Capítulo 1584: Chapter 1559: Getting Beaten
Manbao and Bai Erlang both looked bewildered, having no impression of these matters.
Neither of them rembered, let alone Bai Shan, who hadn’t even arrived at Qili Village at that ti.
However, with Bai Dalang’s testimony, Feng Zongping and the others finally believed Zhou Man’s claim of poor health since childhood.
Yin Huo was most curious, “Then how did you recover so well?”
Manbao replied, “By eating eggs, at least one egg every day, I gradually got better.”
She said to Yin Huo, “You and I are sowhat different, but a balanced diet is very beneficial to health.”
Yin Huo said, “I’ve always followed the diet plan you gave .”
Even in the Eastern Palace, his father entrusted the Bureau of Food Supplies to take care of him, and now that he lives close to Zhou Man, both acupuncture and dicine are much more convenient.
So he could feel his health slowly improving recently, but to reach Manbao’s level of health, it would likely take quite so ti.
According to her, recovery takes ti, and we need to keep a steady mindset and go slowly.
Even Zhou Man doesn’t dare eat a whole lon by herself, so naturally, Yin Huo didn’t dare either, only having a small slice.
Actually, Manbao would dare, but Bai Shan wouldn’t allow it, so she had no choice.
But the lon that Keke picked for her was really sweet.
Bai Shan thought it was very sweet too, and after taking a bite, he couldn’t help but glance at her remaining two lons. Seeing hers looked sowhat ugly, and looking again at the big and good-looking lon he picked, he paused silently.
Then he freed up one hand to move the two lons in front of her to himself.
Bai Erlang reacted imdiately, turned to look at him, then at Manbao, and finally at his elder brother, promptly reaching out to grab the remaining slice of lon beside Manbao.
Manbao widened her eyes slightly.
Bai Erlang said solemnly, “Your health isn’t good, eat less.”
Manbao felt itchy in her hands, but Bai Shan thought it wasn’t appropriate to fight here since they were guests at soone else’s house, so he held down Manbao’s hand and said, “Forget it, save the rest and eat a slice when you return ho at night.”
He said, “Didn’t you say that even if His Majesty eats a lon at every al, he wouldn’t get a tummy ache? Your health isn’t very good, so just one slice per al.”
Manbao: “I ate a lot of those cold lons last ti and was fine.”
“Really? Then who was it that didn’t have much appetite for two days? Wasn’t it due to upsetting your stomach?”
Is it really that easy to upset the stomach?
Nonetheless, Manbao dared not stubbornly argue because she was a doctor.
So she sat on the ground, resting her chin with Yin Huo and watching them eat.
After Bai Erlang took a bite of the lon, he squinted his eyes and couldn’t help glancing at the two lons in front of Bai Shan, silently saying nothing.
Bai Dalang hadn’t eaten soone else’s lon before and thought Liu Huan’s were all that sweet, so he praised their estate manager, thinking he managed well.
Liu Huan was naturally happy to be praised, and the group decided to have lunch halfway up the mountain.
Servants brought over mats and laid them, along with tea and other items.
Knowing they were planning a picnic here, the servants returned to bring the dishes.
Manbao watched them walk back and forth under the scorching sun and said to Bai Shan, “Such pleasure isn’t sothing ordinary people can enjoy. Aren’t there twelve or three servants here?”
“Sixteen,” Bai Shan quickly estimated with a glance and laughed, “Once we go out, we won’t have such treatnt.”
Manbao thought she should enjoy it while she still had the chance.
The Liu family estate was very well-prepared because the masters would co to escape the sumr heat every year and often brought guests, so they had a set way of entertaining guests.
In the evening, they all stayed here, while Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang stayed at their estate next door but couldn’t resist coming over to play with them at night.
Honestly, Bai Erlang was a bit disdainful of them privately, but it’s not sothing to tell outsiders, so he took the opportunity to quietly complain to Manbao and Bai Shan when there was no one around, “We’re a few years apart; why do they enjoy playing with us so much?”
Bai Shan was slicing peaches they picked in the afternoon and curiously looked at him, asking, “What’s wrong with them? They aren’t much older than us, are they?”
“But I can’t contribute to their conversations,” Bai Erlang said, “Those topics are better to discuss with my elder brother, why talk to us?”
Manbao quietly pinched the sliced peaches to eat, and upon hearing, thought back, “They didn’t talk about anything special today, did they? Just discussed the hot weather and worries about the difficulty of this year’s imperial exam?”
Bai Erlang glanced at her, saying, “That’s just one topic; the topics extend to many more.”
He said, “We’re still young now, it’ll be several years before we can take the imperial exam, by then who knows if it’ll even take place, it’s too early to discuss these.”
Bai Shan’s peach slicing stopped, “You’re such a jinx, can you stop speaking nonsense?”
Manbao ate with relish, and surprisingly followed his train of thought, “It’s true, since the exam timing by the court isn’t fixed. They say it happens yearly, but sotis the Ministry of Personnel skips the exams if too many candidates accumulate, or if there are natural disasters and calamities, they cancel it too. I think soone ntioned this dynasty canceled the imperial exams six tis.”
Bai Erlang clapped his hands happily, “I said it! I purposely counted.”
Manbao was stunned, Bai Shan asked, “Why did you randomly count that?”
“Precisely because I had nothing to do, I wanted to estimate if the court would cancel the scholar exams by the ti we can take them.”
Even Bai Shan felt itchy wanting to hit him, but at this mont, Yin Huo and the others ca in laughing and talking, so he silently held back.
Manbao imdiately squeezed a slice of peach on either side, eating while saying, “This matter you should ntion to Senior Brother Bai, after all, he’ll be taking the exams soon.”
Bai Erlang started pondering, nodding slightly, “You’re right, my elder brother probably doesn’t know this yet.”
Bai Shan glanced at Manbao, seeing her smiling with curved brows, then waved to Bai Erlang, “Go ahead, but wait a bit, elder cousin is talking with Feng Zongping right now, busy.”
Bai Erlang agreed.
At night, he sneaked into Bai Dalang’s room for a heart-to-heart talk before he went to bed, resulting in getting beaten, and the entire courtyard heard Bai Erlang’s cries.
Though brief, it startled Liu Huan and Liu’s servants, but before they could inquire, the Bai family’s Xiaos had already explained there was nothing wrong, just the second young master accidentally fell.
Whether others believed it or not, Bai Shan and Manbao absolutely didn’t, but they only turned over and continued sleeping, neither getting out of bed nor asking further.
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