The Bai family left servants to clean the house all the time, and Master Bai's family took care of it, so the house was fine.
They wrote letters early before they came back, so the house has been re-cleaned, and the bedding and so on are also new. When the masters come back, hot water and meals are ready-made.
Before returning, Mrs. Liu asked people to clean up the main courtyard, but Bai Shan and Zhou Man were unwilling to live in it, so they insisted on letting Mrs. Liu live there.
The two lived in Bai Shan's small courtyard.
After Zhou Man finished washing, his hair was still wet, so he threw himself on the bed, sighed and said, "Finally, I can rest."
Bai Shan took a cloth towel and went up to wipe her hair, "Let's go to bed early tonight, there are still many people to see tomorrow."
Zhou Man waved his hands indifferently and said: "It's okay, we are all acquaintances, we are just sitting together and talking, and there are many people who came back this time, so there must not be many questions about the two of us."
Bai Shan thinks so too, everyone in the Zhou family has come back, not to mention others, brother Saturday and Zhou Lizhong's daughter-in-law are returning to their hometown for the first time, plus a bunch of children brought back, how can they ask questions? There are too many people here, they should be low-key, most people in the village will not think of them.
People in the village, especially the older ones, are like this, as long as someone talks to them, it doesn't matter who it is.
Zhou Man sat up and asked Bai Shan to brush her hair, "There are too many people talking and making noise, otherwise I will call the second or third brother tomorrow, and we go up the mountain?"
"What are you doing up the mountain?"
"Take a look at the medicinal materials and fruit trees planted in the village over the years, and also take a look at our small village."
The small farm that Zhou Man and Bai Shan Bai Erlang ran when they were young is still there. The fields of Zhou Man and Bai Erlang are still mixed together, and they have been managed by the servants and long-term workers of the Bai family, and they have a certain amount of income every year.
Although this amount of income is not much to them now, it is still considerable when compared with their living expenses.
"Okay, let's go up the mountain tomorrow." Bai Shan said, "Call Shang Yin or come with Bai Er and the others."
Yin or lived in the yard next door to them. He was weak, and although the water journey was shorter and easier than the land journey, he was still tired, so he washed, ate and slept as soon as he lived in the yard.
Now I have gone to dream about Duke Zhou.
Those who go to bed early get up early, and he wakes up the next day when most people are still asleep.
He lay down for a while before getting up, and Changshou yawned and brought him hot water to wash, "Master, why don't you sleep more?"
Yin wiped his face and asked, "Have Bai Shan and the others gotten up?"
"No, it's very quiet next door."
Yin or went out, looked up at the misty distance, took a deep breath and said with a smile: "The air here is clean, the water vapor is abundant, and the mountains and forests are overlapping. It is indeed a good place."
He turned his head and glanced at the mountain not far behind the house, nodded and said: "This place is especially good, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the geomantic omen is excellent. No wonder Master Bai chose to settle here."
The masters of the Bai family didn't get up, Yin or didn't bother them, took a folding fan and said: "Let's go, let's go for a walk."
"Master, don't you need breakfast?"
"No hurry, it won't be too late to use it after walking around," he said, "Use it with Bai Shan and the others at that time."
The gate of Bai's house is facing a field, with a river meandering beside it, and a little walk to the left after crossing the bridge is the school and the village.
It wasn't long before dawn at this time, but there were already many people walking around in the village, and even in the fields.
It is full of people rushing to harvest rice.
Yin or stood for a while, then found a place with people and walked over, but he didn't approach, but stood and watched from a distance.
Changshou knew that the young master didn't like talking to strangers, so he stood behind him honestly and waited.
Yin or looked at it silently for a while, then turned to leave, and the people in the field in the distance also looked at him several times, and seeing him turn to leave, they shouted loudly: "Hey, young man, where did you come from?"
Because of Zhou Yin, people in Qili Village are very wary of strangers. Although the incident has passed, the habit they have formed is still there.
Yin or stopped and took a look at Changshou.
Changshou immediately stepped forward and replied loudly: "Our young master is a classmate of Young Master Bai Shan, and we came back together."
When the people in the field heard this, they felt relieved and lowered their heads to continue cutting their own rice.
Yin Or turned around with Changshou and was about to leave when three people came from behind with sickles, and upon hearing Changshou's reply, they stopped beside them and asked with a smile, "Lang Jun is a classmate of the young master of the Bai family. So you're an official now?"
Seeing that he was old, Yin Ju saluted and said, "The younger generation is not an official, but just wandering around with wild cranes."
"Hey, didn't Zhou Yilang say that anyone who studies in the capital can become an official?"
Yin choked for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Changshou immediately said: "Our young master is not in the official position because of his poor health."
"I'm not in good health, so I have to go to Man Bao for treatment. If it doesn't work, go to Dr. Lu and the Taoist priest on the mountain to have a look. Man Bao was not in good health when he was a child. He just took the medicine from the Lu family and the Taoist priest."
"Father, didn't you say that Man Bao's good health is due to the blessing of the Lord Tianzun?"
"Master Tianzun blesses you, but you still have to take medicine," he said confidently, "If you don't take medicine, there are so many people in the world, what if Lord Tianzun can't save so many people?"
Yin He: ... He actually thinks it makes sense.
He coughed lightly and asked, "Was Zhou Man also weak when he was a child?"
"That's right, just like a kitten, she cries softly. The Zhou family's aunt was worried that she would not be able to stand up. Later, she was raised carefully, and she was brought up."
Seeing that they were not in a hurry to get to work, Yin Ju simply put his hands together and asked, "I heard from them that their school is by the river, where is it?"
"It's on the other side. Do you see those three houses? That's right. Originally there were only two houses, but in the past two years, more and more people are studying in the village, and the girls are also clamoring to study, so the old Zhou's family and Master Bai paid for another one, so that more students can be recruited.”
Yin looked to the other side and saw that it was quiet there, so he asked, "When do the students go to school?"
"They don't go to school now," he said, "they have to harvest rice, so the school has five days of field vacation, and they don't go to school until the next ten days."
"Do you want to ask the teacher in the school to read the book?" He felt that since Yin Ji was Bai Shan's classmate, his hobbies should be the same as Bai Shan's, and he looked at him lovingly and said, "If you want to borrow books from the teacher, That will have to wait until later.”
Yin was still curious, "Do Bai Shan and the others often borrow books from your husband?"
"Anyway, they often went to Mr. Zhuang to study when they were young. They are the most diligent people in our village." He thought of something, turned around and slapped the other son on the head, "If you can be half as hardworking as them, maybe I can come back as an official."