The sun was still shining brightly at noon, but when the class was about to end in the afternoon, the sky began to be covered with dark clouds.
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao lay on the table and looked out, both a little excited, it would really rain if the ants moved.
Mr. Zhuang also saw it, and asked the students to stay in the classroom after class, waiting for family members to pick them up, and then took Manbao and Shanbao to the yard where he lived next door.
Leading the two children to the study room, he said, "What you saw in the morning was ants moving. What do you see now?"
Man Bao said: "It's raining, it will rain when the ants move."
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Silly boy, you have reversed the order. It is not that it will rain when the ants move, but that the ants will move when it is going to rain. Move their homes to a safe place. Then you know it's going to rain."
Mr. Zhuang spoke slowly, and the two children counted back and forth with their fingers, and found that it was true, so they nodded.
Mr. Zhuang pointed to the rain curtain outside and continued to ask, "What are you seeing now?"
The two children said in unison, "It's raining."
"These are all appearances," Mr. Zhuang said, "Manbao, your parents told you that it will rain when ants move, so you assume that it will rain when ants move. Shanbao, you have never heard of such a thing. So all you see is ants moving. But do you know what the teacher thinks when he sees ants?"
The two children shook their heads.
"Teacher will not only think that it is going to rain, but also think that there are so many ants under my house. The ants are eating the house and furniture. I need to start controlling insects and ants in my house. I will also think that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by Ant nest..." Mr. Zhuang talked about ants in detail.
Man Bao and Shan Bao were stunned when they heard this, how could they know that little ants can not only gnaw a big tree to death, but also vacate a house and destroy a thousand-mile dam.
After talking about the ants, Mr. Zhuang talked about the autumn rain outside, telling them that what they saw now was just a rain, but in the eyes of different people, this autumn rain has different meanings.
For these children, the autumn rain only temporarily imprisoned them in the school, but for the farmers, the fall of this autumn rain meant that they could start plowing and retting grass to prepare for the next year's farming.
But for those who want to go out, this autumn rain does more harm than good, because they don't know how much time it will take.
Mr. Zhuang talked about this with the two children in detail, as if he had nothing to do with imagination, but the topic changed and he returned to the county magistrate.
"In the morning, I asked you what the county magistrate does. What you said was the most intuitive impression you saw and heard with your eyes, but in fact, what you said was not complete," Mr. Zhuang said: "Sometimes what your eyes see See, what your ears hear may not be what you think in your heart. You should see more, listen more, and think more. If you have too many emotions in your chest, then stop for a while, don’t draw conclusions, wait for time to pass , think about these things when you are calm enough, maybe you will have a different harvest."
The two children understood a little bit, but not very much, but Mr. Zhuang didn't let them understand now, but let them remember what he said, and they would understand later when they should understand.
While talking, the Bai family and the Zhou family came to pick up the two children. Man Bao and Shan Bao said goodbye to the husband. They ran out in the rain hand in hand, and were very happy when they were covered by the rain. The two children ran out Sometimes I even find places with puddles to step on, and the two of them are happier when they step on the water.
The warnings and reprimands of the two adults sounded outside the yard one after another. The two children ran to their respective families while stepping on the water.
Mr. Zhuang stood at the door and watched, stroking his beard again and again, but thinking about what Man Bao said in his heart.
The county magistrate wants to increase the entry fee, what is the reason this time
Mr. Zhuang naturally knows more than the Zhou family. In fact, as early as three years ago, when County Magistrate Fu first came to Luojiang County, he had increased the entry fee. In two years, a section of official road was repaired, Luojiang dam was reinforced, and a canal was dug for County Guo.
The county magistrate has a three-year term. This year, magistrate Fu has not been transferred, which means that he will be here for another term, but he just doesn't know whether he wants to do political affairs this time, or do nothing at all.
Mr. Zhuang was a little worried.
But these issues obviously cannot be discussed with the two children.
Man Bao was taken home by Feng Shi, and as soon as she got home, she went to the kitchen to fetch hot water for her to take a bath. There was no way, the child stepped on the water, and not only the shoes were wet, but the trousers were also wet a lot.
Touching her little hand, Qian scolded her, "I'm really getting more and more worried, why do you feel that you have become more mischievous after going to school?"
Man Bao said: "Bai Shanbao also stepped on the water."
"He is him, and you are you. Maybe he still learned from you. You are asked to learn to be good, not to learn to be bad, let alone to teach other children to be bad."
Man Bao sighed, "Well, I'll just stop stepping on water from now on."
A child's promise is as unreliable as a July day.
Mrs. Qian asked Mrs. Feng to bathe her, poured her another bowl of hot water, and let her play, but only told her, "Don't go out and step on the water to get wet, or I won't let you go to study tomorrow. "
When Man Bao loves to learn, how could he be reluctant to go
So she could only sit in the main room and wait for her brothers to come back.
Zhou Zhoulang and his two younger brothers hid from the rain under a tree, and ran back when the rain was not too heavy, but their bodies were also wet.
Wu Wulang and the others helped to open up wasteland today, cut a lot of bamboo by the way, and then winked at Yaomei as soon as they came back.
Man Bao understood that when Zhou Zhoulang came back, he would pester him to help weave flower baskets.
Zhou Zhoulang was just about to say that Man Bao’s flower baskets made a lot of money before. Zhou Zhou Lang didn’t say anything, but he was very excited. But he has a lot of things to do recently, so he can’t move his hands. See Man Bao Asked, he immediately knew it was the idea of the fifth and the sixth, and he did not refuse, saying: "Let the fifth and the sixth cut the bamboo strips, and I will weave them when I come back."
Even the old Zhou Tou said in a rare way: "When I come back from the field, I will help you make it up."
After thinking about it, he felt that the fourth child's land reclamation was too unreliable, so he hesitated: "Why don't you let the fourth child not to open up wasteland, the land at the foot of the mountain may not be fattened after two years of cultivation, why bother? It’s more practical to help with some work at home.”
Zhou Zhoulang cheered up and wanted to nod.
But Man Bao didn't agree, Man Bao said: "Father, if the fourth brother is disobedient, that is punishment. My husband said that it is a big taboo to change the order from day to night. What should I do if the fourth brother thinks that he has done something wrong?"
"If he dares, see if I don't kill him!"
Man Bao despises her father, "You must not beat fourth brother to death, otherwise you will be so sad."
Old Zhou was choked so much that he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let your fourth brother continue to open up wasteland. Your fifth and sixth brothers will see if you can continue the flower basket business for a long time."