Chapter 66 Secretly
Liu stood at the door of the study for a long time, watching the two children lying on the ground looking for books to read. However, there were very few books that children of this age could read, especially those without continuous sentences. The two children flipped through the books, put them back, and continued to flip through them one by one.
Fortunately, both children cherish books very much. They know that books are rare and always handle them with care.
Liu stood there and watched for a while before turning around and leaving. She was also thinking about Manbao's words, and her mood was in turmoil.
The two children flipped through the books for a while and found that there were no books they could understand. They got a little angry for a moment. Manbao stopped flipping through the books and started walking back and forth between the bookshelves with his hands behind his back. He saw bamboo and beautiful cloth on the tall bookshelves, so he asked Bai Shanbao curiously.
Bai Shanbao took a look and said, "Those are bamboo slips and brocade silk. In the past, there was no paper, or the paper was of poor quality, so people used bamboo slips and brocade silk to write on. Grandmother said that these were left by our ancestors and are very precious."
Manbao asked curiously, "Can I see it?"
In fact, Bai Shanbao had never seen them, because his grandmother didn't allow him to rummage through them, so she deliberately placed these two things in a high place.
He rolled his eyes and said, "Sure, you're my friend."
The two little friends dragged a chair over, Manbao held the chair for him, Bai Shanbao climbed up and reached out, but found that he still couldn't reach it.
The two children looked at each other, then wandered around the room looking for something, and finally looked at the book at the bottom of the bookshelf.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao carried the books over and stacked them one by one. Then Bai Shanbao took off his shoes and socks, climbed onto the chair, stepped onto the books, and tiptoed to reach the bamboo slips on them one by one.
The bamboo slips were very heavy and Bai Shanbao almost fell down. Manbao stood on tiptoe to support his waist. After he shook for a while, he pulled out the bamboo slips, held them in his arms and stuffed them into Manbao.
Manbao put it on the ground, then moved the chair with him and reached for Jinling on the other side.
The brocade silk was also rolled up, but it was much lighter, so Bai Shanbao got it quickly. The two of them first opened the bamboo slips and spread them out to read the words on them.
The two found that they didn't recognize any of the words on it.
The two stared at it, touched the scratches on it, and Manbao pointed to a word in surprise and said, "This looks like a person!"
"Hey," Shanbao quickly found the pattern and pointed to a word, saying, "This looks like fire..."
The three of them found it interesting and thought it was more fun than reading a book, so they enthusiastically started looking for the pictographic meanings of the characters.
When they heard the voices of Big Head and the servants outside, they were shocked to realize that time had passed and it was almost dark.
But Jin Ling on the side hasn't looked at it yet.
The two children felt guilty, so Bai Shanbao grabbed Jin Ling and climbed onto the chair to put it on. But when he tried to put the bamboo slips in this way, he found that it was not possible.
Because this thing is too heavy, it is easy to take it down, but difficult to put it up.
The servants and the boss were already urging them outside. They were not allowed to enter the study, so they could only call two people from outside.
Manbao responded quickly, tugged at Shanbao, and whispered, "Hide it here."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao put the books back on the bookshelf one by one, and then hid the bamboo slips behind the books. At first glance, they were really invisible.
After doing the bad thing, the two children dragged the chair back, looked at each other, couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh, then ran to open the door.
This cheerful look appeared in the eyes of the servants and the boss, indicating that they were very happy reading.
Seeing this, Datou and the servants also became happy.
Big Head was the happiest because he ate a lot of snacks this afternoon and saw all kinds of beautiful flowers in the garden.
Bai Shanbao and the servants escorted the aunt and nephew out. Bai Shanbao held Manbao's hand and said, "You must come to my house again tomorrow."
Manbao said it was no problem and told him, "Think about it when you have time. If you don't understand, ask the teacher. The teacher knows a lot."
Shanbao nodded.
Then everyone went back home and looked for their own mother.
When we returned to the Zhou family, Xiao Qian had just prepared dinner. The atmosphere in the Zhou family was particularly warm and everyone had a happy look on their faces.
When Manbao saw this, she rushed into the house carrying her bookcase and put it down. Then she followed her mother in and out like a rabbit's tail, "Mom, is there a happy event in our family?"
Qian then tapped her nose and said, "You're so clever! The privet fruits have been blanched and dried in the sun for a day and are already looking pretty good. Your elder brother and his friends found several more privet fruits in the woods, but they're not quite ripe yet. We plan to pick them after this batch is dried."
Qian estimated the amount herself and felt that she should be able to earn some money this winter. It was just right, as the eldest and second sons' families needed a new quilt, and Manbao also needed to make warmer clothes for school.
Everyone in the family is making money. Even Ertou and the others went out to pick a lot of Centella asiatica and brought it back to dry in the sun. Zhou Silang was in a low mood.
Manbao happened to be squatting next to him. Seeing him, he comforted him, "Don't worry, fourth brother. You will make a lot of money when your land produces next year."
Zhou Silang felt that there was little hope.
Qian didn't have much time to comfort her son's little heart, as she had a lot of things to do.
Knowing that Ligustrum lucidum can be sold and having figured out a way to dry the privet fruits, she has decided to use the privet fruits as a major source of family income in the future.
So he instructed his second son, "While you have some free time these few days, weave a row of racks and a few larger round winnowing baskets that can fit on the racks. You can use them exclusively for drying the privet fruits."
Zhou Erlang said it was no problem.
After explaining this, she said to the eldest and second oldest sons, "You should walk more frequently these two days. Not only should you keep an eye on the Ligustrum lucidum in the mountains, but you should also look for more everywhere. If you still find any, please note their locations."
Manbao interrupted, "Big Brother, Third Brother, if you see any plants that we don't have outside, pull them up and bring them back to me."
Zhou Dalang responded with a smile, but the flowers and plants in the mountains all looked the same to them, there was really no difference.
Moreover, they couldn't understand why their sister liked to pull those flowers and plants so much, so they just agreed, but they were not sure whether to do it or not.
Manbao didn't know that he was being treated perfunctorily, and happily continued to talk to his depressed fourth brother, which annoyed Zhou Silang very much.
After Qian finished explaining the main matters at home, she called Datou over to ask about his visit to the Bai family.
Knowing that he had eaten snacks all afternoon, Qian glanced at him and sighed, "If your aunt comes to visit the Bai family again in the future, just send her to the door and pick her up when they're ready for dinner."
Datou agreed regretfully, not daring to disobey his grandmother.
Qian turned around and instructed Xiao Qian to prepare some cabbages and some eggs for Datou tomorrow, and let Datou take them and Manbao to the Bai family as a return gift.
Xiao Qian agreed.
After everything was arranged, Qian leaned back in her chair, called her little daughter over, and asked her with a smile, "What did you learn from the teacher today?"
(End of this chapter)
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