Liu Jing, Liu He and Liu Jing cleaned the cemeteries of their ancestors, father and brother, so they were inevitably a bit stretched. After Liu Liang and his son cleaned their ancestral tombs, they immediately rushed over to help.
The joining of the two really helped Liu Jing a lot. The four of them worked together to pull out weeds, wipe the tombstones, and tidy up the cemetery. After that, they paid homage again.
Coming down from the mountain, people surnamed Liu from all over Pingxiang started to leave by car one after another.
Liu Jing pulled Liu Liang to the solemn front and introduced him: "Bomu, this is my brother Liu Liang. He will go to the city building tomorrow to serve as an official." Then he said to Liu Liang: "Ayu, this is the city's Zuo Shi. "Stern Yan Bomu is a wise man with both ability and political integrity. You must respect him as much as you respect me."
Liu Liang responded, and then bowed deeply to Zheng Zhen: "I, Liu Liang, have met Mr. Yan."
Then Liu Jing turned to look at Liu Zhu and said: "Wenxiu, I have a lot of things going on recently. I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to the market for a while. When I'm away, Liu Liang will leave it to you."
Liu Liang bowed respectfully again.
"Just don't worry, Mr. Liu." After Liu Zhu finished speaking, he smiled kindly at Liu Liang: "I am also the Queen of Changsha. We are from the same ancestor, so there is no need to be polite when you make a move."
Liu Dingding nodded, and then said to Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou: "Hongchao, Zijin, this boy is fifteen years old this year and wants to learn swordsmanship. What do you think of him?"
Liu Liang has been selling fish in the city with his father for more than half a year. When Liu Jing heard Liu Jing mention "Hongchao" and "Zijin", he immediately knew that the two people in front of him were Cai Sheng, Cai Hongchao and Ma Zhou, Ma Zijin, who were famous in the city. , who still didn’t know Liu Jing’s intention, couldn’t help but feel excited.
Cai Sheng looked Liu Liang up and down and said: "This boy's arms are extremely long, and his wrists exceed his crotch. This is what people often call his 'arm', which is very suitable for practicing swordsmanship. Moreover, this boy's eyes are full of energy, and he doesn't know how to deal with people." If you avoid it, you can tell that you are a brave person, and the first thing you need to do when practicing swords is to be brave. If you are not brave, it will be useless no matter how good your talent is."
Ma Zhou learned swordsmanship at the age of ten, and already started to carry swords as a knight-errant at the age of fifteen. He said: "It is a little late to learn swordsmanship at the age of fifteen, but if you work harder, you may not be able to develop your skills."
Cai Sheng nodded lightly and asked: "Liu Jun, what is the purpose of your disciple's sword practice? If you just want to practice casually, I can teach him a few moves. If you want to make a difference, in my opinion, It would be better to take Zijin as my teacher."
Liu Dingding nodded, he understood the meaning of Cai Sheng's words.
Liu Liang looked directly at Cai Sheng, who was handsome and elegant in bamboo crowns and fur clothes, with no fear in his eyes, and asked: "Of course I want to practice swordsmanship like Cai Jun. Why doesn't Cai Jun want to accept me as his disciple?" Cai Sheng's swordsmanship He ranked first in Changsha and was stronger than Ma Zhou, so Liu Liang wanted to worship him as his teacher.
Cai Sheng did not laugh at Liu Liang's overestimation of his abilities. Instead, he admired his ambition and said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to accept you as a disciple. At your age, you must work harder to achieve something, and you are about to enter the university." You work as an official in the market, work hard during the day, and return to the official's house at night. Apart from taking holidays, how can you have time to accept my instruction? And if you worship Ma Zijin as your teacher, you can always learn swordsmanship with him. If you have leisure, I will also I can give you some advice."
After hearing this, Liu Liang felt that what he said was very reasonable, so he no longer struggled in his heart, and said to Liu Jing: "Brother Cong, I would like to worship Mr. Ma as my teacher."
Liu Jing smiled and asked Ma Zhou, "Zi Jin, are you willing to take Liu Liang under your wing?"
Ma Zhou readily agreed: "It's a trivial matter. Wenxiu often comes to my house to learn swordsmanship. Teaching one is a lesson, and teaching two is a lesson."
Once the matter was over, several people said goodbye one after another. Since there was a family banquet later, they had no time to greet them, so Liu Jing did not do much to persuade them to stay.
As they were riding back to Liu's Wu, Liu Jing thought of something and said to Liu Liang: "Ah Yu, although you are not yet a weak official, you are about to become an official, so you must not be wordless in your interactions with others."
Liu Liang and his son were both delighted, and Liu Liang bowed and said, "Please give me the calligraphy from my brother."
Liu Jing groaned and said: "The one who is bright is Ming, so let's call him Zi Ming."
Liu Liang thought to himself: "This is a good calligraphy. It is catchy and you will know its meaning as soon as you hear it." He couldn't help but smile: "Ziming, Ziming... From now on, I will call you Liu Liang and Liu Ziming."
The bullock cart arrived at the house, and not long after Liu Liang and his son got off the car and left, Liu He, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke and begged Liu Jing: "Brother, please pick the words for me too."
Liu Jingshi smiled and said: "You are only twelve years old, there is no need to pick up the characters."
Liu He couldn't help but pout when he heard this, and secretly sulked.
Liu Jing smiled and shook his head.
After returning home and resting for a while, at the end of the afternoon, the whole family rushed out to the family banquet. Even his sister-in-law Lai Ci temporarily left his son in the care of Song's wife Zhou and went with him.
There were six to seven hundred people with the surname Liu in Liu's Wu, together with their family members, gathered at Liu Pan's house. Due to the large number of people, they were divided into three courtyards, front, middle and back according to their proximity and seniority. Liu Jing's family had nothing to do with it.
No accident, they were assigned to the back court.
This has nothing to do with Liu Jing. His family was originally a prominent branch of the Liu family. Even after his father Liu Shang died and his family was at its lowest, they still had a place in the backyard.
Liu Jing's family was led to their seats by the waiter, and the food and wine were all ready on the dining table. The main meats were pigs, deer, ducks, etc. There was no chicken, because there was a tradition in the Han Dynasty that it was forbidden to kill chickens and birds during the official festival.
It is said that the great ancestor Liu Bang was chased by Xiang Yu and took refuge in a well in Xingyang. Two turtle doves happened to fall at the mouth of the well.
Zhengdan prohibits killing chickens and birds. Of course, just listen to this legend, its credibility is almost zero.
When the family banquet was about to begin, Liu Pan carefully helped Liu Yong out of the back room and sat down. As the leader of the Liu family in Longqiu, he accepted the wine and birthday celebrations from Liu's descendants.
First of all, his descendants, wives and granddaughters each served pepper wine, knelt down on the ground, drank wine, and celebrated longevity. The ceremony was roughly similar to when county officials visited Zhang Xian. Pepper is a kind of herb, which was used in the Han Dynasty for its warmth, fragrance, and fertility.
, smear the mud around the house, and then use it to celebrate the New Year.
Liu Jing saw Liu Pan's nephew Kou Feng among them. He followed his mother to congratulate Liu Yong on his birthday. His hair was combed with horns, which showed that he was over eight years old. He had beautiful features, red lips and white teeth, and was very cute. Who could
Thinking that he would become a brave and skilled general in the future, Cao Cao was once so angry that he cursed.
After the heirs paid their respects, each family's turn began. When Liu Jing offered wine, Liu Pan specially whispered to his father. Liu Yong was over sixty years old this year. Due to long-term illness, his body had already decayed. He squeezed out a smile and said,
Said: "This son is from the Xingwu clan!"
At that time, he once said that Liu Zong was the person who could prosper the Liu family in Longqiu. Unfortunately, Liu Zong let him down. He hoped that Liu Jing would not let him down again.