On the night of August 14, Ning's mansion was bustling.

Mid-Autumn Festival is the most important day of reunion for the people besides Chinese New Year's Eve, and families gather together to spend the festival. Because of the importance of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all walks of life also have the need for mutual feasts and celebrations, and in general, in order to avoid conflicts with family reunions, such civil gatherings will be arranged on August 14.

This night's Ning Mansion was very lively, in addition to Ning Yudie inviting a group of little sisters to the house, Master Ning's side had already been staggered.

Master Ning and Master Ning San have always had a good relationship since they formed an alliance, so in Lord Ning's guest list tonight, there are also several capable stewards of Master Ning San and his subordinates, Tan Wenshi, as the chief steward under Master Ning San, is naturally also among the guests, and the seat is only in the second place of Master Ning San.

Since Tan Wenshi was sitting in such an important position, there would naturally be many people who would come to toast him, in addition, Master Ning San excused himself that he was not suitable for drinking at the beginning of his serious illness, so he asked Tan Wenshi to drink on his behalf, and Tan Wenshi couldn't help but be poured cup after cup until he was drunk.

Over the years, Tan Wenshi has been a lot of people in the wine field for Ning San, although it is not a thousand glasses, but when drinking, it is definitely not fatal, so he has a reputation for drinking heroically. Today, being poured cup after cup like this, I can't help but gradually straighten my eyes, and there is enough phantom in front of me.

Fortunately, Tan Wenshi still has the last bit of sanity, he knows that he has drunk too much, and he also knows that he has a tense relationship with the third master now. At this moment, the third master was sitting next to him, and people who drank too much were prone to say the wrong thing, so Tan Wenshi wanted to leave first, so as not to say something that should not be said in front of the third master.

But as soon as Tan Wenshi stood up, he was pressed back by Master Ning, who suddenly appeared. Master Ning said with some displeasure: "Steward Tan has been on the rise recently, and he has become the chief steward under the third hand, but he didn't expect to pick up the shelf like this as soon as he became the chief steward." ”

Tan Wenshi hurriedly waved his hand and said that there was nothing to do.

Master Ning said again: "Since you are not taking a shelf, why are you in a hurry to leave?" On weekdays, you are known to be a steward of Tan's heroism in drinking, and I know that this is not your amount at all. ”

Tan Wenshi had no choice but to get up and respectfully salute Master Ning, and said, "It's me who makes the eldest master unhappy, and I punish myself for a cup." ”

After drinking, Tan Wenshi said with a big tongue: "It's not that I take the shelf, it's just that my wife is about to give birth, I'm afraid that I will drink too much, and my hands and feet will not be serious, and after going home for a while, it will be noisy and disturb her rest." ”

Master Ning smiled and said, "It turns out that Steward Tan is also going to be a father, congratulations." I am also a father, and of course I understand the mood of Steward Tan. ”

After speaking, Master Ning beckoned a maid from the side and said, "You accompany Steward Tan to the courtyard." ”

Master Ning patted Tan Wenshi's shoulder and said, "The scenery in my yard is good, you go to the yard for a walk, sober up first." ”

"Thank you, sir!" After getting the opportunity to leave the table, Tan Wenshi immediately thanked Master Ning with a sigh of relief, and then followed the steps of the leading maid and stumbled out of the banquet hall

It was too uncomfortable to sit next to Ning San and drink, Ning San used the excuse of recovering from a serious illness as an excuse not to drink at all, and Tan Wenshi was poured cup after cup, Tan Wenshi was really afraid that he would say the wrong thing in front of the third master after drinking too much, and he would be pinched by the third master.

Now there is a pool of stagnant water between him and the third master on the surface, but in fact, there is tension, Tan Wenshi can hide from the third master now, and under the pretext that Xue Qianqian is about to give birth, Tan Wenshi has pushed away many occasions where he may meet with the third master.

But today is different, because when Master Ning's people sent an invitation, the little guy inadvertently leaked a mouth, saying that Master Ning's family would invite the female relatives of the clan to the banquet, and the one on Xu Ning Street would also come.

When he heard this, Tan Wenshi's heart instantly panched. Master Ning will invite the Ning family's daughters to come to the house, and who else is the Ning family's daughters on Xu Ning Street besides Ningxia Qing?

Tan Wenshi knew that Ning Xia Qing had been invited to the banquet in the Hefeng Pavilion tonight, but Ning Xia Qing had rarely appeared in this kind of thing, and almost all of them were done by the shopkeeper of Hua Caiyuan. Since this is the case, Tan Wenshi naturally thinks that Ningxia Qing will definitely not go to the Hefeng Pavilion, but will come to Master Ningda.

Tan Wenshi agreed to come over without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, after he arrived here, he inquired and found out that the so-called Lord Ning invited the female relatives of the clan to the banquet, but Ning Yudie invited a few female babies to the banquet. And the so-called Ning Clan's female dependents on Xu Ning Street are not referring to Ningxia Qing who Tan Wenshi thought about in the evening, but Ningxia Zi who didn't even have a full hair.

Tan Wenshi sat in Master Ning's courtyard, the more he thought about it, the more he felt ridiculous, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt humble.

Actually, I just wanted to see her.

Tan Wenshi looked at the moon in the sky, the moon hung there forever, but it was always cruel and distant.

Tan Wenshi's heart couldn't help but be soaked with bursts of sourness, and he sighed softly desolately, deciding to go home now, so as not to meet the third master again. So he stood up, and then he didn't know anything.

The world is full of conditions, and the peaceful luxury of being able to get on the table will always belong to only a few people.

For most of the others, only cats can be in dark and obscure corners, abandoning dignity and decency, working desperately for the nobles, in order to beg for food from the nobles.

Master Ning's banquet was piled up with fish, shrimp, wine and meat, but the people in the house were different, not only did the people not enjoy half of it, but they also had to be more and more busy on the eve of such a festive festival for the sake of the nobles' celebration.

A middle-aged man with a dark face and bruises on his forehead and hands squatted in the corner. The night of August 14 was not hot for a long time, but the man kept stretching out his hand to wipe his sweat, as if he had just finished a big day.

Even the hour of lighting has passed, and this sturdy and rough middle-aged man has not even had time to eat dinner, and has been busy like a top for the scenery banquet of Master Ning.

Among the hundreds of house slaves in Master Ning's family, this middle-aged man is not an exception.

He crouched in the corner, looking at the tips of his shoes by the moonlight, and was shocked to realize that the tips of his shoes had fluffed at some point, and they were about to tear. He couldn't help but spat angrily. Now these shoes are so expensive, but they are so unworn, it's really infuriating!

He raised his desolate eyes and looked at the night sky, his eyes full of sadness.

Speaking of which, he was a hard-working man, born humble, and he was still the most inferior coolie for so many years, and the wife he married was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but he actually cuckolded him outside, and he was so angry that he beat the cheap woman fiercely.

Unexpectedly, this matter spread out, and there were many discussions among the subordinates, and the impact was not very good, and the housekeeper happened to be angry, thinking that he had no ability and had a lot to do, and he wanted to send him away when he was unhappy.

However, after that, the housekeeper suddenly came to tell him that the eldest master meant that he still wanted him to stay and do things, but the housekeeper meant that the eldest master would let him go only if he was merciful, and the eldest master was a little uncertain in his heart, and he didn't know if he would cause trouble in the future.

Lu Xiaocai understood the meaning of the housekeeper's words, and stuffed a small piece of silver that he had saved hard-earned for the housekeeper very well, and begged the housekeeper to say good things to him in front of the eldest master. The housekeeper weighed the money, and then reluctantly agreed to vouch for Lu Xiaocai in front of the eldest master.

Lu Xiaocai was very annoyed, because that not only disgraced herself, but also made herself have to break the cost this time, which made Lu Xiaocai more and more angry the more he thought about it, and his mouth immediately foamed.

Lu Xiaocai was squatting in the corner, and a middle-aged man with a hunched back suddenly walked up to him, squatted down next to him, and took out a pot of wine from his arms.

Lu Xiaocai glanced at the other party, didn't speak, naturally took the wine from the other party's hand, and poured a big sip of bitterness without thinking about it.

The mouth full of bubbles was passed by the spirits like this, and Lu Xiaocai screamed in pain.

The person next to him snatched the flask and said, "I got this with great difficulty, you drink less and leave some for me." ”

The wine jug in Lu Xiaocai's hand was taken away, and he stared at his own shoes alone in despair, while looking at the hairy, whitened toe of his shoes, while enduring the stinging pain in his mouth.

The person next to him drank several sips of wine, as if he was a little drunk, and said: "Okay, don't think about that bit of in your family, now that it's hard to stay and do things, you should think about how to gain a foothold here, I can tell you, now everyone is looking at your jokes, you don't have a good time." ”

Lu Xiaocai pouted: "Look at my jokes? ”

"Not really!" The man swore and said, "Who doesn't know the little in your house, and now who doesn't poke you in the back in the back!" ”

Lu Xiaocai couldn't help but scold fiercely when he heard this: "Stinky! ”

The people next to him saluted Lu Xiaocai, Lu Xiaocai had just been in severe pain, but now he seemed to be numb, and drank silently one after another, and the night at this time was suddenly filled with a depressed, could erupt at any time, and a gloomy and hopeless silence.

Lu Xiaocai was aggrieved in his heart, so he just cared about drinking one sip after another, and the people next to him didn't stop him, but after Lu Xiaocai drank the wine, he muttered: "You have robbed Lao Tzu of all the wine, and Lao Tzu will not drink with you next time." ”

Lu Xiaocai only wiped his mouth, didn't answer, stood up and stomped his feet, feeling that his legs were a little numb.

The person next to him gave the wine jug to Lu Xiaocai and said, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Hurry up, the kitchen will run out of food in a while. By the way, help me get this flask and this knife to the kitchen. ”

A boning knife and a wine jug were stuffed into Lu Xiaocai's hand.

Lu Xiaocai looked at the boning knife, and in the night, the knife glowed with a cold and eerie white light. The man who gave him the knife said, "If I had not promised to sharpen the knife for the old man in the kitchen, how could the old man have stolen this jug of wine from me?" Anyway, you're going to the kitchen to find food, so help me return the knife and jug to the old man in the kitchen. ”

Lu Xiaocai nodded numbly, his eyes were straight, he staggered a little when he walked, and walked away with a wine burp.

When Tan Wenshi woke up, there was darkness in front of him.

He only felt that his heart was blank for a moment, and then he remembered in a trance that he was thinking about Ning Ningqing in Master Ning's courtyard, and then somehow, he didn't know anything. Did he faint? How could he faint? Could it be that I drank too much tonight?

Where is this? Look at it in a room. Did Master Ning send someone to send him back to his home? Or did Master Ning place him in the empty room of his house?

Tan Wenshi sat up with his forehead in severe pain, feeling a little cold, and when he raised his arm, he was surprised to find that he was not wearing a shirt.

Tan Wenshi was a little confused, could it be that he was drinking a fragment? But as soon as he turned his head, he found that on the bed where he was lying, there was a naked woman!

He immediately sensed that something was wrong, and slammed from the bed to the ground, only to see several clothes on the ground, he grabbed one and wanted to put it on first, but realized that it was not his own clothes, and by the faint moonlight that came through the window paper, he thought that it was probably a woman's clothes, and it must be the clothes of the woman on the bed!

It's over, it's over, it must be someone's plan. Tan Wenshi immediately squatted down and tried hard to identify it, barely found his clothes, and hurriedly put them on himself before he had time to think about it.

Just when Tan Wenshi hurriedly put clothes on himself, there was a "squeak", and the door was pushed open!

Lu Xiaocai walked to the kitchen with a wine jug in one hand and a boning knife in the other, and when he passed by his small dilapidated house, he saw that the doors and windows of the house were closed, and even the lights were gone.

The moonlight shone in through the window paper, and Lu Xiaocai saw that a strange man was sneakily dressing!

With a "clang", the wine jug in Lu Xiaocai's hand fell to the ground, Lu Xiaocai finally couldn't bear this kind of life anymore, and stabbed the knife in his hand at the suspicious man!