Chapter 1482 Banquet
Zhou Liulang and Manbao agreed. One invited Old Man Qiu in, and the other pulled Qiu Pei in.
After entering the yard, Zhou Silang introduced Old Man Qiu to everyone in a frank manner.
Old Man Qiu was completely relieved. He smiled, bowed to the people, and then went to the side courtyard with Zhou Liulang.
Zhou Liulang explained, "I just came out of the kitchen and need to change my clothes first."
Old Man Qiu asked, "Does your family need you to cook for the banquet?"
"I made two of the dishes, and the rest were made by Aunt Rong and the other cooks." Zhou Liulang smiled and said, "Madam Liu also hired a chef from the tavern outside to take charge of the cooking. You can try the dishes later."
Old Man Qiu looked around and sighed, "Your family has moved to Chongyuanfang now, are you still a cook?"
Zhou Liulang looked confused. "If I don't cook, I don't know how to do anything else. Doesn't that mean I can't cook now that I live in Chongyuanfang?"
When Old Man Qiu heard this, he felt more at ease. He smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, I can do it. I was just thinking about it, hahaha..."
Although the Zhou family's restaurant is open these days, it seems to be very busy. Although they heard that Zhou Silang had arrived in the capital, he has not yet come to propose marriage.
In the first month of the year, Zhou Silang went to Beijing and told his family that the Zhou family had agreed to their conditions, but he was a little young, so they had to wait for Zhou Silang to arrive before they could take the initiative to propose marriage.
However, although the marriage had not been officially confirmed, both parties had agreed to it, and half of the merchants on the street knew that the two families were going to get married.
But Zhou Silang had been in Beijing for two days, and not only had he not come to the house, Zhou Wulang had also disappeared. Zhou Liulang even stayed in the restaurant next door every day and didn't go out. Since they were the women's side, it was not convenient for them to bring it up right away.
It was not until Zhou Liulang sent them the invitation that they took it all the way into the inner city and then to Chongyuanfang. Apart from anything else, they felt more and more uneasy as they walked. They couldn't help but feel very disappointed, thinking that the marriage that they had finally arranged was off again.
Zhou Liulang took him to the side yard, where Mrs. Lu was playing with her three children. "Fifth sister-in-law, this is Uncle Qiu. Please greet him first. I'll go change my clothes."
Mrs. Lu agreed, quickly asked Old Man Qiu to sit down, and then went to pour tea.
Old Man Qiu was afraid that the Zhou family would go back on their word. In fact, the Zhou family also wanted to arrange the marriage as soon as possible, and they were also afraid that Zhou Liulang's marriage would be cancelled.
After all, he is not young anymore, and his marriage has become a concern for the Zhou family in the past two years.
Originally Zhou Silang was thinking of waiting for his wife to recover from her illness before going to propose marriage, but since Old Man Qiu came today, he took the opportunity to propose marriage and wait until Fang recovered from her illness before formally going to propose marriage.
The Zhou family's housewarming party truly included people from all walks of life, including Old Man Qiu, Manager Zheng and others, Mr. Zhuang's friend Mr. Jiang and others, classmates of Zhou Lixue and others, as well as classmates from the Imperial College, young masters of aristocratic families, and young masters of noble families.
The backyard was fine, but the front yard was quite extensive. Fortunately, the place was large enough, and Old Madam Liu had already arranged the seats. Old Man Qiu, Manager Zheng, and others sat together, and it soon became lively, so the atmosphere was not too cold.
The three less familiar families of Sun, Zhang and Du sat together with Lord Tang and his party, and were not left out. After all, they were also neighbors and often met at various official banquets.
Bai Dalang also invited his classmates. Even though they were not familiar with each other, they had heard of some of their names in school.
For example, Bai Shan is now very famous in the Imperial College. There is no student in the Imperial College who doesn't know him.
For example, Yin Huo, he is also very famous. After all, he was at the top of the list of people who must not be approached or befriended as soon as he entered school;
Another example is Ji Hao, the grandson of the former right prime minister, who entered school midway through his studies and is also very famous.
By the way, Ji Xiang retired. He submitted two memorials. The emperor tried to retain him the first time, but agreed the second time.
He is still the right prime minister now, but he has basically handed over his work to others and even stopped attending the morning court. It is said that after he has finished handing over the things at hand, he wants to write a letter to return home.
This pair of monarch and minister parted ways peacefully. Some time ago, when the Dragon Rising, the emperor even expressed his gratitude to Ji Xiang for his achievements in his early years in public.
However, I heard that Ji Hao’s biological father, Ji Xiang, was sent away, and I don’t know if he will have the chance to return to Beijing.
When Bai Shan mentioned this to Man Bao, he said, "The emperor's words are lies, so when you enter and leave the palace, don't believe any golden words. The emperor is always lying."
If you were really so grateful to Prime Minister Ji, it would have been great to recommend his son to one of the six ministries, but he was eventually sent away. Obviously, Your Majesty still cares about what the Ji family did in Yizhou City before.
Bai Shan didn't think the emperor did anything wrong. Ji Xiang deserved to be punished for failing to control his family, but he felt that it was very... hypocritical for the emperor to punish people while expressing the deep affection between the monarch and his subjects.
However, Bai Shan feels that there is always more hypocrisy than truth in the adult world, and he has become accustomed to it.
Bai Shan could understand this kind of thing, but a stupid person like Ji Hao couldn't even see it on the surface, and he still didn't realize the crisis.
So I'm not nervous at all. I play and have fun every day. Except that I'm not so talkative anymore, my life is not much different from when I was in Yizhou.
Well, still so outspoken.
So after sitting down, he looked around, frowned, and asked Bai Erlang, "Are both of you staying at Zhou Man's house?"
Feng Zongping on the side almost choked on the meatball he had just put into his mouth. Yi Ziyang was very glad that he had not eaten anything. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Ji Hao and Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang failed to grasp his underlying meaning and nodded, saying, "Right. After dinner, do you want to go see the courtyard where we live? Well, when choosing a room, brothers should be friendly and respectful to each other, so I let my eldest brother choose the main room in the courtyard first. But my room is also quite large. I had a large wooden couch installed by the window so I can lie down and read a book or eat snacks at the same time..."
Ji Hao frowned and said, "It's not a good idea to stay here, right?"
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan didn't even raise his eyebrows, but Bai Erlang asked curiously, "Why not? Haven't we always lived together?"
Ji Hao couldn't help but ask, "Do you often stay at each other's houses when you're at home?"
"Not really," Bai Erlang said. "Zhou Man has too many relatives, and my mother is too busy. If we were to stay in Qili Village, we would probably stay at Bai Shan's house. His house is more comfortable, and we can read strange stories in the evening. Zhou Man has some very good ghost story books, which are especially suitable for reading at night."
Everyone: ...
Ji Hao paused for a long time before saying, "That was okay when you were kids, but now that you've grown up, it's not a big deal if you still live together, right?"
Bai Erlang finally understood what he meant and rolled his eyes rudely, saying, "What's wrong with that? The adults are all here, and our teacher is here too. We're going to study with him, so who wouldn't let a few relatives and friends stay at their house?"
Bai Erlang asked him, "Don't you have any relatives staying with you?"
And...it really exists.
This is the capital. When it comes to a major exam, who doesn't have a few relatives and friends staying with them? Especially this year, with the special exam, there are even more relatives and friends staying with us.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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