Bai Erlang hopped off the carriage and went looking for his teacher's comfort. As soon as he entered, he blustered, "Teacher, are your eldest disciple and second disciple getting engaged?"
Mr. Zhuang lifted his eyelids and glanced at him before asking, "Who told you this?"
Bai Erlang spread a rumor, "The two of them said so."
Following behind and running in after him were Bai Shan and Manbao: ...
The two stared at him with wide eyes, while Mr. Zhuang stared back at them. Without waiting for them to speak, he slowly said, "It's wrong to set a match in private; such matters should be discussed by the elders."
Manbao protested, "Teacher, he's spreading rumors."
"I am not," Bai Erlang argued. "Otherwise, why would he have told you about such a big matter so early but not me? I'm still his cousin, after all."
Manbao was at a loss for words.
