book of ten thousand words

Chapter 7: Drunkenness

"Drinking tea is the life of a family under the forest. How can we talk about being arrogant and cynical?"

My mother is a tea lover.I still remember the "nine ways to drink tea" she often said.It is called, one is nothing, two is a good guest, three is sitting quietly, four is chanting, five is chanting, six is ​​a house, seven is knowing, eight is appreciating, and nine is writing.She also said, "There must be one of the nine kinds, and only a little tea soup in the cup will taste good." I sighed slightly, and couldn't help but think of more things.Alas, if she is still alive... If she is still alive, she will be sad to see me like this, right?Her daughter has been reduced to the point of serving tea to the princes and uncles.

"Hahaha, brother, wait a minute! If you drink like this, a hundred teacups are not enough." It seemed that General Guo's way of drinking tea was too indecent, so the third master on the side joked.Master Guo threw the teacup on the table. "Who is as patient as you! I'm done drinking!"

The third master said, "Oh, I don't dare to use such force! This tea set is Mr. Lin's beloved object." Master Guo picked up the tea cup and looked at it carefully for a while, "I don't think there is anything unusual about it."

Mr. Lin waved his hand aside.

"Why does the third master keep making fun of me today? What is this thing worth? Master Guo throws it away casually, I have plenty of it."

The third master, who had been silent all this time, twirled his beard and said to everyone with a smile, "Didn't you say you came to drink? Where's the wine?" Mrs. Xu observed her words and took a step from behind immediately, and replied, "All the wine and vegetables are ready. Well, they are all loved by the masters. I just wait for the orders from the masters."

I bowed my head and removed the tea sets one by one.When he walked in front of Mr. Lin, he still stared at me intently. "Have you got all the things for the girls?" I blushed, so I had to ask Mrs. Xu in a low voice.Mrs. Xu replied, "I have all the necessary things. The finer things are worse. Because the people in the command office are busy. They don't care about us."

Hearing this, Mr. Wei, who had never spoken when he entered the door, asked, "What are they busy with?" Mrs. Xu said, "Busy about arranging gifts from everywhere." Mr. Wei said, "No year, no festival. Yes, what kind of gift did those people give you?" Mrs. Xu wondered, "Eh? It's been spread in the inner mansion, but you haven't heard of it?" The people around heard this and shouted. "What's the matter? We haven't heard of it either."

Mrs. Xu said: "I think you are too busy. The street was so lively yesterday, don't you know?" The second master laughed and said: "I am not the one who trains in the field all day, I know. Yesterday, all the young and old in Kunming were mobilized. It is said that there is a spectacle of resplendent gold and green. It can only be seen once in 60 years." Mrs. Xu said: "That's the thing. The chieftains everywhere can regard this as a It’s a big event. Everyone came to congratulate and gave many gifts. Therefore, the people in the command office are not free at the moment.”

All the masters were dumbfounded.After a while, Mr. Guo said, "Should we also go to congratulate tomorrow?" The third master said, "I don't think so. It's the local etiquette for the chieftain to congratulate. If you and I do the same, it's okay It seems to be a joke." The rest of the masters also said: "What the third brother said is true." Everyone discussed for a while, but they didn't understand whether to send it or not, and finally said: "Let's eat."

Master Guo rubbed his belly and asked, "What are we eating today?" Second Master said, "With Jin Niang and Gu Niang here, we naturally want to eat Suzhou cuisine." When Mrs. Xu heard about it, she said, "Give it to the gentlemen today." The cook is the cook that Eunuch Ma brought back from Suzhou. The fish and soup is a masterpiece."

Mr. Lin said: "Huh? Did you bring it back this time?"

Mrs. Xu said, "No. It's an old man who was transferred from the wild garden in the past few days. He was brought back when he went to Suzhou." Several people looked at each other with different expressions, but didn't speak immediately.After a pause, Mr. Wei asked, "Since you are from Yeyuan, why did you call here again?"

Mrs. Xu said: "Oh, Mr. Wei knows more about the affairs in the wild garden than I do? It must be because Madam is dissatisfied, so I sent you here." He shook his head, and the others followed suit. shook his head.

One said, "I really don't know what Madam likes to eat! The cook on the left came from Suzhou after another, and she was just dissatisfied." Can there be so many benefits?" Guo Ye suddenly interjected: "What's so delicious about Suzhou cuisine? I just want to eat our northeast bean curd pancake!"

Everyone burst into laughter again.Taking advantage of this time, I sneaked a few glances at Young Master Wei.Yesterday he also said that he did not know if he would be able to see him again in this life.I didn't expect to see you again today.

Immediately I recalled the dream-like adventure of the night.The figure under the crabapple tree really resembles him!I couldn't help but secretly glanced at him again.In this group of masters, how young and calm is he?...

I was thinking about it, and when I looked up, I met Mr. Lin looking at me again.I could only force a smile and look away.Mr. Lin also smiled, and then said to Master Guo. "It's not easy to want to eat home-cooked food? When Fujin is free, let's just ask her to cook."

Fu Jin... Isn't she the princess?

I don't know who Mr. Lin is, to have such a big tone.I think.

"The food is here!" Mrs. Xu said.Then, a few little girls who didn't know where they came from came in from the outside, quietly, and put all the dishes on the table.The eldest lady puts a dish and reports the name of the dish.Sure enough, they are all exquisite Jiangnan dishes.The masters ordered the eldest lady to find a stool and let Pearl and I sit on it.The masters gave way for a while, and then began to move their chopsticks.

I just bowed my head and silently tasted a dish.Mr. Lin leaned over suddenly, "Miss, do you think this dish is authentic?" When coming to the dishes again, he used the long cloth chopsticks to pick up everything for me.After a while, the dishes in front of him were full.

I was so nervous that I couldn't even use chopsticks in an instant.Mr. Lin saw that I didn't eat it, so he said, "Since it's my hometown dish, why doesn't the girl like it?"

How can Suzhou be regarded as hometown!I was silent for a while, and had to say, "Although authentic, I don't like sweet ones." Mr. Lin smiled, and asked again: "Why are other girls all surrounded by pearls and emeralds? But bare?"

On the other hand, the second master heard it, and without waiting for my reply, he cut in and said, "Mr. Lin, I don't understand. This is the prince's hobby." The voice was a bit loud.The third master also joined in, "I don't understand, is it really good-looking for a young girl to look like a Taoist priest?"

The second master smiled meaningfully, raised a glass of wine, and finished. "We ordinary people don't understand the beauty of it." Master Guo also laughed in agreement: "That's it."

Although Mr. Wei still didn't speak, he still stared at me with sharp eyes.I couldn't understand what they said, so I kept silent, bowed my head and didn't speak, just blushing.Fortunately, after a while, the masters gradually started drinking and forgot about my bun.

Only then did I have a chance to raise my head and look at them secretly.But before I peeked out, it was as if a nail flew into my temple suddenly, the pain was so painful that my whole body almost jumped out of my scalp.

Biting my lip, although I held back, the sound of the whole world disappeared from my senses.First one toasted, then another toasted, first one laughed, then another; only seeing Pearl's little face flushed, she knew that she was also being downed by several big glasses of wine in a daze.Just seeing everyone stumbling around, and the table was also messed up.And I lost all sense of it all, only pain, pain, pain, pain...

After a while, the pain in the brain stopped.

The voices of the whole world poured in like a tide.Master Guo was holding up his chopsticks, rolling up his sleeves, sticking out his tongue, facing Pearl, and said, "Girl, let me sing you a little song!" After finishing speaking, he belched and sang, "Good wind!" Blowing peony flowers, rubbing the crimson skirt gauze halfway, and delivering fragrant tea on the tip of Leng Dingding's tongue. In less than half an hour, the whole body is numb all the time!"

Everyone laughed and shouted, "Girl, don't be surprised!" While helping Mr. Guo, he poured tea to sober up.When Master Guo saw someone coming to help him, he pushed him with his big hand and shouted, "Ask me to drink tea again! I won't drink it this time." After speaking, he lowered his head, picked up a plate and vomited.

Mrs. Xu came to tidy up in a hurry.

The masters looked a little embarrassed and kept silent.After Mrs. Xu washed Master Guo's head and face, she was about to help Master Guo go.Unexpectedly, Mr. Guo collapsed on the chair and fell asleep.No matter how much everyone shouted, he was unmoved.Mr. Lin said, "Eldest brother is already drunk, why take him away in a hurry? If there is wind on the way, it will be bad. Let him lie down here." He ordered, "Help uncle to the couch quickly. Climb up for a while." They called a few maids to come in, but they couldn't drag Mr. Guo, so they had to call a few more men to come in and put Mr. Guo on the arhat bed in the side room to rest for a while.

Mr. Guo was tall and tall, and suddenly he seemed very cramped on the couch.Mrs. Xu quickly asked Pearl to straighten his head, and ordered the girl to bring a quilt, and ordered to heat it up and prepare it.Too busy to care about his head and feet.After finally settling down, I spared time and said to everyone: "Masters, let's go first. When Master Guo sobers up, let him go by himself."

Seeing that the wine had been eaten to this point, everyone had nothing to say, and each ordered a few words, and then dispersed.The cook in the kitchen came in to collect the banquet and left.The three of us saw that Mr. Guo was in a deep sleep and couldn't wake up for a while.

I had no choice but to close the door and wait outside.

After a while of silence, I don't know if it was me, Pearl, or the two of us together.

All in all, a voice rang out, "Ma'am, who are these masters?"

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