Chapter 46 Face to face
As soon as the school bell rang, the children stood up and said goodbye to Mr. Zhuang respectfully. After Mr. Zhuang waved his hand, everyone ran out happily.
Of course, Manbao was not far behind. She rushed out with her book in her arms. Shanbao was even faster than her. When she ran outside, she met Datou who came to pick up Manbao.
Liu learned yesterday that after school, the children from each family went home on their own, and the Bai family's house was not far from the school.
She knew that if Shanbao wanted to integrate into the school quickly, he couldn't be treated specially, so they all agreed not to pick him up today.
Shanbao was very happy to do so and told his classmates that he would go out and play with them.
So at this time Liu did not send anyone to pick him up, but instead sent her servants to watch the river. If Bai Shanbao went to the river to play, they would catch him and bring him back.
Seeing that Manbao still needed someone to pick her up, Shanbao became very proud and said that she was still a child who had not been weaned.
Manbao said, "You are not weaned. I stopped breastfeeding after eight months. Humph, Datou is here to help me get the book."
"Yes, I came to get a book for my aunt."
That's what she said, but Manbao has also decided that when she gets home in the evening, she will tell her mother and ask Datou and the others not to pick her up from the school anymore.
Manbao felt that he was being looked down upon, so he ordered Datou as dignifiedly as possible, "We are going to dig lotus roots. Datou, you lead the way!"
Datou felt that his aunt was just a child after all, and she acted on impulse. With her small stature, she went out to dig lotus roots. Was she digging lotus roots or burying herself?
But he glanced at Bai Shanbao next to him and felt that he couldn't embarrass his aunt in front of her classmates, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Aunt, let's take the books home first. We still have to go back to get the hoe."
Manbao paused for a moment, her head held high. She scratched her head, tried to recall, and asked, "Do you need a hoe to dig lotus roots?"
Big Head said firmly: "Yes, the lotus root is in the mud."
Bai Shanbao looked at Manbao with contempt, thinking she was so stupid. Even though he didn't farm, he knew that things in the soil had to be dug with a hoe.
He felt that he was of the same generation as Manbao and was also Datou's elder, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go."
Bai Erlang, who was watching them from the side, saw that they went in another direction and couldn't help scratching his head, "What should I do?"
Bai Erlang gritted his teeth and said, "Follow us. If it's just the three of them, we won't be afraid. We are bigger than them."
The other two friends also felt that they could definitely beat the three of them, so they dragged the sacks forward together.
Datou led them back to Zhou's house. After putting the book down, he walked around the house and found that all the adults were not at home. He knew that grandma must have gone to the vegetable garden. The family was going to harvest autumn cabbage today. Usually, grandma had to make the decision on such important matters at home.
Manbao and Shanbao were both urging them to do it. After all, they were just children and were very anxious.
Datou had no choice but to find Erya, who was cooking in the kitchen, and asked her to go to the field to find her fourth uncle, and then go directly to the lotus field by the river to find them.
Erya took a look at the rice that was being cooked and ran over.
Datou took out a thick stick and said, "The hoe has been taken away by the family. Let's go get the stick."
Manbao and Shanbao will have no objection, as long as they can go.
So everyone walked towards the river and walked along the river bank. A little further out of the village, there was a river beach. The river washed out a large wetland here, then made a circle and continued to flow down. The children didn’t know where the river would flow to, but they heard that it would flow into the mountains.
Manbao wanted to follow the river more than once to see where it led. Datou, knowing Xiaogu's dangerous idea, warned her as they walked, "You can't follow the river. If you do, you'll never see us again. You can't get close to the water. If you fall in, I can't catch you."
Manbao didn't know whether he heard it or not, but he nodded anyway.
When he arrived at the place, Shanbao looked up and found that there were a lot of tall weeds and sparse withered lotus leaves on the river bank.
Although it was called a river beach, the soil near where they were standing was actually hard. Because it had rained yesterday, there were still many small pits filled with water. The water was very clear and the bottom of the pits could be clearly seen.
Bai Shanbao squatted down to look curiously, and reached out to measure the small hole.
Datou only took one look and said, "It must have been left here by the village chief's cows that came here to graze."
He sighed, "The grass here is so green, so long, and so delicious."
Bai Shanbao asked him curiously, "Have you ever eaten it?"
Datou thought he was stupid, "Grass is for cows to eat, have you ever eaten it?"
"Then how do you know it tastes good?"
Big Head choked.
Shanbao and Manbao were attracted by the puddles of various sizes on the ground and temporarily forgot to dig lotus roots. Datou certainly didn't remind them and let them play there.
Anyway, the river water has receded now, and this large area is dry land. No matter how hard they fall, they will not fall into the river as long as they don't run into it.
The two little friends who had never seen the world were running around in the tall reeds, and they exclaimed when they saw some small fish swimming around in the small puddle.
The servant of the Bai family who was sent by Liu to keep an eye on the young master looked at the two children squatting on the ground from a distance, their two little heads almost touching each other, chatting like this around a small puddle, so he decided not to go forward for the time being.
Anyway, this place is indeed quite a distance away from the river.
I don’t know what the two children talked about, but they started playing hide-and-seek with their eyes covered. However, Big Head obviously didn’t participate in it, he just watched from the side.
So the servants saw their young master squatting in the bushes, and the big head pointed to the young lady of the Zhou family, and then their young master was found.
Servant: ...How shameless. But this kid is good. He knows not to participate in the game and just watch them.
So the servant decided to forgive them. He looked around and found a high ground so that he could observe the situation below more comprehensively.
He could only let them play for another three quarters of an hour at most, and after that he would say they had to go home no matter what.
Just when the servants moved their positions and temporarily left their sight, Bai Shanbao had already guessed that it was Datou who informed Manbao, so he expressed serious opposition. He said that if this continued, he would not play anymore.
Manbao said that this would not happen again, so the two children reconciled. Because Manbao cheated, this time Shanbao went to hide and Manbao went to find.
Manbao knew that the grass here was too tall, making it difficult to find anyone, but she knew the benefits of startling the enemy, so she randomly chose a direction and rushed in, shouting, "I see you, I see you, don't move..."
So Bai Shanbao moved guiltily, and Manbao immediately found his location.
Bai Shanbao was so angry that he turned around and ran to the side before Manbao even got close to him...
There were three kids squatting there. They were still planning how to put Bai Shanbao into the sack, but before they could finish their plan, someone rushed over.
Bai Erlang's actions were much faster than his brain. Before his brain could react, he grabbed the sack and put it over Bai Shanbao's head.
Two friends: ...We've seen his face, so is there any difference whether he wears a sack or not?
(End of this chapter)
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