Man Bao peeked out from the window and saw Bai Erlang still sitting outside eating small fish larvae with Da Tou, so he immediately collected the letter and sat down at the desk to start writing.
Bai Shanbao's letter came back together with Liu's letter. They did not ask passing merchants to help carry the letter because such letters were easy to lose and it was too late.
The road in this era is too difficult, and there are too many uncontrollable factors. If a merchant gets sick on the way, or decides to go to another place halfway, then their letter will definitely follow that merchant and wander.
It may take as short as three or four months, or as long as two or three years, before a letter is delivered to its owner.
Naturally, it was impossible for the Bai family to take such a route. They sent their servants to deliver letters back and forth.
Unlike asking a merchant to carry a message, which only costs a few tens of pennies, if you ask your own servant to carry the letter, you have to prepare a horse for him, prepare horse feed along the way, and pay for his accommodation and food.
It's only a one-way trip from Longzhou to Qili Village, and you won't be short of five taels of silver.
Five taels of silver. Before leaving it to Lao Zhou's family, excluding the household expenses, he might not be able to save five taels of silver in two years.
And even for the Bai family, Mrs. Liu would not contact Mr. Bai in this way if there was nothing urgent, let alone just for the sake of communication between the two children.
As for what happens in the adult world, Man Bao and Bai Shanbao don't pay much attention to it. They are still young and will not grow up if they know more about adults.
This is what Mr.
Not only did Man Bao trust Mr. Zhuang, but Bai Shanbao also trusted him.
So they only talk about things between children.
In the letter, Manbao complained about the lack of fried small fish and said: "When you come back, we will catch small fish again, otherwise you will not have fried small fish to eat this year."
Fried small fish are not particularly delicious when placed on the dining table, but if placed on the tea table as a snack for children, it is a good snack.
Not to mention Bai Erlang, even Bai Dalang who goes home for the holidays likes it. The fastest update PC version: https:///
When Bai Erlang was about to go back that evening, Xiao Qian took a large dried lotus leaf and took half of the small fish larvae out of the basin for Bai Erlang to take back and eat.
Bai Erlang was so happy that he stuffed the thick letter written by Man Bao into his arms and left with He Ye in his arms.
Datou sent him out, fearing that he would regret it, and repeatedly warned him: "We will wait for you by the river tomorrow morning. You must come. Remember to bring a wooden barrel."
Bai Erlang nodded fiercely.
The little fish sent home was first sent to the kitchen to be oiled, fried, and fried again. The fish is more fragrant and delicious.
After the meal, Bai Dalang couldn't help pinching one after another. When Mr. Bai saw it, he stopped stopping his youngest son from fishing. He also said to Bai Dalang: "Tomorrow you and your brother go and have a look. It's rare for you to go home."
, it would also be good to play more with the teenagers in the village."
Mrs. Bai muttered: "What fun is there with them? If you don't know a single word, you might as well stay home and talk to us."
She hasn't seen much of her eldest son all year round, so how can she still send her son abroad?
Mr. Bai glanced at her and said, "Who says people can't read? Everyone in the Zhou family can read now. I heard that even the youngest child can recognize numbers."
Mrs. Bai:......
Bai Dalang became interested, "Isn't that the Farming and Reading House?"
Mr. Bai nodded, "His family has a good family tradition. It's okay for you and Erlang to play with others more."
So Bai Dalang followed Bai Erlang the next day.
Zhou Lang had been waiting there with his fishing net and his brothers for a long time.
Zhou Dalang and the others were not interested in the small fish, and the people in the village had been fishing for fish these past few days, and it felt like they could no longer catch big fish.
So I generously left them alone.
Zhou Lang is already married, his wife has a child, and he is an adult in everyone's eyes.
He took me down to the river, and everyone felt relieved.
Zhou Lang simply rejected San Tou, San Ya and Si Tou who were too young to work, and took the rest to the river.
Manbao couldn't work either, but he couldn't refuse her.
Meeting up with the two young masters of the Bai family, Zhou Lang led them out of the village and downstream.
"There has been fishing in the upper reaches in recent days, and some people from our village have gone up there to fish. There are no big fish there."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "We don't want big fish, we want small fish."
Zhou Lang said: "Okay, the small fish will be taken back to you for frying, and the big fish will be kept by our family. Don't worry, there are more big and small fish downstream."
Bai Dalang was very confused, "Why?"
"Because no one goes there to catch fish," Zhou Lang said: "These fish, like people, like to live in one place. It's not like last year when the dike burst, the water was so strong that all the fish were washed downstream. The fish were caught upstream.
It’s gone downstream.”
He said: "Now that the water flow is gentle, of course those fish are living in their own homes. We have caught a lot of fish in the upper reaches, which means that there are just a few fish coming down from the upper reaches. There are still as many fish as there should be in the lower reaches."
Man Bao and everyone else's eyes widened, and they thought what he said made sense.
Zhou Lang chuckled and said: "Don't worry, I'm very experienced in this. We used to catch fish in fishing baskets here, let alone fishing nets.
Zhou Lang led them for half an hour and finally arrived at the place.
This is a wilderness, with paddy fields that have been harvested on both sides, and there is no water in the fields.
The width of the river is a bit narrow, and the riverbed is very small. There are dense aquatic plants on both sides of the river bank, and the water near the river bank is also densely covered with aquatic plants. At first glance, it looks like a place where few people come.
Zhou Lang took a long stick and showed them.
He stretched his stick into the river and picked it up when it hit the bottom. Then he showed everyone the marks on the stick and asked, "Do you know why no one comes here to fish?"
Wuwu Lang and Bai Erlang were confused, but Bai Dalang's expression changed, and Man Bao directly exclaimed: "The water is so deep, much deeper than me."
Zhou Lang chuckled, stood up the stick, stood with the stick, gestured at the water mark and said: "Not only is it deeper than you, it is deeper than me, so if anyone falls in, unless he can swim, he will
...Humph."
The ignorant and fearless teenagers and children remained motionless, serious but gleaming with excitement.
Bai Dalang frowned.
Zhou Lang continued: "Even if you know how to swim, you have to be careful. There are a lot of water plants down here. If you are not careful, your feet will be entangled. So without my order, none of you are allowed to walk around. Do you understand?"
Bai Dalang felt relieved when he saw that he explained clearly.
Zhou Lang went to warn Man Bao, who was probing his head, "You are not allowed to go near the river, you know, otherwise you will be dragged into the river by the water ghost, and you will no longer have good food, and you will not be able to see your parents and sister-in-law."