Plum Blossom Beats Bamboo Horse

Mr. Zhuang was teaching "The Analects" and he hand-copied a book for Manbao, which included the previous "Thousand Character Classic", so Manbao now had a total of two "books".

Manbao was overjoyed because it was the first time she could sit in the classroom and attend class with her classmates. She was particularly excited, reading aloud and actively participating in answering questions.

Mr. Zhuang felt the lively atmosphere in the classroom and praised Manbao several times in a row, which further fueled someone else's anger.

He decided to go find bugs with his little friends after class. He definitely wanted to start a fight with his annoying cousin and the annoying Manbao.

But before he could even start, Manbao had already begun fighting with his cousin.

It was a beautiful afternoon, actually the late afternoon after school today.

Because the students who came to school were not only from the village but also from two nearby villages, measures were taken to ensure the safety of the children on their way home.

Mr. Zhuang always ended the class on time. The children from the neighboring village hurried home, while the children from their own village could play with their friends before going home for dinner.

Of course, Manbao didn't go home either. She hugged her book and ran out. The Zhou family always doted on her, so even though the school was in the village, someone would definitely come to pick her up.

Today, nine-year-old Dabao was assigned the task of picking her up.

As soon as Manbao ran out, she heard loud cries outside. She immediately forgot to find her eldest nephew to go home and instead joined in the fun with her book in hand.

When she squeezed in and saw her second nephew being beaten by someone she had never seen before, who looked angry, she also became angry. How dare a stranger come to their village to bully someone, especially when it was her own nephew. If her uncle could endure it, she couldn't.

So, Manbao put down her book and went straight to pin the person down, starting to fight back for her second nephew.

Bai Shanbao had just achieved a temporary victory, but before he could even savor it, he was unexpectedly knocked down.

Bai Shanbao was furious. He hadn't even had a chance to see what the shameless sneak attacker looked like before he was slapped in the face.

Bai Shanbao was furious and immediately flipped the person over, starting to hit them.

Manbao tried to block with her arm, but the other person was stronger, and she felt that she couldn't win. In her anger, she grabbed the other person's arm and bit down.

Before Manbao could even exert force, Bai Shanbao felt the pain. With a "wah," he started crying loudly, and the sharpness of his voice startled Manbao for a moment. Then she let go of her mouth.

Seeing Bai Shanbao crying with his eyes closed, she couldn't help but say loudly, "Stop crying, I won't bite you anymore."

At this point, Bai Shanbao couldn't hear what anyone else was saying. He felt a sharp bite and realized he must be bleeding, causing a lot of pain.

He cried loudly, and Bai Erlang on the side couldn't help but burst into laughter, pointing at his face and saying, "It's really embarrassing." "A manly man can't even beat a little girl."

Although Manbao didn't like the chubby little boy she had just beaten, she disliked Bai Erlang's tone even more. She waved her fist at Bai Erlang and said, "How dare you make fun of us?" Be careful, I'll beat you.

Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "Can you beat me?"

"I can't beat you, but I'll let my eldest nephew beat you!"

The two children started arguing with each other, and Bai Shanbao finally felt something. He opened his eyes and gazed at Manbao with tears welling up. Then, he glanced at his sleeve but found no blood, which relieved him.

He glared angrily at Manbao, as if he wanted to bite her too.

Only then did Manbao focus her attention back on him and asked preemptively, "Why did you hit my nephew?"

Ertao immediately complained, "Aunt, he stole my stone."

Bai Shanbao angrily said, "I clearly saw it first." It was you who stole mine!

"You are not from our village." The stones in our village belong to us. "You are not allowed to pick up stones from our village."

Bai Shanbao's face turned red. Before he could speak, Ertao was slapped on the head by Manbao and said, "So you are the bad guy." "I won't be friends with you anymore."

Ertao was stunned for a moment, then said in grievance, "It was him who bullied me."

"Why did you take his stone?" Manbao asked. "Unclaimed items can be taken by anyone." If he picked it up, it's his because he found it in our village. If you pass through another village on your way to the county, can others not stop you?

Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly, "There's no one so unreasonable."

"That's right, that's right."

The two who had just been fighting had unexpectedly formed a united front.

Ertao looked at his aunt with a look of grievance.

Manbao asked him to return the stone to Bai Shanbao.

Ertao reluctantly handed over the particularly smooth stone to him.

Bai Shanbao took it, snorted, and despite Manbao speaking up for him, he still chose not to like her because she was a bad person.

Bai Shanbao stared at her with wide eyes.

Manbao got up, patted her bottom, and called Ertao to go home.

Bai Shanbao didn't wait for her apology and became unhappy. He grabbed her and said, "You haven't apologized to me yet."

Manbao was puzzled, "Why should I apologize to you?"

"You hit me!"

Manbao said, "That's because you hit my nephew."

"It's your nephew who's in the wrong."

Manbao was arrogant, "Then you shouldn't hit my nephew." I hit you because you hit my nephew. Anyway, I won't apologize.

"You're still a villain, always sneaking up on people!"

"I'm not a villain, as long as I can win." "You don't care if I sneak up on you."

"Anyway, you're in the wrong." A sneak attack is not something a manly man does.

"I'm not a manly man; I'm a girl..."

The two of them argued more and more, and in the end, Bai Shanbao threw down the stone and said, "Do you dare to have a fair fight with me?"

"I'm not afraid." "What's there to be afraid of?" Manbao reached out to push him.

Bai Shanbao didn't expect her to act on her words, and his anger flared up. He was a little taller and a little fatter than Manbao, and he was pushed back two steps. In a fit of anger, he grabbed her and wrestled her to the ground, and they instantly started fighting on the ground.

Ertao was shocked and quickly rolled up his sleeves to go help his aunt. His big brother had asked him to come pick her up, and if his grandparents found out that he had let his aunt fight with someone, he and his big brother would definitely get a beating.

Although Bai Erlang didn't like his cousin's sudden appearance, he disliked Manbao even more. Seeing Ertao going to help her, he also stepped forward, and the two of them fighting turned into a brawl.

In the end, someone went to the school to call for help, and Mr. Zhuang rushed over to separate the children.

Mr. Zhuang was very angry and checked on the four children. He noticed that Ertao and Bai Erlang had some redness on their faces, likely from the children scratching each other, but there were no other issues.

On the other hand, Manbao and Bai Shanbao, who had seemed to be fighting fiercely, had no injuries, but their clothes were very dirty, probably from rolling on the ground.

Mr. Zhuang took a deep breath. It wasn't easy for Manbao to come to school, and he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but the fact that Bai Erlang had been beaten couldn't be kept secret. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to take all four children back to the school. He then asked the students to go and call the parents of the two families.

It was better to be open about it than to keep it hidden. If anyone has any grievances, it would be better to speak up and resolve them.