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In the evening, the Marquis of Luyang instructed the cook to prepare a family banquet.

However, although it was a family banquet, the Marquis of Luyang still instructed his eldest son Zhao Yin to invite Mr. Ram over and invite him to have a meal together.

Although Mr. Ram didn't want to disturb the family, and personally followed Zhao Yin to refuse, he still couldn't resist the invitation of Mr. Zhou and Hou Weng's son-in-law of Luyang Township.

At this point, Weng and his son-in-law have the same attitude: the Marquis of Luyang Township has always respected Mr. Ram, and Mr. Zhou, he respects literate scholars the most, not to mention that he thinks that this Ram teaches his eldest grandson very well.

It's hard to resist kindness, and Mr. Ram is finally disrespectful.

In the laughter, everyone sat down around a large square table, the old man Zhou and the old lady naturally sat in the main seat in the north, the Luyang townsman and his wife sat on the east side, and Zhao Yin and his teacher Mr. Ram on the west side, as for the last seat on the south side, there were Zhao Yu and Jingnu, the two of them were next to Zhao Yin and Zhou.

And Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ram also happened to be sitting next to each other, so they chatted logically.

It can be seen that the old man really respects the reader, one sip of a gentleman, and even personally poured wine for Mr. Ram, which made Mr. Ram especially feel unhappy, after all, in terms of age, the old man is more than ten years older than him.

"You're welcome, sir." The old man said with a smile: "A few years ago, I learned about Mr. from my daughter's mouth, and then met Mr. face to face, or the first time, I tested Yin'er a little, asked him the elite of Confucian scriptures, Yin'er answered fluently, and his answer was quite thought-provoking, it can be seen that Mr. is a great talent!" ”

"Ashamed, ashamed."

Mr. Ram waved his hand again and again, and said humbly: "It is the eldest prince who is smart, not the work of the next." ”

"What are you talking about, sir? Although the old man rarely reads, he also knows that reading 10,000 books is not as good as a famous teacher......"

"Master Zhou is too awarded."

After a little politeness, the old man asked Mr. Ram: "It is said that Mr. Gong's hometown is in Gangneung?" As far as the old man knows, Gangneung has already been occupied by the rebels now, right? ”

"yes." Mr. Ram sighed wistfully.

Hearing this, the old man asked curiously: "Does that gentleman know the former Nanjun County Guard, Cai Xiu and Cai Ziwen?" Legend has it that it was he who let the rebels into the city, causing them to defeat the defenders and take possession of the city. ”

"It's a complete slander!"

Mr. Ram shook his head and said: "When the rebels attacked the city, I personally experienced that Lord Cai Xiu led the whole city to fight against the rebels, although he was unfortunately captured by the rebels in the end, but he resolutely refused to surrender, so that the rebels were helpless, so the rumors of slandering Lord Cai Xiu were spread, trying to confirm the crime of Lord Cai Xiu collaborating with the enemy, so that he had no place to live in the Jin Kingdom......"

Seeing that Mr. Ram's face was serious, the old man nodded and changed the topic: "Mr. left Jiangling at that time?" ”

"Yes."

Mr. Ram nodded and said: "When the rebels broke through the city, they fled north with the people of the county, first settled in Wannan, but I didn't expect that within a few years, the rebels invaded Wannan again, so I had to pack my bags and continue to flee north......"

"Then how did the gentleman come to my house?" Zhao Yin asked curiously.

Mr. Ram smiled slightly and said, "Because the townsman is benevolent, he doesn't think I'm lowly." ”

Although he only said a short sentence, Zhao Yu could hear that there must have been some story between this Mr. Ram and his father, the Marquis of Luyang.

But since Mr. Ram refused to elaborate, he probably felt a little embarrassed, after all, this old gentleman who had read poetry and books at that time had just fled from Wanbei to Luyang, and he was a little embarrassed at that time.

It's also strange to say, if it were in the past, Old Man Zhou would say something when he heard someone praising his son-in-law, but this time he rarely didn't refute Mr. Ram, just stroked his beard and said lightly: "Hmph, he is also of decent character, otherwise the old man will tolerate marrying his daughter ......"

Obviously, the 'he' in his mouth refers to his son-in-law, the Marquis of Luyang.

Hearing the word 'marry' in the old man's mouth, the townsman of Luyang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

How can I say that my Zhao family is also a townsman who eats 2,000 households...... Getting married?

He muttered something to his mouth.

And at this moment, suddenly his whole person was excited, and his mother-in-law Zhou Zhang, who was talking to him, asked puzzledly: "Gongyu, what's wrong?" ”

From the side, Zhou also smiled and said with concern: "Husband, what's wrong with you?" ”

Glancing at the gentle Zhou, the Luyang townsman glanced down at his waist and shook his head slightly.

As if sensing something, Zhou Zhangshi glanced at his daughter and blamed: "Son, don't bully Gongyu to be honest." …… What about the little ones watching? ”

Zhou turned his head to take a look, and then found that the Jing Nu sitting next to her was curiously looking at her hand.

"Hey."

may be in front of his parents, even though he has two ten-year-old sons, Zhou still seems to be a little woman.

Here, the mother-in-law was chatting with her son-in-law and daughter, and over there, the old man continued to chat with Mr. Ram, telling him about the situation of his two grandsons, to put it bluntly, in fact, he just wanted to know Mr. Ram's evaluation of the second son.

When evaluating Zhao Yin, Mr. Ram's face couldn't hide his satisfaction, until he talked about his second son Zhao Yu, the old gentleman was a little hesitant.

I have to say that although Mr. Ram is still teaching the eldest son Zhao Yin as usual these days, there are things about the second son Zhao Yu, in fact, he has heard a little, including the recent Luyang Township Marquis has taken the second son Zhao Yu out to run errands many times.

Not to mention that Cao An, Zhang Ji, and Ma Cheng will also tell other servants and guards in the palace about Zhao Yu's 'great achievements' these days from time to time, and over time, Mr. Ram naturally heard about some of the big things Zhao Yu did.

The most surprising thing for Mr. Ram was that Zhao Yu persuaded Wang Shangde with the two policies of Tuntian and the military market, so that the latter changed his mind of collecting money and grain from Luyang County.

It was these few things that made Mr. Ram's impression of the second son Zhao Yu change greatly, and the evaluation in his heart gradually improved, and even faintly worried about the eldest son Zhao Yin.

After all, he also admitted that although the eldest son Zhao Yin was also smart, he did seem to be inferior to his younger brother Zhao Yu.

Thinking of these, he cautiously commented on Zhao Yu and said: "Today's second son, smart and old, people of the same age are really difficult to reach, and they will definitely be able to get ahead in the future and shine on the lintel of the Zhao family." ”

Hearing this, not to mention that Zhao Yu was a little surprised that Mr. Ram gave him such a high evaluation, Old Man Zhou was even more happy.

For people of the old man's age, money and everything are just things outside the body, and only family affection is what he values.

But unfortunately, because he was too strict with his two sons in the past, and he couldn't pull his face to reconcile with Zhou Yun and Zhou Fu's two sons, he could only pin his family affection on his daughter and two grandsons.

Of course, the most important reason is that the old man loves his daughter since he was a child.

Talking and laughing, everyone eats wine and eats, the atmosphere is quite harmonious, mainly because there is one more Mr. Ram, this old gentleman can be the old man's talker, and he is very respectful to the Luyang Township, Old Man Zhou looks at his face, but also saves some face for his son-in-law.

After dinner, Mr. Ram took his leave.

He originally had good intentions and wanted the Zhao and Zhou families to get together without outsiders, but it was undeniable that his departure made the atmosphere in the house a little cold again.

The main thing is that the old man has no conversation, and his attention will inevitably be focused on the son-in-law who abducted his daughter.

Facing the cold gaze of the old man, the Marquis of Luyang asked stubbornly: "Father, there is still some time before the New Year, I don't know what my father's plans are?" Why don't you go to the county seat? ”

The old man replied coldly: "Yuncheng, where the old man is located, is not much more prosperous than your Luyang?" ”

"Old man, how do you speak?"

Zhou Zhang couldn't look at it, glared at his wife angrily, and then smiled at his son-in-law and daughter: "I heard that Luyang has taken in nearly 10,000 refugees from Wanbei, right?" There's nothing wrong with it, is it? ”

"Mother rest assured."

Grateful to his mother-in-law for relieving the siege, the Marquis of Luyang arched his hand and said respectfully: "I, Luyang, implemented the strategy of cash-for-work for those refugees, and a few days ago, Duke Liu promised to allow those refugees to enter my Luyang nationality, and the refugees are very peaceful. ”

Zhou Zhang nodded with a smile, and then said to the old man: "Old man, why don't we go and see those work sites tomorrow?" Go and see the merits of your son-in-law. ”

"What's there to see?" The old man snorted lightly and said indifferently: "Cash-for-work is not an overly clever strategy, it's just picking up people's teeth and wisdom, every natural disaster in ancient times, there have been similar deeds in all dynasties, repairing cities and building river embankments, isn't it all like this?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou covered his mouth and smiled: "Dad, if you say this, Yu'er will be unhappy and give you work for relief, but Yu'er came up with it." ”

“……”

The old man's face froze suddenly, and he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu, just in time to meet his grandson's somewhat helpless gaze.

"Ahem."

I saw that in front of everyone's eyes, the old man coughed and forcibly came back: "In view of Yu'er's young age, it is really rare to be able to come up with such a method." ”

"Then let's go to Zhengxiang."

Zhou stroked his palm and said: "Zhengxiang is the work site that Yu'er is personally responsible for with the permission of Liu Gong, and the local affairs are arranged by Yu'er, I have heard Jingnu say many times, but I haven't seen it yet, just this time I took my father and mother to see it......"

"Really?"

Zhou Zhang looked at Zhao Yu in surprise.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu arched his hand and replied, "Yes, grandmother." ”

Receiving the affirmative reply from his little grandson, Zhou Zhang was surprised and delighted, and praised him: "Then I really have to go and see my grandson's merits...... What do you say, old man? ”

"Hmm." Old Man Zhou stroked his beard and looked at Zhao Yu with an affirmative gaze that seemed to be teachable.

Seeing this, the Luyang Township Marquis hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, tomorrow's son-in-law will let Zhang Chun arrange this matter......"

Hearing this, Zhou asked puzzledly, "Let Zhang Chun arrange it?" The husband is not going? ”

"I ...... I've got a little bit of something to do. The Luyang townsman glanced at the Zhou family: "That's it, you forgot?" ”

"Uh-oh."

Under the hint of her husband's gaze, Zhou suddenly nodded in understanding: "That thing...... Wasn't that a cancellation made? ”

She winked at her husband.

Looking at the stunned appearance of the Luyang Township, Zhao Yu couldn't help but want to laugh.

"It seems that only me, the son, has come to solve the siege......

Shaking his head, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Dad, when are you going to invite businessmen from Luyang and Yexian?" The child thinks you can't put it off any longer. ”

Hearing his son's words, the Luyang townsman, who was already almost desperate, suddenly perked up.

In the end, it is his own son!