Manbao had forgotten the quarrel yesterday, but she remembered it again when she saw the pastries. However, she felt that she was too magnanimous. Koko had said that smart and capable people must have a big heart and know how to tolerate other people's mistakes.
So she graciously accepted Shanbao's kindness, opened the paper bag, took out a piece of dessert and ate it with a satisfied expression on her face.
She also discussed with him, "It tastes better than the one sent by Bai Jilang's housekeeper last time."
"This is my favorite snack. The cook made it last night. If you like it, I'll take you back to my house after school." Bai Shanbao said flatteringly, "Will you still come to my house to read?"
Manbao thought about it and still wanted to see what a lot of books looked like, so he nodded and said generously: "Okay, I forgive you, we are still friends."
Seeing Manbao brought up this topic, Bai Shanbao was still a little embarrassed, but he still sincerely apologized to Manbao and said that what she said yesterday was right.
Even though they are children, they still need to have their own money.
Only the money he earned could give him complete independence. Although his mother would still say that all the money in the family belonged to him, he knew that he could not do whatever he wanted.
But it’s different when you earn your own money.
However, Bai Shanbao did not admit all the mistakes. He said that Manbao was not good either, because the quarrel was not his fault alone. Even if he made more mistakes, she was also wrong.
Although Manbao didn't think he was wrong, he still said sorry to him reluctantly after seeing him apologize.
The system saw it, and said to her in her mind: "Host, Bai Shan is right, you are also wrong about the quarrel."
Manbao was really unhappy about this and asked, "How did I do something wrong?"
The system asked her, "Yesterday, Big Head and Second Head were fighting over the Centella asiatica to dry, and then they had a quarrel. Who do you think was at fault?"
"Both of them are at fault."
"It was obviously Big Head who snatched the Centella asiatica from Second Head. Why do you think Second Head was also at fault?"
"Big Head didn't mean any harm. He just thought that Second Head was drying too slowly, so he helped."
"Bai Shan has no ill intentions. He just has a different opinion from you. You can all express different opinions. Not to mention the world now, even in the future, humans will have different views on the same thing due to differences in personality, education, cognition, etc. No one in this world has exactly the same view on the same thing." The system said: " So differences are reasonable to exist, and what you should seek is common ground. The most important thing is that you can debate, but you should not quarrel."
The system said: "Since you are arguing, both of you are wrong. He sincerely admits his mistake, but you, the host, are not sincere."
Manbao knew that sometimes she couldn't quite understand what Koko said, but it all made sense, so she would write down what she said and think about it over and over again, and she would always be convinced.
But this time she understood without even thinking, and then she was really ashamed, so she reached out and held Bai Shanbao's hand, and apologized sincerely again, "It was my fault yesterday, too. I'm sorry."
Bai Shanbao, who was already ashamed and guilty, felt even more embarrassed when he heard this, and held her hand, "Manbao, you are so kind. I shouldn't have said that about you. In fact, most of the fault is mine, and I should be the one to say sorry."
When Mr. Zhuang came in with the book, he saw two children in the first row holding saying sorry. After a pause, he walked up to the podium and glanced at them.
The two children immediately sat down and opened their textbooks.
Mr. Zhuang was extremely relieved. He had originally planned to give the two children a lesson if they continued to act up today. But the two children calmed down before he could even start the lesson.
Mr. Zhuang did not feel that he had lost his ability. He just thought that the two children were of good character and good understanding, so he knew he was wrong.
Mr. Zhuang's class went particularly smoothly today. He also told the whole class some stories about the tolerance and generosity of ancient saints.
The other students just treated it as a story, but Manbao and Bai Shanbao did not. They did not feel that the teacher was telling it specifically for them.
I just feel that they are far from being saints. Look, the ancients were more broad-minded than them, so of course their descendants should be even more powerful than their predecessors.
Isn’t there a saying that goes “The waves behind push the waves ahead”?
Mr. Zhuang didn't know that one of the many goals of his two disciples was to surpass the saints and become the new generation of super saints. Seeing their instructive looks, he nodded with satisfaction.
Manbao is going to visit the Bai family, and Datou, her little follower and temporary caretaker, of course goes along.
Zhou Erlang had already made a small bookcase for Manbao. It was really small and could only hold two or three books and a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone. It was very easy for Manbao to carry it.
Manbao put his things into the small bookcase, and went to Bai's house with Bai Shanbao.
Liu guessed that her grandson would bring the young lady from the Zhou family back today, so she paced back and forth at the door early in the morning, using the excuse of relaxing and waiting.
Then, turning around, she saw two little kids walking towards her with book boxes on their backs. They were chasing and playing with each other as they walked. Behind them were an older child and their servants.
Liu's anxious heart calmed down, and she smiled as she watched the two children gradually approaching.
Bai Shanbao trotted over holding Manbao's hand, tilted his head and introduced his friend to her, "Grandma, this is Manbao, her full name is Zhou Man, and she's my deskmate."
Manbao tilted his little head back and called out, "Hello, Grandma Bai."
Mrs. Liu smiled and held Manbao's hand, her face full of smiles. "My maiden name is Liu, from now on you can call me Grandma Liu. You are a guest, come in."
There are not so many particulars for a house in the countryside, but Liu was used to living in a big family after all, so she took Manbao to the backyard of the Bai family to pay a visit to Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Bai, and then led them back to the guest house.
When Datou entered the Bai family’s house for the first time, he saw such a big house and felt a little hesitant for a moment. He didn’t even dare to take big steps.
Manbao was also surprised, but she was young and her eyes were full of curiosity. She looked at it openly and exclaimed to Bai Shanbao, "The Bai family's house is really big."
Bai Shanbao said, "My house used to be bigger than this one."
"Then how many people do you need to live here?"
Bai Shanbao scratched his head and said, "There are only three people in my family."
Liu interrupted their conversation with a smile and led them into the living room for some snacks.
She stuffed a piece into Manbao's hand, and also gave a piece to Datou, and asked him to eat together.
Bai Shanbao took the snack from Manbao's hand, picked another one for her, and encouraged her, "This one is more delicious. Eat it quickly. After you finish eating, we will go to the study to read."
Manbao liked snacks very much, but she was more interested in books, so she finished the snacks quickly, jumped off the high stool, said goodbye to Liu obediently, and went to the study.