Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Celebration Banquet
Under the repeated coaxing of Zhao Huai and Yang Feng, Xiang Zheng was reluctant to give up, and finally glanced at the released deer, and saw that its limping back quickly disappeared into the dense forest and deep mountains, and then sighed deeplyโโโ this should not be an eight-year-old child can sighโโโ obey their arrangement, and the whole team returned to the city.
In the team on the return journey, Yang Feng slipped from the middle position to the end, and specially explained to one of the guards at the end, asking him to inform the subordinates who had buried the prey, and they all dispersed.
Mrs. Xiang waited outside the gate of Xiangfu early, after all, this is the first time her baby son went out to "hunt", for the first time the boy saw blood, heroic feelings should be cultivated from an early age, she also hopes that Zheng Er can feel the pride and pride of the hero's triumph since she was a child, and she hopes to share the glorious moment with him for the first time in his life.
However, this horse team, which did not have any trophies, with a son with a bandaged right hand, was tightly protected by Zhao Huai in front of him, and Zheng Er's expression of loss, regret and sadness made Mrs. Xiang completely disappointed.
Before the horse arrived at the mansion, Zhao Huai hurriedly jumped off the horse first, and then as if holding a fragile object, he carefully picked Xiang Zheng off the horse's back and sent it to Mrs. Xiang. After handing over the child, together with Yang Feng, who also got off the horse behind, he bowed to Mrs. Xiang and hurriedly said, "Please forgive Mrs. Xiang!" This outing hunt failed to protect the son, not very familiar with Zheng Er, unbearable to drive, stalled too fast, until the son was frightened, plus because the son Xi Qin left the armor, so that his right palm poked himself injured, we were too late to protect the son, did not prevent the son from bleeding, we were also heartbroken, had to gallop back as soon as possible, and the lady sincerely said, please punish me for the crime of poor guarding! โ
All the guards also saluted, and the eight adults were all trembling with fear, and did not dare to raise their eyes to see if the lady's face had turned from white to red, and she was so angry that she turned purple.
Soon, he didn't realize what kind of dangerous emotions were contained in these human rituals, and he just shook his head to himself, trying to remove the reins in front of his mouth that were somewhat hindering his movements.
"Zheng'er! Let the mother give your hand first! Mrs. Xiang examined the wound on Xiang Zheng's right hand up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Wu'er is heroic!" I'm going to bow you down for my mother! โ
"Two gentlemen, everyone, I have worked hard for you today! Thank you for your loyalty, dedication and dedication, so that Zheng'er has a chance to become a real man, this little pain is the biggest achievement this time! Mrs. Xiang not only did not blame everyone, but praised them all and made them all look at each other, not knowing whether this was true or "backwords".
"Thank you so much! What a crime, today is Zheng Er's first outing hunt, and several of you have witnessed how a great general and a hero on the battlefield in the future has changed from a thin road boy who can only pluck the strings to the first day of a strong iron-clad man who dares to ride a horse and dare to see blood! If it's the first time he travels, he's gone back completely, he's never seen blood, he's never been injured, and he's brought back a few preys, and I'll do everything for him. In Yiga's view, he was completely tied to himself, personally experienced the true feeling of hunting, experienced happiness, nervousness, excitement, hope, disappointment and sadness, and other emotions, all in all, today is a special day for him, the first day of his hero! I am very proud of my mother, and I am very happy! In the house, a banquet has already been prepared, just waiting for everyone to triumph and celebrate Zheng Er's first step to become a real man, and the children can be taught! Everyone, please! Mrs. Xiang's words completely dispelled the doubts in the hearts of Zhao Huai and Yang Feng.
"I guess Mrs. Xiang is such an enlightened and cool person! Tie it to the bottom of the heart! Yang Feng praised from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he had indeed done those "hands and feet" in advance, he couldn't help but feel more ashamed, but fortunately, there was a "bad day" today that disrupted all the plans.
Thinking of this, he turned his head to the future, and saw that the little fellow, who had no scheming, was still unable to get along with the reins in front of his mouth, twisting his neck back and forth, competing with it. So he went over and took the reins which she was very unhappy with, and removed it from the uncomfortable place at her mouth, and tied it to the iron ring on the bridle.
Mrs. Xiang walked in the front, leading Xiang Zheng, and then the group all entered the mansion and walked towards the banquet hall.
For a mansion of the level of Doctor Xiang, setting up a big banquet or something is commonplace, and the people in the mansion are also quite skilled in such activities, from the kitchen to the banquet hall, although everywhere is busy, it is well organized.
There was a servant, bare-striped, who was doing the butcher's first work, and he swung a sledgehammer, and in front of him was a frightened calf, which was squatting backwards desperately, trying to break free from the rope, and the servant struck the back of the cow in the head, and the whole cow fell to the ground. Soon after, this calf was broken into eight pieces, and after the next process of various dehairing, cooking, barbecue, dismantling of offal, the ancient version of steak, roast beef, etc., and the servants of the next process, from hand-to-hand, to pass, will soon be able to provide a full set of the freshest food for the guests.
Of course, alcohol is also indispensable, and there has always been plenty of wine in Xiang's mansion, which can be supplied at any time. In Mrs. Xiang's heart, wine, meat, and heroic men are the standard, and Xiang Zheng must be used to this combination. Even today, Mrs. Xiang decided to let Xiang Zheng, who is only 8 years old, taste the taste of spirits that can only be drunk by adults for the first time.
Since he wants to cultivate his son's masculinity, he must let him experience everything that men should do firstโโโ except for women, of course, which is too early for him.
In addition to the sumptuous wine and meat, Mrs. Xiang also prepared a singing and dancing team for today's banquet, and the selected dance type was the same "martial dance" as the "women's good". The dancers who danced on the stage were all dressed in red-lined military costumes on a black background with silver armor sequins, which were a hundred times more masculine than the dances of concubines with twisted waists, long sleeves and light gauze and silk dresses that they usually danced when they invited guests to the doctors. Although it is the same dance team composed of young women, but just change the costume, the overall feeling, is completely different, the weak woman who changed the uniform, but suddenly, there is a soaring murderous spirit, a sense of heroism, by the sword and shield when the sound of knocking, the metal unique "ooh, ooh" impact sound formed by the sound of stepping points, played the corresponding "march" style of resolute rhythm, like the warriors step by step, step by step, firm forward, send out the sound of the footsteps of the brush.
"So joyful! Will I not have a copy? โ
During the banquet, everyone was enjoying the singing and dancing, pushing the cups and changing the lamps, walking around and respecting each other, when the celebration banquet entered the climax, a loud questioning came from the corridor outside the banquet hall.