Chapter 34: The Feast (1)

The tigers grew bigger and bigger, and the amount of food became bigger and bigger, and Chen Cheng was busy for a while before feeding them. When he got up from the river, wiped off the water on his body, and sat by the river to bask in the sun. There was a crisp sound of horses' hooves on the road, and a majestic voice said: "Wenzheng has done a great job!" ”

Chen Cheng jumped up from the ground when he heard this, and said with great joy: "Second Brother Guan! ”

Standing on the side of the road, the man was nine feet tall, majestic and majestic, not Guan Yu, but who else?

Chen Cheng took a few steps forward and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Guan Yu patted the wheel beside him, smiled, and said, "Big brother said that you are short of food here, so I asked you to send you four thousand stones." ”

Chen Cheng looked at the wheat and rice sprinkled in the cloth bag on the car, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and said, "How does my brother know that we are short of food here?" ”

Guan Yu said: "The people sent out by the Tianxian Order to borrow grain have all arrived in Zhuo County, how can the eldest brother not know?" ”

Liu Bei is a native of Zhuo County, and although he is now a county magistrate in the plains, he is still very concerned about the affairs of his hometown. When he heard Sun Gan talk about this, he allocated a batch of grain from the county warehouse. Because he was afraid that the robbers on the road would rob the grain, he asked Guan Yu to escort him personally.

Chen Chengxin said that it would take a long way to transport grain from the plains. Even though it is more convenient to take the main road, there is a lot of loss in it. Don't look at the fact that only 4,000 stone was transported, but the loss on the road may be more than that. The last time I met Liu Bei, he also said that he couldn't collect much tax and couldn't afford to raise soldiers, but now he has sent food all the way over, which is a great favor!

He took a step back and fell white. Guan Yu stepped forward, supported him, and said, "Okay, why did you suddenly bow down?" ”

Chen Cheng exerted his strength in his hand, broke free from Guan Yu, or bowed down, and said: "I'm not worshiping you, but thanking the plain Liu County Order for the soldiers and civilians in the city!" ”

Guan Yu's arm was numb, and he was shocked by Chen Cheng's strength, and when he heard him say this, he no longer avoided it, but stood there and was bowed by Chen Cheng. After he stood up after worshipping, Guan Yu smiled and said, "Wen is just strong. ”

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "It's just a little rough strength." ”

He saw a man dressed as a scribe riding behind Guan Yu and asked, "I haven't seen this gentleman before, I don't know how to go up and down?" ”

The scribe jumped off his horse and arched his hand: "In Xia Jianyong, the word Xianhe, I have seen Chen Xiancheng." ”

Chen Cheng looked Jian Yong up and down, saw that the other party was outstanding, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mr. Jian Yong, who is often praised by the eldest brother, I felt sorry for not seeing it last time, but I met it here today!" You're here just in time, tomorrow there's a banquet in the city, and you're just in time to be seated. The brothers in the back can also eat some wine and meat. ”

While speaking, the three tigers ran over and leaned at Chen Cheng's feet, glaring at Guan Yu and Jian Yong.

When Jian Yong saw this, his face changed slightly, and his right hand holding the reins couldn't help but tremble, and said, "This ........."

Guan Yu frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to raise such a fierce beast." ”

In this era, there is no talk of protecting animals, and ordinary people's opinion on beasts is that it is best to kill them.

Chen Cheng picked one up and said, "Oh, I raised these big cats, and I am going to send them back to the mountains at the beginning of spring next year." ”

"Tigers can eat people, so it's better to take them to the river......."

Guan Yu said this, seeing the appearance of a few fluffy half-dozen tigers, it was not easy to say that they were killed. He is arrogant and unbearable, so let him fight the tiger without saying a word, but let him kill such a small one, it is a little difficult to do it.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, Second Brother Guan and Mr. Jian have come from afar, I will arrange accommodation for the two of you first, and then arrange some food." ”

By the time the grain had been put into the warehouse, Chen Cheng had already prepared a room for Guan Yu and them in his own courtyard. There are a lot of rooms in the yard, and it doesn't take much effort to clean up two houses. Although the weather is getting cooler now, it hasn't gotten colder yet, so Chen Cheng arranged an act in the courtyard.

Although the food is simple, there is meat and vegetables, and a pot of wine is hot.

Chen Cheng first filled Guan Yu with a cup and said, "There is a shortage of food in the city, so there are few dishes, and I hope that the second brother and Mr. Jian will not dislike it." ”

Jian Yong smiled: "It's already good, I usually eat at Xuande's place, but it's just a dish and a vegetable." Now there is fish and meat, and wine, which is much better than I thought. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Now that the autumn harvest is now, the eldest brother is still so poor and self-disciplined?" ”

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Big brother has always been like this. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Second Brother Guan and his eldest brother probably didn't eat anything good, let's eat casually today, and at the banquet tomorrow, I will invite the two of you to have a good drink." ”

He explained: "The soldiers have been working hard for many days, and in the next month they will have to dig coal, and they will have to make coal stoves and ondols, which will only be busier, so let them eat something good first, so as not to lose morale." ”

Guan Yu was relieved, "I see." ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Second brother must have been thinking about my lack of food and clothing here from the beginning, and I have to be extravagant and wasteful, and maybe he will scold me a few words in his heart, right?" ”

Guan Yu was silent, as if he had acquiesced.

Chen Cheng smiled: "Now that I know that I am not the one who wastes at will, can I drink this wine?" ”

Guan Yu picked up the wine glass and said "please", and then drank it all, only to feel the spicy and fiery feeling rushing to the top of his head, so that he couldn't help but say: "Good wine!" ”

"If the second brother likes it, bring a few jars when you go back, and let the eldest brother and the third brother Zhang taste it."

Chen Cheng pulled Zhao Yun over and said, "This is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, a brave general under General Gongsun Zhonglang." Zilong, this is Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, that is, the second brother Guan I often mention to you. This Mr. Jian Yongjian is Liu Countyling's right-hand man, I have heard of it for a long time, but it is also the first time I have seen it today. ”

He poured Zhao Yun a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "My friendship with Zilong is extraordinary, I am him, he is me, although the second brother is martial arts, but if it is about courage, Zilong may not be inferior!" ”

Guan Yu squinted his eyes and looked over, and saw that Zhao Yun was eight feet long, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sitting in the middle of the precarious position, still majestic.

But what a proud man he was? In terms of martial arts alone, even the third brother Zhang Fei was not convinced, and his face showed a look of disapproval.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng said: "More than a month ago, Zhonglang will go out of the city to fight against the enemy, Zilong led thirty horsemen to rampage the enemy formation, seize both flags, behead the seventeenth level, and bravely crown the three armies!" ”

Guan Yu treated Zhao Yun squarely at this time, he raised his wine glass, and said, "Good martial arts!" ”

After drinking the wine in the cup, he said, "What a guts! ”

He also followed Liu Bei to fight from the battle formation, how could he not know how brave it was to be able to behead the seventeenth level? Therefore, he said these two sentences sincerely, without a trace of falsification.

Zhao Yun also picked up the wine glass, drank it all, looked at Chen Cheng again, and said without changing his face: "Second brother has a good amount of wine." ”

"Hey, you're drinking a lot of alcohol too!"

Both of them were long and strong warriors, and they said something about the battle array, and they felt a sense of pity for each other. Chen Cheng and Jian Yong persuaded wine on the side, one cup after another. In a short time, a pot of wine was already drunk. Before Chen Cheng could take out the wine again, Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Today is already fun, leave it for tomorrow." ”

Chen Cheng gave up. The four of them rested separately and soon fell asleep.

The next day, the soldiers and civilians in the city knew that the county order was going to feast everyone today, and they all changed into their best clothes. The big guy has worked hard for a long time, and he finally took a breath, and he was ready to eat and drink. There are even some people who didn't eat yesterday afternoon and are waiting to eat more today.

Tian Yu and Chen Cheng did not disappoint them, they took out a lot of dried meat, salted fish, and wild vegetables, and boiled them in a large pot, so that everyone could let go of their stomachs and eat wildly. Chen Cheng also mixed a lot of water into the wine with a water tank, and then moved out for the soldiers and civilians in the city to drink.

Mixing with water..... Hey, it's good not to mix wine into the water. In fact, the main reason is that after drinking a high degree of alcohol last time, many people went up, some people fell asleep, and some people drank too much and began to get drunk, so they had to mix some water for them this time.

While others were eating and drinking, Chen Cheng was opening a small stove on the side of the school field. Originally, he only planned to invite twenty people to the banquet, but after the news spread, there were many people who wanted to add in. Even the banquet where the county order and the county magistrate are invited, all the leading people in the city are invited, so as long as there is a little ability and people who think they have some ability, they have to sharpen their heads and drill into it.

There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people. There are a lot of wounded people in Guanzi City, but there are still thousands of people. With so many people, it is natural to divide into different positions and different classes. Being able to participate in today's banquet is the treatment that only the leading people in the city can have.

This truth is not only clear to Chen Cheng, but also to Tian Yu. As soon as the two of them combined, they simply added a few more pairs of chopsticks, and set the number at forty, which doubled at once. The banquet started in the afternoon, but many people arrived in the morning. While the people outside were still drinking, eating, singing, and dancing, they gathered in twos and threes, talking about the past and the present.

When Tian Yu took off his shoes and stepped into the hall, the soldiers called loudly: "The county order has arrived!" ”

Everyone immediately quieted down, stood on the edge of their seats, and said not so neatly: "Tian County Order!" ”

There are also those called "Captain Tian" and "General Tian".

Tian Yu sat down on the top seat, looked left and right, and said, "Hasn't the county lieutenant and the county leader arrived yet?" ”

Before the words fell, there was a burst of laughter from the hall, it was the people who came before they laughed, Chen Cheng laughed and said: "It's a little slower than the country." ”

He walked straight up to the hall, and Zhao Yun led Guan Yu and Jian Yong into a seat.

Tian Yu smiled: "Why did Wenzheng come late? Today you are the master, I am just here to accompany the wine. Everyone has been waiting for a long time, but this wine and food have not been served yet, and they should be punished with three glasses of wine! You say don't you? ”

"Deserve the punishment!"

"Exactly, please drink three cups of county!"

Everyone in the hall, except for a few people, most of them were rough people who didn't know how to write and ink, and when they heard Tian Yu's words, they couldn't help but coax together, and some people knocked on the table and said loudly: "Why don't you let me drink for the county!" ”

"Han Laosan, you are gluttonous and drunk!"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Cheng stood still in the hall, stretched out his hand and pressed it downward, and the sound of coaxing suddenly became quieter. He looked left and right and said, "Everyone is here, then let's not be verbose, just serve the food!" But this drinking has to have a name, there are not many of us here, and it's not so easy to cheat and drink! ”

"This is good!" Guan Shanhe patted the table in front of him and shouted: "Why don't we try our martial arts, and if we win, we will drink a big cup!" ”

"It's better than whom, who's afraid of whom!"

Tian Yu also smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I'm afraid I won't be able to drink." ”

Chen Cheng smiled and shouted to the hall: "Lift up!" ”

The sergeants carried things up in threes, fives, fives, and fives, and in addition to a few large dings filled with beef and mutton, there were also a few bags of arrows and an empty pot. He smiled and said: "Today's banquet should be a happy one, how bad is the scenery of fighting and killing?" Let's play pitcher! ”

Tian Yu laughed and said to everyone in the hall: "If you play this, you may not be able to win me." ”