Chapter 611 Thief
No matter what happens outside, Bai Shanbao will return to the school to attend classes after the three-day holiday.
When you arrive at the provincial school, there is more information from the outside world and it circulates faster.
Even though he had few friends, he still learned a lot of information from Wei Chen and Kang Xiaodong. The main reason was that these two were very talkative. After getting the news from other places, they couldn't help but tell him when they came to see him.
When Bai Shan found out, he naturally shared it with his two friends, and then Manbao and Bai Er also knew about it.
Once these two knew about it, everyone in the entire courtyard knew about it, including Mr. Zhuang.
After dinner, everyone sat in the yard, enjoying the sunset, eating melons and chatting.
It's really a mess. People who came into the city are still locked up inside and can't go out. The day before yesterday was too chaotic, and yesterday there was a screening for assassins. Everyone was also in a panic. The situation today is finally a little better.
Many villagers who had picked up things to sell in the city only then remembered to sell the things in their baskets.
When Zhou Silang went out to buy bowls and jars today, there were not many people on the street. He saw someone selling some fruits and vegetables. Although they were not very fresh, he bought quite a few.
In his words, "There are not even enough vegetables on the streets now. It's good to have fruits and vegetables. How can you tell whether they are fresh or not?"
So everyone eats melons and chats here after dinner.
"I heard that the Yizhou Palace killed a lot of people yesterday, but we still haven't found anything." Bai Shanbao said, "I don't know when the city gates will open. There are so many people entering the city during the Dragon Boat Festival. If we keep them locked up for too long, I'm afraid something might happen."
He continued, "I heard that the Chief Secretary of the Yizhou Palace was going to write a letter to impeach the Jiedushi Zhang and the Ming Governor. Yesterday, they had an argument in the palace in front of all the officials, and they almost drew knives."
Mr. Zhuang didn't comment on the first piece of news, but went straight to the second. "The Chief Secretary was appointed by the court to assist the King of Yizhou in managing government affairs. With something this serious happening, shouldn't he have impeached the King? Where did you hear that news?"
"Wei Chen said that there is a student in Class B of our prefectural school whose father is an official under the Ming governor. He said so."
Mr. Zhuang frowned and said, "Silang, you should go out less these days. Buy vegetables only on Kangxue Street and try not to go to the main street or the city gate."
"Yes, I know." He sighed, "I had thought about going home after the Dragon Boat Festival. After all, it's the busy farming season."
"Let's go back after this is over."
Since there were melons to eat, they couldn’t finish the snacks made by the cook. Manbao and Zhou Lijun collected the snacks on the table and put them back into the kitchen cabinet.
Then he yawned and stretched, and decided to go back to his room to log into the system and browse the forum and teaching room.
Manbao was reviewing medical books in the teaching room when Keke suddenly said, "Host, someone entered your kitchen."
"Hmm?" Manbao asked casually, "Did Fourth Brother get up to eat?"
"No, it's an outsider."
Upon hearing this, Manbao immediately exited the system, got up, tiptoed to the window and looked out.
But it seemed as if a long time had passed, and the yard was dark and silent. Apparently everyone was asleep, and she could see nothing.
Manbao asked Keke in his heart, "Do you know who it is? Why is he coming to my kitchen?"
After a while, Koko said, "I haven't collected any information about him, and there's no record of him in the system. He opened the cupboard and was taking some snacks from your house."
"He's stealing food..." Manbao was no longer anxious and lay down by the window, waiting quietly.
After a while, she vaguely saw a dark figure coming out of the kitchen, but she disappeared in a flash and didn't know where it hid.
Koko said, "He left, took half of your snacks and walked through the wall. He's now out of my scanning range."
Manbao went back to bed and lay down, yawned and said, "Forget it, I just need something to eat."
She turned over and slowly fell asleep, but Daji in another room opposite quietly got out of bed, opened the door, walked around the kitchen, and then went back to his room to lie down.
Because he was alert the whole night, he slept very poorly. As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard noises in the yard. He couldn't help but open his eyes and look out the window, and saw the daylight.
Zhou Silang also yawned and sat up. He glanced outside and saw that he had woken up too. He said, "It's really pitiful to be a student. All year round, except for the day off, you can't even sleep in."
Daji nodded in agreement.
Daji washed up with dark circles under his eyes, had breakfast and sent the young master to school. Manbao ran to the kitchen, opened the cupboard and took a look at the snacks inside.
There were only a few pieces left. The cook smiled and said, "Miss Man, do you want some snacks? I'll make you some fresh ones later. Daji took most of the leftovers last night and said he wanted to give them to the young master as a snack."
Manbao raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did Daji install it himself?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just think it's weird. I remember Shanbao doesn't like chrysanthemum cake."
The cook glanced into the cupboard and said nonchalantly, "Maybe he wants to share it with his classmates. Doesn't the young master often pack some snacks for his classmates?"
Manbao smiled and replied, "Aunt Rong, please make more steamed buns tonight. I think my appetite has been very big these past two days, so big that I can eat a whole basket of steamed buns."
The cook agreed with a smile.
Manbao waited for Bai Shanbao to come back and then sneaked to find him. The two of them huddled together and whispered to each other.
Daji didn't pay attention.
Whenever he was at home, he would not follow Bai Shan everywhere, but would help Zhou Silang do some things, such as brushing the horse's back and feeding it some grass.
Even when he saw the two young masters whispering together, he didn't care. After all, didn't this kind of thing happen frequently?
While Bai Erlang wasn't paying attention, Bai Shanbao quietly pulled Manbao back to the room. He searched in his box and took out a bottle to show Manbao, whispering, "Here, this is the medicine to stop bleeding. My grandmother prepared it specially for me."
Manbao had been thinking about this for a whole day and whispered, "Didn't we pick some herbs on the way here? I've dried them and stored them. Some of them can stop bleeding, so I can wrap them up and put them in there."
"Are you sure the one who stole the snacks was an assassin?"
"I'm not sure, but I think so. Otherwise, who would come to our house and steal our food and nothing else?" She whispered, "Our horse is in the yard. He's so powerful that he could climb over the wall. It shouldn't be difficult for him to quietly open the door and take the horse away, right?"
"So even if he's not an assassin, he's probably not a bad guy either." Manbao said, "Let's put these things in the cupboard. He'll take them if he thinks he needs them, and he won't take them if he doesn't."
Bai Shanbao nodded.
The two of them didn't tell anyone about this, not even Daji and Mr., and certainly not Bai Er.
The next chapter will be around 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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