In the process of preparing for the night banquet in the palace, the host Li Xiaogong took the time to introduce the identities of the next people to Chen Bodhi. Most of them are some imperial relatives surnamed Li, including Chai Shao, the Duke of Huo Guo, who just coerced the general situation to destroy the Liang Shidu. There is also the patriarch of the Guanlong Li clan, who is the "stingy" middle-aged man who used words to tease Chen Bodhi before. No wonder Li Xiaogong looked a little respectful when he spoke. It turned out to be the "head of the family".

In later generations, as a senior agent, Chen Bodhi also participated in some European court banquets. However, for the original Tang Dynasty royal banquet, Chen Bodhi is still looking forward to it.

After making preparations, Li Xiaogong beckoned everyone to move to the main hall, which had no wall on the south side of the main hall of the Li family, and was supported by several pillars. It is a semi-open-air building. When people sit in the church, they can directly see the scene in the garden outside the hall. The rich and noble families held formal banquets, and there were singing and dancing programs in the garden under the hall.

After some pushing, the "Li Clan Chief" sat in the middle position, Sun Simiao, as the longest, sat on the left, and Li Xiaogong was on the right. As for Chen Bodhi, of course, it is the most marginal position. It's just a half-grown child, if it weren't for the sake of seeing that he did something today, how could he be qualified to sit at the table. So just arrange it casually to show respect, and he will pick and choose.

There was food and drink, as well as singing and dancing, and Chen Bodhi didn't mind sitting there.

However, surprisingly, Huo Guogong Chai Shao rejected Li Xiaogong's arrangement and specially chose the position closest to Chen Bodhi to sit down.

At the beginning of the feast, a beautiful maid from Yishui came up, pouring wine for all the princes present.

The dishes of cloth are not vegetables, but mostly fruits and the like. Golden juicy apricots, cantaloupe the size of a human head, and in this era, it was still called courgette. There were also some pears, and what surprised Chen Bodhi the most was that there were a few slices of watermelon. Watermelons have spread to Middle-earth in this era? Although there are more seeds, and you will vomit for half a day when you bite into it, Chen Bodhi still eats juice splashing.

There are only a few pieces in total, and they will be cleaned in three or two clicks. I was so involved in eating that I forgot to leave some for the little one.

Knowing that he didn't have enough to eat, Chai Shao gave the share on his desk to Chen Bodhi. Chen Bodhi was embarrassed to give in.

"The elders give it, and you can't say goodbye. You kid don't even understand this? ”

"Xie Guogong, it's just that he was so forgetful of eating that he forgot to leave some for his younger sister to taste. Fortunately, there is a gift from the national government. ”

"Pity on the superiors and pity the subordinates, a good posterity."

Li Xiaogong looked at the two of them who were talking about sexuality, and ordered left and right.

I saw a man leading a live sheep, walked to the front of the hall, bowed to the hall, turned over his hand and took out a sharp knife, skillfully inserted the neck of the live sheep, killed the sheep and bleed, skinned and cut the meat.

Li Xiaogong invited all the guests to go down to the garden, came to the fat sheep that had just been killed, and invited the guests to choose the meat, see which piece of mutton was good, and cut it off with a knife. The servants on the side served different colored brocades, wrapped the mutton of their choice, and sent it to be steamed.

It was already completely dark. The servants lit up the lanterns in the garden one by one, and the whole garden was lit up.

At this moment, there was a sound of bamboo from the hall, followed by a group of kabuki. Hu Xuan dances lightly, and the feather coat is neon. First, a solo dance of a little woman in green. The waist is slender and soft as boneless. The repeated spinning and jumping made Chen Bodhi even more amazed.

"Bang Bang..."

It's not the snap you think.

It's just a clapp, why do you look at me, shouldn't you applaud if you dance so well? Thinking of this, Chen Bodhi applauded as if no one was around. This is embarrassing, and Chen Bodi is there alone in the audience like a fool.

In the end, it was the "Patriarch of the Li Clan" who understood what Chen Bodhi meant, and took the lead in applauding, and everyone applauded. This embarrassing scene was alleviated.

After this pass, the kabuki musicians performing below were also scared enough, I don't know what kind of evil wind this group of big people are smoking.

Near the end of the song, the dancing little woman also secretly glanced at Chen Bodhi.

The two looked at each other, and Chen Bodhi also threw a flattering eye, and the ears of the little woman in green with her straightforward eyes and shame were red.

"This is very special."

The little woman in green thought to herself.

Next, there is the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie. A woman of about thirty years, tied a short blade of the fish dragon with silk, flipped the short knife to the front and back, left and right, and sometimes entangled herself, the sound of the knife breaking through the air popped, and several times it flew by the tip of Chen Bodhi's nose.

Chen Bodhi looked very panicked, and even spilled wine on his body once.

This seemingly superb acting skills are clumsy and flawed in the eyes of the "Li Clan Chief".

"Funny little guy, it seems that he is also a person with a story." "Patriarch Li" smiled with a smile on his face, his eyes revealed a look of reminiscence of the past, and swallowed it with a sip of wine.

This scene was taken into the eyes of "people with hearts".

In the next banquet, Chen Bodhi concentrated on dealing with the food in front of the case, and there was no match to deal with Chai Shao's questions. The food is okay, but this wine is not very good, too light, which makes Chen Bodhi, who is used to drinking distilled spirits, feel very unhappy.

In the middle of the moon, the feast ended.

Chen Bodhi followed the servants of the Li family to a small courtyard in the front yard.

Although it is a guest room, it is also carved and painted with columns. When I entered the door, there was still a light inside.

Pushing open the bedroom door, you will be greeted by an interesting scene.

The little guy seems to have just finished taking a shower, sitting cross-legged on the bed and holding Hachiko, and is telling stories to a few little maids. The content of the story is "Little Red Riding Hood" just told yesterday, and it is almost over. Chen Bodhi didn't bother, just leaned on the door frame and listened to the little guy's serious storytelling.

The story of Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf was fascinated by the little maids.

It was the little guy who saw his brother first and threw Hachiko down. Jumped out of bed and threw himself into Chen Bodhi's arms.

Only then did the maids find that Chen Bodhi had been standing at the door for a while. Immediately apologized one by one.

"It's okay, no need to apologize, I haven't listened to the little guy's story for a long time."

"Miss Liuli's story is well told, the slave has never heard such a good story."

Seeing Chen Bodhi's good face, a little maid about seven or eight years old plucked up the courage to answer. However, after saying that, he hid his body behind the big girl in the room.

"Big girl" Jin Se, in fact, was fifteen or sixteen years old when she died.

"Childe, there is hot soup in the next room, do you want to take a bath?"

"Huh? No, I washed it in the afternoon. ”

Hearing Chen Bodhi's refusal, Jin Se did not persuade again.

"This is the cold melon that the master instructed the housekeeper to send just now? Slave cut some for you? ”

I remember that the "Yu Dan" of the Hundred Schools Forum said that everyone in the early Tang Dynasty had received the favor of Li Xiaogong, and it seems that it is indeed worthy of its reputation. Chen Bodhi sighed.

"Cut some and divide it for the little guy and the sisters who are waiting, and everyone will taste it."

"It's... Not quite right, right? Cold melon is very precious, do you want to give it to the next people? Jin Se asked uncertainly.

"I'm just a guest, and I don't have so many rules. Divide it, the little guy's saliva is out. ”

After a while, Jin Se brought in the cut watermelon. Place on the table. Chen Bodhi picked up a piece casually, put it in his mouth, and bit it with a clattering sound.

"What a casual son."

Jin Se was about to speak, and shook his head with a smile when he saw this. Continue to pick watermelon seeds for the little one with a toothpick. Can't wait if you don't see the little guy?

"Why don't you eat it?"

Chen Bodhi didn't know that if the master didn't finish eating, the servants were not qualified to eat.

Seeing that Chen Bodhi really didn't understand or didn't care about these rules, Jin Se beckoned to each of the few little maids to share a thin slice, and he also took the smallest slice.

There's a lot left on the plate.

"Why do people have to be divided into three, six, nine, and so on? These damn feudal dross. "As the successor of communism. Chen Bodhi was very angry.

The consequence of being angry is that each maid has an extra piece of watermelon in their hands.

Jin Se looked at the watermelon in his hand, and there seemed to be a warm current flowing through his heart.