Chapter 586 Seat
Mr. Zhuang always arranges seats according to age and height.
That year, Manbao and his classmates had just entered the school. Because they were the youngest and the shortest, they sat in the front for two years. Later, they surpassed Bai Erlang and other classmates who started school together, and were transferred to the side with older students. However, since they were still the youngest and the shortest, they changed rows and still sat at the front table.
She thought it was the same at the provincial school.
No matter how ambitious Bai Shanbao is, he is only twelve years old. He is almost a year older than Manbao, but now he is almost the same height as Manbao.
Mr. Zhuang said that he hasn't started to grow yet, which means that he is still very short and there is no need to rush.
Manbao asked, "Is the person sitting in front of you tall?"
Bai Shanbao nodded, "Almost the same height as my cousin."
Manbao sympathized, "Then can you see what's ahead?"
Bai Shanbao sighed sadly.
Man Bao could only sigh sadly, "I don't know if you can adjust your seat in the prefectural school by yourself. Otherwise, you can talk to the classmate in front of you."
Bai Shanbao: "I think so too."
Manbao was very curious, "Why doesn't the school official like you? Did you offend him today?"
"No, I haven't spoken to him at all," Bai Shanbao said, feeling very wronged. "Besides, I didn't say much today. I only spoke to Kang Xiaodong for a while. When he came in, I was clearly sitting at the front table, but he made me sit at the back. The entire class had its seats changed."
Manbao: "Did it change based on grades?"
Bai Shanbao said aggrievedly, "No, only ten of us in Class C1 passed the provincial school exam, and the remaining ten were specially recruited. Even if it was based on my grades, I should be sitting in the middle, not at the last table."
Although it was the last table near the door, there was no denying that it was the last table.
Moreover, Bai Shan always felt that although the last table near the door had good lighting, it was also very noisy and the location was not very good.
"It's okay. As long as the class isn't noisy, you can sit in the back." Manbao quickly recovered from his worry and encouraged him, "Just work hard and get into Class B by the end of the year."
Bai Shanbao thought about it and decided that this was the only solution now.
Neither of them wanted to tell Mr. Zhuang about this minor non-academic matter, as they felt they could handle it themselves.
Mr. Zhuang heard it outside. He certainly had a way to change his seat, but he stood still. After thinking about it, he felt that it might not be a bad thing to let things take their course.
They were busy until it was completely dark, and only then did they manage to put everything in order.
The cook also prepared a simple table of dishes. She set aside some of the food and planned to have dinner with the coachman and Daji in the kitchen.
Zhou Silang was quite unaccustomed to this. He glanced at Mr. Zhuang and then pulled them to the table. He said, "There's no need to be so particular when you're out and about. We always ate together before."
Mr. Zhuang also nodded, "There's no need to be so particular. You all should sit down as well."
The cook was terrified. "How can this be? The master is eating, how can we sit down too?"
After saying that, he looked at Daji.
Daji looked at his young master.
Bai Shanbao also nodded and said, "Sit down. When you're out and about, there's no need to be so particular."
The cook then sat down tremblingly.
Zhou Lijun whispered to his aunt, "Aunt, where can we fetch water from here? Should we fetch water to wash the clothes, or where else can we go to wash them?"
"No need to carry well water. The ancient well is too far from here. There are people delivering water to the door, and it's not expensive. Just buy as much as you need daily from them." Manbao whispered, "The clothes are washed by the river. It's not far from here. Cross the street and go to the alley opposite. It's right around the corner. There's a river running through the street there, and it's fed by fresh water from the moat."
He added, "We wash our own clothes in the evening after we have finished washing up."
Zhou Lijun said, "Leave this kind of thing to me from now on, aunt. You need to study, so you'll need to spend more time on it."
Manbao shook his head, "No, we want to do it ourselves. It doesn't take long to wash clothes."
Bai Erlang on the side nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, not long."
They only need to wash their own clothes and take turns washing their husband's clothes every two days. It doesn't take long and they can still go out and play more.
Even Bai Shanbao, who is currently busy with his studies, nodded. It is a rare opportunity to play in the water openly, so how could he not go?
The three of them looked at each other and chuckled like three little foxes. This made Zhou Lijun very confused. What was there to be happy about washing clothes?
But she didn't force it. She had to wash clothes since she was a child, and she didn't want to do it yet.
Zhou Silang turned to her and said, "Help your uncle wash."
He didn't dare let Manbao wash his clothes, otherwise his father would beat him to death if he knew, so he always washed his clothes himself, as he felt it was a waste of time.
It’s just right that Erya is here now.
Zhou Lijun nodded in agreement, but also made a request, "Fourth Uncle, take me out for a walk tomorrow so I can get familiar with Yizhou City."
"Okay, I'm going out shopping tomorrow." Then he asked the three younger ones, "Do you want to go out together tomorrow?"
Bai Shanbao said, "I want to go to school."
Bai Jilang was disappointed, "I haven't finished my homework yet, and tomorrow is the last day."
Manbao: "I'd better go to the bookstore. I've only read half of the book today. I need to memorize some of it later, and I have to finish the rest tomorrow."
Bai Shanbao asked, "Is it about Li Guang?"
Manbao nodded.
Bai Shanbao said, "There are many books in the prefectural school, but unfortunately only students in Class A can borrow them. If we want to read them, we can only go in and look at them or copy them. Later, give me the titles of the remaining books and I will look for them in the library. If I find any, I will copy some important ones and bring them back for you."
Manbao was surprised, "Can I just copy the books from the prefectural school?"
"Yes, but you must not damage the books, and you must bring your own writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone."
Manbao was particularly envious, "I wish I could go to the library of the prefectural school and copy books."
So what kind of book does she want?
Mr. Zhuang lowered his eyes when he heard this. Most of the books he had were copied from the provincial school, and only a small part was bought from bookstores.
Especially some books, which could not be bought in bookstores, so they could only be copied from the provincial school.
Therefore, Mr. Zhuang encouraged his students to copy books by themselves. In order to train their copying ability, his favorite form of punishment was copying books.
The copying must be neat, fast, and the error rate must be controlled. Only in this way can they get started quickly when they have the opportunity to come into contact with books that need to be copied in the future.
Look, isn’t there a chance now?
Mr. Zhuang ate in silence and did not stop them from sharing their experiences in copying books.
I've been so busy these past few days that I forgot that July 23rd of the lunar calendar is the birthday of these two little cuties, and I also forgot to add an update for their birthdays. I only realized it last night, what a shame...
Well, although the blessing comes late, we still want to wish our book friends "Meihua Piaoxiang" and "Xiangsidou1968" a happy birthday. I wish you become more and more beautiful and happy every day.
(End of this chapter)
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