Outside, the spring was bright and beautiful, the grass was green, unknown birds were chirping, and from time to time one could hear Zhu Ying's clear laughter. However, the Fourth Prince was restless and the more he looked at the questions on the paper, the more furious he became. In the end, he stood up and wanted to throw his pen away in anger. But before he could do anything, he saw his brother looking up and looking at him angrily.
At this moment, he immediately sat back down, muttering unconvincedly: "The teacher is too much. It's a rare opportunity for us to go out of the city. He can teach us when we make mistakes. Why does he give us so many questions? He is really scarier than a ghost!"
The Third Prince also agreed with the Fourth Prince's assessment. Compared with being spanked with a ruler and copying books, the punishment of doing exercises was too torturous. Copying books did not require thinking, but doing exercises did. Especially after finally leaving the palace and the city and living in such a large and fun Zhao Garden, he was forced to do exercises in the room. Even though he had much better patience than the Fourth Prince, he could not stand it.
But he still managed to cheer himself up and scolded: "Once a teacher, always a father, how can you criticize the teacher behind his back?"
"But..." The fourth prince blurted out two words in a depressed tone, and was glared back by the third prince.
"Yesterday, you saw the beautiful koi in the pond, so you wanted to go down and catch them, and ended up taking me with you!" The Third Prince slapped the table with his left hand, acting like a brother, "If anything happens to the two of us, have you ever thought about what will happen to our mothers? Besides, what will happen to those who protect us? Will the teacher and Sister Yingying also be in trouble?"
"Also, what if there's no hot water in the hot spring at Daoxiang Village and we get sick from the cold? Do you want to lie in bed for a few months?" Although he couldn't think of the word death, the Third Prince still listed many consequences. Seeing the Fourth Prince's face gradually turn pale, he frowned like a little adult and then sighed.
"Hurry up and finish the questions, then go and apologize to the teacher and Sister Yingying!"
Zhang Shou, who was standing silently outside the door, heard the Fourth Prince finally say "oh" softly, which was considered as an agreement. He couldn't help but smile slightly. Of course, he could talk a lot of truths to the two of them, but to be honest, the effect might not be as good as the two little guys' active reflection. Moreover, although the Third Prince, as the older brother, is not as outstanding as the Fourth Prince most of the time, he sometimes really has the posture of a big brother.
However, although he knew that the two brothers had finally managed to leave Beijing, Zhang Shou did not go in, but waved his hand to reduce the punishment. Going back on one's word is not a good habit, and what's more, he also wanted to temper the two of them so that they would not get into trouble again. You know, the brothers falling into the water this time and Zhu Ying kicking down the grape racks that year are essentially the same level of danger.
He didn't want to be partial to one brother and blame the poor second brother Zhu like Big Brother Zhu did!
One hundred equations may sound like a lot, but in fact most of them are simple addition and subtraction. Only a dozen or twenty involve multiplication and division, and only three involve fractions. But for the third prince, who has a good talent for mathematics, he worked hard and finally solved them in about two quarters of an hour.
The impatient Fourth Prince took a much longer time than the Third Prince, especially when he saw his brother had finished early and was waiting there. He twisted his butt back and forth, and when he was done, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately jumped up from the stool.