Mr. Zhuang was worried when Bai Dalang came back wearing a bamboo hat.

He had just gotten off the carriage and was originally going to go back to their own yard through the courtyard, but the door to the courtyard was wide open...

Well, it is normal for the courtyard door to be wide open. Unless it is night, all the courtyard doors are open, especially the courtyard where Wu Lang and the others live. Because Fang and Lu are here with their children, they often come in and out.

Of course, it is impossible to close the courtyard door if you want to go out.

When he was about to walk over, he vaguely heard the voices of Mr. and Bai Er talking and then came in.

Mr. Zhuang has been obsessed with the library of Chongwen Hall recently and hasn't gone out for a long time. When he saw the bamboo hat on Bai Dalang's head, he took a second look and asked, "Why are you wearing this?"

Bai Dalang smiled and said, "It's getting hotter and hotter these days. I don't know where it started. Men tend to wear bamboo hats when going out, and women wear curtains."

Mr. Zhuang didn't care about this and asked, "What are you busy with recently? Why are you running out all day?"

Bai Erlang turned to look at Man Bao, and Man Bao turned to look at Bai Shan, and found that Bai Shan was also looking up at her. Man Bao thought for a while, pointed to his nose with some uncertainty and said, "Me?"

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang turned to look at Fang who was busy in the kitchen and remained silent.

Bai Dalang didn't notice their interaction. He bowed to Mr. Zhuang and then sat down on the railing. He took Batou, who was trying to stand up, and carried him to the railing to sit with him. Then he replied to Mr. Zhuang, "Yes."

It’s nothing, I’ve made a few new friends, isn’t it over for Enke? They failed the exam and are waiting to take the Jinshi exam again in August, so I just discussed poetry with them.”

Everyone looked up at the sun that had not yet reached the sky, with a look of surprise on their faces. Bai Erlang said, "Brother, why don't you come back after having lunch at the party?"

Bai Shan asked, "Cousin, did you have a quarrel with someone?"

Bai Dalang: "Can't you just miss me a little bit?"

He said, "It was a hot day and I just didn't want to drink with them, so I made an excuse to come back."

Mr. Zhuang nodded approvingly, "Although the wine is good, don't drink too much, not to mention it's the right time for you to come back in such a hot summer season."

Bai Dalang glanced at the medicinal materials that Bai Shan and Zhou Lijun had prepared, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Man Bao said, "I'm making ointment. Bai Er even said I'd give you a jar, specifically for wiping your face."

Bai Dalang touched his face and asked, "Is there something wrong with my face?"

"Nothing wrong..." On a hot day, everyone had nowhere else to go, and the porch was still a bit cool, so they just sat and chatted while making medicine.

Man Bao and Bai Shan asked for their rewards, "You said, as long as I cure His Majesty's illness, you will take me to play in Liu Huan's village."

When the emperor fell ill, in order to encourage her, Bai Shan promised to take her to the farm to pick melons as long as she got over the emperor's illness.

But last time Xiu Mu and the others went to have a wedding banquet. This time, they were taking a break from the summer vacation. They also went to have a wedding banquet yesterday, and today is half over...

Bai Shan thought for a while and then said, "I will ask Daji to deliver a letter to Liu Huan in a while, and I will go tomorrow."

Bai Erlang immediately said, "I'll go too!"

Zhou Lijun was not interested at first, but when she heard that Liu Huan's cousin might also go, she immediately said, "Sister-in-law, I want to go too."

Man Bao looked at Bai Shan.

Bai Shan, who just wanted to take Manbao with him, was silent for a moment and then said, "Okay."

Since so many people have come, Bai Shan doesn't mind inviting more people, "Sir, would you like to stay in the farm for one night? It's always cooler in the farm."

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, nodded and smiled, "Okay, but I won't be with you. I'll go to Mr. Jiang's village in the western suburbs to relax. It doesn't seem to be very far away."

Not only is it not very far away, it's almost as close as you can get.

There are many small villages in the western suburbs, all of which belong to powerful families in the capital. They are considered by the common people to be the vegetable gardens of high-ranking officials.

Many people's vegetables are grown in their small village in the western suburbs. Mr. Jiang also has a small farm in the western suburbs, which is not far from the Liu family's farm.

I don't know where Feng Zongping and the others heard that they were coming to Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat, so they waited at the gate of the square early in the morning.

Manbao and the others had been boiling the ointment yesterday. They boiled the ointment out overnight, mixed it with the refined mutton oil, and then hung it in the well and cut it cold.

In the morning, when I pulled up the bamboo basket containing the ointment to look at it, I found that the ointment inside had been cut cold and felt cool to the touch.

Man Bao picked out a piece and rubbed it on his hand, smelled it again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, Zhou Lijun took some exquisite small wooden boxes and put some in it.

These wooden boxes are for earrings, and they can be used after cleaning.

Zhou Lijun packed five wooden boxes and gave the rest to his fourth sister-in-law. He took the five boxes and went to Zhuangzi with Manbao.

After leaving the capital, there were more green shades on both sides of the road. As far as the eye could see, there were lush green trees, and some lush trees stretched out to block the sunlight on the road. When the carriage passed underneath, it became much cooler.

Manbao and the others did not ride in a carriage, but came out on horseback. They chose a shady spot to walk, and the wind was blowing. Not to mention, it was quite comfortable.

Bai Dalang also came. At this moment, he was a little drowsy sitting in the carriage.

Drowsily, he thought, it would be more comfortable to live in Zhuangzi. It would be great if his father could also buy a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.

He just thought that Bai Shan had already gone back to discuss with Daji, "I'll go back to the neighborhood and ask around. Is there anyone selling Zhuangzi, or ordinary people selling their fields? No matter how much, buy it first, even if it's only seven or eight acres.

It’s enough to build a summer retreat.”

Daji agreed, but still warned, "I'm afraid it won't be easy to buy."

Of course Bai Shan knew it was not easy to buy, otherwise his grandmother would not have bought Zhuangzi to Yongzhou.

That was more than ten years ago. It was impossible to buy good land at that time, and I'm afraid it's even harder to buy now.

But now they are studying and living in the capital, so it would be better to have Zhuangzi nearby.

Arriving outside the Liu family's village, Liu Huan was the first to jump off his horse and said to the head of the village who ran up to greet him, "Have the rooms been tidied up?"

"Yes, I packed it up after receiving the letter from the young master yesterday afternoon. Do you want the young masters and ladies to go to the room to rest first?"

Of course, they have to put their luggage down first, right?

So a group of people went in cheering.

Mr. Zhuang also followed in, but after a while Mr. Jiang next door sent someone to pick up Mr. Zhuang. Bai Dalang felt that he had nothing to say to a bunch of brats, so he left with Feng Zongping, Yi Ziyang and the others...

Zhou Lijun also struck up a conversation with the ladies of the Liu family on the way. They were very interested in the rouge on her hands, so they took her to their room.

So, when Manbao and the others packed their luggage and came out happily, they found that they were the only ones left among the huge number of people who came.
Chapter completed!