Chapter 863 - 841 Equality
Daji eventually went to buy some vegetables and meat, and the cook prepared a lavish dinner.
After dinner, County Magistrate Tang smiled, went to the study with Mr. Zhuang to talk, and left Madam Tang in the courtyard to play with Manbao and the others.
Manbao felt quite curious because County Magistrate Tang hadn’t mentioned any serious matter since he had arrived. Therefore, when Madam Tang was playing with them in the courtyard, Manbao couldn’t help but ask, "Madam, how come you and County Magistrate Tang had time to visit us today?"
Madam Tang glanced at her and said, "Manbao, I just saw a pot of particularly beautiful champak in the study; it looked even better than the lemongrass I bought."
Manbao coughed lightly and said, "Madam must have seen it wrong; that pot of champak has always been grown in a pot and is not better than those grown in a garden."
"But I just like champak."
Manbao then said disappointingly, "Unfortunately, I only have one pot, and I’ve already given it to sir. If you really want it, you have to wait another two years. By then, I can divide the plant and give you one."
"Will you sell it for two hundred taels?"
Now that Manbao was not short of money, money was just a number to her, and she firmly shook her head.
Madam Tang looked at her, and after a long pause, she smiled and said, "All right, it seems I’m fated not to have this pot of flowers."
She paused and then looked at Manbao, saying, "You might not know, but the steward of Wang Family, whom you said had a destiny with your first pot of white peony, was beaten with twenty large boards yesterday and was sent to work in the manor."