Chapter 2509: Meeting with Uncle and Aunt
As soon as Manbao opened her eyes, she noticed a gaze. She tilted her head slightly and saw Bai Shan, who was looking at her with a smile on his face.
Manbao blushed slightly, hugged the quilt and asked, "What time is it?"
Bai Shan turned around and looked at the time, then retracted his head and said, "Chenshi."
So late?
Manbao was about to sit up, but then thought it was not a good idea, so he lay down again and said, "Hurry up and get up. Grandma Liu and Aunt Zheng are waiting for us."
Bai Shan didn't get up, but instead leaned closer and said, "Why are you still calling them Grandma Liu and Aunt Zheng? You have to change your words today."
Manbao's face turned redder and she reached out to push his chest, pretending to be angry and said, "Get up quickly."
Bai Shan gave her a quick kiss on the mouth before standing up with a smile.
Manbao let out a breath, reached out to close the tent tightly before getting up.
After they put on their clothes, Wu Yue and Jiu Lan each brought in a basin of hot water and said to them, "Master, Madam, the elders of the clan are here."
Bai Shan frowned slightly, twisting the handkerchief to clean his face while asking, "What are they doing here?"
Wu Yue smiled and said, "The day after the wedding, my wife will pay respects to her uncles and aunts."
Bai Shan's face was indifferent. "Our family has little relationship with them. We'll just see each other later. Were they invited by my grandmother?"
"That's not the case," Wu Yue said after a pause, "He said he lives nearby and came here early this morning to meet his new bride."
Manbao had already washed his face. Hearing this, he said nonchalantly, "Let's meet, we'll meet sooner or later. Wuyue, go find Xibing and ask her to find the shoes, handkerchiefs, and other things she prepared and distribute them according to the people who are coming. You and Jiulan will follow later to give the meeting gifts."
Bai Shan couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, "You prepared so many gifts?"
Manbao chuckled and said, "My sister-in-law prepared it for me. She spent two whole months preparing it."
After learning that the Bai family in Longzhou had paid compensation to Old Madam Liu to buy this courtyard, Xiao Qianshi started making preparations.
There was nothing expensive about it. She had a lot of scattered fabrics at home, and the materials were all pretty good, so she made a lot of shoes. She didn't even ask what the length of the Bai family's relatives' feet were, and she just made them according to the feet of her nephews, nieces, brothers, and sisters-in-law.
When the time comes, we can just let Wu Yue and Jiu Lan estimate which pair to give based on their heights. They came uninvited anyway.
Manbao finished washing up and sat in front of the dressing table. Bai Shan was eager to try, "Let me comb your hair."
Manbao checked the time and said, "You can comb your hair, but Jiulan will take care of the rest."
Bai Shan was very curious, "Then I will draw your eyebrows?"
Manbao slapped his hand away and said, "Come back when you're free. Grandma is already waiting in front."
Bai Shan felt extremely regretful and at the same time was even less welcoming towards the relatives who came to visit him.
If it weren't for them, with grandma's personality, wouldn't they be able to be as free as they wanted?
Wu Yue and Jiu Lan came forward with a smile to serve, combing Man Bao's hair and adorning the jewelry Man Bao had chosen. Bai Shan had already done his own hair and picked out a necklace with a ruby on it from his makeup box. He smiled and said, "This one looks good. Wear it."
Manbao took a look and didn't refuse. She rarely had the chance to wear such jewelry because it was inconvenient.
Seeing that she had no objection, May took it and put it on her.
Manbao tilted his head slightly to look at himself in the bronze mirror. Wu Yue and Jiu Lan were speechless for a long time as they looked at this woman who suddenly became bright and beautiful.
Manbao pursed his lips and smiled, and the familiar innocent look returned. Wu Yue and Jiu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and the bright and cold attitude just now seemed to be an illusion.
Manbao remembered something, turned around and took out a bracelet from under the bed and put it on his hand. Bai Shan's eyes were attracted by the bracelet and asked, "Where did you get this?"
Manbao glanced at him and said, "Someone gave it to me."
Bai Shan also looked at her. Only one person would become someone else in Manbao's mouth.
Bai Shan reached out and took her hand, "Let's go."
Just as the two were about to go to the main hall, a maid came hurriedly, followed by a woman carrying a tray of cakes.
Seeing Zhou Man dressed up in all her finery, he was also stunned for a moment. After coming to his senses, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "My dear, my lady, the old lady wants you to have something to eat. Fill your stomachs before leaving."
Xibing came forward with a tray containing a plate of steamed buns and pickled vegetables, as well as two bowls of goat's milk.
Bai Shan took Man Bao by the hand and went back to the house to sit down. After Xi Bing had put down his things, he asked, "Why, are there many people here?"
The old woman smiled and said, "The third and fifth masters from our family have come with their wives. Oh, and the old lady from the third room has also come with her two young ladies and her husband."
That's quite a lot.
Bai Shan pulled Manbao to eat first.
Manbao drank goat's milk first. The old woman was even happier to see them eating so sweetly. She had also watched Bai Shan and Zhou Man grow up and was familiar with Zhou Man, so she said without hesitation: "Because you came so suddenly, the old lady was afraid that you were not prepared, so she asked the old woman to prepare some purses, handkerchiefs, stationery and other things for you."
She said, "The old lady means that the two young ladies will be given a purse and a handkerchief, and the young master will be given a purse and a set of writing utensils."
Manbao immediately said: "I have prepared it at home, including shoes."
Shoes are essential for recognizing relatives. When the old woman heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's great. I will go and report to the old lady in a while."
Seeing the two of them finish the steamed buns on the plate in no time, he felt distressed and said, "It's too little, isn't it? Why don't you ask the kitchen to send two more plates?"
The young master and Miss Man have always had good appetites. In the past, they could each eat a large plate of steamed buns. How could such a small plate of steamed buns be enough?
Manbao immediately said, "No, no, I still have to have breakfast with my grandmother and mother soon. This is just to fill my stomach."
The old woman thought so and nodded, then helped them to the main hall.
The guests in the main hall were chatting happily with Old Madam Liu and seemed not to notice that Bai Shan and his wife were late. When they heard the report from outside, they couldn't help but sit up straighter. To be honest, although they had visited Old Madam Liu at Zhou's house several times, they rarely met Mr. Zhou.
This was because she was busy with the smallpox vaccination work at the Imperial Medical Bureau during this period.
Bai Min, the Third Master Bai who was in charge, sat up straighter and looked at the door with sharp eyes.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man came together.
Seeing Zhou Man, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked less cute and innocent than usual, and more bright and cold, a gleam flashed in Old Lady Liu's eyes, the corners of her mouth raised higher and higher, and an unconscious smile appeared on her face.
As soon as he entered the room, Manbao couldn't help but smile when he saw Madam Liu and Zheng. The calmness and coldness on his face just now disappeared in an instant.
Madam Liu: ...
Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with bright eyes. As expected, Manbao was still the same Manbao.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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