Chapter 1868 Everyone Knows (February Monthly Ticket Plus 10)
If you had told me earlier, there wouldn’t be so many things to do today.
Manbao could notice that Bai Shan seemed to be in a much better mood. She looked at him strangely, wondering why he had become so good again.
She sighed in her heart, and for the first time couldn't help but gossip with Koko about her relationship with Bai Shan. "It turns out that what the book says is right. A man's heart is like a needle in the sea. It's really too hard to figure it out."
Koko: ...
Manbao didn't get a response, but she didn't care. She let Bai Shan send her back to the house in a good mood.
Because the "misunderstanding" between the two was resolved, they were in a good mood. After washing up, they fell asleep quickly without any worries.
They have to get up early and go to the palace tomorrow.
They had already gotten up early enough, but Zhou Silang and Zhou Dalang got up even earlier.
The two of them woke up Zhou Wulang, who was reluctant to get up, and dragged him out of the city in the dark.
Zhou Liulang, who heard the noise in the next room, turned over and said drowsily, "Fortunately, I have to go to the restaurant after dawn, otherwise I would have to go too."
They arrived at the gate of the block on time. When the curfew was over, the gate would open, followed by the inner city gate and then the outer city gate.
The three brothers drove a carriage out of the inner city gate. When they arrived at the outer city gate, the gate was not open yet, but there were already many people waiting inside and outside the city to enter or leave.
Those who leave the city are going to do business outside the capital, mostly businessmen; and those who enter the city, in addition to businessmen, are mostly villagers living near the capital, carrying some vegetables to sell in the city, and doing the work of peddlers all year round.
When the time came, an officer shouted loudly, and everyone held their breath and waited for the guards to come down from the city gate tower, and then lined up and slowly opened the city gate.
When he heard the sound of the city gate creaking open, Zhou Wulang's sleepiness disappeared immediately, and he climbed out of the carriage with wide eyes to see.
After a while, the city gate opened and the people in line began to enter and exit the city gate in an orderly manner.
He couldn't help but sigh, "Big Brother, Fourth Brother, did you see that? I said the city gate looks great when it's open, doesn't it?"
Zhou Silang's surprise faded, and he nodded, "It's magnificent, worthy of being the capital. It's even more magnificent than the areas outside the Great Wall."
Zhou Dalang patted his horse's butt and said, "Alright, let's get out of the city quickly. Manbao and the others should be getting up soon."
There were a lot of people entering and leaving the city gate, but it was probably only the three brothers who went out of the city to pick wild vegetables early in the morning.
They drove out of the city, but they didn't go very far. They walked a little further and turned onto a small road. As far as they could remember, there were fields on both sides of the road. Zhou Silang had gone out of the city to see it yesterday, and there were quite a few wild vegetables nearby.
If it weren't for the fact that the princess had to eat very particular food, Zhou Silang would have gone back yesterday.
Zhou Silang stared with his eyes wide open, but it was too dark to see anything. He could only roughly estimate the distance and then said, "Okay, okay, let's stop here."
So Zhou Dalang pulled the horse, and the three of them got off the car. Zhou Wulang took out the lantern from the car and lit it for Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang ordered and muttered, "We don't need this little bit of oil at home now. I told you to serve it earlier, but you guys are not happy..."
Zhou Silang slapped the back of his hand as he lit the lamp, and with the light of the tinder, he looked at the blood on the back of his hand and shouted, "See, see, in just the time it took me to light the lamp, the blood from the mosquito bites I got is worth a fortune in oil. All this blood is from eating meat."
Zhou Dalang snatched the tinderbox and lantern from his hands, and with Zhou Wulang's help, he quickly lit two lanterns. He put one lantern into Zhou Silang's hand and said, "Just be content. It's not like you haven't worked in the dark before."
Zhou Wulang was already holding a lantern and looking around. He soon found the wild vegetables he was looking for. He called Zhou Dalang, and Zhou Dalang came forward to dig and pick them.
Zhou Silang also held a lantern and looked around. He basically didn't dig, but just picked or pulled what he saw.
Seeing how serious he was, Zhou Wulang said to Zhou Dalang, "Brother, Fourth Brother must have a plan, otherwise why would he be so concerned about the princess?"
"I know that the fourth brother wants to do business with the princess."
Not to mention Zhou Silang, even Zhou Silang was stunned and quickly turned around to ask, "Brother, how did you know?"
Zhou Dalang said calmly: "Your sister-in-law told me."
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong..." Zhou Silang recalled something and shouted, "It must be Manbao who said that, right? I knew it. If I hadn't told her not to tell anyone, she would have spread the news so that everyone would know."
Zhou Dalang spoke up for Manbao, "Not everyone knows. Only your sister-in-law and your parents know."
He thought for a moment and said, "Oh, it seems Li Zhong and Li Wei also know about it. I don't know if they told Li Xue and Li Gu, but Li Jun must know about it, so Li Ru must know about it too..."
Zhou Silang: ...
Zhou Wulang: "... Lao Liu and I are the only ones who don't know?"
Zhou Dalang comforted him, "You and Lao Liu were in the restaurant all day, so it's normal that you didn't know. But your wife and Lao Liu's wife should have heard about it too, maybe they didn't have time to tell you?"
Zhou Silang swayed. "Is this still 'only'? The whole family knows, okay?"
He couldn't help but mutter, "I just gave one less word of warning, just one less word of warning..."
Zhou Silang remembered something and asked in a low voice, "Then my wife..."
"I'm sure they know," Zhou Dalang said firmly, "but they just don't mention it."
Zhou Silang was a little dissatisfied again, "Why don't you mention it?"
Zhou Dalang said as a matter of course: "Manbao and Lijun have not agreed. The money is in their hands, so what does it matter whether we bring it up or not?"
This was a confirmation that Zhou Silang's arm was no match for Manbao and Lijun's two thighs. Zhou Dalang said, "Now my parents are very receptive to Lijun's words, not to mention Manbao's."
Zhou Silang's shoulders slumped. "Then why did you follow me out here to pick wild vegetables?"
Zhou Dalang said with a smile: "After all, I promised them. She is the princess, it is not right to let them eat the food overnight. If they are satisfied, they will be able to take better care of me in the palace in the future."
He said, "The palace is their home. We'll feel more at ease if my little sister has a few more friends there."
Well, Zhou Silang is now hit hard and doesn’t have much hope for his pearl business.
He sighed, holding up the lantern and picking up all the other visible wild vegetables.
The wild vegetables at this time of year are the tenderest, there are almost no old ones, and there are plenty of them. As long as you find one, you can find a whole bunch of them.
The three of them quickly picked a lot of fruits. After they had two baskets, they hurried away. It was already getting light outside, but the morning light had not yet appeared.
When they drove the carriage back home, Xiao Qian had already boiled water. She and her two sisters-in-law started picking wild vegetables together. Qian also helped and they quickly picked and washed the wild vegetables.
After the water boiled, Xiao Qian poured it in directly...
The speed was very fast. At this time, Manbao got up from the bed in a daze. As she got up with her eyes half closed and put on her clothes, she thought to herself: Actually, it’s not bad to live in the palace in spring. At least I don’t have to get up early to go to the palace.
Only at this time did Manbao feel that not taking a day off also had its advantages.
In the last half hour, I am asking for the remaining monthly tickets. Book friends who still have monthly tickets will have their tickets cleared if they are left.
Finally, good night everyone
(End of this chapter)
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