Only then did Lao Zhou think of his sons, looked around and asked, "The sixth and fifth are in the restaurant, where did the fourth go?"
Fang looked at Man Bao.
Man Bao said: "The fourth brother went to do business, he went to Shangzhou to buy porcelain and sent it to Xiazhou, and then followed his friends to the grassland to collect medicinal materials."
"Don't you have medicinal materials at home?" Old Zhou Tou muttered, "Grassland, that's the territory of the barbarians, it's too dangerous."
Man Bao said: "Father, don't worry, the emperor has subdued Huihe and other tribes long ago, and now everyone on the grassland recognizes His Majesty as Heavenly Khan."
"Businessmen in the Central Plains may be robbed by bandits. How can the grassland be safer than the Central Plains?" Old Zhou Tou is not stupid.
It's just that Luojiang County is too poor and Qili Village is too remote, so the war at that time could not affect them for the time being.
But when he was young, he had seen many disaster victims who had fled to his county. He heard that the barbarians on the grassland loved to eat human flesh, and even called them two-legged sheep.
Thinking of this, old Zhou shook his head and said, "Hurry up and write to your fourth brother and ask him to come back immediately. I would rather do less business than risk my life to gamble."
Zhou Lixue on the side couldn't help but said: "Grandpa, Fourth Uncle took away all the capital of our family, as well as those silks and satins that my sister-in-law got. If I don't do half of this, I will die."
"How can you lose money? If you don't go to the grassland to do business, just sell it to others. Anyway, it's a free reward. You can earn a penny if you sell it, and you can earn a penny if you sell it." , but it's better than dead."
Man Bao thought for a while, and felt that her father was right, the grassland was indeed more dangerous than the Central Plains, so he nodded, "But father, I don't know where fourth brother is right now, even if he wrote a letter, there is nowhere to send it."
"He didn't say where he was going?"
"It is said that they left with the people from the bald-haired department, but it is not certain whether they will go to the bald-haired department, and the people on the grassland live in the grass. Now is a good time for grazing sheep and cattle with abundant water and grass. I have been stopping at a certain place, and there is no post station there, how do I send the letter?"
Old Zhou's focus was off, and he asked in amazement: "Why is there a tribe called the Bald Hair Tribe? Does that mean there is also the Multi-Hair Tribe?"
Man Bao: ...
Bai Shan couldn't help explaining: "Uncle Zhou, the bald tribe was originally a branch of Xianbei in Hexi, the Tuoba clan. During the chaos of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the eldest son of the leader of the Tuoba clan was named Tuoba Pigu. His father didn't let him take the throne. , Tuobapi led the tribe who was willing to follow him and left the tribe in a lonely way. It is said that because his son was born in a quilt, and the Xianbei language called the quilt "bald", his father changed his surname to bald. Hair, called Tufa Shoutian, so their tribe has been called the Tufa Department since then."
Old Zhou touched the hair on his head and said, "It's not very good to get the name of their tribe."
Man Bao also nodded, and whispered: "I also think it's not good."
Bai Shan: "...haven't you seen A Liu Dun? They have a lot of hair."
Old Zhou Tou was thoughtful, "Maybe this is the same as dreaming, it's all the other way around?"
Even if Man Bao couldn't agree with her father, she thought for a while and said: "Because the kidney is good, the kidney is good, and the general hair is not much worse."
Now it was everyone's turn to be silent.
However, although Lao Zhou was old, he didn't have hair troubles, so he just discussed it and then threw it away. On the contrary, he has a lot of hair, so anyone who is bald should worry about it.
Only then did Qian find an opportunity to talk to Man Bao, because Bai Shan was not an outsider, so she didn't shy away from her, "Master Bai and Cheng's family are guests, where did you arrange them?"
"It's in the back yard," Man Bao said, "There's another yard behind. Master Bai went to live in the same yard with Bai Shan and the others, and the back yard is for the married family. It's spacious enough to live in. But They brought a lot of things, I'm afraid they have to make a room for storage."
Qian said with a smile: "That's Miss Cheng's dowry. On the way here, Cheng's family said they wanted to rent a yard outside to live in. I didn't see your house at that time, so I didn't dare to keep them. Since there is a spare yard, At that moment, mother and you will go to the back, leave the married family behind, and just stay here to get married and get married, and our family will also enjoy their happiness."
"Hey, Second Miss Cheng is getting married here, where is Big Brother Bai welcoming her?"
Bai Shan was also curious.
Qian said with a smile: "On the way here, Mr. Bai made a plan to buy a house in the capital. If you can't find a suitable one for a while, you can borrow the house from Bai Shan's family. After all, if you are the eldest son marrying a daughter-in-law, you must do it beautifully." some."
A piece of old Zhou Tou added: "That's because Mr. Bai is not short of money."
Then he looked up at their house and said happily: "Although our family is short of money, our family is not short of houses, hahahaha..."
Lao Zhou's family members followed suit, and even Bai Shan couldn't help laughing.
Man Bao doesn't mind this kind of thing very much. Anyway, there are many houses in the family, and each yard has its own kitchen. They can live there if they want. She is still very hospitable.
But before that, she had to take her parents around all their houses.
The Fang family did not follow, but dragged Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liru, Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu to pack up.
Most of the things they brought from the front yard are still in the yard and not put away.
Man Bao then took them to see the courtyard where Zhou Lixue and the others lived. Seeing that there were so many rooms vacant, the old Zhou felt heartbroken, "It's too wasteful, where do the fourth and the others live?"
"Fourth brother and the others live in the front." The first yard from the side door is focused on the openness. The three brothers Zhou Lang, Wu Lang and Saturday Lang all live here, which is more spacious than when they were in the old Zhou's house, and there is a reservation Come out to the children's room.
When the children are older, if there is no room for them to live here, just throw the children in the yard where they live in Zhou Lixue.
After looking at the courtyard on the west side, Man Bao took them to the east side again.
In fact, the scenery on the east side is better, because this side is mainly study rooms, guest courtyards and gardens. Unlike the west side, it looks like it is for the family to live in. The houses are well built and the scenery is not bad, but Huahua There is less careless stuff after all.
But the old Zhou didn't care about this at all, seeing Fang and the others opened up the open space in their yard to grow vegetables, he nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, it's a pity to put it in such a good place. "
Man Bao said: "Father, flowers and plants are also very expensive."
"Can it be sold?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "Except for the rare flowers and flowers suitable for hairpin flowers, the other ones can only be dried and sold in pharmacies."