Chapter 32: The Birthday Banquet
The sky has completely darkened, and there is no moon in the sky, although He Jiazhuang looks bright in the daytime, and the scenery is somewhat pleasant, but at night, it is dark outside, and even a few beasts can occasionally be heard, which adds a bit of loneliness to Zhuangzi, but this atmosphere is temporarily diluted by the liveliness of He Taiweng's house.
"Taiweng, I wish you a long life than Nanshan, and every year there is a future!"
As today's old birthday star, Mrs. He looked at the family full of guests and friends, wave after wave of people came forward to congratulate him, the smile on his face has never diminished, especially the arrival of the Cui sisters and brothers, which makes him feel more faced, as for the Zhou lady, although he does not know his identity, but his appearance is gorgeous, and it really adds a lot of color to his birthday banquet.
After receiving the congratulations of the guests, Mrs. He raised his glass and said with a smile: "Everyone came to celebrate the birthday of the little old man, the little old man is really grateful, this time everyone must eat and drink well!" β
After listening to his words, the guests raised their glasses and sat down with a smile.
The Tang Dynasty is different from the Han and Wei dynasties, due to the experience of the Wuhu and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it has become a trend to sit with the feet down, and the chairs in the people's homes have been seen everywhere, but the table of the Eight Immortals in later generations has not been seen in the Tang Dynasty because it began in Liaojin, and the tables in the Tang Dynasty are all long and wide, and a table can accommodate more than 12 people, looking very majestic.
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was also extremely open, and women could serve at the table, and even men and women could share the table, although there was a cloud in the "Book of Rites: Internal Rules": "For seven years, men and women did not eat together." However, these dogmas have not been well promoted in the Tang Dynasty, so the guests here can be described as old and young, men and women, and the scene is also very festive and lively.
"Zhou Niangzi, in Xia He Yong, ranked eleven among his peers in the clan, known as Eleven Lang, I also want to toast you, I don't know if you can appreciate your face?" At this time, a young man in his early twenties was raising a glass and smiling at her in front of Zhou Hongxian.
Zhou Hongxian's amount of alcohol is actually not bad, as soon as there is a party in the company in her previous life, her principle is not to take the initiative to provoke trouble, but she is not afraid of things, as long as someone asks her to drink, she will gladly clink glasses, and she will drink as much as the other party drinks, not ambiguous at all, this is an honest person drinking honest wine. But today's Zhou Hongxian is full of distress, and said in his heart that this is already the first, from He Da to He Eleven, it seems that there is a He Jiu missing in the middle, are you here to persuade you to drink one by one?
Zhou Hongxian glanced at Cui Yu and found that the little girl was snickering leisurely, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in her heart. In fact, there are not many young people present today who want to respect Cui Yu's wine, but everyone knows that she is the daughter of the county order, so she has some scruples, and Cui Yu also looks at people when she drinks, if she is not interested in the toaster, she will faintly throw out a sentence "I am not strong enough to drink", refusing people thousands of miles away, those toasters can only give up, and over time their goals are all aimed at Zhou Hongxian.
Zhou Hong is now an honest person, where was she embarrassed to refuse at first, but seeing Cui Yu like this, she finally started to be ruthless in her heart, and decided to no longer care about the other party's face, so she waved her hand and said: "No, my alcohol is so far, I'm really sorry!" β
He Yong looked at Zhou Hongxian's slightly drunk and delicate face, his eyes were straight and a little unwilling at the same time, you must know that Zhou Hongxian's previous refusal had left him with the impression of a bold woman, and his brothers of the same generation had already drunk with him, and he stopped abruptly when he came here, how could he be willing to let go of his face? He pleaded: "Zhou Niangzi, in fact, I am the youngest among my peers, this time I will drink three cups, Lady, you can drink one cup, can you?" β
"So?" Zhou Hongxian hesitated a little after hearing this, she felt that it was indeed a bit unreasonable not to give face to a person, so she said: "Okay, I'll have a drink with you!" I don't take advantage of you, everyone is worth a cup, but if you have something to say, this is really the last cup, and I won't drink anyone after that! β
He Yong said with a happy face: "The lady is so refreshing, how dare I not agree?" Ladies please rest assured, I promise this is the last cup, no matter who comes after that, I will block it for the lady! β
When Zhou Hongxian heard this, she felt that this buddy was not bad, but she didn't know what He Yong was thinking: "Hehe, I thought that I was the youngest in the rankings and suffered a big loss, but I didn't expect to take a big advantage!" In this way, I became the finale, and if someone comes to toast Zhou Niangzi again, I will block it for her, Zhou Niangzi will inevitably look at me differently, with her bold personality, I will take the initiative to get close to me! β
So, the two of them had their own ideas and drank a cup happily, but just when they had finished drinking and had not had time to light up the bottom of the cup, a man suddenly broke in recklessly outside the house.
The guests present were all stunned by this reckless person, and then looked at it, and saw that this person was pale and sweaty, and his expression was very panicked, and everyone felt puzzled, but many people recognized who it was at a glance.
During the banquet, He Taiweng's second son, He Ping, suddenly stood up and shouted at the intruder: "Jiulang, what kind of system have you become!" Today is your father's birthday, why did you return at this time, and you still looked so panicked? β
It turned out that this person was He An, the son of He Ping, and it was He Jiu, who Zhou Hongxian found out that there was one person missing. However, at this time, the panic on He An's face did not diminish at all, and he chattered his teeth and said: "Ahhh β
As soon as he said this, all the guests present were surprised, but no one was afraid, after all, there were more than a hundred people present, and most of them thought that he was talking nonsense, and some people were even snickering in private.
He Ping looked at the expressions of the guests around him, and saw that He Taiweng's face had sunk, and he also felt that his face was a little unbearable, so he shouted: "Bastard, you don't look at what the occasion is today, as soon as you enter the door, you will say such mourning words, go back to your house, there is no place for you here!" β
He An was very afraid of He Ping, and when he drank like this, he suddenly felt excited, and then he didn't care about the eyes of others looking at him like a fool, and only stumbled towards the back house. At this time, He Ping's face showed apology and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, the dog really made everyone laugh!" β
The people present, whether they were good or malicious, laughed twice. There was also a humane during the banquet: "Second brother, looking at Jiulang's situation, maybe he was really scared by something, you'd better find someone to see him!" β
He Ping also felt a little uneasy when he heard this, so he said to his wife Liu: "You go and see Jiulang!" β
Liu nodded and left, and the feast was lively again for a moment, and some of them were already talking about the matter with great interest.
"Brother-in-law, did you say that Jiulang really met a ghost?"
"What the hell is not a ghost? I am familiar with Wang Fuzi's "On Balance", this is a simple nonsense, only mediocre people will believe it! β
"You can't say that, I'd rather believe what you have than what you don't!"
"I agree with my brother-in-law's words, ghosts are vain, Jiulang must have come back late, and he was afraid of being punished by his elders, so he came up with such a set of rhetoric, hehe, he is too naΓ―ve!"
Listening to these discussions at the adjacent table, Cui Yu was quite interested, and she couldn't help but ask Zhou Hongxian: "Sister Zhou, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?" β
Zhou Hong didn't know how to answer for a while, she wanted to say that I definitely didn't believe it in my last life, but now, think about yourself, or- "Believe it a little!" β
Cui Yu's eyes lit up suddenly, and she said happily: "Really, sister, have you ever seen those things?" β
"Nope!" Zhou Hongxian didn't want to say more about this, so he simply denied it.
Cui Yu pursed her lips, held her cheeks and said, "I thought my sister had seen it!" Hey, I've loved watching "Sou Shen Ji" since I was a child, and I think the story in it is interesting, but I've never seen it with my own eyes, it's a pity! β
Zhou Hongxian was a little moved after hearing this, but she was afraid that Cui Yu was Ye Gong's good dragon, so she only smiled and didn't say anything.
After such a small episode, the birthday banquet went on happily for half an hour before it gradually came to an end. The guests began to disperse, and Zhou Hongxian also helped Cui Yu into the backyard under the guidance of one of He Taiweng's granddaughters, Cui Yu was already drunk, although she refused many people's toasts, but she actually didn't drink less, most of them were still her deadlifting Zhou Hongxian to clink glasses.
"Hehe, Sister Zhou, you had a great time drinking tonight! It's so nice to have no me Aya and A-Niang nagging on the side! Cui Yu leaned on Zhou Hongxian's arms all the way, grinning loudly, but Cui Ye, who was followed behind her, had bright eyes, and silently wrote down every word she said in her heart.
At this time, she had already walked to the bedroom, Cui Yu turned her head sharply and said viciously to Cui Ye: "Xiao Wu, what I said tonight is not allowed to be told to A-Niang when I go back, do you know?" β
Cui Ye's big eyes flickered, and he said in a milky voice: "Fourth sister, I have always been on your side!" β
"This is still like a saying, the fourth sister didn't hurt you in vain!" Cui Yu touched Cui Ye's head, and said, "Okay, go back to the next room to sleep, don't follow up, you are not allowed to enter the woman's room, do you know?" β
"Oh." Cui Ye nodded, said goodnight to the two, and went into the next room alone.
Zhou Hongxian looked at the door that had been closed, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Wu is really good!" β
Cui Yu smiled "sneering": "What are you doing?" Sister don't be deceived by his appearance, this kid is a big ghost, he is a spy sent to me by my mother, as long as he follows me, my every move is controlled by him! β
Zhou Hongxian: "... β
During the conversation, the two also pushed the door into the house, although Cui Yu was not drunk and unconscious, but she was also a little top-heavy, she was just helped to the side of the bed by Zhou Hongxian, and lay down without saying a word, and she was coquettish: "Sister Zhou, Siniang is so thirstyββ"
Zhou Hongxian said: "Wait a minute, I'll pour you a cup of tea!" β
Cui Yu immediately grinned and said with a charming smile: "Sister Zhou, you are so good to Siniang!" β
Zhou Hongxian shook his head with a smile, poured tea and helped Cui Yu drink it, but Cui Yu untied her clothes again, and said, "Sister, Siniang thinks it's so hot!" β
Zhou Hongxian looked panicked, and hurriedly said: "I can't take it off!" β
Cui Yu's pink little face was a little puzzled: "What's the matter, sister, what's the matter with Siniang taking off her clothes?" β
"No, Siniang, I-hey, it's very cold this day, what should you do if you take off your clothes and get cold?"
"But I'm sweating, I feel so sticky, I want to take a shower!"
"What, you still have to bathe?"
"Sister, I feel so dirty if I don't bathe!"
Zhou Hongxian felt a little crying and laughing, she said, "Okay, I'll go get you bath water!" β
Without much effort, Zhou Hongxian gave Cui Yu a bucket full of bath water with the help of the He family, and at this time, Cui Yu saw Zhou Hongxian turn around to leave, and hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Sister, you stay and wash with me!" β
Zhou Hongxian's pretty face turned red, but he didn't dare to look back and said: "This can't be done, I'm not used to bathing with people!" With that, she gently broke away from Cui Yu's hand, and hurriedly closed the door and left.
In the room, Cui Yu was left alone, she stripped naked, revealing her youthful and wonderful carcass, and soaked herself in the bathtub, the steaming heat covering her little face even more watery. Suddenly, she leaned her head back on the bath bucket and smiled sweetly: "Sister Zhou is so bold when she drinks, but she is so shy when I invite her to take a bath, she is so gentle and cute!" No, I have to find a way to keep her in Husu County, I want to see her every day in the future! β