Chapter 1595 Visit 1
Old Zhou then remembered his sons. He looked around and asked, "Sixth and fifth sons are in the restaurant. Where is fourth son?"
Fang then looked at Manbao.
Manbao said, "Fourth brother went on business. He went to Shangzhou to buy porcelain and sent it to Xiazhou. Then he followed some of his friends to the grassland to collect medicinal herbs."
"Don't we have medicinal herbs at home?" Old Zhou muttered, "The grasslands, that's the territory of the Hu people, it's too dangerous."
Manbao said, "Don't worry, Dad. The Emperor has already conquered the Huihe tribes. Everyone on the grassland now recognizes Your Majesty as the Heavenly Khan."
"Businessmen in the Central Plains might be robbed by bandits. How can the grassland be safer than the Central Plains?" Old Zhou was not stupid. Although he had little experience, he had lived through two dynasties and witnessed wars and chaos.
It was just that their Luojiang County was too poor and Qili Village was too remote, so the war did not affect them at the time.
But when he was young, he had seen many disaster victims who fled to their county. He heard that the Hu people on the grassland loved to eat human flesh and called the Han people "two-legged sheep."
Thinking of this, Old Zhou shuddered and said, "Hurry up and write a letter to your fourth brother, asking him to come back immediately. It's better to do less business than gamble with your life."
Zhou Lixue, who was standing by, couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, Fourth Uncle took away all our family's capital, as well as the silk and satin fabrics that my aunt got. If we stop halfway through, we'll lose everything."
"How can I lose money? I won't go to the grassland to do business. I can just sell it to others. It's a free reward anyway. I can make a profit if I sell it for a penny or an ounce." Old Zhou said with a pained look on his face, "It hurts, but it's better than losing my life."
Manbao thought about it and felt that her father was right. The grassland was indeed more dangerous than the Central Plains, so she nodded and said, "But Dad, I don't know where Fourth Brother is right now. Even if I wrote a letter, I would have nowhere to send it to."
"He didn't say where he was going?"
"They said they left with the Tufa people, but whether they went there or not is uncertain. Besides, people on the grasslands live wherever there is grass. Now is a good time to graze sheep and cattle, as the grass is abundant. They won't stay in one place forever. There is no post station there, so how can we send the letter?"
Old Zhou's attention shifted, and he asked in surprise, "Why is there a tribe called the Bald Hair Tribe? Is there also a Multi-Hair Tribe?"
Manbao: ...
Bai Shan couldn't help but explain, "Uncle Zhou, the Tuoba tribe was originally a branch of the Hexi Xianbei, the Tuoba clan. During the chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms era, the Tuoba clan leader's eldest son was named Tuoba Pi Gu. His father didn't allow him to ascend the throne, so in a fit of rage, Tuoba Pi Gu led his followers and left the tribe. Legend has it that because his son was born in a quilt, and the Xianbei language called a quilt 'Tufa,' his father changed his surname to Tufa, and called him Tufa Shoutian. So their tribe has been called the Tufa tribe ever since."
Old Zhou stroked his hair and said, "The name of their tribe isn't very good."
Manbao also nodded and whispered, "I also think it's not a good result."
Bai Shan: "... Haven't you seen Ah Liudun and the others? They have a lot of hair."
Old Zhou pondered, "Maybe this is just like dreaming, it's the opposite of what happens in reality?"
Even Manbao couldn't agree with her father's words. She thought for a moment and said, "Because if your kidneys are healthy, your hair will generally be fine."
Now it was everyone's turn to be silent.
However, although Mr. Zhou is old, he has no worries about his hair, so he just discussed it briefly and then let it go. On the contrary, he has a lot of hair, so whoever is bald will be worried.
Qian finally found the opportunity to talk to Manbao. Since Bai Shan was not an outsider, she did not avoid her. "Master Bai and the Cheng family are guests. Where did you arrange for them?"
"It's in the back yard," Manbao said. "There's another yard in the back. Mr. Bai will live in one yard with Bai Shan and the others, and the back yard will be for the Cheng family. It's spacious and big enough for them. But they brought a lot of stuff with them, so I'm afraid they'll have to clear out a room for storage."
Qian smiled and said, "That's the second young lady Cheng's dowry. On the way here, the Cheng family said they wanted to rent a courtyard outside to live in. I hadn't seen your house at the time, so I didn't dare to ask them to stay. Now that there's a vacant courtyard, you and I can go to the back and ask the Cheng family to stay. We can simply prepare for the wedding here, and our family can also share in their joy."
"Hey, Miss Cheng is getting married here, so where is Brother Bai going to pick her up?"
Bai Shan was also curious.
Qian smiled and said, "Mr. Bai had already made up his mind on the way here. He wanted to buy a house in the capital. If he couldn't find a suitable one, he could borrow Bai Shan's house for a while. After all, it's the eldest son's wedding, so he has to do it well."
Old Zhoutou added, "That's because Mr. Bai has plenty of money."
Then he looked up at their house and said happily: "Although our family is short of money, we are not short of houses, hahahaha..."
Everyone in Old Zhou's family laughed foolishly, even Bai Shan couldn't help laughing.
Manbao doesn't mind this kind of thing. There are many houses in the family, and each yard has a separate kitchen. They can stay there if they want. She is still very hospitable.
But before that, she had to take her parents around their entire home.
The Fang family members did not follow, but instead pulled Zhou Lijun, Zhou Liru, Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu to pack their things.
Most of the things they had moved from the front yard were still in the yard and had not been put away properly.
Manbao then took them to see the courtyard where Zhou Lixue and his family lived. Seeing so many empty rooms, Old Zhou cried out in pain, "This is such a waste. Where will the fourth brother and his family live?"
"Fourth brother and his family live in the front." The first courtyard after entering the side door is spacious. The three brothers Zhou Silang, Wu Wulang and Zhou Liulang all live here. It is more spacious than when they lived in old Zhou's house, and there are rooms reserved for the children.
When the child grows up a little and there is no room for him here, we can just send him to the yard where Zhou Lixue and his family live at the back.
After looking at the yard on the west side, Manbao took them to the east side.
In fact, the scenery on the east side is better, because this side is mainly a study, a guest house and a garden, unlike the west side, which is obviously for family members to live in. The houses are well built and the scenery is also good, but there are fewer flowers and plants.
But Old Zhou didn't care about this at all. Seeing Fang and his family clearing the vacant land in their yard to plant vegetables, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad. It's a pity to leave such good land lying around."
Manbao said, "Dad, flowers and plants are also expensive."
“Can it be sold?”
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Except for rare flowers and flowers suitable for hairpins, the rest can only be sold by drying them and selling them to pharmacies."
See you at 11pm
(End of this chapter)
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