But there was no response from the grass. Chen Xiaobei picked up a stone and shouted to the grass, "Come out. If you don't come out, I will throw the stone."
As he spoke, Chen Xiaobei's hand quietly reached for the gauze on his shoulder.
For safety reasons, Chen Xiaobei now always brings a serial crossbow with him when he goes out, just in case something unexpected happens.
After he shouted, there was movement in the grass again, and then two young faces were revealed.
They are two children.
Chen Xiaobei knew these two children.
One is called Pang Dun and the other is called Gou Wa.
It's not even noon yet, so school isn't over yet. Why did these two boys get out?
Chen Xiaobei waved to them, "Pang Dungou, come here. Why don't you go to school?"
Pang Dun took it seriously and sniffed, "I don't want to study anymore. My mother-in-law said that I can write my own name now. That's enough. I might as well help the family collect grass and feed the pigs."
Chen Xiaobei couldn't help laughing, "Since you want to cut grass to feed the pigs, why do you two hide in the grass and dare not see anyone?"
Gou Wa's words were more serious. He said angrily, "It's too tiring to fight pigweed. We don't want to do it either."
Chen Xiaobei almost laughed like a pig, "Then you two say you are too tired from hunting pigweed and don't want to study. What can you do?"
The two of them looked at me and I looked at you, but neither of them said a word in the end.
Chen Xiaobei pointed at the carriage and looked at them seriously.
"You two come with me."
After letting the two of them get on the carriage, Chen Xiaobei turned around and headed towards the school.
When he arrived at the gate of the school, the scene in front of him was very joyful.
A dozen children were playing happily in the yard. When Chen Qiaoer saw him coming, she stepped forward and hugged his thigh, "Brother, brother, why are you here?"
The head of Chen Xiaobei’s mother, Chen Qiaoer, asked, “Where is your sister Ziyan?”
"My sister is in the classroom. She asked us to come out and play."
Chen Xiaobei nodded and walked towards the classroom. Shen Ziyan was sitting on a chair in the classroom. Facing the empty classroom in front of him in a daze, Chen Xiaobei raised his hand and knocked Shen Ziyan on the door frame a few times before he came back to his senses.
Seeing him coming, he quickly stood up to greet him.
"Brother Xiaobei, why are you here?"
Chen Xiaobei pointed at Pang Dun and Gou Wa behind him.
"I caught two truants playing outside the village and sent them back to you."
Shen Ziyan looked at Pang Dun and then at the dog, "They didn't come early this morning."
What?
Chen Xiaobei turned around and looked over.
Fatty'er and Gouwa's faces turned red as they rubbed each other.
Chen Xiaobei's expression became serious, "Okay, you two have learned how to skip class, and see if I don't go find your parents."
Upon hearing this, the two people's expressions became very nervous, and the fat boy burst into tears.
"Brother Xiaobei, don't go."
Gouwa also waved his hands repeatedly.
The behavior of the two children aroused Chen Xiaobei's suspicion.
Now think about what the two children said, they are contradictory in themselves. One moment they said that the family asked them to kill pigweed.
After a while, he said that he was too tired from the pig farm.
This will prevent me from going to his family again.
Chen Xiaobei's expression became very serious, he stared at the two of them and said word by word, "Tell me the truth, what is going on."
Forced into a corner by Chen Xiaobei, the two of them looked at each other, and finally spoke helplessly.
"We went to catch grasshoppers in the fields outside the village. We originally wanted to wait until school was over before going home, but we didn't expect you to bump into us."
Finally telling the truth, Chen Xiaobei's face was livid with anger.
I want to get angry, but remember that the other person is just a child after all.
Chen Ziyan obviously noticed something was wrong with Chen Xiaobei's mood, and in desperation reached out to hold Chen Xiaobei's arm, "Brother Xiaobei, leave it to me, they are still children."
Chen Xiaobei suppressed his anger and nodded, took two steps to the side, and sat down at a desk.
Shen Ziyan looked at Pang Dun, then at Gou Wa, and said earnestly, "You two feel that class is boring and want to go out to play. I can understand your mood, but you shouldn't tell lies to Xiaobei Li Chang, right? "
The two children nodded slightly, then lowered their heads and said nothing.
"This time, I don't have to go to your parents, but you two, please remember that there will be no next time. If you are caught by me or Xiaobei Chief next time, the teacher will not be polite."
Hearing this, the two of them breathed a long sigh of relief as if they had been granted amnesty, and nodded in agreement.
Seeing the two people running out happily, Shen Ziyan also showed a relaxed look on her face.
Chen Xiaobei was not as relaxed as he expected. He asked with a serious face, "Ziyan, how are these children studying now? I see they are very happy playing in the yard."
"The children are still young, and they are used to it before. It is naturally difficult to gather them in the classroom, but please believe me, they will get better gradually."
Although he has not seen Chen Ziyan's teaching with his own eyes, Chen Xiaobei is very confident in the candidates Cui Hongyu recommends.
Chen Xiaobei was just about to go home when he saw the oriole rushing over like a whirlwind.
Huang Ying showed restraint in front of many students, "Brother Xiaobei, can you make a few more mines? I want to see the master in two days, and I want to bring a few to him."
Chen Xiaobei nodded. After all, Huang Ying had done him a lot of help by making a few mines for him, so it could be considered a favor to him.
"Okay, I'll make a few more when I get back. By the way, if you want to see the master, you can also help me bring back some more primer."
"It's easy to talk about. You want me to take the explosive fire back. What you want, the master will specify and be very generous."
With Huang Ying's promise, Chen Xiaobei felt relieved.
After returning home and taking a short rest, Chen Xiaobei began to run towards the fields. With so many cabbage and radish seeds, he wanted to do some experiments first.
Fortunately, most of the crops in Chen Dachun's fields have been harvested.
Chen Xiaobei chose a flat area near the roadside, cleared away the weeds, brought water in for watering, and then sprinkled some seeds in it.
Chen Xiaobei sown fifty seeds of each type and marked where they were scattered.
Then they moved to another piece of land, scattered fifty grains each, and still marked it.
Once you know the germination rate, you will have an idea of how much to plant next.
While I was busy here, suddenly Chen Daqiang, a member of the village protection team, ran over in a hurry.
"Lizi, someone entered Qingniu Mountain, and we didn't stop them."
Chen Xiaobei stood up and stretched, "Who asked you to stop me? Didn't I say that? Just ask."
Chen Daqiang looked anxious, "There are more than a dozen people, and they are carrying shovels and baskets and say they want to go into the mountains to collect herbs."
When he heard about this, Chen Xiaobei became anxious. In the past, he would have been fine with it, but now that he has the land deed, Qingniu Mountain is equivalent to Chen Xiaobei's personal property, and he has to pay money to the court every year.