Chapter 670 Climbing
During the Double Ninth Festival holiday, Manbao did not go to Jishidiang because Doctor Ji did not come back. She wanted to discuss the matter of laparotomy with someone, but Doctor Ji was neither interested nor knowledgeable, and thought that these methods of ulcer medicine were not worth learning.
Shopkeeper Old Zheng was worried about Doctor Ji and had no intention of discussing these things.
In addition, there were few people seeking medical treatment during the festival, so Manbao simply stopped going to Jishidiang.
Mr. Zhuang took them to climb a high place to see the distant view.
This time they did not go to Qixia Mountain, but went out of the city.
They were together with some students and gentlemen from Dazhi Academy.
The teachers sat in the two carriages in front, and the students sat in the carriages in the back. Qi Jue and Shan Yu jumped off the carriages when they were lined up to leave the city gate, and got into Bai Shan and his friends' carriage.
Bai Shan and the other two were extremely disgusted and shouted, "Our carriage can't accommodate so many people. The horses will soon be crushed."
Zhou Lijun was also in the car. Daji was driving them today. He took a look inside, got out of the car silently and walked to lead the horse.
Shan Yu squeezed into the carriage and said to Qi Jue and Bai Er, "You two should move to the back."
Qi Jue didn't bother to pay attention to him. He took Bai Shan's hand and said, "Let's go and talk somewhere else."
Bai Shan asked, "What do you have to say now?"
Manbao: "That's right, can't we talk about it after we get off the bus?"
"Once we get off the car, we'll be by the master's side. Where can we go?" Qi Jue pulled him aside and asked, "Are you going or not?"
Bai Shan looked at the two of them suspiciously, frowning slightly, "Are you guys going to ask about Ji Hao?"
Qi Jue's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right. Some people from our academy also went to Qixia Mountain to choose horses that day, but it was so chaotic at the time that they had no idea what happened. Was Ji Hao really stepped on by the horse?"
Bai Shan and the other three: ...This rumor is so outrageous.
"How could you survive being stepped on by a horse?" Manbao said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense. If the Ji family and the Ying family hear about it, they will cause trouble for you."
Bai Shan said, "Ji Hao is still a member of our school. The school officials forbid us to discuss this matter anymore."
Bai Erlang pushed them and said, "Hurry up and get off the carriage, hurry up and get off the carriage, our carriage is really going to collapse."
Qi Jue and Shan Yu could only get off the car with regret.
When they arrived at the place, Mr. Zhuang and his friends decided to walk up the mountain slowly by themselves without letting them accompany them, so Qi Jue and Shan Yu came up with a group of classmates.
Zhou Silang had just put the carriage in storage. He took one look at the situation and turned to ask Daji, "What are they doing?"
Daji tied up his horse, followed him, and said casually, "Just gossip."
Zhou Silang saw him follow him up and waved goodbye, "Go slowly, and take care of my Lijun and Manbao."
Daji stopped and looked at him. "Today is Double Ninth Festival, aren't you going up the mountain?"
Zhou Silang leaned against the carriage and shook his head. "In the first twenty years, I've already climbed all the heights I'll climb in the next twenty years. Think about it, when I went to the county town before, I had to climb up the mountain and then down the mountain, which meant I had to climb the mountain twice. So I'd better not go there and give you guys the place."
Manbao heard this from the side and said disdainfully, "Fourth brother, you are just lazy."
Zhou Lijun said, "Fourth Uncle will definitely stay in the car to sleep. Let's forget about it and hurry up the mountain. It will be difficult to climb when the sun is too strong."
He added, "It's just right that Fourth Uncle can watch over the carriage. We still have a lot of things in it."
Zhou Silang waved his hand and grinned happily: "Don't worry, I will keep the things under close watch for you."
Manbao and the others carried their own small backpacks up the mountain. This time, Qi Jue and the others did not bring any servants with them, so they also carried their own book baskets or backpacks.
They were embarrassed to crowd around Man Bao and Zhou Lijun, so Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were surrounded and questioned, especially Bai Shan. After all, he was a student of the prefectural school and was in the same class as Ji Hao, so he must know a lot of inside information.
Bai Shan was so annoyed that she kept slowing down her pace, trying to wait for Manbao and the others to come up and walk together. Finally, when she found that it was impossible, she simply carried her own backpack and walked very fast, even jogging in the middle of the way.
Qi Jue and the others also ran to follow, but since it was up a mountain after all, everyone was out of breath after a while.
Bai Shan was also out of breath, but he was much better than Qi Jue and the others. The main reason was that he had been learning some martial arts from Daji. Even though he could not fly to the roof and jump down like him, he had much better physical strength and was more flexible.
He looked back at the people he had left behind, laughed happily, turned around and continued to go up the mountain. Although he no longer jogged, he climbed the mountain very quickly.
Qi Jue couldn't help but scream when he saw this. He took the lead and chased for a while. When he couldn't catch up, they all sat down on the grass or rocks by the mountain road, panting.
Manbao was delighted when he saw this, and he pulled Zhou Lijun over their outstretched arms and legs and walked over them up the mountain.
Bai Erlang followed closely behind, and when the three of them passed Qi Jue, they made a face at him.
Qi Jue pounded the ground in anger, but perhaps because he ran too fast just now, his mouth was dry, so he could only take out the water bag from his school basket to drink some water. When they got up and chased the four people, the four of them had already met up together, leaving them far behind.
The four of them looked back at the people who were far behind, laughed heartily, and waved their hands, saying, "Come and catch up with us—"
Manbao put his hand to his mouth and shouted to the people below, "Let's see who can reach the top of the mountain first."
What's the point of comparing? How can we compare when there's such a huge difference?
Aren’t they tired walking so fast?
Although he thought so, Qi Jue still gritted his teeth and climbed up.
The gentlemen fell far behind. Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and smiled, "The children are very energetic."
Mr. Huang and others: ...Your students are far ahead, so of course they are energetic.
A gentleman took the lead and said, "Let's go. Although we are old, we can't fall too far behind the children."
Everyone agreed and climbed up the mountain together.
There are many people who come to climb the mountain to enjoy the view today. We keep meeting people we know on the way. We say hello and then continue to climb up the mountain.
Their belongings were all carried by the students, so the gentlemen only had to get themselves to the top of the mountain, which was quite easy.
If you are tired, there are pavilions on the road for pedestrians to rest. Even if the pavilion is full, you can sit on the stones on the roadside to rest.
The weather is clear and cool in autumn. The sun is not too scorching at this time, but makes people feel warm and comfortable.
Manbao and his friends took two breaks along the way before they reached the top of the mountain. The four of them looked down at their friends below and shouted "wow" with joy. The depression they had felt in the past two days dissipated a lot.
It is true that climbing high makes people broad-minded and happy.
Qi Jue was the first among all his classmates to climb up. When he came up, Manbao and the others had already taken their places and put their things in place.
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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