Chapter 779 Private Room
The three of them were standing by the window looking in when the shopkeeper personally brought in some tea. He felt they looked familiar, but couldn't place their identities. He hesitantly asked, "Are these young masters and ladies also from Luojiang County?"
"Of course."
The shopkeeper asked with a smile, "I wonder where you are from, young master. I'm sorry I didn't recognize you."
Bai Shan said: "We are from the Bai family."
The shopkeeper quickly placed tea on the table and brewed it for them. He said with a smile, "So you are the young master and mistress of the Bai family. In addition to the snacks you ordered, would you like some more food?"
They all went out after having reunion dinner at home, but they might play until very late, so they would definitely have to eat midnight snacks.
So Bai Shan said, "Wait a minute, we will order when we are hungry."
The shopkeeper responded with a smile, bowed and left.
As soon as he got outside, he slapped the boy on the head and said, "You forgot to tell me one thing and gave away this good position. You really are..."
The waiter covered his head and said, "Uncle, we can't just kick guests out when they come to our house. Who knows if the masters of the Zhang and Liu families will come here to enjoy the lanterns? If they don't come, our private room will be empty. Wouldn't that be a waste?"
"Why don't you give us another seat? Besides the reserved box, this and the one next door are the best. They've always been reserved by the Zhang family in previous years." The shopkeeper said with a headache, "When their two families come tonight, you give it to one family but not the other. Do you think I'm not bald enough?"
The waiter couldn't help but mutter, "Didn't you say you would give us a new private room? Why didn't you do that?"
"What are you changing?" The shopkeeper heard his mumbling and couldn't help but said angrily, "This is the Bai family. We can't offend them."
He can't offend this family, and he can't offend that family either, so in the end the shopkeeper can only suffer by himself.
He twisted the waiter's ear and went downstairs. When Daji saw them leave, he closed the door of the box and turned back to meet the young master's puzzled gaze.
Daji leaned against the door and saw Miss Man and the young master leaning out half of their bodies and waving to the man selling sugar-roasted chestnuts downstairs...
Bai Shan retracted his gaze and said to him, "Daji, sit down and rest. You don't have to be so restrained in the box."
Daji responded and found a seat at the table.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the private room. A middle-aged man in brown cloth came in with a lotus leaf of sugar-roasted chestnuts. He bent down and asked, "Are these the chestnuts the young masters and young ladies ordered?"
"Yes, that's what we ordered." Manbao took out the money to pay the bill and took the sugar-roasted chestnuts with a smile.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang reached out and took one to eat, and could not help but nod and said: "It tastes good, sticky and glutinous. Let's buy some more."
Manbao then took out another handful of copper coins and said, "Help us fry some more."
The middle-aged man happily took the money and bent down and said, "Young masters and young ladies, please wait a moment. I will bring it up right away."
Manbao invited Daji to eat with him. Daji was not shy and sat down at the table to eat. The three of them moved their chairs and sat by the window, eating while watching the streets outside which were gradually becoming bustling.
As night falls, many families spontaneously light up the lanterns hanging by their doors and in the corridors. They stand on the second floor and look down. In the dim night, lanterns of various styles are lit, emitting warm orange lights, and the entire night is illuminated with gentleness.
The three of them fell silent, watching the entire county slowly light up, and it was only then that cheers were heard from people on the street.
There were children crying and adults talking and pointing at the lanterns.
The three of them looked down and realized that many more people had appeared on the street. However, there were still fewer people than on the Yizhou City Street they had seen before.
The streets are bustling but not crowded.
Everyone was not in a hurry, so they just walked forward slowly. You went to the right, I went to the left, and we didn't interfere with each other.
People were not in a hurry to see the stalls and lanterns across the street. After all, the entire county was so small and the night was so long that they could finish the tour even at a turtle's pace, so why rush?
The people shopping were not in a hurry, and the people watching upstairs were naturally not in a hurry either. They just watched quietly and calmly. After a while, Manbao interrupted the silence and said, "I prefer it this way."
Bai Shan nodded slightly.
Bai Erlang scratched his head, not quite understanding her line of thought. However, he didn't care; he couldn't get to the bottom of everything she said. He just looked down and soon exclaimed, "County Magistrate Yang!"
Manbao leaned over to look, and when he lowered his head, he met the eyes of County Magistrate Yang, who had looked up at Bai Erlang's scream.
When County Magistrate Yang saw the little heads sticking out of the second-floor window, he couldn't help but smile and waved to them.
The three little heads shrank back in an instant.
County Magistrate Yang withdrew his hand and said to the yamen runners carrying the things, "Come on, let's go up."
The box next to Manbao and his friends, which had the best view and the best location, was reserved for County Magistrate Yang.
When Manbao and the others opened the door and went out, they saw County Magistrate Yang coming up to the second floor.
The three of them greeted County Magistrate Yang, then watched as the runners carried the boxes into the private room. They couldn't help but ask, "Master Yang, what are you doing?"
County Magistrate Yang said, "The county seat is a bit far from the main street, so I'll be working here tonight."
Bai Erlang: "...Isn't the county government office on the main street?"
County Magistrate Yang laughed, "Oh, it's a bit far from the busiest section, so it's difficult to dispatch."
Bai Shan, "Shouldn't the office be located in a place with good traffic? Why choose a busy place? What if the yamen runners delivering messages and making phone calls are blocked..."
County Magistrate Yang knocked Bai Shan on the head with his folding fan and said, "Crow Mouth, where do you get so many questions?"
Manbao looked at the fan in his hand and asked, "Sir Yang, why do you like holding a folding fan in the middle of winter just like County Magistrate Tang? Aren't you cold?"
Magistrate Yang looked at the folding fan in his hand and said, "This isn't for fanning yourself, this is for hitting someone on the head. Do you want to try it?"
Manbao shook his head quickly.
County Magistrate Yang didn't want to talk to them for the time being, so he waved his hand and said, "Alright, go have fun."
The three of them bowed and took their leave. Manbao suddenly thought of something and turned back to ask, "Master Yang, there will be no danger tonight, right? My family has all come into the city."
County Magistrate Yang was still very confident in the customs of the people under his rule. He waved his hand and said, "As long as they don't cause trouble, nothing should happen to them."
What a joke, how many people are there in Zhou’s family?
Looking at the entire county, who would have nothing better to do than to provoke such a large group of people?
but……
Magistrate Yang looked at Manbao and sighed, "Manbao, won't your father consider dividing the family? You have too many family members."
This kind of labor service every year is a great disadvantage to the imperial court.
Manbao turned around and left, holding a little friend in one hand.
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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