Chapter 898 A sigh of relief
The next day, everyone saw Mrs. Tang and her son off outside the city gate. As they watched the carriage go farther and farther away, the five people standing together breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Cui felt relieved, she felt something was wrong. She looked up and met Magistrate Yang's gaze, and hurriedly explained, "I was just sighing. Since my cousin left, our home has become much less lively."
County Magistrate Yang smiled at her and didn't mind her inconsistency. Anyway, he would definitely maintain this happy mood today. He finally sent that ancestor away. Next time Tang Zhihe wanted his wife to come and live in Luojiang County, forget it.
The two adults acted reserved, but Manbao and the other three children were very outgoing. As soon as the car left, they cheered with joy, extremely lively. Bai Erlang patted his chest exaggeratedly and said, "We're finally leaving. We don't have to worry about the fire suddenly burning me anymore, right?"
Manbao and Baishan nodded in agreement, and one of them said, "Let's go home too."
Another nodded and said, "We haven't been home for so long, grandma and the others will definitely be worried."
Bai Erlang said, "I don't know if he's worried or not, but he'll definitely be very angry. I wonder if my father will punish me."
Bai Shan said: "I don't know whether my cousin will punish you or not, but my grandmother will definitely punish me, and the master will definitely punish us too."
After all, they had agreed to go into the mountains for a maximum of five days, but they ended up being out for more than half a month. Except for Zhou Silang occasionally coming from the village to bring them things, and them sending things back through him to please their elders, they never went back once. For fear of being scolded, they didn't even write a letter.
The three people's joy paused, and then they became a little sad.
Manbao realized it belatedly and said, "Actually, whether Mrs. Tang leaves or not has little to do with us, because if she doesn't leave, we will have to go home too."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked at her and actually felt that what she said made sense, so what was there for them to be happy about?
County Magistrate Yang watched the whole thing from the side and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
It was the first time that Cui saw him laugh so happily, and she was stunned for a moment.
Manbao felt that County Magistrate Yang was very unscrupulous. He must have thought of it a long time ago, but did not remind them. Instead, he called them together early in the morning to see Madam Tang off.
So the three of them all gave him a sidelong glance and said, "We're done, we're going home."
Magistrate Yang finally stopped laughing, but a bright smile remained on his face. He nodded gently and said, "Go back and study hard after receiving your punishment. You don't have to worry about the rest."
Manbao was very curious, "How are you going to deal with him?"
County Magistrate Yang put his finger to his lips and hushed them, then said with a smile, "Children shouldn't ask about matters between adults."
Manbao and the other two tsk-tsk'd at the same time, knowing that they were not allowed to talk about this matter outside, so they stopped talking about it. Thinking about going home, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the way home.
Manbao said, "Since we're already out of the city, let's just go home."
Bai Shan nodded, "So as not to waste time going back to the city and then leaving the city."
Bai Erlang had no problem, but he felt his skin was a little tight, so he asked, "Should we go to the clothing store and buy some knee pads or a jacket?"
Bai Shan: "It's useless. If the master hits you, he will most likely hit your palm. Can you still wrap your hand with cloth?"
"Of course I can, but I'm afraid the master will take it apart and beat it even harder." Manbao laughed after saying this.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked at her coldly, "Don't think that the teacher won't beat you just because you're a girl."
As the three of them were about to invite Daji to go home with them, Cui didn't expect them to be so free and easy and leave as soon as they said they would, so she hurriedly tried to keep them.
Yang Heshu waved his hand and said, "Go back. You've been out for long enough. Well, I'll lend you this carriage. Pick some vegetables for me when you return. There aren't many vegetables in spring."
Manbao thought about the vegetables that the family would grow at that time, but couldn't think of anything good, so he asked, "Do you want some wild vegetables?"
"As long as it's green leaves, it's fine."
Manbao said, "That's no problem. We can go up the mountain and dig when we get home, if we don't get fined."
Yang Heshu: "That might be a little difficult. Ask your fourth brother or your nephews to dig some for me. The wild vegetables are fresh and delicious."
Bai Shan: "Mushrooms should be available in a while."
Bai Erlang: "There will still be wild fruits. The prickly ash on the mountain is almost red, right?"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't wait to go home.
The three of them climbed onto the carriage they had come in and waved goodbye to Yang Heshu and Cui Shi. "Master Yang, we are going home first. We will come to see you when we are free."
Cui waved to them hurriedly. Yang Heshu was a little perfunctory. It only takes less than two quarters of an hour to get from the county town to Qili Village by horse, and about three quarters of an hour by carriage, which means it would take more than an hour to walk. Can't they come and go whenever they want?
Thinking that the winter wheat harvest was about to begin, and he would have to go back to the countryside by then, Yang Heshu waved his hand slowly and said, "I'll bring my wife to visit you guys later. Take your punishment well and don't run around."
The three of them lowered the curtain and told Daji to get in the car, "Let's go home."
After Daji sat on the shaft, the driver whipped the horse to start running.
Cui looked at Yang Heshu and asked sheepishly, "Is the village they live in close to the county town?"
Yang Heshu smiled and nodded, "It's not far. We can take the car for 35 minutes or 45 minutes."
Cui heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's not far. I heard that the Bai family came from the Longzhou Bai family and was also a family of officials. How could they move to Mianzhou?"
Yang Heshu explained to her, "Bai Li's ancestors migrated here and made their fortune after settling in Luojiang County. This branch of our family is closer to Bai Shan's ancestors, both in terms of blood relationship and friendship, so they are close. After Bai Shan's father, County Magistrate Bai, died in the line of duty, his grandfather brought him here."
Cui nodded.
Although she was unfamiliar with Luojiang County, her husband valued Bai Shan and others very much, so Cui naturally sent people to inquire about the three of them. However, there was a legend about Bai Shan in the county town, and Bai Erlang was also quite famous, but Manbao rarely heard people talk about them.
She didn't feel comfortable asking Yang Heshu about the little girl's situation.
In fact, the Cui family's people asked the wrong people. They were asking servants of the wealthy families in the county. If they had asked people on the street, especially those who opened shops or set up stalls to sell things, most of them would know Manbao, no, they would know the three of them.
After all, they had been traveling around the county to buy and sell things in the past few years.
Although they went to Huayang County in the past two years and have fewer opportunities to appear in the county town, their impression still remains in the minds of many people.
The carriage was driving on a small road that was very familiar to them. The three of them opened the window and looked at the flowers and plants outside with sad faces. Bai Erlang said: "I'm scared."
Manbao: "Worried."
Bai Shanze rubbed his palms and said, "I haven't been slapped in the palm of my hand for a long time."
Manbao: "Congratulations, I should be able to experience it again today."
The next update will be around 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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