The young man stared at the wood carving in his hand in a daze, Liang Yu next to him gnawed on the pig's trotters in his mouth, and looked at the wood carving with a greasy mouth: "Yo, Brother Ming, this is the wood carving that the little girl Sichun gave you, it's quite similar." ”

"Talking nonsense all day long, you can't stop your mouth by eating piggs!"

Zhong Ming pushed Liang Yu's black face aside in disgust, and stood the wood carving on the table.

Raising his eyes, he saw Carpenter Li and the general talking happily, but the young man was thinking about it in his heart, looking for an opportunity to ask the general about the origin of Carpenter Li.

Not right now, the timing is not right.

While the young man was thinking, Liang Heizi took the wine jar again, poured a plate of rice wine for Zhong Ming and said: "Brother Ming, come, let's taste this wine today, how can I say it, fairy dew in the sky, wine in the world." ”

Zhong Ming shook his head, took the wine saucer and said, "You drink less, there are still wounds on your arms, and you shouldn't drink excessively." ”

"When you get drunk, you can relieve a thousand sorrows, and when you are drunk, you can't even feel the pain. ”

Liang Heizi grinned, collided with Zhong Ming, and drank it all in one fell swoop, following the heroic appearance of the general.

But the black-faced young man had never drunk wine, and the bitter and spicy rice wine entered his throat, he coughed again and again, almost spit it out, and muttered in his mouth, "Raushzi's wine, it's really unpalatable." ”

Seeing Liang Heizi's embarrassed appearance, the young man smiled, picked up the wine saucer and slowly put it into his throat.

New Tang's rice wine is still a very inferior wine-making technology, there will be residues at the bottom of the wine, the wine is also undistilled, spicy with some bitterness, a bit of the taste of cooking wine or soy sauce in later generations, extremely unpleasant.

The young man frowned and drank, this was the first time he had touched wine, and he was a little uncomfortable, but it was much better than Liang Heizi.

Liang Yu is always a young man, and he is very yearning for the story of riding horses and rivers and lakes, and the heroes are drunk and resting, even if this rice wine is not delicious, he also pulls Zhong Ming to accompany him to drink two more plates.

When a few dishes of wine entered his throat and the drunkenness swelled up, the black-faced boy finally understood why the heroes in Mr. Guo's story liked fine wine.

The feeling of being dizzy and isolated from the world gave the black-faced young man a great sense of satisfaction.

Zhong Ming is much better than him, he knows how to drink in moderation, he drinks very slowly, and the degree of rice wine is not very high, so the drunkenness comes slowly.

At this time, it was already over thirty years of wine, and the dishes were almost served, and the men next to them were shouting, whether it was the men from the silt village or the fine scale soldiers, as long as they picked up the wine plate, everyone was a drinking friend.

The conversation and laughter continued, and the general's side was also toasted by several waves of people.

The man, who also had good deeds, walked to the young man's side, raised the wine plate and said to Zhong Ming: "Mr. Zhong, today can be more lively than the New Year, eat the best wine and food in the past few years, and thank you, I, Wang Laosan, will give you a glass." ”

The young man smiled and raised the wine plate, but before he could make a sound, he was stopped by Old Man Sun.

Old man Sun also walked to the young man's side, but said: "Third child, don't be busy toasting Xiao Zhong first, and then drink it, Xiao Zhong is afraid that he will be drunk, let's talk about how things happened today." ”

As the head of the village, Old Man Sun was thinking about the division of the fields, and today the young people were busy holding a dinner when they returned to the village, but they forgot about it.

Wang Laosan also patted his forehead and said: "What Uncle Sun said is very true, look at my head, I just don't pretend to be troublesome." ”

The young man smiled and said, "It's okay, while everyone is here, I'll also talk about today's division of the field." ”

As soon as the words fell, Old Man Sun raised his hand and shouted: "Everyone be quiet, listen to Xiao Zhong's words, today's division of the field has already come to fruition!"

With the shouting of Old Man Sun, the sound of drinking, talking and laughing gradually disappeared, and everyone turned their heads to look at the bell ringing in the courtyard.

The general and carpenter Li also stopped, and their eyes stared at the young man with interest.

The young man had experienced this kind of occasion more than once in the mud village, and he was a little nervous at first, but now he is used to it.

The young man went to the door of the house, took out the roster from his bosom, and began to read it aloud.

"Wu Niu, Wu Wang's family, two people in the family, on the ridge in the east of the city, starting from the north three zhang, three acres of fertile land to the south. ”

As soon as the young man's voice fell, a thin man shouted below: "Mr. Zhong, it's me, it's three acres of fertile land in the east of the city, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Wu Niu and her mother-in-law were overjoyed, and the two kept cheering excitedly.

The young man smiled and continued to read: "Hong Da, Hong Zhao's family, one son, three people in the family, on the ridge in the east of the city, from six zhang in the north, four acres of fertile land to the south. ”

This time, it was like the previous shout, and the men outside the courtyard shouted "Thank you, sir!" again.

This scene, one after another.

Every time a young man reads a house, it must be a good field on the ridge east of the city, and the crown is distributed according to one and a half acres of good land, and the children, no matter how big or small, are one acre.

Such treatment is unprecedented in a border town.

By the time the roster was finished, every household had fertile land on the ridge in the east of the city, which made the villagers of Silt Village overjoyed.

Anyone who has been in the border for two years knows that the ridge in the east of the city has always been the forbidden area of the former city lord, and ordinary big families cannot touch it.

This field is fertile, and the annual output is two or three percent higher than that of ordinary fields, that is, the former city lord was defeated and the land was returned to the yamen, so they had the opportunity to share such good land.

Clear-eyed people also know that this kind of fertile land is fragrant and sweet in the eyes of various villages, if it weren't for Mr. Zhong's vast magical powers, it would definitely not be their turn to have such a good thing in the mud village.

For a while, the villagers continued to praise the young man, and they raised their wine plates to toast the young man.

At this time, Old Man Sun spoke again, waved his arm and said to everyone: "Since everyone is so grateful to Xiao Zhong, why don't we raise a glass to Mr. ”

Old man Sun picked up the wine plate, raised his hands high and said: "This respect, Mr. Zhong's kindness to our villagers in the mud village to divide the fields and make a living. ”

After speaking, one hundred and ten people followed and drank all the wine in the wine plate.

The same is true for young people, rice wine enters the throat, the throat is spicy, but the heart is full of warmth.

Old man Sun drank a plate, and then poured it full and said: "Everyone is full again, this second respect, I respect Mr. Zhong's life-saving grace of the chaff valley years ago!"

It was rice wine in his throat again, and the young man sneered: "Don't mention the matter of Chen sesame and rotten grain." ”

"I have to mention, without Xiao Zhong's life-saving grace of your chaff valley, I don't know how many people would be starved to death, how can there be a good thing about sharing the fertile land today. ”

Old man Sun shook his head, but his hands kept moving, and he filled the wine plate again.

solemnly raised the wine saucer to Zhong Ming, as well as Liang Yu, and then said loudly: "This third respect, we not only want to respect Mr., but also Liang Yu who has been running around for the mud village all day long, the big idiot, these enthusiastic descendants, of course, the captain who is here today, defending the frontier for us, and all the soldiers and cavalry adults, it is because of your hard work on the battlefield that we have the peace of our mud village today." ”

Old man Sun's words were impassioned, and the wine saucer was raised to Yang Yanlang and the soldiers and horses outside the courtyard, and he turned around before raising his head and drinking.

In these words, there is the old man's true feelings for everyone, and there is also a deep understanding of human feelings.

In short, Mr. Sam Jing Zhong has pushed the enthusiasm of the dinner to a peak.

The young man in Mai is full of spirit, and he does not lose his Confucian demeanor when talking and laughing.

The black-faced boy was at a loss, and raised his glass again and again, overwhelmed by the sudden respect.

Carpenter Li poured himself a drink with a smile and said to the general: "Your nephew is amazing, his head and horns are like dragons, and he shouldn't be a thing in this muddy pond." ”

The general smiled and took a sip of wine and said: "My nephew has the heroic demeanor of the second brother, the hero is a young man, but you, who should have been the Tengyun Dragon above the nine heavens, are not now committed to this muddy pond, and they are also things in the pool, so why bother with fifty steps and a hundred steps." ”

"In the past, I went back, the willows are still around, and now I think about it, and the rain and snow are falling. ”

With a confused look in his eyes, Carpenter Li recited a poem, stretched out his hand to take the wine jar again, but he didn't think that a jar of rice wine had already bottomed out.

With another wry smile, Carpenter Li sighed: "That's it, drinking is seven points drunk, it is just so drunk, slightly drunk." ”

After saying that, Carpenter Li tightened the robe draped over his shoulders, got up and was about to go out.

Yang Yanlang crossed his arms on the table, drank the wine in his hand slowly, and didn't hold back, just asked, "Are you leaving?"

Carpenter Li paused for a moment and said, "Let's go, thank you for me, boy Zhong, this wine is the most enjoyable I have drunk since I left Luoyang...... I am now this depressed appearance, and I don't want to return to the clouds one day, I just want to spend the second half of my life peacefully, and I hope that Lord Yang will be successful. ”

This time the general did not answer, but only drank with his eyelids drooping.

After stopping for a long time, Carpenter Li didn't get the answer he wanted, he smiled indifferently and left in style.

Hu Orion slapped the table dissatisfied, and said to the general: "Yang Yanlang, don't you have to make an inch!"

It was a threat, but the general only raised his eyelids, still drank carefully, and said half-loudly: "Hu Su, you also have to recognize the current situation, so that you can do it yourself!"

Seeing this scene, Sun Longhu put his hand on the hilt of the knife on his waist, and shouted angrily: "The surname is Hu, you don't have to be disrespectful, don't forget, you are no longer the leader of the forbidden army, and now you are just a mountain village man." ”

Although Hu Orion raised his eyebrows, he didn't dare to really take the general, but grabbed the edge of the solid wood table fiercely, and when he let go again, the table was already missing, leaving only claw-shaped traces, and the solid wood turned into crumbs in his hand.

The debris fell to the ground, Hu Su snorted coldly, and left angrily.

Staring at the backs of the two leaving, Yang Yanlang fell into deep thought.

On the other side, Zhong Ming pushed with too much wine, and finally no one came to persuade the young man to drink, so he vomited and sat down again.

When the young man looked at the opposite position again, he found that Carpenter Li and Hu Orion were nowhere to be found.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the young man was finally able to raise the question in his heart, so he asked Yang Yanlang: "Uncle, what is the origin of Carpenter Li, I see that he has an extraordinary bearing, and I have long been suspicious of him." ”

Yang Yanlang sighed faintly and said: "You still don't know the origin of this person, but remember, in the future, there will be less contact with him, and there is also that Hu Orion, you can avoid the two of you when you see him." ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Yanlang felt inappropriate again, and continued: "Nephew, you better finish the affairs of the village as soon as possible, leave this village, and go to the city with your uncle." This muddy village is a mixed bag, which is not good for your growth. ”

"Yes, uncle, little nephew understands. ”

Looking up at the courtyard next door with the lights flickering, the young man was thoughtful.