Chapter 2 Wu Gou (five strokes) After a while, Cui'er took out the cooked dishes from the kitchen and placed them on the table. They were just two meat and two vegetables common in ordinary people's homes. There was nothing special about them, but the aroma was stronger.
Luo Shixin was the most impatient among the people at the table. Without waiting for the host's persuasion, he grabbed his chopsticks and picked up a portion of the dish. Just as he entered his mouth, he immediately frowned. Then, his brows became tighter and tighter, and his nostrils
There was a squeaking sound, and after a long while, he finally spit the food out of his stomach, and at the same time let out a long sigh, "Oh, I, Lao Luo, am becoming more and more envious of Brother Zhongjian. How can some people's lives be so good? Hurry up.
Ask your sister-in-law if she has any sisters? I, Lao Luo, will send a matchmaker to your door to propose marriage, not for anything else but for these few dishes, and my life will not be in vain!"
"Fuck you, you're not serious!" Xuzi cursed in a low voice, and took a mouthful of food and put it into his mouth. Qilu people have a strong taste, so just now he had been worried that Qin Shubao and others would not be able to adapt to Qi'er's craftsmanship.
When Luo Shixin praised him, he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful, so he tasted this dish very carefully, wishing he could tell the weight of each condiment with the tip of his tongue. The more he chewed, the smoother the texture became, and the more he tasted, the more comfortable he felt on his tongue. He couldn't help but sit up straight and eat more.
Before the new dish could be eaten with chopsticks, Luo Shixin protested loudly, "You're still talking about me. I still remember to comment that it's better for you to do it yourself. I wish I could finish all the dishes by myself without giving others a chance to do anything."
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Qin Shubao, Wu Yulin, and Zhang Jiang all laughed after hearing this, and they all raised their hands to eat. They all felt the same way about Luo Shixin's praise. However, they were all older than Xu Zi and couldn't talk as much as Luo Shixin, so they praised each other.
The brothers and sisters were so clever that they were able to prepare such good dishes. Especially Qin Shubao, who was originally a little dissatisfied with Li Xu for taking Shi Erya as his concubine, so he even spared no effort in praising her, wishing that Xuzi would immediately welcome the eldest lady in, so as not to
The concubine has been favored for a long time and has taken control of the inner house.
Xuzi was happy in her heart and behaved with a glass of wine to encourage the guests to join them. Her tongue and throat were washed by the wine, and she felt more and more that the food tasted authentic. After drinking a few glasses, at Luo Shixin's strong request, Zhe'er came out from the back hall to serve him.
The guests toasted according to Qilu rules. She filled the wine glasses in front of everyone, and she also raised half of the wine to compensate. Then she excused herself because she was too drunk, and left with a smile, leaving only Cui'er to refill the glasses for everyone.
"Sister-in-law seems to have lived with us for many years!" Seeing that Zhen'er acted so well-behaved, Luo Shixin put down his glass of wine and praised her.
"I know you are all heroes of Qilu, so she learned a few things before the battle!" Xuzi smiled modestly, with a look of happiness on her face.
"It's rare to know where we come from, so we follow the locals and learn to be so similar. Zhongjian should be satisfied with this kind of thinking about others!" Qin Shubao also put down his wine cup and said as a person who has experienced it.
"That's natural. How can I, Li Xu, be so virtuous and worthy of being so favored by God?" Xu Zi nodded, feeling that he had missed one good woman after another, but there were always unexpected blessings waiting for him in his life.
When the opportunity is ripe, the fate that belongs to you will come just in time, neither early nor late
Speaking of this, he was somewhat grateful to God for his blessings. Shi Erya and Zhen'er were both very considerate and considerate of him. Although there will inevitably be some stumbling blocks when the three of them get along in the future, this blessing of being together will be a blessing to them.
For Asahi, it is a great honor
Cui'er, who was waiting on the side, was happy to hear her uncle's honest words. She picked up the wine jar and filled the pottery cup in front of Xuzi. Just when she turned around, she heard that Luo Shixin had already turned his own wine cup over. She asked with a smile: "Who is this?
Sister, do you feel satisfied after meeting Brother Zhongjian today?"
Any dowry girl from a wealthy family will most likely end up as the concubine of her uncle. Therefore, the character and appearance of the owner's husband is often related to her life happiness. Luo Shixin was just making a joke without any hesitation.
Thought so deeply, Cui'er asked, her face turned red, she resisted turning around and running away, but the wine jar in her hand trembled again and again, almost all the wine in the jar was poured into Luo Shixin's sleeve.
"I wanted to sigh at my sister-in-law's bad words, but why did you...?" Luo Shixin deliberately stared, and wanted to continue to fool around, but Qin Shubao kicked him hard under the table, and he had to swallow the second half of the sentence back in his stomach.
"I'm disrespectful, my master, please punish me!" Cui'er realized that she had gotten into trouble, put down the wine jar, stepped aside, and lowered her head to apologize.
"Okay, okay, Brother Luo is shaking his arms back and forth. What's wrong with you?" Qin Shubao calmed Luo Shixin, turned around and comforted him with a smile.
In this situation, Li Xu naturally wouldn't blame his family, smiled and waved his hand, comforting: "He's full of tongue. He deserves to be punished. You go and serve the wife. I'll call you if anything happens!"
As if she had been pardoned, Cui Er hid in the back hall and listened to the sound of footsteps disappearing. Luo Shixin relentlessly demanded justice from everyone, "Look, we just got married, and even the dowry girl was protected by the ancients."
"Brothers are like brothers and sisters, and wives are like clothes. When we come to Zhongjian's place, I'm afraid it will be the other way around!"
"It's easy for General Luo to say it. Why don't you tear up a few pieces of your own clothes and show them to everyone!" Zhang Jiang interjected, holding up a wine cup.
Everyone laughed together again. Enough was enough. Wu Yulin looked around and reminded in a low voice: "My brothers and sisters have come all the way here, so we can't wait any longer. Although this house is not small, it is a bit too shabby. Why don't we wait a while?"
Everyone went out to find a new yard for Zhongjian, so that his siblings and his family would not come to see us in the future and blame us rough guys for being rude."
Although Xuzi has never told everyone about the origin of Zhen'er, with the perspective of Wu Yulin who has been in the officialdom for many years, how could he not see that despite his noble background, not to mention his rare cooking skills and elegant manners, even the waiter just now
The beauty of wine is not something that ordinary people can get, so he puts himself in Xuzi's shoes and hopes to help create some external conditions to make this fate more perfect.
"Yes, it is indeed a grievance for my brothers and sisters to use this house as a new house. This matter is left to us. Later, Zhongjian will be at home with our brothers and sisters. We will look around and see if there is anything suitable.
I just bought a house and bought everything that needs to be bought in it. It doesn’t cost much money anyway." Qin Shubao pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"That can't be done. How can we let these brothers spend money? Besides, we can't live here for long. Once the army calms down, they will soon march to Wagang!" Xuzi saw everyone talking and was about to pay.
All practices, hurry up and stop them with words
He is not a very picky person about life. Besides, the purpose of leading the army this time is to exterminate the Wagang bandits, not to enjoy. According to the original plan, this army could not stay in Yuanwu for a few days and paid for a few days of rest.
Even if he didn't have to spend half a penny to buy a big house, he still felt that it was too extravagant.
He was about to say some other polite words, but he heard Qin Shubao explain with a smile: "Zhongjian probably doesn't know yet, but we may have to live in Yuanwucheng for a month or so. General Zhang has received another imperial edict, and the imperial court has increased the number of people.
We sent a group of soldiers and horses to cooperate, and asked everyone to join forces and march together to defeat Wagang. The meeting place is at Yuanwu, so we just happened to rest here for a while!"
"Hold up, the Wagang Army has just been demoralized by us. If we don't take advantage of the situation and advance here, waiting for reinforcements here, wouldn't we be giving the enemy a chance to take a breather?" After hearing Qin Shubao's words, Luo Shixin immediately jumped up and protested loudly.
"When the imperial edict was issued, how did we know that we had defeated the Wagang Army!" Qin Shubao shrugged and replied that he was also very dissatisfied with the imperial edict. The new troops were led by Tiger General Liu Changgong and Yu Shi Xiao Huaijing.
People are ignorant of soldiers. At this time, they eagerly came to help. Instead of working together to suppress the bandits, they felt that this battle was profitable and they just wanted to get a share of the victory.
"It's good, at least the soldiers from Dongdu have better armor and equipment than our county soldiers!" Wu Yulin thought for a moment, then he understood the key and smiled to reassure everyone.
"I'm afraid that they are aggressive in grabbing credit, but they are unwilling to give away any of the materials and equipment in their hands!" Luo Shixin sat back on the stool heavily, said angrily, raised the wine cup and took a sip of his own. He continued to ask,
"Where's Mr. Zhang? Is he just going to let those bastards from the imperial court rub him around?"
"Although Mr. Zhang has the name of Doctor Guanglu, he is not in court after all, so he cannot let the emperor know the true situation in the army!" Wu Yulin thought for a while and defended Zhang Xutuo.
"Even if Mr. Zhang is in court, Your Majesty will not hear his advice at this moment. According to the imperial envoy who conveyed the decree, the king of Yue in Dongdu is now supervising the country. The emperor went on a northern tour a month ago and will not return until the end of the year!" Qin Shubao!
He sighed and said again
"What?" This time it was Li Xu's turn to jump up. Regardless of the surprise on everyone's faces, he asked eagerly, "Brother Shubao, when did this happen, can you tell me more details?"
"Master Zhang and I met the imperial edict in Putian five days ago. The edict was delivered by the same Eunuch Wen. He said that His Majesty went north to meet with the Turks for an alliance and had been gone for seven or eight days. What, Zhong Jian?
Do you think there's anything wrong?" Qin Shubao glanced at Li Xu, wondering why he was suddenly so nervous.
"Oh God!" Xuzi, like Luo Shixin, fell heavily back to his seat. Yang Guang had been gone for more than ten days, and it was impossible to chase him back anyway. He was going to fortress to make an alliance with the Turks, but
The Turkic brothers who don’t know what he has in mind are currently sharpening their knives in front of the wall.
"A big fat sheep delivered to your door!" The ferocious laughter of the Turkic Wolf Rider rang in his heart, and cold sweat dripped down Xuzi's forehead.
Drunkard's note: According to official history, Yang Guang was on a northern tour that year and was trapped at Yanmen Pass.
