Chapter 810 Encounter
Although Manbao no longer felt uncomfortable, she still snorted at Baishan, turned around and left with the basket.
Bai Shan hurried after her, his neck still red, "Are you really angry?"
Manbao blushed and snorted, "Don't hug me anymore. I'm already a grown-up girl."
Bai Shan couldn't help but mutter, "Obviously she's just a little girl..."
But he nodded in agreement.
The two of them walked towards the village side by side. Daji also came down from the mountain and followed them silently.
The sun was already halfway up in the sky, and they talked for quite a while, so the village was full of people coming and going.
Most people head towards Dali Village. Noon is when the temple fair begins its busiest hour, so everyone will rush to reach Dali Village before noon.
The excitement will continue until the evening when everyone will disperse. Every year at the temple fair, Manbao and Baishan will go to play with their friends in the village. The most important thing is to pay homage to the Earth God halfway up the mountain, and then go to the Taoist temple to pay homage to various gods, especially the Lord of Heaven.
Seeing so many people heading to Dali Village, Manbao couldn't help but feel envious, "Should we go?"
Bai Shan knew from her expression that she wanted to go, so he nodded and said, "Go, go."
Manbao said, "Then wait for me. I'll take the basket home first."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "We'll go find Bai Er later. I don't know if he's still there."
Bai Erlang had already run away. His gatekeeper said, "The Second Young Master went looking for you, Young Master Tang, early in the morning. You weren't home, so he went looking for Miss Man. Miss Man wasn't there either. The Second Young Master got a little angry and insisted that the younger boys come with him to look for you. When they didn't find you, some classmates from the village came to invite him, so the Second Young Master went with them to the temple fair."
Bai Shan turned around and said to Man Bao, "He must not have searched deeply, otherwise your family would definitely know why we went there. He said so much just to prevent us from blaming him."
The servant beside him shrank his neck and smiled ingratiatingly.
Manbao nodded, "We don't blame him."
Bai Shan said, "That's right." At most, he would punch him hard on the shoulder when he saw him, and he went out to play without waiting for them.
Daji asked, "Master, are you going there on foot or by car?"
Bai Shan looked at Man Bao, who glanced at the sun in the sky and said, "It's getting late, let's go by car."
Daji went to the stable to get the horses and harness the carriage.
Bai Shan and Man Bao were standing outside their house, talking and chatting. As they talked, they always felt that they had forgotten something. It was not until Daji drove over that Bai Shan clapped his hands and cried out, "Oh no! I forgot to greet my grandmother and mother."
Manbao finally remembered this, and the two looked at each other.
Daji, who was driving the carriage, said casually, "The old lady and the mistress have also gone to the temple fair. If the young master wants to pay his respects, why not go to the Taoist temple to pay his respects?"
Manbao scratched his head and said, "I forgot to tell my mother. I just left the basket in the yard and ran away."
Bai Shan said, "It's okay. We have a carriage and there's still time. Go home and tell your mother first, so she won't be worried if she can't find you later."
Daji said, "Mrs. Zhou also went with them. The old lady invited Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou to go with her. They left at 9:00 a.m.."
Manbao and Baishan looked at each other, smiled at each other, and climbed into the carriage happily, not knowing what they were happy about.
The car couldn't move before it reached the foot of the mountain in Dali Village. There were people everywhere, and there were a lot of things placed on the grass on both sides of the road. They were small vendors who had temporarily occupied the space to do business.
The most popular items sold are incense, candles, firecrackers, and various foods.
Manbao jumped off the carriage, looked at the stream of people that had already stretched up the mountain, and exclaimed: "This year is even more lively than last year."
An old man nearby heard this and shouted back, "That's right. The Taoist temple on the mountain is very effective. Even the fairies under the throne of the Heavenly Lord come here to worship the Heavenly Lord. So people from the neighboring county come here to worship. I predict it will be even more lively in two years."
Bai Shan looked at the fairy sitting beside Tianzun.
Manbao smiled a little embarrassedly, "Has the news spread to other counties?"
Bai Shan suppressed a laugh and said, "Who knows, maybe it will even spread to Yizhou City in the future."
At this time, the county magistrate of Huayang County in Yizhou City was listening in confusion as the villagers told him a few things about Lord Tianzun and the fairies under his seat.
These things were naturally not said by the Qian family, but were made up by everyone. At first, County Magistrate Tang treated it as a legend, but the more he listened, the more wrong it seemed. The more he listened, the more he felt that the fairy under the seat of the Heavenly Lord was a little familiar.
County Magistrate Tang quickly stopped the old lady from speaking incessantly and asked, "Old lady, is the fairy you mentioned still alive?"
"Oh, yes, of course she is. She is still a child. Although she is a fairy, she has to go through trials and tribulations just like a mortal. She will have to wait a hundred years before she can return to her fairy status."
County Magistrate Tang had not expected such obscurity to exist under Yang Heshu's rule. He blinked and asked, "Where is that fairy from?"
"She's from our Luojiang County, the Zhou family in Qili Village not far away. She's so lucky. She brings prosperity to the whole family."
County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but burst into laughter and asked, "Is her name Zhou Man?"
"I don't know her name, but her mother is from Qianjia Village. She's a very blessed person. She gave birth to six sons and two daughters, each one better than the other."
County Magistrate Tang was certain that this was Zhou Man.
He couldn't help laughing, and turned to Jiang Qi beside him and said, "Does your master know about this?"
Jiang Qi nodded. "Yes, I did. Not long after my lord took office, he met Miss Man and knew about it at the time. However, he didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was just some rumors. He didn't expect that the word would spread more and more, and the incense at this Taoist temple is getting more prosperous every year."
County Magistrate Tang laughed so hard that tears were about to come out, and said happily, "I didn't expect Zhou Man to have such ability. Is she actually a fairy?"
Manbao, who was climbing up among the crowd, seemed to hear his own name. He raised his head and looked around, and said to Bai Shan beside him: "I think I heard someone calling me."
Bai Shan also said: "I think I heard your name too."
County Magistrate Tang, who was sitting on a rock by the mountain road a little higher than them, heard it, turned around and looked down, and saw two people standing on the stone steps, looking up.
The two sides lowered their heads, then raised their heads, and their eyes met.
County Magistrate Tang was slightly surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"
Manbao and Baishan were even more surprised and shouted, "Why are you here?"
Manbao said, "This is our hometown. It's the second day of the second lunar month holiday, so we're going home to celebrate. Why are you here, Master Tang?"
County Magistrate Tang coughed lightly and said, "County Magistrate Yang is away, so I've come here to take over county duties for a few days. I heard the temple fair in Dali Village is very lively, so I came to take a look."
(End of this chapter)
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