Chapter 358 Baizhuangtou
With things to play with, the three children's attention naturally fell on food.
Mr. Bai didn't let the three children eat at the street stalls. Instead, he took them to a restaurant and said with a smile, "Let's have lunch and then go back. Where else do you want to go?"
They all came here when they were children, so Mr. Bai certainly knew why the three children came to the county town.
The three little heads gathered together and chattered, there weren't many places to play in the county town, but there were quite a few too.
In the past, Manbao came to the county town mostly to do things, and rarely had the opportunity to play around freely, not to mention Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, who came to the county town even less frequently than Manbao.
With nothing to do today and Mr. Bai leading the group, the three of them had fun.
Even Bai Erlang wasn't too worried, as his father always loved him.
After lunch, the three children played happily in the county town. It was almost evening before Mr. Bai took the three children into the carriage.
The three children didn’t take a nap and played so hard that they felt drowsy soon after they sat in the carriage. They fell asleep in all directions before they even left the city gate.
Mr. Bai could only accept his fate and knock them down, protecting their little heads, and asked the driver to slow down.
After leaving the official road and turning into the mountain road, the road became difficult to walk on. Fortunately, the carriage moved slowly, and although it swayed a bit, it was not very bumpy.
The three children slept all the way back to Qili Village.
The carriage first sent Manbao to Lao Zhou's house, and then turned around and crossed the river to return to Bai's house.
Manbao hugged a bunch of toys and happily went to share them with his nephews and nieces.
Old Zhou sat on the doorstep, watching them play, and asked Manbao, "Did Mr. Bai buy these for you?"
Manbao nodded, "Everyone has it."
Old Zhou then said nothing and asked, "Did the county magistrate's daughter say anything?"
Manbao had almost forgotten about her good friend's departure. It was only when Old Zhou mentioned it that she remembered. She took out a box from her cloth bag and opened it to show her father, "This is a gift from Second Sister Fu."
Old Zhou took a look and saw that it was a handkerchief. He smacked his lips and said, "It's a good thing, but you're still young and don't need it. Keep it for now and use it when you're a little older."
Daya took a look and said enviously, "How beautiful, little aunt, is this the legendary silk?"
Manbao reached out and took out a piece to look at it. It felt soft and smooth. She hesitated and said, "It should be silk, right? Aren't they all called handkerchiefs?"
Old Zhou nodded in agreement, "That's right, otherwise why would it be called a handkerchief?"
Daya wondered, is this really the case?
But Old Zhou was right. Manbao didn't need this thing now, so she put the box on her bookshelf.
It is called a bookshelf, but now there are all kinds of things on it besides books, so it might as well be called a storage rack.
Manbao put it on the top and decided to take it out and look at it when she missed Fu Wenyun.
However, the young Manbao obviously did not have so many worries. She and Fu Wenyun mostly communicated through letters, so she did not miss her too much after not seeing her for a while.
Unlike Bai Shanbao, they see each other every day, so he misses her terribly when they are apart for a while.
Seeing that Manbao rarely mentioned Fu Wenyun and was not worried, Bai Shanbao felt relieved and then discussed many issues with her.
I was worried that she would be sad and didn't want her to worry too much, but it seems that is unnecessary today.
The farm manager that Liu found for them arrived.
Yes, Liu transferred a manager from the Bai family's farm to help them manage the 120 acres of land and the mountain.
Even Mr. Bai felt that Liu was making a big deal out of nothing. It was only a little over a hundred acres of land, and it was in Qili Village. It could be handed over to a farmhand or a servant. Why bother sending a manager from another farm?
However, it was agreed before that the Liu family would provide the manpower and material resources, so Mr. Bai didn't say anything.
After the people arrived, Liu asked the three children to go to her house to see the manager.
The three children were taller than before, but in the eyes of Liu and others, they were still children.
The manager who was invited stood aside with his hands hanging down. When he heard the noise, he raised his head slightly and looked at them.
The three of them were also looking at the manager curiously. They saw that his hair was slightly gray, his face was old, he had a silly smile on his face, and his fingers were thick, obviously he often did farm work.
Liu said, "This is Bai Zhong. He will be your village head from now on. Just tell him to do anything you want."
Manbao politely called Uncle Bai because Mr. Bai looked a little older than her father.
Bai Shanbao glanced at her and said, "You should call me Grandpa Bai."
Bai Jilang nodded in agreement.
Manbao frowned in distress.
Liu was amused by this and patted their heads and said with a smile, "From now on, just call him Baizhuangtou."
Bai Zhong nodded repeatedly, feeling somewhat uneasy, and bowed, saying, "Master, Master Tang, if Miss Man has anything to do in the future, just tell me what to do."
Before the three children came, Liu told Bai Zhong that all three children had a share in this small farm, so all three of them were his masters.
Although Manbao and his friends are ambitious, they cannot spend too much time on farming, especially since they are still young and unstable. Their most important task is to study.
In fact, they have been quite lazy during this period. Every day after coming home from school and finishing their homework, they can't help but get together to play. Two days ago, Zhou Silang and his friends were going up the mountain to catch bamboo rats, so the three children went along to join in the fun.
Although the farmhands were plowing and composting as ordered, no one was in charge and they were very lazy at work.
It was impossible for the three children to go to the fields to supervise every day, and Liu Shi could not allow them to spend too much time on this, so she had to find a farm manager for them a long time ago.
Now that the village head is here, many things can be done.
Manbao and the others only need to hide behind the village head and give him orders, and the village head will naturally take care of the rest.
Therefore, the most important thing for a village head is not ability, but obedience and loyalty.
Especially they must be obedient, otherwise the three children can be ordered around without anyone’s help. If they can’t be ordered around without anyone’s help, then this village will have no meaning of existence.
One hundred and twenty acres of land plus a mountain covered with lush vegetation makes it a very small village.
Moreover, the 120 acres of land was not fertile, most of it was very barren sandy land, but Bai Zhong did not dare to neglect it.
Although he was honest, he could see that the old lady valued this piece of land very much. No, it should be said that she valued the three young masters. This small farm seemed to be used to train and test the young masters.
So the old lady may not look at the output, she looks at the three young masters, or the young master's management ability.
Knowing this, Bai Zhong was very obedient. Even if the three young masters gave him wrong instructions, he would follow them without saying a word. Here, he only needed to do the three young masters' bidding and did not need to have his own thoughts.
(End of this chapter)
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