Will Drink

"You boy!"

Hua Manting did not hide his liking for Li Chenan at all.

He pointed to Li Chenan and shook his head with a smile, "Sit down, you brought a jar of wine, don't I want to prepare a table of good food?"

Li Chenan sat next to Hua Manting, "Xiaosheng thinks that drinking is just for pleasure, what kind of wine is not important, and whether there is food is even less important, the important thing is that he can drink with the old man and this uncle. Yea!"

"Hahahahaha," Hua Manting was overjoyed, "Well said!"

"If you talk about Guangling Fengyue, it must belong to the lakeside family. There are daughters who are red, rouge dances, and heartbroken!"

"If the old man is several decades younger, I should invite you to drink at the best Ningxiang restaurant by the lakeside."

"The boy thinks that the old man will be as strong and majestic as ever! Speaking of which, the boy by the lake has never been there. If the old man has time someday, he can take the boy there to broaden his horizons."

Hua Manting shook his head, stroked his long beard and sighed, "This body really can't bear the torment." The expression on his face withdrew, and he resumed his serious Confucian appearance, "Let's talk about business."

He raised his head and looked at Su Muxin: "Go and tell Zhong Yuanzheng that the old man is entertaining friends here, and ask him to ask the cook to cook some side dishes with wine. To keep it simple, serve a plate of peanuts first."

Li Chen'an sat up straight, because what Hua Manting said didn't mean the dishes to accompany the wine, but what he said next might not be suitable for his disciple to hear.

Su Muxin got up to leave, and Hua Manting looked at Li Chen'an again.

"I like your two poems very much, and I like you too."

"Let me introduce, this is Mr. Liu Zhuo, the capital of Guangling Prefecture."

Li Chen'an hurriedly got up and bowed his hands, "Hello, Mr. Liu!"

Liu Zhuo nodded slightly, "Mr. Li's mentor also showed me those two poems. Mr. Li is talented, and Liu admires it!"

It turns out that Mr. Liu is a student of Huamanting, and he doesn't know whether he came here by coincidence or Mr. Hua's deliberate arrangement. Although he has the silver medal in his pocket, if he can still have an incense with the master of the state capital of Guangling Prefecture Camaraderie which is of course better.

"My boy, I'm ashamed. Those two poems were originally written on a whim. If they hadn't fallen into the eyes of Mr. Hua, they would have been buried in the vast sea of literature."

"So the boy feels something occasionally. This may be God's favor. It just so happened that Master Hua came to Guangling, and he happened to see the two poems written by the boy."

"This is the fate of time. Maxima is common but bole is not. This is the boy's luck."

Liu Zhuo thought that Li Chenan was a little young and frivolous just now, but now he heard that Li Chenan concealed his talent in his words, and instead boasted about his mentor... This kid has an exquisite mind.

Liu Zhuo took another look at Li Chen'an, and Hua Manting laughed again, "You boy, those two poems are good as long as they are good. I have already passed the age of listening to good words, so don't give me a high hat."

He looked at Liu Zhuo, stroked his long beard, and said casually: "This little brother... I like it very much as a teacher."

Li Chenan sat up straight again, and listened carefully to Hua Manting's words.

These words are very meaningful. One sentence, "brother", made it clear how important he is to Hua Manting's heart, and it is also to let Mr. Liu remember him in his heart.

Sure enough, Liu Zhuo was also sitting upright, and Hua Manting said again:

"Aside from his "Butterfly Love Flower" which can be included in the top 20 of "Ning Poetry Collection Yuan Baipian", the old man prefers his open-mindedness in "Qing Xinger"."

"Just now I told you about his past. He has been quiet for more than ten years, forbears for more than ten years, and has been criticized by people for more than ten years. This kid is as stable as Mount Tai. This is his state of mind!"

"The teacher originally hoped that he could take the scientific examination, or recommend him for the teacher. If it were another student, he would have been overjoyed, but he didn't want to. This is not choosing the age."

Li Chen'an was startled, and immediately looked at Hua Manting, thinking that you didn't mention recommending me!

If I can become an official without taking an exam, I'd still like it!

Hua Manting didn't look at him.

He looked at Liu Zhuo.

"My life as a teacher is full of peaches and plums, but all of you are serious in front of the teacher. Of course, this is respect for the teacher, and I can understand it as a teacher."

"But as a teacher, I suddenly hope to have a friend who can speak freely, the kind of friend who has no consideration, no restraint, and no fetters."

"It has nothing to do with age, but only with temperament and character."

Liu Zhuo understood.

The mentor introduced Li Chenan to himself cautiously.

Now it is mentioned that he needs a friend, so in the heart of his mentor, he already regards Li Chen'an as his close friend!

This kid is from Guangling City. As the magistrate of Guangling Prefecture, the meaning of his teacher is obvious, that is, let me take care of him.

It's a matter of little effort, but this kid was able to fall into the eyes of the teacher. What a blessing!

"Disciple understands."

Liu Zhuo cupped his hands and saluted, "There is this little brother in Guangling, please invite your mentor to come to Guangling more often."

"Well," Hua Manting nodded slightly, then looked at Li Chen'an again.

"Brother, this disciple, the number one scholar in Zhaohua for six years, has excellent character, but... he is a little stubborn."

"According to his ability, he should have gone to the capital earlier, and at least he could be a servant of a certain department. However... because of some things he offended some people, Kong has a talent for learning, and Kong has ideals and ambitions, but he can only be here in Guangling. State stay."

"Actually, it's good. After all, the water in the temple is deeper."

"It's getting deeper and deeper now. My brother is afraid that the water will overflow the capital and flood this Guangling Prefecture."

Li Chen'an was stunned for a moment again, so the struggle in the temples of the capital is quite fierce, and he doesn't know how to do it right now. What can I do?

Could it be that you want me to hug the prefect's thigh tightly?

At this time, Su Muxin brought a few dishes with several people.

Hua Manting didn't say anything more, "Anyway, after my little brother's tavern opens, if you are not busy with business, you can go to his place more often."

"Mu Xin, open the wine."

Su Muxin patted open the mud seal of the wine jar and poured three bowls of wine for the three of them.

"Your will fall too."

Su Mu was stunned. An ordinary teacher would not allow him to drink alcohol.

He poured another bowl.

Hua Manting raised the wine bowl, "Come on, let's sing about the wine and appreciate the beauty of life!"

The four made a bowl!

This is the first time for Li Chenan to drink wine from this world. It is not necessary to drink a bowl of wine down the throat. This wine is at most 20 degrees.

dull.

Just like this, it is actually considered a good wine in Ningguo.

"Master Liu..."

"Still called Mr. Liu? But it looks unfamiliar!" Hua Manting put down his wine bowl and said so.

Liu Zhuo quickly said: "I must be older than you, calling me Brother Liu is enough!"

"This... my little brother has climbed high!"

"No, my teacher called you little brother, so I should call you little uncle, I'm the one who made it!"

"Then let's call each other our own. Since we are all brothers, we don't have to be restrained. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today. Let's drink!"

"It's a good sentence. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today. This old man will accompany you to get drunk!"

The atmosphere here suddenly became more relaxed. Even Liu Zhuo, who has always been serious, seemed to have returned to his boyhood at this moment.

After drinking a jar of wine, it was already the time when the lights came on.

Li Chen'an had nothing to do, but Hua Manting was already slightly drunk.

Liu Zhuo obviously has a good capacity for alcohol, but Su Muxin was a little drunk.

"Brother, to be honest, I have something to ask for today."

"Brother, just say it!"

"Isn't my tavern about to open? Can I ask my brother for two pictures?"

"Small things, Mu Xin, Mu Xin, take the pen, ink, paper and inkstone!"

Su Muxin's eyes lit up, thinking that the teacher was going to compose lyrics, so he staggered to the study to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and sharpened the inkstone.

"What to write?"

"Let's start with the name of the tavern... let's write it as the tavern under the banyan tree. The six characters should be smaller."

Hua Manting was taken aback, "Shouldn't the title be bigger?"

Li Chenan chuckled, "You listen to me."

"...good!"

Hua Manting picked up the pen, and the words "Tavern under the banyan tree" appeared vividly on the paper.

"Here, drop your name, brother, it should be bigger."

"..."

Huamanting's three flamboyant characters landed on the lower left of the six characters.

"What about the seal? You need to get a seal."

"You kid."

Hua Manting took out a small seal from her bosom and printed it on the lower right.

Li Chenan cheerfully picked up the banner. Looking around, the words "Hua Man Ting" were extremely conspicuous. On the contrary, the words "Tavern under the banyan tree" were a bit difficult to distinguish.

This effect is what we want.

"Bro, another poem!"

"You say it, I'll write it!"

"...good!"

Li Chenan did not refuse, because this was obviously another test for him by Hua Manting!

He believed that if he showed his skills in front of Hua Manting again, the old man would probably truly regard him as a friend of Wangnian.

But at this moment, Liu Zhuo's heart was full of turmoil, because it was extremely difficult for him to ask his teacher for a word, but now he responded to Li Chen'an's request.

The teacher asked Li Chenan to compose poems and he wrote them himself... Just now the teacher praised him to the sky, let's see how accomplished this young man is in poetry.

"Brother, prepare to write!"

So fast?

"This poem is called Toast the General!"

Li Chen'an stood up, lifted his sleeves, and recited vigorously:

"If you don't see it, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns.

Don't you see Gaotang Mingjing's sad white hair, like blue silk in the morning and snow in the evening. "

Hua Manting was shocked!

Liu Zhuo immediately stood there in a daze.

Hearing these two sentences, Su Mu suddenly sobered up.

All three of them were shocked by this majestic opening.

"Good poem...! Recite it again!"

"To be happy in life, you must have fun. Don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon.

I am born to be useful, and if the gold is gone, it will come back. "

"Mu Xin, ask someone to buy wine. Just based on this poem, this old man...will drink three hundred cups!"

"Little brother, read it again!"

"...five-flowered horses, thousands of golden furs,

Hu'er will exchange fine wine,

Let me sell the eternal sorrow together! "

After reciting a song "Will Enter the Wine", the intoxicated Ting Yaque is silent.