Chapter 17 It's a pity, I'm still waiting for him to bring me some wine
It was already bright when Zhou Ping woke up, and the sun shone in through the window.
Gan Qian was standing by the bed. Seeing him open his eyes, Gan Qian hurriedly said, "Mr. Lang, I'll get you some water to wash up."
After speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Zhou Ping to respond.
Although she had domestic servants and maids, Gan Qian insisted on doing these things by herself, so Zhou Ping let her do it.
Zhou Ping sat up, feeling a little groggy. He couldn't help but laugh when he remembered the scene when he and his brother were drunk together yesterday.
I have traveled back in time for more than two years, and I was the most drunk yesterday. My brother Zhou Qi was also drunk.
He remembered that he had drunk too much yesterday, and on a whim, he seemed to have recited many poems, which made his brother stunned and amazed.
He also remembered that he seemed to have howled and sang a song, but was laughed at by his brother, who shouted that it was unpleasant. Even his sisters-in-law, Chen Rong and Gan Qian, who were waiting to pour the wine nearby, covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
Fortunately, I didn't say that I was a time traveler. It seems that I can't get drunk again in the future. Being drunk can easily cause trouble.
"Mr. Lang, wash your face first."
Gan Qian came in with water to help Zhou Ping wash up.
"Are everything packed?" Zhou Ping asked.
"Everything is packed." Gan Qian replied softly.
In fact, he didn't have many things. Zhou Ping only left with Gan Qian and Zhang Wu, and his things had been packed yesterday.
"You haven't been a full month since you married me, but now you have to start running around with me. I feel wronged to you!"
Zhou Ping looked at Gan Qian lovingly and held her in his arms.
Gan Qian nestled in Zhou Ping's arms: "When A Qian marries her husband, she will be with her forever. Wherever the husband goes, A Qian will follow her. The husband doesn't care about A Qian's poverty..."
"Hey, I told you not to mention the matter of rich and poor again. No one is permanently poor or permanently rich. Rich or poor is not important. What is important is people."
Zhou Ping didn't care about the difference between rich and poor, but Gan Qian couldn't get rid of this concept in her heart.
"The rich will always be rich, and the poor will always be poor!" Gan Qian said quietly.
Zhou Ping knew that this was a fact. Although there would be some exceptions, this was the case for most people, especially in this era.
He didn't want to talk about the topic of rich and poor anymore: "We may go to Xuzhou. Don't worry, my brother will take care of your family..."
"Shaojun, Shaojun..." Zhang Wu suddenly ran to the door of the room, saw Zhou Ping and Gan Qian hugging each other in the room, and hurriedly backed away, while Zhou Ping and Gan Qian also hurriedly separated.
Zhang Wu said outside the room: "Young Master, the master of the house has asked you to go have breakfast. It's getting late. You must get on your way quickly. Don't keep your envoy waiting."
Zhou Ping told his brother yesterday that Liu Bei said he would greet him outside the city, and he believed Liu Bei would really do this.
"Well, let's go now."
After breakfast, his brother Zhou Qi and his sister-in-law Chen Rong saw him off outside the village gate, while his two nephews and the servants in the village also came out to see them off.
"Brother, sister-in-law, take care of yourself!"
Everything that needed to be said was said yesterday. With tears in his eyes, Zhou Ping bowed to Zhou Qi and Chen Rong.
Gan Qian was in tears at this moment. She had been married for less than a month, but this family was very kind to her. They did not dislike her at all because she was a poor girl. She also bowed to Zhou Qi and Chen Rong.
bye.
"You should also take care!" Zhou Qi also had tears in his eyes and a look of reluctance on his face. He waved to Zhou Ping, "Go!"
Zhou Ping took another careful look at everyone, then turned around, first helped Gan Qian get on the carriage, then got on the horse, waved to Zhou Qi and others, and rode away.
Zhang Wu followed on horseback, followed by Gan Qian's carriage.
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Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Tian Yu and others to wait outside the gate of Xiaopeixi City early in the morning.
Except that Chen Qun and other officials from the prefecture did not come, Liu Bei only brought his own troops.
"Brother, it's noon now. Humph, that Zhou Ping is just a name-seeker and won't come. Let's go back!"
Guan Yu's face was already red, but now it was even redder due to the sun. He stroked his long beard, narrowed his red phoenix eyes and looked at the way in the distance, but there was not even a single figure.
"What a pity, I'm still waiting for him to bring me some good wine!"
Zhang Fei was full of expectations just now, but now he is impatient with waiting. He believes that Zhou Ping will not come today.
It is only forty miles from Zhoujiazhuang to Xiaopei. The Zhou family is not a poor family. Even if they bring their family members, they will have a horse-drawn carriage, and they can arrive in an hour at most.
Normally, they would set off at Chen hour (seven to nine o'clock) and arrive at Si hour (nine to eleven o'clock), but now it is noon hour (eleven to thirteen o'clock) and no one has been seen yet.
, and when Liu Bei was in Chen Shizhong, he took them out and waited.
Including Jian Yong and Tian Yu, everyone thought that Zhou Ping would probably not come today, but when they saw Liu Bei being so grand and looking forward to it, they did not dare to say anything. Only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei dared to speak.
"Yun Chang, Yide, please be patient for a moment. I believe Zhou Wen'an will definitely come today. This man is true to his word and is definitely not a deceiver. If he doesn't come now, maybe he is delayed for some reason. Please wait.
wait."
Liu Bei put up a pergola with his hands and looked into the distance. Although he saw nothing, he still maintained his posture.
Guan Yu insisted that Zhou Ping would not come: "Brother, what are you waiting for? If this person was willing to follow brother, he would have agreed when we visited him for the first time. He deliberately waited for brother to come for the second time before pretending to agree. Now,
And I asked my eldest brother to lead everyone to wait here, which is obviously to gain fame and promote my own worth."
Jian Yong also said at this time: "The envoy is a dignified governor, and Zhou Ping is a commoner, but it is really hateful to keep the envoy waiting for so long. I think it is better to send someone to bring him..."
Liu Bei put down his hand, with a slight anger on his face, turned around and said: "If you don't want to wait, you can go back, I will wait here alone."
Zhang Fei quickly smiled and said: "Hey, brother, I'll wait with you."
Everyone was silent for a moment, and no one said anything.
After a while, someone suddenly shouted: "Coming, coming, that's Zhou Wen'an, right?!"
When everyone heard the words, they quickly looked around and saw two people on horseback and a carriage running towards them in the distance.
Of the two people on the horse, one had a wine gourd hanging on his waist, and the other had a long bow on his back and a pouch of arrows hanging on his waist.
Liu Bei put up his hand on the awning and looked around. He was sure that the person coming was none other than Zhou Ping and Zhou Wen'an, whom he had been waiting for for a long time. He couldn't help but said with great joy: "Look, Mr. Wen'an is here, isn't he? I can't be wrong about this person, hahaha..."
Everyone who was listless just now cheered up, thinking that now that Zhou Wen'an has arrived, they no longer have to stand in the sun, their stomachs no longer growl, and they can go back and have a good meal.
Guan Yu had a sullen face, and instead of looking into the distance like the others, he turned his head and looked to the side.
In the past, the person Liu Bei valued most was Guan Yu, but now, Liu Bei treated Zhou Wen'an far better than him and treated him as an honored guest. This made him feel really uncomfortable.
Zhang Fei didn't care about this. When he saw Zhou Ping coming, he was the happiest person at the moment except Liu Bei: "Brother, we didn't wait in vain. They are finally here. My wine...hehehehe..."
Zhou Ping was still more than ten steps away from Liu Bei when he reined in his horse and stopped, jumped off his horse and hurried towards Liu Bei.
Because he was drunk yesterday, he got up late today. When he came, the carriage was in trouble again, and it took him a long time to recover. At this time, if it were someone else, he might have gone back.
But he knew that Liu Bei would wait, because Liu Bei was also a person who valued talents.
"My lord, I've kept you waiting for so long! Yesterday, I drank too much with my brother and woke up late, and the carriage on the road..."
Liu Bei hurriedly came to greet him. Zhou Ping stopped in front of him, bowed and said something polite.
"Hahaha... Don't say too much, sir. As long as you can come, I can wait until sunset!" Liu Bei took Zhou Ping's hand and introduced Jian Yong, Tian Yu and others to him.
Jian Yong, like Guan Yu, was a little dissatisfied with Liu Bei's courtesy to Zhou Ping, but he just forced a smile and bowed his hand to Zhou Ping.
Tian Yu is different. He and Liu Bei are not as close as Guan Yu and Jian Yong, so he will not feel jealous in his heart.
"Haha...this is Tian Yu, Tian Guorang, Wen An, don't you know him?" Liu Bei pulled Zhou Ping to Tian Yu.
Zhou Ping cupped his hands at Tian Yu and said with a smile: "We are famous but have never met, but today we finally meet. Brother Guorang, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
Tian Yu quickly returned the gift: "If we talk about being famous, Zhou Wen'an's name is known to everyone in Pei County! I didn't expect that Mr. Wen'an is so young and has such an impressive talent!"
"Hey, Zhou Wen'an, how much wine did you bring?"
Zhang Fei finally couldn't help but asked loudly.
Everyone was stunned when he shouted, and then they all laughed loudly. Even Liu Bei and Zhou Ping couldn't stop laughing.
After laughing for a while, Zhou Ping grabbed the wine gourd hanging around his waist and said, "That's all."
Zhang Fei turned to look at the carriage, but except for the carriage driven by Zhou Ping's wife, there were no other vehicles. It seemed that he really didn't bring any wine, so he couldn't help but be very disappointed: "I've been waiting for you for half a day in vain!"
Everyone laughed again.
Back in the city, Liu Bei had already prepared a residence for Zhou Ping and arranged for two male servants and two female maids.
Zhou Ping refused, leaving only one male servant and one maidservant.
After Gan Qian settled down, Liu Bei held a banquet in the governor's house to welcome Zhou Ping.
More than ten days later, as Zhou Ping expected, Chen Deng came, and with him was Kong Rong.