Chapter 689: Heavy Gifts
Bai Shan packed up his book basket and was about to leave, but Wei Ting quickly pulled him back and asked, "Aren't Erlang and the others coming to read today?"
Bai Shan pulled his sleeve out of his hand and said, "No more."
"Why?"
"Brother Zhou Si is coming back from his hometown today, and I have to go home early too. Okay, get out of the way."
Wei Ting also quickly packed up his things and prepared to leave together. He chased after him and asked, "By the way, we are about to start the horseback archery class. Are you going to buy a horse or rent one?"
"Just rent a horse from the school," Bai Shan was not very fond of the horses raised on the edge of Qixia Mountain. Although it was normal for a horse to go crazy after being whipped, he still doubted its safety.
Wei Ting nodded and said, "Renting is not bad either, it's much cheaper. Then we can go choose horses together later."
Bai Shan looked at him curiously, "You rent a horse too?"
Wei Ting's family lives in Yizhou City, and his family background is not low. Even if he doesn't go to Qixia Mountain to buy a horse, he can just bring a horse from home.
Wei Ting explained, "This year, all the students in my class rented horses, so I just followed the crowd."
Bai Shan nodded, and when he reached the door, he found Daji and said goodbye to Wei Ting, "I'm leaving."
Wei Ting waved goodbye to him with regret. Ji Hao couldn't go to school yet. It would take a hundred days for his broken bones to heal. It was estimated that he wouldn't be able to go to school this year. And next year, it was not certain whether he would be promoted with them or repeat the grade.
Bai Shan doesn't seem to like playing anymore, so sad.
Daji waited until the young master was seated before whipping him and reporting in a low voice, "He came back on Thursday. The old lady asked him to bring letters and winter clothes. Also, the Ji family sent an invitation to our home today, along with many valuable gifts."
Daji paused and continued, "County Magistrate Tang has arrived and is playing chess with Mr. Zhuang at home."
Bai Shan was surprised, "So many things happened in one day?"
Daji replied "yes".
The carriage quickly returned to the courtyard. Bai Shan jumped off the carriage, pushed open the door and went in. He saw a lot of gift boxes placed in the yard, divided into two piles.
Manbao and Bai Erlang were sitting among a pile of presents, opening them and screaming, but the one who screamed the loudest was Zhou Silang, with a look of excitement on his face.
Seeing Bai Shan coming back, Man Bao immediately waved excitedly, "You're back, come and see the gifts the Ji family sent you, there are so many."
Bai Shan walked forward curiously, opened a gift box and took a look. He found a jade carving inside. He couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you give it to me before? Why are you giving it to me again?"
Manbao thought about it and shook his head, "I don't know, the master asked me to accept it, so I accepted it."
Bai Shan glanced into the study and saw that the master and County Magistrate Tang were playing chess. He then quietly asked Man Bao, "Why is County Magistrate Tang here? Have we caused trouble again?"
Manbao shook his head. "I don't know. He went to play chess with the master as soon as he arrived and didn't torture me. First, take a look at what's in your gift box. Is there any gold?"
Zhou Silang also came up immediately and said excitedly: "The Ji family gave Manbao a box of gold, two drawers, a total of twelve."
Bai Shan also became curious, rolled up his sleeves and went to open his gift box.
After tying up the horse, Daji came up to help and quickly found a heavy box. When he opened it, he saw two gold ingots in a row, three rows in total. After removing the top layer, there was another row below, also twelve in total.
Everyone exclaimed "Wow" and was filled with envy.
Bai Erlang looked at Bai Shan, then at Man Bao, feeling extremely regretful. "Why didn't I go to Qixia Mountain that day? That much money is more than our village earns in a year."
Zhou Silang reached out and touched Bai Shan's gold, then sucked his saliva and said, "It's useless for you to go. Look, Li Jun and I went there that day, but we didn't have any gifts."
Bai Jilang: "That's because you didn't play your role."
"It's useless for you to go," Zhou Silang looked at Bai Erlang and said, "Can you save people with a flying horse like Master Shan, or with a flying needle like my Manbao?"
Bai Jilang was choked and speechless.
"By the way, Daji, you also have a gift. Where is your gift?" Zhou Silang looked at Daji and asked.
Daji went back to the house and took out a small box, opened it and showed it to Bai Shan. Inside were two round and plump gold ingots, one of which weighed twenty taels.
Manbao and the others exclaimed "Wow" again, and took it in their arms and touched it again and again.
Zhou Silang couldn't let it go, his eyes full of stars. "This is the first time I've seen such a fat gold ingot. It's really beautiful."
Bai Shan also took it and touched it again and again, then looked at the gold ingot in his box and said, "I want to make it like this too."
Daji: "...If the young master likes it, why don't we exchange it? Otherwise, it will cost a lot of money to have it remade at the jewelry store, and there will be losses."
Bai Shan immediately took the gold ingot and said, "Okay, let's exchange it. You have made great contributions in Qixia Mountain this time, and I was going to reward you. So I will give you an extra gold ingot."
Then Bai Shan was about to take out five gold ingots and give them to him. Man Bao held his hand and said, "There are two fat gold ingots. I want to exchange one too."
Daji glanced at his young master and generously gave the other gold ingot to Manbao.
Manbao hugged her tightly, grinning from ear to ear, and picked out two gold ingots from her box and returned them to Daji.
Zhou Lijun said with envy: "Aunt, are you tired of holding her? Let me help you hold her for a while."
Bai Erlang also said to Bai Shan: "Shanbao, are you tired? I will help you carry it too."
The group of people played with the two big gold ingots and laughed for a long time, and then went to look through the other gift boxes.
This time, the gifts the Ji family gave them were of particularly high standards, full of treasures, and included two sets of jewelry she had never seen before. They looked particularly beautiful and valuable.
It was so expensive that she couldn't even afford it with her current small head.
Zhou Silang opened the gift box and said, "Keep it. I'll take it back and ask my mother to put it away for you. It will be your dowry when you get married."
Manbao was unwilling, "I don't want it, I want to keep it myself."
Although she can't wear it now, she is happy to look at it every day.
Zhou Silang was very confused. "Manbao, where did you hide all this money and valuables? Can your small compartment hold so many things? You should take them back home. What if this place gets robbed?"
Bai Shan nodded and pointed at several boxes. "These, these, and these, Brother Zhou Si, next time you go home, please bring these with me and give them to grandma for safekeeping."
Zhou Silang nodded, then looked at Manbao.
Manbao insisted, "I want to keep it myself."
"Okay, if it gets stolen, don't cry."
Manbao was very confident, "It won't be lost, but you should take these fabrics back to mother so that she and her sister-in-law can make clothes for them."
"Don't worry, the clothes you asked me to bring back last time were all exchanged for money," Zhou Silang said. "Mom said the material looked really good. We all work in the fields. Wouldn't it be a waste to wear such clothes? I think you should keep them and make clothes for yourself."
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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