Bai Erlang eagerly suggested, "Dad, why don’t we accompany Big Brother to take a look?"
Bai Shan also said, "Anyway, as long as Cousin Brother agrees, the rest is up to the elders and the matchmaker. It doesn’t matter if he’s there or not."
Bai Dalang nodded repeatedly, afraid his father might keep him back. He quickly promised, "Dad, as long as you let et Second Miss Cheng, I’ll give you a plan. When to get engaged, when to marry, I’ll listen to you."
Old Master Bai sighed, "Haven’t you already t her?"
Bai Dalang replied, "That hardly counts as eting her. It’s only been a day and I’ve already almost forgotten what she looks like."
Bai Shan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Old Master Bai muttered, "Isn’t it always like this when one gets a wife?"
Bai Dalang pointed at Bai Shan and said, "He’s not like that."
He added, "I’m not hoping to spend years with her like Cousin Brother and his Junior Sister before getting engaged, but at least let truly et her once."
Before eting Bai Shan, you didn’t ntion these conditions.
Old Master Bai realized he seed to have shot himself in the foot and couldn’t help but look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan realized it too and was planning to sneak away, but as soon as he stood up, he was caught. Hesitant, he said, "How about we discuss the matter of drawing eyebrows?"
Old Master Bai asked irritably, "Drawing what eyebrows?"
Bai Erlang took the chance to tease Bai Shan, "Dad, Bai Shan wants to draw his own eyebrows, what kind of a man learns to draw eyebrows like a girl!"
Hearing this, Old Master Bai glanced at Bai Erlang, then turned to scrutinize Bai Shan, and finally looked at his two sons, saying, "No wonder you can’t find wives. It’s one thing that you’re not as good-looking, but you don’t even think of grooming yourself."
Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang looked at their father in disbelief, feeling a heavy blow.
Old Master Bai then pulled Bai Shan over and said, "It’s just drawing eyebrows, I can do that!"
Bai Shan stared wide-eyed at his uncle in disbelief.
With the three kids watching him, Old Master Bai suddenly felt energetic, smiling he said, "What, think n don’t draw eyebrows? You just don’t understand..."
No one taught them, after all.
Bai Shan didn’t have a father, and Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang’s father never thought of it.
But now Old Master Bai had thought of it. He rolled up his sleeves and called a maid in to fetch his things from the legitimate wife’s quarters.
The items weren’t much, just a small knife, a comb, and an eyebrow pencil.
Old Master Bai said, "I’ve been in the countryside for a long ti, so I hardly use these things. You guys just listen. When you get married, you’ll definitely have big maids attending to you, so they’ll handle it. For now, just bear with it and know the concept..."
In the countryside, there was naturally no one to draw eyebrows, not even won worked on their eyebrows often. Old Master Bai would only think of grooming when he had to go out.
In this world, good looks are still important.
Having been refined by society, Old Master Bai understood this deeply. He hadn’t taught the kids much before, but now he did.
Seeing their curiosity, he explained to them the importance of looking presentable.
Among other things, good looks would make them more liked by their teachers and classmates.
Did they really think that when he and Bai Qi were studying, their teachers and classmates liked Bai Qi purely because he was good at studying?
Of course not!
Old Master Bai believed one important reason was that Bai Qi was better looking than him.
Otherwise, when they first entered school, even before the exams, why did everyone prefer Bai Qi?
Wasn’t it because his face was paler and more handso?
Old Master Bai was a bit clumsy, and during his demonstration, he ssed up Bai Erlang’s eyebrows. In the past, Bai Erlang wouldn’t have cared about such a minor thing.
But now, knowing n should also care for their appearance, he couldn’t help it, his eyes welling up with tears, and he refused to let Old Master Bai touch the other side.
Bai Dalang couldn’t help but suggest, "Dad, why don’t we let the maid do it?"
Bai Shan had already taken two steps back, nodding repeatedly upon hearing this, better to let soone skilled handle it.
Although a bit disappointed, Old Master Bai waved for a maid adept at drawing eyebrows to take over.
Bai Erlang’s eyebrows had already been ssed up, and the maid, upon seeing them, figured they couldn’t be salvaged. After getting Old Master Bai’s approval, she shaved them off completely before drawing new eyebrows for him.
Bai Erlang was about to cry, but once they were drawn, he held back. Looking in the mirror, he hesitantly asked, "Does that an I’ll have to draw my eyebrows every day now?"
The maid replied, "Don’t worry Second Young Master, the eyebrows will grow back in a few days."
Bai Erlang finally breathed a sigh of relief, reluctantly accepting it.
Bai Dalang, thinking back, rembered sothing, "So of my classmates seem to draw their eyebrows too..."
Old Master Bai was indifferent, "What’s wrong with that, won need to beautify themselves, naturally, us n also need to care for our appearance. Our dynasty rose through martial prowess, so it’s still fine, but during the Two Jins, how many graceful gentlen used makeup just to earn a word of praise?"
The three who were currently only focused on studying: ...
Old Master Bai said, "Once you’ve learned it, not only can you work on yourselves, but you can also share it as a chamber pleasure with your wives."
Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang then both turned to look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan blushed slightly, having to change the topic again, "Uncle, do you want to discuss Big Cousin Brother’s marriage with Aunt again?"
Old Master Bai thought for a mont, then truly felt so, becoming troubled again. Looking at Bai Dalang, he sighed, "You, you, are truly trouble..."
If only he were like Bai Shan, once of age, he found a wife himself, the family only had to arrange the engagent, all easy.
Though Old Master Bai found it troubleso, he still went to discuss with Mrs.Bai. The next day, he took Mrs.Bai and Bai Dalang back to Mianzhou City.
Bai Erlang stayed behind to pack up for the journey. When they reached Mianzhou City, they would pick up Bai Dalang, so there was no need for him to travel back and forth.
Old Master Bai and Mrs.Bai were initially uneasy about leaving such an important task to Bai Erlang. But Bai Erlang considered himself grown up. After all, since Bai Shan, who was a few months younger than him, could get engaged, couldn’t he manage such a small task as packing?
So, he enthusiastically promised, cheerfully sending off his parents and big brother, and turned to burrow into their storeroom, wanting to take everything he saw.
Old Madam Liu saw this and entrusted the journey preparations at ho to Bai Shan, treating it as training for him.
At Manbao’s ho, there wasn’t much to worry her; she only needed to pack her own belongings, but she didn’t have much, mostly bringing back more than she was taking to the capital. Just a few books and dical texts, a few sets of clothes, that’s all.
The rest were things prepared by various rooms of the Zhou Family, all very orderly.
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