Zhao Liulang on the side said: "Don't think about it, I know why, because you are rich. Who doesn't know that you brought back from the Western Regions those spices, gems and jade that your niece sold in the capital recently?"
Bai Shandao: "Didn't you also take a share?"
Zhao Liulang said: "How much do I have? And the only thing that can be sold is a little spice."
Man Bao: "Hey, with the money you gave, we bought you a lot of tourmalines and crystals, as well as spices and pearls."
Zhao Liulang sighed, "Don't mention it, I just took it home and quietly gave some to my wife and mother. The next day, my sister-in-laws all knew about it, and they all spoke up. I couldn't help it. In the end, even the pearl They were all kept by my daughter-in-law, who said she wanted to make pearls and flowers for my daughter."
Zhao Liulang stretched out two fingers and said: "My daughter is only two years old, and her hair is only so long, let alone Dai Zhuhua, she can't even tie it up!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
However, even if he could only sell a little spice, Zhao Liulang quickly paid back his capital and saved a sum of money from his private house. He has only been so generous recently. Although he may lose twenty taels of silver at this moment, he just felt sorry for it and left. He waved his hand generously and said: "Forget it, it's useless to entangle, will you come with me to play over there? Many of our classmates are there, but it's a pity that Feng Zongping and the others don't come, otherwise we'll have all together."
Man Bao declined, saying, "We're going to take them to a horse race."
Zhao Liulang was speechless, "It's really comparable."
Man Bao nodded, "Of course."
Zhao Liulang glanced at their ten maidservants. All of them were good-looking. Although they were not amazing, they were considered good-looking among the ranks of maidservants. The most important thing was that they all had some characteristics of people from the Western Regions. Some have high noses, or deep eyes, and some have blue eyeballs, like a puddle of water, which makes you forget the world at first sight.
If these ten people appeared on the field together, they would attract so many eyes.
But Man Bao didn't plan to let them play together, but ten people divided into five groups to sign up, and only two people played in one game.
There are three kinds of people who race horses in the arena, one is specialized in horse racing to get money, that is, women, and many people are engaged in this industry.
As long as the money is given, they can go to the horse race. The ladies and wives who are watching occasionally bet on the horse. The money given by the racecourse, the reward money from the guests, and occasionally the wives and ladies will invite them to the horse race. , these are income.
But such opportunities are rare.
There is also a horse race organized by the guests who come to the racecourse. They find people and compete by themselves. Basically, they are compared with people of the same class. Bully.
The last one is like Zhou Man, who doesn't play himself, but directly asks his servants to come out to compete.
Regardless of whether it is a boudoir, many people like to let the maids around them learn riding skills. Coming to the racecourse to compete here is one of the ways to test their riding skills.
This time, there is another race organized by the racecourse, not for rewards, but for the sake of competing for beauty and showing their skills, many people sign up for horse racing.
Some young ladies were interested and left the race by themselves, but they could accept being compared with ordinary people, but they would not compare with a maid. The racecourse also pays attention to ranking, so after the last round of competition, Miss Liu was furious in her fresh clothes. When the Dama ran over, Xibing and Xihua took their numbers and went to line up.
Miss Liu was going to rest in the backcourt, but she couldn't help being startled when she saw the people standing outside the fence, then she rode up and ran up, shouting: "Fifth Brother, it really is you!"
Seeing her startled, Liu Huan immediately pulled up his sleeves to cover his face, and shouted, "You're wrong, I'm the second in the family."
Miss Liu was furious, and she shook him with a small whip while riding on the horse, and shouted: "You are in second place, so where are my brothers and the others? If you dare not admit it, I will tell my grandfather and grandmother when I get back."
After calling, she felt wrong, "No, you were locked in the study by your grandfather, and you were not allowed to go out until the exam? Why did you play in the racecourse?"
Man Bao saw that Mrs. Liu's female companions were all looking this way curiously, and some people even came on horseback, so he said to Liu Huan: "Quickly confess, more and more people are coming."
Bai Shan: "You can't hide it, unless you can escape."
Bai Erlang and Yin Ru also said, "Admit it."
The few friends talked about this, and Liu Huan couldn't do anything about denying it, so he put down his sleeves angrily and said, "Yes, it's me, what can you do?"
Miss Liu: ...
Man Bao tried to bribe her with flowers, "Miss Liu, how about I give you two peonies? Fantastic ones."
Miss Liu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is your peony blooming now?"
Man Bao said: "If you want it, I'll send you two flowers at night. There aren't many, but I still have two flowers."
Thinking of the flower branches that Zhou Man sold in the past two years, Miss Liu nodded. If she could go out parading with peonies on the Lantern Festival, it would be a rare one, even if it wasn't the only one in the capital.
So Miss Liu glared at Liu Huan, then turned her horse's head to find her little friends, and ran back after a while, standing directly beside Liu Huan and watching the battle together.
Liu Huan looked at her, "What are you doing here? Why don't you accompany your friend?"
Miss Liu said: "They don't need me to accompany them, I have to watch over you and not let you cause trouble, otherwise I will have to suffer when I go back."
Liu Huan: "... Am I the one who caused trouble?"
"You are," Miss Liu looked at him contemptuously, and said, "Do you know why there are still very few women who are willing to marry you after you get the title of County Male?"
Liu Huan's heart was stabbed, but he still asked, "Why?"
"Because you don't have a great future in the eyes of your future father-in-law and mother-in-law."
Liu Huan: ...
Miss Liu continued: "Fifth Brother, I'm already engaged, but you're older than me, but you're not engaged yet."
Liu Huan said: "I am the youngest of the boys in our family. Grandma said that I was a late bloomer, so what happened to getting married two years later?"
Miss Liu looked at him contemptuously, then hummed twice, then turned to look at Ren Saimai on the racecourse.
Liu Huan was so angry that he couldn't help turning his head and speaking ill of her to Bai Erlang openly, "She is very annoying."
Bai Erlang nodded, also finding her annoying.
Seeing this, Miss Liu was so angry that she let out a breath from her nose, and wanted to go to Man Bao to complain, but she saw that she was watching the field seriously, she opened her mouth, and could only turn her head to the other side to talk to Zhou Liru, "Isn't my cousin very annoying to play with you?"
Liu Huan turned his head and stared at her, with the aura of killing her if she dared to say yes, Zhou Liru couldn't help but pause, and said politely: "It's okay?"
Miss Liu automatically explained: "That is annoying."
Liu Huan stared at the two of them with wide eyes, and Zhou Liru immediately said, "That's what she said, I didn't mean that."
Miss Liu turned her head and stared at Liu Huan, "You're a threat."