Chapter 1354 Who is in Charge
Manbao thought about it for a moment and thought it was a good idea. He nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll discuss it with Bai Shan."
Qian was just expressing her feelings and trying to find out what she thought of Bai Shan, but she didn't expect her to reply like this.
She was startled and asked, "What did you say?"
Although Manbao's face flushed, he still said, "I'll ask Bai Shan and see if he's willing. I think it shouldn't be difficult. He's not a pedantic person..."
Qian was speechless for a while, then she asked, "Are you sure Bai Shan is willing to marry you?"
Manbao hesitated for a moment and then said, "I think he is willing..."
If she doesn't want to, Manbao pouted and snorted in her heart: Then she will ignore him in the future, maybe just for a year?
Qian Shi then understood that the child had feelings for someone else. She sighed, patted her head and said, "Don't worry about this. I'll talk to your father."
Manbao looked up at her mother, and Qian said, "Marriage is a matter of parents' decision. How old are you and Bai Shancai? The important matter of having an heir still needs to be raised by adults."
When Manbao was about to speak, Qian stopped her and said, "Don't argue with your mother. I know you're smart, but getting along between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law isn't something you can just do with cleverness. Things like this need to be agreed upon from the beginning by the adults."
Manbao nodded, not quite understanding.
However, she still couldn't help but tell Bai Shan, of course she told it in secret.
Bai Shan learned about the proposal from her grandmother last night, so she blushed a little when she saw Manbao early in the morning.
After hearing Manbao talk about her father's requests and concerns, he said without hesitation: "Then let our second child have the surname Xia in the future."
Manbao asked, "Can you decide this?"
"If we get married, I will be the head of the family. Otherwise, how can we say we have a family?" Bai Shan said, "Since I am the head of the family, of course I can make the decision."
Manbao glanced at him and said, "In my family, my father always listens to my mother."
Bai Shan paused and said, "My cousin's family all listens to him. It's also said in the book that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world."
Manbao insisted, "My mother manages our family's money, and I can also earn money."
Bai Shan: "I can also make money."
"You don't make as much as I do."
Bai Shan: ...
Bai Shan was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.
Bai Erlang finished shopping and turned around to find the two men still standing there, so he picked up the things and came over. "What are you talking about that has taken you so long?"
They both turned to look at him and said unhappily, "What's it to you?"
Bai Jilang's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "Did I provoke you?"
Not really. After a moment's thought, Bai Shan apologized for taking her anger out on him.
Bai Erlang didn't want to accept it, so he snorted and turned away.
Manbao also snorted at Bai Shan, turned around and followed Bai Erlang.
Bai Shan: ...
When Bai Erlang heard this snort, he was no longer angry with Manbao, but only with Bai Shan. He handed two of the snacks he had just bought to Manbao and asked, "What are you guys arguing about?"
Manbao said, "Don't worry about the adults' affairs."
Bai Erlang was so shocked that he stopped walking. He looked at Manbao in disbelief, "You, what did you say?"
Bai Shan followed behind and heard it, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
You know, Bai Jilang is a little older than both of them.
Manbao stopped and looked back at the two of them, "Are you going to leave or not? The master is still waiting for us at home."
Bai Erlang tried his luck, glanced back and forth at the two of them, and guessed what they were talking about. He then began to mutter to them incessantly: "Marriage is a serious matter, decided by the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words..."
Bai Shan and Man Bao: ...
When they arrived outside the alley, Daji was waiting there with the carriage, and Bai Dalang was sitting in the carriage. He saw the three people from the window, shook his head and lowered the curtain.
There are snacks at home, but she insists on buying them from outside, saying that the snacks at home are common and her husband is tired of them, so it is better to buy something fresh and interesting from outside as a gift.
It's obvious that I just want to go and play.
When the three of them arrived, they didn't get into the car, but went straight into the alley with the newly bought snacks.
Daji led the horse and followed behind.
After knocking on the door, Mrs. Zhuang welcomed them in warmly.
Mr. Zhuang was teaching his grandson to read. Zhuang Dalang had three sons. Except Zhuang Ji'an, the other two were not very old.
So the main thing was to teach Zhuang Ji'an. Seeing Manbao and the others come in, he smiled, put down his book, stood up and walked out, "You guys are here?"
The three of them handed the snack packages in their hands to Mrs. Zhuang, and Zhuang Dalang took them forward to pay their respects to the master, while Daji took the things down from the carriage.
On it are the gift boxes prepared by the three families. Since the two pieces of silk given by Manbao came from the palace, her gift this year seems to be the most important.
Fortunately, she is the eldest senior sister, so it is normal for her two junior brothers not to surpass her.
When Mrs. Zhuang saw so many things, her smile became even brighter, and she asked her second son to quickly make tea for them.
Manbao took out three bags of tea from a box and gave them to Mr. Zhuang, saying, "Sir, this is the tea Daohe from the mountain gave us. His uncle roasted it. It's a little bitter. Would you like to try it?"
Mr. Zhuang took it and looked at it for a while, then nodded with a smile, "It smells good, let's make a pot."
He asked his grandson to boil water and didn't need him to make it.
Mrs. Zhuang warmly invited them to have lunch here.
The four agreed.
After making tea, Mr. Zhuang asked them to sit down and talk in the study. Seeing his grandchildren peeking in the yard, he went to get two bags of snacks, brought the children into the study, opened the snacks for them to eat, and asked them to sit down and listen to him.
Although Bai Dalang and his friends studied with Mr. Zhuang since childhood, they are not very familiar with the Zhuang family.
They vaguely knew that Mr. Zhuang and Senior Brother Zhuang did not have a particularly good relationship, but Senior Brother Zhuang seemed quite filial. It was just that Mr. Zhuang did not often go home, and Senior Brother Zhuang seldom went to Qili Village to see Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang picked out two pieces of dessert for his two grandsons, then looked at Bai Dalang and said gently, "I heard that you were ill. Are you well now?"
Bai Dalang glanced at Manbao and said, "He's recovered, but he still needs some more recuperation."
Manbao said, "Sir, he can't eat greasy food. I guess he can only eat some vegetables and white steamed buns today."
Bai Dalang: ...
He didn't think it was a big deal before, but now he really feels that abstaining from certain foods is a very uncomfortable thing.
Mr. Zhuang then knew that what was being spread outside was true, and that it was Manbao who really cured Bai Dalang's illness.
He smiled at Bai Dalang and said, "Curing the disease is like pulling out a thread. Just be patient."
Bai Erlang and Bai Shan nodded in agreement.
After Mr. Zhuang asked the four children, he pointed at Zhuang Ji'an and Bai Dalang and said, "This is Ji'an, my eldest grandson."
Bai Dalang didn't understand why the master specifically introduced him to someone else, but he still stood up and bowed to Zhuang Ji'an. He had never performed the ceremony of becoming a disciple, so there was no need to get caught up in the seniority issue, so he just called him an equal.
Zhuang Ji'an also just called him Young Master Bai, and was very polite.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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