Chapter 38 Deskmate
The next morning, while the family was busy, Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang sneaked into the house and abducted Manbao. They each carried her by one hand to the backyard and quietly gave her the money they had earned from selling candy yesterday. "It's forty cents in total, which is just right, including the deposit. Miss Fu really likes it and said she'll buy it from us next time. Manbao, can you ask Mr. Zhuang where he buys his candy and whether it's expensive?"
Zhou Wulang had obviously thought of reselling the candies. Manbao counted out twenty coins and kept them for himself, dividing the rest between the two of them. He said, "I asked the master, and he introduced that man to me. Now we're friends. Don't worry, I'll buy you lots of candy in the future. We're the only ones who have this kind of candy. Next time you go to sell it, just tell her we want one coin each."
Zhou Liulang thought it was too expensive and asked, "Will it be unsellable?"
"Of course it can be sold. Miss Fu's father is the county magistrate. Look at how many people come into the county town every day. How much does he make?"
Zhou Wulang thought what Manbao said made sense, and whispered, "When I left the city today, I chatted with the soldiers guarding the city. They said that the county magistrate is going to issue new regulations. From now on, anyone entering the city, whether carrying a basket or not, will have to pay a one-cent entrance fee."
Manbao was shocked.
He rolled his eyes and said, "It would be a loss for us to go to the city with nothing. You can go into the mountains and find some beautiful flowers. Let my second brother weave small bamboo baskets for you. Put a piece of candy in it and sell it for five cents each. It will definitely sell well."
Zhou Wulang thought this was a good idea. He counted out ten coins from the twenty coins she had given him and gave them to her, saying, "Manbao, buy some more candy. Lao Liu and I will pay for these ten coins."
Manbao took it without any pressure, patting his chest and saying, "No problem!"
He came out with the egg wash and couldn't find Manbao, so she called out, "Manbao, where have you been?"
Manbao raised her two little arms, and Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang carried her on each side and quickly walked over.
Manbao giggled with joy and shouted, "Faster, higher."
Seeing the two brothers carrying Manbao like this, He couldn't help but pat them on the back and told them to let her out quickly. "It's so early in the morning and there's still fog outside. You're making her laugh. If she gets sick from breathing in the cold air, be careful or Dad will beat you."
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang left Manbao behind and ran away.
Manbao thought it was funny and pleaded for them, "I think that's great, Third Sister-in-law, please stop scolding them."
He asked her to drink the egg water and said, "Sister-in-law will go make you breakfast. After you eat, go to the school and bring the big characters you wrote yesterday."
Manbao agreed and ran back to find her masterpiece from last night, a large black piece of paper.
This was the first time Manbao dipped her brush in ink and wrote on paper. Before, she had always used a stick to write on the ground.
Since it is a stick, long and thick, of course you can hold it in whichever way is convenient. Manbao has seen people hold a pen more than once and knows how to hold it, but it is still a little difficult to hold it by himself.
The most important thing is that she didn't grind the ink well. It took her a long time to grind the ink yesterday.
However, she is still very confident in her handwriting. She thinks she is the only one who can write on the first day of school.
Manbao admired his own calligraphy, then carefully put it away, sandwiched it between two handwritten books, and went to have breakfast.
When she arrived at the school, the sun had already risen quite high and many students had arrived. The students who arrived took their own books and read in the classroom.
Manbao ran in holding his books and saw a person sitting in front of his desk. It was Bai Shanbao.
Manbao was about to run up and chase the man away, but then she thought about it and realized that she was wrong yesterday. She had already promised her mother Koko that she would apologize to him, so she couldn't chase the man away.
She could only go up and say hello to him.
When Bai Shanbao saw Manbao walking towards him, he immediately tensed his back and placed his hands on his knees. He had been kneeling for a long time last night and his knees were still a little sore.
Bai Shanbao glared at Manbao, but he knew that his grandmother and mother must still be in the yard of the gentleman next door. He didn't dare to take action again, nor did he want to argue with her.
Who knew that Manbao would come running over here and say to him, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you yesterday."
Bai Shanbao: ...Is this the same bad guy he met yesterday?
Seeing that he was staring at her without saying anything, Manbao thought he was still angry, so he took out a piece of candy wrapped in oil paper from his pocket, held it in front of him and said, "Here, I'm treating you to candy, so please don't be angry, okay?"
Bai Shanbao looked at the candy in her hand without saying anything.
In the eyes of the people outside the window, this scene seemed like Bai Shanbao was a lack of magnanimity. Even when the little girl took the initiative to apologize, he refused to accept it.
Mrs. Liu's face looked a little ugly, and Mrs. Zheng looked at her son in the classroom a little anxiously.
Mr. Bai was quietly explaining for Bai Shanbao, "Shanbao is still young, so it's understandable that he has a bad temper. He might also be embarrassed to talk to a young girl."
If you feel comfortable enough to fight, how can you feel uncomfortable enough to speak?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Manbao assumed that he accepted it, so he peeled off the oil paper and stuffed it directly into his mouth, saying, "This is my favorite kind of candy. It's not too sweet, but not greasy and fragrant."
Bai Shanbao tasted the sweetness and finally came back to his senses. He lowered his head to look at the book in front of him, then looked up at Manbao, and then said "hmm" softly.
Manbao was stunned for a while before realizing that he was answering her previous question.
Manbao couldn't help but sigh, "Your reaction is so slow."
Bai Shanbao just snorted.
Manbao put his book on the table and looked at him.
Bai Shanbao also looked at her, and the two of them stared at each other for a long time. Just when the adults watching outside were about to come in to intervene, Manbao said, "You've forgiven me, so it's time to go, right?"
Bai Shanbao was stunned and asked, "Where are we going? I'm here to study!"
"I'm here to study, too. This seat is mine!"
Bai Shanbao was unhappy and put his hands on the table and said, "It's obviously mine. The master asked me to sit here."
Manbao also put his hands on the table and said angrily: "It was the master who asked me to sit here. I came here before you, so this seat is mine!"
The classmate next to him couldn't help but said, "Two people sit at one table, one on each side. This is specially arranged by the teacher."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at the other students at the same time, and then they realized that everyone was really sitting two people to a table, so they said in unison: "I don't want to sit at the same table with him (her)."
The classmate said, "That can't be helped. You two are the shortest and smallest in the class. If you don't sit together, who will be willing to sit with you?"
The two looked at each other again, and finally pouted and accepted it reluctantly.
Manbao sat down, put "The Analects of Confucius" on the table, and then put "Thousand Character Classic" and her homework aside. Only then did she notice a box in the corner of the table.
She said to Bai Shanbao, "Put your box away. This is my place."
Bai Shanbao took a look and said, "This box is not mine."
Manbao's eyes lit up, and he dragged the box over with an adventurous spirit. Then he opened it with surprise and saw more than a dozen insects piled inside.
Manbao was stunned.
Bai Shanbao also stretched his neck out of curiosity to take a look, and then he was also stunned. The two children were stunned for a moment, and then they cried "Wow", closed their eyes and burst into tears.
The adults outside the classroom were startled and rushed in at the same time.
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