Once he returned home, Daji immediately took out the two silver ingots to give them to his young master, Bai Shanbao, who waved his hand and said, "This is for you, just keep it."
Daji acknowledged then put away the money.
Zhou SiLang had gone out to buy food, while Manbao was squatting in the kitchen boiling water. Bai Erlang, dragging a broom lazily over, handed it to Bai Shanbao and said, "Here you go, hurry up and sweep the courtyard. The teacher said since it's springtime and too damp, now that Tomb-Sweeping Day has passed, we need to clean the house again. It's late today, so we'll just sweep the courtyard, and tomorrow we'll clean inside."
The two young men took their brooms and perfunctorily made a circuit around the courtyard, deeming it cleaned.
But the next day, their luck wasn't that good. With Mr. Zhuang keeping an eye on them, they couldn't slack off anymore.
