Chapter 218 A Thick Letter (Please Collect and Recommend)
Very good, another matter has been turned over. The legal advisor and the chief clerk, who understood the subtle meaning, breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look at Manbao curiously again.
Children who can always say things that stump adults are also very powerful to a certain extent.
However, Manbao was young to begin with, and had congenital deficiencies. Even though he was now white and chubby, he was very short, and with that chubby little face, he looked very young.
No one would blame her for speaking rudely, but instead think that she was just speaking without restraint.
Looking at Bai Shanbao again, those who understood the meaning of the story smiled slightly. He was just a child of seven or eight years old. It was too far-fetched to link the matter to the taboos between men and women.
But having said that, after lunch, Mr. Bai asked Magistrate Fu and his party to go to the guest room to rest for a while, and then he took the two children to the study to talk, deciding to teach them the art of speaking.
You are not young anymore, so you should learn this. Otherwise, you will always offend people when you go out, and you might even be put in a sack without knowing why. That would be too miserable.
Old Zhou also felt that the little girl was too talkative and was about to talk to her, but after listening for a while at the study door, he quietly left.
He felt that if his family made tofu again in the future, they should not only send it to Shanbao's family next door, but also send some to Mr. Bai's family here.
Although County Magistrate Fu wanted to appear more diligent, the environment of the Bai family was indeed good. In addition, he had not had enough rest and sleep for a long time. After eating and drinking, he sat on the bed and couldn't help falling asleep.
After a while, he fell on the couch and fell asleep.
The chief clerk and the legal advisor were also very sleepy, and they both fell asleep in their own guest room.
There was no way around it. County Magistrate Fu didn't get enough rest, and neither did they, because they followed him almost the entire time when he went to the countryside for inspection.
The county lieutenant and the county magistrate can have other things to do and stay in the city, but the chief clerk and the legal advisor cannot. The former is in charge of money and grain, and he has to go if there is relief and statistical data; and the latter, because the lord has gone to the countryside, of course he has to follow to see the situation and then make suggestions.
The three of them slept for a long time. Manbao and Bai Shanbao not only finished listening to the class "On the Importance of Speaking Art" taught by Mr. Bai, but also discussed it with each other. Then they took a soft couch and took a nap.
When he woke up, County Magistrate Fu had not yet gotten up. Manbao's eyes rolled and he immediately went to get paper and pen to write a letter.
Perhaps having learned her lesson, she looked around first, making sure she and Bai Shanbao were the only ones in the study before she said to him, "Second Sister Fu is really nice. I'm so happy talking to her. Oh, if I didn't have to do so much every time I go to the county town, I really want to talk to her from morning to night."
Bai Shanbao had originally wanted to make a book friend like Manbao, but he became unhappy when he heard her say that. He snorted and said, "She's so much older than us. What's there to talk to her about?"
"She understands a lot. She can understand a lot of what I say, and I can understand what she says, too."
"I can understand everything you say, but can't you understand what I say?"
Manbao looked at him strangely. "Of course you can, but you're alone. Now with Sister Fu Er, there are two of us. If you can become good friends with Sister Fu Er, then the three of us can play together and even discuss homework together."
Manbao wrinkled his nose in disdain and said, "Bai Er is too stupid. He doesn't understand a lot of things when discussing homework with him. It's really boring. It's more interesting to talk to you and Sister Fu Er."
Mr. Zhuang has always given the two of them special lessons, and the books he taught them privately were different from those used by Bai Er and the others. Just before the Dragon Boat Festival, Mr. Zhuang had informed the two of them that they would be reading the same books as Zhou Bin and the others from now on.
This kind of thing happens from time to time. Perhaps it is because there are not many students in the school, and Mr. Zhuang's mind is on students all day long, so he pays great attention to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Some children's progress is different from that of other students.
There are those who progress quickly like Manbao and Bai Shanbao, and naturally there are also those who progress a little slower like Bai Erlang.
Zhou Bin is the eldest grandson of the village chief. He entered school two years earlier than Bai Erlang, and his academic progress is different from theirs.
They discussed their homework with Bai Erlang, but of course Bai Erlang couldn't keep up with them.
Although Manbao's reasons were very convincing, Bai Shanbao still felt that there was no need to have one more person in their study group, and that person was far away in the county town, so everyone had to write letters to communicate.
Instead of going through so much trouble, if you have any questions, you might as well go and talk to Zhou Bin and others.
Seeing that Bai Shanbao really didn't want to make friends with Miss Fu Er, Manbao could only feel regretful. He gave up the idea of putting his letter in hers and started writing to Miss Fu Er.
After County Magistrate Fu woke up, he washed his face and drank a sip of tea. Manbao ran over and handed him the letter, hoping that he could give it to his second daughter on her behalf.
County Magistrate Fu curiously took the square-folded stack of letters and asked, "Why don't you seal it in an envelope?"
"The envelope is very expensive. Anyway, it's not far, and it's not a delivery. Just hold it in your hand. I don't mind, and Sister Fu doesn't mind either."
County Magistrate Fu: "...Envelope, is it very expensive?"
Manbao nodded vigorously and sighed, "It's expensive! The cost of one envelope is enough to buy enough manuscript paper for me to write ten letters to Second Sister Fu."
If she hadn't bought all her paper from the mall, she wouldn't have been willing to write letters so frequently. The paper in the bookstore was too expensive.
Bai Shanbao said from the side: "It's definitely not enough, because you wrote too much."
Manbao hummed, "Because I have a lot to say to her."
County Magistrate Fu was particularly curious about what she had written. She could actually write such a thick stack of words. No, no, no, that was not the point. The point was that she was so young. Wouldn't she be annoyed or tired by writing so many words?
You have to know that his son is older than her, and asking him to write two big characters every day is like asking him to die.
However, County Magistrate Fu was still very self-disciplined in front of others. Although he wanted to read it very much, he still didn't read it. He put the letter away and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will get it back to her."
In the afternoon, they mainly went to check the damage to the fields in Qili Village. Although the days were long in summer, they couldn't stay too late, so County Magistrate Fu packed up and went to the fields with everyone to check the condition of the crops.
This time, not only Manbao and Bai Shanbao followed, but Master Bai also brought Bai Erlang, who was hiding in the backyard to enjoy the cool air.
So the three children followed a group of adults into the fields under the scorching sun. Bai Erlang's face was red from the sun, and he couldn't help but murmur to the two of them, "Why do you want me to come? I don't know how to farm."
Manbao and Bai Shanbao were both wearing straw hats, and they were with the adults. Seeing Bai Erlang's face getting red from the sun, Bai Shanbao advised him, "You'd better wear a hat, be careful of heatstroke."
"No, it's too ugly."
Tomorrow V
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