Manbao pondered for a mont, thought this idea was good, and nodded, "Alright, then I’ll discuss it with Bai Shan?"
Ms. Qian was originally just feeling sentintal and wanted to probe her thoughts about Bai Shan, but unexpectedly she replied like this.
Startled, she asked, "What did you say?"
Although Manbao blushed, she still said, "I’ll ask Bai Shan if he’s willing. I don’t think it would be hard; he’s not a stubborn person..."
Ms. Qian was speechless for a while, then asked, "Are you sure Bai Shan wants to marry you?"
After hesitating for a mont, Manbao said, "Probably willing, right..."
If he’s not willing, Manbao pouted and snorted in her heart: Then she won’t talk to him in the future, maybe ignore him for a year?
Ms. Qian understood then, this child has feelings for him, and sighed, patting her head, "You don’t have to worry about this matter, your father and I will talk."
Manbao looked up at her mother, and Ms. Qian said, "Marriage is a matter of parental consent. How old are you and Bai Shan? Such an issue of offspring must be brought up by adults."
Manbao wanted to say sothing, but Ms. Qian stopped her, "Don’t argue with your mother; I know you’re smart, but the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is never sothing that intelligence alone can handle. Such matters need to be agreed upon by adults from the start."
Manbao nodded, half understanding.
However, she couldn’t help but tell Bai Shan, but of course, she said it quietly.
Bai Shan had already learned about the proposal from his grandmother last night, so seeing Manbao this morning still made him blush a bit.
After hearing Manbao talk about her father’s requirents and concerns, he didn’t even think before saying, "Then let the child take the surna Xia in the future."
Manbao asked, "Can you make that decision?"
"If we get married, then I’ll be the head of the household. Otherwise, what’s the point of starting a family and establishing a career?" Bai Shan said, "Since I’ll be the head, of course, I can decide."
Manbao glanced at him, "In our house, my dad listens to my mom."
Bai Shan paused and said, "In my uncle’s house, everyone listens to my uncle. The books also say, n are in charge outside, won inside."
Manbao insisted, "My mom manages all the money in our family, and I can earn money too."
Bai Shan: "I can earn money as well."
"You don’t earn as much as I do."
Bai Shan: ...
Bai Shan felt deeply hurt and was montarily at a loss for words.
Bai Erlang bought the things and turned around to find the two still standing there motionless, so he brought the stuff over, "What are you talking about, taking so long?"
The two turned to look at him and irritably said, "None of your business!"
Bai Erlang widened his eyes in disbelief, "Did I provoke you?"
Actually, no, Bai Shan thought for a mont and apologized for taking out his anger on him.
Bai Erlang was unwilling to accept it, snorted, and turned his head to leave.
Manbao also snorted at Bai Shan, turned, and followed Bai Erlang.
Bai Shan: ...
Bai Erlang heard that snort, and suddenly he wasn’t angry at Manbao anymore, just at Bai Shan. He handed a few packs of snacks he had bought to Manbao and asked, "What were you arguing about?"
Manbao said, "Adult matters, don’t you ddle."
Bai Erlang was so shocked he stopped in his tracks, looked at Manbao incredulously, "You, you said what?"
Bai Shan couldn’t help but laugh out loud hearing this as he followed behind.
Despite knowing Bai Erlang is a bit older than both of them.
Manbao stopped and looked back at the two of them, "Are we going or not? Mr. Zhuang is still waiting for us at ho."
Bai Erlang took a deep breath, glanced between the two of them, and roughly guessed what they were discussing earlier, then began to chant between their ears, "Marriage is a major decision, parental consent, words of a matchmaker..."
Bai Shan and Manbao: ...
Outside the alley, Daji was waiting with the carriage while Zhuang Dalang sat inside, saw the three of them through the window, shook his head, and lowered the curtain.
Clearly there are snacks at ho, but they insist on buying them outside, saying the ones at ho are eaten often and the teacher is tired of them, so they want fresh and interesting ones from outside as gifts.
Clearly just wanted to go out and play.
The three of them arrived and didn’t get into the carriage, directly bringing the newly bought snacks into the alley.
Daji pulled the horse, following behind.
Knocking on the door, Sister-in-law Zhuang enthusiastically welcod them inside.
Mr. Zhuang was teaching his grandchildren to read. Zhuang Dalang had two sons and a daughter; besides Zhuang Ji’an, the others were quite young, with the little daughter being five and the second son seven.
So mainly teaching Zhuang Ji’an, seeing Manbao and the others co in, he put down the book with a smile and stood up, "You’re here?"
The three handed their packages of snacks to Sister-in-law Zhuang, and Zhuang Dalang took them forward to greet the teacher, while Daji took down the items from the carriage.
Those were gift boxes prepared by the three families, and since Manbao had given two bolts of silk from the palace this year, her gift seed the heaviest.
Fortunately, as the Senior Sister, it’s common for two Junior Brothers not to surpass her.
Sister-in-law Zhuang saw so many things, her smile beca even warr, hurried her second son to prepare tea for them.
Manbao took out three packs of tea leaves from a box for Mr. Zhuang, "Sir, this is tea from the mountain given to us by Daohe. His uncle roasted it, it’s a bit bitter, do you want to try it?"
Mr. Zhuang took it, looked at it for a while, smiled and nodded, "It slls good; then let’s brew a pot."
He had his grandson fetch the water but did not have him brew it.
Sister-in-law Zhuang enthusiastically invited them to stay for lunch.
The four agreed.
After Mr. Zhuang brewed the tea, he invited them to sit in the study and chat; seeing the grandchildren peeking from the courtyard, he brought in two packets of snacks, let the children in the study, opened the snacks for them to eat, and let them sit and listen to the conversation.
Even though Bai Dalang and the others had read with Mr. Zhuang since childhood, they weren’t very familiar with the Zhuang family here.
They vaguely knew the relationship between Mr. Zhuang and Senior Brother Zhuang was not particularly good, but Senior Brother Zhuang appeared filial; it’s just that Mr. Zhuang doesn’t often return ho, and Senior Brother Zhuang even less often visits Qili Village to see him.
Mr. Zhuang picked out two pieces of snacks for his little grandson and granddaughter, then looked at Bai Dalang and gently said, "I heard you’ve been ill. Is your illness better now?"
Bai Dalang glanced at Manbao and then said, "I’m better now, but still need more recovery."
Manbao said, "Sir, he shouldn’t eat greasy food; today he’ll probably only eat so greens and nibble on plain buns."
Bai Dalang: ...
Previously, he didn’t think much of it, but now he truly found it difficult to avoid certain foods.
Mr. Zhuang knew then that the rumors outside were true, and Bai Dalang’s illness was indeed cured by Manbao.
He smiled at Bai Dalang, "Healing is a slow process; bear with it a bit more."
Bai Erlang and Bai Shan nodded with deep agreent.
After asking the four children, Mr. Zhuang pointed to Zhuang Ji’an and Bai Dalang and said, "This is Ji An, my eldest grandson."
Bai Dalang didn’t understand why the teacher specifically introduced him, but still stood up and greeted Zhuang Ji’an; since he hadn’t perford the apprenticeship ceremony, there was no need to adhere to seniority, so he referred to him like a peer.
Zhuang Ji’an rely addressed him as Young Master Bai, very politely.
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