The banquet soon began, Jiang Yu and Zhou Zide and several of the biggest businessmen in Wuling County fought and talked about wine, Wang Jinwei and Xiaolan did not drink, and ate silently on the side.

Seeing Xiaolan gobbling up, Wang Jinwei couldn't help laughing:

"Xiaolan, eat slowly, don't choke."

"Hmm......" Xiaolan shook her head, turned around and said vaguely:

"Brother Wang, my mother told me that I need to eat more to grow taller, and my sister also told me that when I grow to the height of the table, I will be able to see my father and mother......" Hearing the innocent words of the child in front of him, and thinking of the tragic fate suffered by Xiaoyu's family during this time, Wang Jinwei couldn't help but feel sour, and he touched Xiaolan's hair:

"Xiaolan, your father and mother have arrived at home, and they are waiting for you at home, they must be happy to see you grow so tall......

"That's right, so Xiaolan must eat a lot, so that her father and mother can be happy."

"Okay, what do you want to eat, Brother Wang will clip it for you." Wang Jinwei sandwiched a piece for Xiaolan

After "chopping the head of the pepper fish", Xiaolan suddenly raised her head and said mysteriously:

"Brother Wang, come here." Wang Jinwei put his ear to her ear as he said, grabbed his ear with a small hand, and whispered:

"My sister has been so busy this year, even she doesn't know, when I was home alone, I always peeked through the window to see Aunt Zhang cooking next door, and now I have learned to make scrambled eggs, oh no, I can mix cucumbers...... Wang Jinwei smiled:

"Is this a secret?"

"Of course," Xiaolan said:

"I'm going to stir-fry myself quietly and give it to my sister and my parents, so that they can start...... Oh, I almost forgot Brother Wang, you can eat it when the time comes. Wang Jinwei said:

"Okay, I'll wait for Xiaolan to stir-fry for me to eat, it must be delicious." Xiaolan glanced at the other end of the table and said fiercely:

"But let's say it first, you are not allowed to call Jiang Xiaoshu when the time comes." Wang Jinwei also lowered his voice:

"Yes, he makes us angry, and he doesn't want to eat our fried vegetables." Xiaolan raised her head and thought about it before she said:

"He's so thick-skinned, what should I do if he begs me in a good voice? Brother Wang, what do you say? Wang Jinwei also thought about it before saying:

"Then let's give him a bite to eat, and one more bite won't work." Xiaolan clapped her hands and laughed:

"Okay, Brother Wang, you're so smart." Wang Jinwei scratched his head and smiled innocently. But then Xiaolan stopped talking again, she hugged her arms, and her little face was full of sorrow.

Wang Jinwei asked:

"What's wrong?"

"I really want to stir-fry for everyone quickly, but I can't make a fire, and I can't get the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on the stove, why can't I grow up faster, it's really annoying......" Wang Jinwei never expected this child to worry about this matter, he laughed and waved his hand:

"It's not easy, you forgot the game we just played?"

"Games?"

"Yes, you stand on Brother Wang's shoulders, or ride on Brother Wang's neck, isn't it much higher than the stove? As for making a fire, Brother Wang will help you get it. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true," Wang Jinwei patted his chest:

"I'll tell you the truth, Brother Wang is also a cook, and he can teach you by himself."

"Wow, it turns out that Brother Wang is a cook? How are you cooking? Is it so good to have my mother and Aunt Zhang next door? ”

"So-so."

"No, you're talking nonsense. Brother Wang is so good, he must be the best cook in the world. Wang Jinwei was stunned, this little child's words made his whole chest warm, and he nodded lightly:

"Thank you, Lan." Xiaolan took two mouthfuls of rice indiscriminately, and then grabbed Wang Jinwei's hand:

"Brother Wang, let's go." Wang Jinwei smiled, and the two of them, one older and one younger, went to the back kitchen. The chef in the back kitchen learned that the guests wanted to borrow the kitchen, and immediately vacated the back kitchen, Wang Jinwei pulled Xiaolan to light a fire together, and then he half-bowed, let Xiaolan ride on his neck, and fried a simple egg under his guidance, the dish was baked, Xiaolan was less than ten years old, holding a spatula and stir-frying for a long time, and her little face was full of sweat, but she was very excited, and she couldn't even wait to find the chopsticks, so she grabbed the dish directly with her hands, blew hard, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed twice:

"Like, it seems pretty good?" Wang Jinwei put down his chopsticks, also grabbed an egg with his hand, and then nodded:

"Of course, the dishes you fry yourself are always the most fragrant." Xiaolan was very happy:

"Then let's go get it for my sister to taste?" Wang Jinwei shook his head:

"I'm not in a hurry." Little Ranch Road:

"Why?" Wang Jinwei said:

"Cooking skills, pay attention to color, flavor, and taste, Xiaolan's plate of scrambled eggs, of course, meets the standards, but there is another particularity, that is, it is necessary to match meat and vegetables, with fresh soup and cold dishes, is really a good dish...... If you want to scare my sister and my father, we have to learn a few more. Xiaolan was fascinated when she heard this, and quickly grabbed Wang Jinwei's cuffs:

"Brother Wang, you teach me." Wang Jinwei nodded, and then pulled Xiaolan up:

"Okay, let's pick the ingredients first......" In the back kitchen, Wang Jinwei and Xiaolan studied cooking, and they were tired of it, and they forgot about themselves, and the two of them were glowing, I don't know if it was the fire in the stove, or other brilliance?

People always say that children are pure, adults are dirty, but if he sees this scene in front of him, he will understand a truth - a person who insists on doing something with his heart can always be pure like a child, only those who do nothing, but refuse to act, and only become cranky all day long, will become dirty and mediocre and boring, but they always do not think it is their own fault, and blame all the unhappiness on age.

After a long time...... In the drum and sheng building, it has been three rounds of wine, and everyone is happy, so unhappy!

Jiang Xiaoshu hugged Zhou Zide's shoulder:

"Lord Zhou, how many punches did we draw just now?" Although Zhou Zide was sitting in a precarious position, his red face still exposed the drunkenness on his body, and when he heard Jiang Xiaoshu ask, he was stunned:

"Like, it looks like you've punched seventy or eighty punches?"

"It's seventy-four punches," Jiang Xiaoshu corrected:

"I won forty-one punches, you won thirty-three punches, Lord Zhou, you still don't admit that you were drunk?" Zhou Zide's face board:

"What, how can I get drunk with a little drink? Come on, come on, and fight again for 300 rounds......"

"Don't, don't," Jiang Xiaoshu quickly grabbed him, and then looked around:

"Let's drink from the day to now it's going to be dark, the two of us have drunk more than everyone else at the table, they are all drunk and drunk, say goodbye, let's drink hard, hurt the body, but it's not good...... I happen to have a few questions, imagine an adult asking for advice, it is better to talk first, and it is not too late to drink slowly. ”

"In this way, it is according to Jiang Gongzi's wishes." Zhou Zide heard Jiang Xiaoshu say this, as if he had encountered something, and immediately fell softly on the chair, and said with a wry smile:

"To be honest, it's a bit unbearable."

"Hahahaha, Lord Zhou is very honest." Jiang Xiaoshu laughed, and then asked:

"Lord Zhou and Nazhijiang County Ling Ma Zhongguo, it seems that they are the same year? And it was known very early? At this time, Daqin implemented the imperial examination system, and held a big examination every three years, and a group of people who were admitted to the Jinshi in the same year in the palace examination called each other the same year or the same subject.

When he was in the government before, in order to prove his innocence, Zhou Zide took out the letter sent to him by Ma Zhongguo, and Jiang Xiaoshu noticed that the beginning of the letter was

"Brother Tianran", the payment is

"Tongkema Zhongguo Letter" Zhou Zide table words

"Tranquil", in one place with the famous group, is the meaning of tranquility and self-satisfaction. Since it is called this way, and not in officialdom

"Zhou Governor's Mansion",

"Zhou Shangguan",

"Lord Zhou", I think it should be called so by people who are closer to me, so I have this question. Zhou Zide was stunned for a moment, and nodded reluctantly:

"Well, that's the case - twenty years ago, it was the seventh year of Chonghuang, Ma Zhongguo and I met on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, and learned that the other party was also a fellow villager in Xiangzhou, so naturally I was not very happy...... Later, he tossed and turned, and in the past few years, he achieved the position of the prefect of Wuling County, and he barely returned to his hometown, which was the letter he received, and then he knew that he had been a county magistrate in Zhijiang for several years. Jiang Xiaoshu nodded lightly - there are three top three in the palace test, and three in the first class, namely the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua, and the Jinshi and the first; The first place in the second grade, called

"Chuanlu", the second class of the second class was born as a jinshi; The number of the top three is the largest, and it is given the same Jinshi background. Here

"With" actually means that

The purpose of "different" is, of course, to give the Luodi Gongshi a little psychological comfort, so that they don't have to think about it for a while, go to the streets, or make trouble.

This Ma Zhongguo was born in the same Jinshi, and he couldn't be called the second-class Zhou Zide

"The same family", so called, has a bit of a taste of putting gold on his face. Jiang Xiaoshu then said:

"Lord Zhou can know what Ma Zhongguo did in Zhijiang." Zhou Zide smiled contemptuously:

"How can you not know? But he is nothing special, the entire Xiangzhou officialdom is like this, he is just in the same stream and going with the flow. Jiang Xiaoshu heard what he said, so he asked:

"Lord Zhou seems to have a unique insight into Xiangzhou officialdom? I would like to ask for advice at the bottom. Speaking of this, Zhou Zide was very annoyed and snorted:

"What is there to say - the two governments can make the three Hunan chaotic, and the three officials will teach the four rivers to dry up. It can be said clearly. ”

"What does that mean?"

"The three Hunan and four rivers naturally refer to Xiangzhou. The so-called two governments refer to the bribery of government and the harshness of government like a tiger. And selling officials, colluding with officials and bandits, and officials and tigers and wolves, these three things add up to the three officials. ”