Li Wenxuan, Su Meiniang, and Zhao Tianer have been walking around the back hall of the county government aimlessly since they parted ways with Lin Zhengbei and others. He likes to be quiet by nature, if it weren't for the better survival of Lu, he naturally wouldn't have taken the initiative to come here to join in the fun. They don't think like Li Wenxuan at all. The two girls have a great interest and have a kind of diorama-looking mentality.

Li Wenxuan, who did not interfere with them, still went by the two. It wasn't until noon that the Liu family officially held a banquet. Although there were a total of 36 banquets, the scene was not too big, but the people who could sit here and eat wine were all local people with a certain status and status. The birthday gifts received by the Liu family include gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, landscape calligraphy and painting, etc.

As Mrs. Liu said beforehand, Li Wenxuan naturally sat at the first table. The people who can sit at the round table of ten people in line with their respective identities and statuses, in addition to today's protagonists Mrs. Liu and her son Liu Wenjing, are Qian Mingzheng, the prefect of Guangxin Mansion, who is the fourth grade, two who are the same as the fifth grade, two who are the general judge of the sixth grade, and one who is the seventh grade.

As for Shangrao, Yushan, Yiyang, and Yongfeng counties, although they could not come in person due to travel reasons, they all sent housekeepers to lead a group of people to come with generous gifts to celebrate their birthdays. Excluding Mrs. Liu, Li Wenxuan, who was sitting among them, did not have any administrative rank, while the rest of the people were all cadres at the department level and above.

As for the second table, in addition to Liu Wenjing's wife and the wives of the officials at the first table, Zhao Tianer and Su Meiniang were also fortunate to sit among them with Li Wenxuan's light. These 36 tables will not be like the banquet held by the common people, but every table should be full. There are established rules for what level, what grade of people sit and what position they sit.

The experience of the eighth grade in the government yamen, the governor of the ninth grade, and the light grinding from the ninth grade, and other high-grade officials, naturally they will not take the initiative to sit in a bunch with colleagues and gentry who have no grade. Even if they sit separately, they will sit with the county officials of the county yamen who are the eighth grade, and the lord of the ninth grade.

Since Li Wenxuan and the female dependents he brought can sit at the first table and the second table respectively, then there must be a reason for it. Therefore, the remaining thirty-four table people, as long as they are not stupid or stupid, can get a glimpse of some of these signals and mysteries. The most unhappy people here are none other than Lin Zhengbei and his wife, after all, they never dreamed that Li Wenxuan would have such a face.

The two of them, who were particularly unpleasant in their hearts, had to eat this meal even if they forcibly supported their faces. If you leave the scene halfway for no reason, you will end up with a handle that does not give face to the master's family. They who know how to socialize and socialize will naturally not do such stupid things. However, their mood at this moment, even if the dragon meat is on the table, they will not be able to arouse any interest, and they will not have the slightest good appetite, after all, Li Wenxuan's scenery and pride are not the last thing the two of them want to see.

Liu Wenjing, who was holding a wine glass in his right hand, stood up and said politely: "Governor Qian, Daochang Li, and all my colleagues can come to celebrate my mother's birthday, making this place a place to shine." Wen Jing's mother presented you with a glass of water and wine to show her gratitude. ”

Whether it was out of politeness or politeness, Li Wenxuan picked up the wine glass in front of the table with his right hand and drank the wine in the glass. After drinking, he put down the wine glass, and noticed that there were two passable-looking little maids waiting next to him with wine jugs. In addition to his own first table, there is also a little maid on the other side of the second table who is serving with a wine jug.

Other than that, I have never seen such a high standard next to the wine table. Other guests who did not enjoy this treatment completely acquiesced to this established underlying traditional rule. They were neither angry nor feeling despised and neglected by their masters, and they also talked about miscellaneous topics during the cup change.

Qian Ming, who gives people a sense of elegance, is full of heaven and has a slightly chubby body, and he is in his early forties. He didn't hold his prefect's shelf to hold him up, and he knew very well what to do and say on this occasion, so he also picked up the wine glass on the table to toast Mrs. Liu and said, "I wish the old woman a long life." ”

Mrs. Liu, who was very useful, saw that her son's boss gave her face like this, and she was very proud, so she drank the wine in her cup very happily. Subsequently, starting with Qian Mingzheng, one after another the people present gave a toast to today's old birthday star, Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu, whose face is about to rot with laughter, has lived for a long time, and she understands the sophistication of the people in it. Others respect themselves by a foot, then she has to respect others, so the first person to return the wine glass placed on the table is the prefect Qian Mingzhengdao: "The prefect can come to congratulate the old man on his birthday in person, not only does it make my face very bright, but even our Liu family is also very face-saving." A glass of water and wine here is not a tribute, and I hope you will be able to drink this cup to your heart's content. ”

Qian Mingzheng, who didn't shirk anything, drank it quite happily. The main reason why he gave his subordinates face so much was that he and Liu Wenjing's teacher were not only the same person, but also fellow countrymen. Although he came out of the field earlier than the other party and was distinguished by officialdom, he could not be arrogant. If the two have this level of relationship, it will be beneficial to get closer to each other.

Mrs. Liu, who was both happy and felt very face-saving, smiled brighter and brighter, and a maid had already moved behind her with the wine jug in her hand, and carefully poured a glass of wine. She toasted a glass of wine one by one according to the official position of everyone present, and the most unbearable fell to Li Wenxuan.

Li Wenxuan, who was able to sit at this table, did not expect that he would have such a big surprise. His original plan was to go through the process and send a few low-cost pills to deal with it. I can be regarded as bringing Zhao Tianer and Su Meiniang here to eat and drink a good meal, after all, the guests of the county family's banquet will not be shabby.

Li Wenxuan is both a junior and a minor person in front of these adults, so he doesn't feel despised either. It is also a matter of course for Mrs. Liu to do this. Even if it were herself, she would do the same thing. It's not snobbery, it's rules. The latent and obvious benefit is that there will be no complaints in everyone's heart.

Old Mrs. Liu, who drank a few more glasses of wine, did not faint at all, but her face was red, and she said kindly: "Daochang Li, please drink this glass of wine." ”

Li Wenxuan, who didn't say anything, drank the wine in one go. At this moment, whether they knew him or not, they had begun to take an interest in him, after all, he was seated at the first table with all the officials in the city. At this point, there is always a mention of his name at every table.

Li Wenxuan, who sat down again, only then noticed that there were delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table, and there were birds and beasts one by one. Although drinking with them is a kind of entertainment, the thing that makes him happiest is that he has forced live advertisements into this class and circle.

Li Wenxuan's heart really has a kind of pleasure in his heart, and the pleasure of not getting drunk and everyone getting drunk is coming out of his heart one by one. He believed that from now on, his name would not only become louder and louder among the broad masses of local working people, but would also be established in this small circle of officials and gentry.

Li Wenxuan, who provides free medical treatment and medicine to the people, has become more and more strapped with money as time goes by, after all, his expenses are always greater than his income. If you have your advantage to open up the joints of this class, then you can use them as meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered at will.

Li Wenxuan thought of Guixi County, Guangxin Mansion, I was afraid that his medical skills would be the second, and no one would dare to call him the first. This man eats whole grains, so when he doesn't get sick? What's more, it was still in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, when the medical conditions were more backward than modern times. And during this period, from the emperor to the slaves, everyone believed in the miraculous power of the elixir.

Even if some people die after eating the pill, they will not believe that there is something wrong with the pill itself, but that the person who takes the pill is blessed and cannot be used. Thinking that Li Wenxuan could charge a hundred taels of gold for selling them an ordinary pill, he suddenly had a conscience in his heart and realized that he was too dark? So, with a soft heart, he decided to just collect ninety-nine taels of gold.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Even if there were some reserved people at first, they gradually let go. The Guessing Fist Wine Order is so lively that the slaves, cooks, maids, etc., who can't sit down and enjoy these things, are so busy that they don't even have the opportunity to sit down and rest.

And Zhao Tianer and Su Meiniang, who were sitting at the table of the officials' wives present, felt the feeling of being a master for the first time. Although the man in their family, Li Wenxuan, is not an official, he has indeed received the blue eyes of all the official wives present. They had all heard of the name of Taoist Li Wenxuan, but they had never had the opportunity to see his miraculous elixir.

Mrs. Liu, who was present, saw with her own eyes the miraculous effect of swallowing a pill sent by Li Wenxuan, so she told them about it with a conspicuous mentality. Hearing that these official wives are so envious, they have a kind of pill in their hearts that they have taken Li Wenxuan's elixir, but if there is a disease, they can cure the disease, and they can also strengthen their bodies without disease.

If you are lucky enough to treasure one of his elixirs, it will be even happier than getting a rare jewel. Therefore, when they saw Zhao Tianer and Su Meiniang for the first time, they heard Mrs. Liu, an insider, expounding emotionally, so the little Jiujiu in the woman's heart fought separately.