Chapter 254 Very Happy
Wei Zhi looked at the two children in surprise, then at Mr. Zhuang, and asked with a smile, "How old are you this year?"
Bai Shanbao said proudly: "I'm eight years old!"
Manbao added: "It's the age in lunar years!"
Bai Shanbao: "...You are only six years old!"
Manbao snorted and said, "I'll be older than you soon. Girls grow faster than boys."
Wei Zhi burst into laughter and asked, "Who said that?"
Manbao said proudly, "My friend!"
Of course my friend is Koko.
The soil and water in Qili Village may be very suitable for Bai Shanbao. He has grown very fast since last year. He was originally only half a head taller than Manbao, but now he is almost a head taller than Manbao.
The last time they had a fight, Manbao got angry and hit him. Then the two of them started fighting, and it was already very difficult for her to knock him down, and in the end she almost broke her teeth.
At that time, Keke comforted her and said that in two years, she would grow faster than Bai Shanbao, because generally speaking, girls develop earlier than boys.
Manbao has been waiting for that time to come.
Wei Zhi thought someone was just trying to comfort the child, so he didn't take it to heart. He then mentioned their homework, "Yesterday I tested Bai Shan's homework. Although he's only eight years old, he did pretty well. I wonder how you're doing?"
Manbao was very confident, "I won't be worse than him, you can test me."
Wei Zhi looked at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang was also happy to show off his little disciple to him and raised his hand to signal him to proceed.
Wei Zhi then tested her. He had asked Bai Shanbao yesterday and knew that he had finished learning the "Book of Songs" and was now reading "The Great Learning", but he started testing Manbao from "Thousand Character Classic", and compared to the difficult "The Great Learning", he preferred to ask Manbao about "The Analects of Confucius".
Manbao is very familiar with this book, even more familiar than Bai Shanbao.
Since her handwriting became legible, she copied two copies of "The Analects of Confucius" and returned them to her teacher. The first set of textbooks she used were all copied for her by Mr. Zhuang.
After Manbao understood the book after reading it, I would always copy two more copies for him so that he could give them to other students in the future. It was much cheaper than buying books in the county town.
Mr. Zhuang accepted all the books brought in by his young disciples, and when Manbao copied them, she was reviewing them. In addition, she was now teaching her brothers and nephews and nieces to read the Analects, so of course she was more familiar with it than Bai Shanbao.
Confucius said something very true: "Review the old to learn the new." Although she did not gain something every time she read "The Analects", she still gained something from reading it several times.
Therefore, her interpretation of the text is more profound than Bai Shanbao's.
Wei Zhi listened more and more attentively, and Manbao became happier and happier as he talked. He accidentally broke out of his chatterbox nature and simply asked Wei Zhi some questions that neither Keke nor Mr. Zhuang could answer.
Wei Zhi: ...Children always look at things from a strange perspective, and the questions they ask are naturally strange as well, making them difficult to answer.
But this big guy has become the Secretary General after all, and his ability is there.
So although he was surprised for a moment, he still answered Manbao's question seriously.
Although the book "The Analects of Confucius" is very basic, it can be read for a lifetime. Not to mention Man Bao and Bai Shanbao, even Mr. Zhuang listened with great interest and benefited greatly from Wei Zhi's explanation.
So, Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but join in and asked Wei Zhi some of his accumulated questions.
The four of them became more and more excited as they talked. If Lu Feng hadn't run over to remind Mr. Zhuang that it was time for the afternoon class, they would not have reacted.
Mr. Zhuang stood up with a look of regret and said apologetically to Wei Zhi, "A conversation with Mr. Wei is worth ten years of reading. It's a pity that we can't chat for long today. I wonder if Mr. Wei would mind meeting me for a drink at my humble abode later in the day?"
Wei Zhi readily agreed.
Mr. Zhuang happily sent Wei Zhi out the door, and then took the two children back to class.
It wasn't until he sat down at his desk that Manbao realized, "We forgot to take a nap."
Bai Shanbao said painfully, "You just realized it now? I was feeling a little sleepy just now."
But sleeping in class is impossible, especially when they are sitting in the first row.
Wei Zhi was out for most of the day and returned to the Bai family leisurely with his hands behind his back. Liu saw all his whereabouts.
Daji stood aside with his hands hanging down and asked, "Old Madam, can he be trusted?"
Liu was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's wait and see. This gentleman isn't in a hurry to leave anyway, is he?"
"What about Miss Manbao..."
Ever since he knew that Manbao's parents were Zhou Yin, and Zhou Yin were the couple from that year, Daji changed the way he addressed Manbao.
This time, Mrs. Liu was silent for even longer. "Let nature take its course. If Shanbao brings Manbao back again today, let them play more in the garden instead of staying in the study reading all the time."
Originally, she was not sure whether to tell Wei Zhi everything, so she didn't want him to see Manbao. This was for the good of the Zhou family and also for Manbao's sake.
She didn't want to involve the Zhou family in an uncertain situation.
But now that he has met the person, it is obviously a better choice to make him have a better impression of Manbao.
The carefree Manbao and Bai Shanbao knew nothing about this. As soon as school was over, Bai Shanbao invited Manbao to his house to do homework.
Because the two of them were lazy, Mr. Zhuang gave them a lot of homework today.
He felt that even if he started doing his homework as soon as he got home, he probably wouldn't be able to finish it before dinner.
This made him a little sad, and he also blamed Manbao a little, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't stuttered, the master wouldn't have asked me such a deep question later."
Manbao was not convinced, "It was obviously you who didn't prepare well enough, and you couldn't answer the teacher's question, but you still blame me."
Bai Shanbao didn't want to argue with her because he still had to do homework with her soon, so he said, "Okay, we have a new lesson tomorrow. After we finish our homework and review, we still have to preview. Why don't you have dinner at my house? After dinner, we can continue previewing together."
"I'll go back to my house to eat, and come back when I'm full."
“Why don’t you eat at my house?”
"Because my eldest sister-in-law is cooking today, my second brother and his family must have bought some meat from the county town today. When my second sister-in-law cooks tomorrow, you can invite me to your house for dinner."
Bai Shanbao: "...Okay."
When they got home, their grandmother actually asked them to go play in the garden instead of rushing to do their homework. Bai Shanbao became even more worried. "Grandma, can we wait until we finish our homework before going to play in the garden?"
Liu didn't know they had more homework today, so she thought they were trying to sneak a peek at some books in the study again. So, she put on a serious face and said, "No."
Manbao tugged at Bai Shanbao, and Bai Shanbao had no choice but to agree.
As soon as he left the house, Manbao said to him, "You are so stupid. Why did you make Grandma Liu angry? Why don't we just take our homework to the garden and do it?"
There will be two more chapters around 11pm. It's very late now. You can go to bed first and read it tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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