Chapter 765 Reunion
Datou is already fifteen years old and will be sixteen next year, so it’s natural for him to get married, and even Daya can start preparing.
But I don’t know if it’s because of Zhou Liulang’s influence, or because he has money in his hands and is not worried, but now the children are not in a hurry to get married.
Datou was particularly confident and said, "Sixth Uncle hasn't even proposed marriage yet."
Daya was even more confident, "Big brother hasn't gotten married yet, how can I get married first?"
Some people even mentioned Manbao.
Old Zhou was very polite when he met someone to propose marriage to Zhou Liulang, Datou, and Daya. But when he heard that the person was talking about Manbao, he immediately kicked him out. "My Manbao is still young. What kind of crazy idea are you guys coming up with?"
"I'm thirteen, so I'll be fourteen next year. I'm not young anymore..."
"Bullshit, her birthday is young, she's only twelve after the Chinese New Year, who cares about your age?" And look at the families introduced by him, are they worthy of his daughter?
Old Zhou rudely drove the man away and decided to refuse any matchmakers from coming to his house until the Chinese New Year.
Qian was happy to have someone take the lead and said nothing about it.
Old Zhou counted the days on his fingers. When he estimated that Manbao and the others would be back soon, he would stroll around the village entrance after dinner every day, sit under the big banyan tree, brag to others, and look at the path leading into the village.
So, when he vaguely saw the carriage entering the village, and when the driver seemed to be Daji, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up suddenly, scaring the old man sitting next to him.
"Brother Jin, what are you doing?"
Old Zhou squinted his eyes and looked ahead, asking, "Look, is that a carriage?"
The old men sitting next to him squinted their eyes and looked forward. It was already dark and only some vague shadows of trees could be seen.
After a long while, an old man finally said, "Really? This is the Bai family's carriage, right? Who's back?"
"Mr. Bai is at home and hasn't gone out. Who else could it be?"
"Hey, that's the young masters of the Bai family coming back. Old Zhou, your Manbao is back too!"
Just as he finished speaking, Manbao's voice came from afar, "Dad——"
Old Zhou slapped his thigh with joy, his teeth almost falling out with joy, "It's true, hey, Manbao is back."
He looked around and found that none of his grandchildren were there, so he grabbed a child and said, "Hurry up, run fast and go back to tell your aunt to knead and cook the dough. Your aunt Man is back."
"What are you yelling about? It's Aunt Man, this is your great-grandson." An old man nearby corrected Old Zhou and waved to the child, "Go quickly, find your Uncle Santou, and ask him to find his mother."
The child ran away.
As they were talking, the carriages finally arrived. In the first carriage sat Mr. Zhuang and the New Year's goods they brought back.
There was no other way. To return from Yizhou City, they had to pass Qili Village before reaching the county town. It got dark quickly in winter, so they took the official road to the county town. When they arrived at the city gate, it was closed.
So I went straight back to Qili Village.
As soon as they entered the village road, Manbao climbed out of the car and sat on the shaft with Zhou Silang, looking at the flowers and plants in his hometown through the last bit of light.
She had pulled these things out before.
Seeing that they were almost at the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Manbao stood up and looked forward, but unfortunately she didn't see anything. It was not until Keke told her that her father was among the old men sitting under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village that Manbao screamed.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village. The old men and children sitting in it came forward to greet it. Daji put down the horse stool and helped Mr. Zhuang down.
That’s right, the old men came to greet Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang bowed repeatedly in return. Old Zhou just glanced at Mr. Zhuang, saluted him, and went to the carriage at the back.
Manbao was the first to jump off the carriage. When she saw her father, she ran over to hug him. Old Zhou quickly stopped her and said cheerfully, "You are already grown-up girls. You shouldn't hug each other like this anymore."
After saying that, he couldn't help but reach out and touch her head. He carefully observed her stature and complexion, and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad. You look like you've grown a lot. Are you eating well outside? Does your sixth brother cook meat for you?"
As they were talking, Bai Shan, Bai Erlang and Zhou Lijun also jumped out of the car and everyone greeted each other.
Zhou Silang took out a bag of candy from the car and went straight forward to distribute it to everyone he saw, regardless of whether they were old or young, as they all regarded it as a festive occasion.
This is something that people who have not been home for a long time will prepare.
When the children received the candies, they immediately started shouting happily. Then the originally quiet village was immediately filled with the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking, and many children, teenagers and young people came out to join in the fun.
Fortunately, Zhou Silang had made preparations in advance. He gave out one or two candies to each person. He didn't give too many, but he had prepared a lot, so he gave out as many candies as came.
Everyone gathered at the entrance of the village and became lively with the last bit of daylight.
Someone who came later simply came over with a torch, which finally illuminated the area a little. Zhou Silang saw clearly the person who pushed his hand in front of him, and he couldn't help but slap him in the face. "Go away, go away, you've already extended your hand several times, save some for the person behind you."
Manbao pulled Old Zhou to stand outside the crowd, counting the things she brought back on her fingers. "Dad, I bought you two sets of thick clothes. They're ready-made. I tried them on, and they're very thick. You won't have to worry about the wind blowing you bragging under the banyan tree next time."
"Nonsense, your father never brags, but how did you try?"
Manbao said: "I put it on myself and it was really warm."
Old Zhou was relieved, and even felt a little proud in his heart, but he said, "Why spend that money? Ready-made clothes are more expensive than fabric, right? You might as well just buy the fabric and cotton and let your mother make it."
"I also brought you some bacon from Yizhou City. The bacon they smoke is a little different from ours. They add some spices to it, and it's really fragrant."
"Really? Then I have to try it."
The father and daughter chatted obliviously. The Bai family on the other side of the river also came over with lanterns. Mr. Bai crossed the bridge and saw that he couldn't see his son in the crowd of people. He couldn't help but shout, "Erlang, Erlang——"
Bai Erlang, who was handing out candy not far from Master Bai, looked up and said, "Dad, stop shouting. I'm here."
Mr. Bai turned his head and saw him. He happily went up to him and patted his shoulder. He hugged him before he remembered, "Oh, where's Shanbao?"
Bai Shan had already run towards Old Lady Liu and Zheng, and the whole family hugged each other and talked.
Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, Mr. Zhuang shook his head and turned to Daji and said, "Let's go. The dew is about to fall. Let's go back and rest first."
Daji responded and glanced at the young master who was standing in front of the old lady and letting her touch his head. He felt that there was no danger at the moment, so he helped Mr. Zhuang into the carriage and sent Mr. Zhuang back to the Bai Mansion to rest.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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