Bai Shan lowered his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Your Majesty, I am an only son, and my father died young, so I would be raised in the palm of my hand, but as far as I can remember, my grandmother never pampered me. When I was young, I would grow ginger myself and sell it for money, and I would go to the fields to cultivate it.”
Bai Shan left the palace with his front foot, and the rewards of the emperor and empress arrived with his back foot.
Because of Zhou Man's meritorious service to Mrs. Yin's doctor, the empress rewarded her with something. Hearing that her eldest son Xia Mu had just died in the third year, the empress gave him a long-lived lock.
Xia Mu's name appeared on the imperial decree, so his name was confirmed. If it was a big family like Wang Cui, maybe they could fight for reason and prevent the emperor from interfering in the affairs of the family, as for the Bai family...
The Bai clan didn't have the confidence, so after the imperial decree came down, no clansman would argue with Mrs. Liu, Bai Shan and the others about this matter, but they were also very angry, making life difficult for those who stayed in Longzhou to take care of the family business.
Mrs. Liu went to Bai Shandao after a little thought, "Since you gave them a big blow, you should give them a sweet date. It's better to get rid of the enemy than tie it up. Besides, we are of the same clan, and we can't divide the clan for a while. "
Bai Shan: "What dates does grandma want to give them?"
Mrs. Liu said: "Because of the establishment of a women's school in Beijing, the academy has also prospered. This year, many gentlemen came to Beijing to teach, and more students came to study. Let me say that there are still not enough students from the clan to study in Beijing. Many, you write a letter back and choose some teenagers from the clan to come and study."
She said: "Only talking about character and knowledge, regardless of family background, we have paid for their accommodation and training in the capital. Besides, you organize your notes from previous years and send them back to the clan for anyone who is interested to copy them."
Bai Shan opened his mouth wide, "Grandmother..."
Mrs. Liu raised her chin slightly, her face was kind, but her eyes were full of arrogance: "Since the clan cannot be divided in a short period of time, in the remaining decades, you and Ziqian will have to face the clan. You two, one is arrogant and the other is stubborn, both of you are too rigid in character..."
"But man, you should be able to bend and stretch. You have grown up and become a father. It's time to learn how to submit." Mrs. Liu said, "You should handle this matter yourself, and don't let others handle it."
Bai Shan stood unconvinced for a while, and finally bowed his head and said "yes".
Leaning on the couch at night, separated from Zhou Man by a screen, the more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, and he couldn't help asking: "Man Bao, am I proud?"
Zhou Man yawned, pulled up the quilt to cover himself, closed his eyes and asked, "Why do you ask that?"
Bai Shan: "I feel that I am a person who can bend and stretch, but my grandmother still says that I am too arrogant. In the officialdom these years, I have also shown weakness and pretended to be a grandson, okay?"
Zhou Man thought for a while and said, "Proud! Master Wei once told me that one day, if I can kneel on the ground even in a reasonable situation, everyone in the world will think that I kneel down sincerely." When it is on the ground, it is able to bend and stretch."
Bai Shan murmured: "Think?"
"Yeah, I think it's just what the world thinks, it's not that you give in from the bottom of your heart," Zhou Man said, "I've thought about it, and I think the arrogance in my heart is arrogance, and what the world thinks is surrender."
Bai Shan sat up from the couch, crossed his legs facing the screen, and asked, "Can you do it?"
"No." Zhou Man said: "I once imagined that one day, the Prince Gong whom I hate arrogantly called me a quack doctor, poor medical skills and so on. I must not kneel down and admit my mistakes."
She said with a "sigh": "So I have to practice again. It's one thing to know in the bottom of my heart, but it's another thing to be able to do it."
Zhou Man said that he was refreshed, opened his eyes, and propped himself up to look at the screen, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"
Bai Shandao: "Grandmother asked me to establish a good relationship with the clan. This time, grandma won't help me, and let me come forward. She said that I am too arrogant, and a man should be able to bend and stretch."
"How do you build a good relationship? You just put them together, and now they must be angry. If they have small stomachs, they might hate you to death."
Bai Shan stretched out his arms and legs and lay down on the couch, and said: "Grandmother asked me to select some teenagers from the clan to study in Beijing Middle School, and we will be responsible for all the board, lodging, training, etc.; and then send my notes back to those who are studying in the clan. copy."
These two, not to mention the former, the latter also paid a lot.
For scholars to study, the most rare thing is resources, the resources of books and materials.
But Zhou Man is someone who sits on the entire encyclopedia and flips through Teacher Mo's manuscripts casually, so she doesn't think it's a big effort, and instead focuses on the first item, "Grandma is letting you cultivate yourself in the clan." power?"
Because Bai Shan has always paid attention to the division of clans, and he has a bad impression of the clan since he was a child, so he basically does not interact with the clan.
Their family and clan are all maintained by Mrs. Liu, and the two of them just need to work hard to support their family.
At this moment, Bai Shan was allowed to support the children of the clan to go to school, obviously it was not just to establish a good relationship.
Bai Shan nodded and said: "I am the most promising one in the clan now, even for the status of the Bai family in the aristocratic family, they will not let me divide the clan, so if I want to split the clan, I have not been able to do so for decades. possible."
"Grandmother means that there are still several decades left. I have to live a good life. I don't have a good relationship with the clan. It's okay to have grandma here. In the future..." Bai Shan paused and said, "I'm afraid We will suffer."
Zhou Man immediately said: "Then hurry up and follow Grandma's arrangement."
Bai Shan clicked his tongue and said, "With your thumbs, you can see how many people will laugh at me in their hearts when I write this letter."
"See if you are arrogant," Zhou Man said, "You don't even mind if people laugh at you in their hearts, but when they humiliate you with words and actions, can you bear it?"
Through a screen, she shook her head and said, "Dude, you should be able to bend and stretch!"
Bai Shan pulled up the quilt to cover himself, "I fell asleep."
Zhou Man groaned twice, and closed his eyes to sleep.
The next day Bai Shan wrote a letter to Longzhou, and then began to sort out his notes.
He was reluctant to give out some particularly important and special notes, so he kept them well and planned to leave them for the children when they grow up.
So his notes were a bit broken, so he flipped through Zhou Man's notes, and found some to make up.
But after looking through it in the study room, it was Bai Erlang's notes that turned up the most.
I just don't remember very well.
Bai Shan flipped through it in disgust, put it aside, and called the servant: "Go to the Princess Mansion and ask Master Tang, I have many notes and books that he left behind, ask him if he wants any."
The servants responded and left.