Goudan cried all the way home to find his grandma. Datou was not afraid of him and also ran home to find his grandma, "Grandma, someone outside said bad things about my aunt!"
Qian frowned slightly, "What did you say? Who said it?"
"Goudan's grandmother said that my aunt was not born by my grandparents!"
The smile on Qian's face fell. She put the half-finished insole in her hand aside, stood up with the help of a chair, and looked outside.
Coincidentally, Zhou Dayuan's wife Zhang also came with her grandson Goudan.
It is common for children in the village to fight, but no one has ever suffered a nosebleed.
Not to mention Zhang, even ordinary people would be angry.
Zhang and Qian had always been at odds, so there was no way she would let this happen. When she saw her grandson being beaten like this, she didn't even ask the reason, but directly dragged the man here to seek an explanation.
But before she could open her mouth to ask for accusation, Qian said first: "You came at the right time. I heard from my eldest grandson that your youngest grandson said that you said that my Manbao is not my child?"
Zhang suddenly came to her senses with a start.
"Then let's go to the village chief's house and ask the village elders to tell us whether is my son or not."
Zhang's face turned pale and she looked down at her grandson, unsure if he had overheard her whisper to the old man.
Although Zhang felt a little guilty at this time, she was more angry and said, "Aunt Qian, who knows where the child heard these little words from? Anyway, I didn't say such words. No matter what, your Datou can't hit our Goudan. He is one year older than our Goudan."
Qian said: "The words came from your grandson, he said it was you who said it."
Zhang was choked.
Qian looked down at Datou and said, "Go to the mountain and call your grandfather and your father back. We will go to the village chief's house."
Zhang was a little flustered at this point, and said, "Aunt Qian, it's just a fight between two kids. Your family has the nerve to go to the village chief's house, but my family doesn't have the face to do that."
"If it was just a fight between two kids, with Datou hitting Goudan, I would have taught him a lesson, but this involves my daughter Manbao, so I want you to tell me in front of all the men in the village, whether Manbao is my daughter or not, are you gossiping, or am I cheating on Zhou Jin?"
Zhang was so angry that she almost blurted out, "Who in the village didn't know who gave birth to Zhou Man?"
But when meeting Qian's gaze, Zhang didn't dare to say it out loud.
Qian changed her usual gentle attitude and dragged Zhang to the village chief's house in a particularly tough manner.
Because of this dispute, many heads of households in the village were called back from the fields, and many children ran to join in the fun. Although Qian wanted the children to watch, she didn't want things to become too ugly, as that would not be good for Manbao.
So the children were driven away and only the elders and heads of households were allowed to stay.
Manbao knew nothing about this, as she was whispering with Bai Shanbao at the moment.
Bai Shanbao said, "I've thought about it. If I want to become very powerful, I have to study. I want to study in order to become powerful."
Man Bao asked him, "How powerful does it have to be to be considered powerful?"
Bai Shanbao thought about it for a long time last night, so he said: "Be more powerful than the patriarch of our Bai family, and more powerful than everyone in the Bai family. In this way, no one can bully me, my grandmother and my mother."
He did not study to bring honor to his ancestors, nor did he study to inherit his father's legacy. For the former, he did not think that his ancestors had any glory worth carrying forward. For the latter, he had no impression of his father and his father only existed in the names of his grandmother and mother.
He whispered to Manbao, "When I was studying at the clan school, they always bullied me because I didn't have a father. Even the teacher said that no matter who I argued with, it was always my fault. People would always scold me for being ill-mannered."
He snorted unconvincedly and said, "I am not lacking in education. My grandmother taught me many principles since I was a child, and I remembered them all."
Man Bao was filled with indignation, "They are so bad!"
Bai Shanbao nodded, "But they are not the worst. The worst are the uncles, aunts, and the clan leader. Because I don't have a father, they want my family's property. My mother said that the property is to be kept for me to study and get married."
Bai Shanbao still remembers the way he hid behind the screen and watched his grandmother begging those people. With hatred and stubbornness in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "My mother said that the clan leader is the governor of Jingzhou, and my fifth uncle is an imperial censor in the capital, so the two families have the confidence to say that they want to take over my family's business. Humph, I will be more powerful than them in the future and become a higher official than them."
Manbao applauded him, "You will definitely succeed. It's just an imperial examination. It's not difficult."
Bai Shanbao looked at her, "How do you know?"
Manbao was confident, "I guessed it. We are smart people."
She also asked Keke , "Is the imperial examination easy to pass?"
The system said: "Not good!"
Manbao glared at him, "Didn't you say Shanbao and I are very smart people?"
The system said, "There are many smart people in this world, and there are even more smart people who are more diligent than you. This year, only 20 people were selected as Jinshi, and 98 people were selected as Mingjing. Bai Shanbao is very smart, but he is young, and it is not certain whether he can be diligent. Studying is not just about talent."
Manbao said to Bai Shanbao seriously: "You must study hard, otherwise even if the imperial examination is not difficult, you will not pass it."
She felt a little guilty. She shouldn't have jumped to conclusion just now. If she changed her words now, it would not only damage her "dignity", but also have a dampening effect on the enthusiasm of her friends.
The system took the opportunity to teach her a lesson, "So in the future, you should investigate before drawing conclusions. There is a good saying from the ancients: without investigation, you have no right to speak."
Manbao asked: "Which ancient said this?"
"To me, I am an ancient person, but to the host, I am a future generation."
Manbao nodded, "So that's what my descendants said."
Koko couldn't help but remain silent.
Manbao has no other choice now but to urge Bai Shanbao to study more and work harder. Otherwise, how can she explain to him if he fails the imperial examination in the future?
For this reason, Manbao studied with him very seriously. Of course, because she was younger and progressed slowly, she was the one who read, and then asked him for advice and he explained to her.
But Manbao would not let her disturb him. She felt that what the teacher said was right, reviewing the old knowledge can help one learn new things. While she was asking him questions, he was also reviewing the old knowledge, so naturally he could gain new knowledge every time.
After school in the afternoon, Manbao followed Bai Shanbao out of the classroom carrying a small school box. They were still discussing the interpretation of a Confucius passage that she had just asked about, so she didn't notice that Datou didn't come to pick her up.
The two of them talked as they walked, and arrived at the Bai family very naturally. After paying their respects to Mrs. Liu, they went to the study to read.
They took the bamboo slips out from behind the book, looked at them curiously for a while, then put them back, and then the two of them looked for books to read everywhere.
Manbao felt that they had to read a lot of books in order to pass the imperial examination, so they had to read some of the books even if they couldn't read them.
Of course, in order not to embarrass themselves, they will still look for books that interest them first.