this? ! Lemongrass hesitated. She herself can only go to school because of the kindness given by others, so how can she open her mouth and bring someone else with her.
But it was unreasonable for her to go to school by herself without taking Xin Mao with her. Ever since he was young, Xin Mao has always been the first to get any good opportunities.
Xin Mao held her thigh and didn't let go. A pair of big eyes that click.
Xiangmaozi was in a dilemma. She was really reluctant to give up the opportunity to go to school to Xin Mao.
For a moment, the two little guys hugged each other and refused to let go.
Shopkeeper Chen couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. He said, "Forget it, you two go together. I'll tell Master Cheng that he will give me this little face."
Lemongrass was hit by a surprise again, could such a good thing happen? ! Can she and Xin Mao go to school together? !
Before Shopkeeper Chen finished speaking, he continued, "However, you can only use one set of these study clothes and pens, and you can only occupy one person's seat in class. Moreover, if you can't study, you are not allowed to disturb the class! "The last sentence he said was to Xin Mao.
Xin Mao naturally agreed repeatedly.
So shopkeeper Chen urged them to wash up and change clothes quickly, so that he could send them to school.
There happened to be two sets of clothes, which were originally used by the school for students to change. Xiang Maozi and Xin Mao were now dressed, with a two-finger-wide strip of cloth of the same color wrapped inside their clothes, which was used to tie their hair.
Xiangmaozi tied a strip of cloth to her hair and made an untidy little hairdo, and also tied a piece of hair for Xin Mao. However, Xin Mao grew too much when wearing her clothes. She could only fold and fold the clothes hard, and it took a long time before she could force Xin Mao to wear them.
Then the two of them followed Shopkeeper Chen to the school.
The school is on the easternmost side of the town. In the past, Xiangmaozi occasionally saw children wearing white robes and green blouses walking that way.
But she never thought that she would have the opportunity to go to school officially!
Shopkeeper Chen led them all the way to the school. Entering from the door, you can see three large blue brick houses with large windows, all covered with new white tile paper. They are now supported by bamboo poles and have half-open windows.
Through the window, many children wearing the same clothes as her were crawling on the table, lowering their heads to recite or copy something.
This strong learning atmosphere makes Xiangmaozi feel very stressed!
Shopkeeper Chen led them in through the open door.
At this time, Xiangmaozi could clearly see what was going on in the room. This room is huge, almost half the size of the restaurant lobby. There is a huge desk in the middle of the room facing the door, which is neatly filled with tall books. There is also a pen holder full of brushes. The desk is empty at the moment.
In the rest of the place, there are several square tables, surrounded by children, with 4 to 8 students sitting on each table. There is also a row of shelves on the wall next to the door. On the shelves are everyone's schoolbags, books and other sundries, but they don't look messy.
Seeing shopkeeper Chen coming in with two children, one tall and one short, many people stopped what they were doing and started looking at Xiangmaozi and Xin Mao.
Xin Mao was so nervous that he clutched Xiangmaozi's clothes tightly.
The schoolchildren began to whisper, talking about the two new guys, and their voices became louder and louder. The buzzing grew louder. At this time, even Xiang Maozi, who was not nervous at first, became a little nervous and uneasy: "Everyone, they are all discussing them."
Suddenly there was a cough from behind.
In an instant, the sound in the room disappeared.
All the schoolchildren lowered their heads and began to continue copying and reciting, while Xiangmaozi turned around and saw a scholar wearing a long straight skirt, square-toed shoes, and a gray beard walking slowly.
Xiangmaozi was also very nervous at this time, and her palms were wet. She was afraid that her husband would be dissatisfied, so he kicked her out.
Shopkeeper Chen quickly stepped forward and saluted, "Brother Zi'ang."
The husband returned the greeting slightly, "Brother Maoxuan."
"This is the child I told you about, Xiangmaozi. Come and give a gift to Mr. Chen." Shopkeeper Chen called Xiangmaozi.
Xiang Maozi hurriedly walked up, half-clasped her hands in front of her chest, and cupped her hands. This gesture is nondescript, not like luggage, but like a little monkey worshiping a mountain.
With a coaxing sound, the children peeping around laughed.
The teacher frowned and shouted, "What are you laughing at? Did you read all the books you read and went into the dog's belly! Are you all born to know how to salute?! Or do you rely on learning? My classmates have not learned and have done something wrong. As seniors, you have to be better She should have been taught by the students. Now she is laughing without teaching. Is this the life principle taught to you by the teacher?! Have your books been read into the dog's belly?!"
Under the teacher's series of questions, the schoolchildren fell silent in shame.
The gentleman lowered his head and saw the somewhat uneasy Xiang Maozi, and said harmoniously, "Etiquette is the principle. Those who are polite should respect others. You must not be disrespectful to others, and you must not be disrespectful in courtesy. Do you know what it means?"
Lemongrass shook her head in shame.
The teacher continued, "The meaning of this sentence is that etiquette is the greatest principle. Politeness means respecting others. You must not disrespect others, and you must not be perfunctory in saluting. Come, I will teach you how to salute. Remember to see you later. When you see your teacher, you should take the initiative to salute. Hold your hands and put them on your chest, open your arms, relax your shoulders, look clear, and bow solemnly, with your heart free to move, and your head bowed in courtesy."
The teacher showed Lemongrass and corrected her movements.
Finally, Xiangmaozi was able to give a standard salute, and the husband also returned the salute solemnly.
This small ceremony filled Xiangmaozi's heart with excitement and fascination.
This is school, this is school!
No wonder Ziyuan admired scholars who went to school so much. They could really learn principles, words, and knowledge.
Mr. Cheng told Xiangmaozi, "From now on, you will be my student. You can call me Master Cheng."
"Master Cheng." Xiangmaozi called softly. The engineer nodded.
Then he looked at Xin Mao. When Xin Mao noticed that his husband was looking at him, he hid behind Xiang Maozi again. Shopkeeper Chen said, "Brother Zi'ang, this kid is Xiangmaozi's younger brother. Sell me a thin noodle and let them learn together. As agreed, this kid is just a drop-in. There is no need to prepare an extra set of things for him."
Engineer pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "Let's try it like this."
Finally agreed.
The engineer arranged for Xiangmaozi and the others to sit together on the southernmost table, then gave her a large page of paper, showed her how to read these words, and demonstrated how to write these words, and then let her do it by herself. pondering.
Then he began to lead all the Meng children to recite the article together and started today's study.
Xiangmaozi started her first study in the school and was extremely nervous.
The mayor, on the other hand, welcomed a group of uninvited guests.
Captain Huang, who had just left with his troops the day before yesterday, led his men and horses towards Huangshi Town with murderous intent. They rushed straight to the mayor's house, opened the door and rushed in.
The mayor has been arranging manpower continuously in the past few days, and is exhausted from planning and financing. Finally, he was done with his work and took a half-day nap at home. Unexpectedly, Wu Zhang Huang broke in directly and was knocked to the ground from his sleep.
The mayor who had just woken up was particularly angry, but he quickly recognized the situation, stood up calmly, and asked in a deep voice, "General Huang, we have no grudges in the past, and we have no grudges in recent times. You have besieged me in Huangshi Town for nearly ten days. There was never a bad word. On the contrary, when you withdrew your troops, you were given good food, drinks and money. But now, you broke down my door and lifted up my bed. There must be a reason for this, right?!"
After listening to Mayor Gao's words, Mr. Huang's face turned slightly red. Indeed, the people in Huangshi Town treated them very well. From this point of view, Huang Anshi did something unreasonable. Can
But then Mr. Huang remembered Tong Futai's roar. Compared with the anger of Lord Fu Zun, a small conscience is nothing to mention.
"Old Gao, it's not that I, Mr. Huang, do things unethically. It's you who tricked me first. To tell you the truth, Mr. Fu Zun's only son was also infected with the epidemic. Mr. Fu Zun burned a red ticket to pray for immortality. But he didn't wait for the immortal. But here you were given medicine by the immortal. The Lord Fu lost his temper, thinking that you had robbed him of the opportunity and wanted to kill his son!"
"I don't care what you think. Take out the remaining elixirs for me quickly. If you can save Lord Fu Zun's son, this matter will be solved. If not, hey, Huang's soldiers, but I didn't grow up on a vegetarian diet!"
After listening to Huang Anshi's words, Mayor Gao finally understood what the problem was, but his heart felt cold.
The elixir is indeed gone!
Huangshi Town was sealed off for ten days, and more than a hundred people were sick. A total of one basin was distributed to hundreds of households, and each household was only the size of a tea cup.
And in full view of the public, how could there be an opportunity to hide it privately? ! These elixirs were indeed distributed to the townspeople!
Looking at the mayor's pale face, Huang Anshi said with a ferocious smile, "Old Gao, Old Gao, don't make a toast and eat as a fine!"
Mayor Gao didn't know how to win Huang Anshi's trust, "This, this really doesn't exist anymore. Where can I get it?"
Hearing this, Huang Anshi shouted loudly, "Gao He! Please clear your mind. That is the only son of Lord Fu Zun. If he can't take the elixir, he will suffer a lot, not to mention your family, but also the entire family." Huangshi Town doesn't even have enough money to bury him with him! It doesn't matter if you commit suicide yourself, don't burden me!"
"How dare I delay the Lord's affairs? It's really gone! It's useless for you to force me." Mayor Gao said with a tearful face.
Huang Anshi smiled grimly, "Then don't blame Mr. Ba for being merciless! You guys, let me smash you!"
All the soldiers responded with a bang, broke into Mayor Gao's house and started looting and rummaging around. If they didn't find anything, they started smashing things. For a moment, there was the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong, the screams of women, the cries of children, and the shouts of men.
The soldiers ransacked Mayor Gao's house and took advantage of the troubled waters to steal the mayor's hairpins, bracelets and silver coins. But after searching for half a day, not even a drop of the elixir was found.
Mayor Gao did not stop the soldiers when they were searching. He knew that he could not stop him. He just stood there with a dull and miserable expression and allowed them to search.
After a thorough investigation of Mayor Gao's house, no trace of the elixir was found.
Huang Anshi's face became increasingly ugly.
The so-called magistrate is the one who destroys the family and destroys the family. If there is really no trace of the elixir, we still don't know what happened to the people in Huangshi Town, but Huang Anshi himself will probably be in a lot of trouble.
If you don't do one thing, you won't stop doing the other thing. Huang Anshi thought of the Fujun's anger and became worried, "Gentlemen, let me, the young and old of Mayor Gao's family, escort them to the ancestral hall square!"
"What are you going to do!"
"Let go! Let go."
The soldiers immediately pushed and dragged the young and old men and women of Mayor Huang's family, and forced them to the square at the entrance of the ancestral hall. The crying all the way shocked the whole town. No one knew what was going on, and soon everyone started to panic.
Seeing the people present gradually gathering, Huang Anshi said loudly, "Let me tell you, the immortal medicine you took a few days ago was invited by Mr. Fujun after he issued a red ticket to ask for the immortal lottery. I don't know why the immortal went wrong. The road is here to save you people."
The surrounding Huangshi Town people looked at Huang Anshi coldly without saying a word.
"But you have to have a conscience. This is obviously the elixir that Mr. Fu Jun asked for. If you take it wrong, you will take it! But Mr. Fu Jun's only son is now seriously ill in bed and is in danger! If you have If you are conscientious, please donate all the remaining medicine quickly, and I will take it back to Lord Fu. Maybe then, for the sake of your piety in donating medicine, Lord Fu Jun will not care about you!"
"If you are still stubborn, then don't blame me, Mr. Huang, for being ruthless! From now on, I will cut off someone's head before a stick of incense has passed! Let's start with Mayor Gao's family. Once I finish beheading them Home, it's your turn!" Huang Anshi said sternly!
After saying that, one of his subordinates took an incense burner from nowhere and lit the first incense on it!
Mayor Gao's family members behind Huang Anshi had begun to tremble in their legs, and many women began to cry softly!
The people watching below were very helpless. It wasn't that they were stingy and refused to save the mayor's family, but it was because when they distributed the magic medicine, there was not enough of it. There was less than a teacup per person. The people were afraid that the amount would be too small and they would not be able to save their families, so they poured it all in carefully for their families. How could there be any leftover? !
The people of Huangshi Town really can't get it.
At this time, some smart people heard Huang Anshi's statement and felt that things were going to be bad, so they went to Sixian Tower to report the news.
Huang Anshi was the general manager from Fucheng, and when the medicine was distributed, he was still trapped outside the city, so naturally he didn't know what was going on inside. This medicine was not given by an immortal who came to Huangshi Town, but was begged from the woods outside the town by the little boy from Sixianlou. Everyone in the town knows this.
So someone ran to Sixian Building to report the news to Shopkeeper Chen.
As a result, when I heard that shopkeeper Chen had not returned from sending Xiangmaozi to school, the messenger ran to the school again.
After all this fussing, he and Mr. Chen Zhangui walked to two roads. When they arrived at the school, he didn't see Mr. Chen who was sending the children to study.
But one person suddenly shouted out of breath, "Trouble is coming! Lemongrass, help! Help!"
Xiangmaozi is really struggling with the pen. This is her first time learning to write, and she always feels that her hand is as hard as a mallet.
She heard someone calling her name and calling "help".
Xiangmaozi was stunned, and the brush fell down, leaving a big ball of ink on the paper.