Chapter 1757 Getting Up Early
Manbao was stunned for a moment, then she remembered this matter. Yes, it was just mentioned last month that she had to attend the grand court meeting.
After a while, Manbao closed his mouth and said, "It's okay. I won't have much to do if I go there. I guess I'll just listen to their political discussions."
Bai Shan thought so too. She was just an editor and her voice would rarely be used.
So everyone discussed whether they should go out and build a snowman the next day.
There was such a thick layer of snow on the ground, so they found a piece of open space. The snow looked white, so they took a shovel and went forward.
Of course you need a shovel to build a snowman. Only a fool would use his hands. When Manbao arrived in Beijing last year, it was the first time he saw such heavy snow. He had no experience, so he poked the snow with his hands like he did in his hometown. He got very cold as soon as he picked it up and played with it for a while.
Later, I foolishly tried to build a snowman with my hands, but was laughed at by the kids in the alley, and I couldn't even finish the snowman.
Manbao and the other two, who already had experience, skillfully directed everyone to shovel and beat the snow. They piled the snow together and beat it solid before moving on to the next step.
Even Yin Huo saw it for the first time, walking back and forth in the snow with his boots making crunching sounds.
A group of people built three snowmen on the ground. Their bodies were of different shapes. Some had too big stomachs, and some had square heads. Everyone couldn't help laughing.
Zhou Lijun ran to the side of the road, picked up a few black stones, and pressed them directly into the snowman's forehead as eyes. Others also looked everywhere for a suitable nose and mouth for the snowman. Manbao simply broke off a thin stick, bent it a little, and pressed it in to serve as the snowman's mouth.
When I took two steps back and looked at it, it was terrifying no matter how I looked at it.
After they dressed up the three snowmen, Zhou Silang and the others came over to watch the fun, then shook their heads and said, "If anyone passed by here at night, they would be scared to death."
Manbao decided to ignore him. She thought the snowman was pretty good anyway.
Unfortunately, they had to go back to the capital, so they couldn't stay for long.
So after watching the snowman for a while, they went back to the village to have lunch, and then said goodbye and returned to Beijing.
Old Zhou and Qian decided to take Zhou Dalang and his wife to stay. Zhou Silang was not in a hurry to go back. He planned to go to Yongzhou City for a walk in the next two days. The furs from the grassland began to be shipped down, and he and Xiang Mingxue planned to do another fur business this year.
Zhou Lijun planned to go with them to see the world, so the others followed Manbao and the others back to Beijing and then went about their own business.
It was Manbao's first time to attend a grand court meeting, so he had to get up earlier than usual. In addition, the days were short now, it got dark quickly but got light late. Not only that, he was also particularly sleepy and liked to stay in the warm bed.
Even though Manbao had asked Keke to remind her to get up in advance, she still opened her eyes, closed them again, slid into the quilt, and fell asleep again.
After Koko noticed it, he was silent for a while. Just when he was about to call her again, he scanned Bai Shan, who was wearing a cloak and walking towards him with sleepy eyes, so he immediately stopped interfering.
Bai Shan was also sleepy. He walked to Manbao's door and knocked. Seeing no movement from inside, he knocked again and said, "I know you're awake. Hurry up and get up, or you'll be late."
Manbao rolled up the quilt and shouted, "I don't want to get up."
Bai Shan said, "If I'm impeached by the censor, I'll lose at least one month's salary."
Manbao was depressed for a moment, but finally he sat up with the quilt in his arms, sighed deeply, then lifted the quilt, got out of bed, and turned on the light in the dark.
Seeing the light on, Bai Shan nodded in satisfaction and turned around and said, "Hurry up, I'll go call Bai Er."
Manbao asked dazedly, "What do you want him to do?"
Bai Shan said: "We share happiness and difficulties together."
Manbao just listened without thinking. She sat in the chair blankly, but still felt the chair was too hard, so she sat back on the bed.
As soon as she sat on the bed, she felt so soft and comfortable that she couldn't help but lie down...
Koko: ...
Feeling her breathing getting longer and longer, as if she had fallen asleep again, it was speechless for a moment. Just when it was about to remind her, she suddenly raised her head, stretched out her hands and slapped her cheeks twice, muttering to herself: "I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I'm piercing my thighs with a needle and hanging my head from the beam..."
Seeing the host leave the bed with difficulty, Koko stopped talking.
As if to avoid regretting something, Manbao didn't even make the bed. He just put on his clothes and went out with a wooden basin to fetch water.
The people in the kitchen had woken up early. They were always the first ones to get up in the mansion. The other servants had also started working. Seeing Manbao drowsily coming to get hot water, a maid came forward and took the wooden basin and said, "Miss Man, why didn't you wait for me to bring you the water?"
Manbao shook his head and said, "I can do it myself. I feel much more energetic after getting some fresh air."
Girl: ...
Manbao fetched some water and went back to the house, washing his face and hands first, and then he was completely awake.
When she took care of herself and went to find Bai Shan, she found that he was already sitting at the dinner table with Mr. Zhuang Bai Erlang. The three of them, master and apprentice, were waiting for her to eat.
After bowing to the gentleman, Manbao asked, "Why are you all up so early?"
Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "I'm old, so I sleep less."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I went to bed early last night, so I got up early today."
Bai Erlang sat there without saying anything.
The light was dim, and Manbao leaned over to take a look, only to find that Bai Erlang had his eyes closed and his head lowered. If he listened carefully, he could even hear soft snoring.
Bai Shan nudged him with his elbow, and Bai Erlang shuddered and almost fell. He immediately sat up straight and said in a daze, "We share the good times and the bad times together!"
Manbao always felt that these words were very familiar, as if he had heard them this morning.
She turned to look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan directly picked up a bun for her and said, "The court meeting will take a long time, so you should not eat porridge. Eat more buns and steamed buns, and drink less water."
Manbao nodded, picked up the steamed bun and started eating.
When they went out, it was just dawn and there was no one on the street. Manbao couldn't help dozing off in the swaying carriage, and so did Bai Shan and Bai Erlang.
She was still very touched today, "Next time you don't have to get up early with me, it's not worth it."
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "It's okay. I'll take you there later. I have to go to court anyway."
Bai Erlang regained his composure and said, "You are so conceited."
Bai Shan: "That's called confidence."
"It will take me twenty years. Even if you are better than me, it will take at least ten years. In ten years, Manbao might not even attend the Grand Court anymore. Humph, let's see what you will do then."
Manbao thought for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Although higher-ranking officials often earn more salary and more official land, I still think it's better not to be too high-ranking. It's too tiring and I don't have time to do anything else."
The highest rank of imperial physician is the fourth-rank director of the hospital, which requires her to take care of so many things. She doesn't want that.
Other officials with higher ranks have more things to take care of, and they are not curing diseases and saving lives. She doesn't like it very much, and it takes up time, so it's fine now.
After queuing up and entering the court hall and finding her seat, Manbao felt even more that her position was really great because the position she was assigned was very good.
See you tomorrow, hehehe, I have something to do tonight, so I can't add more
(End of this chapter)
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