Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Family Feast
"Ahh Good wine! Good wine! What kind of bird wine is this? How is it so delicious?" Zeng Yingjie drank three bowls in a row as soon as he sat down, he was used to drinking the hot and spicy liquor of Saibei, but he had never tasted this mellow, sweet, and endless aftertaste of Jiangnan wine.
Zeng Sajie said: "Big brother, this wine tastes so strange, it smells fragrant, why does it not taste like wine?"
Zeng Xiaojie glanced at the two brothers and said in a low voice: "Even though I have read a lot of books in the world, I don't know what kind of wine this is, but we still can't let them see that we don't recognize this wine, lest these people underestimate our brothers." ”
Wu Hongwen saw the every move of the three brothers seriously, and he was already smiling from ear to ear, so he asked, "Are the three heroes still used to drinking this wine?"
Zeng Yingjie said: "I'm used to drinking, I'm used to drinking, what wine haven't our brothers drunk?"
Wu Hongwen laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's, that's." ”
Wu Hongwen said again: "Although the three heroes drink happily, my daughter has enough red pipes!"
Zeng Yingjie finally knew the name of the wine, and said busily while drinking: "I know, I know." ”
The four Eight Immortal Tables were put together to form a large table, and everyone sat around the table. The servants kept pouring wine and serving food to the people.
The table was soon filled with Suzhou's signature dishes. In the middle of the table is the 'Three Treasures of Taihu Lake', where the best white shrimp, whitebait, and lettuce are cooked together, and the rich fragrance comes to the nose.
After frying, the red pine osmanthus fish has its head open and its tail cocked, and the servant pours a layer of soup on the fish, and immediately makes a squirrel-like cry.
In a container made of turquoise bell peppers, the silver-like finished shrimp is the jade shrimp, steaming hot.
In addition to these four main dishes, there are also lion's head, braised duck, white cabbage, eel paste, fine hoof tendons, etc., and the huge table is completely full.
At this time, Wu Hongwen saw that the four beggars who came with him were still standing at the door, and he didn't dare to come in, so he asked, "Four brothers, why don't you come in?"
One of the beggars said, "If we still don't go in, we will be very dirty, so as not to make the helper and the guests uncomfortable." ”
Wu Hongwen said: "Four brothers, what are these words? The four are all heroes like us, why don't you come and drink?"
With the permission of the helper, the four beggars could no longer bear it any longer, and crowded into the door together, and sat down with the Zeng brother and drank.
Lin Lei'er said to Zhou Jinyu: "What are the beggars doing when they come in? It's really a disappointment, I should poison them with bugs." ”
Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, this is a friend of Gang Leader Wu, and it is also our friend, Sister Lei'er can't come nonsense." ”
Lin Lei'er said again: "That sister is so strange, why do you like to sit next to a beggar, how can you have such a cousin?"
Zhou Jinyu didn't notice that Yin Yimeng changed positions at first, Yin Yimeng was originally far away from the beggar, but at this time she took the initiative to change seats with the red lady and sat down directly next to the beggar.
Zhou Jinyu looked at the people around Yin Yimeng and immediately understood, it was Ouyang Yuting sitting next to her.
Yin Yimeng and Ouyang Yuting were very close, and their expressions were also very intimate.
Zhou Jinyu secretly glanced at Wu Hongwen and saw that he was drinking wine bowl by bowl with Yan Jingchen and Yan Jingfeng, shouting "good wine", but his expression was a little unnatural. Obviously, Wu Hongwen has already seen all this.
Zhou Jinyu knew in her heart that Wu Hongwen fell in love with his cousin at first sight, and he really performed well on the way south to Jiangnan. How can this Yin Yimeng not like the cheerful and bold Wu Hongwen, but like the taciturn Ouyang Yuting. Zhou Jinyu didn't understand a little, could it be that women are also animals full of curiosity? Do they also like to expose things in front of them, but like to explore them by themselves? In fact, Zhou Jinyu is becoming more and more unfamiliar with Ouyang Yuting, and he always feels that this Ouyang Yuting from Ningxia Town has too many things hidden in his heart.
Zhou Jinyu hopes that his cousin can be with Wu Hongwen, and he thinks that Wu Hongwen and his cousin are more compatible. Both of them are the children of rich and noble families, not to mention the family, they are both scholarly families, and the cousin is extremely obsessed with Jiangnan, if she can live here for the rest of her life.
However, things in the world are always so wrong!!
This meal of wine was drunk until the evening, and the drunken people could not walk today? They had to stay at Wu Hongwen's house temporarily.
Wu Hongwen's family is worthy of a big business, and it is more than enough to arrange everyone's accommodation in the guest room on the east side.
Wu Hongwen arranged for everyone and was about to go back to the room to rest, but was stopped by Zhou Jinyu from behind. Zhou Jinyu was seriously injured and did not drink much.
Zhou Jinyu stepped forward and asked, "Brother Wu has drunk so much wine, is he in good health now?"
Wu Hongwen said: "Don't worry, brother Xian, I'm not in the way, I'm happy to be with all the heroes." ”
Zhou Jinyu wanted to talk about her cousin Yin Yimeng but didn't know how to speak, and when she was hesitating, Wu Hongwen smiled and said: "Hahaha, I know what Brother Xian is going to say, Brother Xian doesn't have to be careful, I know it, what's the matter? ”
Zhou Jinyu can see that Wu Hongwen's words are from the heart, Wu Hongwen is open-minded by nature, enthusiastic and heroic, and it is the most suitable to be the leader of this beggar gang.
Zhou Jinyu couldn't help but admire: "Gang Master Wu has a good mind!"
Wu Hongwen laughed: "Hahaha, you also come to call me Gang Master Wu, Brother Xian, go and rest quickly, your injuries still need some time to recover." ”
Zhou Jinyu admired Wu Hongwen's character more and more, and he thought that if he could be as open-minded as this, then his heart would not hurt so much whenever he thought of Lan Yaqiu.
Zhou Jinyu lay quietly, Lan Yaqiu lingered in his heart for a long time before he fell asleep groggyly.
Ouyang Yuting never drank too much, he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing if he drank too much, and he never went to bed early, because his heart was enough to keep him awake at night.
Lonely and cold, Ouyang Yuting looked at the waning moon in the sky outside the window with a blank expression, his eyes were extremely empty.
Ouyang Yuting was sure that he was in love with Yin Yimeng, but when Yin Yimeng told him that his family had captured a Tatar assassin named Ouyang De, he didn't dare to admit that it was his father.
Ouyang Yuting hated his father Ouyang De, his father made him feel that he would never be able to hold his head up, and he never dared to tell anyone about his background.
Ouyang Yuting hated his mother Hu even more, because he felt that it was his mother's identity that made him suffer an undeserved shame.
When Hu was young, he was a famous Qinglou courtesan in Ningxia, and Ouyang De often went in and out of the drunken Qinglou, so he soon spent money to redeem Hu.
Since Ouyang De already had a wife, Feng, and Feng also gave birth to a son for him, Hu could only be a concubine.
When Ouyang Yuting was six years old, he witnessed how his mother forced Feng to death and how she quietly killed Feng's son. Ouyang Yuting was extremely frightened, the young heart of a six-year-old boy could not accept all this no matter what. Since then, Ouyang Yuting has become silent, and he is even afraid that his mother will kill him one day!
Ouyang De knew all this that was happening at home, but he didn't want to care, because he didn't know how many homes there were outside, and four people in one of the families were nothing at all.
Since Hu gave birth to Ouyang Yuting, Ouyang De has not been home much, there is no source of livelihood at home, and Ouyang Yuting has almost starved to death several times. Ouyang Yuting and his mother lived like this for more than ten years, and last year his mother Hu Shi also fell ill and died because she had no money for medical treatment.
However, it was his father Ouyang De who really made Ouyang Yuting decide to leave his hometown temporarily.
Moreover, Ouyang Yuting has also had a powerful enemy A Chitu since then!