After the gourmet up dressed as a spoiled man

Lutai Town is far away from the capital, and it takes more than half a month to send a letter. The last time the old dean came to invite him, he

Lutai Town is far away from the capital, and it takes more than half a month to send a letter. The last time the old dean came to invite him, he sent a letter to the capital. Counting the days, he should receive a reply.

Lin Shiyou followed the old dean into the study with a serious face.

"It just arrived in the morning, you can open it and have a look." The old dean handed him an envelope.

For some reason, Lin Shiyou's hand that received the letter trembled slightly, and he took a breath before slowly opening it.

There was a stack of thick letter paper, and there were many contents in the letter. Zhou Mingting signed the letter at the end. He sent letters to his teacher Fang Qingming and his friend Zhao Mingting at that time. Now, he only received a reply from his friend. It must be that the teacher left the capital again to wander around. .

Lin Shiyou held the letter and stared intently at these pages of letter paper. The old dean took a few sips of tea from time to time and looked up to observe his expression.

Zhou Mingting is his classmate in the capital city. He has played together since he was a child in school. Some of the Lin family's ancestral property is divided into a room and two shops for each house. They are living a prosperous life. They are neighbors with the Zhou family. The relationship is good.

Zhou Mingting is not good at studying but is good at doing business. He often deals with the upstart government offices in Beijing and China. He is clever and tactful, and he values ​​friendship and friendship.

The Lin family was exiled and only people around who knew about it discussed it for a while. There are many officials under the foot of the emperor. The fourth house of the Lin family is just a small official. What about the family?

Only Zhou Mingting was thinking about his friend, and kept asking secretly, and knew some inside stories, but the Lin family was exiled suddenly, the situation was uncertain, and he only knew that he went to the direction of Lutai Mountain.

For a while, Lin Shiyou couldn't be contacted, so he had no choice but to wait for a letter from his friend while inquiring about news.

He and Lin Shi had known each other for a long time, and they had known each other's personalities for a long time. He was sure that the other party would contact him as soon as he settled down, so he waited quietly in Beijing.

Sure enough, the Lin family left Beijing at the end of spring, and finally received a letter from Lin Shiyou in autumn.When the servant delivered the letter, Zhao Mingting was entertaining guests, and the servant was always clever by his side. Seeing that the guests had some relationship with the government, he had to say vaguely: "Master, your old friend sent a letter from another place."

Zhao Mingting immediately put down the tea cup when he heard this, his face couldn't hide his joy, and he restrained his expression considering that there were still guests at home.

After a long while, he lied that there was some urgent business to send away the guests hastily, and he didn't care about Mr. Zhou's usual hospitality, he hurried back to the study and quickly opened the envelope.

Lin Shiyou reported his safety first. The Lin family is all in Lujia Village, and they are living well. Now he is teaching in the academy, and his married brother Li Yu cooks food. Both of them can make enough money to support the family. Situation, let him rest assured.Then I asked him about the situation in the capital.

Lin Fu, the fourth resident of the Lin family, wrote an article alluding to the present day, and he was convicted only after being reported by someone with a heart. The verdict came down in a few days, and he hurriedly ransacked the Lin family's house into exile. Lin Gui refused to admit that he had written such an article. article, but that piece of evidence stamped his private seal, and in the end he had no choice but to sign it.

"What's the inside story, please ask Brother Zhao to help find out."

This is also what Lin Shiyou is most concerned about. If Lin Gui hadn't written that article, someone must have framed him. The charges against the Lin family were fabricated out of thin air, and the catastrophe was for nothing.The most important thing is to investigate this matter clearly.

Zhou Mingting read the letter and put it away properly before thinking about how to reply to it. He also inquired about a lot of news, but he needed his good brother to return to the capital to continue the investigation.

He also got some news in the past few months. Immediately after the official position of the Lin family was vacated, a person parachuted over. That person was the youngest son of a wealthy businessman in the capital. No one in the family was an official, and he was the only one who got the chance.

But I didn't hear about the meritorious deeds, and was directly arranged to replace Lin Gui. Who did it behind the scenes? Whether this matter has anything to do with Lin Gui's demotion still needs to be investigated carefully.

I haven't seen you for a few months and now I received a message from my friend. Zhou Mingting has a lot to say, so I can only write every bit of it in the letter. Before I know it, I wrote a stack of letter paper. My friend's master, Mr. Fang Qingming, has disappeared. , before leaving, he only sent someone to deliver a message to him, telling him not to worry.

Zhou Mingting turned his pen around and specifically mentioned a few words. Since Lin Shiyou left Beijing, Sun An, who used to love to hang out with us, has long since disappeared. He doesn't even say hello when he sees me. This kid has a problem with his character. Mentioning him, Zhou Mingting, got angry, and vomited bitterness in the letter, expressing how much he missed his brother, and finally concluded that he hoped that his brother was safe, and he had the opportunity to return to Beijing as soon as possible before he could make a long-term plan.

After I finished talking, I was just about to stuff it into the envelope when I suddenly thought of something. I couldn’t help feeling annoyed that I had a bad memory. My friend’s house was ransacked in that remote place. Naturally, the most lacking thing was money. I immediately took 500 taels of silver and put it in the envelope, and I was satisfied. Nodding, my friend will return to Beijing just around the corner!

Lin Shiyou carefully read the letter twice, frowning slightly at the beginning, his expression became more unpredictable as he looked back, he was helpless to see his friend complaining, and he did not forget to nag at such a distance, There are also some trivial things to talk about, such as which friend got married, which friend broke up, which restaurant in the capital was delicious, and which tea was brewed like swill.

He couldn't help being amused when he saw the letter, knowing that his friend was also making jokes to comfort him and reassure him.

He folded the letter and shook the envelope, and a bank note fell out. Lin Shiyou picked it up suspiciously. Zhou Mingting took 500 taels directly for him with such a big deal.

Now that they are making money themselves, this bank note is of course not needed, but they still keep it carefully.

The old dean finished tasting two cups of tea, and Lin Shiyou finally read the letter.

"But there is a big change in the capital?" The old dean asked after consideration, "Is there something hidden?"

"The letter said that after my fourth uncle was dismissed from office and exiled, his position was quickly replaced by the son of a businessman. For the time being, I can't see any other means. It's just that my fourth uncle is honest and honest, and it is impossible to write taboo articles.

He didn't admit it at first, but after a few days in the prison, he signed it and signed it. The family of three was exiled to a place of bitter cold, and the rest of our Lin family also came to Lutai Mountain. "

Lin Shiyou lowered his eyes and pondered: "But there is one more point. Last autumn, the merits of the candidates were released on the list. This spring, something happened at home before the exam. It stands to reason that the merits will be withdrawn.

It’s just that the people from the government only suppressed my name for juren. I asked Zhou Mingting in the letter, and he only said that some of the juren who released the list together were officials, and some of them had already participated in the Spring Festival. It has not been mentioned for the time being, and it has not been made up by others. It is estimated that it will be useful to keep it. The specific situation will not be known until I return to Beijing. "

"These two things are really strange."

The old dean said seriously: "Have you received his letter from your master?"

Lin Shiyou replied: "Zhou Mingting said in his letter that Master left Beijing for a wandering trip. Before he left, he only asked someone to deliver a message to him. If Master has something to do, he will find a way to contact us."

He wasn't worried about this, as the matter was unclear, Master might know more about it than Zhou Mingting, we still had to wait for news from him.

"What are your plans?" The old dean couldn't help asking, "Going back to the capital in the near future?"

It's not too late to go back now, Xiaoyu's shop is running smoothly in the town, and he has made some money, but the book publishing is not over yet, so we have to wait and see.

If you rush back to Beijing now, the development of the town may not be smooth. Taking advantage of the opportunity of being famous in the county, you can earn more money in the shop, so that you can buy some real estate after returning to Beijing.The houses and shops of the Lin family have been copied, so naturally they cannot be identified.

The old dean nodded and said earnestly: "That's fine, if you plan to return to Beijing, I can introduce you. My student opened an academy in the capital and will be happy to use you as a teacher."

"Then thank you Dean." Lin Shiyou held his hands and discussed the manuscript with the old dean before taking the letter and leaving.

The old dean looked at his back and shook his head, "Where did this old guy Fang Qingming go? He disappeared after something happened to his apprentice."

Back at the shop, Li Yu was lying on the table writing recipes, his handwriting was scribbled, not as good as Lin Shi's calligraphy, and he was not used to pen and ink, and there were ink bumps on the paper every now and then.

As he was writing, he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, he wasted a good piece of paper, and just as he was about to put down his pen, he saw Lin Shiyou pushing the door in.

"The ink is not good, Xianggong, and the paper is dizzy." Li Yu pushed the problem to the ink stick in a good manner, "I won't write, so as not to waste it."

Lin Shiyou accepted it with a deep smile, and handed the envelope in his arms to Li Yu.

"Xiaoyu, take a look at this first, the reply letter from the capital."

Li Yu was stunned for a moment. It took so long for Xianggong to send the letter and he finally received a reply. He read it carefully and saw that it was written by Zhou Mingting. This person had an impression in his mind. He had a cheerful and enthusiastic personality and was in the tea and cloth business. He has made a lot of money and has been a good friend of his husband for many years.

What he said should not be false, but what does the letter mean by asking them to return to Beijing as soon as possible?

"Sir, isn't it too late for us to go back now?" Li Yu asked after deliberation.

"Xiaoyu is right. If we go back to the capital, we can only go back together. The rest of the Lin family will be in the village. And now we only have enough money to buy real estate when we go back to the capital. If we open a shop, we can probably rent this one. It’s a small shop, but we still need to save some money if we want to open a big restaurant.”

Li Yu understood, and he also agreed with Xianggong's idea, he had just become famous in the county, and it was a good time to attract customers, and the shop's income had doubled in the past few days.

If Boss Qian's book publishing goes well, then they can make another fortune, and they will feel at ease when they have more money in their hands.

Seeing Li Yu's brows furrowed, Lin Shiyou thought that he was worried about the money, so he quietly put the bank note on the table to tease him, "I got lucky today, and I picked up a bank note, Xiao Yu, take a look."

"Ok?"

What kind of luck can pick up a silver ticket?Li Yu curiously stretched out his hand to open it and saw that there were 500 taels, and immediately knew that it must be from Zhou Mingting.

Another rich man!

A random shot is 500 taels, and thinking about being a teacher in the public shop with Xiang, and only earning 300 taels after so long, a small flame suddenly ignited in Li Yu's heart, he must work hard and earn more money!

"Xiao Yu is already very powerful." Lin Shiyou's eyes flashed with emotion and gently pinched the tip of Li Yu's nose, "If everything goes well, we will return to Beijing in winter."

The two made up their minds and didn't get entangled anymore. Lin Shiyou copied the recipe and Li Yu grinded it aside. The husband and wife cooperated and finished writing a recipe in three days.

Boss Qian was also amazed at their speed, he happily took away a stack of papers, patted Lin Shiyou on the shoulder and said, "Brother Lin, wait for the good news from brother, you two just wait for the money to be collected." !"

Several people looked at each other and smiled. Li Yu's long eyelashes flickered slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He silently grasped Lin Shiyou's fingertips. finished.

In the past few days, more and more people have come to the county town, and the shop can close for a rest after noon on weekdays when the food is sold out.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm of the people will not decrease. Not only the regular customers in the town come to visit every day, but also the people from the county come to eat in groups in horse-drawn carriages, and they will bring back some after eating. It was almost evening after the guys finished packing.

Li Yu's Chuan Chuan Xiang and desserts were sold out today. Fortunately, Zhang Meng prepared a basket of dishes and promised to treat them to hot pot in the evening to celebrate his victory in the county cooking competition.

Zhang Meng is big and eats a lot. Li Yu and Brother Dong are the only ones present. Li Yu prepared five plates of pork, three plates of mutton and three plates of beef. Put the prepared base material into a small copper pot and sauté until fragrant. Add the broth made from pork bones, and the aroma will be released instantly.

"Shopkeeper, you know how to do this! I didn't eat this morning, so I'm waiting for this meal!" Zhang Meng rubbed his hands, as if he couldn't wait to hold a pair of chopsticks firmly.

Li Yu shook his head and smiled with a smile in his eyes, and teased him: "You have to quickly eat your chopsticks, we haven't eaten for a day, if we can't grab it, we won't be full!"

"What, you lied to me, I believe that the shopkeeper didn't eat in a hurry, and Mr. Liu still didn't eat?" Zhang Meng scratched his head and curled his lips, "I don't believe it."

Everyone laughed, everyone in the town knew Liu Yuanwai's delicious food, and they usually went to restaurants to find shops, and they couldn't afford a meal.

Member Liu choked for a moment when he heard Zhang Meng's words, "Huh?"

He just wanted to say something to refute, but thought of what happened today and swallowed the words back, so he knocked on the fan dryly.

He only had breakfast at the house today, and during the day he brought his buddies to help Mr. Shen repair the house.

Seeing that winter is about to enter, a corner of the roof of the kitchen at Brother Dong's house was lifted by the wind, and the wind leaked suddenly, and the room was full of cool air. How can we survive the winter like this!

However, the father and son didn't notice it. They only felt that the house was getting colder and colder recently, so they didn't check the house. It was only after Liu Yuanwai carefully checked a few places that he found that the corner was already broken.

He did what he said and brought his buddies to the door the next day. He wanted to find some masons, but the buddies in the shop said that they could fix it without any trouble, so Mr. Liu had no choice but to bring two experienced hands to Brother Dong's house.

After the hole was patched, he came to Li Yu's place to join the big guy, and his stomach, which had no feeling at all when he smelled the spicy smell just now, also growled, and his stomach was empty.

Thinking of this, Member Liu raised the corner of his mouth and gave Brother Dong a glance. Knowing what was going on, Dong turned his body in shame and said in a low voice, "Brother Yu is ready, everyone eat more!"

It was the first time for a few people to eat hot pot made by Li Yu. The meat slices were sliced ​​thinly and cooked in a short while when scalded in the tumbling red oil. Taste the numbness of the soup, chew a few mouthfuls to feel the tenderness of the meat slices, and the heat of the meat shabu-shabu is just right, so that there is no firewood or softness, only the meat is fragrant.

All kinds of vegetables were boiled and cooked. Li Yu specially put a handful of small wild vegetables sent by Brother Dong. The wild vegetables were softened by the soup, and the overflowing juice mixed with the red oil, exuding an incomparably attractive aroma. Pick up a chopstick of wild vegetables and dip them in some sesame sauce seasoning. The green wild vegetables are covered with tan sesame sauce, which is crisp and refreshing in the mouth, and the aftertaste has a sesame aroma.

People in Lutai Town are no strangers to this kind of small wild vegetables, but Lin Shiyou and Li Yu thought it was fresh, and the handful of wild vegetables were snatched away by them. They were also caught in Li Yu's bowl, causing Li Yu's ears to become hot and blushing instantly, why did Xianggong grab it!

The few people ate lively. This time, Member Liu brought a new kind of rum, which smelled sweet and sweet. Brother Dong and Li Yu both liked it, so they each drank a pot.

Zhang Meng didn't like this wine. He brought a burning knife and insisted on pouring a cup for several men. The burning knife was spicy and had a strong aftertaste, and he started to feel dizzy after eating and drinking.

Everyone sat down on the chairs to digest food silently. Li Yu took the last sip of wine and remembered something else. He helped Lin Shiyou's shoulders to get up, and wandered to the counter to get a few small cloth bags and a bag containing monthly money. Similar, except Xianggong sent one to each of them.

"Open it and have a look!" Li Yu propped his chin up, raised his mouth and blinked his eyes slightly, "There's not much money, so let's treat it as a red envelope for everyone!"

Zhang Meng has the fastest hand, burning a knife is nothing to him, he won't get drunk no matter how much he drinks, his movements are not affected at all, he poured out the broken silver inside, a full two taels!

"Thank you shopkeeper! Brother Lin is generous!"

Brother Dong drank too much sweet wine when he was happy, and he was a little confused at the moment. He slowly opened the money bag, and it was indeed two taels of silver. .”

Lin Shiyou grabbed Li Yu's restless hand, and his expression was also visible to the naked eye, "You don't have to be polite, everyone should."

Having had enough food and wine, Zhang Meng and Li Qing took the initiative to take over the work, quickly cleaned the plates and chopsticks, and wiped the stove carefully before leaving.

The sky is getting late, the night is as cold as water, the full moon is covered by clouds, and the cold moonlight spreads all over the stone road in the street. Looking up, the dark night is dotted with jewel-like stars, and the night wind blows a little. indefinite.

There were two pedestrians in the middle of the small street. Yuanwai Liu and Brother Dong were walking slowly on the street. Brother Dong lived in Ximen Alley, a little far from the shop. He drank again. Yuanwai Liu was afraid that the cold wind would make him sick and had to Discuss that he will spend the night at his own home.

There were few people on the road, and it was quiet. Liu Yuanwai stared at his delicate and delicate face for a while, and his heart skipped a beat.

Brother Dong's cheeks were flushed, his eyes blinked a few times from time to time, under the moonlight, he felt like water, his soft lips were red from the hot pot, with a playful smile on his mouth, he let himself be held Holding his hand and walking home step by step.

Member Liu pursed his lips and asked tentatively, "Brother Dong, did you drink too much? Do you know where we are going?"

Brother Dong raised his eyes with a puzzled expression, and then looked down at the hands they were holding together. He frowned silently as if to say, don't you want to take me home?Why are you asking me?

A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Liu Yuanwai's mouth, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad guy?"

"You can't!" Brother Dong stopped, stretched out his thin white hands to hold Liu Yuanwai's side face, looked at him for a moment with his curved black eyes, nodded and muttered to himself for a long time: " You are Liu Jingtai, you are a good person."

Brother Dong has been doing rough work since he was a child, perhaps thanks to his physique, his hands are delicate and soft, without any scars or calluses on his palms. At this time, the warm palms are pressed against his side face, and Liu Yuanwai only feels hot. Like a fire, the heat spread all the way to his heart, he heard his heartbeat getting faster and faster, his eyes stared at Brother Dong's lips as if being drawn.

His eyes were gloomy, Brother Dong was inexplicably scalded by his gaze, his eyes were slightly dazed, and he was half awake from alcohol, just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he saw Liu Yuanwai's enlarged handsome face, and his warm breath sprayed onto his face On the next moment Liu Yuanwai pecked his lips.

Obviously only drank sweet wine, sweet wine is not intoxicating, but at this moment Brother Dong felt as if he drank a burning knife, his whole body was hot, his body was stiff and he did not dare to move, his eyes stared at the person in front of him with round eyes, Liu Yuanwai tilted his head He stretched out his hand from the corner of his mouth to cover Brother Dong's black eyes, and leaned closer to whisper: "Close your eyes."

Donggeer closed his eyes obediently as he said, but Liu Yuanwai did not make any other movements. He let out a sigh of satisfaction, took off his coat and wrapped Dongge's head and shoulders tightly, revealing only a pair of panties. With shy eyes, she hugged him back to the house with big strides.

Seeing that the young master brought someone back for the first time, the guard at the door couldn't help but poke his head curiously to see the person's appearance, but was looked at by the young master with a warning look, "Go and tell the firewood room to burn two buckets of water, and send one bucket to my room." inside."

The boy got the order and went to work immediately.

Brother Dong lowered his head and hid in his clothes, not daring to make a sound, quietly sniffing the scent of the clothes' incense, his dazed mind seemed more drunk than before.

Mr. Liu took him back to the bedroom and untied his clothes. The room was lit with candles and oil lamps. It was brightly lit. I hadn't seen Brother Dong's face so red in the street just now. At this time, he looked like a boiled shrimp, with thick and long eyelashes trembling. Downcast not daring to look at him.

"What's wrong? Are you shy?"

There was hot tea on the table, Liu Yuanwai poured a cup of hot tea into his hand, supported the table with one hand and squeezed Brother Dong's chin with a smile and said: "Let me see, Brother Dong looks better when he is shy. "

He acted like a teaser, Brother Dong was amused, and felt the skin on the tip of his chin burn like fire, and a numb feeling surged in his heart.

"Stop teasing me, I'm sleepy."

Brother Dong didn’t dare to tell the truth. He was still a little sleepy when he was at the door, but he woke up immediately when he entered Mr. Liu’s bedroom. Still haven't calmed down.

Liu Yuanwai glanced at Brother Dong's hand tightly clutching the corner of his clothes, and knew that he was still nervous. It was the first time that someone else came to his bedroom, and he was still his sweetheart. Liu Yuanwai was not as calm as he looked on the outside. Today That kiss on the street at night made his heart throb for a while, not to mention that Brother Dong was going to stay in the house all night, he was already prepared to stay up all night.

The atmosphere between the two was just right, and Yuan Bao carefully knocked on the door, "Master, the hot water is ready, will it be delivered to your room?"

Brother Dong was taken aback and looked at him puzzled.

"Bring it."

After Mr. Liu gave his orders, he went to the cabinet to find a set of his underwear, which was sent by Xiu Niang some time ago, but he hadn't had time to wear it yet, so it happened to be given to Brother Dong.

"Let's drink the wine and blow the wind, and take a hot bath for a while before going to sleep, otherwise we will catch a cold easily." He thoughtfully handed the underwear to Brother Dong and stroked his soft hair. You are fine in the bedroom ,I am going out.

After he finished speaking, he left, and Yuan Bao sent the water behind the screen and went out too.

Brother Dong pursed his lips, looked up and looked around again, and finally made up his mind and went behind the screen.

Brother Dong was already brushing his hair when Mr. Liu came back from washing. He was sitting on the bench next to the table in a snow-white undershirt. The clothes on his body were several times too big for him. Dao, showing her slender wrists and ankles, was wiping her long hair bit by bit with a cloth towel.

The candlelight in the house was flickering, and the usually deserted bedroom also added a bit of popularity tonight. Just looking at Yuanwai Liu felt soft inside, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I'll wipe it for you."

He took the cloth towel, Donggeer silently let him dry most of his hair, perhaps because of his gentle and comforting movements, his mood fluctuated that night, Donggeer couldn't hold back a small yawn, and the corners of his eyes overflowed A few tears.

Seeing this, Member Liu took him to the bed, and Shan brought him a new quilt to tuck him in and said softly, "Don't worry, sleep."

I thought Dong Geer would be too nervous to fall asleep on his bed, but unexpectedly after a quarter of an hour, Dong Geer's even breathing could be heard in his ears, and Liu Yuanwai lay down on the side with light movements, and closed his eyes contentedly.

In the middle of the night, Brother Dong turned over and kicked the quilt. It was almost dawn and his cold body shrank together. He grabbed at random with one hand and finally he touched the heat source.

He thought he had returned to his warm bed, relaxed his body and continued to dream about Duke Zhou with his warm body.

In the early morning of the next day, there were a few birds chirping outside. Just as Mr. Liu was about to stretch, he felt his left arm being hugged. He was leaning on his shoulder, sleeping soundly, revealing his palm-sized face, flushed in sleep, the neckline, which was already loose, was loosened at this time, and the white collarbone and shoulders were in front of his eyes.

Liu Yuanwai blushed and took a deep breath, as if he didn't know where to put his other hand, and finally he could only whisper with his lips shaking: "Brother Dong, why...sleep until I'm under the bed..."

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Liu Yuanwai: "I'm not clean QAQ" (bushi)