Chapter 34: The Birthday Banquet Turmoil
Even the little beggar on the street said that today is a good day, if it is not a good day, why would Liu Nantian, who was born today 60 years ago, pay homage to the position of prefect? At this moment, it is not the time, there are people who worship life from all directions, and for a while there is a lot of traffic at the door of Liufu, Liu Gui, the big housekeeper of Liufu, is at the door to greet the people who come to worship life, and he is full of face and clenches his fist at the visitor and says: "Yang Yuanwai, seeing that you are full of energy and spring breeze, it must be Ling Lang who has made a big deal again!" Come inside please. ”
Someone came to twist their beards and laughed: "Wherever and wherever it is, it's all a small profit, and it all depends on the leadership of the Liu Governor's Mansion, so that everyone can eat." With that, he strode into the hospital.
"Hey, isn't this Zhao Yuanwai? Inside please inside please! Liu Gui looked at the person coming from afar, and hurriedly went up and said sorry.
The visitor smiled slightly, reached out and grabbed Liu Gui's hand and said in a low voice: "Last time, thanks to your idea, I was able to take a concubine, otherwise the tigress in my family would have to tear me apart." Another day, I must specially reward you, brother. ”
Liu Gui said with a smile on his face: "Zhao Yuanwai, you are too polite, how can I stand it, so today my lord's sixtieth birthday, you can drink a few more glasses even if you are rewarded with a small one, come inside, please!."
Zhao Yuanwai said: "That's natural, I won't delay you, you are busy first, I will go in by myself!" ”
Liu Gui hurriedly apologized: "Okay, then Zhao Yuanwai, you pay attention to the steps under your feet, I really have a lot of things to do here, so I won't be polite to you, you can do it yourself!" With that, he walked to the visitor in the distance.
Zhao Yuanwai looked at the person behind him and said, "I didn't expect Yao Zhixian!" He snorted coldly and threw his sleeves and strode into the hospital.
Liu Guiying stepped forward and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted and said: "Yao Zhixian, I didn't expect you to be able to take time, I heard my lord say that you have a lot of trivial matters in the past few days, I'm afraid you don't have time to come, my lord is still sorry for a while!" If I let my lord know that you can come, I guess I will have a few more drinks with you. ”
Yao Zhixian hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There are indeed a few cases in my hands recently, but I have handed them over to my subordinates to deal with, today is the birthday of Governor Liu, don't say these bad words"
Liu Gui echoed: "That's that!" Today, Yao Zhixian can eat and drink a few more glasses of water and wine, and I heard that Liu Gongzi has brought back dozens of jars of aged wine from Youzhou. ”
Yao Zhixian let out an "oh" and hurriedly said, "Liu Gongzi rushed back from Youzhou?" I also brought old wine, so I won't get drunk today! Hahaha," he said and walked in laughing.
Liu Gui looked at the back of Yao Zhixian leaving, and was slightly stunned at first, and then laughed and said: "Forget that Lord Zhixian is the only way, you have to leave the soles of your feet!" The steps of this Liufu are a bit high! ”
Seeing the sunset of the West Mountain, the sky gradually darkened, At this time, the red candle has already been lit, the whole Liufu is illuminated as day, the courtyard and the outside are already full, fortunately, the Liufu is big enough, even if the living room can not sit down, there are more than ten tables in the courtyard, but the guests sitting in the courtyard naturally can not be compared with the distinguished guests sitting in the living room, and the identity is slightly inferior to that of sitting in the hall, but there are also guests with a distinguished identity who feel that the courtyard is spacious and voluntarily go to the courtyard.
Liu Nantian sat on the Taishi chair with a radiant face and a spring breeze, looking at the guests who came to congratulate him on his birthday, not to mention how beautiful he was, a pair of children are also dragons and phoenixes among people, speaking of children, it is Liu Nantian's capital to show off in the eyes of his peers, although his son Liu Haoyu is not by his side on weekdays, but the child is promising, and he has created a world in Youzhou, hundreds of miles away, which makes him quite proud as a father. But fortunately, it has now been placed under the famous teacher, and the personality has changed greatly in a few years. As soon as I got home yesterday, I almost didn't dare to believe that my lawless daughter had become chivalrous and feminine, which made the old father finally let go of his hanging heart.
Seeing that all the guests and friends were sitting down, Liu Gui stood beside Liu Nantian and cleared his throat and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please put down the dishes and chopsticks in your hands a little and listen to me a few words!" ”
The people who were whispering inside and outside the hall all shut down, and those who were really serving tea also put down the tea cups in their hands one by one, and everyone wanted to hear what this Liu Gui had to say. The child in his arms was also startled by the sudden silence, and stared around with big round eyes.
Liu Gui hugged a full fist and said: "Relatives and friends gather here to celebrate the 60th birthday, and my lord celebrates the 60th birthday, I Liu Gui here first thanked all relatives and friends, as the saying goes, good water has a source to the tree has roots, and the love of parents is deeper than the sea, Liu Haoyu, the son of the Liu family, has worked tirelessly to bring back dozens of jars of aged wine from Youzhou, just for the guests and friends who participated in the old father's birthday banquet to be able to get drunk and rest, let us pick up this first cup of wine together, and wish my lord a blessing such as the East China Sea long flowing water longevity than Nanshan Immortal Pine! ”
Hearing this, the guests in the hall raised the wine glasses in front of them one by one, and said in unison: "I wish Master Liu a blessing like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and a longevity that is better than the old pine of Nanshan." "The whole house is neat and tidy, and there is no sound for a while.
Liu Nantian stood up with a smile, picked up the wine glass beside him, took a shallow sip, and said: "All relatives and friends can come to my Liu's 60th birthday banquet, Liu is deeply grateful.
The number of courtesies may not be good, but you can understand that you can pay it off, and I will compensate you in advance here. With that, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it down.
When the guests in the hall saw Liu Nantian say this, they all picked up the wine glasses in front of them and stood up and said, "Master Liu is too modest!" "Drink it all!
Liu Gui stretched out his hand and lifted Liu Nantian from the Taishi chair to the main seat, Liu Nantian smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, please sit down, today's birthday banquet invites you to eat and drink more, but don't be polite!" With that, he picked up the chopsticks in front of him, took a bite of the dish, and put it in his mouth. When everyone saw that Liu Nantian had eaten the first bite, they all sat down one after another, picked up the chopsticks in front of them and ate them. Although it is a table in the hall and the courtyard, the atmosphere is very different, the guests in the courtyard are in their own place, they like to drink, they like to guess the boxing, they don't like to eat with their heads down, and no one cares about you. Therefore, there are also many guests who would rather give up the honor of accepting the hospitality of the host in the living room and run outside. Yao Bingkun is such a person, it stands to reason that Yao Bingkun's wife is Liu Nantian's own sister, so this kind of relationship cannot sit in the courtyard anyway, but at this time, Yao Bingkun was sitting with a group of squires. One of them, a man dressed in an ice-blue shirt, asked, "Deputy Hall Master Yao, we are also high today, and we can sit at the same table with you, shouldn't you be next to Governor Liu?" ”
Yao Bingkun smiled awkwardly and said: "I can eat with you, that is my Yao Bingkun's honor, you look inside, nine out of ten people sitting in the hall are famous people who are respected in Qingzhou, where am I qualified, besides, don't look at it and talk and laugh very lively, but it is all mutual compliments, I don't know how to say those words, so I came here to disturb your Yaxing!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sentence from the side: "You can't say those flattering words, but you can do something more surprising than that fake politeness!" There are locals and non-locals, so you might as well inquire about the glorious deeds of our Deputy Hall Master Yao. ”
There are diners who don't know the truth and ask, "Oh, yes? What a glorious deed? ”
Yao Bingkun's face was flushed, he turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from, and when he saw who the person who was speaking, he couldn't help but smile and said: "I thought it was who was insinuating me here, it turned out to be you!" ”