sheepskin for melon

Tan Yushu almost couldn't continue acting. Fortunately, Uncle Zhuangzi was so shocked by these words that he didn't notice the little tricks of the two of them.

Tan Yushu quietly pulled off Chili's claws, stood up straight, and continued to look desolate.

Chi Li snorted coldly: Big liar...

With Tan Yushu and Chi Li here, Feng Xiu'e purposely scooped up a large pot of dry rice and stewed the pork ribs that couldn't be squeezed into oil. The hot aroma couldn't be stopped even by the lid of the pot, and the little bean diced on the side of the pot drools. .

Uncle Zhuangzi also felt uncomfortable. It was rare to eat meat at home.

Fortunately, Tan Yushu is not a person who likes to embarrass others, so he returned Uncle Zhuangzi's pawn in Erfa Temple: "This is the cold winter, how can Brother Zhuang pawn his winter clothes? If you have any difficulties, please come to my house Look for me. Brother Zhuang, don’t worry, I’m not giving it to Brother Zhuang for nothing, you can return it after Brother Zhuang becomes an official.”

Uncle Zhuangzi laughed at himself: "Can I still be an official in my life?"

Chi Li was expressionless: So who is to blame?

When the meal was ready, Feng Xiu'e brought the food. When an ancient woman had outside guests, she naturally couldn't serve it, so she carried her child to the outside room to eat.

The three-year-old was already able to eat some meat. Feng Xiu'e poured the soup on the rice, shaved the meat into small pieces and mixed it into the rice.

The Zhuang family drank porridge all year round, and being able to eat a little dry rice was really satisfying, but it was the first time that Chi Li knew that millet could not only be used to make porridge, but could also be eaten as dry rice.Taste it, the mouth is rough, as if there are countless sands scraping in the mouth, the taste is really indescribable.

He looked up and saw that other people were eating so seriously, he would not want to waste food, so he poked Tan Yushu's thigh and pointed to his own bowl.

Tan Yushu looked at him, confused for a moment, and quickly understood what he meant, and put the other half of the rice in his bowl into his own.

Uncle Zhuangzi only saw Tan Yushu's small movements, and was very puzzled: "Aren't you not enough to eat? Do you want to grab the mage's food?"

Tan Yushu chuckled: "Of course there is enough to eat, brother Zhuang, just think that I like to bully mages."

Chi Li snorted softly, feeling a little happy for some reason.

Uncle Zhuangzi's eyes widened, he looked at Tan Yushu and then at Chili.

After eating, the feeling of being full for a long time makes the body warm, and it seems that the winter is not so cold.Feng Xiu'e was sitting in front of the loom in the outhouse weaving, and Xiao Douding was dozing off with her lap hugged.

Several people in the room also sat down and chatted calmly. Uncle Zhuangzi asked about Tan Yushu's situation in the past few years at the border. Tan Yushu picked up interesting places and talked about them. Sighing, the grudges caused by Song Ming completely disappeared.

Of course, the dealer couldn't afford charcoal fire, even if the fire was lit for cooking, it would still be too cold.The two of them brought up the past and chatted passionately, but Chi Li was about to freeze to death.Stretch your hand into Tan Yushu's clothes and poke his waist vigorously, say no, go away!

Tan Yushu was very ticklish, so he could only grab his evil hands, look at him helplessly, and signaled with his eyes: Brother Chi, stop making trouble...

Uncle Zhuangzi looked at the two people who were openly making moves in front of him: ...

Is there something wrong?

The topic could hardly go on, Tan Yushu thought about it first, anyway, I just came to see it today.

Just as he was about to leave, there was another knock on the door: "Is Brother Zhuang at home?"

Hearing this voice, Tan Yushu and Uncle Zhuang Zi were a little surprised. When Feng Xiu'e opened the door, he bowed to the person who came, "I have seen Prince Gong."

Chi Li stood up, Prince Gong's son, the prince's son?Anyway, he didn't need to salute when he saw the emperor, he should put his palms together as usual.

"Quick and free." Prince Gong's son Yuan Ning took a step forward and held Tan Yushu's hand: "I didn't expect Yulang to be here, we have been friends for many years, why bother to be so polite to me, just call me Sujie like before .”

Tan Yushu withdrew his hand and saluted again: "I don't dare." But after saluting, he smiled and said, "My lord, long time no see."

The two looked at each other and smiled, everything was kept silent, and everything around them seemed to be a foil.

Pond: ...

Yulang?

Uncle Zhuangzi's nervousness didn't get anything, but he was very happy to see his good friend, and stood up with a smile: "Why did Shizi come in person?"

Yuan Ning's gaze slowly shifted to Uncle Zhuang Zi, and said with a smile: "If I don't come in person, Brother Zhuang will definitely refuse my kindness again." Two stripes of silver.

"The end of the year is approaching, and I know Brother Zhuang is having a hard time. Even if it's not for himself, it's also for the sake of the child and wife. Please accept it."

Uncle Zhuangzi was very moved, but he still refused, saying, "If you don't get rewarded for your merits, you should take it back."

Yuan Ning frowned: "Brother Zhuang, doesn't he consider me a friend?"

Of course not, it's just that Uncle Zhuangzi knows his reputation, and Yuanning has a special status, so he doesn't want to cause trouble for him.

Tan Yushu could understand his concerns, so he cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my son, I will come to take care of Brother Zhuang from time to time."

Yuan Ning sighed: "Oh, it seems that brother Zhuang has a better relationship with Yulang, I'm just an outsider."

Several people looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Pond: ...

He's a dead man, right?

Fortunately, Tan Yushu didn't forget about Chi Li, pulled him over, and said to Yuan Ning, "This is a friend I made recently, Master Miaofa, the abbot of Efa Temple."

Yuan Ning looked at him in surprise: "Is this the mundane legacy of Master Du'er?"

"Exactly."

Yuan Ning put his palms together with a smile: "Recently, Master Du'er's biography of Buddha's traces has become an uproar, I wonder if I can have a chance to meet with Master Du'er?

Chi Li narrowed his eyes: "I'm not Du'er, you ask me?"

Tan Yushu was a little embarrassed: "Forgive me, Master Miaofa was used to being unrestrained before, and his temper is more straightforward."

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay."

There was a newcomer here, and it was impossible to leave now, and Chi Li listened to them talking about the old days with a cold face.

Tan Yushu guessed that Chi Li might be a little upset, so he quietly held his hand, and his eyes signaled him to be calm.

Yuan Ning's eyes flicked across his small movements, and became a little deep, and then continued to chat with Uncle Zhuangzi as if nothing had happened: "It doesn't matter if you don't win this year, Brother Zhuang will have a good news one day."

Uncle Zhuangzi laughed at himself: "You don't have to comfort me, I have prepared myself for not being able to make the list in my life, but this is not because Uncle Zi is incompetent, but because the world is unfair!"

Yuan Ning sighed, then hesitated for a while, and said, "There is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Is there anything you can't say, Master?"

Yuan Ning cupped his hands: "I have an idea to make Brother Zhuang an official, but it will make Yulang suffer losses."

Tan Yushu's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled and said, "I probably know what the elder son said."

Turning to Uncle Zhuangzi, he said, "This time I'm going to Wu Zhuanwen, His Majesty has allowed me to cover the three of you, so I can recommend Brother Zhuang to become an official directly."

Yuan Ning clapped his palms and laughed: "That's right. With Brother Zhuang's talent, he just lacks a chance. One day, he will show his ambitions and return this favored quota. But at this moment, Yulang will probably have a hard time reconciling with him." Confession in the clan."

Tan Yushu said with a warm smile: "There is no need to worry. After knowing this award, my mother and the elders of the clan have asked me about it. If I give one more to either of the two parties, it will inevitably make the other party feel unhappy. No worries. Few people suffer from inequality, if this quota is given to Brother Zhuang, it just happens to settle a worry, but...

"Just what?" Yuan Ning asked curiously.

"Heh..." Tan Yushu looked at Yuan Ning awkwardly but politely, and motioned him to look at Uncle Zhuangzi.

Yuan Ning looked at Uncle Zhuangzi puzzledly, and found that his whole face was dark, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and saw Uncle Zhuangzi glaring and said: "I thought the two of you could be friends, but I don't want you to be so close to this world." It's no different from previous generations!"

"The disadvantages of my Great Yong's laws are nothing greater than those who have been kind! Talented people have studied hard for many years and failed, but those who are ineffective can directly enter the official position with the help of their relatives. Redundant officials are redundant and waste the national treasury. In his position Seeking his food, but not his government, one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, colludes with cliques, forms cliques for personal gain, conceals the eyes of the sage above, and conceals the suffering of the people's livelihood below! If I am in politics for a day, even if I die, I will also abolish these harmful things. The system of the state system!"

"Now you want me to receive the favor of the shade! If I also enter the official position with the shade of grace, what is the difference from compromising with this bad government? What position will I have in the future! You are still complacent, thinking that it is for I'm good!"

"My Uncle Zhuangzi would rather live in poverty than kneel down! Since the two of you are not my fellow travelers at all, don't come into my house again!"

Yuan Ning's smile gradually disappeared:?

After the three of them were swept out together, Tan Yushu stood outside the door and said weakly: "Brother Zhuang, actually I didn't..."

"roll!"

"Heh..." Turning to Yuan Ning with an embarrassed smile, "What I wanted to say at the beginning was that although I could agree, with Brother Zhuang's temper, I might get angry..."

Yuan Ning was completely dumbfounded. He knew that Uncle Zhuangzi was upright before, but he never expected that he would be upright like this!

From this point of view, this Uncle Zhuangzi may be useless at all, and there is really no need to spend so much effort on him.

Before that, Chi Li thought that Uncle Zhuangzi was extremely pedantic, but now he suddenly felt: Well done!

Yuan Ning said with an indescribable expression: "I didn't mean that, Brother Zhuang misunderstood me too much..."

Tan Yushu smiled and cupped his hands to him: "Your Majesty, don't take it to heart. Brother Zhuang has such a personality, and his official career is so bumpy. Now he is angry and can't hold back his words. I will talk to him in detail when his anger subsides. You must be able to understand the painstaking efforts of the son of the world."

Yuan Ning sighed with a smile: "You still have a good temper."

Tan Yushu just smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Ning's eyes fell on his face again, he took a step forward, and said with deep eyes: "Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for five years, but you never came to my house when you returned to Beijing. Did you kill me?"

Tan Yushu sighed: "Your Majesty, I was too worried. It's just that when I first returned to Beijing, I was at a loss. I was afraid that things would be wrong, and I didn't dare to see the face of the old man. Now I have figured it out. I planned to meet someday, but I didn't want to meet here."

"Since that's the case, my carriage is right there. Let Yulang go back home with me and talk about it."

"Forgive me, my son, today I have made an appointment with Abbot Miaofa, and I will visit him someday."

"Since it is an appointment with the master, then we can only give up."

Tan Yushu and Chi Li boarded the carriage together to return to Efa Temple, while Yuan Ning returned home alone in the carriage.

Reminiscing about the reunion with Tan Yushu, Yuan Ning's lips gradually revealed a smile, and his fingers touched the void lightly, as if he was tracing a figure. At a certain moment, his fingers stayed in the air

It took such a short time to re-enter the center of the court, he is really a very smart person.

But it seems... a little too smart.

Yuan Ning opened his eyes and looked at the empty palm, how could he hold such a beautiful and cunning prey in the palm of his hand and play with it wantonly?