Chapter 1601: Observing Etiquette
Bai Dalang rolled his eyes and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around except them, he coughed lightly and whispered, "Of course I do, but this rule..."
Manbao said, "This isn't a rule that must be followed. Otherwise, why did you sit together for dinner last night?"
"They weren't sitting together. There was a screen between them, separating the men and women," Bai Dalang explained. "I could only see her hair."
Bai Shan said, "I'm just asking you if you want to see me. It's just a meeting, not something you want to do that's disrespectful. Besides, they said it's not appropriate to meet before the wedding, but that was the eve of the wedding. There's still a lot of time before your wedding."
For example, no one told him and Zhou Man that engaged couples couldn't meet each other. On the contrary, they felt much more relaxed after getting engaged. Even when they held hands in public, no one thought there was anything wrong with it.
Bai Dalang hesitated for a moment and then whispered, "But from the Cheng family's perspective, the Second Miss has already been sent to get married. It's just that because of my family, they chose another date to get married in the capital. Now that the Second Miss is getting married, it's not a good time for us to meet."
When the Cheng family came to pick up the bride, they did not just bring the dowry and their daughter. When Mr. Bai went to propose marriage on behalf of his son, he went three times to give the Cheng family enough face, and then went to pick up the bride on behalf of his son.
Originally, the newlyweds lived in different places, and the bride could get married in Qili Village first, and then be sent to the capital to have a simple ceremony with Bai Dalang.
But firstly, the Cheng family didn't want to wrong their daughter like this, and secondly, Mr. Bai didn't want to wrong his son like this.
After all, it’s their first marriage, and she’s the eldest daughter-in-law, so it’s better to go through some trouble than to be too simple in some of the ceremonies.
So when Mr. Bai came to marry his son, the Cheng family held a grand wedding banquet, and Miss Cheng Er put on her wedding dress and was then sent out of Mianzhou City.
It was because of the hot weather that Miss Cheng Er changed out of her wedding dress halfway through, but she had been wearing red clothes for the past twelve days and had never changed to any other color.
Now we just have to wait for Mr. Bai to buy the house. Once everything is ready, we can welcome the eldest daughter-in-law into the house on an auspicious day.
If an engaged couple is one foot away from becoming husband and wife, then Bai Dalang and Miss Cheng Er are now only one heel away from becoming husband and wife.
Especially at times like this, we should be more polite.
So after hesitating for a while, Bai Dalang finally gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, rejecting the temptations of Manbao and Baishan. Then he carefully picked out a branch of the best rose in the garden, cut it, and handed it to Manbao, "Give it to the second young lady for me."
Although it was a little unexpected, Manbao happily took it and stopped urging him to meet Miss Cheng Er.
Manbao handed the book to Bai Shan and asked him to take it back, then took the flowers and went to the guest house to find Miss Cheng Er.
As she walked, she felt something was wrong. She glanced at the flowers in her hand and couldn't help asking Koko in her heart, "Is this flower mine?"
Koko said: "It belongs to the host."
Manbao said, "Senior Brother Bai is really stingy."
However, when she handed the flowers to Second Miss Cheng, she lowered her voice and whispered to her, "Senior Brother Bai spent a long time selecting these flowers in the garden and specifically asked me to give them to you."
Miss Cheng blushed, took it, found a vase in the room and put it in the vase, blushing as she whispered, "Thank him for me."
Manbao asked, "Thank him for what?"
Miss Cheng Er blushed even more, and after a while she finally said, "Thank him for his thoughtfulness. Just, just say I like it very much."
Manbao agreed with a smile.
Mrs. Cheng had just finished washing up when she heard Zhou Man had arrived. She quickly combed her hair and came over, "Miss Man is here?"
She changed her address just for one night, but it seemed a bit more intimate.
Miss Cheng Er didn't care that they were not familiar with each other yet, and hurriedly grabbed Manbao's hand with one hand, with pleading eyes.
Manbao smiled and said to Mrs. Cheng, "I came to give the second young lady a flower. Now that I've delivered it, Mrs. Cheng is busy, so I'll go back and have breakfast."
Mrs. Cheng quickly persuaded him to stay, "Eat here."
Manbao declined and ran back to Songbaiyuan, where Bai Shan and his family lived. Sure enough, food was already served in the main hall and Mr. Bai was sitting at the table.
Seeing Manbao, he smiled and waved, "You've come just in time, come and have breakfast."
Manbao went forward and sat down. Bai Shan gave her a pair of bowls and chopsticks and asked, "I thought you were going to eat at your house."
Manbao said, "Sister-in-law is tired. Fourth sister-in-law made breakfast today."
Bai Shan and the others understood.
Mr. Zhuang often lectured her, "You are too picky about food."
Manbao giggled and admitted his mistake obediently, but he would probably still refuse to repent next time.
Bai Shan changed the subject at the right time and said, "I put your book in the study."
Mr. Zhuang immediately said, "After breakfast, I'll recite the text."
Bai Erlang felt a slight chill on his back and lowered his head to eat porridge.
Bai Shan and Man Bao also tensed up and responded weakly.
Bai Dalang looked at Manbao several times and found that she didn't get his hint, so he lowered his head in disappointment.
After having breakfast, Manbao went to the study with Bai Shan and Bai Erlang to study with Mr. Zhuang, while Bai Dalang helped his father with the wedding preparations.
Although there are not many things that require his attention, he still needs to ask for his opinion on things like wedding dresses and the guests to be invited.
Old Zhou rarely had a good sleep and only woke up when the sun was shining on his butt.
Qian got up early and smelled the medicine. She and Little Qian followed the smell to the front and saw Lu and others boiling the medicine.
She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is this medicine for? Your father's?"
Mrs. Lu quickly stood up and said, "No, my aunt said that my father-in-law's medicine should be taken after dinner. My father-in-law hasn't gotten up yet, so I haven't started boiling it yet. This is a homemade ointment."
Mrs. Lu explained the origin of the ointment and said, "These ointments are selling very well now, especially the whitening ointment. Li Jun even gave a small jar to Miss Cheng Er yesterday."
Qian: ...She was saying, why was that child acting so mysterious yesterday? He looked so happy when he came out of Miss Cheng's room.
Qian Shi helped Xiao Qian Shi sit on a small stool nearby and asked, "Are these herbs expensive?"
"It's quite expensive." Mrs. Lu gestured, "A jar of ointment this big would cost at least one or two taels of silver, not counting the firewood and labor."
"How much do you sell it for?"
"One jar can be divided into two porcelain jars, each worth two taels of silver." Seeing Qian frown, Lu immediately explained, "Porcelain jars are also very expensive. Li Jun insisted on having the word Zhou engraved on them, so the jars had to be custom-made. Because the glaze must be good, each jar costs about one hundred and fifty coins, much more expensive than the dishes we buy at home."
Isn’t it expensive? The ones used at home are made of tiles, and the ones used here are made of porcelain.
Qian stared blankly at the three smoking medicine furnaces in the kitchen. After a moment, she said, "That's good. You'll have something to do in the capital."
Lu breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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