Mrs. Liu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Originally, I thought you were the only one in the family. We have a bad relationship with our family, so Da Lang and Er Lang can only help you. I didn't expect Man Bao to be here too."

There is a lot to be done in the officialdom, so this is a good time. With her here, your response in the officialdom will only be more in the future."

"The officialdom is no calmer than the battlefield. You have to be careful in the future..." Madam Liu gave many instructions and did not let Bai Shan leave until late at night and go back to the house.

There was a light on in the main courtyard, and Manbao was writing under the lamp. Wuyue Jiulan and Xibingxihua stood aside, serving Manbao tea, pouring water and grinding ink. It could be said that Manbao added fragrance to his red sleeves, but Manbao

Bao can't bear it.

She held up her pen and looked at them with her face raised, and asked: "Aren't you tired? Do you want to rest for a while?"

The four of them shook their heads together, indicating that they were not tired at all.

Man Bao had no choice but to let them go.

The house became quiet again, but there was a lot of excitement around Man Bao. Four little maids followed him around every day, and they wished they could even walk for her.

Bai Shan and the others looked very happy. Even people outside knew that Zhou Man had two new girls from the Western Regions as maids, which made the girls around him jealous, and they were competing for favor recently.

The reason why people outside knew it was because when it was Man Bao's turn to be on duty at Huangzhuang, the four of them went to deliver her things, a change of clothes, various daily necessities, and food and drink. They wished they could move their home to her.

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At that time, Dr. Liu and others came to check on the condition of the cow. Before they left, they saw four little girls being jealous of another little girl.

This is really... so rare.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, all five cows had pox, but the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month were holidays. These two days happened to be the turn of Dr. Zheng and Dr. Lu. Manbao was lucky to go home. As soon as he got home, he said to Bai Shan: "Mid-Autumn Festival

We took the cakes and went out with them."

Bai Shan was puzzled: "Why?"

Man Bao casually found a reason, "It's their first time in the capital? Let's take them to experience the scenery of Chang'an."

Bai Shan: "Just give them a holiday. Grandma also gives the servants a holiday every year during the holidays? Let them go out and have fun. There are so many people in the house, why do you need to take care of them?"

"Okay," Man Bao could only tell the truth, "I don't know who it is? Are they spreading bad words about me outside? Whenever I enter Tai Hospital and Chongwen Hall these days, everyone stares at me curiously? How many people are there?

You even asked me in person, am I not tall and handsome? Why are there girls jealous because of competition? Well, I think they are just jealous, so I want to take them out for a walk this time? To places like Zhuangyuan Building, Qingfeng Building."

What are these two restaurants that officials from the imperial court like to go to during the Chinese New Year? Apart from these two restaurants, there are horse farms in the east and west suburbs.

Man Bao decided, "Should I take them to the racecourse during the day? I'll take them to a restaurant in the evening."

Man Bao kept his word, and he also called the four people who were making ointments in the shop to come back. He brought ten girls from the Western Regions with him, plus May and Jiulan. A total of twelve people were about to go out.

Mrs. Zheng perked up when she saw it. She grabbed Man Bao and said, "What's the point of going out like this? You have to dress up properly."

Man Bao is confused? "It's too late to make new clothes now?"

"I have some ready-made clothes at home," Ms. Zheng said with a smile: "After they came, I asked someone to make new clothes for them? There are also a lot of clothes for the girls and boys to change the season this year. They can be taken now.

Come out and give it to them in advance."

So Manbao returned with twelve people and asked them to go to the sewing room to get new clothes to change into.

The servants of the Bai family all have similar clothes. They all wear waist-length undershirts. The tops are light green and the bottoms are rose-red skirts, which are particularly eye-catching.

The fabrics of the clothes were chosen by Mrs. Zheng. She liked to look at girls with bright colors, so the fabrics for the clothes that the maids in the family changed every year were chosen by her and handed over to the stewards to purchase and sew.

Twelve girls in their teens and twenties put on these new clothes and immediately became a beautiful scenery.

Mrs. Zheng looked like she liked it, so she said to the eldest girl next to her: "I have some silk flowers in my house. You can bring them and wear them."

She and Manbao said happily: "It will be honorable to take him out like this."

Bai Shan looked at the smile on his mother's face, and his heart moved. He came over with a smile and said, "Mom, why don't you come with us."

Zheng was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "What should I do?"

"Let's go play," Man Bao also saved her arm and said happily: "Let's go to the racecourse first and take them for a tour. I heard that the Xijiao Racecourse and the Dongjiao Racecourse are competing for customers. There are horse racing events on both sides in the past two days.

, including women’s horse racing, and only those who win will get the prize. We take them to a few races, get the prize and leave, and then go to a restaurant when we come back..."

Mrs. Zheng was a little moved, but she still shook her head, "Forget it, you guys are just having fun, I'll go there and make you feel uncomfortable."

"You won't feel uncomfortable," Man Bao said, "We don't play with people we don't know well. We are all acquaintances. It's just the three of us and Yin or Liu Huan. By the way, Liu Huan doesn't know if he can come out.

If not, then just the few of us will play."

Mrs. Zheng became more and more tempted, but she still refused to agree.

Bai Shan ran to find his grandmother, and Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Just go with the children. During the Lantern Festival, you can join them in the fun."

Only then did Zheng agree. She looked at her clothes and couldn't help but touch her hair, "I'm going to change into the clothes I wore when I went out..."

Comb your hair or something.

Mrs. Zheng turned around and quickly went back to the house, and her girls immediately followed her.

Man Bao also went to join in the fun.

Although Mrs. Zheng is a widow, she wears light clothes both at home and when going out, but she still has bright clothes.

There are some that she really likes to make, and there are also those that Mrs. Liu specially chooses to make for her.

Mrs. Liu does not insist that her daughter-in-law must wear plain clothes. In her opinion, people have been dead for so long, so it is enough to be plain on the anniversary of their death, and they can do whatever they want on weekdays.

She wears plain clothes, firstly because she is older, and secondly because she likes them. But Zheng is different. She has a simple temper and likes bright things.

You can tell from the fact that she makes clothes for Man Bao every now and then. They are all brightly colored clothes, and even the shoes have large areas of painting. If it wasn't too extravagant, she would even want to inlay pearls on Man Bao's shoes.

Mrs. Zheng stood in front of the cabinet with a headache and didn't know which outfit to wear. Manbao pushed up to help her choose. She and the two girls immediately decided, "Aunt Zheng, you will look good in this outfit."

Zheng hesitated, "Isn't it too bright?"

"No," Man Bao said, "Now is the spring when everything revives. The peonies are about to bloom outside. It's a beautiful time. When you put on this suit, it will look like spring is coming. It will definitely look good."

Mrs. Zheng whispered: "But I am a widow, so I can't wear such bright clothes."

"Be happy for yourself," Man Bao said, "We don't dress just for others to see. The most important thing is to please ourselves. You like it. Your happiness is more important than anything else."
Chapter completed!