Mr. Zhuang was worried, but Bai Dalang came back wearing a bamboo hat.
He had just got off the carriage, and he was going to go back to their own yard through the courtyard, but the courtyard door was wide open...
Well, it is normal for the courtyard doors to be wide open. Unless it is night, all the courtyard doors are open, especially the courtyard where Wu Lang and the others live. Because Fang and Lu are with their children, they often come in and out Of course, it is impossible to close the gate of the courtyard.
When he was about to walk over, he vaguely heard the voice of Mr. and Bai Er talking, and then came in.
Mr. Zhuang has been obsessed with the library of Chongwenkan recently, and he hasn't gone out for a long time. When he saw the bamboo hat on Bai Dalang's head, he took a second look, "Why are you wearing this?"
Bai Dalang said with a smile: "The weather has been getting hotter these days, I don't know where it started, men wear bamboo hats when they go out, women wear curtains."
Mr. Zhuang didn't care about these, and asked, "What are you busy with recently, why do you run out all day?"
Bai Erlang turned his head to look at Man Bao, and Man Bao turned his head to look at Bai Shan, and found that Bai Shan was also staring at her. Man Bao thought for a while, then pointed to his nose with some uncertainty and said, "Me?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang turned their heads to look at Fang who was busy in the kitchen, and remained silent.
Bai Dalang didn't notice their interaction. After saluting Mr. Zhuang, he also sat down on the railing, and conveniently carried Batou, who was pulling on the railing and wanted to stand up, to sit on the railing together, and then replied to Mr. Zhuang: " It’s nothing, I just made a few new friends, isn’t Enke over, they didn’t pass the exam, and they are waiting for the Jinshi exam in August, so I’m just discussing poetry with them.”
Everyone looked up at the sun that had not yet reached mid-air, with a look of surprise on their faces, Bai Erlang: "Brother, do you come back after lunch after the party?"
Bai Shan then asked, "Big Brother, did you quarrel with someone?"
Bai Dalang: "Can't you guys miss me a bit?"
He said: "It's a hot day, I just don't want to drink with them, so I found an excuse to come back."
Mr. Zhuang nodded approvingly, "Although the wine is good, don't drink too much, not to mention it's right for you to come back in such a hot summer."
Bai Dalang glanced at the medicinal materials that Bai Shan and Zhou Lijun pounded, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Man Bao said: "To make ointment, Bai Er even said to give you a jar, specially for wiping your face."
Bai Dalang touched his face and said, "Is there something wrong with my face?"
"It's okay..." On a hot day, everyone had no other place to go, and the porch was a bit cold, so they just sat and chatted while making medicine.
Man Bao and Bai Shan begged for their own reward, "You said, as long as I cure His Majesty's illness, you can take me to play in Liu Huan's village."
When the emperor was ill, in order to encourage her, Bai Shan promised that as long as she overcomes the emperor's illness, he would take her to the farm to pick melons.
But last time, Xiu Mu and the others went to have a wedding. This time, they were on summer vacation. They also went to have a wedding yesterday, and today is halfway through...
Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "I'll let Daji deliver the letter to Liu Huan in a while, and I'll go tomorrow."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "I'll go too!"
Zhou Lijun was not interested at first, but when she heard that Liu Huan's cousin would also go, she immediately said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going too."
Man Bao looked at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan, who just wanted to take the treasures with him, was silent for a while and said, "Okay."
Since so many people have gone, Bai Shan doesn't mind inviting more people, "Sir, do you want to stay in the farm for one night? It's always cooler in the farm."
After thinking for a while, Mr. Zhuang nodded and smiled, "Okay, but I won't be with you. I'll go to Mr. Jiang's Zhuangzi in the western suburbs to relax. It doesn't seem very far away."
Not only is it not very far away, it's just around the corner.
There are many small villages in the western suburbs, all of which belong to the noble families in Beijing, and are considered by the common people to be the vegetable gardens of the high-ranking officials.
Many people's vegetables are grown in their small village in the western suburbs. Mr. Jiang also has a small village in the western suburbs, not far from the Liu family's Zhuangzi.
I don't know where Feng Zongping and the others heard that they were coming to Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat, and they were waiting at the gate of the square early in the morning.
Man Bao and the others had been boiling the ointment yesterday. They boiled the ointment overnight, mixed it with refined mutton oil, and then hung it in the well to cut it cold.
When I pulled up the bamboo basket containing the ointment early in the morning, the ointment inside had been cut cold and felt cool to the touch.
Man Bao picked a piece and wiped it on his hands, smelled it again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, Zhou Lijun took a few delicate wooden boxes and packed some.
These wooden boxes are for ear decorations, and they can be used after cleaning.
Zhou Lijun packed five wooden boxes, and then handed over the rest to his fourth sister-in-law. He took the five boxes and went to Zhuangzi with Manbao.
After leaving the capital city, there are more green shades on both sides of the road. Looking up, there are lush green trees. There are luxuriant trees stretching out to block the sunlight on the road. When the carriage passes under it, it is much shaded.
Man Bao and the others did not take a carriage, but came out on horseback. They deliberately chose a shaded place to walk, and the wind was blowing, not to mention, it was quite comfortable.
Bai Dalang also came, and he was feeling sleepy in the carriage right now.
Drowsy, he thought, Zhuangzi should live comfortably, if only his father could buy a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.
He just thought that Bai Shan had already turned around to discuss with Daji, "Go around and ask around, but it's okay for someone to sell a village, or ordinary people to sell land, no matter how much or how little, first buy it, even if it's only seven or eight mu. It is also enough to build a villa to escape the summer.”
Daji agreed, but still reminded, "I'm afraid it's not easy to buy."
Of course Bai Shan knew it was not easy to buy, otherwise his grandmother wouldn't have bought Zhuangzi to Yongzhou.
That was more than ten years ago. At that time, it was impossible to buy good land, and I am afraid it is even more difficult to buy now.
But now they study and live in the capital, and it would be better to have a nearby Zhuangzi.
When they arrived outside Liu's Zhuangzi, Liu Huan was the first to jump off the horse, and said to the Zhuangtou who ran up to meet him, "Have the rooms been tidied up?"
"Yes, I tidied up after receiving the young master's letter yesterday afternoon. Do you want to go to the room to rest first, young masters and ladies?"
Of course, they have to put their luggage down first, right
So a group of people went in with a huff.
Mr. Zhuang also went in, but after a while, Mr. Jiang from the next door sent someone to pick him up. Bai Dalang felt that he had nothing to do with a group of kids, so he left with Feng Zongping, Yi Ziyang and the others...
Zhou Lijun also chatted with the ladies of the Liu family on the way. They were very interested in the rouge on her hands, so they dragged her to their room.
So, when Man Bao and the others packed their luggage and came out happily, they found that they were the only ones left among the mighty people who came.