Chapter 1593 Arrival
Thinking of this, the whole family started to get busy. Old Lady Liu and Zheng also heard the noise and came forward.
Seeing the children milling about in circles, some happy, some sad, not knowing what to do, she smiled and stopped them, saying, "Don't worry about these things. You've been busy for half a month straight. Go and rest first."
Bai Erlang ran away immediately after hearing this. Bai Shan then took Manbao away with him. Bai Dalang also wanted to leave, but just as he turned around, Old Lady Liu stopped him and said with a smile, "I saw in the letter that the people who are getting married have also come to the capital. It seems that the two families have already agreed on a wedding date. Where they will live and how to decorate the guesthouse are still up for you to decide."
Bai Dalang agreed with a red face.
While Liu was teaching him how to arrange things, she teased him, "You're not young anymore, it's time for you to get married. Why are you so shy?"
He was of the right age, but before returning to Beijing he had planned to get married during the Chinese New Year. This sudden move forward made him a little nervous.
It's the first time after all.
Liu looked at him with a smile, and instructed him to decorate the guest house for the Cheng family, and also to worry about the layout of the courtyard next door.
At this moment, Fang and Lu really didn't know how to arrange the place, so Madam Liu opened the storeroom and picked out a lot of things from it, teaching them what kind of curtains to hang on which windows and what kind of curtains to hang at this time of year...
Fang and Lu had not expected that there were so many details involved. They listened with great trepidation. After struggling for a long time, they still couldn't come up with their own ideas. They just did whatever Madam Liu told them to do.
Manbao was very concerned about her parents' room, so she took a shower, changed her clothes and ran to check it out. Zhou Lijun happened to be back, and the two of them took a look around before taking over.
Although Manbao hadn't specifically learned these things, he thought that when it came to decorating a house, he should just do it according to what was comfortable. So he chose light, thin tents with bright colors, and hung bamboo curtains on the windows so that they could be pulled up during the day and lowered at night...
Zhou Lijun went to decorate her uncle and aunt's rooms. When she moved in, she had learned these from Liu and Zheng. Although she only had a rough understanding of them, they were enough.
Fang and Lu followed behind them to help, Lixue, Liru and others also rolled up their sleeves to clean, and with the help of the servants, they finally cleaned up the room before dark.
Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although it's hot now, you should still prepare a thin blanket to prevent yourself from catching a cold at night."
Mrs. Lu nodded and said, "It's late today, let's prepare it tomorrow."
But no one expected that Lao Zhou and his men would come into the city early the next morning.
The servants of the Bai family did not see anyone to pick them up at the city gate, so Master Bai simply took everyone directly to Chongyuanfang.
Mr. Bai had only been to the capital when he was young, and only vaguely remembered that Chongyuanfang was in the northeast of the capital.
Anyway, it must be in the inner city, so it won’t be wrong to go to the inner city first.
Mr. Bai asked all the way to Chongyuanfang, and then asked his servants to go forward and inquire.
Old Zhou rarely blinked since he entered the capital. He leaned on the window and looked out, all the way from the prosperous outer city market to the spacious and crowded inner city, and then to the wide and somewhat quiet Chongyuanfang. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Zhou Dalang, who was sitting next to Old Zhou, was also watching intently. After a while, he said, "Dad, there are so many people in the capital."
Old Zhou nodded. "There are a lot of things here. I've just come all the way here, and I haven't seen many of them before."
The father and son sighed deeply. Old Zhou said with a hint of pride, "Our Manbao has become even more powerful. He has even become a fifth-rank official. He is the first in not only our village, but also in our town and even in our county."
Zhou Dalang looked around and whispered, "Dad, you've said this a hundred and eighty times. Mom said that the capital is different from our village and you are not allowed to say these things outside."
"Did I say this outside? I clearly said it to you." Old Zhou would feel uncomfortable all over if he was asked to keep silent, but he was timid and afraid of people outside. Even if it was to Mr. Bai, he would at most nod. His daughter is now an official, and his future son-in-law is still accompanying the prince to study.
Of course, Mr. Bai also has a son who accompanies the prince in studying, so Old Zhoutou can always find common topics with Mr. Bai.
But while Mr. Bai was bragging, he couldn't help but worry. He was not like Old Zhou.
Old Zhou was simply happy, thinking that the prince would be the future emperor, and had no idea that the prince might not even become emperor.
By then, many people will be implicated.
So Mr. Bai was happy and worried at the same time, but the Zhou family of four came to Beijing happily.
Old Zhou was staring at the high wall outside the car with a sharp gaze. The servant sent out by the Bai family ran back, followed by a group of people.
"mother--"
Manbao called out from a distance. When Old Zhou heard Manbao's voice in the car, he immediately stuck his head out to look forward. He saw Manbao and others running from afar. He immediately responded happily, "Hey, Manbao, Dad is here!"
Qian was a step behind, but she also leaned over the window and responded with a smile.
Manbao ran to the front of the carriage and waved happily to her father when she saw him, then headed towards the carriage where her mother was sitting in the back.
Old Zhou: ...
However, Li Xue and the others behind him immediately ran over and shouted, "Grandpa, you must be tired from the journey, right?"
"Grandpa, look, this is our home."
The carriage arrived at the side door. Old Zhou was helped down with a look of surprise. He tilted his head to look at the high wall, then sideways to look at the wall that stretched down the alleyway to nowhere. His fingers trembled a little, "This way down..."
"They are all ours," Lixue held his grandfather's arm and said with a smile, "Grandpa, it's even bigger inside. Come on, we'll take you in to see it."
Old Zhou was helped into the house by them. Liu and Zheng were waiting inside with a group of people. When they saw Old Zhou, they greeted him with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, my dear brother-in-law..."
Manbao also walked in holding Qian's hand. Liu's eyes met Qian's, they both smiled, and then put their hands together. Little Qian greeted Zheng and walked together.
A group of people blocked the door. Qian asked Manbao, "I heard your second brother read a letter saying that your house is very big and there are still a lot of empty yards."
Manbao nodded.
"Mr. Bai's in-laws are here too, this time with the intention of getting married. You are the host, so go and invite the bride in, don't embarrass them."
Bai Shan, who was standing by, bowed to Old Zhou and Qian and said, "I'll go with you."
Of course Cheng Zhang Shi would not come in person, as he had to work, so the people who came to send off Miss Cheng Er were Cheng Dalang, Cheng Dasao, and their mother, Mrs. Cheng.
Bai Shan and Manbao went out to greet them, and together with Mr. Bai, Bai Dalang and others, they sent them to the guest house and left only after making all the arrangements.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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