Just when Manbao brought out three boxes, Ji Hao coughed lightly, blushed slightly and said loudly: "Well, I invite you to come with me then."
Bai Shan didn't really want to go, but he couldn't say it in front of Ji Hao, so he could only look at Man Bao.
Man Bao nodded and agreed without much thought. He had already gone to Qi Jue's birthday party anyway, so it would be okay to go to Ji Hao's.
One gift is a gift, two gifts are a gift. The worst she can do is go out and buy a few more jade statues of the Goddess. Anyway, she must take back all those gifts in the end.
Man Bao hummed in his heart and said to Bai Shan, "Let's go."
Bai Shan glanced at the quiet study and asked, "Where is sir?"
Man Bao: "The teacher said that he would get angry when he saw you running out and playing all day without studying seriously, and then he left out of sight and out of mind."
The cook poked her head out of the kitchen and replied, "Sir, he went to see Mr. Lan for a drink. He will have dinner at Mr. Lan's house tonight. Master, will you come back for dinner tonight?"
In Aunt Rong's expectant eyes, Bai Shan replied: "I won't come back to eat."
Aunt Rong opened a big smile and said happily: "Young master just came back from school. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat some snacks before going out?"
Bai Shan pulled Manbao away and waved: "No, let's save the snacks for tomorrow morning."
The Qi family invited quite a few people, and most of them had already arrived before noon. Like them, those who came just now were mostly adults who had just gone to the Yamen, or young people like them who had just returned from school.
As soon as the steward of the Qi family saw Bai Shan and others, they knew that they were guests invited by the young master. He quickly and respectfully invited them in and asked his servants to take them to the garden.
Bai Shan handed the gift to the steward, and their names were written on the box. Bai Erlang went to school in a hurry today and did not bring his gift with him.
He came to the Qi family directly with Qi Jue after school at noon, and Man Bao brought this gift.
After giving the things to the steward, the group followed the servants of the Qi family to the garden at the back, where a group of boys and girls were playing with a bunch of children.
The garden of the Qi family is not very big, so there are seven or eight young people sitting not far away, who are only seven or eight years older than them.
Several people were talking together, which was in sharp contrast to the noisy teenagers here.
Man Bao, who was led over, looked at them curiously and found that he had not seen any of them.
Bai Shan also looked over. Seeing their curiosity, Ji Hao explained: "This is Qi Jue's brother's friend."
Man Bao and Bai Shan nodded and went to see Qi Jue.
Qi Jue was very happy to see them. He pulled Bai Erlang over, put his arm on Bai Shan's shoulders and said with a smile, "I thought you would be here soon, and I wanted to pick you up at the door."
Because Mr. Zhuang occasionally went to Dazhi Academy to teach classes, and also often gave lessons to Qi Jue's class, Mr. Zhuang often took the three of them with him, and Mr. Huang often took Qi Jue and the others with him. They all hung out together and got to know each other early.
Already.
So Bai Shan glanced at him unceremoniously and said, "Then why didn't you go?"
Qi Jue bumped into him with a smile, and Bai Erlang asked, "Did you bring my gift?"
Man Bao nodded, "I brought it and put it all in front."
Qi Jue was still very curious and asked: "What exactly did you give me?"
Bai Shandao: "Wouldn't you know when you open it in the dead of night?"
Qi Jue: "...Why does it have to be in the dead of night?"
Bai Shan thought about what Man Bao and Bai Erlang had given him, and couldn't help but smile and narrow his eyes, "Because I'm afraid that fighting between gods will disturb others, so you'd better open it in the dead of night."
Qi Jue was stunned and asked blankly: "What did you give me? Will it cause a fight among the gods?"
Until the evening, after sending the guests away, Qi Jue opened three boxes and saw the Buddha statue with Bai Cheng's name on the left hand side, and then looked at the statue of Lao Tzu with Zhou Man's name on the right hand side. He was speechless for a while.
Come.
By the way, who would give something like this as a birthday gift?
If Buddhist statues and Taoist statues are placed together, no wonder gods and gods will fight.
But Qi Jue didn't know anything at this moment. He took Bai Shan and Man Bao to the table, and invited Ji Hao and Wei Ting to play with them.
Man Bao saw that they were all a group of boys, making noisy noises that hurt her ears. The most important thing was that she was not very interested in the topic they were talking about, so she took a plate from the table and found a big rock nearby to sit down on.
rest.
Bai Shan talked to them for a while and then got out and sat next to Man Bao. He reached out and took a piece of snack from the plate in her hand and asked, "Are you bored?"
Man Bao shook his head, "It's too noisy over there, I want to be quiet."
Bai Shan nodded, pointed to the crowd not far away and said: "There are many girls over there. Would you like Qi Jue to take you over there to play? I seemed to have seen our neighbor's sister just now."
Man Bao shook his head, "Forget it, I'm not very familiar with them either."
Bai Shan felt that she had become much quieter during this period, so he raised his face and tilted his head to look at him.
The young people who were separated by a bush of flowers saw them and couldn't help laughing. One of them directly said to the person sitting on the main seat: "Qi Dalang, didn't your family want to marry your brother? But in the end, your brother still refused."
I didn’t say anything, but the guest took a fancy to it first.”
"Hey, these two look young, are they fourteen already?"
"For a family like ours, it's better to get married after we're pregnant. Do you want to teach that kid?"
"You have a lot to worry about. There are also many people in Yizhou who get married at an early age. There are many people who get married at 17 or 18 years old."
"It's still too early, it's not good for your health."
"When did you become so pedantic?"
"Hey, brother Guan, don't mind. He just came back from overseas and doesn't know anything yet."
The person who was quarrelsome before asked: "Why, Uncle Guan is sick again?"
One of them sighed and said: "I came back this time because my father is seriously ill. I don't know why. Since ten years ago, my father's health has been getting worse day by day. He has a headache and has seen many patients to no avail."
This time my family wrote to me, saying that Dr. Ji had told me a year ago that my father could eat whatever he wanted, so..."
Qi Dalang reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, maybe it's another false alarm?"
Mr. Guan has been seriously ill for more than a day or two. He had said that he was going to die a few years ago, but he is still alive today.
"By the way, your home has a courtyard in the western suburbs. I heard that there is hot soup in it. Maybe it would be feasible to take a bath in the hot soup?"
"That's what I said. I asked my father to live in the western suburbs a few years ago. I don't know why, but my father didn't like going to that villa anymore. Normally, it's okay. When I mentioned that he wanted to live in the villa in the western suburbs,
He just gets angry and always says that eldest brother and I want to abandon him," Guan Erlang said with a bitter smile: "What do you think this is? Are eldest brother and I like that?"
Everyone comforted him, "Patients always have more ideas."
Man Bao, who was sitting behind the flowers and could hear everything clearly, couldn't help but turn his head and look at Bai Shan. There was a hint of suspicion on both of their faces.