Chapter 599: It’s More Fun in the City
After Bai Shan knew the reason, he became more fearless and studied harder. Not only did the students in Class C1 feel the pressure, but even Manbao, who had always been on par with him, felt the strain.
So after weighing the pros and cons, she put the courses in the system aside and asked Teacher Mo for a long vacation. Every day, apart from flipping through medical books before going to bed to review what she had learned, she devoted all her attention to learning the current knowledge.
In addition to studying the same books as Bai Shan, Mr. Zhuang also gave her two extra courses, which were what she should have studied.
Seeing her reading so many books and doing so much homework every day, Bai Erlang felt so worried about her that his hair went bald.
Manbao is quite used to it, mainly because there hasn't been anything fun to do recently.
Moreover, she thought it was quite interesting to help Bai Shanbao compete with those people from the prefectural school. In addition, Bai Shan was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood every morning, so she was also very passionate.
Bai Erlang was sandwiched between two huge mountains, with Mr. Zhuang pressing down on his head. He was on edge every day, wanting to find time to slack off, but at the same time he felt guilty and afraid, so he forced himself to study.
He couldn't stand this after a few days, so while Mr. Zhuang was teaching Manbao, he sneaked out of the study on the pretext of going to the toilet, then turned a corner in the yard and squatted on the land planted with flowers and plants next to the utility room.
This happened to be the blind spot of the study. No one could see him unless they stood at the gate and looked inside.
Bai Erlang sighed deeply. Zhou Lijun, who was weeding with a small hoe, looked up at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Bai Erlang didn't notice that there was someone here, and was startled, and sat down on the ground.
He looked up and found that there was a wooden barrel placed beside Zhou Lijun, which just blocked most of her body.
He was so distracted just now that he didn't notice her at all.
Bai Erlang patted his chest and exhaled, "Can't you make a sound? Don't you know that scaring others can kill them?"
Zhou Lijun said speechlessly, "I've been weeding here, and there's still no sound. How loud do you want it to be? You're the one who comes last, okay?"
Bai Erlang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, I don't blame you anymore."
Zhou Lijun looked him up and down and asked, "Are you skipping school?"
"What school are you skipping? We're just in this courtyard, where can I go?" Bai Erlang said, "Even if I were to skip school, I would run away. Why would I stay here?"
Since he was already sitting on the ground, Bai Erlang was too lazy to get up, so he simply sat on the ground with his legs hugged, sighing, "I just came out to rest. Your aunt is too scary. I really don't want to be her classmate."
Zhou Lijun lowered his head and continued to weed. He said, "You are too lazy."
"I'm much more diligent now than I was at home," Bai Erlang said unconvincedly, "They didn't study like this before."
Zhou Lijun didn't think studying was that hard. He said, "My aunt comes out to play for a while every half hour, and she also has snacks from time to time. You have more time to rest than my aunt, so what's so tiring about it?"
She said, "During the busy farming season, we would go to the fields from dawn until sunset, and only then would we go home. That's when we're really tired."
Bai Erlang thought about it briefly and agreed, but then he felt something was wrong. "You guys aren't always busy with farming."
"You haven't been studying all the time, and it's only been a few days," Zhou Lijun said. "From what I heard from my aunt, we'll finalize this after the mid-year exams."
"Mid-year, that's a long time."
Zhou Lijun rolled his eyes and said, "It's only been a little over a month. What's so long about that? I haven't been in a hurry to find a job for that long."
"Don't look for it anymore. You won't be able to find a job as an accountant, but being an embroiderer is possible."
"That's even more impossible," Zhou Lijun said, "As an accountant, I can at least do the accounting. But as an embroiderer, would I embroider myself or the cloth?"
Bai Erlang burst into laughter upon hearing this, extremely happy.
Mr. Zhuang originally didn't know where the boy had hidden. After finishing his lesson with Manbao, he stood at the door of the study and looked out. As a result, when he heard the laughter, he knew where he had hidden.
He shook his head but didn't call him back.
Studying also requires a certain degree of relaxation.
Shanbao and Manbao are both very smart and resilient, so they can be more tense and gain more that way.
But Bai Er...
If that kid is stretched too tight, he might break, so he should be loosened up a bit.
In this atmosphere, where you guys study hard and I try hard to skip school, the mid-year hasn’t even arrived yet and the Dragon Boat Festival has arrived first (isn’t this nonsense?).
The Dragon Boat Festival is a major festival, so the provincial school was closed for three days, and some outstanding students were organized to go to the government office to participate in official activities.
Bai Shanbao was certainly not among them, nor were all his classmates in Class C1, so he happily packed up his school basket and went home.
Kang Xiaodong's home is in Yizhou, so naturally he would go back to celebrate the festival with his family.
Wei Chen ran to find Bai Shanbao and asked enthusiastically, "Brother Bai, how did you spend the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Bai Shan, a frog in a well who has lived in Qili Village for many years, said as a matter of course: "Eat zongzi."
Wei Chen: "...Have you ever thought about going somewhere to play?"
"Oh, yes, Manbao said a long time ago that we would go to the riverside where there are many flowers and plants during the Dragon Boat Festival. We should go out of the city."
"What's fun to do outside the city?" Wei Chen asked, "Starting tomorrow, there will be Nuo opera performances in the city. I heard the government even paid for a troupe to perform along the main street to the moat. There will also be boat races in the river. It's really fun."
Bai Shanbao was deeply moved and asked, "Why is it so lively?"
"Isn't it? Everyone outside the city wants to come in, but you, on the contrary, want to go out of the city. There's nothing fun outside the city." Wei Chen invited enthusiastically, "How about we go out and play together tomorrow? You know, I don't have any other friends in Yizhou City."
Bai Shanbao thought about it for a moment and felt that it should not be difficult to convince Manbao. As for Bai Er, he didn't consider it. As long as there was something fun to do, he would be happy with it.
So he nodded and made an appointment with Wei Chen to meet at a time and place the next day.
On his way home, he found that there were more pedestrians on the street than usual, and there were many sachets, various ghost masks, etc. hanging on the small stalls on the road.
Bai Shan is slightly better off than Manbao. He occasionally goes to Luojiang County for a trip during the Dragon Boat Festival, but he spends most of his time in the village.
After all, May is a rainy month, and the elderly don’t like their children to travel far.
The liveliness of Luojiang County was just that there were more people on the streets and more things for sale, but the colors were not as bright as they are now.
After watching the excitement along the way, Bai Shan returned home. He jumped off the carriage and ran into the yard without even taking his school basket.
Manbao and Bai Erlang, who had been staying at home reading, had no idea of the hustle and bustle outside. When Bai Shan ran back, Manbao was still in the yard, reading a book with his head shaking.
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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