The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 643 - 632: Getting Married (Part 1)

Chapter 643: Chapter 632: Getting Married (Part 1)

Manbao spent the better part of the day strolling around the county town, sampling all the delicious offerings of her elder sister-in-law’s shop, until finally, with her belly rounded out, she was escorted home by Zhou Liulang.

Life at home was naturally comfortable, with no school to attend, Manbao didn’t even flip through her books, at most she would organize some of the old pulse cases and prescriptions she had learned, jotting them down in a blank notebook, and then she’d simply send an email to Teacher Mo in the evening.

Occasionally she would check Teacher Mo’s emails during the day and then exchange a few words in the evening.

She ate well every day, not sure if it was because it had been a long time since she returned home and her parents doted on her, or because a happy event was approaching in the family, making delicious food particularly abundant at home. She could have eaten herself to fullness every day, if she hadn’t been studying medicine and known that overeating wasn’t good, she actually would have liked to eat until she was stuffed.

Two days passed like this before servants from the Bai Family came to find her, bowing as they said, "Miss Man, the young master invites you to review the accounts of Xiao Tian Manor."

Only then did Manbao remember that they hadn’t yet visited their little manor.

When she arrived at the Bai Family’s house lazily, she found that Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were playing with toys, with the account books tossed aside.

Upon seeing Manbao, the two greeted her lazily and invited her to join their game.

But Manbao’s eyes caught sight of the cheese on the table, which was chilled in ice; letting out a "wow," she snatched a bowl and sat down beside them.

"You guys really know how to enjoy life, even having cold dishes to eat."

Bai Shan beamed with pride, "Isn’t it great at home?"

Manbao nodded vigorously.

Bai Erlang said, "These past two days, I’ve been sleeping in until the sun is high in the sky before getting up, it’s so refreshing."

Bai Shan pat his shoulder, "Days like these won’t last, cherish them while you can."

Bai Erlang shrugged his shoulders and said, "You’re really annoying, can’t you just let me get lost in the moment?"

Manbao, with her head down eating the cheese, blissfully remarked, "It’s a shame the cheese in Yizhou City is so expensive. It’s more cost-effective to make it yourself."

Bai Shan’s attention shifted, "You’d have to buy the goats for the milk, right?"

"There’s goat milk for sale on the street, just have to buy some ice too, though the ice costs even more than the milk." Manbao took another bite, feeling the coolness and said, "Forget it, I’ll eat my fill here at home before heading to Yizhou City."

Bai Shan grabbed the account book from the table and threw it to her, "We’ve got money."

Manbao flipped through it and let out a "wow" at one of the entries, "The peaches and pears are sold?"

"Yeah, if we aren’t too tired tomorrow, why don’t we go up the mountain to pick fruit?" said Bai Shan.

Manbao and Bai Erlang agreed it was no problem.

Looking through the incoming accounts, she found that, although it was only June, the sum of money was not insignificant.

The main reason was Zhou Silang adhered to the principle of not letting good resources flow into others’ fields. After selling the best wheat seeds from their own harvest, the first customer he went to was Manor Head Bai.

After all, wasn’t at least one-third of the profits from Xiao Tian Manor thanks to his youngest sister?

Consequently, the income for the manor in the first half of this year was even higher than that of last year.

Manbao went through the account book, did the mental sums, found no errors, glanced at the total, mentally calculated her share, and grew cheerful, "When I go back to Yizhou City, I’m going to eat two bowls of chilled desserts every day."

Bai Shanbao immediately said, "There’s a Honey Heart Hall outside the prefectural school, their ice jelly is delicious."

Manbao and Bai Erlang instantly looked up at him with eyes full of accusation, "You’ve eaten there?"

Bai Shan paused before saying, "Wei Chen treated me."

Manbao and Bai Erlang both showed disbelief, "You’ve never mentioned this before."

"When we return to Yizhou City, I’ll treat you each to a bowl," he promised.

Only then did they grudgingly let him off, "Alright, just remember it."

Manbao handed the ledger over to Bai Shan for inspection, and casually said, "My eldest sister is getting married on the twelfth, you guys be sure to come to our home for the wedding banquet."

"Your family didn’t send us a wedding invitation."

"Send what wedding invitation? We never send out invitations for our wedding banquets," Manbao paused, then added, "But if you really want an invitation, I can write one up for you."

Bai Shan replied, "Forget it, was it you who invited us, or was it an invitation from both of our families?"

"I invited you," Manbao said, "My dad mentioned that we’re not inviting many people this time, just close friends and family. But I was thinking that you guys are my dear Junior Brothers, and for the joyous occasion of my elder sister’s marriage, you should absolutely share in the happiness with me."

Bai Shan & Bai Erlang: ...

The two Junior Brothers glanced at each other, daring not to sigh the sigh in their hearts and simply nodded honestly in agreement.

They weren’t very familiar with Zhou Xi, so they didn’t need to prepare any special gifts; they just needed to give the customary gift money.

When the twelfth arrived, the two of them dressed up, took their gift money, and went to Old Zhou’s home for the wedding banquet.

Early in the morning, the Zhou Family’s house was bustling with activity: slaughtering pigs, killing chickens, picking vegetables, busy and bustling about.

By the time relatives and friends had nearly finished the cooking, guests had also begun to arrive.

Zhou Xi, adorning her wedding attire, sat in the bridal chamber, with Manbao sitting obediently by her side. Each female guest who entered the room would eventually come to the bridal chamber to shower Zhou Xi with a basketful of well-wishes, and all Zhou Xi had to do was sit with her head bowed and listen.

This was the first time Manbao sat in the bridal chamber watching a bride get married, and she found it especially interesting. Her round eyes observed the comings and goings of people, listening to the variety of joyful words they spoke.

When the three aunts from the Qian Family arrived, there were not many people left in the bridal chamber, so they simply sat down and started chatting with Zhou Xi, holding her hand.

Seeing this, the other relatives wisely left the room. As it happened, the banquet had just started outside, so they went to the tables to eat.

Now only the Qian Family and the Zhou Family people remained in the room.

Eldest Aunt Qian then quietly asked Zhou Xi while holding her hand, "Have you seen a doctor? Brother Guan doesn’t have any issues, right?"

Zhou Xi’s face turned red as she shook her head, then, thinking better of it, she nodded immediately.

Eldest Aunt Qian exclaimed, "So, is there a problem or not?"

Manbao, who was sneakily gnawing on a bone to the side, couldn’t help but explain for her sister, "Eldest Aunt Qian, what my sister means to say is that Brother Guan has seen a doctor, and the doctor said there are no issues."

It was then that Eldest Aunt Qian noticed Manbao, who was holding a large bowl of bones. She paused and said, "Manbao, if you’re hungry, go and sit down at the banquet. There’s no need for you to stay here."

Manbao shook her head, "I’m not hungry."

Zhou Xi then said with a smile, "Eldest Aunt Qian, don’t bother sending her to eat. Since this morning, her mouth has hardly stopped moving. My sister-in-law has been feeding her as if she’s feeding something else. Every time she makes a trip to the kitchen, she stuffs something in her mouth and carries some more things in her hands."

Another aunt immediately asked, "Have you been eating too?"

"A bit."

"You must eat less. The journey from here to the county seat isn’t short. Once you’re there for the wedding ceremony and entering the bridal chamber, you can’t be going to relieve yourself."

Manbao said, "We’re far from the departure time yet, don’t worry. I’ll just eat less in the afternoon."

The aunt tapped her forehead and warned, "Be careful not to let your sister have a stomach upset. That would be inauspicious."

Eldest Aunt Qian also nodded, whispering, "Just endure for one day; you can’t give people a reason to talk."

Then, she shooed Manbao, "You go out to the banquet and eat, or if you don’t want to sit at the banquet, just go back to your room. Don’t stay here making your sister envious."

When Manbao stood up, Eldest Aunt Qian noticed her little belly and couldn’t help but touch it, laughing and scolding, "It’s not even noon yet, look how much you’ve already eaten. Your sister-in-law is really something, letting you eat so much."

Manbao, cradling the basin, no, the large bowl, stuck out her tongue and ran off.

Now that the only young girl had left the room, Eldest Aunt Qian took the opportunity to tell Zhou Xi some secrets that only married women would say.

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