Chapter 535: Scared
Daji was walking in front, pulling the carriage, but the three children, one adult and three children, who were left behind, did not move. They were all looking up at the restaurant on the left.
Manbao couldn't help but sniff, his eyes sparkling: "It smells so good."
Bai Shanbao pointed at the plaque on the gate and said, "Ganxiang Tower!"
Bai Erlang said, "We didn't go there last time. Have you been there, sir?"
"I've been there," Mr. Zhuang retracted his gaze and said, "But it's too expensive. Let's go to another place."
The three little men touched their purses at the same time. Mr. Zhuang also took a look at their purses and said, "Be frugal. We still have to stay in the state capital for several months."
After that, he led the way and left. The three little ones looked at Ganxianglou reluctantly again, and then hurriedly chased after him, "Sir, what do you say we should eat?"
A window on the second floor of Ganxiang Tower opened. Li Erlang watched the four people walk away before he looked away.
The attendant beside him bowed and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to run into them again. Master, do you want to go and take a look?"
Li Erlang shook his head and smiled, "No rush, we just arrived in Yizhou City, let's take a walk around the city for the next two days."
Mr. Zhuang led them around until they found a mutton soup restaurant. He said, "Give me a basket of naan bread, two bowls of mutton offal soup, and three bowls of mutton soup."
Daji parked the carriage with great difficulty, and as soon as he entered the door, the waiter brought the things up.
It's called soup, but most of the bowl is meat or mutton offal, with some radish added for seasoning.
Each bowl was as big as Manbao's head, practically a small basin. The four of them worked together, pushing some of the mutton over, some of the mutton offal over, and most of it went into Daji's bowl.
Manbao said, "When I grow up a little bit, I will be able to eat that much."
Bai Shanbao: "How fat do you have to be?"
"Daji eats so much, but he doesn't get fat." Manbao is also confident that he won't get fat even if he eats so much.
Mr. Zhuang coughed lightly and said, "Don't talk while eating."
The three of them immediately lowered their heads and started eating. Daji liked to take a bite of the bread and eat a piece of meat, but Manbao and the other two liked to tear off a piece of naan and throw it into the bowl, waiting for it to absorb the soup before eating it.
The mutton soup in this restaurant is delicious, and the naan bread is also very chewy. Manbao was very satisfied with the meal. Thinking of his fourth brother who was still at home, he thoughtfully ordered another portion.
Thinking that if he didn't eat it, they could have it as a midnight snack.
Bai Erlang thought this was a good idea and said to Manbao, "I think your fourth brother must have eaten."
Bai Shanbao said, "Let's order an extra portion, just in case he doesn't have any. And look at Daji, they all have big appetites. If we order an extra portion, they won't be able to finish it, so we can use it as a midnight snack."
Mr. Zhuang said to them, "They are thinking about midnight snacks right after having a full dinner. They don't want to accumulate food at night."
"Sir, we would like to light a lamp and read at night."
"That's not necessary," Mr. Zhuang said. "There are still twenty-five days before the provincial school exam."
"No, we found the twelve volumes of 'Water Classic' in the bookstore today," Bai Shanbao said, "Manbao and I want to sort them out."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but sit up straight and asked in surprise, "Shui Jing Zhu?"
"yes."
Mr. Zhuang immediately stood up and said, "Come on, let's go back and take a look. Are you sure it's the Shui Jing Zhu?"
Daji, who hadn't finished eating yet, had to speed up and drink up all the soup in the bowl before chasing after them.
Now Mr. Zhuang didn't care whether there was room in the cart or not, and made the three little ones get on even if they had to squat on the shaft.
When everyone returned to the courtyard and the gate opened, Zhou Silang, who was sitting in the dark, raised his head and looked at them aggrievedly.
Bai Shanbao, who bumped into him accidentally, was startled and jumped up with a scream, and then scared Bai Erlang so much that he collapsed to the ground with a scream.
Manbao, who was supporting his husband, immediately rushed over and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Zhou Silang, hugging his injured leg in the shadows, cried out in grievance, "I haven't even screamed yet, what are you screaming for?"
Manbao rushed over, looked at his fourth brother, then looked at Bai Shanbao who had jumped far away and Bai Erlang who was sitting on the ground trembling, and asked, "Fourth brother, why don't you light the lamp?"
"Lamp oil is so expensive, and I'm home alone with nothing to do, why should I light a lamp?" Zhou Silang was very aggrieved. "Where have you been? Didn't you say you were only going to be gone for half a day? When I came back from the toilet, you weren't back yet. I cleaned the house inside and out, but you still didn't come back. I even went out to look for you, but there was no sign of you. I thought you were gone."
"We went to the bookstore," Manbao said a little embarrassedly, "Fourth brother, have you had dinner?"
"No, you all are gone, how can I have time to eat dinner?"
Bai Shanbao patted his chest and stepped forward to save face. "We bought you dinner. Actually, I was startled because I kicked something..."
"Alright, light up the lights," Mr. Zhuang said, having already taken a book basket from the cart. He waved his hand and said, "Manbao, bring your two junior brothers to see me in the study."
Zhou Silang rubbed his legs and went to light the lamp first, while Daji helped Mr. Zhuang carry the remaining two heavy book baskets to the study.
In the light of the lamp, Zhou Silang saw that Bai Erlang's face was still a little pale, so he asked worriedly: "Are you scared?"
Bai Erlang said stubbornly: "I, I didn't, I was knocked to the ground by Bai Shan."
Bai Shanbao denied it, "I didn't bump into you, I clearly jumped to the other side."
Zhou Silang touched his hand and said thoughtfully, "No, you're still young, you can't be scared. Wait, I'll go call your soul back. Didn't you buy dinner? Where's the food?"
Manbao: "There is no rice, only naan bread."
Zhou Silang said, "Naan bread is fine, we'll make do with it."
Zhou Silang took out the naan and soup from the lunch box, filled each of them with a small bowl, and then walked to the door and bowed under the gaze of the five people. He took out three incense sticks from somewhere, stuck them into the ground, and muttered, "Bai Cheng is back, Bai Cheng is back obediently..."
This was not the first time Bai Erlang had seen this. If a child in the village was sick or crying incessantly, the adults would often do this. He had witnessed this several times.
But this was the first time he had experienced this.
Because if he got frightened, the first thing his grandmother, his father, and his mother would do was to give him a bowl of bitter soothing soup.
So when Zhou Silang walked up to him and called him "Bai Cheng" loudly, he just stared at him blankly.
Zhou Silang became even more worried. "Was this kid scared silly? Bai Cheng!"
Bai Erlang couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Here we are, stop shouting, you're the one who got scared silly."
Zhou Silang saw this and smiled contentedly, "Okay, everything is fine now that my soul has been called back. I'm going to eat now."
Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang expressed their doubts, "Is this enough?"
Man Bao, who had seen this many times and even been called that many times himself, nodded seriously and said, "Yes, that's enough."
Bai Shanbao expressed his doubts, "Will this work?"
Manbao said from personal experience: "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't."
Mr. Zhuang stroked his forehead, knocked on the desk and said, "Alright, let's not talk about ghosts and gods. Come here quickly."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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