Chapter 2361 Discovered
Zhao Liulang said, "Don't think about it. I know why. It's because you're rich. Those spices, gemstones, and jade your niece has been selling in the capital lately—who doesn't know they were brought back from the Western Regions?"
Bai Shan said, "Didn't you take one too?"
Zhao Liulang said, "How much do I have? And the spices I can sell are just a few."
Manbao: "Hey, with the money you gave us, we bought you a lot of tourmalines and crystals, as well as spices and pearls."
Zhao Liulang sighed, "Don't mention it. I just brought it home and secretly gave some to my wife and mother. The next day, all my sisters-in-law knew about it. They all asked for more, so I couldn't refuse. In the end, my wife even kept the pearls, saying she wanted to make a pearl flower for my daughter."
Zhao Liulang held up two fingers and said, "My daughter is only two years old, and her hair is so short. Let alone wearing a pearl flower, she can't even tie it up!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
Even if he could only sell a few spices, Zhao Liulang quickly recouped his investment and saved up a small fortune. He'd only been so generous recently. Even though he might lose twenty taels of silver, he only felt a little distressed before waving his hand and saying, "Forget it. There's no point in worrying about it. Will you guys come with me over there to play? Many of our classmates are there. It's a pity Feng Zongping and the others aren't coming, otherwise we'd be all there."
Manbao declined and said, "We want to take them to the horse race."
Zhao Liulang was amazed, "What a comparison!"
Manbao nodded, "Of course."
Zhao Liulang took a look at their ten maids. All of them were good-looking. Although not stunning, they were pretty good-looking among the maids. The most important thing was that they all had some features of people from the Western Regions, such as high noses, deep eyes, and some even had blue eyes, like a pool of water, which made people forget the world at first sight.
If these ten people appeared on the field together, they would attract a lot of attention.
But Manbao did not plan to let them play together. Instead, he divided the ten people into five groups and registered, with two people playing in each game.
There are three types of people racing horses in the racetrack. One type is women who race horses for money, and there are also many people engaged in this industry.
As long as they pay, they can participate in horse racing. The ladies and ladies watching will occasionally place bets on horses. The money given by the racecourse, the money given by guests, and the occasional ladies and ladies who will invite them to horse racing to show their displeasure, all of these are income.
It's just that such opportunities are rare.
Another type of horse racing is organized by the guests who come to the racecourse themselves. They find people and compete among themselves. Basically, it is a competition between people of the same class. If there are people who are not of their class, they are either bullying others or being bullied.
The last type is like Zhou Man, who does not go on the field himself but lets his servants come out to compete.
Even though they are in the boudoir, many people like to let their maids learn riding skills, and competing at the horse farm is one of the ways to verify riding skills.
This time, a racecourse organized a competition, not for the prize money, but to compete and show their abilities, so many people signed up for the horse racing.
Some young ladies who were interested went down on their own, but they could accept competing with commoners, but not with a maid. The stables also paid attention to the numbering, so when the previous person finished competing and Miss Liu came riding over in gorgeous clothes, Xibing and Xihua took their numbers and went up to queue up.
Miss Liu was originally going to the backfield to rest, but when she saw someone standing outside the fence, she was startled. She then galloped up and shouted, "Fifth Brother, it really is you!"
Liu Huan was startled when he saw her, and immediately pulled up his sleeves to cover his face, shouting, "You're mistaken, I'm the second child in the family."
Young Lady Liu was furious. She whipped him with her small whip while riding on her horse and shouted, "You are ranked second, so where do my brothers rank? You dare to deny them? I will tell Grandpa and Grandma when I get home."
After she finished yelling, she felt something was wrong. "No, that's not right. Aren't you locked up in the study by your grandfather and told not to leave until you pass the exam? Why did you go to the horse farm to play?"
Seeing that Miss Liu's female companions were all looking over here curiously, and some were even coming over on horseback, Manbao said to Liu Huan, "Hurry up and confess, more and more people are coming."
Bai Shan: "You can't hide it unless you can escape underground."
Bai Erlang and Yin Huo also said, "Admit it."
Liu Huan couldn't deny it anymore after his friends had said so much. He angrily dropped his sleeves and said, "Yes, it was me. What can you do?"
Miss Liu: ...
Manbao tried to bribe her with flowers, "Miss Liu, how about I give you two peonies? Colorful ones."
Miss Liu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are your peonies blooming now?"
Manbao said, "If you want them, I'll have someone send you two tonight. I don't have any extra, but I'll still have two."
Thinking of the flower branches Zhou Man sold two years ago, Miss Liu nodded. If she could parade through the streets with peony flowers on her head during the Lantern Festival, even if she was not the only one in the capital, she would definitely be a rare one.
So Miss Liu glared at Liu Huan, turned her horse around and went to look for her friends. After a while, she ran back and stood next to Liu Huan to watch the battle.
Liu Huan looked at her, "What are you doing here? Why don't you go spend time with your friends?"
Miss Liu said, "They don't need me to accompany them. I have to watch over you and prevent you from getting into trouble. Otherwise, I will be in trouble if you go back."
Liu Huan: "...Am I the one who caused the trouble?"
"You are," Miss Liu said, scornfully looking at him. "Do you know why, even after you were granted the title of county man, there are still so few women willing to propose marriage to you?"
Liu Huan felt a prick in his heart, but he still asked, "Why?"
"Because you don't have a bright future in the eyes of your future father-in-law and mother-in-law."
Liu Huan: ...
Miss Liu continued, "Fifth brother, I'm already engaged, but you're older than me, yet you're still not engaged."
Liu Huan said, "I'm the youngest male in my family. My grandmother said I matured late, so what's wrong with getting married two years later?"
Miss Liu looked at him with contempt, then snorted twice and turned to look at the people racing on the horse farm.
Liu Huan was furious and couldn't help but turn around and openly speak ill of her to Bai Erlang, "She is so annoying."
Bai Jilang nodded and also found her annoying.
Miss Liu saw this and snorted in anger. She wanted to find Manbao to complain, but she saw that Manbao was watching the competition seriously. She opened her mouth but could only turn her head to the other side to talk to Zhou Liru, "Isn't it also very annoying for my cousin to play with you guys?"
Liu Huan turned his head and stared at her, as if he would bite her to death if she dared to say yes. Zhou Liru couldn't help but pause and said politely, "Are you okay?"
Miss Liu automatically explained: "That's annoying."
Liu Huan stared at the two of them with wide eyes. Zhou Liru immediately said, "That's what she said. I didn't mean that."
Miss Liu turned around and glared at Liu Huan, "You are threatening me."
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(End of this chapter)
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