The three of them were watching by the window when the shopkeeper personally brought tea in. Seeing the three of them, he felt friendly, but he couldn't remember who they were, so he hesitated and asked: "Young gentlemen and ladies are also our Luo Jiang."
County people?”
"Of course."
The shopkeeper smiled and asked, "I don't know which family the young master is from. I'm sorry that I'm blind, but I didn't recognize him."
Bai Shandao: "We are from the Bai family."
The shopkeeper quickly put the tea on the table, made tea for them, and said with a smile: "It turns out that it is the young master and the madam of the Bai family. In addition to the refreshments that have been ordered, do you want some more food?"
They all had a reunion dinner at home and went out, but they might have to play very late, so they would definitely have a midnight snack.
So Bai Shan said: "Wait a minute, we will order it when we are hungry."
The shopkeeper smiled and agreed, bowed and left.
As soon as he got outside, he slapped the young man on the head and said, "I just forgot to tell you a word, so you gave away this good position. You are really..."
The boy covered his head and said: "Uncle, we can't push people out when guests come. Who knows whether the masters of the Zhang family and the Liu family will come here to enjoy the lanterns? If not, our private box will be empty. That's not right.
Wasted?"
"You won't give other seats. Except for the reserved box, this one and the one next door are the best. In previous years, they were reserved by the Zhang family." The shopkeeper said with a headache: "When the two families arrive in the evening
, I gave it to one family but not the other, do you think I am not bald enough?"
The young man couldn't help but mutter, "Then you said you wanted to change the person's private room, but why didn't you change it?"
"What should I change?" The shopkeeper heard his whisper and couldn't help but said angrily: "This is the Bai family, and we can't offend it."
You can't offend this family, and you can't offend that family either. In the end, the shopkeeper will have to suffer the consequences himself.
He twisted the boy's ears and went downstairs. When Daji saw them leaving, he closed the box door and looked back at the young master with doubtful eyes.
Daji leaned against the door and saw Miss Man and Young Master Tang leaning out half of their bodies to wave to the man selling candies and roasted chestnuts downstairs...
Bai Shan withdrew his gaze and said to him: "Daji, just sit down and rest. Don't be too restrained in the box."
Daji responded and found a seat at the table.
Not long after, there was a knock on the box door. A middle-aged man in brown cloth held a lotus leaf of sugar-roasted chestnuts, bent down and asked: "Are these the chestnuts that the young masters and ladies ordered?"
"Yes, that's what we ordered." Man Bao took out the money to pay and took the roasted chestnuts with a smile.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang reached out and took one to eat. They couldn't help but nodded and said, "It's not bad, it's glutinous. Let's buy more."
Manbao took out another handful of copper coins and said, "Help us fry some more."
The middle-aged man happily took the money, bent down and said, "Master and ladies, wait a moment, I'll get it right away."
Man Bao invited Da Ji to eat together. Da Ji was not restrained and sat at the table to eat. The three of them moved chairs and sat by the window, eating while looking at the increasingly lively streets outside.
As night fell, many people spontaneously lit the lanterns hanging by the door and in the corridor. They stood on the second floor and looked down. In the dim night, lanterns of various styles were lit and bloomed.
With the warm orange lights, the entire night was illuminated softly.
The three of them fell silent and watched the entire county slowly light up. It was only then that cheers from people came from the streets.
There were children shouting, and there were adults talking pointing at lanterns.
The three of them looked down and realized that there were many more people on the street. However, there were still many fewer people than they had seen on Yizhou City Street.
People walking on the streets are lively but not crowded.
Everyone was not in a hurry, and just walked forward slowly. You walked to the right, and I walked to the left, without interfering with each other.
Everyone was not in a hurry to see the stalls and lanterns across the street. Anyway, the whole county was so big and one night was so long. They could finish it at the speed of a tortoise, so why were they in a hurry?
The people shopping were not in a hurry, and the people watching upstairs were naturally not in a hurry. They were just watching quietly and calmly. After a while, Manbao interrupted the silence and said: "I prefer this."
Bai Shan nodded slightly.
Bai Erlang scratched his head, not quite following her idea, but no matter what, he couldn't get to the bottom of everything, so he looked down, and after a while he exclaimed: "Yang County
make!"
Man Bao looked over and lowered his head to meet the eyes of Magistrate Yang, who was attracted by Bai Erlang's scream.
When County Magistrate Yang saw the little heads sticking out of the second-floor window, he couldn't help but smile, and stretched out his hand to wave to them.
The three little heads shrank back with a whoosh.
Magistrate Yang retracted his hand and said to the government servant carrying the things: "Let's go up."
The box next to Manbao and the others with the best view and the best location was reserved for Magistrate Yang.
Manbao and the others opened the door and went out, and saw Magistrate Yang coming up to the second floor.
The three of them greeted Magistrate Yang and watched the government officials carrying the boxes into the private room. They couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Yang, what are you doing?"
Magistrate Yang said: "The county seat is a bit far from the main street, so I will work here tonight."
Bai Erlang: "...Isn't the county government office just on the street?"
Magistrate Yang laughed, "Oh, it's a little far away from the busiest part, so it's difficult to arrange."
Bai Shan, "Shouldn't you choose a place with good traffic for your office? Why should you choose a prosperous place instead? What if the government officials delivering messages and calls are blocked..."
Magistrate Yang hit Bai Shan on the head with the folding fan in his hand, "Crow's Mouth, where do you get so many problems?"
Man Bao looked at the fan in his hand and asked, "Mr. Yang, why do you like folding fans in winter as much as Magistrate Tang? Isn't it cold?"
Magistrate Yang looked at the folding fan in his hand and said, "This is not for fanning people. It is for hitting people on the head. Do you want to give it a try?"
Man Bao shook his head quickly.
Magistrate Yang didn't want to talk to them for the time being, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go play."
The three of them bowed and left. Man Bao thought of something and turned around and asked, "Mr. Yang, is there no danger tonight? All my family members have come to the city."
Magistrate Yang was still very confident in the folk customs under his rule and waved his hand: "As long as they don't cause trouble, nothing will happen to them."
Joke, how many people are there in Lao Zhou’s family?
Looking at the entire county, who would mess with such a large group of people when they are full and have nothing to do?
but……
Magistrate Yang looked at Man Bao and sighed: "Man Bao, doesn't your father consider dividing the family? You have too many family members."
In this way, the court suffers a lot from having to do hard labor every year.
Manbao turned around and left, holding a friend with him by the hand.