He glanced at Bai Shan in the window, and whispered to his daughter, "You are stupid, don't talk about people like them, even in our family, after marrying a daughter-in-law, you have to take care of the housework, honor your in-laws, and work in the fields outside. Work, of course, the Bai family has no shortage of people who go to the fields, and there is no shortage of money, so you don't need to go to the fields, but this housekeeping is necessary, right?"
"When you are an official outside, it depends on the present. You are so busy every day, how can you have time to take care of the housework?" Old Zhou Tou whispered: "But your mother-in-law and mother-in-law are here, and now we live together, and all the family affairs are done." Thanks to Mrs. Liu's command, as long as you stay here after you get married, you can leave all the affairs of this mansion to them."
"If you move outside and your mother-in-law and mother-in-law ask you to take care of the house, will you take care of it or not? What if they bully you?"
Man Bao said: "Madam Liu and Aunt Zheng will not bully me."
Old Zhou Tou said: "That's not necessarily the case, it's different before and after becoming a daughter-in-law."
Man Bao was curious, "Why?"
Old Zhou Tou thought hard and shook his head, "I don't know, your grandma is like this. Before your mother married me, she kept praising your mother, as if your mother was a fairy, but as soon as your mother came in, your grandma Looking at her horizontally is not pleasing to the eye, and looking at her vertically is also not pleasing to the eye."
Man Bao tried his best to recall the small words of his uncles and uncles under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, and whispered: "Old Madam Liu and Aunt Zheng won't, they are good people."
Old Zhou, "Your grandma is also a good person."
Man Bao didn't believe it. Although her mother never said anything bad about her grandma, the old people in the village did. So she asked curiously, "Father, how did my grandma praise my mother before?"
"That's a lot of praise," said old Zhou Tou, "Your mother is hardworking, capable, and has many brothers in the family. She is amazing. Anyway, there are a lot of praises."
"Look at you now, don't Mrs. Liu and the others often praise you for being capable, hardworking, and smart?" Old Zhou Tou whispered: "But when you get married, they may have the same face as your grandma gone."
Man Bao had a look of disbelief.
Old Zhou shook his head and said, "Why don't you listen to the old man? Your father and I have seen many such people."
Man Bao said: "My mother is also a mother-in-law, so she won't."
Old Zhou Tou glanced at her, "Girl, you are so naive, who said your mother hasn't changed? Your mother has changed in the details, just like your sisters-in-law..."
"What are you talking about?"
Old Zhou Tou immediately stopped talking, his back tightened, he turned his head to look at the sound, and saw Mrs. Qian frowning at their father and daughter, he immediately stood up, patted his buttocks and said: "No, I didn't say anything."
Man Bao said: "Mom, my father said you are woo woo woo..."
Old Zhou covered her mouth, pulled her up and pushed her into the room, "Aren't you going to study with Bai Shan? Go and study."
Qian gave him a sideways glance, nodded with Man Bao and said, "Go and study."
Then he frowned and looked at Old Zhou, "Aren't you going to the kitchen? Are you still leaving?"
Old Zhou Tou left with her.
After leaving the yard, Qian couldn't help but say to him, "What are you and Man Baohu doing?"
"Why are you so stupid?" Old Zhou said unconvinced: "Isn't what I said the truth? Before you marry your daughter-in-law, you women look at people more and more, but after you get married, you look less and less well." Well, am I afraid that our daughter will suffer in the future?"
Old Zhou's nose was a bit stuffed, he sniffed and said, "Look at how much we, Xi'er, have suffered in the past? Man Bao can't bear those grievances."
Qian Shi: "...you think too much, what kind of family is the Bai family, you don't know that they have lived in a village for so many years?"
She said: "Stop speaking bad things about Bai Shan and the Bai family in front of Man Bao. If it spreads to the Bai family and people are misunderstood, I want you to look good."
Old Zhou didn't speak anymore.
Bai Shan also asked Man Bao, "What did Uncle Zhou tell you, after so long?"
Man Bao sighed: "My father told me that people's hearts are sinister, and some people in this world will be different inside and out, and will change."
Bai Shan: "... Uncle Zhou was deceived? Why do you suddenly have such a feeling?"
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "It all happened when he was young, have you written the confession paper yet?"
Bai Shan showed her, "It's almost there."
Man Bao read the whole article and was satisfied, "You write it quickly, and I will copy it when it is finished."
Bai Shan: "... This is mine."
"Oh, I'm the chief officer. I'll just write a booklet. At worst, I'll sign it for you. I don't need to write one by myself, right?"
After thinking about it for a while, Bai Shan felt that it made sense. After looking at the notebook again, he felt a little bit reluctant to continue writing, "You make up for the rest?"
"You've written this far, why don't you finish it for me," Man Bao said, "in case I take over halfway, and the words and sentences are different."
Bai Shan stared at her for a while, and had no choice but to continue writing.
After he finished the draft and revised it again, Man Bao went over to copy it.
Bai Shan tidied up the desk at the side and said, "I'm going to visit brother Tang tomorrow, what gift do you plan to prepare for Mr. Tang?"
"Native products from the Western Regions," Man Bao said, "A box of spices."
Bai Shan couldn't help laughing for a while, and then said: "Okay, I don't know if Mr. Tang will accept it. After all, this thing is expensive, and it is suspected of taking bribes."
Man Bao muttered in a low voice: "We are here to bribe."
It is true that Man Bao and the others have bribed them. Master Tang is in charge of Yushitai. His attitude is very important. Even if he does not prohibit his subordinates from impeaching them, as long as he does not speak or act, then Man Bao and the others will have a living space. It's huge.
Old Master Tang didn't know what they were thinking, he felt that the relationship between the two of them was not bad, he just thought it was a normal annual gift, so he accepted it without opening it.
After all, they didn't just send a box of spices, but also other annual gifts prepared by Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qian. There are two legs of lamb that are visible to the naked eye, not to mention that Man Bao sent her sister-in-law to marinate them. There are six small jars full of all kinds of pickles. I heard that everyone in the Tang family loves to eat them, so Manbao specially asked her mother to prepare more.
Old Master Tang didn't find out, but Master Tang did, because the thing that was given to him was a separate small box, so he opened it right away.
Seeing the spices inside, Master Tang was surprised, "Is this Su Hexiang? It smells so good, did you buy it in the Western Regions?"
In front of him, the few people had nothing to hide, Man Bao said complacently: "I paid it from the bandit den."
Master Tang really didn't know about this, and he was so surprised, "Are you still going to suppress the bandits? Just relying on Nie Canjun's hundred people?"
Aren't the horse thieves on the grassland very fierce
Was it so easy to be suppressed
"No, it's the soldiers sent by the governor of Liangzhou, we will assist from the side," Man Bao asked, "Is there no military report to Beijing?"
Master Tang said: "I'm the county magistrate of Chang'an County, and I'm not working in the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Punishment. How can I know this news? But my father should know, and I can ask him later. Your suppression of bandits is considered a meritorious service, right? ?”