Chapter 604 Invitation
Lan Cheng was on a business trip and had just returned to Yizhou City last night because of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Huang Chuan had something to ask Mr. Zhuang and asked him to be the middleman, so he invited these people to Ganxiang Tower today.
And it wasn't Ganxianglou on Kangxue Street, but Ganxianglou on the main street, because the main street was particularly lively today. However, they didn't expect that when they started talking about business, they saw this group of guys hanging around downstairs.
Mr. Zhuang suggested that they come up.
Mr. Zhuang pointed to the only middle-aged man they didn't know and said, "This is your master uncle."
He pointed at the young man and said, "This is your uncle Huang Chuan's eldest son, Huang Jiming. You should call him Senior Brother."
Manbao and the other two immediately bowed and greeted him.
Huang Han sighed after hearing this, nodded with Manbao and the other two, and looked at his second brother.
Huang Chuan also vaguely understood that Senior Brother Zhuang was politely rejecting him. There were many things he couldn't say in front of the children, so he could only smile and say, "It's getting late. You must be hungry after playing for half a day. Let's ask the restaurant to serve some food."
Then he looked at the only outsider in the box - Wei Chen, and invited him to have some tea and snacks first.
There was no way. The whole room was filled with either brothers or sisters, and Wei Chen was the only outsider.
Wei Chen obviously noticed this and behaved very well while chatting with these elders.
Wei Chen is not a timid person, and the adults present, except Huang Han, are all teachers. When they want to have a good talk with their students, they will not fail to reach an agreement.
With the presence of lively younger generations such as Manbao and Qi Jue, the atmosphere quickly became lively.
Everyone had a pleasant lunch. After a cup of tea, Mr. Zhuang said goodbye with his three disciples.
Lan Cheng stood up and decided to go with him. "You came here in my car this morning. There are so many people on the street now. You can't walk back. So come back with me."
Mr. Zhuang looked at his disciples.
Manbao immediately said, "We came here by car with Brother Wei this morning."
Mr. Zhuang complained in his heart that his three disciples were of no help, so he could only leave with Lan Cheng.
Of course, Manbao and the others continued to take the bus back with Wei Chen.
Huang Chuan and his disciples watched them get on the bus and leave before they started to leave. He glanced at Qi Jue and the others and said, "Don't play too crazy. Don't forget your homework."
Qi Jue and the others agreed obediently, and only breathed a sigh of relief after the gentlemen left, then happily continued to play.
Wei Chen walked them back to the alley entrance and asked them, "Are you going again tomorrow?"
Bai Shanbao: "Let's go! Didn't they say that the King of Yizhou will also appear tomorrow? Let's go and watch the fun."
Manbao: "There's also boat racing. I've never seen a boat racing before in my life."
"Okay, then we'll meet up here tomorrow."
The three said it was okay.
After returning home, Manbao squatted under the eaves to take care of the newly bought flowers. She planned to divide the plants carefully, and then give one of the secretly divided plants to Keke for collection.
Bai Shanbao brought her two empty flower pots, and the two of them squatted together to figure out how to transplant the flowers.
Behind them is the study.
Mr. Zhuang asked Aunt Rong to make a pot of tea and was about to pour it for Lan Cheng.
Lan Cheng brought him some hot tea. Seeing his calm expression, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Huang's place is also quite good. Why don't you consider it?"
"I took the Bai family's salary, so naturally I have to teach the Bai family's children well. It's not right for me to take the salary and then go teach at the academy."
"Senior Brother Huang also said that you can take the two disciples to the academy. The academy's school hours are the same as the prefectural school, so you can also teach Bai Shan after school."
Mr. Zhuang shook his head.
Lan Cheng sighed, "Since you refused to agree, Senior Brother Huang and the others just thought you were still upset."
Mr. Zhuang shook his head and laughed, "Why bother? It's been so many years, and the master is gone. Why should I care?"
Manbao outside the door raised his head and looked at Bai Shanbao.
Mr. Zhuang continued to talk to Lan Cheng, "As you can see, I'm not young anymore, and my energy is limited. Each of my three disciples is different, and teaching them well requires a lot of effort. I really don't have what Junior Brother Huang suggested."
"Bai Shan is smart, and I think Bai Cheng has a solid foundation. Why should you worry about that?"
"It's precisely because he's smart that I have to put in the effort," Mr. Zhuang said. "This child learns very quickly, so I can't be slow in preparing lessons. Plus, Manbao's learning is somewhat different from his, so I have to put in some extra effort."
"Erlang, on the other hand, has a completely different temperament than the other two. Without anyone watching him, he's too lazy to just lie in bed all day. So, my energy is really limited." Mr. Zhuang complained softly, "You should have told me about this big thing in advance. It wouldn't be so awkward today."
Lan Cheng said with a bit of embarrassment, "I ran into Senior Brother Huang Han on the way back to the city. He mentioned this to me, but I was so busy having fun last night, and it was getting late, so I didn't tell you."
How could he have imagined that Senior Brother Zhuang would refuse?
In his impression, Senior Brother Zhuang really likes to teach and be a teacher.
Lan Cheng knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, otherwise Senior Brother Zhuang would probably get really angry.
He could only sigh with regret.
Manbao placed the few flowers he had moved out on the ground and asked Baishan to help get some wood ash from the kitchen. He then looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side. Then he used his body to block and collected a small plant each into the system.
When Lan Cheng walked out of the study, he saw two people squatting on the ground together transplanting flowers and trees. After they were transplanted, Bai Erlang perfunctorily filled a bowl of water and came over to water the flowers.
Lan Cheng watched in silence for a long time before saying, "You're watering so much, be careful the flowers might die."
Lan Cheng also squatted down to watch them plant flowers and asked, "You like flowers so much? I see those two open spaces in your front yard are all planted with flowers and plants, and there are all kinds of them."
Bai Shanbao pointed at Manbao and said, "She likes it and wants to plant it."
Lan Cheng smiled and said, "Girls tend to like flowers and plants more."
Manbao looked up at him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Master Lan, are you trying to persuade me to teach at Dazhi Academy?"
Lan Cheng looked at her in surprise, "How did you know?"
"I just heard it and then guessed," Manbao said immediately, "We didn't mean to eavesdrop. It was just because it was noon and this was the only place with shade. We couldn't bring the dirty soil back into the house to transplant it."
Only then did Lan Cheng realize that they were squatting beside the study door, no wonder he could hear it.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Don't you want your husband to go to Dazhi Academy?"
"It's not good to be too tired," Bai Shanbao said, "The teacher has to teach us and go to Dazhi Academy for classes at the same time, so it must be too tiring."
Manbao nodded, "Yes, sir, he is old and can't work too hard."
Bai Shanbao said, "Unless I give a lecture occasionally, that's about right, just like the university officials in the prefectural academy, who take time out of their year to give a lecture to the students."
Manbao nodded and said, "That's a good idea. Is there any compensation?"
Mr. Lan: ...
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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