Chapter 1671 Want to Leave the Palace (Reward for the book friend "Give You a Touch of Tenderness")
Old Zhou felt dizzy. Not only Old Zhou, but even Zhou Silang, the smartest son of the Zhou family standing here, felt dizzy. They didn't understand a large part of the middle part and only heard the last data. No, Old Zhou didn't even remember the last data.
Li Jun continued slowly, "Also, this is only the first year. In the second year, we will still provide twenty breeding eggs. There is no limit on how many they can provide. Anyway, no matter how much, all the chickens they raise will be divided into 40% and 60% for us, including the eggs!"
"But actually, except for the first year when we spent money to buy hens and eggs, we didn't have to spend any money every year after that. We didn't even have to spend much effort to get the hens and eggs. Grandpa, do you think it's a good deal?"
Old Zhou couldn't help but look at his wife, "Is Li Jun's prediction accurate?"
How would Qian know?
She glanced at Old Zhou and said, "Anyway, it's more accurate than you."
The older generation basically couldn't calculate these numbers, so Zhou Dalang looked at his eldest son beside him. Zhou Lizhong couldn't help but straighten his back and said with a stiff upper lip: "I, I need an abacus to calculate it..."
Zhou Dalang didn't say anything. Xiao Qian was used to it. The girls in the family were the smartest, and it had been like that since their generation.
Look how much smarter Manbao is than her brothers?
So when seeing the gap between her son and Lijun, Xiao Qian was not sad at all. It was much better than the contrast between his father and his aunt, right?
There was silence in the room for a long time, and finally, Qian said, "Alright, since it's Manbao and Lijun's decision, then we'll just listen to them. We've already bought the eggs and the hens, so we can't just return them, right?"
Old Zhou immediately became amiable. Although he didn't understand most of what was said, he still understood the parts that made him money. As long as he could make some money, it was fine.
Thanks to the help of the nanny and maids brought by Old Lady Liu, they finally checked all the breeding eggs before dark. After confirming that they were all good eggs, they arranged the baskets and decided to load them onto a truck and send them to Putian Village the next day.
Old Zhou warned, "Walk slowly on the road. These eggs are different from other eggs. Don't let them bump into anything."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Wulang, who were traveling with them, responded, and they drove two mule carts over and loaded the eggs and hens.
Lijun had ordered the hens through Zhou Wulang and some merchants and farmers. Zhou Wulang said as he drove the mule cart, "I thought you were asking for the hens for your family, and that you wouldn't need so many chickens for the banquet. Who knew you had this in mind?"
Zhou Lijun suddenly remembered, "Oh, by the way, have you bought the chicken for Uncle Six's wedding banquet?"
Zhou Wulang fell silent.
Zhou Lijun saw it and said, "It's over, it's over. Tomorrow is the seventh day of the first lunar month. Is it still too late?"
Zhou Wulang thought for a moment and said, "Let's go today and come back today. I'll go out and look for them tomorrow morning. There shouldn't be many guests at home, so two chickens per table should be enough."
Zhou Lijun disagreed. "It shouldn't be too few. My aunt and her friends will be out of the palace tomorrow afternoon. They have a lot of friends, so they must have invited a lot of people as well."
Yes, Manbao is inviting people to Chongwenguan at this moment. Of course, she doesn’t invite everyone. She only invites those who she thinks are fun to play with, such as Feng Zongping, Yi Ziyang, and Zhao Liulang, whose temperament is more compatible with hers.
Zhao Liulang thought that there was nothing to do on the eighth day of the New Year, and the house where Zhou Man lived now was once theirs.
So he nodded and agreed.
As soon as Zhao Liulang agreed, some of the people who usually played well with him turned their heads and looked at Manbao with their eyes shining.
Manbao met their gaze, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Are you coming?"
Several people agreed.
A few classmates who were bored and flipping through books nearby heard this and looked up at Manbao and said, "After all, we are all from Chongwenguan and can be colleagues. Why don't we all go together?"
Manbao opened his mouth wide.
But before she could say anything, the others had already complied.
They wanted to come to the wedding, so Manbao couldn't just turn them away, right? He had no choice but to accept.
After leaving the cafeteria, Manbao turned to look at Bai Shan and asked, "Are they trying to befriend me?"
Bai Shan nodded. "Whether you admit it or not, everyone now sees you as the Crown Prince's confidant. Aside from the nine of us who are serious students at Chongwenguan, the rest of us are on the Crown Prince's side. Since your confidant's family has a wedding coming up, they, as allies, must go too."
Manbao pondered and said, "The price of accepting this gift is a bit high."
Bai Shan didn't care. "Forget it. You are in the Eastern Palace now. There is no point in clarifying it. His Majesty believes that you are his subject, not the prince's confidant."
Manbao thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he decided to go see the emperor before leaving the palace, give him a gift, and also say a few words to help Mingda and Princess Changyu.
Yes, the three of them planned to apply to leave the palace with the emperor and empress on the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Manbao finally spent money to buy some medicinal herbs from the Imperial Hospital, and then prepared two sachets for the emperor and the empress.
She let the two of them smell the faint fragrance, and also let Gu Zhong smell it, and then said: "This is to help you sleep. I think your majesty and your majesty are a little tired recently. Did you not sleep well last night?"
The emperor nodded repeatedly, "Exactly. I don't know why, but even if I don't have anything on my mind, I can't sleep."
It's like this when you get older.
Manbao didn't say this out loud, but said, "This medicine bag can be placed under the pillow or hung on the tent to help you sleep."
Manbao also took out a prescription from his sleeve and handed it to Gu Zhong, saying with a smile: "This is the prescription. If your Majesty and the Empress are satisfied with it, you can go to the Imperial Hospital to make a prescription."
Gu Zhong took the prescription and asked carefully, "How often should this medicine bag be changed?"
"You can change it every ten days, not too often." Man Bao said, "They are all very common herbs, but the preparation method is a little special."
This is a small recipe that Teacher Mo found. When I shared it with her, I mainly wanted to tell her that the medicinal effects of herbs will vary greatly depending on how they are prepared.
Some medicinal herbs can even be used directly to make perfume, but no one can smell their strong fragrance before they are thoroughly processed.
The emperor and the empress really enjoyed listening to Zhou Man talk about these medical theories, so the atmosphere was just right. The emperor also showed some concern for the health of the crown princess. When he learned that the crown princess and the future grandson were both healthy, he was even more satisfied.
So Mingda and Changyu took this opportunity to suggest going out of the palace to have some fun.
The emperor said without thinking: "Why are you going out of the palace? It's not fun outside the palace at all."
Mingda said, "Father is lying. You often sneak out of the palace with your uncle to play. If it wasn't fun, why would you leave the palace?"
The emperor choked on his saliva and started coughing violently.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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