Chapter 1377 Envy
Bai Shan turned around and handed it over to the guards behind him.
The guards quickly refused, but Bai Shan said, "Eat. You must be hungry after running all the way."
They were not sitting in a car, and riding a horse was very tiring. Moreover, it was cold now, and they had to withstand the wind and cold, which would make them hungry faster.
Even the three little ones are hungry, so they will definitely get hungrier even faster.
The stall owner quickly cut five patties, chopped the meat and stuffed them in. Maybe because they were really good-looking, the stall owner accidentally cut the opening of the patty too big and stuffed as much meat as possible in it.
The stall owner warmly invited them to sit down and eat in the store, and said, "We have mutton soup here. It's not expensive. It's five cents a bowl."
It’s cheaper than meat pie, which costs nine cents each.
Bai Shan took out a string of copper coins and counted out forty-five to him.
The stall owner counted out nine and put them into the basin, then counted out nine more and put them in. The three men stood in front of the stall and watched him count five times and put them all into the basin. When he looked up and saw that the three men had not left yet, he felt a little embarrassed.
He was concentrating on counting the money just now. There was nothing he could do because he was not very good at counting. If he got distracted, he would forget how many he had counted.
Bai Shan couldn't help but give the stall owner a thumbs up, "Your counting method is good."
The stall owner immediately became happy, "Thank you for the compliment, my wife said the same thing. She usually collects the money on the side. If she doesn't come, I have to do this. Otherwise, if there are too many cakes, there will be mistakes."
He can't count more than that, but he can count within ten.
Bai Shan took the opportunity to ask, "Brother, is the street next to this Erhu Street?"
Although the stall owner felt that Bai Shan calling him "Big Brother" was lowering his generation, he still nodded and said, "It's Erhu Street. Why, do your relatives live here?"
Bai Shan nodded and said with a smile, "My cousin has a separate courtyard here. His surname is Bai. Did you know?"
"Oh, it's Mr. Bai's house, right? I know, I know. The eldest young master of the Bai family just came to buy meat patties."
When the three heard this, their eyes immediately lit up. After greeting the stall owner, they led their horses into the street next door.
Erhu Street is smaller than the main street, and there are shops only in the first half of the street, and there are no shops at the back.
As soon as he entered, Bai Erlang's memory was awakened, and he said to Bai Shan very confidently: "Yes, it's this street. Go inside, the third house from the end is my villa."
Bai Shan peeled down the paper bag, took a bite and said, "I know. The stall owner just said it."
Manbao was not in a hurry to go to the other courtyard. He smelled the fragrance in the paper bag and opened it to eat.
Bai Erlang sighed and ate as he walked. The three ponies followed their master obediently. They seemed to have smelled the fragrance and nudged them with their noses.
Manbao gently pushed Chiji's head away and said, "You can't eat this. I'll give you some beans later."
The three of them walked forward slowly. After finishing the meat patties, they put the paper bags together and handed them to Bai Erlang.
In the past, Bai Erlang would have definitely jumped up and down to express his grievance, but today he forgot the way and felt a little guilty, so he just took it silently without resisting.
The three of them had only eaten one large meat pie and didn't feel hungry anymore, so they decided to walk over slowly.
Especially Bai Shan and Man Bao, they only held the horses in their hands, turned the ropes in their hands, and hummed softly, looking very comfortable.
Passing an alley, Bai Shan glanced inside and turned to Man Bao and said with a smile: "I just saw someone who looks like my cousin."
As soon as the words fell, Bai Shan felt something was wrong, pulled the horse back, and went back to see...
Manbao and Bai Erlang also immediately stepped back. The three of them stood at the entrance of the alley and looked inside together. They saw Bai Dalang standing in the alley with his head down, talking to the young lady opposite him. The young lady opposite him was also lowering her head, her face blushing.
A maid and a servant were guarding the alley entrance. When the maid saw three heads popping in to look, she wanted to stop them. But when she saw the clothes they were wearing and the cloaks they were wearing, she felt a little hesitant. Then she saw three horses following behind them, and she dared not speak to them for a moment.
She could only turn around and remind their young lady, "Young lady..."
The servant was also startled and subconsciously shouted, "Second Young Master..."
Then, meeting the gazes of Bai Shan and Man Bao, he became even more embarrassed and called out softly, "Master Tang, Miss Man..."
The two people who were talking were startled when they heard the sound and turned their heads to look over. When the young lady saw so many people at the alley, she subconsciously jumped behind Bai Dalang and hid.
Bai Dalang also blocked her way, but when he saw that it was Bai Shan and the others, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Second brother, cousin, junior sister, you are here?"
He suddenly remembered something and became a little nervous. He quickly asked, "My great-aunt and the others..."
Bai Shan said, "We came here on horseback, and grandma and the others are still following in their carriage."
Bai Dalang breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Shan and the other two looked at the servant standing in front of them, then looked at the maid, and finally their gaze fell on the young girl behind Bai Dalang, with a look of sudden enlightenment.
Bai Dalang felt something was wrong when he saw their expressions and said quickly, "Don't overthink it. This is Miss Cheng Er. We, we..."
His face flushed slightly as he said, "Our two families have already agreed on the marriage."
Miss Cheng Er nodded with a red face.
Bai Dalang asked the servants and maids to step aside, and after the three of them came in, he stepped aside to introduce them, "Second Miss, this is my younger brother, this is my cousin Bai Shan, and this is my junior sister Zhou Man."
Miss Cheng Er blushed and looked up, then knelt down to greet the three people. It was the first time for the three people to meet such a shy person. After a moment of hesitation, they all returned the greeting.
Bai Erlang looked puzzled, "Brother, why are you hiding here to talk?"
Bai Dalang coughed lightly and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow, so I want to talk to the Second Miss."
"Then we should go home. There's no tea or a seat in this alley. How rude."
Miss Cheng Er's face turned even redder.
Manbao pulled the corner of his clothes and told him to talk less.
Bai Dalang also secretly glared at Bai Erlang, thinking that he didn't want to?
But his father and mother were at home, and when Miss Cheng came over she basically just talked to her mother, and they had no chance to be alone at all.
Moreover, they had just announced their engagement when Second Miss Cheng came to visit, which inevitably made her seem unreserved in the eyes of others.
Their situation is not like that of Bai Shan and Man Bao.
Having said that, he glanced with some envy at Bai Shan and Manbao who were standing side by side. This was the only advantage he had growing up with. Even if Bai Shan went to Old Zhou's house to find Manbao every day, or Manbao went to Bai's house to find Bai Shan every day, no one would find it strange.
Everyone will take it for granted.
Bai Shan met Bai Dalang's gaze, but misunderstood. He nodded to him in understanding, then said to Manbao and Bai Erlang, "Let's go. We also need to tell our uncle and aunt that the convoy is coming soon."
He turned to Bai Dalang and said, "Brother, please greet Miss Cheng first. We'll be leaving first."
Bai Dalang always felt that he had misunderstood.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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