Chapter 45: Birthday Celebration
The Helanxiong sisters disappeared into the snowstorm, but they left Gao Yuan with a message that worried him, Helanxiong is not the kind of person who talks about it, he solemnly told himself, he was afraid that this matter would be true, it seems that he has to talk to Uncle Lu. What if you just talk about it? With the three melons and two dates in Fufeng County now, how can they stop the iron cavalry of the Donghu people, even if these Donghu people are now in decline, but it is not the hundreds of soldiers in Fufeng County who can stop it, and they are a little better, but when they think of their previous appearance, Gao Yuan does not have a little confidence in the other two teams. Although it is said that the uncle has already paid Zheng Xiaoyang's team after his own persuasion, Zheng Xiaoyang is not himself.
I have to hurry up and tell Uncle Lu that it's best to send the next army from the county. Looks like I'm going to have to go back again today.
When eating lunch, Gao Yuan was still thinking about it in his heart. There was a faint worry in my heart.
After eating, Gao Yuan was about to go back, but he didn't want to be in the city but someone came first, he came to be the big housekeeper of the Wu family in Wu County, holding a big red wedding sticker in his hand, but it was Wu County's order to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, and he specially sent his housekeeper to send the invitation sticker, and he really had face.
I took the wedding sticker, and promised that I would definitely pick up the time, and I happened to be looking for my uncle, and my uncle must go on this occasion, and this matter is not only a matter of the county lieutenant, but the county order is the first to bear the brunt, and it is time to talk to them about this matter together.
After Steward Wu left, Gao Yuan was not in a hurry to leave, the wedding banquet was at night, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he just made up for a sleep at this time.
Gao Yuan was not in a hurry, but Sun Xiao was in a hurry.
"Hyocao, why are you still sleeping?" When he entered the door and saw Gao Yuan lying on the bed, his eyes were already blank, Sun Xiao couldn't help but say urgently.
"Sun Xiao, what's the matter?" I didn't sleep all night last night, and after eating lunch at this moment, the drowsiness hit me uncontrollably, Gao Yuan squinted his eyes and asked.
"Bing Cao, Wu County Commander specially sent his big butler to send you a post, you really have face."
"Uh-huh, Sun Xiao, there's something to say!"
"Bing Cao, Wu County's fiftieth birthday, you have to go to the wedding banquet, right?"
"Yes, Sun Xiao, do you want to go too?"
"No, no, no!" Sun Xiao waved his hand again and again, "I'm a dog meat and can't go to the table, so I can't go. I mean, Hyosa, you can't go empty-handed, you have to prepare some gifts, don't you? Otherwise, it's a bit rude. If Wu Xianling is unhappy, it will be easy for us to wear small shoes."
"Bring a gift?" Gao Yuan thought about it, it seems that Wu Xianling lacks nothing, he is much richer than himself, and he still owes him a thousand yuan." Forget it, it may not be worth taking any Wu County order, and there will definitely be more people giving gifts at that time, how can we be poor soldiers, how can we compare to those people, but it is better to take nothing, it looks different!"
"Is this different?" Sun Xiao said bitterly: "Bing Cao, it's his business to see whether he looks down on it, but whether to send it or not is our business, it's not a matter of the importance of the gift, but a matter of attitude, a matter of respect for the county commander!"
Gao Yuan sat up with a sigh, "Sun Xiao, I didn't realize that you were so knowledgeable about human affairs before!"
"Bing Cao, I'm afraid that the county commander will embarrass us, but it really can't be done, when Tiancheng comes back, you let him take some money out of the public account, how much is it polite, isn't it?" Sun Xiao spreads his hands.
"Which one can't be done!" Gao Yuan said: "There is a place to go for any money, Tiancheng calculated it with me a few days ago, and we don't have the budget to give gifts."
"Even if our whole team sends it together, everyone makes up for it, and everyone has no chance to go out to spend money when they are paid not long ago, so they should all be still in their hands, and one out of a penny, it will be a lot!" Sun Xiao came up with an idea.
Gao Yuan was annoyed all of a sudden, and looked at Sun Xiao with slanted eyes, "Sun Xiao, I found that you are quite energetic, by the way, do you still have the strength now?"
Sun Xiao straightened his chest, "Bing Cao said before, strength is a slave, use it and come again, Sun Xiao has strength."
"Very good, don't you have the strength? Aren't you going to give a gift to Wu County? I've decided, send it to Wu County."
"Great!" Sun Xiao smiled and said, "What Bing Cao wants to send, I'll go and prepare."
Gao Yuan sneered: "A few days ago, when we were climbing Nanshan, I saw a cold plum forest on the mountain, at that time it was already budding, and now it must be the time to bloom, you from now on, give me to Nanshan, pick up the most haode plum blossoms for me to pick back, and I will send plum blossoms to him."
Yes! Sun Xiao was dumbfounded.
"Go, this is a military order!" Gao Yuan patted the edge of the kang and said loudly.
"Yes, villain obeys!" Sun Xiao straightened up, smashed his left hand into a fist on his right chest, turned around, and strode out.
"It's not bad to send a bouquet of plum blossoms!" Gao Yuannian survived Sun Xiaoyuan's figure, turned over, and fell asleep.
When Cao Tiancheng came back, it was almost dark, and when he walked into Gao Yuan's door, he saw Gao Yuan holding a bouquet of plum blossoms and was about to go out, so he couldn't help but be extremely surprised, "Bing Cao, where are you going?"
Gao Yuan raised the plum blossom in his hand, "Oh, Wu County has a fiftieth birthday, please let me go over and drink. By the way, Helanxiong's side is all done?"
Cao Tiancheng pointed behind him, more than a dozen soldiers drove hundreds of sheep, and they were marching all the way.
"Bingcao, go to the birthday banquet, what are you going to do with a few plum blossoms?"
"This is my birthday gift to Wu County." After finishing a word, regardless of the stunned Cao Tiancheng, he went to the stable to lead the horse, turned over and rode on, and got to go.
"Sun Xiao, Sun Xiao!" Cao Tiancheng rushed into the barracks in a rage, "Bing Cao took a few plum blossoms as a birthday gift, this is a move that does not want a future, even if there is a county lieutenant to do the backstage, but if you offend the county order, you will have small shoes to wear in the future, why don't you discourage it?"
Sun Xiao lazily hid on the bunk, "I persuaded it, and then there was a bouquet of plum blossoms, originally our soldiers were still going to go empty-handed, I persuaded him a few more words, and he was annoyed, forcing me to go to Nanshan to pick plum blossoms. On this snowy day, I froze to death, the road was slippery again, and I fell several times."
The two smiled bitterly at each other, and when they met a maverick boss, they really couldn't cry or laugh, so they could only worry in their hearts.
Wu's family, as a local representative of Fufeng County, is not only the richest man, but also the county commander who has been re-elected for many years, his family's mansion is naturally the first in Fufeng, compared to Lu Hong's family and another important figure Huo Zhu's family is much stronger, their family, almost half of one of the streets in Fufeng County, this is only their residence, and most of his family's business is in the farms outside the city, if these are counted, the territory occupied by his family is even more amazing.
Because Gao Yuan's wine recipe tied him to Wu Kai and Ran Hong, so the relationship between Lu Hong and Wu Kai is now too good, Wu Kai's fiftieth birthday, Lu Hong came to celebrate with gifts early, Wu Kai just welcomed him in person, He Zhu took a dozen servants carrying five or six boxes all the way to the snow, Huo Zhu was the Fufeng Supervisor, so it was reasonable, Wu Kai naturally had to go out to greet him personally. The two were intimate at the door for a while, and before the polite words were finished, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard at the end of the street, and a tall horse appeared in everyone's field of vision.
At this time, at the gate of Wu Mansion, in addition to the family members of the two mansions, there were many other guests, as soon as Gao Yuan appeared, he immediately won the attention of all people, for no other reason, that is, because of the horse under his crotch. It's not that the people of Fufeng have never seen horses, but it is precisely because they know horses and understand horses that they will be even more surprised, because this horse under Gao Yuan's crotch is a war horse, and it is the best among the war horses. Even Lu Hong only has a horse that is too old to walk.
Gao Yuan gave Lu Hong a horse, but Lu Hong was reluctant to ride, such a good war horse, he was going to give it to Taishou Zhang Shou when he gave a New Year's gift. Gao Yuan didn't know all this, and rode over in a big way, just the horse, especially when he was holding a bouquet of plum blossoms in his hand, but he wanted to be more eye-catching.
Huo Zhu couldn't help but be happy when he saw it, Wu Kai is the number one person in Fufeng County, the most good-looking person, Gao Yuan came over like this, how could he not be angry, because Wu Kai was just right, he could join forces with Wu Kai to take care of this bastard in the future, this guy has already broken a lot of money, some time ago, he forced Huo Tianliang to write an IOU, as a result, Sun Xiao, a soldier, blocked He Tianliang on the street every now and then to force debts, making him a post supervisor is also quite faceless. But Sun Xiao is a piece of hob meat, soft and hard not to eat, he is Lu Hong's subordinate, he really can't do anything about him, Zuihou still broke the fortune to avoid disasters, and gave him money to finish the matter, but for this matter, Huo Zhuke hated Gao Yuan even more, Sun Xiao If he didn't have his support, how could he be so bold.
Huo Zhu, who was waiting to see Wu Kai furious, was dumbfounded next, and when he saw Gao Yuan coming, Wu Kai actually hugged his fist and said a confession, and actually personally greeted him down the steps, you know, even if Huo Zhu came, Wu Kai just walked out of the door, but did not go down the steps.
Gao Yuan turned over and dismounted, smiled lovely, and greeted Wu Kai with a deep salute, "Lord Wu, I wish you a long life than Nanshan, as blessed as the East China Sea, every year has today, every year has today!" This is a bouquet of plum blossoms picked by his own hands in Nanshan, and this is used to congratulate Lord Wu!" Gao Yuan shamelessly took Sun Xiao's hard work for himself.
Wu Kai didn't expect that this bouquet of plum blossoms was Gao Yuan's congratulatory gift, and he laughed and scolded Gao Yuan in his heart for being really stingy, but thinking that he still owed himself a thousand yuan, he was relieved in his heart, this guy is a poor ghost, this weather, personally go to Nanshan to pick a bouquet of plums, it can be regarded as having a heart.
Stretched out his hand to take the plum blossom, "The nephew has a heart. Come on, immediately make a haode vase, raise this bouquet of plum blossoms, and put it in the hall!" Wu Kai said loudly.
Huo Zhu sneered on the side: "Gao Yuan, Wu County's fiftieth birthday, what a festive day, if you don't come, it's just that you come, but you come so casually, don't you take Wu County's order in your eyes?"
Gao Yuan was stunned, and before he could answer, Wu Kai was already smiling and said: "Master Huo, you have misunderstood Gao Xian's nephew, the virtuous nephew sent this bouquet of plums today, but it has a deep meaning, a deep meaning!"
I didn't expect Wu Kai to actually explain Gao Yuan, Huo Zhu was annoyed in his heart, so he had a difficult mind, originally said this, everyone was going downhill, and it was just that, but he just broke the casserole and asked, "Oh, I really haven't seen the deep meaning of this, can Lord Wu explain my doubts?" He was intent on seeing Gao Yuan make a fool of himself.
Wu Kaiben just said it so casually, he didn't expect Huo Zhu to beat the snake with the stick, and he also got on with him, so he was a little unhappy in his heart, but today, on the good day of his fiftieth birthday, it is not good to turn his face, his brows are furrowed, and he has read a lot of books, and he came up with a statement in a blink of an eye.
"Lord Huo, you don't know this, plum has five petals, and the five-petal plum blossom represents the five blessings of the plum blossom, for happiness, luck, longevity, smoothness, and peace. There is also the saying of "plum with four virtues", the first birth is the yuan, the flowering is the enjoyment, the knot is profitable, and the maturity is chastity. Gao Xian's nephew is really knowledgeable, on the day of my fiftieth birthday, he offered me plum to celebrate my birthday, and the old man was very happy."
After listening to Wu Kai's words, Gao Yuan couldn't help but be ashamed, his knowledge was not Bo, but thin, and he also lost this Wu County Order, so he actually came easily, not only beautified himself well, but also ridiculed Huo Zhu fiercely, which means nothing more than that Huo Zhu didn't even know this, and he really studied in vain.