Chapter 122: Not a Bad Guy
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She took a closer look at the dishes on the table - steamed lamb slices with bean sprouts, boiled bracken cabbage, and stewed pork with kale......
It's very bland.
If people don't know, they will definitely think that Wang Anshi has neglected the guests.
However, if you understand Wang Anshi's current predicament, you may guess that he is just helpless.
Only Le Lin knows that he is originally such a simple style.
still remembers that when she was studying before, she read an anecdote about Wang Anshi.
When Wang Anshi was the prime minister, Xiao, a relative of his daughter-in-law's family, arrived in the capital and went to visit Wang Anshi by the way.
Wang Anshi then invited him to his house for dinner the next day.
The next day, Xiao Shizi dressed up and went there, expecting that Wang Anshi would definitely entertain him with a feast. However, after noon, before the banquet was held, Xiao Shizi felt very hungry, but he didn't dare to leave like this.
It was a long time before Wang Anshi ordered to be seated, and the dishes were not prepared. Xiao Shizi felt very strange in his heart, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, the servant served two pieces of Hu Cake and four pieces of meat cut into pieces. In the end, after the meal was served, only the vegetable soup was placed next to it. Xiao Shizi was arrogant and indulgent, and felt that Wang Anshi looked down on him, so he only ate a small part of the middle of the Hu cake, leaving all four sides.
Seeing this, Wang Anshi took the rest of the cake and ate it, and in the end, Xiao Gongzi was ashamed to leave.
He is such a stubborn and straightforward person who completely disregards the eyes of the world.
Le Lin thought like this, and couldn't help but feel a little worried for a while.
Suddenly, she found Wang Anshi, who was sitting opposite, only picking up the steamed dried vegetables in front of him every time.
Le Lin also stretched out her chopsticks and took a piece of dried vegetables and put it in her mouth.
Seeing this, Chai Chen on the side knew that "he" and his previous self were the same thoughts, and immediately smiled.
The steamed dried vegetables only entered the mouth, and a burst of green vegetable flavor filled the mouth.
It's the smell of a plant that's half-dry, half-moldy and half-rotten.
Le Lin spit out without hesitation, and gently scraped her tongue with her front teeth, trying to get rid of the smell of mold.
She frowned and pondered, wondering why Wang Anshi had a soft spot for this steamed dried vegetables.
In a flash of inspiration, Le Lin remembered another allusion to Wang Anshi.
Someone told Wang Anshi's wife that her husband liked to eat shredded venison. During the meal he did not eat anything else, but ate the plate of shredded venison. Madame asked, "Where did you put the shredded venison?" Everyone said, right in front of him. Madame reversed the position of the dish the next day, and the shredded venison was placed furthest away from him. As a result, people found out that Wang Anshi only ate dishes close to him, and there was shredded venison on the table as usual, but he didn't know it at all.
It is rumored that one day, a friend of Wang Anshi chatted with Wang Anshi's wife. Mrs. Wang complained that she didn't know what kind of food Xiang Gong liked to eat.
The friend thought it was strange, and he said that Wang Anshi was particularly fond of shredded venison because he saw Wang Anshi eat a plate of shredded venison cleanly at lunch one day.
Mrs. Wang asked, "Where was that plate of shredded venison at that time?"
The friend replied, "Right in front of his eyes." ā
Mrs. Wang was silent, and only invited this friend to have dinner with her the next day.
At lunch the next day, Mrs. Wang deliberately put the shredded venison a little farther away, and put another dish in front of Wang Anshi's eyes. As a result, Wang Anshi ate the dish in front of him cleanly.
After the meal, everyone asked, and he didn't know that there was a plate of shredded venison on the table just now.
Thinking of this, Le Lin showed a sly smile.
Taking advantage of Wang Anshi's inattention, she quietly reversed the steamed mutton slices with the bean sprouts in front of her and the dried steamed vegetables in front of Wang Anshi.
Chai Chen, who had been paying attention to Le Lin's actions since Fang Cai, naturally did not miss this scene.
He was suspicious, and saw something even more surprising.
As if he had never noticed that the dish in front of him had changed, Wang Anshi picked up the dish in front of him as always, and put a basket of bean sprouts or mutton slices into his mouth.
Chai Chen suddenly realized that he was not fond of steamed vegetables, but only focused on the dish in front of him.
He was about to be amazed, but he heard the sigh of "Lelang" around him, and only heard "he" say gloomily to Wang Anshi: "You are not a bad person......
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Le Lin looked at the mottled tea stains and ink marks on Wang Anshi's body in a daze, and felt very uncomfortable.
This man lives simply, does not want to enjoy, and is not rough.
However, he is also a genius who can read and write.
His life can be described as honest and upright.
Even a person like Su Xun, who hated him deeply, could not find the shortcomings in his personality, so he could only say in the "Theory of Distinguishing Adultery" that Wang Anshi "dressed the clothes of the courtiers and the food of the dogs", and "talked about poetry and books after the prisoner's funeral", and criticized him for not paying attention to his diet and appearance, his clothes were dirty, his hair was messy, and his appearance was sloppy.
This person is knowledgeable, talented, and naturally works for the country and the people.
However, a good heart leads to bad results.
He and Song Shenzong only hoped that the new law would succeed quickly, but as everyone knows, things in the world often fail to reach the speed of things, and the seedlings are fueled and self-defeating.
What's worse is that Wang Anshi is stubborn and has a certain idea, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva also persuade him not to turn, and everyone calls him a reluctant minister.
And Song Shenzong is also a stubborn master, he can't listen to a sentence and a half against his ears, only allows others to sing praises of virtue, if he says that he is not acting properly, he will lose his temper with a few words of advice, the dismissal of the official, the exile of the exile, in this way, who else dares to speak out to him?
Xining's new law finally made the whole country boil and almost caused a great change.
Le Lin remembered that there was still a writing in later generations, when the world was suffering from the disaster of the new law, and was very annoyed with the princes, and many farmers called the pigs and dogs at home "Wang Anshi", and the chickens and ducks at home "Bad Xianggong" to vent their anger.
"You weren't originally a bad person."
Lelin sighed faintly.
Wang Anshi was inexplicable, stunned, put down his chopsticks and frowned and asked: "I have never been a bad person, what do you mean by 'originally not a bad person'?" ā
Le Lin didn't answer him, only picked up the plate of steamed dried vegetables in front of him with one hand, turned around and asked Wu, "Mrs. Wang, is there still firewood in the stove?" ā
Wu nodded and said, "Also, there is firewood for a meal." ā
"And pork?"
"And a few more."
Le Lin made up her mind, and immediately got up and said: "There is a family heirloom side dish in the late life, if the lady does not dislike it, the late life wants to make it for everyone to taste." ā
Wu paused, looked at everyone again, and saw that everyone had no objection, so he also got up and said, "Then, the concubine will lead the way for the Hou Ye." ā
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After a while, Le Lin followed Wu to the stove room.
She lifted the lid of the pot and saw that there was still a small piece of pork belly inside, and she was overjoyed.
Back to the pot meat and fried dried vegetables, the ready-made ingredients are complete.
What Le Lin didn't know was that most people in the Song Dynasty liked lean meat, and this semi-lean and fat pork belly meat was not loved by the public in the Song Dynasty. At present, Wang Anshi only has the remuneration of "Bianjing Xiaokan" to support his family, and Wu has to pick some parts of meat that no one wants to buy.
Seeing Le Lin's overjoyed appearance, Wu was puzzled and curious, why was this little marquis as happy when he saw the pork belly as if he was seeing gold ingots and silver ingots?
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