Zhang Liao said as he put down the box in his hand and opened it gently, and a sweet smell spread in the living room.

Mi Zhen has been staring at the box just now, because the box has a picture of Chang'e running to the moon, I thought there was some exquisite white porcelain in it, since the last time I got a pair of exquisite white porcelain vases, Mi Zhen often shows off in front of her playmates, but if anyone wants to touch it, it is absolutely not allowed, now, there are a lot of white porcelain in Xuzhou City, but they are all tableware, and such ornaments like vases are the only one, even in Mi Zhu's room, but when she stretches her head, But I found that the box was not porcelain, nor jewelry, but four round golden pastries.

Zhang Liao saw that Mi Zhen had a little disdain on her face, and said with a smile: "Little sister, don't look down on this thing, this is called moon cakes, I dare to guarantee that you have never eaten it, and besides, money in this Xuzhou city can't buy it." ”

Mi Zhen seemed to be a little unconvinced, reached out and picked up one, smelled it, and sure enough, the fragrance was fragrant, and she was about to take a bite when she opened her mouth.

Zhang Liao hurriedly stopped her and said: "Brother Zizhong, little sister, you see, this moon cake is not like the moon on August 15, so it is more meaningful to wait until the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival to enjoy the moon while tasting it, symbolizing reunion." ”

"That's right." Mi Zhen put the moon cake back in the box without feeling disappointed, and immediately rose up again, saying, "Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow, you can eat it in two more days." ”

Mi Zhu looked at his innocent sister, and then looked at the tall and mighty Zhang Liao, these two people stood together and really matched, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile, but Mi Zhu didn't ask Zhang Liao immediately, he loved his little sister very much, and it was related to the lifelong happiness of the little sister, so he had to ask her opinion first.

After Zhang Liao said goodbye, Mi Zhen still held on to the box, sniffing the aroma vigorously, looking very greedy.

Seeing this, Mi Zhu couldn't help but be happy, and said: "Little sister, your saliva is going to flow down, if you look like this, be careful not to get married." ”

Mi Zhen remembered that the gentleman surnamed Jian asked about her age just now, her pretty face turned red again, and she said angrily: "People are still young, so don't get married." ”

Mi Zhu smiled and took the opportunity to ask: "How can there be a girl who doesn't marry, sister, what do you think of General Zhang." ”

Mi Zhen was stunned for a moment, her face was red to the root of her ears, she lowered her head and said: "My father and mother are gone, and the marriage is naturally up to my brother. ”

Mi Zhu laughed: "Okay, this is what you said, that brother is going to be the master." ”

Mi Zhen was already ashamed, and ran to the back in a panic, and did not forget to take the box of moon cakes away when she left.

But it was said that Liu Bei was weaving straw sandals in the hall, Jian Yong hurriedly walked in, arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, my subordinates have given straw sandals to Tao Qian, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others, and they have also accepted them. ”

Liu Bei hurriedly stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and returned the salute again and again: "Xianhe, you have worked hard this time, come, sit down and talk about how they react when they see straw sandals." ”

Jian Yong has always been informal, and he has been friends with Liu Bei since childhood, and he is not polite at the moment, so he sat down cross-legged opposite him, and then said: "Back to the lord, Tao Qian and Mi Zhu were very moved when they saw the straw sandals, and although the others also praised them on the surface, their eyes were full of disdain. ”

Liu Bei laughed and said: "Tao Qian, although Liu Xin sent someone to treat him, how long can he live, Mi Zhu is indeed a righteous gentleman, and he must maintain more contacts with him in the future, as for others, they are short-sighted and can't make a big deal." ”

Jian Yong has been with Liu Bei since he was a teenager, he knows Liu Bei very well, and he also knows Liu Bei's ambitions, and Liu Bei will only put down his disguise in front of him, and he will speak so unscrupulously, Jian Yong has long been accustomed to all this, just smiled faintly, and said: "There are two things to report to my subordinates, today in Mizhu Mansion, my subordinates met Zhang Liao under Liu Xin, who was a pastor of Jingzhou, and this person also went to give gifts to Mi Zhu, and it seems that the relationship with Mi Zhu seems to be very close. ”

Liu Bei said nonchalantly: "I have heard of Zhang Liao, he was originally Ding Yuan's subordinate, and later followed Lu Bu to Dong Zhuo, and now he has switched to Liu Xin, thinking that he is a capricious villain, he gave Mi Zhu a gift, nothing more than some gold, silver and jewelry, etc., where is it more memorable than the gift I gave, don't pay attention to him." ”

Jian Yong saw Zhang Liao enter Mi Mansion with his own eyes and didn't even need to report it, he didn't agree with Liu Bei's words, his brows furrowed, and finally he couldn't help but say nothing about Zhang Liao, but changed the topic and said: "Lord, there is still a matter to report to his subordinates, Mi Zhu has a younger sister, who is born with a beautiful appearance and moon appearance, like the appearance of a son, and his subordinates want to hire him as a concubine for the lord's courtesy, but I don't know what the lord's will is." ”

Liu Bei doesn't have many wives and concubines, it doesn't mean that he is not lustful, but he understands his current situation very well, with his current conditions, he is far from being lustful, besides, he spends most of his time with Guan Yu, no matter how beautiful his daughter-in-law is, it is useless to come back.

The ancients said that Liu Bei was the emperor's life, his life was hard, ordinary women couldn't afford it, and they were often killed by him, in fact, they were all nonsense, Liu Bei's first few wives and concubines did die relatively early, that was because these young women married Liu Bei, and Liu Bei married his lofty ambitions, and snubbed these women, these women married Liu Bei is almost the same as keeping a widow, most of them are young, can't bear loneliness, and vent from afar, one by one resentment and depression end,

Although Liu Bei was not very interested in taking concubines, when he heard that it was Mi Zhu's sister, he still felt that he could consider it, and couldn't help asking: "How old is his sister?" ”

Jian Yong knew that Liu Bei and himself thought of one place, and they both took a fancy to Mi Zhu's family wealth, so he continued: "How old is the specific age, Mi Zhu didn't say, only said that she was not too old, but looking at her figure, she should have one at the age of thirteen or fourteen, why don't you repair a book and try it." ”

Liu Bei knew that in a family like Mi Zhu, a girl would not let her marry if she didn't reach the age of Lu, so he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and said: "Forget it, since she is still young, let's wait for two years." ”

Mrs. Gan happened to pass behind the screen, heard the conversation between the two of them, and secretly wept, she had been married to Liu Bei for more than two years, and he had hardly touched herself, and now she was thinking about the concubine, and she couldn't help but be heartbroken.

After another two days, Mi Zhu really let people drive a large number of pigs and sheep, carry fine wine, and send it to the military camp of the Jingzhou army, and invited Zhang Liao to go to his mansion for a banquet in the evening.

That night, the full moon was in the sky, and the osmanthus flowers were fragrant,

The banquet is placed in the back garden of Mifu, after three rounds of wine, Mi Zhu has been a little drunk, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, sighed, and said: "August 15, every family is reunited, such a scene may not last long, the troubled times come, the people are displaced, miserable, I hope my generation can keep Xuzhou safe." ”

Zhang Liao was still full of spring breeze, and his face sank after listening to Mi Zhu's words, and he said sadly: "Zizhong, you have never seen the tragic situation of Luoyang under Dong Zhuo's clutches, at that time, Luoyang City was ten rooms and nine empty, the people's wives were scattered, and corpses could be seen everywhere in the ravines, even if they were lucky enough to escape with their surnames, they would not be able to eat and cover their bodies, if it were not for the timely arrival of my lord, the entire Luoyang City would be burned, Xuzhou has always been a place where soldiers must fight, if the world is in turmoil, I am afraid it will be difficult to exist alone, but you can rest assured, Unless the lord is called, I will live and die with Xuzhou. ”

Mi Fang clapped her hands and said: "Okay, Brother Zhang is really arrogant, with Brother Zhang here, I think those little people will never dare to make it easily." ”

Mi Zhen listened to them only talking about national affairs, and couldn't help but take out the box of moon cakes, took one first, and said: "Brother, Brother Zhang, this wine has also been drunk, shouldn't we try the moon cakes, I have waited for two days, I am really hungry, if you don't eat I'll eat one first, there are four here, you don't eat, I will eat them all by then, don't regret it." ”

Everyone laughed, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang also took one and tasted it carefully, this moon cake not only smelled sweet, but also crispy and soft in the mouth, and the sweet taste has been seeping into the heart.

Mi Zhen doesn't drink, she didn't eat much just now, she kept her stomach and waited to taste the taste of this moon cake, she was already a little hungry, although her mouth was small, she ate it quickly, and in a blink of an eye, she ate the moon cake in her hand cleanly, still a little unfinished, staring at the moon cake left in the box,

Liu Xin didn't send a lot of moon cakes, and the barracks were only two soldiers who could get one, and Zhang Liao himself only had this box, all of which were sent to Mi Zhu's house, since it was a gift from himself, Zhang Liao was embarrassed to eat it himself, although he also wanted to taste the taste of this moon cake.

Zhang Liao glanced at Mi Zhen and said with a smile: "Little sister, there is another one here, you can eat it if you want to." ”

Mi Zhen glanced at her brother, and saw that he was stopping herself with his eyes, so she had to retract her outstretched hand and said, "Brother Zhang, this is yours, you can eat it." ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said lightly: "I still have it in the barracks, you can eat this, who made you the youngest." ”

Mi Zhen's family is wealthy and has eaten all kinds of pastries, but there is no one that can be compared with moon cakes, she listened to Zhang Liao's words, where to care about her brother's warning, reached out and grabbed the moon cakes and ate them,

This time Mi Zhu was upset, and said to Zhang Liao: "I usually blame me for spoiling her too much, and I don't like her to be a good person, don't take it to heart." ”

Zhang Liao said nonchalantly: "Alas, my little sister is still a child, her surname is natural, if you also learn from us, you pushed me to let me, but on the contrary, it was pretentious." ”

Mi Zhen just swallowed the last bite of the moon cake, and after listening to Zhang Liao's words, she didn't get up and said: "Who said that I am still a child, I have grown up, and I am about to catch up with my eldest brother." ”

Mi Zhu's heart moved when he heard this, and said with the strength of wine: "Yes, yes, my little sister is already a big girl, it's time to find a mother-in-law, Brother Wen Yuanxian, you haven't married a family yet, I want to marry my little sister to you, are you willing." ”