The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 611 - 600: Grain in Ear

Chapter 611: Chapter 600: Grain in Ear

Manbao put on her mask and then sneaked to the door, intending to go out. Zhou Lijun saw her peeking out cautiously from behind the screen and couldn’t help but stick her head out for a glance, causing her to jump in surprise.

"Little lady, what are you doing?"

Manbao made a shushing sound, signaling her to be quiet, and then tiptoed out.

Zhou Lijun: "...Little lady, scaring people is not right."

Manbao had already closed the door and slipped out.

Manbao walked up to Bai Erlang’s window and knocked on it.

Bai Erlang, who had just made his bed and was sneakily reading a book in bed, frowned when he heard the knocking, and while going to open the window, he shouted, "Zhou Man, what are you up to now?"

As soon as he opened it, a ghostly face suddenly appeared in front of him. Bai Erlang was startled, but since he guessed it was Manbao outside the window, his heart only skipped a beat.

He glared and said, "You can’t scare me."

Manbao lifted her mask and then looked behind him with a terrified face, her finger trembling as she pointed at him without speaking.

Bai Erlang went rigid and stiffly turned his head to look. A ghost mask suddenly popped up from below, causing Bai Erlang to scream out loud and tumble down from the bed by the window, flailing his arms wildly.

Bai Shanbao lifted his mask and started laughing heartily with Manbao.

Bai Erlang, recognizing the two of them, shouted in anger, "Bai Shan, Zhou Ba—"

Bai Erlang’s shout caused Mr. Zhuang to ruin a sheet of paper, Zhou Silang, who was washing in the dark, nearly slipped and fell, and Daji, after peering out of the window, calmly turned back to continue making his bed for sleep.

The kitchen maid, preparing ingredients for the next day’s breakfast, trembled and accidentally spilled half a bowl of rice onto the floor.

Even Zhou Lijun, who was prepared, was startled by the noise.

Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao’s room was full of commotion; after the scare, Bai Erlang, in a fury, grabbed a pillow from the bed and chased Bai Shanbao, hitting him all the way into the courtyard and even including Manbao in the fray.

The three of them romped around until Mr. Zhuang warned them from the study to stop disturbing others, and only then did Bai Erlang reluctantly cease.

Bai Erlang threatened them, "You two just wait!"

Bai Shanbao, still laughing, then said, "Don’t be angry, I’ll treat you to something delicious tomorrow."

Manbao added, "I’ll buy you a toy."

Bai Erlang snorted and, hugging his pillow, went back to his room.

After all that commotion, he was even less inclined to sleep, but he didn’t want to read his book anymore, and simply decided to play with his own mask instead.

Manbao also sneaked back to her room, smiling and looking forward to going out to play the next day.

The next day was the fourth of May, around Grain in Ear. Usually, at this time in Qili Village, they would prepare to go to the fields to check the wheat. If it was ready, they would begin the wheat harvest.

After the wheat harvest, they also had to prepare for planting the late rice. The rice seedlings they had planted earlier needed additional fertilizer and weeding...

But this was in Yizhou City; they had no fields or lands to work, so, including Zhou Silang, they could all play to their hearts’ content.

However, he didn’t enjoy playing with them, that was the thing.

Compared to playing, he preferred making money.

Zhou Lijun felt the same way.

So, early in the morning, the two of them went off to do their own things, and Mr. Zhuang, not wanting to tag along with three kids, was planning to meet friends these two days. With a wave of his hand, he let them go off to play on their own.

Thus, the three of them excitedly took Daji with them to meet up with Wei Chen.

Wei Chen stood beside the carriage and waved to them. Seeing that aside from Manbao, who carried a small cloth bag, everyone else was empty-handed, he couldn’t help but ask, "Why didn’t you bring the carriage?"

Bai Shanbao: "There are so many people on the road; it’s inconvenient to drive a carriage."

"But we’re going to the Prince of Yizhou’s mansion, and it’s so far away. Are we going to walk all the way there?"

Manbao, curious, asked, "What are we doing there? We could just play on Kangxue Street."

"Oh come on, we live on Kangxue Street. Haven’t we played there enough? Since we’re on holiday, naturally we should go a bit farther away," Wei Chen was very experienced when it came to having fun, "I’ve already asked around. Today, there are blessing ceremonies outside the Prince of Yizhou’s mansion, and the Nuo plays start from there too. Lots of people are going there to see the excitement."

The three of them got excited at once, but too lazy to go back and fetch a carriage, they all turned to Wei Chen’s carriage instead.

Wei Chen looked at his two companions and then at the four on the other side, conflicted, "Although you’re young and don’t look heavy, fitting so many people in one carriage..."

"We can fit. We traveled from Luojiang County to Yizhou, and there were four people sitting in the carriage the whole way. Adding you two should be fine," one said.

Bai Shanbao: "Right, and your horse looks even stronger than ours."

Bai Erlang: "The carriage is also bigger than ours."

Wei Chen: "...Alright then, get on."

The three immediately climbed onto the carriage, Daji and the boy from the opposing carriage exchanged glances, silently took their places on either side of the shaft, and then drove the carriage toward the street of the Prince of Yizhou’s mansion.

It was lively on Kangxue Street, but once they left Kangxue Street and got onto the main street, they realized it was even livelier here, and the closer they got to the Prince of Yizhou’s mansion, the more people there were.

There were people carrying baskets, lugging backpack baskets, bringing along the whole family, and like them, driving horse carriages, mule carts, ox carts, and even riding donkeys...

In short, there were too many people — and when there are many people, accidents are prone to happen.

Whether it was the carriage in front suddenly braking, or their own horse moving too fast, the vehicles suddenly collided.

Well, actually, their carriage hit their own again and then came to an abrupt stop. The four people who were engrossed in looking out of the window suddenly lurched forward, tumbling into a heap.

Manbao shoved Bai Shanbao away and sat up, rubbing her forehead. The window of the other carriage was lifted, letting out a cacophony of voices, "How can you drive like that, can’t you watch the road..."

The boy from the other carriage grumpily said, "It was clearly because you suddenly stopped that we collided. Besides, we were on the outermost lane; it was you who crossed into our lane."

There were four lanes — it was the main street of Yizhou City, allowing two carriages side by side in each direction.

The lanes were well regulated.

Manbao, holding her head, peered down from the window and indeed saw that one of their wheels had slid onto their lane.

The people from the opposite carriage were also opening their windows, and when they saw each other, the displeasure was immediate.

Former friends who hadn’t seen each other for nearly a month and were already on bad terms became even more irritated upon meeting.

Qi Jue sarcastically said, "It’s you guys again? Nothing good ever happens when we run into you."

Bai Shanbao, unyielding, shot back, "We should be the ones saying that. Your carriage has crossed the line, you know..."

"Since your carriage struck ours, the primary fault is yours."

Manbao: "If you were driving properly in your own lane, would our carriage have hit yours?"

Both sides started arguing from their respective windows, talking back and forth.

Despite the quarrel, they still moved their carriages aside and continued on their way.

Seeing that his young master knew the other party, the other carriage’s driver stopped fussing with the boy, and since the masters themselves had started arguing, he certainly wasn’t going to stir the pot. He obediently spurred the horse, giving way a bit to let their carriage get back on track.

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