Chapter 758 Help
Not to mention that Bai Shan and Bai Erlang had been pampered since childhood, even Man Bao was raised in the palm of their hands. Although after arriving in Yizhou City, they learned how to wash clothes, how to make simple meals, and also helped with cleaning...
But sweeping the streets, especially such a heavy workload, was the first time for all three of them.
The tiredness of sweeping the garbage was secondary, but the dirtiness of shoveling and throwing away the garbage made them uncomfortable for a while.
But what I am most uncomfortable with is being watched by people.
Before three days had passed, everyone on the street knew that the three of them had been punished by the master for causing trouble.
Everyone who saw them would greet them, "Mr. Bai, have you been punished again today?"
"Ms. Zhou, your husband is still angry?"
The three of them felt very ashamed, and their faces blushed when they went out for the first few days.
When people are shy, they tend to do things quickly rather than carefully, and many places are not swept clean. Then Mr. Zhuang punishes them by making them write small characters, two sheets per person per day.
Manbao lay on the bed with her arms and legs spread out, looking at the top of the tent sadly. She felt that she was really wrong and should not have hit Bai Ning impulsively at that time.
At least it shouldn't hit you in the face...
Not really. If you get punished every time you fight, it would be a waste of time.
Besides fighting, they must have other better ways to teach each other a lesson.
Bai Shan was so tired that he fell on the bed and thought about this problem. He sighed and said, "A gentleman's revenge is never too late. Why did we fight at that time?"
Bai Erlang complained, "You were the first to start, and then Manbao hit the hardest. I just helped to suppress his hands and feet, but I ended up being punished just like you guys."
"If you have the guts, why don't you join us next time?" Bai Shan snorted. "The master asked us to reflect on ourselves, not to let you shirk your responsibilities."
Bai Erlang spread his arms and legs and shouted to him through the screen, "But sweeping the streets is really tiring and embarrassing!"
Bai Shan and Man Bao also felt embarrassed, but thick-skinnedness is something you develop through practice.
If you sweep the streets for one or two days you will feel ashamed, and if you sweep for three or four days you will feel guilty when you meet people. But if you sweep for seven or eight days, and meet almost the same people every day and hear almost the same jokes, then even the thinnest skin will be developed.
Within a few days, the three of them were able to wave and say hello to people on both sides of the street when they walked down the street carrying brooms and pushing carts.
Occasionally, I would enthusiastically help them take out the trash at home.
People on this half of the street also like to stand on the roadside and talk to them, and occasionally someone will give them some homemade sesame candy, malt sugar and the like.
After all, it’s almost the end of the year, and many families have started making snacks for their children.
Manbao and his friends don’t accept everything, but basically they will accept these small snacks and put them in their purses or pockets.
Then he pushed the cart and started cleaning up the garbage along the street.
Wei Ting and the others were secretly hiding behind the car and watching for a long time, extremely confused. "Didn't they say they were going to be punished? Why do they seem to be enjoying it?"
"Let's find joy in misery, huh?"
"What's the point of trying to find joy in misery? Look at how much they've collected. Does it look like misery? Come on, let's go up and talk to them."
Wei Ting then led a group of people out, immediately surrounding the three of them and asking, "I just heard that your teacher punished you to sweep the streets. I didn't believe it, but it turns out to be true. What bad things did you do to deserve being punished to sweep the streets?"
Wei Ting looked around and asked in a low voice, "Did your teacher find out that you sneaked into the prefectural school to read books?"
Three people: ...No, you think too much. Our master instructed us to do this.
Manbao waved his hand while holding the broom, saying, "Do you want to help? If not, get out of the way. We won't be able to finish sweeping when the sun sets, and we'll have to work in the dark."
Wei Ting glanced at the brooms in their hands, then at the broken cart, and finally at the long street. He couldn't help but take a step back and shook his head repeatedly.
Everyone also stepped back a little.
Manbao sighed, "No loyalty!"
"No, you have to tell us first why you were punished, right?"
Bai Shan asked them to push him aside. He wanted to sweep the floor and said, "Being punished is not a good thing. You won't help me. Why should I tell you? No!"
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right."
Because there were so many people and everyone was laughing and joking, Wei Ting and the others didn't feel embarrassed. After walking for a while, they didn't know whether it was out of sympathy or curiosity about why they were fined, but they rolled up their sleeves and helped shovel the garbage and push the cart.
With their help, today's cleaning went much faster. When they reached the last section, Bai Shan clapped his hands and said, "Okay, to thank you, I'll treat you to some naan."
"Come on, we don't like your naan either. Just tell us why you are being punished."
Seven or eight teenagers squatted on the street and talked.
Of course, Bai Shan couldn't tell them that Bai Ning had plotted against Man Bao, so he just said, "It's nothing. The three of us just got into a fight with someone, and the teacher punished us."
"With whom? Did you win or lose?"
Bai Jilang: "Isn't that nonsense? How can we lose if there are three of us against one?"
"I see. He must have hit the man too hard and injured him."
"Because he broke something, he's punished by sweeping the streets? In my family, he would have been beaten so hard that his butt was bruised and he'd have to kneel in the ancestral hall."
"So would you rather be spanked or sweep the streets?"
The man thought about it carefully and said, "I'd rather be spanked and made to kneel in the ancestral hall. Your master's punishment is quite unique, actually making you sweep the streets."
Manbao refuted the rumor, saying, "We didn't hurt anyone, we only had minor injuries. The master punished us because we shouldn't have started a fight."
Wei Ting was very curious, "Who is it? You three are fighting against one?"
This wasn't a secret. Wei Ting and the others would have known about it with a little inquiry, so Bai Shan said directly, "It was Bai Ning, the second son of the Bai Mansion next door to ours."
"Hey, didn't you say that it was one of your kind?"
In Yizhou City, this kind of relationship could not remain a secret.
Someone from the Wei family also attended the Winter Solstice Banquet, so it didn't take long for Wei Ting to find out that the new Assistant Minister of the Imperial Guard was Bai Shan's cousin.
Of course, this kind of relationship update would spread quickly, so most students in the prefectural school knew about it.
This is also one of the courses for students in the provincial school. Although it has never been listed as a course, it is almost one of the default compulsory private courses.
This is also the reason why Mr. Zhuang is able to know the power of Yizhou City like the back of his hand, because in the past thirty years, he spent nearly ten years taking this power course.
Bai Shan was not surprised that they knew. He was a little hungry, so he asked Daji to buy some naan bread. Then he replied, "Who says that people of the same clan can't fight? Even fellow disciples have their share of fights."
Manbao and Bai Erlang nodded in agreement.
The next update will be before midnight
(End of this chapter)
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