Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 396;

Chapter 390;
Recently, the food in the palace is very pure and ascetic. Adults and children have become vegetarians. You can eat whatever you want in the general’s mansion. I don’t know how much better than the palace. Picking and picking, Li Lizhi was extremely surprised when she heard it;

"Brother, you have chicken and meat every day, which is much better than the food in the palace, and you have to pick which cook to eat?"

"That's right, brother, let me teach you that it's not easy for this person to live in this world. Of course, his main focus is on enjoyment. How to enjoy it? It's nothing more than eating, drinking, lassing, clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

The most important thing is to eat. It must be a lot of attention. You can’t just make do with it. If you stay for a while, the elder brother will teach you how to enjoy it.

You came today just in time. Recently, the eldest brother pointed out those cupboards and made a few new tricks. Tonight, let the cooks order a table of delicious food for you. After you taste it, let’s talk about other things. The custodian will call you This little girl eats beautifully!

In recent days, there have been many other cooks coming to the elder brother to learn their skills. Those people are apprentices, but they are not all skilled old cooks, and the ones they make are too unpalatable.

So, the eldest brother and Huai Dao don't like what they cook, okay, let's not talk too much, let you try these big chefs in the eldest brother's house, how is the craftsmanship? "

"Come here, ask the kitchen to arrange a table."

"Yes."

Li Yu was talking and laughing with the two little fellows, and without much effort, the servants came in one after another and set a table with delicious food. "

Now the kitchen in Li Yu's yard is occupied all day long, and many civil and military officials have sent cooks to re-learn, so there is no shortage of manpower in the kitchen, and they are responsible for the food and drink expenses of the entire General's Mansion all day long. "

Li Yu looked at the two little guys eating with relish, sat beside him and asked with a smile;

"How? Brother, you are not talking nonsense. The cooks here are all experienced veterans. Do you think the cooking of these foods suits your taste?"

This is the largest side courtyard in the General Qin's Mansion. It is said that the side courtyard is actually another mansion, but there is no entrance and exit gate, only the passageway in and out of the front door of the General Qin's Mansion.

There are three such courtyards in the General's Mansion, all about the same size, and Li Yu occupies the largest courtyard.

In this other garden, there are more than a dozen small courtyards. Among them, the large courtyard where the main hall is located is where Li Yu lives.
In the three small courtyards next to each other, Situ Yunsha, Wang Kexin, and Lin Rongniang lived, as well as the servants who served them.

Li Yu just ordered the kitchen to make a table full of exquisite meat and vegetable dishes, and added a five-spice roast chicken.

Qin Huaidao was here with Li Yu, but he didn't have any servants to wait for him to eat, so he had to pick up what he wanted to eat. Except for three meals a day, Li Yu stipulated that Qin Huaidao could not eat any snacks!

As a result, no one in Qin Huaidao forced him to eat. Instead, he ate happily by himself, because there were no snacks, and there was nothing he could do when he was hungry, so he could only wait for three meals a day.

Li Lizhi didn't have a bunch of maids and servants around today, so he ate quite happily. Li Lizhi, who was eight years old, and Qin Huaidao, who was over three years old, ate very happily.

Both of them ate with greasy mouths, their chopsticks kept going up and down, and they had to stand on chairs or lie on the table for dishes that were out of reach. The meal was chic and casual.

Listening to the elder brother's question, Li Lizhi just nodded but did not speak. The lunch at noon consisted of a bowl of thick corn porridge and a mustard cake. There was no meat filling in it, but there were some ingredients.
Li Lizhi didn't eat much, she was already starving, and this meeting was full of tables to see the unbearable food, Li Lizhi didn't have time to talk and delay her serious business!

Li Yu watched the two busy little guys eating into the same painted face cat, both sides of the mouth were full of food scum.

Especially Li Lizhi, the princess who is usually very solemn, does not look like a princess at this moment.

Li Yu smiled from ear to ear, and Qin Huaidao, who was still ignorant, watched Li Yu laughing and followed happily beside him, Li Lizhi turned a blind eye to the smiles of the two, and only cared about fighting...

After Li Yu laughed, he also started to eat and drink, thinking about Li Lizhi who was eating roast chicken, he only ate one chicken leg and didn't move anymore, Li Yu unscrewed the other chicken leg, eating with relish, the steward Li Yi opened the door Curtain came in with two books in his hand;

"I want to report to my lord, the servants of Yu Xuexue's mansion sent two greeting cards, and the villain didn't dare to delay, so I sent them here quickly, and I would like to ask you how to deal with them?"

Li Yu calmly swallowed a big mouthful of muscle before speaking;
"Bring it here and ask Mrs. Yingxiang to see what's going on. Don't be another invitation to a party. I don't want to drink any more. I need to rest for a few days. If you continue like this every now and then, sooner or later you'll ruin your health." .”

"Yes."

After handing over the two copies of greeting cards to Yingxiang, Li Yi withdrew and Yingxiang opened one of them to examine it carefully.

Yingxiang and Rongniang are the only two maids in Li's mansion who do not belong to the scope of having children. They both entered the mansion since they were young and grew up with Li Yu. Character!
After reading the two postings, Yingxiang reported the details in a soft voice;
"Sir, Mr. Yu, the Yu Mansion sent a letter of greeting from Mr. Yu Xingzhao, the second-in-law of the Yu Mansion, Mr. Yu Xiaolang. This distinguished guest is your friend, Mr. Lang, and your slaves know it.

Of course!The other book is Duanmu Liangyong of Shandong Confucianism~Duanmu Langjun. This name has never been heard by slaves and maids. Could it be your new friend? "

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, turned his head and responded strangely;

Not to mention that the lady is not familiar with it, it is also the first time I have heard of this name, Shandong Confucian scholar, who is also surnamed Duanmu, needless to say he must be a disciple of the sage, a descendant of one of the 72 sages.

Oops, I remembered, the day before yesterday, the elder brother of the Yu family said that a friend came and told me to take good care of him.

This person's greeting post was sent in together with the Yu family's brother's post, so it must be the friend that Yu's brother mentioned. "

Ying Xiang looked at Li Yu who stopped talking, and carefully asked for instructions;

"I want to report to you sir, I can't help but want to say a few more words, please forgive me first!"

"Let's talk and no outsiders are present."

"Of course, I feel that you don't dare to invite a group of descendants of generals to accompany you for a noble person of this level. If you invite a group of descendants of generals to make a fuss, you may become the leader of Chang'an City again." Big joke."

"Huh? What do you mean again? Could it be that I am often the butt of Chang'an City's jokes? You went out and heard some anecdotes. Listen to them, and I will have a certainty in my heart."

"No...no, the servant girl just slipped the tongue for a while, the servant girl waits by your side all day long, how can I go out for a stroll, and I haven't heard anything anecdotal.

Sir, you should think about it, please ask someone to accompany you, by the way, Mrs. Situ, the lady Situ in our mansion, happens to be the descendant of that sage 72 sages......

Oops, slaves should die, they forgot that Mrs. Situ was born as a daughter, so please forgive me. "

Li Yu put down his chopsticks, wiped his face with a wet cloth, and said with a smile;

"What's so difficult about this, isn't it just the descendants of two disciples of the sages? Don't forget that in the past, there were eighteen bachelors in the Tiance Mansion, and several of them were extremely noble.

Of course, we can no longer invite the Yu family to accompany people from Yu's mansion to visit. It seems that we are too unpopular, and we don't know other Confucian families.

But besides the Yu family, we have a few other families to keep in mind. I have met those brothers from the Confucian school many times.

I also ate wine twice and talked a few times, talking and laughing very happily, but I am not as familiar with the elder brother of the Yu family.

Hey, by the way, I am familiar with the four elder brothers of the Yan family, or... Forget it, I'd better ask my uncle for advice,

The old man and the eighteen bachelors have been friends for more than ten years. At this time, my uncle should have returned from the camp. Let's go, my wife and I will go to the backyard to meet my uncle and aunt, and ask him to give me some advice. detailed. "

"Yes."

Before Li Yu left, she turned her head and warned;
"Eat and drink at ease, you two little ones, wait for me to come back."

Li Lizhi put down the movements in her hands, and sneaked a reply in her busy schedule;
"Yeah, big brother is on his way, little sister hasn't eaten well yet!"

When Qin Huaidao heard Li Yu say that he was going to the backyard, he was afraid that his brother would arrest him, so he hurriedly took his own small ceramic bowl, and sneaked under the table without daring to come out.

Li Yu saw Qin Huaidao's fearful avoidance, laughed, and went out with Yingxiang. Not long after, Li Yu received an order at the second gate to allow entry, and brought Yingxiang to the study in the backyard. He knew that as long as his uncle came When I came back, I read military books in the study.

Sure enough, the lights in the study yard were on, and Li Yu walked in quickly. The uncle of the Qin family was sitting in the middle, reading with great interest in the military book, and his aunt was sitting beside him, talking softly with his close female steward .

"Boy pays respects to uncle and aunt."

"My servant pays respects to the general and madam."

Mrs. Qin said softly;

"My son, get up quickly without courtesy, Yingxiang, you also get up quickly."

Qin Qiong looked at the military book without raising his head;

"No gift, get up."

"Thank you uncle, aunt."

"Thank you General, Mrs. Xie."

Li Yu straightened up and walked forward, Mrs. Qin said with a smile;

"Let me guess, if that naughty dog ​​knew you were coming to the backyard, he would be scared and hide everywhere, afraid to see anyone, am I right?"

Li Yu stretched out his thumb with a smiling face;
"Auntie is really good, she guessed right. When I came, brother heard that I was going to come to the backyard. He was so frightened that he got under the table with a small bowl for dinner and didn't dare to come out."

Mrs. Qin scolded with a smile;

"A worthless thing, he is still young now, that's all. When he grows up for a few years, he can't always stay with you. He has to be enlightened to study. If he doesn't study, he will be blind with his eyes open.

Not to mention inheriting your uncle's skills. Speaking of studying, I see that you are always running outside recently.

It's time to live in peace for a few days, calm down and come to this study to read military books and strategies. Your uncle just asked me about it.

I asked you to come to study in the study in the past few days, which made me speechless and I don’t know how to respond, so don’t go out and run around, An Ansheng came to the study to read books, study the art of warfare, and ask for advice if you don’t understand your uncle.

These days are going fast, and if you wander around for a few more years, you will be delayed. When you become an official, you will not be as good as your subordinate Erlang. Isn’t it a big joke? Did you hear what I said? Your soul will run away Where did you go..."

Mrs. Qin never got angry indiscriminately, but seeing Li Yu leaning against the table, cuddling up beside her, looking like a fool, looking absent-minded,

For no apparent reason, the unknown fire rose, and he used Qin Huaidao's incomparably proficient miraculous skills, and pinched one of Li Yu's ears...

"Oh, oh, my son heard it, my aunt is merciful..."

One of Li Yu's ears was pinched, so he had to lift his shoulders and lean against Mrs. Qin's arms to relieve the pain of the ear being pulled.

A group of maids serving in the house, looking at the usually noble Jianguo county uncle, now with his ears hanging by his wife, grinning hoarsely, and standing on tiptoe, covered their mouths with silk scarves, trying to hold back. Laugh out.

"What I said just now, please repeat it to me. I see that you are by my side, and you are dealing with me. Your soul has already flown to the sky. If I am blind, can you see me? Believe it or not, I can't control you two bastards!"

Qin Qiong, who was reading the military book, turned over a page unhurriedly, turned his head and glanced at Li Yu who was begging for mercy with his ears twisted, with a fatherly smile on his mouth, and turned his head to look at the book in his hand. book of war.

"Ahhh... Going back to my aunt, my aunt just said that if I don't study well, I'm a blind man with my eyes open. If my brother doesn't study well, he won't be able to inherit his uncle's ability. others joke."

Mrs. Qin was very satisfied, so she let go of her hand and cursed with a smile;

"You little bastard, if you dare to be absent-minded when you answer my words in the future, I will twist your ears to see if you can improve your memory!"

"Woohoohoo..."

Li Yu kept rubbing his left ear, while answering crisply;

"Qi Auntie, the child will not dare to wander into the sky in the future, and will never dare again."

"You are sensible, let me ask you, there are two little guys in your room, it is reasonable to say that it is dark today, you will not run around, come to the study now, but what is important? "

Li Yu covered his ears with one hand, and answered with a serious expression;

"Aunt Qi, the second young man in the mansion of Yu Shaojian, a scholar of Nayu, has a very deep friendship with the boy. A few days ago, when we were having a banquet in Dushang's mansion,
The second elder brother of the Yu family said that a friend came recently and wanted to visit our house, and just now his servant sent in two posts,
One was written by the elder brother of the Yu family, and the other was written about Duanmu Liangyong, a Confucian scholar in Shandong. My son didn't know him, but he had a deep relationship with the old scholar Yu, and he probably belonged to a noble Confucian school. My son thought, I can't Let's find Baolin and his group of brothers to sit and accompany, that's also..."

Before Li Yu explained the matter clearly, Qin Qiong, who was reading next to her, put down the military book directly, turned her head and gave a soft drink, and interrupted Li Yu's words;

"No!"

"Your group of cronies and dog friends, except for Cheng Dalang, the others are not allowed to come over,
Inviting them to accompany the distinguished guests of Duanmu's family, where should I put Qin Qiong's face, the whole Chang'an city will be full of uproar in less than three days, how can I go out to meet people? "

When Mrs. Qin heard this, she put away her smile and said seriously;
"This is indeed a big deal. The Duanmu family is the descendant of the sage's 72 virtuous disciples, and the Southern Huangfu and the Northern Duanmu. These two families are not as easy to see as other Confucian sects.

For thousands of years, the Duanmu family has not participated in political affairs, and only devoted themselves to farming and studying the family. Its nobility is unparalleled. The identity and name of the old patriarch of Duanmu surpassed that of the 36 generations of suzerains after the saint, Kong Yingda Kong Jijiu many.

No matter Nanhuangfu or Beiduanmu, they seldom make friends with people other than disciples of sages. Except for the few families who used to have fate, the others are princes, ministers, first-rank Situ, and Sikong. Come and go.

The nobleness of the family is beyond what you can imagine. Even if the son of the Duanmu family enters the world, even if he goes to visit His Majesty, His Majesty will treat him with caution! "

"Ah? Auntie said so much, why hasn't my son heard of this?"

With a serious expression on her face, Qin Qiong said in a lukewarm manner;
"The facts are even more serious than what your aunt said. The last time the members of the Duanmu family were trained in the world was 30 years ago. The emperor of the previous dynasty stopped for three days just to receive the heirs of the Duanmu family."

Li Yu opened his mouth wide in surprise;

"Ah! In the Confucian school, don't the Confucian family be respected? What kind of Huangfu Duanmu is more bullish than the descendants of saints?"

Madam Qin pointed at Li Yu's forehead;
"What bullishness is not bullishness, where did you learn the weird words?"

"Oh, if you go back to auntie, is it better than the descendants of the saint?"

Mrs. Qin nodded solemnly, and took the trouble to popularize knowledge to Li Yu;

"My son, you are still young, how do you know this? The knowledge of saints has been passed down for so many years, and there are also capable people in Confucianism.
It has always been that those who are masters come first, and there is no limit to learning. Those who are masters are teachers. You have been studying for many years, and you still don’t understand this truth? "

Li Yu poked his neck and argued;
"Um, of course I understand this truth, but this is the first time I've heard about the Duanmu family, so it's understandable that I don't know the details."

Qin Qiong looked at Li Yu and said excitedly;

"There are too many things you don't know. Every generation of the Duanmu family, a child will come out to the world to hone his will.
This disciple is the next heir to the patriarch. Do you think his status is not noble? What's more, the Duanmu family has nothing to do with the world. They only do learning. Apart from learning, they are farming, wine making, and will not participate in anything else. .

The sage has 72 powerful disciples, and now the most prestigious Confucian school, there are only a dozen or so left, and you know it here, the Confucius family,
Yan Xiangshi's Yan family from brother Yan's family, Yu family from Yu scholar's family, and your concubine's Situ family, alas!It's a pity that the Situ family is also gone.

The ancestor of the Duanmu family is Zi Gong, one of the ten philosophers of Confucianism..."

"What? Duanmu is Zigong among the ten eloquent philosophers?"

Qin Qiong looked at Li Yu who was making a fuss again, her face was very ugly;

"What classics do you usually read? Eldest brother invited the most famous Confucian in Sichuan to teach you. What did you learn all those years ago? How did self-cultivation make you look like this?

Don't you know that you are as quiet as a mountain? If you make such a fuss, how will you lead troops in the future? What is the difference between you and those who came from a small family?
When the next generation of the Duanmu family heir arrives, you will still look like this. Wouldn't you want to be the laughing stock of the world? "

Mrs. Qin viciously tapped the middle of Li Yu's forehead with her finger, and shook Li Yu's big head back and forth. Li Yu also knew it was wrong to be surprised, and lowered her head to admit her mistake;

"Report to uncle, children are young and don't care about anything, and you are not happy with the old man, please don't be as knowledgeable as me, uncle.
But if I go to reply and don't welcome people, but hide instead, it will be a stain on my life, and I will be ridiculed by the world for a lifetime, I don't want to do this, please teach me how to deal with it..."

Mrs. Qin pulled Li Yu into her arms, turned her head and smiled at Qin Qiong;

"Husband calm down, husband calm down, Dalang is still young, why should husband heal his anger with his child, it is more serious to arrange how to receive him. It is also an honor for the heir of Duanmu to visit my Qin residence. Husband can get some refreshments." .”

Qin Qiong glared at Li Yu angrily, and her tone of voice calmed down;
"Is he still young? Don't you always protect him. He has tied up his hair this year, and it's time for him to be sensible. He wanders around all day, hangs out with a bunch of foolish friends, and smells like he's drunk." , into what system?

After completing the important matters that His Majesty told you, you should come back to the study, sit down with peace of mind, learn more skills, don't take advantage of your youth to learn more skills, wait until when to go, don't you wait until your beard turns gray? Do you want to work harder?

It's a big deal for Duanmu's family to visit. How many people would like to invite them into the house to sit for a long time and show their faces. He came to ask the old man for advice on how to deal with it, but he was still surprised. who's coming? "

(End of this chapter)