Chapter Thirty-Eight: Just a Plaything
"So the son was invited to the banquet this time, not only did he give gifts to the two nobles, but on the contrary, he was the only son of the prince of Enguo, and he also gave the son a generous gift?"
After the wine went to the wooden pavilion in the backyard, Jun Hanlin held the wine bowl and looked at Chu Ling with a smile, and Liu Jun and Xiang Yannian, who were sitting on the side, looked at Chu Ling very tacitly.
"Any questions?"
Chu Ling took the chopsticks, showed a faint smile, and saw that everyone was looking at him, "Such a good supper, you don't eat, see if I can eat enough?" β
"Isn't that a problem?"
Jun Hanlin took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "One is the princess of the dynasty, and the other is the son of the noble, if it is invited to the princess's mansion for a banquet by someone else, then it will definitely collect all kinds of rare treasures, just to let the third princess remember, in the future, it will be good to exchange for opportunities, not to mention that every inch of land is expensive, the shop in the front and back yard of this front shop, without hundreds of gold, can not be taken at all, the key is that there is no market, this gift is not light." β
"Brother Jun, you're wrong."
Xiang Yannian blinked, looked at Jun Hanlin and corrected: "The prince obviously brought a gift to the banquet, and the price of those jars of champion red is not cheap." β
"Adults talk, children don't interject."
Jun Hanlin couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and tapped on Xiang Yannian's head, "Eat your supper, grow up first." β
"Oh."
Xiang Yannian stretched out his hand and rubbed his head lightly, and responded in annoyance, and then picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and handed it into his sister's bowl.
Seeing this scene, Chu Ling smiled.
In fact, what Jun Hanlin said, Chu Ling understood the meaning of the metaphor.
"If people want to send it, I can't refuse."
Chu Ling leaned forward, picked up the braised meat and put it in his mouth to chew, "The taste of this braised meat is light, Shopkeeper Liu, you go and remind me tomorrow." β
"Hey, hey."
Liu Jun nodded hurriedly in response.
At this time, Liu Jun had not yet recovered from his suspicions, and Chu Ling's experience of going to the princess's mansion shocked him.
He may not know anything else.
But in front of this shop, when he was with Qian Fugui before, Liu Jun knew that this was the old mansion handed down by the Qian family, and Qian Fugui once said that he would not sell it for any amount of money.
But now?
Thinking of all the things he had experienced in the past, Liu Jun became more and more in awe of Chu Ling.
"Childe is really going to participate in the Forgotten Worry Lake Poetry Club?"
Jun Hanlin poured himself a drink, drank a few bowls in a row, and picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks.
"The bet should be made."
Chu Ling ate and said calmly: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after eating." β
After returning from the princess's mansion, Jun Hanlin and the others knew everything, and Chu Ling noticed that Jun Hanlin had changed somewhat.
"Ah Lian, I'm late tonight."
Chu Ling, who was full, put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Xiang Ruonan and said, "Tomorrow, your sisters and brothers, you can come later, and I will ask Shopkeeper Liu to buy some breakfast." β
Ah Lian is Xiang Ruonan's nickname, and Chu Ling overheard Xiang Yannian say it, so he kept it in his heart.
"Childe who doesn't get in the way."
Xiang Ruonan's jade cheeks were slightly red, and he shook his head and said, "It's better for a slave to make breakfast." β
"Okay."
Chu Ling didn't insist anymore, "Then it's hard Ah Lian, shopkeeper Liu, you will work hard later and send their sister and brother back." β
"Okay."
Liu Jun responded.
Recently, he has been very busy with wine, so in addition to the normal three meals, after the tavern closes and cleans, Chu Ling will ask Xiang Ruonan to prepare some supper.
If he is so tired every day, he even picks and searches for food, then he really becomes a black-hearted businessman.
Leaving the wooden pavilion and returning to his residence, Chu Ling found that the desk had been moved.
"When Childe went to the banquet, two thieves came and I sent them away."
Jun Hanlin walked in with a wine jug and said with a yawn.
"Good work."
Chu Ling said lightly, and then sat down with his robe.
"Childe is not curious, who sent it?"
Jun Hanlin sat down with a big thorn and looked at Chu Ling with a smile.
"Didn't ask who sent it?"
Chu Ling tidied up his desk and didn't go to see Jun Hanlin.
"He has good skills, he seems to be from the border army, and his mouth is very hard."
Jun Hanlin took a sip of wine, smiled and shook his head, "But Childe... You have to settle the money for this fight. β
"I didn't let you fight."
Chu Ling directly refused, "What kind of money?" β
"Haha~"
Laughter rang out in the room.
The breeze outside the house came slowly, Liu Jun was busy cleaning the courtyard, Xiang Ruonan cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Xiang Yannian looked up at the starry sky, the full moon was covered by dark clouds, and the stars were all over the sky, Xiang Yannian's eyes were very bright, staring at the two stars in the distance, Xiang Ruonan came out of the back kitchen to see this scene, walked towards Xiang Yannian, and stretched out his hand to hold his younger brother in his arms.
"Sister, look at those two stars are so bright."
Xiang Yannian looked up at his sister and stretched out his hand to point to the night sky, "Father and mother, they should be very happy today." β
"Yes."
Xiang Ruonan smiled and gently rubbed Xiang Yannian's shoulder, "As long as you can grow up quickly, your father and mother will always be happy." β
"I'm going to grow up quickly."
Xiang Yannian's eyes were firm and said, "In this way, I can protect my sister." β
"Silly boy."
Liu Jun, who was busy with work, saw the scene in front of him, with a faint smile on his face, and he was glad in his heart that he was willing to stay in the wine to do things.
Life is varied, living in this world, there will be different lives, some good, some bad, life is long for decades, how can it always be smooth sailing?
"Childe knows... Why did I become a Ranger? β
In the quiet room, Jun Hanlin looked stunned, put the wine jug on the table, and looked at Chu Ling, who was busy at the desk.
The reputation of the wine has risen.
Chu Ling wanted to find a manor outside the city of Shangdu and prepare to build a wine-making workshop, which could not only ensure the quality, but also add a few new wines, and hire a group of hard-working people by the way.
"Trapped in love?"
Chu Ling put down his pen and said to Jun Hanlin, "Why did you suddenly remember to talk about this?" β
"That's right."
Jun Hanlin's eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression became complicated, "I used to be a scholar, a person from Youzhou, and I practiced the gentleman's swordsmanship passed down from my family since I was a child......"
Chu Ling listened quietly, he knew that this was a secret that belonged to Jun Hanlin, in his eyes the plot was very clichΓ©, but in Jun Hanlin's heart, it was a scar that he didn't want to mention.
Where in the world can I feel the same way?
Jun Hanlin's family was once generous, but he couldn't resist the fall of the family and fell into the Han family, Jun Hanlin has a love, he is a childhood sweetheart, and the two families are even better, if there is no accident, Jun Hanlin will also marry a wife and have children, and even change his life through the imperial examination.
However, the accident came unexpectedly, the first family passed through Youzhou, and fell in love with Jun Hanlin's beloved, and danger also fell on the two families at this moment, although Jun Hanlin finally stabbed this person, but Jun Hanlin lost everything.
"Condolences."
After listening to what Jun Hanlin said, Chu Ling was silent for a long time, he knew that no matter what he said, he could not heal the wounds in Jun Hanlin's heart.
"If you don't have a good background, even if you have the ability, in the eyes of the powerful, you are just a plaything."
Jun Hanlin seemed to smile, picked up the wine jug and took a few sips, "I admire the courage and courage of the son, but there are some things that you can do as you want." β
"Understood."
Chu Ling picked up his robe, picked up the empty teacup, and walked towards Jun Hanlin, "You can tell me this, it proves that you can afford me Chu Ling in your heart, whether it is the paper wedding book or the Forget the Worry Lake Poetry Club, I actually don't care."
Climbing to the powerful this kind of thing, I probably won't do it in this life, I'm too tired, I just want to be at ease, as for what will happen, no one can predict it, the matter will be solved when it comes, are you right? β
When he said this, Chu Ling asked for the wine jug held by Jun Hanlin, poured himself a glass of wine, and then returned the wine jug to Jun Hanlin.
"Actually, we're a lot alike."
Chu Ling, who was holding the tea cup, looked at Jun Hanlin and said, "I have felt this way since I saw you for the first time, but I am luckier than you, Brother Jun, the days are still long, I hope we will come for a long time." β
"Haha!!"
Jun Hanlin got up with a smile, took the wine jug and clinked glasses with Chu Ling, some words were in the wine, but he couldn't say it, Jun Hanlin's reminder, Chu Ling remembered it in his heart.