Manbao laughed up at the sky, while Bai Erlang shrunk his neck and said nothing.
Just then, a servant came from behind and said, "Young Master, Miss Man, Young Master from the hall, Mr. Zhuang asked me to tell you that he also wants to go out of the city to unwind, so wait for him; he will come after changing his clothes."
By the time Mr. Zhuang slowly came from his courtyard, the servants had prepared tea sets, mats, meals, and even desserts and fruits for their outing.
These things alone filled a cart.
Of course, Junior Ms. Qian also baked a basket of pancakes for them, with dried lotus leaves placed at the bottom of the basket. As she baked each pancake, she tossed it in, thinking that with so much food, one pancake per person should be enough. Since Yin Huo and Liu Huan came, adhering to the idea of giving more to guests, she baked two extra pancakes and tossed them in.
