Mrs. Liu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "At first, I thought that you were the only one in the family, and we had a bad relationship with our family, so Dalang and Erlang could watch and help you. I didn't expect Manbao to be there too. It's good that you have done something in the officialdom, with her here, you will only respond more in the officialdom in the future."
"The officialdom is not at all calmer than the battlefield, you have to be careful in the future..." Mrs. Liu gave a lot of advice, and she didn't let Bai Shan go back to the house until late at night.
There was a light on in the main courtyard, and Man Bao was writing under the light. May Jiulan and Xibing Xihua stood aside, pouring tea and grinding ink for Man Bao. Bao was a little unbearable.
She looked at them with a pen in her hand and asked, "Aren't you tired? Do you want to take a break?"
The four of them shook their heads together, indicating that they were not tired at all.
Man Bao had no choice but to let them go.
The house was quiet again, but there was a lot of excitement around Man Bao, and the four little maids followed her every day, wishing she could even take the road for her.
Bai Shan and the others were overjoyed looking at it. Even people outside knew that Zhou Man had added two girls from the Western Regions as maids, which aroused the jealousy of the maids around him before, and they were fighting for favor recently.
The reason why people outside would know is that when it was Manbao's turn to be on duty at Huangzhuang, the four of them went together to deliver her things, a change of clothes, various daily necessities, food and drink, and wished to move the house to her. .
At that time, doctor Liu and others came to check on the situation of the cow. Before they left, they saw the scene where four little girls were jealous because of another little girl.
This is really... so rare.
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, all five cows had pox, but the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month are on holiday. These two days happened to be the turn of Imperial Physician Zheng and Imperial Physician Lu. Man Bao was lucky to return home. As soon as he got home, he said to Bai Shan: "Mid-Autumn Festival We took the cakes and they went out together."
Bai Shan was puzzled: "Why?"
Man Bao casually found a reason, "It's their first time in the capital, let's take them to enjoy the scenery of Chang'an."
Bai Shan: "You can just give them a holiday. Every year during the holidays, grandma will also give the servants a holiday to let them go out to have fun. There are so many people in the house, why should you take them?"
"Okay," Man Bao could only tell the truth, "I don't know who is spreading bad words about me outside. As long as I enter the Imperial Hospital and Chongwen Museum these days, everyone will stare at me curiously. How many people are there? They even asked me face to face, I’m not tall and handsome, why are there girls jealous of me? Hmph, I think they are just jealous, so this time I’m going to take them out for a stroll, to places like Zhuangyuan Building and Qingfeng Building.”
These are the two restaurants that the officials of the central government like to go to during the Chinese New Year, except for these two are the horse farms in the eastern and western suburbs.
Man Bao decided, "I'll take them to the racecourse during the day, and take them to the restaurant in the evening."
Man Bao did what he said, so the four people who made the ointment in the shop also called back, and brought ten girls from the Western Regions, including Wu Yue and Jiulan, a total of twelve people were going out.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zheng lifted her spirits, grabbed Man Bao and said, "What's the point of going out like this? You have to dress up properly."
Man Bao struggled, "Is it too late to make new clothes now?"
"There are ready-made ones at home," Zheng said with a smile: "After they came, I asked someone to make new clothes for them, and I also made a lot of clothes for girls and boys to change seasons this year. You can get them now." Come out and give it to them in advance."
So Man Bao took another twelve people back and asked them to go to the sewing room to get new clothes and change into them.
The clothes of the servants of the Bai family are all in the same shape. They are all waist-length underskirts.
The fabric of the clothes is chosen by Mrs. Zheng, and she likes to look at bright girls, so she chooses the fabric of the clothes that the maids in the family change every year, and then hand them over to the stewards to buy and sew.
Twelve young girls in their teens and twenties put on the new clothes and immediately became a beautiful sight.
Seeing that Zheng liked it, she said to the big girl beside her, "I keep some silk flowers in my room, you can bring them to wear."
She and Man Bao happily said, "It will save face if you take it out like this."
Seeing the smile on his mother's face, Bai Shan came over with a smile and said, "Mom, why don't you go with us."
Zheng Shi was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "What am I going to do?"
"Let's go play," Man Bao also kept her arm, and said cheerfully, "Let's go to the racecourse first and take them for a walk. I heard that the racecourse in the western suburbs and the racecourse in the eastern suburbs are competing for customers. There are horse races on both sides in the past two days." , Among them is women's horse racing, and those who win will have the prize, we will take them to a few races, take the prize and leave, and then go shopping in the restaurant after returning... "
Mrs. Zheng was a little moved, but still shook her head, "Forget it, you play, I'll go there and pester you to make you feel uncomfortable."
"I won't be uncomfortable," Man Bao said, "We don't play with unfamiliar people, we are all acquaintances, just the three of us and Yin or Liu Huan, by the way, Liu Huan doesn't know if we can come out, If not, then the few of us will play."
Zheng Shi became more and more moved, but she still refused to accept it.
Bai Shan ran to find his grandmother, Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "You can go with the children. During the Lantern Festival, you will be lively with them."
Only then did Mrs. Zheng agree, she looked at her clothes, and couldn't help stroking her hair, "I'm going to change into the clothes I went out..."
Comb your hair or something.
Zheng Shi turned around and quickly went back to the house, and her maids immediately followed.
Man Bao also went to join in the fun.
Although Mrs. Zheng is a widow, the clothes she wears both at home and out are light, but she still has bright clothes.
There are some that she really likes to make, and some that Mrs. Liu specially chose to make for her.
Mrs. Liu does not insist that her daughter-in-law must wear plain clothes. In her opinion, people have been dead for so long, and it is enough to be plain on the day of death, and they can do whatever they want on weekdays.
She herself wears plain clothes, one is because she is older, and the other is because she likes them, but Zheng's is different, she has a pure personality, and people also like bright things.
You can tell from the fact that she makes clothes for Man Bao every now and then. They are all brightly colored clothes, and even the shoes are painted in large areas. If it is not too extravagant, she would like to inlaid pearls on Man Bao's shoes.
Standing in front of the cabinet, Mrs. Zheng had a headache and didn't know which outfit to wear, so Man Bao squeezed up to choose for her, and she and the two maids decided on it directly, "Aunt Zheng, you must look good in this outfit."
Zheng Shi hesitated, "Is it too bright?"
"No," Man Bao said, "Now is the spring when all things are revived, and the peonies are about to bloom outside. It's the time to look good. When you wear this suit, it will look like spring is coming. It will definitely look good."
Mrs. Zheng whispered: "But I'm a widow, so it's not easy to wear such bright clothes."
"Be happy for yourself," Man Bao said, "we don't just wear clothes for others to see, the most important thing is to please ourselves? You like it, and your happiness is more important than anything else."
Mrs. Zheng thought about it and thought it made sense, so she took the clothes and went down to change under the maid's service.