Regardless of whether there is or not, Lao Zhoutou was stunned and asked Man Bao to promise that he must ask whether he could grow his own land next time he entered the palace.
Manbao couldn't bear Lao Zhou's suggestion, so he had no choice but to accept it.
Her vacation is not long. Excluding the party this morning, there is only one and a half days left, so she cherishes it very much.
She felt that everything her sister-in-law cooked was delicious, even the fried tofu dregs were delicious.
It happened that Xiao Qian looked at Man Bao and thought she had lost weight, so she fed her when she was free. When feeding her, she couldn't help but feed Bai Shan and Bai Erlang who were following her.
From the moment they returned home, the stomachs of the three of them were never empty.
Man Bao kept chanting: "This is wrong. It is not good for the body. How can it be done if the stomach never gets a rest?"
But I still can’t help but want to eat it.
Even Bai Dalang ate a lot of food, which made Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Liu say: "I haven't lost anything to them in normal times, so why does it feel like I haven't had enough to eat in three lifetimes?"
Mrs. Liu smiled and said: "The food made by Aunt Rong is too exquisite, and the food made by Sister Zhou tastes good. Not to mention the children, even us adults think it is delicious."
Mrs. Zheng thought so too.
Xiao Qian makes many things that they would not normally make, such as fried beans and fried tofu dregs. Although the food is coarse, she can make it taste good.
Not only was Man Bao well fed at home, but before entering the palace, Xiao Qian also packed a jar of sauce for her and said: "Take her into the palace and eat it with steamed buns and porridge. Eat more food."
Can gain weight."
Man Bao touched his little face that seemed to be round again and said: "Sister-in-law, I think it's fine if it's this round, and it won't look good if it's any rounder."
"Nonsense, you are lucky if you have a round face. It would be better if you were fatter."
"Being as fat as Prince Gong is not a blessing, but a disease."
Bai Shan tilted his head and thought about Manbao looking as fat as Prince Gong. He shuddered and took the sauce over, "Forget it, don't eat it. We'll eat it for you."
Xiao Qian immediately said: "I've prepared some for you too."
After saying that, she quickly took out two other jars of sauce of the same size.
When Bai Erlang saw it, he immediately took it happily and thanked him sweetly, "Thank you, Sister Zhou."
Xiao Qian smiled and narrowed her eyes. She still subconsciously regarded Bai Erlang as the second young master of the landlord's family in the village. "If the second young master likes to eat, I will cook more for you next time."
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly.
Mr. Bai, who rarely came to see his son off, felt that he was embarrassed.
Man Bao has also snatched the jar back from Bai Shan's hand.
Zhou Lijun, who had been sitting in the car waiting for a long time, saw that they were still chattering, so he raised the curtain and said, "Sister-in-law, if you don't leave, you will be late again."
The three of them were impeached and punished because they were late in entering the palace last time. The family already knew about it. There was nothing they could do about it. Today was the day to receive their salaries. Man Bao didn't say anything, and the family would know it as soon as they went to receive their salaries.
But this time it was not the three of them who took the initiative to confess, but Mr. Bai got the news from somewhere and came back and beat up Bai Erlang. He drove Bai Erlang from the east side yard to the west side yard, and then everyone in the house was in trouble.
knew.
For this matter, Bai Dalang was also punished by kneeling for a long time, because he went to school in the Imperial College and was well-informed, so he must have known about it a long time ago, but he actually kept it secret and did not tell his family.
Bai Dalang knelt down and cursed. Didn't he see Mr. Zhuang's indifferent expression every day when he came in and out of the palace, as if he didn't take this matter to heart, so he didn't say anything?
If you have the ability to go to him, why can’t you go to Mr. Zhuang?
Mr. Zhuang was in the Chongwen Hall with them. Who else knew the news better than him?
When Lao Zhoutou found out about this, he felt nothing but heartache. Qian was a little scared. She pulled Man Bao and asked, "Will the high officials in the palace beat you because you are late?"
"No," Man Bao said, "This kind of thing is just a salary, how can you beat someone?"
Qian was relieved.
However, Lao Zhoutou developed a habit of waking up before dawn every day and waiting to call Man Bao.
Today was the day they entered the palace, so he got up especially early. When he got up, the stars and moon were still hanging in the sky. He could only see blurry fingers when he stretched out his hand. Everything was silent and no one woke up.
But he just put on his clothes and stood outside the door of Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian. He shouted through the door: "Da Lang, it's already late at this time. It's time to get up."
Zhou Dalang fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up, he must have heard his father's voice. He thought he had slept in, but he got up in the dark and looked outside the door. The moon was still hanging in the sky.
Lao Zhoutou was still standing outside the door. When he saw that he was the only one getting up, he said disgustedly: "What's the use of getting up? Tell your wife to get up. Man Bao and the others are going to the palace today. They have to prepare breakfast early. Don't follow
I didn’t have the same meal last time and was late.”
He muttered: "Two months' salary will be deducted for being late at a time, which is a total of twelve ounces of salary. Oh, my heart is broken."
Zhou Dalang, who was still complaining a little at first, stopped complaining when he heard this number. He immediately went to shake his wife awake and asked her to get up and make breakfast.
When Lao Zhoutou heard his daughter-in-law's voice, he turned around and went to find his daughter with satisfaction.
Each courtyard door will be locked at night, but because all the people living there are family members, there will be no iron locks. Lao Zhoutou took a bunch of keys and went out, directly opened the door of the main courtyard and went in, taking Man Bao.
After waking up, I thought for a while and simply went to the east courtyard to wake up Bai Shan and Bai Erlang.
The three of them were all confused when they got up. Man Bao sat in the yard and bathed in the starlight for a long time before he realized what she had done.
She looked up at the stars and moon hanging in the sky, and finally went to wash her face and comb her hair with a sad look on her face.
Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liru who were in the same courtyard were also woken up by Old Zhou. Zhou Liru stayed for a while, then turned over and fell asleep again.
However, Lijun stayed by the bed for a long time, then got up with hazy eyes, washed up, and helped her sister-in-law tidy up her hair.
An oil lamp was lit in the room, Man Bao yawned, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and asked: "Why did you get up so early?"
"I'll go to the imperial city with you."
"Do you want to receive your salary? It's not time yet, the household department hasn't started work yet."
Zhou Lijun said: "No, I will wait for my uncle and his classmates, and then I will collect my salary."
Man Bao asked blankly, "What are you waiting for them to do?"
"Many of my uncle's classmates wanted to buy moisturizing cream, but I thought they were too embarrassed to come to my door, or they were busy and forgot about it these past two days, so I decided to deliver it directly to their door."
In fact, the business has not yet been settled. Bai Shan just let his classmates know that he is using moisturizing cream, and they are a little interested.
But Zhou Lijun, who had accumulated a lot of inventory recently, continued to sell goods, so she didn't mind providing better service. She wanted to deliver it to them at the palace gate in person.