Chapter 1573 Being Beaten
Manbao and Bai Erlang were both confused and had no memory of these things.
Neither of them had any recollection of it, let alone Bai Shan, as he hadn't even arrived at Qili Village at that time.
However, with Bai Dalang's testimony, Feng Zongping and others finally believed Zhou Man's statement that he had been in poor health since childhood.
Yin Huo was most curious, "Then how did you raise it so well?"
Manbao said, "Eat eggs, at least one egg a day, and you'll feel better as you eat."
She said to Yin Huo, "You and I are a little different, but a balanced diet is very good for your health."
Yin Huo said, "I have been eating according to the meal plan you gave me."
Even in the Eastern Palace, his father asked the Imperial Food Bureau to take care of him. Plus, he now lived close to Zhou Man, so it was much more convenient for him to get acupuncture and take medicine.
So he could feel that his health had been gradually improving recently, but it would probably take a long time for him to be as healthy as Manbao.
In her words, it takes time for the body to recover, so we need to keep a calm mind and take it slow.
Even Zhou Man didn't dare to eat a whole melon by himself, and Yin Huo certainly didn't dare either, so he only ate a small piece.
In fact, Manbao dared to do it, but Bai Shan refused to give it to her, so she had no choice.
But the melon that Koko picked for her was really sweet.
Bai Shan also felt that it was very sweet. After taking a bite, he couldn't help but look at her remaining two melons. Seeing that her melon seemed a little ugly, he looked at the big and beautiful melon he had chosen, and couldn't help but be silent for a moment.
Then he freed one hand and moved the two melons not far in front of her to his side.
Bai Erlang reacted instantly, turned his head to look at him, then looked at Manbao, then at his elder brother, and immediately reached out to grab the remaining piece of melon from Manbao's hand.
Manbao glared slightly.
Bai Erlang said seriously: "You are not in good health, eat less."
Manbao felt a little itchy, but Bai Shan thought it was not a good idea to fight here, after all, they were a guest in someone else's house, so he pressed Manbao's hand and said, "Forget it, keep the rest, and you can eat another piece when you go back tonight."
He said, "Didn't you say that Your Majesty wouldn't get sick if he ate a whole melon with each meal? Since you're not in good health, then just eat one melon with each meal."
Manbao: "I ate a lot of cold melon last time and nothing happened."
"Really? Who has no appetite for two days in a row? Isn't it because of the damage to the spleen and stomach?"
How can you get hurt so easily?
But Manbao didn't dare to be stubborn because she was a doctor.
So she sat on the ground, supporting her chin with Yin Huo and watching them eat.
After taking a bite of the melon, Bai Erlang narrowed his eyes and glanced at the two melons in front of Bai Shan. He said nothing silently.
Bai Dalang had never eaten other people's melons, so he thought that all the melons from Liu Huan's family were so sweet. He also praised his family's head of the farm, thinking that he managed the farm well.
Liu Huan was naturally happy to be praised, so the group planned to have lunch halfway up the mountain.
A servant brought over a mat and set it up, along with tea and other things.
Knowing that they were going to have a picnic there, the servants went back and brought them the food.
Manbao watched them walking around under the scorching sun and said to Bai Shan, "This kind of fun isn't something that ordinary people can enjoy. Look at these servants, there must be at least twelve or thirteen of them, right?"
"Sixteen," Bai Shan calculated at a glance and said with a smile, "We won't have this privilege when we go out."
Manbao felt that he should enjoy himself while he still had the opportunity.
The Liu family's farm was well prepared because the owners would come here every summer to escape the heat and often bring guests with them. They had their own set of rules for entertaining guests.
They all stayed here at night. Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang lived in their own farm next door, but they couldn't help but come over to play with them at night.
To be honest, Bai Erlang secretly disliked them, but it was difficult to say these words to outsiders, so when no one was around, he quietly said to Manbao Baishan, "We are so much older than them, why do they like playing with us so much?"
Bai Shan was cutting the peaches they had picked that afternoon. Hearing this, he glanced at him curiously and asked, "What's wrong with them? They're not much older than us, are they?"
"But I can't even get a word in on what they're talking about," Bai Erlang said. "Just talk to Big Brother about those things. Why are you talking to us?"
Manbao quietly ate a sliced peach beside him. After hearing this, he thought for a moment, "They didn't talk about anything special today. They just talked about the hot weather and the difficulty of the imperial examination this year, didn't they?"
Bai Erlang glanced at her and said, "This is just one of the topics. There are many more topics to discuss."
He said, "We are still young. The imperial examination will not be held for several years. It is not certain whether it will be held by then. It is too early to discuss these things now, right?"
Bai Shan couldn't cut the peach any further. "You crow mouth, could you please stop talking nonsense?"
Man Bao, however, was enjoying his meal, and he actually began to think along the lines of what he said. He said, "It's possible. The imperial examinations are held at irregular times. They're supposed to be held every year, but sometimes the Ministry of Personnel cancels them because there are too many candidates waiting, or because of natural or man-made disasters. I think I heard someone say that the imperial examinations have been canceled six times in this dynasty."
Bai Erlang immediately clapped his hands and said happily, "I told you! I counted them on purpose."
Manbao was stunned. Bai Shan asked, "Why are you counting these things when you have nothing to do?"
"I just counted because I had nothing better to do. I wanted to gauge whether the imperial court would cancel the Jinshi exam when we could take it."
Now even Bai Shan felt like beating him up, but at this moment, Yin Huo and the others came in from outside, talking and laughing, so he endured it silently.
Manbao immediately pinched a piece of peach on each side and ate it while saying, "I think you should mention this to Senior Brother Bai. After all, he has to take the exam in two years."
Bai Erlang pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly, saying, "You're right. My eldest brother definitely doesn't know about this yet."
Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao and saw that she was smiling with her eyebrows curved. She waved to Bai Er Lang and said, "You go ahead. Oh, go later. My eldest cousin is talking to Feng Zongping and the others right now, so he's busy."
Bai Erlang agreed.
At night, while Bai Dalang was still asleep, he ran to his room to talk to him, but was beaten. The whole yard could hear Bai Erlang's screams.
Although it was short, it still scared Liu Huan and the Liu family's servants. But before they could ask, the servant who came with the Bai family came out and said that nothing was wrong, and it was just that their second young master accidentally fell.
They didn't know whether others believed it or not, but Bai Shan and Man Bao definitely didn't believe it. However, they just turned over and continued to sleep without even getting out of bed, let alone asking.
I'm too tired today, I can't update anymore, see you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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