He glanced at Bai Shan in the window and whispered to his daughter, "You are stupid. If you don't talk about families like theirs, even our family has to take care of the housework and honor the parents-in-law. Those who marry a daughter-in-law have to work in the fields outside.
Of course, the Bai family is not short of people to work in the fields, nor is it short of money, so you don’t have to work in the fields, but you need to do housework, right?"
"You are working as an official outside. Now, you are so busy every day. How can you still have time to take care of the housework?" Old Zhoutou whispered: "But your mother-in-law and mother-in-law are here. Now we live together, and everything at home is taken care of."
Thanks to Mrs. Liu's command, as long as you still live here after you get married, you can leave all the affairs in this house to them."
"If you move outside and your mother-in-law and mother-in-law ask you to take care of the house, will you take care of it or not? What if they bully you?"
Man Bao said: "Mrs. Liu and Aunt Zheng will not bully me."
Lao Zhoutou said: "That's not necessarily the case. It's different before you become a wife and after you become a wife."
Man Bao was curious, "Why?"
Lao Zhoutou thought hard and shook his head, "I don't know, your grandma is like this. Before your mother married me, she kept praising your mother, as if your mother was a fairy. As a result, as soon as your mother came in, your grandma
She doesn't like her when you look at her horizontally, and she doesn't like her when you look at her vertically."
Man Bao tried hard to recall the little things his uncles and uncles said under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, and whispered: "Mrs. Liu and Aunt Zheng don't know that. They are good people."
Old Zhoutou said, "Your grandma is also a good person."
Man Bao didn't believe it. Although her mother never said anything bad about her grandma, the old people in the village did. So she asked curiously, "Dad? How did my grandma praise my mother before?"
"That's a lot of praise," Lao Zhoutou said, "that your mother is diligent and capable, and has many brothers in the family, so she's awesome? Anyway, you've got a lot of praise."
"Look at you now, Mrs. Liu, don't they always praise you for your ability, diligence, and intelligence?" Old Zhoutou whispered: "But when you two get married, they might have the same face as your grandma.
Already."
Man Bao looked unbelieving.
Lao Zhou shook his head and said, "Why don't you listen to the old man? Your father and I have met many such people."
Man Bao said: "My mother is also a mother-in-law? She can't."
Lao Zhou glanced at her and said, "Daughter, are you too naive? Who said your mother hasn't changed? Your mother has changed in the details? Just take your sisters-in-law..."
"What are you talking about?"
Lao Zhoutou immediately stopped talking. His back tensed. He followed the sound and turned his head to look, and saw Mr. Qian frowning at the father and daughter. He immediately stood up, patted his butt and said, "No? He didn't say anything."
Man Bao said: "Mom? My dad said you were woo woo woo..."
Lao Zhoutou covered her mouth and pulled her up and pushed her into the room, "Don't you want to study with Bai Shan? Go study quickly."
Qian gave him a sideways look, and Manbao nodded and said, "Go and study."
Then he frowned and looked at Lao Zhou, "Aren't you going to the kitchen? Why don't you leave?"
Lao Zhoutou left with her.
After leaving the yard, Qian couldn't help but say to him, "What are you and Man Bao talking about?"
"Why are you so ridiculous?" Lao Zhoutou said unconvinced: "Isn't what I said the truth? Before you marry your daughter-in-law, the more you look at people, the more you look at them, and the more you look at them after you marry.
Okay? Aren’t I afraid that our daughter will suffer in the future?”
Lao Zhou's nose was a little stuffy, so he sniffed and said, "Look at how many sins our Xi'er has suffered in the past. Man Bao can't bear those grievances."
Qian: "...you are overthinking. What kind of family is the Bai family? You have lived in the same village for so many years and you still don't know?"
She said: "Don't speak ill of Bai Shan and the Bai family in front of Man Bao. If it spreads to the Bai family and people misunderstand, I want you to look good."
Old Zhou stopped talking.
Bai Shan was also asking Man Bao, "What did Uncle Zhou tell you, after you have been talking for so long?"
Man Bao sighed: "My father told me that people's hearts are sinister. Some people in this world are different from the outside and inside, and they will change."
Bai Shan: "...Uncle Zhou was deceived? Why did you suddenly feel like this?"
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "That was all when he was young. Have you written down the confession?"
Bai Shan showed her, "It's almost done."
Man Bao read the whole article and was satisfied, "Hurry up and write. I'll copy it when you're done."
Bai Shan: "...This is mine."
"Oh, I'm the chief officer. I can just give you a few words. At worst, I can sign for you. You don't need to write one each, right?"
Bai Shan thought about it and felt it made sense. After looking at the excerpt, he didn't want to continue writing, "You can make up the rest?"
"You've written this far, why don't you just finish it for me," Man Bao said, "lest I take over midway and the wording and sentences will be different."
Bai Shan stared at her for a while and had to continue writing.
After he finished the draft and revised it again, Man Bao took it over and copied it.
Bai Shan was tidying up his desk and said, "I'm going to visit Senior Brother Tang tomorrow. What gift do you want to prepare for Master Tang?"
"It's a local product from the Western Regions," Man Bao said, "Here's a box of spices."
Bai Shan couldn't help but feel happy for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I don't know if Mr. Old Tang will accept it. After all, this thing is expensive and it is suspected of being bribed."
Manbao muttered in a low voice: "We were just there to bribe."
Manbao and the others did bribe him. Old Tang was in charge of the Yushitai, and his attitude was very important. Even if he did not prohibit his subordinates from impeaching them, as long as he did not speak or take action, Manbao and the others would have no room for survival.
It's huge.
Mr. Old Tang didn't know what they were thinking. He felt that their two families had a good relationship, so he thought it was a normal New Year's gift, so he accepted it without even opening it.
After all, they didn't just give them a box of spices, they also had other New Year's gifts prepared for them by Madam Liu and Mr. Qian, including two legs of lamb visible to the naked eye, not to mention that Man Bao sent her sister-in-law to pickle them.
There were six small jars of all kinds of pickles, which everyone in the Tang family loved to eat, so Man Bao specially asked her mother to prepare some more.
Lord Tang didn't notice it, but Lord Tang did, because the thing given to him was a separate small box, so he opened it directly.
Master Tang was surprised when he saw the spices inside, "This is styrax? It smells so good. Did you buy it in the Western Regions?"
In front of him, they had nothing to hide. Man Bao said proudly: "I took it from the bandits' den."
Mr. Tang really didn’t know about this and was extremely surprised. “Are you going to suppress the bandits? Just rely on Nie Canjun’s hundred men?”
Aren’t the horse thieves on the grassland very fierce?
Was he wiped out so easily?
"No, it's the troops sent by the governor of Liangzhou. We will help from the side," Manbao asked, "Isn't there any military report to Beijing?"
Mr. Tang said: "I am the magistrate of Chang'an County, and I don't work in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Justice. How can I know this information? But my father should know. I can ask him later. You suppressed the bandits. Isn't this considered a meritorious service?