Chapter 806 Accident
The Zhou family didn't expect Manbao and the others to come back at this time. After all, they had only been away for thirteen or fourteen days, and the family was in a panic and the atmosphere was very bad.
As soon as Manbao and Zhou Lijun jumped in from the gate, all the adults in the yard fell silent.
The children were very happy, especially the fifth and sixth. They ran towards the aunt with their short legs and threw themselves into her arms to ask for candy.
Manbao took out a handful of candy from her pocket and stuffed it into their mouths, then ran towards her father...
Old Zhou looked at her with a headache, "Why are you back now?"
Manbao was unhappy: "Dad, don't you want me to go home?"
Old Zhou said quickly: "No, no, you didn't say anything, Dad was a little scared."
Manbao looked at her mother.
Although Qian was also surprised, she didn't show it on her face. She nodded and said, "Go wash up. I'll ask Daya to clean up your room."
"Hey, is Daya home?" Manbao said, and then he saw his sister-in-law was also at home. He asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, isn't the shop open?"
Xiao Qian glanced at her mother-in-law and said with a smile, "I'm going home to celebrate the second day of the second lunar month, so the shop will be closed for a few days. You must be hungry, so I'll go cook for you. What would you like to eat?"
"Whatever, I like anything my sister-in-law makes."
The Zhou family had finished dinner early, and it was dark now. Everyone was getting ready to wash their hands and feet and go to bed. As soon as Manbao and Zhou Lijun came back, everyone sat in the main room and watched them eat.
Qian asked, "Why are you back?"
Zhou Lijun looked at his aunt, and Manbao said, "On February 2nd, we have to come back to attend the temple fair. The prefectural school and the academy are also closed."
"How many days will you be back?"
Manbao said: "I will go back on the fifth day."
Old Zhou couldn't help but exclaim, "So long?"
Manbao turned to look at her father, and became more and more certain that something had happened at home.
She glanced at her brothers and sisters-in-law who were sitting in a circle, but did not ask immediately. Instead, she waited until they finished their noodles, washed and changed their clothes, and then ran to the compound.
At this moment, everyone went back to their own rooms. The yard was quiet, and only the light in my parents' room was on for the first time.
Even though the Zhou family is better off now than before, Old Zhou and Mrs. Qian are still very frugal and will never light a lamp if possible.
Manbao walked to the outside of his elder brother and sister-in-law's house, hesitated for a moment, and did not knock on the door, but went straight to the main house.
She knew that her parents were still the head of the family. If she and Bai Shan guessed correctly that she was not their child, her sister-in-law would not tell her even if she knew, no matter how much she loved her. So she still had to ask her parents.
Manbao knocks on the door.
The couple who were whispering in the room paused. Old Zhou got out of bed and opened the door. Seeing Manbao outside, he asked curiously, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"Dad, do I have something to tell you?"
"Is there anything you can't say tomorrow?" Old Zhou said, "You're a grown-up girl now. You can't sleep with your parents anymore."
"I don't want to sleep with you," Manbao squeezed into the room and managed to break through her father's tall body to get into the house, "Mom, I have something to do."
Qian smiled and said, "Come here."
Manbao ran over immediately and turned back to give her father a proud look.
Manbao sat beside her mother and hugged her arm. Qian reached out and touched her head and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Manbao hesitated for a moment, with countless questions in his mind, but he didn't know where to start or where to start.
Seeing Manbao with his head down and not saying anything, Old Zhou couldn't help but ask, "Did you get into trouble outside? Did you hit someone, or..."
"No," Manbao raised her head and denied it. After glancing at her father, she took out the longevity lock she had been wearing from her collar. "Dad, Mom, where did you get this longevity lock?"
Old Zhou and Qian were stunned, not understanding why she asked this, and said, "Your parents beat you, what's wrong?"
Manbao lowered his eyes and asked, "How much did it cost?"
Old Zhou thought for a moment and said, "It's not expensive, only about two or three taels. Why do you think of asking this?"
Manbao's heart ached, and her eyes became red. She tried to hold back her tears, but couldn't, and they began to fall. Old Zhou was startled, and hurriedly wiped her tears distressedly, "What happened to you? Were you bullied outside?"
She could feel the pain when the rough hands touched Manbao's tender face, but Manbao felt even more aggrieved and her tears fell even harder.
Old Zhou became anxious and quickly looked at his wife.
Qian's heart moved, her mouth moved, and finally she just reached out and hugged Manbao.
Manbao threw herself into her mother's arms and started crying. After crying for a while, the depression in her heart was relieved a lot. When she looked up and saw her parents looking at her with concern, she pouted and said aggrievedly: "You all lied to me, I know everything."
Old Zhou asked, "What did we lie to you about? What do you know now?"
Manbao wiped away the remaining tears on his face and said with tears in his eyes, "Dad, do you know how much this longevity lock is worth?"
Old Zhou was stunned. "How much is it worth?"
Manbao originally wanted to say it was worth a hundred taels, but when she saw her father's expression, she said, "It's worth a thousand taels!"
Old Zhou's head and feet went weak, and he held onto her shoulders to steady himself. "This, this much?"
Qian's mouth opened wide in surprise, and she quickly asked, "Who said that?"
Manbao said, "Master Tang said that this longevity locket is not something that ordinary people can afford. I also took it to the silver shop owner to ask him. This silver locket was made by a very famous silversmith, so it is very expensive."
"No matter how expensive it is, it's just a piece of silver. How can it be worth so much?" Old Zhou murmured, "They don't have that much money..."
Manbao heard it with his sharp ears and asked, "Who are they? Yes, yes..."
Manbao's eyes welled up with tears again, and he asked, "Is it them?"
As soon as Qian saw it, she knew that she knew. She was panicked and half-hugged her and asked, "Did Magistrate Tang know about it too?"
Manbao looked at his mother without saying anything.
Qian sighed.
Manbao tugged at her sleeve and cried, "Mom, just tell me."
Qian looked at Old Zhou.
Old Zhou sat down on a chair beside him, silent.
The room suddenly became quiet.
At this time, Bai Shan had just finished dinner, said goodbye to her grandmother and mother, and returned to her room.
Old Madam Liu smiled as she saw him off, and only after he disappeared did the smile fade from her face.
Zheng, who was standing by, was confused and asked cautiously, "Mother, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just didn't expect them to come back at this time. You go back and rest first. I'll sit alone for a while."
Zheng then bowed and took her leave.
After Zheng left, Old Lady Liu took Madam Liu's hand and said, "Let's go and ask Daji to come see me."
"yes."
Bai Shan's sudden return also caught Old Lady Liu off guard. Moreover, the boy seemed to have kept his promise to Manbao and didn't tell Old Lady Liu anything. So after talking to him for a long time, Old Lady Liu didn't understand why he came back at this time.
The next update will be around 2:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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