Chapter 1478: Housewarming Ceremony 1 (Happy Birthday to Book Friend "Mahjong")
Of course, Lord Tang knew that his wife knew everything. He just wanted to remind Manbao, "It's better to be cautious with flowers and plants that produce strange phenomena. Natural phenomena are ominous."
He walked slowly down the corridor and said, "Although no one is paying attention now, no one can predict what will happen in the future, so it's best to be cautious from the beginning."
Wasn't she young at that time and couldn't think of these things?
Manbao nodded honestly. She could only sell flowers now and definitely couldn't keep any seeds.
Obviously, Lord Tang also knew about it, so he shook his head and stopped criticizing her about it. However, he was also very curious, "Where did you get all these flowers?"
Manbao said with a sad face: "I bought it at a high price."
It would be strange if Lord Tang believed her.
So I couldn't help but ask who he bought it from.
Manbao kept her mouth shut. After several years of friendship, Lord Tang knew her well. If she couldn't help talking to him, he would have a chance to find out. But if she kept her mouth shut, he would not allow anyone to ask her.
Mr. Tang shook his head and stopped asking, "Where will your family hold the banquet tomorrow?"
"There's a small garden behind the main hall. There's an open pavilion there. Men stay there, and women stay in a courtyard at the back. It's close to the garden, so everyone can go play in the garden."
This matter was arranged by Old Lady Liu and Zheng, the menu was arranged by Zhou Liulang, and the shopping was done by Zhou Wulang. Manbao didn't have to worry much about it.
In the words of Mrs. Liu, they just need to have fun with their friends.
However, proper etiquette should still be shown.
We are having a housewarming party today, so we need to give some gifts to the neighbors.
Zhou Silang packed three small jars of pickled vegetables, and some old ginger and yam slices he brought from home as local specialties. Finally, he packed a few packets of snacks, divided them into three portions, and handed them to Manbao and the others. "Okay, take them to the neighbors. Come back as soon as you've delivered them. The guests will be here soon."
Manbao thought for a moment, picked up a gift and said, "I'm familiar with the Du family. I'll go to the Du family."
But that familiarity didn't seem very friendly, so Bai Shan said, "Let me accompany you."
Zhou Lixue said, "Let's go to the Zhang family. Brother Bai, you and Brother Bai can go to the Sun family."
Bai Dalang felt that this address was completely confusing, but he didn't want Zhou Lixue to call him Uncle Bai, so he agreed in a daze.
He also took a gift and dragged Bai Erlang away.
When they arrived at the front yard, Liu Gui had prepared a carriage for them. Zhou Lixue was very surprised. "Do we have to take a carriage to visit the neighbors?"
Manbao didn't want to take the carriage either. "Just carry it and walk over."
After all, they are on the same street, and the Du family is right next door, so it only takes a short walk to get there.
Zhou Lixue thought so too.
But Bai Dalang insisted on taking the carriage. He dragged Bai Erlang onto the carriage and said, "You two can go slowly. The Sun family is at the back, so far away. I won't go."
Bai Erlang agreed with this and got into the car with his brother.
Manbao and Baishan walked out the left door, each carrying something in their hands. They walked for a while before reaching the side door of the house next door. Manbao paused, but Baishan walked past her and continued forward, saying, "Don't try to be lazy. How can you go through the side door when you're giving gifts for the first time?"
Manbao could only keep his head down and follow. "I didn't think it was that far before, but I didn't expect it to be so far. It's farther than from my home to yours."
Bai Shan shook his head, "No, it's just that the journey from your house to mine is fun, so I don't think it takes long."
"This street is too empty. We should plant more flowers and plants. It will be more pleasant to look at and won't feel far when walking."
When they arrived at the Du family’s gate, Bai Shan went to knock on the door.
When the Du family's servant opened the door, Manbao handed him the note he had written in advance and said with a smile, "We are the Zhou family next door. We moved into a new house today and came to give our neighbors some local specialties from our home. Please accept them."
The servant quickly took it with both hands, saying that he would tell the master, and invited the two of them into the house to have tea and rest.
Bai Shan declined, saying that they were only there to give gifts and they had things to do at home.
Seeing this, the servant watched them leave. As soon as they left, he immediately picked up his things and ran to the main courtyard to report.
Zhou Lixue and Bai Daluo didn't go in either. They were all in a hurry to go back to work, mainly because they were not familiar with the other party.
Although Mrs. Liu had already found out everything about the neighbors' situation over the past two days and asked them to memorize it, they didn't want to have awkward conversations with strangers, so they just delivered the gifts and left.
The only family I am somewhat familiar with, at least having met a few times, is the Du family, but our relationship with them is not very good.
The Du brothers had their blood drawn by Manbao last year. Although the main conflict was between the prince, the Su family and their Du family, Zhou Man was also involved, so everyone in the Du family thought Zhou Man was on the prince's side.
Du Shu tidied up his clothes and was about to go out. When he passed by the main hall, he saw Du Yu turning something on the table with a look of disgust. He took a look and asked, "Who sent this?"
There is a red cloth tied on it, and it is obviously a wedding gift.
Du Yu pointed to the west and said, "The Zhou family next door."
Du Shu stopped, turned around and looked, and found that there were still two packets of medicinal herbs, so he said, "Today is their housewarming gift, right? I'll ask your sister-in-law to prepare a gift and send it over to see if she likes it. If she does, you can come over and have a visit."
"Brother, he's just a doctor. Does our family really need to please a doctor?"
"That's the doctor who cured the Crown Prince!" Du Shu emphasized, "Prince Gong is now confined in the palace, and the Crown Princess is pregnant. You should spend less time with Prince Gong in the future."
Du Yu was unconvinced and said, "I just studied with Prince Gong, I didn't do anything."
He paused and said, "Even if the prince holds a grudge, there's no need for us to please a doctor, right? He's just a medical technician."
Du Shu couldn't help but pat him, "Don't forget, she is not an ordinary doctor. Her father was posthumously awarded the title of Mianzhou Governor by His Majesty. She can be called a daughter of an official family."
"He was just an official from a commoner family, and the title was bestowed upon him posthumously."
"Why are you so stubborn?" Du Shu said, "You're old now, and you say ten things back to me for every one I say. Can you think before you speak? Or think about what I said."
"If she were an ordinary doctor, would the Crown Prince have given her the Chongyuanfang mansion?" Du Shu sneered, "Don't look down on her. How many nobles live in the Yongchongfang next door? How many of them were born into humble families before this dynasty, and were only granted titles because they followed His Majesty in his campaigns?"
Du Yu opened his mouth to speak, but Du Shu simply grabbed a piece of pastry from the table and stuffed it into his mouth. He then said, "Alright, stop it. Besides the Zhou family, there's also the Bai family next door. The Longzhou Bai family is also listed in the "Clan Records" and is not much different from our Du family. If you really feel uncomfortable, just think of it as your relationship with the Bai family."
After that, he turned around and said, "Remember to ask your sister-in-law to deliver the gift. I'm busy today and don't have time to keep an eye on you. You are not allowed to go out and run around. Do you hear me?"
Du Yu bit the snack in his mouth, muttered a few words and then agreed.
I wish my book friend "Ma&Que" a happy birthday. May you have this day every year, be healthy, and become more and more beautiful.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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