Man Bao asked in a low voice: "Mrs. Han is not angry with you?"
Mrs. Tang glanced at her and said, "Why are you angry with me? This trivial matter between men will not affect our relationship for the time being. Let's make it more serious."
Man Bao thought about it for a while and said with certainty: "The fined money does not belong to Mrs. Han?"
Mrs. Tang laughed loudly, winked at her and said happily: "You are the only one who is smart."
Man Bao laughed and pulled Zhou Liru to run to see if he could see Miss Fenghua.
The two of them quietly approached the lotus pond, tiptoeing over and looking over there. Just as a boat was slowly docking, the aunt and nephew watched excitedly.
Two maids got off the boat and carried out a thick wooden board and put it on the boat and the table. Then several little girls in dance clothes happily ran down from the boat and jumped onto the shore.
Fenghua followed them and jumped up with her skirt in hand. The flower on her forehead shone in the sunlight. Both her aunt and nephew's eyes lit up and they started to go there.
It turned out that someone was faster than them, and several people came out from the path behind a tree. The leader waved his fan and looked at Fenghua with a smile, "Miss Fenghua, come over and have a drink with us."
Fenghua's smile didn't change much. She bowed her knees with a smile and said, "I shouldn't refuse the invitation, but I have to go to the master's house to receive the order. Why don't you go back first and wait until we have time?"
How about serving?”
"Who is the manager of the Jiaofang Department who brought you here today? Ask him to come over. Sir, I really ordered it today. Why did you stay with me the whole time?"
Zhou Liru frowned and couldn't help but look at his sister-in-law.
Man Bao also frowned. After glancing at the people, he found that some looked familiar and some he had never seen before.
The most familiar person was naturally the leader, Mr. Han, whom they had just finished talking about.
Man Bao glanced at the peonies at his feet. There were no particularly beautiful flowers, but he picked one with red petals, and then came forward with the flower, "Miss Fenghua."
A group of little girls in Jiaofangsi were being talked about by Master Han, their faces turned pale and they were at a loss. When they heard this voice, they turned around.
Man Bao walked over with a smile, handed the flower in his hand to Feng Hua, and said with a smile: "There are no good peonies here. I can only find one to borrow as a gift to Buddha. How about I give you a hairpin?"
Miss Fenghua was surprised. She didn't know Zhou Man, but she glanced at Mr. Han and saw that none of them spoke. Some even teased Mr. Han about leaving, so she guessed that this person must have a high status.
At least these gentlemen seemed to dare not offend her.
So he saluted with a smile and thanked me humbly.
Seeing her bowing her head slightly, Man Bao tied the flower on her hairpin, stepped back to admire it, and then nodded and praised: "Sure enough, this flower is not as good as you, and people are much more delicate than flowers.
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Fenghua lowered her head and smiled, looking at Master Han and others with some embarrassment.
Man Bao followed her gaze and smiled at them, "Mr. Han Dalang, why don't you drink in front? Do you miss Mrs. Han and the others? Do you want me to take you to find them?"
One of them pulled Master Han and said, "Han Da, let's go quickly. Why are we joining in the fun with her?"
Mr. Han frowned, "Mr. Zhou, how many official prostitutes do you want to stand up for?"
"Why should I help them?" Man Bao said confidently: "You are only allowed to have a drink with them, but you are not allowed to have them talk to me?"
Master Han choked, "You are a little lady, what are you doing with a group of ladies?"
Man Bao said: "Speak, you think I am one of you, and you have to find the opposite sex. Anyway, they are invited by the Liu family to entertain guests, and I am also a guest. Whoever snatches them will do so based on their abilities."
Mr. Han was choked severely and still wanted to speak. Zhou Man's eyes suddenly lit up, he waved his hands behind them and shouted: "Mrs. Liu, we are here."
Miss Liu, who was passing by with her servants, heard this and ran over. She glanced at Mr. Han curiously and asked Zhou Man, "Mrs. Zhou, what are you doing here? My grandmother mentioned you to the guests just now.
I was about to introduce you to some old ladies, but when I turned around I couldn’t find you."
Man Bao pointed at Feng Hua and said, "I wanted to play games and was looking for someone. By chance, I fell in love with them, and it turned out that Mr. Han Dalang also fell in love with them."
When Mrs. Liu heard this, she smiled like a host. Just as she was about to smile and comfort her, and negotiate with her, Mr. Han Dalang had already waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, I don't insist on them accompanying me for drinks. Let's go, let's go."
, let’s go.”
Seeing them leaving, Man Bao smiled and said to Mrs. Liu, "Thank you very much."
She turned to Fenghua and the others and said, "Go ahead and get busy."
Fenghua took a deep look at Zhou Man, bowed her knees, and then left with the others.
Miss Liu watched them go away, clicked her tongue, and said to her, "You are so compassionate."
Man Bao said: "Then she must be enough to show my pity. Is there any old lady who wants to see me? I don't know her?"
"I'm sure you don't know her. She came from Jinyang." Mrs. Liu led her and explained: "There are old ladies from various families. I don't know whether they are here to congratulate my cousin or to see you.
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"If I have anything to say to you, I must be here to congratulate your cousin."
"That's not necessarily the case. Even if you don't see a doctor, you can still see a strange thing." Miss Liu said: "You don't know, you have a great reputation now. You are the first female imperial doctor in this dynasty and the first female official to go to court.
"Girls' schools in Beijing have become popular recently, and many small official families have sent their girls to study. I just thought it would be great if I could join a restaurant like you and work as an editor in the future."
Man Bao: "...I just compile medical books."
"So recently more girls want to study medicine."
Even Zhou Liru nodded and whispered to Man Bao: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, I went back to the Imperial Medical Office to study this year, and I saw a lot of new classmates, all of whom were new to the school last year, a lot of girls."
Only then did Madam Liu notice Zhou Liru, turned around and asked, "Are you going to be an imperial physician in the future?"
Zhou Liru nodded, "This is my ideal. Not only do I want to be an imperial doctor, I will also write medical books like my sister-in-law. I will try my best to see if I can become a editor."
She said: "It is the dream of all doctors to be able to compile medical books."
"What an ambition," a group of old ladies came out from behind the stone screen and said with a smile: "For a little girl to have such an ambition, it seems that we old people are too old-fashioned. The little girl is also a child of the Zhou family?"
Man Bao led Zhou Liru to salute everyone, and looked at Madam Shangshu curiously, "Where are you going, Madam?"
Mrs. Shangshu smiled and said, "I was about to take them to the front to listen to the book, but you happened to come over here. Let's go and listen to the book together."
This group of people didn't go to listen to books. They clearly used the name of listening to books to talk about other things and entertain themselves.
As soon as he sat down, someone asked Zhou Man, "Is this Dr. Zhou? You look really young. How old are you this year? Are you engaged?"