Chapter 830 Speculation
Zhou Hu has always had a good relationship with the Zhou family, not only in the past. In recent years, because his wife had difficult labor, the Zhou family helped him a lot. In the past few years, Manbao even went to give his wife acupuncture from time to time and cured her.
So he agreed as soon as Zhou Erlang brought up the topic, without asking what they were looking for.
The Zhou brothers breathed a sigh of relief and patted Zhou Hu on the shoulder.
Liu Gui also breathed a sigh of relief. Because the people in Qili Village were very secretive about Zhou Yin and hardly talked about Dahu Mountain, the only person they could find who knew the inside story was Mr. Bai.
But Mr. Bai probably never even set foot on the foot of Dahu Mountain in his life. How could he know where Zhou Yin and his wife died, or where in the forest they often went?
So they could only search inch by inch from this side. He didn't know about others, but Liu Gui was getting a little desperate.
It's really too difficult.
Although Zhou Yin didn't necessarily hide the things in places he had been to, it would be much more convenient to have someone familiar with Dahu Mountain lead the search.
The three parties agreed on this, of course, this matter had to be kept secret from the villagers.
After Manbao finished her dinner, she learned from her fourth brother that Zhou Hu had agreed, so she went back to her room and went to sleep with peace of mind. She still had to go to Yizhou City early the next morning.
Zhou Silang and Daji each drove a carriage, first to Luojiang County to pick up Mr. Zhuang, and then turned back to Yizhou City.
This time, Mr. Zhuang did not go to the temple fair in Qili Village, but went home. Only three days later, when he saw his three children again, he always felt that they were a little different.
Well, Bai Er hasn't changed much, but Manbao and Baishan have become much calmer. They are not as noisy as before and no one knows what they are thinking while they sit there.
Zhou Silang had already taken down the carriage seat and asked Mr. Zhuang to get in.
Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly and beckoned Bai Er, saying, "Erlang, come here. I'll test your studies over the past few days."
Bai Er tensed up immediately. He stole a glance at Bai Shan and Man Bao, and seeing them give him a helpless look, he had no choice but to go forward.
The spring days were still short, so they only stopped to eat some dry food at noon, but after half a day, Bai Er said everything he could and couldn't say.
Mr. Zhuang sighed quietly in his heart, glanced at Manbao, and got into the car.
Bai Erlang knows only a limited amount, but Mr. Zhuang knows a lot.
He didn't know that Bai Shan's father Bai Qi was related to Zhou Yin, but he had already vaguely guessed Man Bao's life experience and that Zhou Yin's death was not simple.
He had been in Qili Village for too long. Not long after Zhou Yin's death, Mr. Bai found Mr. Zhuang because he wanted to find a teacher for his eldest son.
Mr. Zhuang had visited Qili Village in advance and found that the people here were simple and honest, the scenery was nice, and the treatment offered by the Bai family was also good, so he agreed.
Later, he went from teaching Bai Dalang alone to building a school by the river and began to teach children from several nearby villages, and his interactions with the villagers became close.
At that time, although the people in Qili Village were very secretive about Zhou Yin, they had not yet learned how to hide it. Therefore, he always felt that there was a secret, so he couldn't help but ask Mr. Bai.
What surprised him was that he felt that Mr. Bai also knew about this matter, but Mr. Bai also participated in concealing it.
Mr. Zhuang still agreed with Mr. Bai's character, so he stopped asking. But there are some things that you will always know even if you don't ask after living there for a long time.
For example, the stingy old Zhoutou who loves his children and grandchildren more makes an exception for his youngest daughter Manbao. Several times when he falls ill, the adults in the old Zhou family treat him as a serious enemy, as if something big is going to happen.
It is clear that they are not so restless when other children in the family, even San Ya and Si Tou who are younger than Man Bao, fall ill.
As more and more things happened, Mr. Zhuang had a vague guess.
It’s just that he has never checked and doesn’t want to confirm it.
Bai Erlang just added some evidence and more speculation to his guess.
Mr. Zhuang thought about it for a while, and finally decided to say nothing, ask nothing, and just let the children go.
They returned to Yizhou City before sunset. The older they got, the more energetic they became. After a whole day's ride, the three of them didn't feel tired at all.
So he went to fetch some water and began to tidy up his room and clean the study.
Even though they had only been gone for five days, Haruhi got dirty easily.
After everyone had tidied up their rooms and the cook had finished preparing the meal, Mr. Zhuang ate with them. Then he said, "Bring your homework to me later. I'll go through it before you go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow, so when you're studying, you should study hard and not think about other things. Okay?"
The three of them bowed in agreement and went back to get their homework.
The next morning, Bai Shan went to the provincial school, Bai Erlang went to the academy, and Mr. Zhuang had classes today, so he also went to the academy.
Manbao studied the morning lessons alone in the study, and after finishing the lessons he went to the medicine store.
When she was about to walk to the pharmacy with the basket on her back, she turned around and found Zhou Silang following her.
Zhou Silang saw that he had been discovered, so he chuckled and rushed over to ask, "Manbao, will my fourth brother take you to the medicine store?"
"Fourth brother, if you want to follow me, then do it openly. This sneaky behavior scares me to death."
"Okay, okay, then I'll follow you openly tomorrow. Come on, Fourth Brother will take you to the pharmacy."
Manbao muttered as he walked, "I'm used to walking here, I don't need you to send me off."
Zhou Silang walked up to her and whispered, "I was just worried that you might lose control of your temper and go out for revenge on impulse."
Manbao: "...Am I that stupid?"
Is she going to use her small body to rush to the Yizhou Palace to seek revenge on the King of Yizhou?
I’m afraid I won’t even be able to see the King of Yizhou?
Manbao looked at his fourth brother with disdain and said, "Fourth brother, go and do your own thing. I won't be so depressed."
Zhou Silang thought for a moment after making up his mind, "Forget it, I've already brought you here. I'd better just send you to the door of the pharmacy. I won't send you tomorrow."
Manbao nodded with satisfaction.
Although Manbao couldn't rush to the Yizhou Palace to seek revenge on the King of Yizhou, she still did some other things. For example, she found the shopkeeper, Old Zheng, and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to meet those herbal farmers. Is that okay?"
Shopkeeper Lao Zheng asked with a smile, "Do you want to buy some herbs? Tell me what you want to buy. Why bother meeting the herbal farmers in person?"
Manbao shook his head and said, "I want to remember some fresh herbs. I've never seen what they look like before they're processed, so I want to mention it to the herbal farmers and ask them to bring me some fresh herbs next time they deliver them."
"I have told them, but they arrived late and the fresh herbs are not alive, so I can't bring them."
(End of this chapter)
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