Su Yi watched the officials of the county government gather at the door of his house, and saw that they were all carrying some objects, and he was puzzled. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is this?"

Ji Xianling was very helpless and said, "These people are all here to give you congratulatory gifts." ”

Before Su Yi could reply, Ji County ordered the officials behind him to immediately echo.

"That's right, just now the court minister sent a messenger to inform the county government of Su Shi's star picking results, we were excited after hearing it, and we thought that we must hold a banquet here to celebrate, otherwise we will not be able to sleep at night!"

"Hahaha, thinking of the embarrassment when Lao Liu Tou heard the news that Su Shizhuo had won the second star, and fainted on the spot, I couldn't be happy!"

"It's a pity he won't be able to come to tonight's banquet. Su Shichou, every happy event, this banquet must be held, we will make it for you, you don't have to feel troublesome. ”

Su Yi smiled helplessly, so she had to nod, but said in her heart: "I have eaten just now." ”

Welcoming everyone into the courtyard, Su Yi heard another official say: "Hehe, Su Shichou, we will send you a congratulatory gift this time, you will soar in the future, but you must not forget our hometown officials!"

Su Yi smiled: "You guys are too worried, how can I, Su Yi, be a person who forgets my roots?"

"That's it, old Li Zi, how can you look at Su Shitiao with this kind of vision? It's so rude! Besides, we are just here to celebrate today, and you are thinking about the relationship alone!" a middle-aged man reprimanded.

The Li scribe scratched the back of his head and smiled.

Hearing about the reason for the celebration banquet, the new housekeeper Wang Mama was not happy, and boasted that his new master had the ability, and immediately went to the kitchen to direct the work, and was busy. As the mother of the family, Su Shier commanded the people to count the congratulatory gifts, send tea and dishes, and handle the affairs in an orderly manner.

The two subordinates set up two large tables in the main hall, Su Yi was deservedly invited to the first place, Ji County Ling and County Cheng sat on both sides, and the other officials sat in other positions. Soon tea and pastries were brought first, and everyone chatted while eating.

At this time, the porter Ji An came to report again, saying that there were many famous families outside the gate who came to knock on the door, and they all wanted to see Su Yi.

Ji Xianling said with a smile: "This must be Su Xian's nephew, your star-picking results have spread, I'm afraid the rich families in the county can't sit still." ”

Su Yi was helpless, thinking that she must not want to rest tonight, so she had to nod and ask Ji An to invite all the guests in.

The porter went as promised, Ji Xianling looked at the back of the porter, and said with a smile: "Xiao An has been a porter with me for more than 20 years, and he is very neat, what do you think, nephew Su Xian?"

"I'm naturally very satisfied, I'm afraid that Lord County Zun doesn't have a concierge who can replace Ji An's work. ”

"It doesn't matter, most of my family have followed me for more than ten years, and you can be qualified for the job of the concierge with a casual training, but Su Xian's nephew, you will definitely have a lot of distinguished guests to visit in the future, and the selection of this concierge can not be sloppy." Ji Xianling said with a smile.

Soon, there was a noise at the door, and a group of nobles in brocade clothes followed Ji An into the gate of the courtyard.

Su Yi stepped forward to greet her, politely for a while, and ordered the people to move the gifts to the warehouse, and asked Ji An to sort out the gift list. These guests were originally going to leave with congratulatory gifts, but at this time, when they saw the banquet and the high-ranking officials in the main hall, their eyes were straight, and they put on a look of wanting to say something.

At this time, Ji County Ling waved his hand and said: "Today's Su Shichou won the second star, which is a great event for my Sushui County, and it should be a banquet for all the guests, so you might as well stay and drink together!"

The guests were overjoyed and expressed their desire to add fuel to the celebration, so there were two more tables for the banquet.

The people in the kitchen were busy coming in and out, and Ji County Ling pulled Su Yi aside and said: "You originally achieved ten results, which was not enough for high-ranking officials and dignitaries to come to the door to say goodbye, and now that you have won two stars in the Star Picking Pavilion, everyone can't sit still: you have become a two-star martial artist like Lu Buqun twenty years ago, and Lu Buqun is now a flying general and the head of the Five Tiger Generals, and everyone thinks that you can also reach Lu Buqun's height." ”

"Who is Lu Buqun?" asked Su Yi.

"He is the youngest handsome man since the establishment of the Lu Sect, and he even faintly wants to surpass his ancestors; Ji Xianling said, "Anyone can predict your future achievements, even if you can't catch up with Lu Buqun, it will definitely be the same, and you will definitely come to the door to climb you." ”

After a pause, Ji Xianling said: "Today's banquet can help you really get in touch with the local wealthy, and from tomorrow onwards, there will definitely be more dignitaries and dignitaries from other places who will come to congratulate you." You should take this opportunity to gather a wide range of contacts, which will be of great benefit to your future. ”

"That's what my lord said. ”

Su Yi naturally understood the importance of connections and the stakes involved, so she also nodded and put her mind on the banquet in front of her.

It's just that what makes Su Yi cry and laugh is that after more than 20 people, the famous families who came to say hello came one after another, and hundreds of people came to participate in this wedding banquet, including Wang and Liu, the two shopkeepers that Su Yi knew. Some people even dragged their families with their mouths, and the main courtyard was crowded, and even the tables and chairs in the warehouse were emptied, and the people were in a hurry, and they couldn't entertain so many people at all.

The concierge Ji An had already received the gift slip alone, and kept muttering in his heart: "This master of our family is really capable, I have worked in my uncle's mansion for more than 20 years, and I have never seen this kind of grand occasion......"

When the shopkeeper of Qinghua Building heard about this, he immediately closed the store and gave full support to the Su family's celebration banquet tonight, thinking that he would take the opportunity to make up for his relationship with Su Yi. For a while, horse-drawn carriages loaded with tables, chairs, kitchenware and ingredients set off from Qinghua Building and rushed to Su's house at a gallop.

Pedestrians on the road were amazed when they saw this.

"Which big family is going to have a banquet?"

"No one can hold a banquet to make Qinghualou so fanfare, how much money will the store lose in one night. ”

"I just heard from my elders that Su Shichou won two stars in the Star Picking Pavilion today, could it be Su Shichou's celebration banquet?"

"Hah, two stars, it's impossible, could it be a lie?"

"Just follow the carriage and see. ”

After one person finished speaking, he wanted to leave, but a person next to him immediately stopped him: "If it is really Su Shichou's celebration banquet, you go so empty-handed, where is the etiquette?"

"Then, then I'll buy some small gifts and send them to you!" With that, the man walked into a handicraft shop, selected some small handicrafts, asked the stall owner to wrap them, and took them to Su's house.

Seeing this, everyone followed suit, for a time the business of this shopping street was booming, a small stall specializing in jewelry, the goods were almost robbed in the tea time, the stall owner looked at the only remaining jade carving stick on his stall, hurriedly protected his hands, shook his head to the guests and said: "There is no goods, there is no goods, I have to bring gifts to the banquet!"

At nine o'clock in the evening, the number of people attending Su Yi's celebration banquet had reached thousands, the entire Qianjiang Street was full of tables, and even the neighbors in the vicinity organized their subordinates to join the ranks of the hostesses. The whole street is crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, many people have no place to sit, and even some small traders and vendors are selling their own cooked melons and fruits, and some restaurants have sent many chefs to set up stoves on the street and cook dishes for the guests present to taste for free, and many handymen are constantly collecting empty plates and serving new dishes.

Anyway, Ji County ordered the drum horn to say that all the expenses of this banquet were paid by the county government, so thousands of guests let go of their bellies to eat and drink, raise glasses and laugh, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

And the concierge Ji An is very shrewd, while taking a few subordinates to record and carry the gifts given by the guests, while secretly paying attention to the words, deeds and clothing of each guest.

Su family from the main hall to the courtyard set up more than a dozen tables of banquets, almost all the county's famous families gathered here, if you want to toast one by one, Su Yi has to get drunk halfway, so you can only drink a glass during the toast, in order to show respect;

At this moment, the affairs of the Huangfu Courtyard arrived with three people, and when they saw Su Yi at the door, they immediately shouted: "Haha, nephew Su Xian, you are really unkind, you entertained so many people, but you didn't come to invite me, do you have to come to the door to beg for wine?"

"Ahem, because of the suddenness of the incident, I didn't expect this banquet to be so big, if there is any negligence, I ask the court to forgive me. Su Yi said.

"It's okay, let's go inside. ”

Su Yi and the Huangfu Courtyard entered the main hall, and several officials at the main table saw the Huangfu Courtyard and hurriedly stood up and gave up their seats.

Su Yi sat in the first place, and when she saw that all four of the Huangfu Courtyard were sitting at the main table, she was curious and asked, "Could it be that the person who came is a distinguished guest?"

"I was about to introduce you. The Imperial Court official smiled, pointed to a young man in his twenties and said, "This is the Privy Council Envoy, Jiang You." ”

The envoy is the official in charge of finances in the Privy Council, and it is very important.

"I have admired Su Shi's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, I really had an extraordinary spirit, a heroic boy!" Jiang You stood up and said with a smile.

"Oh, could it be the first Jiang You in last year's county trial?" Su Yi immediately said.

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(PS: There is one more change at night)