Chapter 19: The Night Feast
The living room was brightly lit, and on the chief of the Big Eight Immortals table, there was a young Xie Te, and on the main seat sat the master Chen family father and son, accompanied by the chief Wang Jiagui and several village elders.
The father and son of the Chen family diligently distributed dishes and persuaded wine, and the accompanying guests flattered, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors on the dishes, and the atmosphere was strong, the servant Ah Fu came in and whispered in the ears of the Chen family's father and son. Seeing that Chen's father frowned tighter the more he listened, Chen Qinghua looked at Xie Yucheng and opened his mouth, as if he had something to say but it was inconvenient to speak, and he seemed in a dilemma.
At this time, a village elder was toasting Xie Yucheng, Xie Yucheng signaled to pause, then turned to the Chen family father and son, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, what's wrong?" ”
Father Chen smiled awkwardly: "Oh, it's my cheap aunt Liu Kejun, he brought Liu Daworm out of the ancestral hall, knowing that everyone was eating here, and said that he asked to see the commissioner...... hey, this is difficult for the old man." ”
"Yo, this surnamed Liu, don't you know that you don't want to see him at this table? This cheeky is thick enough. The village elder who toasted Xie Yucheng was unhappy and teased.
"Uncle, this ...... Dad, what do you call this, everyone drinks so well...... It's better to let him go back directly. Chen Qinghua said as he got up and pulled out his chair, ready to go out to send people.
Father Chen stopped his son from getting up, glanced at Xie Yucheng carefully, and asked softly, "People are at the door, commissioner, look...... Did you send him back? ”
Xie Yuzhen's mind turned: According to common sense, the Liu family's money has been spent and the disaster has disappeared, and the people have received it, shouldn't they go back immediately? Knowing that he was not welcomed, he was cheeky and forced to squeeze in...... What's in the picture? It seems that this Second Master Liu is not ......simple, this embarrassment is embarrassing, if he insists on not seeing it, it will inevitably make everyone at the same table suspicious. Moreover, open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend. Xie Yucheng firmly believes that it is better to let people set up carriages and horses in front of the gong and drum in front of them than to let people play some demon moths in secret...... Thinking of this, he smiled lightly:
"Uncle, Brother Qinghua, according to our rules, stepping on this point to rub the table, generally ready to pay for the ......, since he insists on coming in, let him come in, it's a relative."
When Chen's father heard this, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he hurriedly motioned for his son to go out to attract guests. Xie Yucheng waited for Chen Qinghua to go out, picked up the bowl and turned to the village elder opposite, "This old man, we haven't drunk the wine just now, come, I respect you." I wish you a long and 100 years old. ”
The old man of the village hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and smiled: "The commissioner is not only honest and honest, but also respects the old and loves the young, which is really a rare good official...... This cup of young man wishes you a prosperous future! Come, drink. ”
Wang Jiagui listened to the two answers, glanced at Xie Yucheng, who was sitting on the top of the chief, remembered the scene in the attic, and snorted disdainfully: Honest? Incorruptible fart. What does the old fox know? That's two little yellow croakers and a whole fifty oceans...... Thinking like this, at this time, I heard the young man opposite laugh and said, "Uncle has won the award." Personally, I think that if you don't become the master of the people, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes ......", Wang Jiagui listened, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh in his heart: I said why is he already in a high position at a young age? Look, this skin is not ordinary thick, tsk...... cough, the world is as black as a crow, compared to them, my Wang Jiagui is a great good person......
While speaking, Chen Qinghua led a fat man in a silk shirt in, and when Wang Jiagui saw this, he immediately got up, his face was full of joy, and he stepped forward. Some of the four or five village elders sat upright, two got up to greet them, and another moved the bench halfway sideways, hesitated, but put it back and sat down again.
Xie Yucheng felt that Liu Daworm and his father Liu Kejun were like being printed in the same mold, but his father Liu Kejun was more happy, only to see that he was fat under the lights, like a bear with clumsy and pleasing movements.
"Qinghua, I think about it, I still have to come over to meet the commissioner,......" but seeing that this bear looked forward to Zixiong as soon as he entered the door, he took off his top hat and handed it to the servant Ah Fu next to him, and nodded absentmindedly to Wang Jiagui who approached him, as if he had said hello, and then his eyes quickly locked on the chief, completely ignoring the two village elders with gray beards and eyebrows who were also approaching, he went straight past them, walked towards the table, and a few steps away from Xie Yucheng first shortened himself, and his face was squeezed into a few mountain beams. A pair of bear eyes smiled into two crescents:
"This ...... Presumably it was Mr. Commissioner from Nanjing. Oh, it's really young and promising, young and promising. ”
"Oh, Second Master Liu, right? Second Master Liu has won the award, but the official actually has no ability, and he just relies on a little ancestral shade and is stained with the light of the family...... Hehe, this is early, it's better to come by coincidence, here at the young master of Tsinghua University, Second Master Liu is a distinguished guest, let's take a seat, we have just sat down not long ago. Xie Yucheng smiled and stretched out his hand to invite.
"Oh good, good, good, thank you, thank you. The commissioner is so young and has become so old and skilled, it's really embarrassing......" Liu Kejun complimented again, and Xie Yucheng hummed politely. Everyone re-seated, Chen Qinghua asked Ah Fu to explain to the kitchen to add a few more dishes, re-lifted the wine jug, and added wine to everyone one by one.
Pouring the wine in front of Liu Kejun, Liu Kejun gently stretched out his hand and held down the wine jug, looked up at Chen Qinghua, and said sincerely: "Qinghua...... Today, your cousin has disgraced my old face. You sit down and rest, I'll sift the wine, and I'll make amends to all the relatives and friends here. As he spoke, he stood up, patted Chen Qinghua on the shoulder, and then said to everyone: "Mr. Commissioner, all the relatives and friends here, the dog is so offended today, I, Liu Kejun, have no way to teach my son, I will punish myself three cups first, I dare not ask for forgiveness, I just hope that everyone can dissipate their anger!" ”
As he spoke, he poured himself a pot of wine, filled a bowl, and held it to Xie Yucheng, "This first cup, thank the commissioner for raising his noble hand." After speaking, he tilted his neck and showed the bowl to everyone, and poured the pot again, and the jade-colored wine flowed out of the mouth of the clay pot, and fell into the bowl in a thin line...... A few village elders with white beards muttered to themselves, did the sun come out in the west today? When did the people of the Liu family in Xikou also apologize? It's weird.
Wang Jiagui was confused by Liu Kejun's actions. This Second Master Liu is not stupid, right? It is said that it is a self-punishment of three cups, but everyone uses a ceramic rice bowl produced in Jingdezhen, this bowl of wine is half a catty, this daughter red is Wang Jiagui's home brew, his own wine is known, the entrance is soft, but the stamina is long, it is easy for people to drink too much inadvertently. Besides, if you pour it like this at the wine table, it will be easy to attract a siege next. Before... I've only heard of Second Master Liu's ruthlessness, but I haven't heard of how powerful Second Master Liu is at drinking...... Now that his baby son Liu Daworm has been rescued, the night is not early, the father and son are not in a hurry to go home, he is a father, but he comes here to make a fool of himself, it is really unpredictable.
Most of the people at the table couldn't react, and they were all in a state of aphasia for the time being, as if they had acquiesced to Liu Kejun's words on the surface. For a while, everyone was staring at him and pouring himself a drink...... The scene was very awkward.