Chapter 889: Making Friends (Thanks to the book friend "Huang Juzi" for the reward)
Manbao and his friends didn't plan to go shopping, nor did they plan to leave the county government office.
Because they feel that it is too dangerous outside now. Who knows if the King of Yizhou knows about them now?
What if they knew about them and were keeping an eye on them right now?
What if they go out and die in an accident?
The timid Manbao and Baishan, who both felt that they could live for a long time and wanted to live for a long time, decided not to go anywhere today. They would just stay at County Magistrate Yang's house to read books, enjoy the scenery and chat.
Bai Erlang, who really wanted to go out, was successfully persuaded by them. The main reason was that he didn't have many friends in Luojiang County. If these two didn't go out, it would be boring for him to go out alone.
So the three of them stayed in County Magistrate Yang's study, reading books or writing.
The three of them were only well behaved for a while in the morning, practicing calligraphy and reading serious books seriously. But after just over an hour, Bai Erlang couldn't help but touch things here and there, and looked left and right impatiently.
Manbao also dropped his book and ran to the bookshelf to look for other books.
Bai Erlang couldn't help but run over when he saw it, and asked, "What book do you want to read?"
"See what books Lord Yang has here. I want to read a storybook."
Bai Erlang whispered, "I want to read the storybook too, but I feel like Lord Yang doesn't have it here, but Lord Tang might have it."
He felt that County Magistrate Yang was too elegant.
Bai Shan couldn't help but put down his book and came over, saying firmly, "There must be some miscellaneous books. We can look for them in a more secluded place. I usually keep my miscellaneous books in an inconspicuous place on the bookshelf, so that few people will find them."
The three of them started looking separately.
Man Tian, who was also serving in the study: ...If you want to know, just ask him, why do you have to look for it yourself?
However, he glanced at Daji who was almost asleep beside him, opened his mouth but still said nothing.
It was at this moment that Cui came over with Hongxue and some snacks. Wan Tian hesitated for a moment, but did not stop her as usual. He opened the door and let her in.
Cui smiled and nodded at him. After entering the study, she saw three people gathered together flipping through books. "Are you hungry? I brought you some tea and snacks."
The three people who had just taken out the miscellaneous books were startled by the sudden sound. They subconsciously hid the books behind them and turned to face Cui.
Cui looked at them curiously, "What's wrong?"
The three of them shook their heads together, "Nothing."
Manbao stuffed the book to Bai Shan from behind, and then came out from behind the bookshelf happily, "Sister Cui, you are so kind that you even thought of bringing us food."
Cui Shi noticed with her sharp eyes that Bai Shan was stuffing some book back into the bookshelf.
She glanced at Wantian secretly, and seeing him standing aside with a smile, she knew that this behavior was allowed by Yang Heshu, so she didn't ask, but asked Hongxue to take out all the snacks, and said with a smile: "I don't know what you like to eat, so I picked up a little of each for you."
Manbao said, "We like to eat all kinds of snacks."
There was no time to read any miscellaneous books at the moment, so Manbao simply pulled Cui to sit down, and everyone drank tea, ate snacks and chatted in the study.
It was the first time for Cui to enter Yang Heshu's study, and it was also the first time for her to do such a thing in his study. She knew that Yang Heshu was very particular about cleanliness, so she felt a little nervous when a piece of dessert was stuffed into her hand.
Manbao was already chattering nearby, "What does Sister Cui usually do at home?"
Cui smiled and said, "I'm new here and don't know anyone, so I just take care of the housework and do some needlework. There's not much to do."
Manbao sympathized and said, "It must be lonely without your friends here."
She thought for a moment and sighed, "It's a pity that I don't know any friends in the county town. My friends are all in the village. Otherwise, I could introduce you to each other and chat occasionally. But you can ask Lord Yang to take you out to meet some friends, and then you can go out and play together."
Cui laughed and said, "He is busy, how can he care about me?"
Manbao said with experience: "Just wait until the spring rush is over, then he will be free."
"The county government office is busy on weekdays, right?"
Manbao shook his head. "We don't have much to do in Luojiang County. We're only busy during spring planting, summer harvest, and autumn harvest. The rest of the time, we're completely idle. That's why Lord Yang often gives himself leave to live in the village for a while. By the way, you can come and live with Lord Yang in our village. Bai Er, didn't your family allocate a courtyard specifically for Lord Yang to live in? When the time comes, tidy it up and let Sister Cui move in too."
Bai Erlang nodded and said, "No problem."
Manbao thought that the day when they would return to Yizhou City to study was far away, so he warmly invited Cui, "When you go there, we will take you to our farm. We have many fruit trees on our farm. In summer and autumn, there are many fruits to eat. We will take you to pick them."
Manbao became more and more excited as he spoke, "We can also go fishing. Forget about fishing. We are grown up now and we are not allowed to go into the river anymore."
Cui was stunned, and it took her a while to find her words. "Does Master Yang... come to your village often? Does he also go picking fruit and fishing?"
Manbao nodded: "Yes, last year he went to our orchard and picked two large baskets of fruit."
Cui murmured, "But he likes cleanliness very much..."
Manbao heard this and shook his head, saying, "No, every spring he goes to the countryside to encourage farmers to work, and he rolls up his sleeves and goes to the fields. It's not uncommon for him to get dirty. He doesn't really like to be clean."
Bai Shan remembered that County Magistrate Tang had also mentioned that County Magistrate Yang had a habit of being clean, but that wasn't the case with this kind of cleanliness, so he interrupted and said, "Grandma Yang, you mean County Magistrate Yang likes to be clean when making friends, right?"
"Ah?" Cui's eyes were full of confusion.
Wan Tian, who was standing by, was worried and said quickly, "Grandma, Grandpa should be almost done with his work up front. It's almost time for lunch. Should we go check out the front?"
Cui came back to her senses, smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Manbao and the other two went with them.
Wan Tian breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. In the past, his uncle would check the person's ancestors for eight generations before making friends with them. This was not a good thing.
Wan Tian didn't know that County Magistrate Tang had already revealed Yang Heshu's secrets to someone. He was very worried at the moment, fearing that the two sides would talk about something bad, which would not only destroy the friendship between the old man and the relationship between the old man and the grandmother.
Fortunately, Manbao's topic was very flexible. He took Cui's arm and started talking about the interesting things they did while fishing.
How could a rich young lady like Cui know that when the water is released in winter, she can go fishing in the river and catch lively fish in her nets?
I was stunned just by listening to Manbao's description.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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