So people arranged it like this. Man Bao handed four of the Xicao to Mrs. Wu, and asked her to take them down for arrangement, handed the shallots to Zhou Lijun, and asked her to take them with him for teaching, and sent the other five to Mrs. Liu.
After Mrs. Liu was silent for a while, she accepted it with a smile, and before she could speak, Bai Shan and the others came back from the outside chattering, and Man Bao immediately ran out to find them after saying hello.
Mrs. Liu sighed, thought for a while, and still let Xibing and Xihua serve Manbao, and called Wuyue and Jiulan, two little girls in Manbao's house, and said, "From now on, the four of you will take care of Manbao together. Miss Man, which young lady out there doesn't have two or three maids around? Your Miss Man is still working outside, and will only be busier, so the things in this room will only increase, not less. "
She said: "I used to think about not letting the children spoil bad habits, so I let them do many things by themselves, but now that they have grown up and developed their tempers, there is no need to do this anymore. When Miss Man gets married in the future Come here, there will only be more and more things in the house, so you don't need to argue, and you will be busy in the future."
The four immediately bowed their heads in response.
Mrs. Liu said: "While there is still time, the four of you should learn some skills from the stewards in the house. Not only needlework, but also things in the kitchen. You will need them in the future."
She made a training call, and after arranging the positions of all five people, let them go down.
When only Nanny Liu and Mrs. Zheng were left by her side, she said to Mrs. Zheng: "From now on, you will be in charge of this mansion."
Zheng looked at her mother-in-law in surprise, isn't she always in charge of the mansion
Mrs. Liu said indifferently: "I mean, in the future, you have to make up your own minds about the housekeeping, and you don't have to listen to me."
Zheng felt guilty for a moment, and nervously grabbed the handkerchief, "Mother, why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"
Mrs. Liu sighed, "How much time do I have? From now on, this family will still be in your hands."
Zheng shook her head again and again, but she couldn't make up her mind, "Isn't there still Man Bao?"
She whispered: "Didn't Mother say that in the future, Shanbao and Manbao will be responsible for family matters?"
That's what she said, but Man Bao doesn't seem to be in charge of common affairs. Didn't you see that she even arranged for five maidservants to lead people to her
Mrs. Liu thought for a while and said: "You still have to listen to Shanbao and Manbao on major matters, and leave all the outside affairs to them, but you still have to take care of the family affairs."
She said: "You have also seen that Man Bao is an official outside, and he spends no more than two hours a day at home except for sleeping. During these two hours, he has to eat, study, and handle official duties. Where is the time to deal with it?" General affairs at home? So from now on, you will be in charge of the affairs of this family. "
Zheng nodded in a daze.
Mrs. Liu let go of half of her heart, and she still has half of her heart, because she suddenly remembered something, Manbao is now compiled by the fourth rank, which seems to be much higher than the grandson's official rank, even if the woman goes to the back It is difficult to be promoted, but with Man Bao's ability, there will definitely be promotions in the future.
It's not difficult to do household chores. There are people in the family who can share them for her, but...
Mrs. Liu called Bai Shan to talk at night, and asked, "Are you going to be released after the examiner?"
Bai Shan nodded, "If there is a suitable position, I will release it."
He said: "Looking at Xuexiong Yang and Xuexiong Tang, you will know that they will be sent out to study and handle government affairs first, and then return to Beijing later."
Mrs. Liu asked, "If you let it out, wouldn't you want to separate it from Manbao?"
She frowned, "How can the husband and wife be separated, it's still so far away..."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Grandmother, don't worry, Man Bao and I have discussed it a long time ago. If I am released, she will also seek an official position to be released. At that time, we will either be in the same place or in a nearby place, and we will not be separated. very far."
"... What official is she going to release?"
"The Imperial Medical Office is an official position in the local area." Bai Shan said, "The Imperial Medical Office started to go down to the local area last year. Now several of her disciples are in the local area. It's just not very smooth. They wrote back and said that sometimes they even Patients can’t see it, because the local pharmacies are a bit wary of them, and those poor people who need help don’t trust the Imperial Medical Office, so few people go to the Imperial Medical Office to see a doctor.”
He said: "The important responsibility of the Imperial Medical Office is to deal with public medical incidents, but Guotai Minan will not suddenly have a sudden epidemic, so it will be busy in the summer, and then it will be free later. Someone in the court has already proposed Cancel the medical department."
Mrs. Liu was surprised, "It's only been a few years, why is it going to be cancelled?"
"So we thought that if Man Bao applied to be in charge of the local medical office, Tai Hospital and Xiao Hospital would not stop him, as long as His Majesty is willing to let him go."
Mrs. Liu understands that the Tai Hospital is unwilling to give up the Tai Medical Department, so she wants to ask Man Bao to rescue it. As long as one place is successful, other places can be revived according to that place.
However, "Can the emperor agree?"
It's not that Mrs. Liu is boasting. Although Man Bao is young, she is famous for her medical skills. Now she is more famous in Beijing than Xiao Yuanzheng. Even when she went to the Western Regions last year, occasionally people came to her door for medical treatment. come up.
Will the emperor let her go
Bai Shan said confidently: "We understand it with affection and move it with reason, His Majesty will definitely agree." No, there are Bai Er and Princess Mingda.
He felt that it should not be difficult to persuade the emperor, but the difficulty was how to persuade the prince, who was much more difficult to persuade than the emperor.
And Man Bao has always been the Imperial Physician of the Eastern Palace. Even now, the closest Imperial Physician of the Eastern Palace is also Man Bao. Since she returned to Beijing, the Crown Prince has summoned her to have her pulse checked, and the Imperial Hospital also followed the Prince's instructions. , Hand over the big inspection once every ten days to Man Baolai.
So Bai Shan was worried about the prince.
After worrying for a while, he asked Mrs. Liu curiously, "Grandmother, why did you suddenly remember to ask about this?"
Mrs. Liu just glanced at him and said: "I want to ask where you want to go, and make arrangements in advance when the time comes. We all need a safe place to stay when we go. "
Bai Shan nodded in agreement, "We have to go there early to make some arrangements."
Mrs. Liu laughed, and said to Bai Shan: "When the time comes, I'll see the situation and I won't go. Let your mother take care of the back house for you."
Bai Shan was taken aback, and asked, "Why?"
Mrs. Liu said: "The Bai family finally returned to the capital, and there must be someone to maintain the relationship here. In the future, when you are outside, you will need contacts in the capital."
"While I can still show you, I'll help you watch it for a few more years, Shanbao, you have to live up to it yourself."
Bai Shan nodded movedly, leaned on his grandmother's shoulder and said, "Grandma, don't worry."