Chapter 645 My Idea
Mr. Zhuang turned around and went back to the study. Bai Shan immediately followed with a basket of books. Manbao and Bai Erlang also stood up, straightened their clothes and followed.
Mr. Zhuang picked up his pen and wrote a long list of books for Bai Erlang. He turned his head to look at Manbao and Bai Shanbao and said, "I'll make a list for you too."
Otherwise they will be like two little mice that fell into a rice jar, not knowing what is good and what is bad, and eating all kinds of rice.
After that, Mr. Zhuang picked up his pen and wrote out a list of books for each of them. Most of the books on their lists were the same, with only a few books being different.
He said, "Some books are for the imperial examinations, so you don't need to read them, Manbao. Also, some of the books on Manbao's list are not worth reading, Shanbao. Biting off too much is not enough. You have to read books carefully, not just skimming through them."
The two of them responded in unison and took the list of books.
Then Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Okay, go out and play."
The three of them immediately went out with the list of books in their hands. As if they had received an imperial decree, they ran to find Daji and showed him the list. "This is the list that the teacher compiled for us."
We are all smart people, so there is no need to explain the meaning behind it, right?
Daji glanced at their book list and sighed. He said, if even he knew it, there was no way Mr. Zhuang didn't know it.
So this was something that Mr. Zhuang condoned, or even instigated. It was he who first brought up the topic of the west wall of the prefectural school.
As expected, all scholars are the same. They don’t like to be explicit about what they do, just like the old man.
Thinking of the late master, Daji's expression softened. He didn't take the book list from them, but nodded and said, "Okay, the young masters are young, flexible, and have good jumping ability, so learning this shouldn't be difficult."
So after a while, the three of them stood in a row in the alley, facing the wall of Yan's house together.
There was no way. There were flowers and plants planted under two walls of the yard they owned. Some of the flowers had already bloomed, and they would definitely not step on them.
Even if Bai Shan and Bai Erlang wanted to step on him, they had to consider the fist of the person next to them, so everyone discussed it and went to the alley together.
Anyway, no one lives in the house opposite, and the Yan family's house is also empty. They are the only family in this area, so it won't affect others.
The Yan family’s wall looks quite strong. It should be able to withstand their constant stepping on it... right?
Daji taught them how to stretch their legs and jump, then said, "I'll show you how to do the wall step. First, learn how to go up the wall. Once you've learned how to go up the wall, it will be almost the same to go down the wall."
With Daji's kung fu, he certainly didn't need to bend his body to perform the movements, but he still squatted slightly according to the people without kung fu, teaching them how to bend their legs, how to run, how to jump, how to step on the wall, how to stretch out their hands, how to pull, and then how to climb the wall...
After a series of actions, the three of them opened their mouths wide.
Then they kept running forward, one after another, stepping on the wall, and then falling down.
At first, the marks they left on the wall were very low, not much higher than the bottom of the wall. Later, they became higher and higher, and occasionally fell down...
Daji said, "This is not something you can learn in a short time. Let's learn it here today."
I'm really worried that they'll train too much and have sore legs at night.
Manbao and the others were obedient and stopped jumping on the wall. Instead, they jumped around in the yard to practice bouncing. When they went to bed at night, they all felt the pain.
Manbao's calf twitched, as if a knot had formed in its meridians. The pain brought tears to her eyes, but she didn't dare to say anything. She gritted her teeth, stretched her legs, sat up, and held her big toe...
It hurts a lot, but after the pain subsides, the feeling gradually subsides.
Manbao blinked and a few tears fell. She pressed her calf several times. It was hard and painful. She gently pushed away the lump with her palm and rubbed it for a long time before lying down again.
She hugged the quilt with a wronged look and decided to jump over the wall again tomorrow, and she must stretch her muscles first.
The next day, Manbao went out with red eyes. Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were not much different. The three of them were a little depressed.
Bai Erlang didn't even want to stand while washing up. He asked Bai Shan and Man Bao, "Didn't your legs feel sore last night?"
Manbao said: "It's okay, it's not that sour."
Bai Shan even said, "Daji and I have practiced before, and it doesn't hurt at all."
Bai Erlang pursed his lips and said, "Am I the only one feeling pain?"
Daji had already washed up and was fetching water to feed the horses. Upon hearing this, he turned around and looked at the calves of the three people, smiled slightly and said, "Since you're not too sore, let's continue practicing after school."
"Hey, aren't we going to the library first?" Manbao said, "I only copied twelve pages of yesterday's book."
Daji asked, "Is Young Master Wei still willing to accept you into the government school?"
Manbao looked at him with a particularly sincere look. Daji turned around and said, "I'm going to harness the horse."
Manbao was a little disappointed and said to Bai Shan, "It seems we need to learn how to climb walls quickly."
Zhou Silang had already found out the whole story last night. He was squatting on the ground brushing his teeth when he heard this and said, "It's not that difficult. Just wait. When you come back from the next day, I'll give you something. I guarantee you'll be able to climb up and down walls without stepping on anyone."
"What?"
"Ladder!" Zhou Silang said, "I'll send you a ladder later. Bring it in from the west wall. Hide it when you don't need it, and put it back up when you need it."
After thinking for a while, he said, "If you're worried about them being confiscated, I'll go back to the village the day after tomorrow and ask my second brother to make a few more. If one is confiscated, we'll replace it with another. They're made of bamboo anyway, so they're not worth much."
The three of them widened their eyes and actually thought this was a good idea.
Daji: ...
He couldn't help but say, "If we're discovered..."
"If you haven't been caught by the gentlemen, we can't question you. If you have been caught by the gentlemen, what difference does it make whether there is one more ladder or one less?" Zhou Silang waved his hand and said, "Anyway, you can use it without worry. The ladder is worthless. If you are discovered, just run away and don't worry about the ladder."
In fact, the ladder is still quite valuable, but the ladders in the Zhou family have always been made by Zhou Erlang, so they are not considered valuable.
Zhou Silang went out for a walk and found that this thing was more expensive than he had imagined. Although it was better than what he used at home, it could not cover up its price.
But thinking that his youngest sister might be waiting at home, Zhou Silang gritted his teeth and bought it. He carried it home to Manbao and warned him, "You better use it carefully. Don't let it be taken away. I won't be home until the next day. Even if I only stay at home for two days, it will take five days."
He added, "You should copy more books. Books are always more valuable than ladders. This way we won't lose out."
Manbao looked at the ladder he had carried back and nodded, then asked, "Fourth Brother, how do we get the ladder in?"
"That's easy. I'll go with you when they are about to get out of school." Zhou Silang was very familiar with doing this kind of thing. Of course, he was building his own wall, not someone else's.
He just climbed up the wall first, then pulled the ladder up and put it on the other side. He did this a lot.
He did this a lot when he was helping out with the construction of his own house.
Daji opened his mouth but didn't say anything to stop them.
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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