At this time, Mrs. Chen was pulling Mrs. Bai to mention the marriage of their two children again.

Although Mrs. Bai was very moved, she still didn't agree. The child's marriage was a big deal, and her husband and mother-in-law had not yet approved it. Moreover, the elder man fell ill just after he came back, and she had not had time to ask him what he meant.

Unlike Bai Erlang, who grew up in their doting, Bai Dalang was taken care of by Master Bai since he was a child. When he was a little older, he was sent to study. Later, Mr. Zhuang was specially invited to teach him.

When he was older, he was sent to the county school, and soon he was sent directly from the county school to the government school. Mr. Bai often went out, so he went to the government school to see him every month.

Mrs. Bai rarely saw her eldest son. She loved him deeply but was also a little unfamiliar and awe-stricken.

Unlike Bai Erlang, she could hold Erlang in her arms and give him earnest instructions, she could also hold Erlang's ears and lecture him, and she could also search for the money in his room and keep it for him;

But with Bai Dalang, she couldn't do these things. She mostly came after consultation with him.

After all, he was the eldest son, and Mrs. Bai could not decide his marriage alone, so she did not agree to it, but planned to go back in the evening to have a good discussion with Mr. Bai.

The New Year is coming soon, and my sister-in-law cannot stay here for too long. She originally brought her nephew and niece to visit her, and she should go back in two days, so she has to give someone an accurate word on whether this matter should be finalized or not.

As a result, when she went back in the evening, Master Bai refused her as soon as she started.

Mrs. Bai was shocked, "Didn't you have no objection when I mentioned it to you before?"

"Well," Mr. Bai responded and said, "I just suddenly remembered something. Da Lang will become an official in the future. Our family has few connections in the court, so I might not be able to help him, so I want to marry him into an official family.

lady."

When Mrs. Bai heard this, she couldn't help but sit up straight and asked with shining eyes: "Is there anyone chosen?"

Master Bai:......

He coughed slightly uncomfortably and said vaguely: "It's almost done. It's not decided yet. I'll tell you when I make up my mind. But my uncle should still refuse."

He said: "Our two families are already related. Whether we are married or not, it is his maternal grandfather's family. How can this father-in-law's family be closer than my maternal grandfather's family?"

Mr. Bai looked upright, "So there is no need to get married."

Mrs. Bai nodded, but she was also embarrassed, "Then how can I refuse? My sister-in-law has mentioned it twice, and I didn't refuse the first two times."

Mr. Bai thought for a while and then said: "Just say that you went to the Taoist temple to settle the matter. It is not suitable for the older man to get married early. He has to wait for another two years. It is better not to let us delay the child."

Mrs. Bai: "Then I have to go to the Taoist temple tomorrow?"

"Go, go," Master Bai said, "You can also take your sister-in-law for a walk. It just so happens that Da Lang is sick. You can donate some sesame oil money to him and let Master Tianzun bless him to recover soon."

"That's right," Mrs. Bai said with a deep look on her face, "This child became so sick as soon as he came home. Could it be that he got into trouble on the road?"

Mr. Bai didn't expect that his wife's power of emanation was so strong. He lay down directly on the bed, pulled up the quilt to cover himself and said, "You are silent, you are so powerful, so don't talk nonsense."

"If you don't talk about the strange power and chaos, then what's going on if you ask me to worship Master Tianzun?"

When Mr. Bai thought about it, it was really true. Why didn't he include these two things together?

He rubbed his forehead and said, "Yes, everything you said is right, just do as you say."

The matter with the Bai family is over, but the matter with the old Zhou family has just started.

Man Bao hid in Bai's house for lunch, and after afternoon tea, he even ate dinner at Bai's house.

After dinner, the four of them sat together and chatted for a while. Manbao then gave Bai Dalang the last injection of the day, prescribed medicine, and reluctantly went home.

As soon as I got home, Lao Zhoutou and Qian Shiti sneaked into the main room and confessed and were lenient.

After Lao Zhoutou came back from the village chief's house in the afternoon and found out the value of the silk, he always wanted Sanya to go to Bai's house to call Man Bao back for questioning.

As a result, Mrs. Qian was stunned and stopped her, waiting for Manbao to come back on her own. As a result, it was almost dark while she waited.

Lao Zhoutou sat on the bed with his eyes wide open, "You are really becoming more and more homeless. If it wasn't dark today, are you still planning to spend the night at Bai's house?"

Qian Shi patted him and said, "Please lower your voice. Does that sound good?"

Lao Zhoutou immediately stopped talking.

While Man Bao poured him water, he said: "Dad, what you said is contradictory. It's not dark, so how can you stay overnight?"

Qian also glared at Manbao, "Stop making jokes. If your father doesn't beat you, be careful and I will beat you."

Manbao shrank her neck, she was really afraid of her mother.

Old Zhou snorted and asked, "Let me ask you, how much is this piece of satin worth?"

Man Bao said: "The ones given to my father and mother are all given by the palace. If I sell them, they will cost five or sixty taels each. But if I want to buy them, they will probably cost one or two hundred taels, and I may not be able to buy them."

"

Lao Zhoutou covered his chest and said: "It's so dark-hearted. Why is this business so dark-hearted? How can you make so much money in vain just by going in and out?"

Manbao nodded.

"Then we can't sell directly to those who want to buy?"

Man Bao sighed and shook his head, "We tried it, but those people don't believe it, and those who do, don't buy it."

Old Zhoutou: "...why?"

"Those who don't believe want to buy it, but they only buy it from those big cloth shops. They don't believe it even if we say hell. As for those who believe it, they don't lack these fabrics at home. Even if they do, they don't buy them from me.

"

Even Qian didn't understand now, and he and Lao Zhoutou asked together: "Why?"

Man Bao couldn't explain it in words: "Because there are a lot of materials. The materials given to me by the palace are not secrets in some people's back houses. If they buy them from me to make clothes, they may be laughed at when they go out to a banquet.

, and it seems not very good to sell the things given by the emperor..."

Man Bao whispered: "Bai Shan and I checked the law book, and there is no explicit prohibition on selling the things given by the emperor, but there seems to be such a rule that buying and selling things given by the emperor is against the law. If someone sues the official, it will not be punished.

A fight, a warning is a given..."

That's why she and Erya felt that the risks were too great and the benefits were too small, so there was no need to worry so much about a pile of fabrics, so they left it alone.

Anyway, these fabrics can be used as money. In the capital, there are many restrictions because it is a gift from the emperor. Then, can't they just take it out of the capital and use it in the future?

After leaving the capital, who knows who Zhou Man is, and who knows that the thing in her hand is a gift from the emperor?

Wouldn't it be enough to just say that it is silk and satin as good as the tribute?

Lao Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, touched the silk satin with the back of his hand, and then said thankfully: "Fortunately, I didn't have time to tell your mother yesterday to cut the cloth to make new clothes, otherwise the two hundred and two hundred taels would have been ruined."
Chapter completed!