Chapter 750: Teasing
Bai Shan and Man Bao were not afraid of poetry chain games. They had been studying since childhood and had good memory. They thought that if even they couldn't continue, it would be even less likely that the other party would be able to do so.
Unless the opponent is smarter than them or much older than them.
The two of them looked at Bai Ning carefully and felt that he did not belong to any of them, so they were very relieved.
Bai Zhi was even less afraid. After all, he was six years older than Bai Shan and the others, and he had just gotten the opportunity to go to the capital to take the imperial examination. Naturally, he had read as many books as them.
So he took it up smoothly, "Brother Caoxi, when I talk to you, you will be ashamed of gold, jade, fame and wealth as you are of mud and spit."
Man Bao thought for a moment and then continued, "To be humble is to be supported, to be unfaithful is to be exploited."
Bai Shan smiled slightly, "Peeling the moss to see the seal characters, cutting the grass to find the study."
He looked at Bai Ning and raised his chin slightly.
Bai Ning gritted her teeth and continued.
There were only four of them left on the field. They went back and forth several times. Manbao rolled his eyes and simply changed the last word back to "wind". Everyone started over again, but they could not recite the verses that had already been recited.
Bai Shan seemed to know her mischief, and the second sentence ended at the word "home". Bai Ning didn't pay attention at first, racking her brains to come up with a sentence, and when she finally connected, who knew that the last word of Bai's sentence would be "fly".
Bai Ling, who had been standing by and watching, couldn't help but look up at them, frowned and said nothing.
Bai Ning was still clueless and reluctantly continued their poetry. After another round, Bai Ling interrupted them with a smile, "I think it's almost done. I've been watching you play this game all morning. My eldest and second sisters are almost falling asleep beside you."
Bai Jiashi and Bai Jialin were actually watching with great interest. When their names were suddenly called, they looked at Bai Ling in confusion. However, Bai Jiashi reacted quickly and smiled apologetically at everyone.
Bai Zhi smiled when he saw it and said, "In that case, let's stop here for now. We can play again when we have time. I think it's still quite fun."
Mainly, I had a lot of fun playing with Bai Shanmanbao.
Manbao happily agreed, and Bai Shan naturally had no objection. They all didn't plan to take Bai Ning out to play anymore.
Manbao also felt that Bai Ning did not suit her temper, so she even disliked several boys and pulled Bai Jiashi and Bai Jialin and said, "Let's go and play by ourselves."
But she couldn't take them to play with stones or play in the mud, so she just walked around the garden and talked about the flowers, plants and trees.
Bai Jiashi thought Manbao was amazing. "You've read so many books. I think you can even answer their poems, but we haven't even heard of them."
Manbao asked, "Do you like poetry? If so, I had several poetry collections at the time that I could lend to you."
Bai Jialin shook her head without a second thought, "Forget it, I'll just watch you guys have fun. I don't even want to read the 'Nu Jie' that my family asked me to do, let alone those poems."
Bai Jiashi hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know if I can understand it."
"As for poetry, you'll understand it if you read it more often. If you don't understand its meaning, you can ask your brother." Manbao smiled and said, "I'll choose a simple and easy-to-understand poetry collection for you later."
Bai Jiashi whispered, "My brothers have to go to the academy to study, so I'm afraid they don't have time. Sister Man, if there's anything I don't understand, can I write to you and ask for your advice?"
Manbao nodded blankly, not quite understanding why he would have no time to teach his younger sister if he went to the academy.
When she was in school, she could spare a lot of time every day to teach her brothers, nephews and nieces to read, and she could also play for a long time.
If you had the time to write and deliver the letter, you should have asked clearly at home, right?
However, seeing that Bai Jiashi didn't seem to be lying and she looked embarrassed, Manbao didn't mention it anymore.
Bai Jiashi became happy, knowing that she loved flowers and plants. She had seen it from the moment she pointed at the limited flowers, plants, and trees in the garden and talked endlessly.
Bai Jiashi then said, "My family just moved to Yizhou City, and the garden was pretty barren when we first moved in. I've been planning to buy some flowers and trees to plant recently. If you like them, I'll bring you some when I see something nice."
"Okay, okay," Manbao immediately agreed happily, saying, "You don't have to send it here, just send it to Kangxue Street. You know, it's just outside the wall of your garden. Basically, we will live there."
Bai Jialin was very curious, "Why did my great-aunt and her family buy a house here, but my cousin Shan and her family still want to live outside?"
"It's close to the provincial school, so it's convenient for going to and from school, and we're used to living there."
Bai Jiashi nodded, and the two agreed to visit each other often. So before she left, Manbao lent her a collection of poems, "After you finish reading this one, I will lend you other collections."
Bai Jiashi then understood that what she meant by "borrowing" was really borrowing.
Bai Jialin, who also thought she was going to give it to him, blinked and pulled her sister into the car. She couldn't help but mutter, "We have this poetry collection at home, right?"
Bai Jiashi flipped through the poetry collection and glanced at it. After a moment, she smiled and said, "Even if there is one, it saves a lot of effort. Otherwise, I would have to go to the study in the front to look for the book, and if my father knew about it, I would have to find an excuse to explain it."
That’s true.
Thinking of Manbao's lively conversation with them just now, Bai Jialin felt a little envious. "She has indeed read a lot of books. I just forgot to ask about her family situation. Why doesn't she live in her own home but in the Bai family's?"
"Didn't you hear what my great aunt and the others said? She is my cousin Shan's senior sister and studied with their teacher. If my great aunt and the others hadn't come, they would have lived over on Kangxue Street."
"How is that the same? My cousin Shan and the others are men, so it's only natural for them to go out and study with their teachers. But she's a girl, how can her family let her go out alone?"
Bai Jiashi was also curious, but she felt that it was someone else's privacy, so she didn't want to ask.
Bai Jialin was very curious, and as soon as she got home she couldn't help but go to her mother to ask.
Mrs. Bai Duan, however, understood quite a bit. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "She's not alone. From what Old Madam Liu said, she usually has a brother and niece with her. It's just that the Winter Solstice Festival came, and they went home to celebrate, leaving her alone. The two families have always been close, so Old Madam Liu brought them in to live with her."
Duan smiled and said, "I think that child is indeed very smart and very lucky. You can interact with her more in the future."
The two sisters looked at each other and agreed.
Bai Jiashi took the opportunity to ask, "Mother, can we exchange letters with her?"
"Of course," Duan said with a smile, "We've just arrived in Yizhou City, and we don't know many people here. It would be great if you could have a friend to visit. You can always invite her to visit us."
As they were talking, a maid came in and said, "Madam, the eldest and second young masters are coming to pay their respects to you."
Duan waved her hand and said, "They just got home. There's no need to make such a fuss. Let them go back and rest."
"yes."
The next update will be around 7pm
(End of this chapter)
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