Chapter 1985 Everyone is Happy
The Empress Dowager got the statue of Laozi she had always dreamed of, and the Zhang family not only received the imperial gift from the Empress, but also got a very valuable copy of calligraphy. Everyone was very happy.
What made everyone even happier was that Mrs. Liu's birthday gift, which was just an upper-middle-class one, suddenly became much more precious.
Two months had passed since the birthday gift, but she not only received a greeting letter from Zhang from Longzhou, but also a generous gift.
Even someone as experienced and calm as her couldn't help but laugh out loud at this moment, and then said: "This is an unexpected success."
Zheng glanced at the gift list in Madam Liu's hand and continued to work on her clothes. "Mother, my in-laws said Zhou Silang and his family are coming back. I thought Shanbao and his family would be out of the palace on leave in a couple of days, so why not have someone buy some fish to make fish balls? He was still talking about how delicious Aunt Rong's fish balls were before he came to the palace last time."
Madam Liu nodded slightly and said, "Go buy some. Buy more. When you're done, send some to your in-laws."
Manbao in the palace learned from Mr. Zhuang that Zhou Silang and others were coming back. She got up at dawn on the day of her holiday, washed and prepared to leave the palace.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were still a little confused when they were woken up, not to mention the other students who were sleeping soundly in the next room. Zhao Liulang heard the sound and couldn't help but kick the quilt away and yelled: "Zhou Man——"
He kicked the bed twice while lying on the bed, and shouted, "Can you be quiet? We finally have a day off, can't you let us get some good sleep?"
Manbao shouted, "The sun is already high in the sky!"
But I'm not going to school, so what does it matter whether it's noon or not?
Manbao probably knew this as well, so he lowered his voice and urged Bai Shan and Bai Erlang: "Hurry up, you can go home and sleep if you want."
Bai Shan got up silently and pulled Bai Er with him.
Yin Huo next door also got up in a daze. When he opened the window, he saw Manbao standing in the yard sighing, looking worried about the country and the people.
Manbao turned around and raised his hand to greet him when he saw him. "Yin Huo, you're awake too. My fourth brother is back. He must have brought back a lot of good things. Do you want to come to my house and play?"
Yin Huo thought about it and shook his head, "I'm afraid it won't work today. My sisters are all back today."
Manbao thought of his six sisters and immediately said, "Okay, then you just stay home and have fun. I'll call you when I'm free another day."
Because of Zhou Man, most people in Chongwenguan were still asleep when the three of them were carrying their things out of the palace, and there was no one there when they arrived at the palace gate.
The guards checked their belongings and let them go. After looking behind them for a long time and not seeing the fourth student approach, they turned around and looked at the three of them carefully. "Master Zhou, have you had breakfast?"
Manbao waved his hand generously and said, "It's the same if we go home to eat."
As soon as I walked out of the palace, I saw Daji and the others parked their car on the side.
The three men immediately put the things on the carriage, and another guard went to hand over the things to the officials at the palace gate and lead the three men's horses out.
Manbao excitedly asked Daji: "How much did my fourth brother bring back this time?"
Daji said, "Master Zhou Si hasn't come home yet."
Manbao was stunned. "Didn't they send a message two days ago saying it would arrive soon? Why hasn't it arrived yet?"
Daji said, "I sent a letter back yesterday saying that they have arrived in Putian Village, but they have a lot of stuff to bring with them, so they have to stay at the village for one night. Some of the stuff is not easy to bring back to Beijing, so they have to stay in Putian Village."
Daji paused and said, "Because they heard that you brought a lot of things, Mr. Zhou and his men left for Putian early this morning, saying they were going to take inventory together."
Manbao immediately asked, "Is my sister-in-law there too?"
Daji smiled and responded, "Only Zhou Liu's wife is at your house now. The others have all left early in the morning."
The three of them's stomachs growled at the same time.
When Daji heard this, he couldn't help but glance at their stomachs and said, trying not to laugh, "Miss Man, Master, let's get in the car. The old lady asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of delicious food these past two days."
The three of them suddenly lost the strength to ride their horses, so they climbed into the carriage and went home.
When Mrs. Liu heard that they left the palace without having breakfast, she was both angry and amused, and then asked someone to go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for them.
"I made fish balls at home. I'll ask Aunt Rong to serve a bowl to each of you."
Manbao nodded and said, "Grandma Liu, we'll go out after we're full."
Madam Liu asked, "Are you going to Putian Village?"
Manbao nodded, "I want to go and see it."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also want to go.
Old Lady Liu nodded, asked them to have breakfast, then turned around and asked Daji to go down and make arrangements and escort them there later.
The fish balls made by Aunt Rong were smooth and tender. Seeing that Manbao was enjoying the fish balls, Bai Shan put several of them into her grandmother's bowl while her grandmother wasn't paying attention.
Madam Liu turned around and saw them, but she pretended not to know. When they finished a bowl and wanted to have more, she would not allow them to have more. She advised them, "It's summer and autumn now, so eat less, or you'll get itchy again later."
She said, "It's not good to ride a horse right after eating. Go and pay your respects to your master first. Then go out after you have seen him."
Bai Erlang then remembered that his parents were there, so he asked, "Grandmother, is my father still in the capital?"
Madam Liu couldn't help but slap him, and said angrily and amusedly, "If your father hears this, he'll beat you up."
The three of them ran away with smiles on their faces, first to pay their respects to Mr. Zhuang, and then to visit Mr. and Mrs. Bai.
Mr. Bai came to the capital this time because he received a letter from Old Lady Liu. Now that Bai Erlang's marriage was settled, they planned to look around in the capital to see if they could buy some property for the two children.
Mr. Bai's idea was simple. "If Dalang becomes an official in the capital, there will be a farm nearby, so he can grow vegetables and fruits. Erlang is even better. Although he is the princess's husband, he can't rely entirely on the princess. He still needs to have some property of his own."
So he is planning to buy land recently.
However, the autumn harvest has just begun, and few people would sell land at this time. If he wants to buy it, he will probably have to wait for a few months until winter comes.
Well, the farmland in the capital has always been in short supply, and it may not be possible to grab it before winter. Didn’t you see Manbao discussing with Princess Mingda about trading her dowry privately early on?
Although Mr. Bai was here, his influence on his two sons, especially Bai Erlang, was very small. Bai spent seven or eight days out of every twenty days in the palace, making it even more difficult for the father and son to meet.
So much so that Bai Jilang always forgets that his father is here.
Bai Erlang went to pay his respects to his parents, and Master Bai also became interested. "I've always heard from Manbao's father that their farm is so big and beautiful, but I've never seen it. Didn't you and Shanbao also invest money? Why don't I go and see it too?"
I want to eat steak, stone pot fish, dry pot, stewed pig's trotters, hot pot, barbecue...
Because I'm on a diet because I'm sick, I really want to eat everything I see. A diet is probably the most destructive medical advice in traditional Chinese medicine.
Woohoo, see you at nine o'clock in the evening
(End of this chapter)
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