Manbao and Bai Shanbao simultaneously turned their heads to glare at him, both itching to beat him up, but with the teacher present, both wisely refrained from doing so.
Mr. Zhuang snapped back to reality and, looking at the carefree trio of children, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Manbao asked with concern, "Teacher, what's wrong?"
Mr. Zhuang looked at her for quite a while before he finally said, after a long silence, "The Minjiang River has breached its banks."
"Where is the Minjiang River?"
Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, then spread out a large sheet of paper, summoning the three disciples close, and started drawing a map with a pen, "The Minjiang River is above Yizhou…"
Although the children were young, Mr. Zhuang would occasionally teach them about geography, starting, of course, with the local area.
