With something to play with, the eyes of the three children naturally fell on the food.
Master Bai didn't let the three children eat at the stalls on the street, but led them to the restaurant, and said with a smile: "We'll go back after lunch, where else do you want to go?"
They all came here when they were children. Of course, Master Bai knew why the three children came to the county.
The three little heads gathered together to chatter and discuss. There are not many places to play in the county town, but there are also many.
In the past, Manbao came to the county mostly to do things, and seldom to play around freely, not to mention Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, they came to the county less often than Manbao.
Nothing happened today, and Master Bai was with him, so the three of them let go to play.
Even Bai Erlang didn't worry much, his father always loved him.
After lunch, the three children had fun in the county town. It was not until late in the evening that Master Bai took the three children into the carriage.
There was no nap, and they played like crazy. The three children fell asleep not long after they got into the carriage, and fell asleep staggeringly before leaving the city gate.
Master Bai could only resign himself to his fate, put them down, protect their little heads, and let the driver slow down.
Turning out of the official road and turning into the mountain road, the road is not easy to walk. Fortunately, the carriage is moving slowly. Although it shakes and shakes, it is not very bumpy.
The three children slept all the way back to Qili Village.
The carriage first sent Manbao to Lao Zhou's house, and then turned around and crossed the river back to Bai's house.
Man Bao embraced the toys in his arms, happily sharing them with his nephews and nieces.
Old Zhou Tou sat on the threshold and watched them play, and asked Man Bao, "Master Bai bought these for you?"
Man Bao nodded, "Everyone has."
Old Zhou Tou didn't say anything, and asked instead: "Did the lady of the county magistrate's family say anything?"
Man Bao almost forgot about her good friend's departure, and Lao Zhou only remembered it when she mentioned it. She took out a box from her cloth bag, opened it, and showed it to her father, "This is a gift from my second sister Fu." of."
Old Zhou took a look, saw that it was a handkerchief, smashed it and said: "It's a good thing, but you are still young and you don't need it, so keep it for now and use it when you grow up."
Da Ya glanced at it and said enviously, "It's so beautiful, Miss, is this the legendary silk?"
Man Bao stretched out her hand and took out a piece to look at it. Feeling the soft and slippery one, she hesitated and said, "It should be silk, right? Isn't it called handkerchief?"
Old Zhou nodded approvingly, "Not bad, otherwise why is it called a handkerchief?"
Da Ya doubts, is this really the case
But Lao Zhou was right, Man Bao didn't need this thing now, so she put the box on her bookshelf.
It is called a bookshelf, but now there are various things on it besides books, so it is better to call it a shelf.
Man Bao put it on the top, and decided to take it out to have a look after she missed Fu Wenyun.
However, Man Bao, who was still young, obviously didn't have so many worries. She and Fu Wenyun had more correspondence with each other, so they didn't miss them too much after seeing each other for a while.
Unlike Bai Shanbao, they met every day, so they missed each other deeply after a period of time apart.
Seeing that Man Bao seldom mentioned Fu Wenyun and was not worried, Bai Shanbao felt relieved, and then discussed many issues with her.
I was worried that she would be sad and didn't want her to worry too much, but today it seems unnecessary.
The farm steward Liu had found for them arrived.
That's right, Mrs. Liu transferred a steward from the Bai family's village to help them manage the 120 mu of land and the mountain.
Even Master Bai felt that Mrs. Liu was making too much of a fuss. It was just over a hundred acres of land, and it was in Qili Village. It was fine to hand it over to any long-term worker or servant. Why would you need to send a manager from another village
However, it was agreed before that the manpower and material resources would be provided by Mrs. Liu, so Master Bai didn't say anything.
After the people arrived, Mrs. Liu asked the three children to go home to see the steward.
The three children are taller than before, but in front of Liu and others, they are still children.
The invited steward stood aside with his hands down, raised his head slightly to look at them when he heard the movement.
The three of them were also looking at the steward curiously. They saw that his temples were slightly frosted, his face was old, he had a silly smile on his face, and his fingers were thick, obviously he often did farm work.
Liu said: "This is Bai Zhong, from now on he will be your Zhuangtou, if you have anything to do, just tell him to do it."
Man Bao called Uncle Bai very politely, because Bai Zhuangtou looked a little older than her father.
Bai Shanbao glanced at her and said, "It should be called Grandpa Bai."
Bai Erlang nodded approvingly.
Man Bao frowned in distress.
Mrs. Liu looked amused, touched their heads and said with a smile: "You can call him Baizhuangtou from now on."
A little uneasy, Bai Zhong nodded repeatedly, bowed and said: "Young Master, Young Master Tang, Miss Man just ask the little one if you have anything to do in the future."
Before the arrival of the three children, Mrs. Liu had told Bai Zhong that the three children of this little Zhuangzi had shares, so all three of them were his masters.
Although Man Bao and the others are ambitious, it is impossible for them to spend too much time on farming, especially since they are still young at this time, their temperament is uncertain, and the main task is to study.
In fact, they have been very slack during this time, and they can’t help but get together to play when they come back from school every day after finishing their homework. Two days ago, because Zhou Zhoulang and the others were going to catch bamboo rats in the mountains, the three children followed I went to join in the fun.
Although the long-term workers in the field were plowing and fertilizing according to orders, they were slack in work because they were left unattended.
It is impossible for the three children to go to the field to supervise every day, and it is impossible for Mrs. Liu to let them spend too much time on this, so they have to find a farmer for them a long time ago.
Now that Zhuangtou is here, many things can be done.
Man Bao and the others only need to hide behind the Zhuangtou and tell the Zhuangtou, and the rest of the matter will naturally be handed over to the Zhuangtou.
So the most important thing for this Zhuangtou is not ability, but obedience and loyalty.
Especially obedient, otherwise the three children will not be able to command others, and if they can't command others, then this Zhuangzi will have no meaning of existence.
With 120 mu of land and a mountain with lush vegetation, it is really a very small Zhuangzi.
Moreover, the 120 mu of land is not considered fertile, most of it is very barren sandy land, but Bai Zhong dare not neglect it.
Because although he was honest, he could tell that the old lady valued this piece of land very much, no, it should be said that she valued the three little masters, and this little Zhuangzi seemed to be used to train and test the little masters.
So the old lady may not look at the output, but what she looks at are the three young masters, or the young master's ability to manage.
Also because of knowing this, Bai Zhong is very obedient, even if the three little masters give wrong instructions, he will follow them without saying a word. Here, he only needs to be the hands and feet of the three little masters, and there is no need own thoughts.