Chapter 1311 Returning Home
If there is a war, no matter how dirty and smelly the tribe is, they must unite to face the enemy. Money is important, but it is nothing compared to life.
This is also the principle that Old Lady Liu taught them since they were young.
Manbao nodded to show his understanding.
From Longzhou to Mianzhou, they went directly through Qinzhou, then passed Xingzhou and Lizhou to reach Mianzhou.
Zhou Silang separated from them in Mianzhou. He separated his caravan and said to Manbao, "We must sell all these furs before the New Year. I will take Liwei to Maozhou and Yizhou, and you two can go home first."
Manbao had no objection. Seeing that he didn't even bother to clean himself up and his beard was untidy, he asked, "Fourth Brother, do you have any money on you?"
Zhou Silang shook his head with a heavy face.
Manbao softened his heart for a moment and gave him a purse, saying, "There are twelve taels of silver in it. Remember to return it to me when you come back."
Zhou Silang took it and asked, "Do you want to return it?"
Manbao said: "I won't charge you any interest."
Zhou Silang stuffed the purse into his arms and sighed, "Well, I thought you felt sorry for me."
Manbao just looked at his collar without saying anything.
Zhou Silang smiled, reached out and rubbed her hair and said, "Okay, Fourth Brother was just joking with you. It's not far from home from Mianzhou, so don't dig things on the way."
During the entire journey, Manbao rode half in a car and half on horseback. Whenever she rode a horse, she would carry a small backpack and run ahead of them. Occasionally, she would jump off the horse to dig something. Some of the flowers and plants she dug up were taken good care of by her, while some were thrown away by her at some point.
It was okay if it was lost, he just thought she was tired of playing with it like when she was a child, but the one he kept basically destroyed his car.
Now Zhou Silang moved all the grass with roots wrapped in leaves to Manbao and his friends' cart, so the three of them were forced to ride horses.
As Manbao mounted his horse, he said to Zhou Silang, "Fourth brother, don't despise these grasses. They are all medicinal herbs and can be planted."
She planned to take them home to let her eldest and third brothers plant them, and the plants that were "thrown away" were included in Koko's collection.
Zhou Silang waved his hand and told them to leave quickly.
After their caravan left, Zhou Silang and Zhou Liwei took their three sons and drove a mule cart to another road. They were going to Maozhou, sell some furs in Maozhou first, and then go to Yizhou.
Zhou Silang has met many people while selling medicinal herbs and grain seeds in the past two years. Although none of them are rich, they have many connections. He dares to resell these furs because he is naturally confident that he can sell them.
The two sides went their separate ways, and Manbao and his companions were still riding in the front. Luojiang County was a bit far from Mianzhou City.
They set out in the morning and arrived in Luojiang County around dusk. The three of them went directly to Qianji Restaurant. Just when they were about to have dinner, three tables of guests had already arrived. Little Qian was busy with Daya, Santou and Sanya. Sanya, who was counting the bill at the counter, looked up and was stunned for a moment when she saw six horses coming in from outside the store.
Manbao jumped off his horse and ran in without taking off his cloak, "Saya!"
San Ya's eyes widened and she screamed, "Auntie!"
The two hugged each other and cheered. Manbao asked, "Where's my sister-in-law?"
"Aunt and sister are in the kitchen."
Manbao ran to the kitchen like a gust of wind...
Xiao Qian was cooking when Manbao suddenly appeared, startling her so much that her spoon almost flew off her chest. She hugged Manbao, tears welling in her eyes, "You've grown taller, taller! You've grown so big in the blink of an eye."
She reached out and touched her hand, "Are you cold? When did you come back? In the car?"
Manbao nuzzled against her chest, then chirped back, "We just entered the city. My husband and his family were a little slow in the car and fell behind. We rode into the city on horseback. Sister-in-law, I missed you so much."
Xiao Qian said she missed her too. She hugged her and rubbed her for a long time before turning to Daya and saying, "Go tell the guests that tonight's dinner is ours. We won't accept any new guests. Let them eat and leave. We'll pack up and go home."
Daya responded happily and turned to leave.
The meals for the three tables were quickly prepared, and then Xiao Qian took them to pack up and prepare to go home.
She brought all the ingredients from the store, fearing they wouldn't be enough, and gave Santou money to buy more meat.
Manbao said, "I'll go buy it, and I'll stop by my husband's house to tell him the news."
Mrs. Qian was a little reluctant to let her go, but she still let her go, and she reminded her: "Go early and come back early."
Manbao agreed, ran out to get the horse, and left with Baishan and the others.
Seeing them ride away on horseback, Xiao Qian finally felt that Manbao had truly grown up.
The customers in the store leaned over to look at the scene for a while, and couldn't help asking Xiao Qian, "Mrs. Zhou, who is this?"
Xiao Qian came back to her senses and said with a smile, "This is my aunt."
Luojiang County was poor, and it had become better off in the past two years thanks to Yang Heshu. However, there were not many people in the entire county who could ride horses.
The owner of Qian's Restaurant was the old Zhou family of Qili Village. This was known throughout the county. When the young Qian said this, the guests understood and asked one after another, "Is this the little fairy under the seat of the Tianzun Master?"
"It must be her. She's really pretty, worthy of being called a fairy."
Xiao Qian narrowed her eyes and nodded repeatedly, saying, "It's my aunt. She's back, and we have to close the shop early and go home, so this..."
The guests hurried to eat and said there was no problem at all.
This meal was treated to by Xiao Qian, so he poured out nice words as if they were free, and after the meal he congratulated their family repeatedly before leaving.
Manbao and his friends ran to the meat stall and bought a lot of meat. They took some of it themselves and went to Mr. Zhuang's house, and gave the rest to Daji.
Zhuang Dalang and his family were also preparing dinner. When they heard a knock on the door, Zhuang's wife called out, "Ji An, go open the door."
Zhuang Ji'an ran to open the door. Seeing the three young men outside, he was stunned for a moment and called out hesitantly, "Bai Shan?"
Bai Shan smiled and bowed, saying, "We are back from the capital. Your Excellency fell behind in his carriage, so we came back to report the news."
Zhuang Ji'an hurriedly welcomed the three people in.
Mrs. Zhuang heard them from the kitchen, wiped her hands and came out to greet them. Seeing them, she couldn't help but smile, and said with a somewhat awkward smile, "Is it Mr. Bai who is back?"
Zhou Man bowed and called out, "Sister-in-law, isn't my brother at home?"
Mrs. Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "He's still in the shop. Ji An, go call your father back."
He also asked Zhou Man, Bai Shan and others to sit in the room.
Bai Erlang handed her the meat he was carrying. Mrs. Zhuang took it, looked outside, and asked, "Where's my father-in-law?"
"Master, you're riding in the carriage at the back. We'll be faster on horseback." Bai Shan said with a smile, "We thought it was freezing cold and our families might not be prepared, so we came here first to let Master's wife know."
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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