The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 464 - 453: Mourning (1)

Chapter 464: Chapter 453: Mourning (1)

Ms. Liu was exceedingly cautious with every single person, she even dared not let them know what each other was doing.

Liu Gui soon arrived, and this time Nanny Liu was guarding the door outside while the voices speaking inside were very soft. Even when she listened with full concentration, she could only catch snippets.

But Nanny Liu did not want to listen, she would move forward a bit, sitting directly outside the railing, then blankly stare at the flowers blooming in the courtyard, that way she would not hear the voices inside.

"...I led people to thoroughly search every possible place along the road where things could be hidden, but we found nothing. Lately, we enter the mountains every day, starting to search the land, planning to turn it over bit by bit."

"How much time will that require?"

"I don’t know," Liu Gui lowered his head and said, "The Mian Mountains are vast, with many densely wooded areas where not even a person can set foot, so searching like this is very slow."

What Liu Gui did not say was that looking for a package in these mountains was harder than finding a drop of water in a great river, maybe something that he could never find in his lifetime.

Ms. Liu closed her eyes and then said, "I understand, just do your best."

"Yes." Liu Gui quietly withdrew.

Nanny Liu saw him and her smile blossomed, escorting him out herself, "It’s too hot outside, don’t spend all your time in the sun, walk under the shade of the trees more..."

Liu Gui agreed and also showed concern for his mother, "You’re not young anymore, having just returned from Yizhou with the Old Madam, you also need to rest well."

"I know, I know, I didn’t do much following the Old Madam around, just holding tea, and I have Little Girls attending to me, how could that be hard work?" Nanny Liu looked at his face and said, "But you, how come you look darker than you did at the New Year?"

Liu Gui chuckled foolishly.

Nanny Liu was distressed, "How did you get so dark in just a few days..."

Nanny Liu escorted Liu Gui to the front of the courtyard when she unexpectedly ran into three children. Both sides could not help but stop; Bai Shanbao had already seen Liu Gui, rubbed his eyes, and directly ran over, staring at his face and asking, "Isn’t this Uncle Liu Gui? When did you come to our house?"

Liu Gui laughed and said, "Young Master, you must have forgotten, I came before New Year’s, now I manage that plot of land in the back."

"Ah? You left the large farm at home unattended, why come to manage these few acres?" Moreover, it was done quietly. Bai Shanbao used to be the closest to Liu Gui before Daji.

His suspicious gaze fell on Liu Gui, "You didn’t make a mistake, did you?"

Liu Gui’s face stiffened slightly.

Bai Shanbao, seeing this, thought he was embarrassed to admit it.

He sighed and said, "What mistake did you make, do you want me to plead your case to Grandmother?"

"No need, no need," Liu Gui quickly said, "Young Master. I just couldn’t bear to leave the Old Madam and you, plus my mother is here too. There’s nothing bad about being here, tending to the fields on normal days, running errands for the Old Madam."

Bai Shanbao’s eyes shifted slightly, then he said, "How about I request you to come over, what if you take over as Manor Head for me?"

Manbao, who was initially standing aside, lost in her thoughts, heard this and was unhappy, how could the Manor Head be changed so casually?

Therefore, she reached out and tugged at Bai Shanbao’s clothes. Bai Erlang was also not too pleased; he got along quite well with Manor Head Bai and did not want to change people.

And this Liu Gui looked fierce at first glance, he did not like him.

Bai Shanbao also realized this and frowned slightly in distress.

Liu Gui laughed and declined, "I know about Manor Head Bai. He is a reliable Manor Head, and he was given to Young Master by the Old Madam, how could Young Master switch without going through the Old Madam?"

Bai Shanbao, scratching the back of his head, laughed sheepishly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

He looked at Liu Gui and Nanny Liu walking away somewhat regretfully, "Uncle Liu Gui is really capable, he can do anything. When I was in Longzhou and getting bullied, it was often him who helped me claim back my dignity."

After speaking, he glanced at Manbao, as if to say, without him, you would regret it.

But Manbao said, "But Manor Head Bai hasn’t done anything wrong, you suddenly replacing him would make him very sad, and if the hired hands in the manor don’t follow his orders, what would you do?"

She said, "At my house, for leading things, my father is always called Eldest and my mother is always called Second Sister-in-law. They never let my Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law go over their heads. My mother said that only this way can Eldest and Second Sister-in-law manage the people in the house."

Bai Shanbao was surprised, he did not expect that even at such a young age his family had such considerations.

But Manbao said, "For example, my Fourth Brother, he doesn’t like listening to my Second Brother’s instructions, and my Fifth and Sixth Brothers also don’t like listening to Fourth Brother."

The three talked as they went to the main courtyard to see Ms. Liu. Ms. Liu, visibly smitten, looked over the three kids again and again, then said, "You go rest first, have some snacks after you wake up, and then go for your lessons. After you get out of class in the afternoon, come to the house, I’ll have the kitchen make you something delicious."

Manbao responded first but actually she told Bai Shanbao right after getting out of class in the afternoon and ran back home.

With such a big incident at home, she definitely needed to check it out.

But by the afternoon, the mood of the Zhou family members had already stabilized, and Old Zhou had even gotten the signed guarantee letter.

He discussed with Ms. Qian and decided that they still needed to purchase a coffin to bring home. He whispered, "We’ll lift their bones out and place them properly under the cover of night, only telling outsiders we’re placing clothes inside."

Ms. Qian nodded, then asked, "What about the ceremonial basin smashing and banner ritual..."

Old Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Let Sixth do it, he’s the youngest. Or we can discuss it with Eldest and his family. If they agree, we could let Datou do it, and Manbao can wear the mourning clothes..."

Old Zhou’s voice was barely audible, "In the future, it will definitely be Datou who does all the ancestral worship for Second Brother..."

He was the eldest son of the eldest branch, and after all, Manbao was bound to marry off one day.

Ms. Qian thought for a moment and nodded, "All right, I’ll ask Eldest and them."

Zhou Dalang certainly had no objections, he even said, "It is Datou’s life he saved, it’s only proper."

Junior Ms. Qian also nodded.

Having settled this matter, when Manbao returned, Old Zhou was tallying up the household grains and worrying. When he saw her come back, he immediately waved her over, "Manbao, did you sell the three bags of wheat left by the Bai family’s young master?"

"No, Dad, what’s going on?"

"Oh, that’s good, that’s good," Old Zhou laughed, "The family is about to deal with a big matter, and there will be a lot of people coming to eat at our place, so our household doesn’t have enough grain. I’m planning to sell the remaining three bags of wheat too."

Old Zhou smiled gently at his daughter, "Manbao, could you ask the young master how much the grain prices are outside now? If it’s cheaper now, could they sell it to us at a lower price? Summer grain will be arriving soon, and thirty wen per dou is just too expensive."

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