Chapter 918 Departure
Qian, who was sitting upstairs, said, "It's just about food and shelter. You are all grown-ups, so just bring a few extra quilts. We will prepare dry food for you, and it won't cost much."
He added, "When you get to the capital, if the shop doesn't make much money, you can go look for some hard work and support yourselves first. When the summer harvest is over and we have money back home, we'll send you some."
Old Zhou felt something was wrong. "Aren't we going there to make money? Why do we have to add money to it?"
Zhou Dalang and his brothers thought it was normal and said, "Dad, to farm you have to plant seeds first and spend money to buy a piece of land. It must be the same with doing business."
Qian glanced at him and said, "Your sons are more open-minded than you are."
Old Zhou: ...
After the matter was settled, Qian saw that Manbao was already yawning, so she waved her hand and said, "Okay, go back to sleep. I'll pack Manbao's luggage tomorrow. We'll be ready to leave."
Everyone agreed.
In fact, Xiao Qian is the busiest person, and others can't help much.
Manbao could pack his own books, clothes and other things, and Zhou Wulang and the others had even less to pack, so they finished packing in less than half a day.
But Xiao Qianshi was reluctant to let Manbao and the others suffer on the road, so she took great pains to prepare some delicious and easy-to-carry food for them, and even pickled some things for them to take to the capital to eat.
Finally, they packed up a pile of things. When Old Zhou saw so many things, Qian said, "Let's buy a mule. It's hardworking and has enough strength."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang went to the county town and bought a mule and a cart.
But it’s not easy to carry so many things, after all, there are people sitting in the car, right?
Just when Old Zhou was thinking about whether to drive out the ox cart as well, Bai Shan came to the door with the Bai family's servants, "...We hired several mule carts to load things. These boxes and other things are not comfortable to put in the carriages, so why not load them on the carts?"
Then he said to Manbao, "Let's sit together. We can still talk about homework on the way."
Manbao nodded repeatedly.
There was no point in talking about homework. The three of them sat in a car, opened and fixed all the windows, lifted the curtains, and then leaned against the windows to look at the world outside. In a short while, they completely forgot the sadness they had just felt.
Just thinking about the fact that they were going to the capital, the three of them were extremely excited. Even though the road ahead was full of dangers, the three of them were full of fighting spirit and were extremely happy.
Mr. Zhuang, who was sitting in the back carriage, obviously felt their excitement and couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
Zhou Liulang was driving Mr. Zhuang's carriage, while Zhou Wulang followed behind in his own mule cart. Datou, Ertou and Erya were leaning against the windows, staring out. It was the familiar road leading to the county town, and it was the scenery they had seen countless times, but the three of them still found it very novel and thought the flowers today were particularly beautiful.
The capital city sounds very big and prosperous.
When they arrived at Luojiang County, they had to enter from the city gate on this side and exit from the other side. Yang Heshu specially asked someone to watch them on the road and go back to inform him when they arrived.
Yang Heshu had two boxes brought out, along with a letter and a gift list. "These two boxes are for my relatives and friends in the capital. Please help me send them to my home when you get there."
Bai Shan agreed and asked his servants to tie the box to the car.
Yang Heshu exchanged a few pleasantries with Mr. Zhuang, then turned to look at Bai Shan and the other three. He sighed slightly, patted their shoulders, and said, "Keep a low profile when you get to the capital. Be patient if you can."
Manbao said, "I heard the capital is very scary."
Yang Heshu smiled and said, "It's not simple anyway."
Bai Shan nodded solemnly and said, "We have taken note of it. We will be careful."
He turned his head to look at the two friends beside him and said solemnly again: "I will watch over them."
Manbao and Bai Erlang couldn't help but snort, "It's not certain who is watching who."
Yang Heshu smiled, took a step back and said, "Let's set off as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to get to the hotel by the evening."
Cui also came along. She had two food boxes prepared and gave one to Manbao. "I have a letter here too. If you're bored since you've just arrived in the capital, you can go visit my sisters. I have a cousin who's the twelfth child in the family and is about your age."
Manbao accepted it gratefully, and the three of them said goodbye to Yang Heshu and Cui.
After getting back on the bus, the group felt a little sad. "I wonder if we can go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Daji, who was driving the car outside, said: ...It's already June 18th now. It will be almost July by the time they slowly arrive in the capital. Then they will stay for a month and come back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and finally go to the capital?
How idle are they?
Bai Shan was more sober. "We are going to study at the Imperial College. Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday enough for us to go home?"
Bai Jilang: "Then can I go home for the New Year?"
Manbao calculated and said, "It should be fine."
Bai Shan said, "I think that's quite strange. Otherwise, why did my father take my grandmother with him when he went to study in the capital? Longzhou is closer to the capital than Mianzhou."
Manbao then thought of another question and said, "Huh?" "Grandmother Liu and the others are also going to the capital. Doesn't that mean your home will be there from now on? You don't have to rush back to Qili Village."
Manbao and Bai Erlang glared at Bai Shan with an expression that said "You betrayed us."
Bai Shan was silent for a moment and then decided to hurt Man Bao. "Didn't your brother and nephews also go to the capital? You have more family members than me."
Manbao thought so too.
Bai Jilang stared at them.
The two of them felt a little guilty, but seemed to have thought of something, and looked at him together, "Isn't your eldest brother also in the capital?"
Bai Erlang widened his eyes slightly, then he remembered this, "Yeah, my eldest brother seems to be in the capital."
Bai Shan and Man Bao: ...
Bai Erlang clapped his hands in frustration and said, "It's over. I forgot to bring something for my big brother."
Manbao and Baishan reluctantly comforted him, "It's okay, when you get off the bus at the next place, just buy something and say you brought it from home."
"Is this okay?"
Bai Shan said, "It's better than going empty-handed, right?"
During the lunch break, Bai Erlang asked the steward Gao Cheng and Gao Song who came with him, "I want to buy some things for my brother at the next place."
Gao Song quickly asked, "What does the Second Young Master want to buy for the First Young Master?"
Bai Erlang said worriedly, "I don't know, but I have to bring something for Big Brother when I go back home, right?"
Gao Song finally understood. He paused for a long moment before saying, "Second Young Master, a small portion of the things in our car are prepared for the eldest young master. Didn't you know that?"
Now it was Bai Erlang's turn to be surprised. "I don't know. No one told me."
Mrs. Bai from Qili Village watched the carriage go away, then she turned around and said, "Now that both of my children have gone on such a long journey, my heart feels so empty."
Mr. Bai suddenly clapped his hands and remembered, "Oh no, I forgot to tell that kid about the things prepared for his elder brother in the car. I hope he won't cause trouble on the road."
The next update will be around 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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