Chapter 766 Lost
Before Bai Shan could even say goodbye to Man Bao, he was surrounded by people and taken home. Man Bao was also pulled back home by Xiao Qian who came rushing over. "It's the coldest time of the year. Why don't you go home now that you're back? It's so cold outside."
She had already pulled the noodles and put them in the pot, but the man still hadn't come back.
Xiao Qian pulled Manbao all the way home and said, "I put two eggs in your noodles. You came back late, and the meat and vegetables at home are all gone..."
"As long as it's made by my sister-in-law, even plain noodles are delicious."
Little Qian couldn't help but laugh. She tapped her nose and said, "The older you get, the sweeter your mouth becomes."
As soon as she got home, her family came to greet her. Qian reached out and touched her hand. When she found it was warm, she smiled and said, "Go wash your hands and eat noodles."
Manbao responded and only remembered when he sat down at the table, "Where are Lijun and Fourth Brother?"
Xiao Qianshi sat aside and said with a smile: "Lijun was dragged away by your second sister-in-law. He should be washing up in the house. Your fourth brother is still at the village entrance. You can eat first."
Zhou Silang was surrounded by people, and he was happy to be surrounded until his wife Fang called him several times from outside the crowd and he heard it.
When he stood on tiptoe and looked outside, he saw his daughter-in-law holding his son and glaring at him.
Zhou Silang was startled and immediately stuffed the bag in his hand into the hands of a young man beside him, saying, "Come, you distribute it for me."
Then he slipped out and the people behind him instantly surrounded the young man holding the bag.
The young man looked confused and shouted, "Where are you going, Thursday?"
Zhou Silang naturally ran to his wife. He gave her a flattering smile, immediately took his son and hugged him, saying, "Wife, you go home first. I'll send the carriage to the Bai family and go home right away."
Fang was finally satisfied. "Hurry up! My sister-in-law has cooked noodles. If you don't go back and eat them, they will get clumpy."
Zhou Silang agreed, and after sending the carriage to the Bai family, he ignored the hustle and bustle at the village entrance and ran back home.
The things are all in the Bai family's carriage. Since they are mixed together, the three families are not in a hurry to divide them up and plan to deal with them tomorrow.
The whole Zhou family sat together, and Manbao talked to them after he finished his noodles.
Qian asked with concern, "Are you still going to Yizhou City after the New Year?"
Manbao nodded and said, "Yes, we'll go after the Lantern Festival. Mom, do you want to go to Yizhou City with us? Yizhou City is much more lively than our county town."
Zhou Silang found time to reply, "Yes, mother, why don't we go to Yizhou City to celebrate the Lantern Festival? I happen to have rented a house there, so we can squeeze in if we go there."
Old Zhou said disdainfully, "If I don't go, how can I be as comfortable as home?"
"Isn't this just for fun?"
"You've gone through two or three days of trouble and spent so much money just to watch the excitement for one day. Are you bored?" Old Zhou just wouldn't agree.
Zhou Silang snorted and said, "If you don't go, I'll take my wife and son with me later."
The third and fourth heads immediately came forward and said, "Uncle Si, we want to join in the fun too. Can you take us with you?"
"Go, go, go," Old Zhou waved his grandchildren aside and said to Zhou Silang, "We have a reunion dinner this Lantern Festival. If you have the guts, split yourself in half. One half goes to Yizhou City to play, and the other half stays home to eat. Otherwise, you are not allowed to go."
Zhou Silang took a step back and said, "Okay, then I won't go to Yizhou City. I'll go to the county town, okay?"
Only then did Old Zhou snort and agree.
The children in the family, including Manbao, immediately raised their hands and said, "Me, me, me, I want to go too."
Old Zhou waved his hand dismissively and said, "Go ahead, go ahead."
Manbao glanced at her fourth brother, and seeing that he was blinking at her vigorously, she pressed the issue further, "Dad, we're going to go at night."
Old Zhou glared: "How are we going to go at night?"
Manbao: "It was still light after dinner. When we went there, people in the county town were just lighting up the lanterns."
Datou and others nodded repeatedly and looked at Lao Zhou with anticipation.
They have grown up but have never celebrated the Lantern Festival in the county town. I heard that the county town is particularly lively at night during the Lantern Festival.
Old Zhou couldn't resist their gazes and couldn't help but look at Qian.
Qian smiled and said, "Go if you want to."
Everyone cheered immediately, and all five of them couldn't help but throw themselves into Manbao's arms, calling out in baby voices, "It's great to have my aunt back."
Datou picked him up and said, "You are so smart."
When Qian asked about Manbao's studies, Manbao said somewhat disappointedly, "I didn't do very well in the exam this time. I was much worse than Baishan."
Manbao's paper was graded faster than Baishan's. After all, Mr. Zhuang only graded her paper. Basically, she had just finished it, and it didn't take long for Mr. Zhuang to grade it.
He just didn't show it to her. It wasn't until Bai Shan got her grades and test paper from the provincial school that Mr. Zhuang returned her test paper to her.
Bai Shan ranked 19th in the exam, which was quite an improvement. He just happened to be admitted to Class A1 with the second-to-last score.
However, Bai Shan said that he didn't want to change his academic officer, so he decided to stay in Class A3.
Manbao compared his own test paper with Bai Shan's and found that her results were much lower than his. As for her ranking in the provincial school, he would probably have to wait until he returned to the school and asked Wei Ting and others to compare their tests to find out.
However, Bai Shan looked at her paper and estimated that she would be ranked outside the top 50.
This was a huge blow to Manbao, because in her opinion, the two of them had always been evenly matched.
In the past, Bai Shan was only slightly smarter than her, the smartest person within a hundred miles. In terms of study, the two had always been on par with each other. Could it be that he has evolved so much smarter than her now?
Therefore, when it comes to grades, Manbao becomes so depressed that he doesn't want to talk.
Seeing her unhappy look with her head drooping, Qian patted her head and said, "Okay, now that you're back, don't think about these things for now. Go wash up and have a good sleep. Tomorrow, let your fifth brother take you to the river to fish, okay?"
Manbao nodded obediently, washed up and returned to his room, then leaned on the bed and sighed.
Seeing that Koko ignored her, Manbao sighed again.
Koko: ...
"Koko, who do you think is smarter now, me or Bai Shan?"
Keke: "Host, this is the eighty-seventh time you've asked me this along the way. You two are almost the same now."
Manbao was even more sad. "So it was really me who slacked off, so I did worse than him in the exam?"
Koko said: "Host, you still need to learn medical skills."
"But he also has to learn horse riding, archery, music... a lot more things than me, and it will take up a lot more time." The reason why Manbao was so sad was naturally because she had carefully calculated that the time they spent on regular classes was actually about the same.
This time, they only compared the courses they had learned together. Other subjects that Manbao had not learned, such as riding, archery, and music, were not included.
Koko also realized that it failed to comfort its host and instead made her even more sad.
It was the first time that Koko had seen the host like this. He couldn't help but type some random words and search in the encyclopedia. What if the host was sad and disappointed because of poor grades?
A lot of entries popped up at once, each with a different subject, but the words "sadness and loss" at the end were fixed words.
Keke clicked on the entry "What should I do if my daughter is sad and frustrated because of poor grades?" and it brought up a lot of posts. The most popular one was on the front page, saying, "Take her out to buy toys, beautiful clothes, shoes, jewelry, take her out to play..."
Koko eliminated the suggestions that didn't meet the requirements bit by bit, then popped up a shopping mall in Manbao's mind and searched for various beautiful accessories that barely met the craftsmanship of this era. He said, "Host, let's buy some jewelry."
Manbao wanted to refuse, but when she saw the beautiful accessories popping up in the mall, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "How beautiful! Why haven't I seen this before?"
"These accessories are relatively unpopular and have search criteria."
Manbao looked at them one by one and instantly became energetic. He threw away the disappointment of poor grades and pointed at the things in the mall and started discussing enthusiastically with Koko.
(End of this chapter)
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