manbao urged him, "Hurry up, you're going to be late."
Bai Erlang took the snacks and ran to the small garden to find the gentleman who was taking a walk and treated him to some cakes.
Mr. Zhuang took it in confusion. Seeing that the child had run away, he shook his head, looked at the moon ball in his hand, and took a bite.
Aunt Rong prepared this last night and made it before dawn today. It’s just out of the pot and is still warm. It tastes especially good.
Mr. Zhuang nodded in satisfaction. When he returned to the Second Hospital after a walk, he had finished his snacks. He glanced at the table in the study and saw that it still had the usual sweet-scented osmanthus cake. He walked to the kitchen and asked Aunt Rong, "Where are the moon cakes?"
Aunt Rong wiped her hands and said, "Sir, Master Yue and the others have taken them away. If you want to eat, I will make it again later."
Mr. Zhuang vaguely understood, "...They took them all away?"
Aunt Rong said nervously, "Young Master and Young Master Tang said they wanted to bring some for their classmates, and Miss Man said she wanted to bring some for Shopkeeper Zheng and the others..."
Mr. Zhuang felt a little depressed.
Aunt Rong hurriedly said, "Miss Man also said that you can't eat too much of these moon cakes at once, or you'll get indigestion."
So you left one for him?
Mr. Zhuang decided that he should think carefully about the homework assigned to them for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Manbao brought a box of snacks to Jishidiang and only had time to eat with them at lunch time.
As soon as he ate the moon cake, Doctor Ding sighed, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival again."
Shopkeeper Zheng nodded and said, "Time flies by so fast."
Manbao took a bite of the mooncake and asked, "Is there anything special about Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing?"
The shopkeeper Zheng Da smiled and said, "It's pretty much the same as what you have in Yizhou. We admire the moon, have a reunion dinner, and go out to the streets to look at the lanterns. There's nothing special about it."
Manbao nodded. It was nothing surprising, but the capital was definitely more lively than Yizhou City.
Manbao finished his snack and drank a sip of water before asking, "Manager Zheng, is there any special news in the capital recently?"
"What special news could there be?" Shopkeeper Zheng said leisurely, sipping his tea. "Recently, various princes have arrived in the capital, so it's a bit lively. But it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, so no one would cause any major trouble at this time. Haven't you noticed that the number of patients with external injuries in our pharmacy has decreased in the past two days?"
"By the way, I heard that the young master of the Wu family broke his leg yesterday, and was treated by Doctor Zhao from Baicaotang next door?"
Manager Zheng said, "I've asked about it. It's not a serious illness. The bones are all fine. Just lie down for a couple of months and you'll be fine."
He laughed and said, "He said he fell off his horse. In fact, he met the Prince of Teng. The two had an old grudge, so they arranged to go horse racing together. They ended up fighting in the stables, and he accidentally broke his leg. Young Master Wu felt embarrassed and insisted that he broke it himself. The two families didn't want to cause trouble, so they said it wasn't a serious injury, just a broken bone, so they just let it go."
Manbao: "...Isn't a broken leg a serious injury?"
"That depends on how severe the fracture is. If it can be reattached without any problems, it's not considered a serious injury. If it can't be reattached properly and the patient becomes lame, that's a serious injury."
Manbao couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, "People in the capital are really scary."
When she was fighting with Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, if someone made her bleed, she would hold a grudge for a year, but if someone broke her leg, she would hold a grudge for the rest of her life.
Manbao said with some regret: "Why doesn't the King of Yizhou like to fight?"
Manager Zheng said, "...What are you talking about? The King of Yizhou is already so old, what will it look like if he fights again? His son is no better."
"Is Prince Teng very young?"
"Not young anymore, probably in his twenties," said Zheng Da, the shopkeeper. "He's the youngest son of the late emperor. He was still young when the current emperor ascended the throne. He was crowned Prince of Teng at the age of twelve, and then he took the noble lady to Tengzhou to take up his post. However, since he was young and Tengzhou wasn't particularly far from the capital, he was often summoned back during festivals, which is why he's familiar with many of the young masters in the capital."
Once we get to know each other, we can't help but fight. We are both grown men with good family backgrounds. If you don't accept me, I look down on you in my heart, so why don't we fight?
Sometimes, when they had minor injuries or illnesses that were difficult to treat by calling a royal physician, they would come to the pharmacy to ask for help from a doctor. Therefore, Manager Zheng was familiar with these young men because he had treated injuries to their limbs, heads, waists, abdomens, and backs.
Zheng Da, the shopkeeper, also summarized it, "The legs and waist are the most vulnerable parts. It's a pity that these parts don't look good on you."
Manbao asked without any self-awareness, "Why?"
"Because you are a girl."
Manbao: ...
Manbao was asking for information in the pharmacy, and Bai Shan also launched an offensive in the Imperial College. After lunch, everyone had time to rest. Bai Shan opened the lunch box, gave one to Yin Huo, and then took the rest to Peng Zhiru.
Lu Xiaofo was also there, and he treated the two of them to a meal. The classmate who was talking to Peng Zhiru and Lu Xiaofo also took the cakes handed to them by Bai Shan. After taking a bite, he found them delicious and asked, "How do you make these moon cakes in Mianzhou?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Almost the same, this is what we learned from Yizhou..."
Following Yuetuan, several people started talking.
The next update will be around 7pm
(End of this chapter)
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