Ten diligent days: the fields are still

Chapter 192 The first dinner party

The soldiers were busy moving tables outside. General Kushuo sat aside, looking at the withered, yellow grass that filled the yard, taller than a man. Memories of the past came to mind. "This Anding Palace used to be so glorious, but now it's deserted. I never thought you'd come back."

Qi Rong took Yuan Lai to sit down, and instead of answering Ku Shuo's question, he asked, "Send us some clothes when you have time."

Ku Shuo hesitated, "You've got the wrong person. I've been in the military for years, so I don't know much about clothes. But the emperor just gave me a lot of gold and silver, so I can lend you some for now."

"Sure, I just think this courtyard can be renovated. Since you are so enthusiastic, I will accept your kindness." Qi Rong did not hesitate and accepted it directly.

Yuan Lai helped to separate the stools and looked out the door. "Why haven't they come back yet? Could they be lost?"

Qi Rong drank his tea and waved Yuan Lai back, "Just wait patiently."

In the evening, the sun was about to set and the sky was covered with red clouds. The brothers appeared at the door noisily.

"I didn't expect the sunset here to be so beautiful." Dun Dun followed his second brother with nothing in his hands.

YiBo retorted, "The sunset at Houdoumen is still more beautiful and irreplaceable."

Yuan'er secretly put the thing in her hand into the hand of Yiheng who was in the front, "It's a pity that you don't have a mobile phone, otherwise I would record it."

Yiheng walked in front, his hands and body full of things, looking left and right, but no one came to share the burden with him.

"Brothers, can you open the door? Look at me like this, do I still have hands?"

The others stood behind him contentedly, and no one stepped forward to help.

The second brother walked forward slowly.

Yiheng was touched, "You are still my best brother."

The best brother just helped put the small box back into his younger brother's hands, which was about to fall.

"Brother, you are the eldest brother now. You must take responsibility as the eldest brother! This is the only thing I can do to help you."

Geng Yun corrected him, "Hey, what younger brother? From now on, we will just call him brother. The younger brother will be the older brother."

Yiheng slowly inched his steps, pushed the door open with his shoulder, and refused to admit defeat. "Okay, I'll definitely be the big brother. You little brothers, just wait! I'm going to help you make a fortune!"

Ku Shuo watched a group of people appear in the yard in a noisy manner. Among them was someone who looked very similar to him. He felt uncomfortable and wanted to slip away, but was held down by Qi Rong.

"General, please don't leave. We've prepared so much food, you need to get to know them. We may need your help in the future."

The brothers had been hungry for a long time, and when they came back and saw a large table of food, their eyes widened.

Yiheng threw the things into the room and flew to the front of the table, holding his arms outstretched. "Don't move! I'm the eldest brother, I'll go first!"

"Okay, brother, come first!"

The younger brother ran to Qi Rong, let Qi Rong take the first seat, and arranged Ku Shuo to the left. He sat on the right and then arranged the seats for the others. "Come on, brothers, listen to me and sit in order. Big brother sits next to me, and then over there are second brother, third brother, Tong brother, Hao brother, Yibo, Xiao Yuaner, Lao Ba, and Shaoxi."

"Why is it Shaoxi who's here? I don't deserve a brother behind me." Shaoxi obediently sat at the end, curious about the seating arrangement. "What's the meaning of your seat?"

Yiheng was busy distributing tableware to his brothers. "I don't have any ideas. I'll just tell whoever I think of."

Yuan'er tapped Shaoxi's arm with a bamboo chopstick. "Why are you asking? He's the boss now. Look, he calls me Little Yuan'er. How could I dare to say anything? Just sit where I tell you to. Why are you talking so much?"

After the dishes were served, Ku Shuo took out a jar of wine from under the table, poured himself a glass, and distributed it to his brothers, "You are all very interesting. Why don't we in the military camp have the same spirit as you?"

Unexpectedly, these words directly caused misunderstanding. They were already afraid that Ku Shuo would take them to join the army, and with Qi Rong's promise that they could return home soon, they were even more eager to avoid war.

"Excuse me, General. We are always like this, without any rules or regulations."

"Yes, yes, we talk a lot too. If the General finds it noisy, we will talk less."

"Hahahaha, no problem, this actually brings a bit of life to this place! Let's have a drink tonight!"

The wine was low-alcohol. Yuan Lai took a sip and found it bitter.

Qi Rong took the wine bowl and said, "Don't drink it. There's something added to this wine."

"what?"

Yuan Lai looked up and saw that his brothers had already finished drinking with Ku Shuo, and everyone had a red face.

Is this wine so intoxicating?

Qi Rong explained in a low voice, "This wine is commonly used to comfort soldiers before going to the battlefield. It contains a lot of Chinese herbs. It has the effect of strengthening the body and stimulating the nerves. It is not suitable for women to drink."

Yuan Lai pushed the wine bowl away and asked, "Is it okay for them to drink like this?"

"I'm here." Qi Rong's words made people feel inexplicably at ease. Yuan Lai lowered his head to eat the food, thinking about picking some meat dishes for An An to nourish him later.

The brothers were originally sitting in their seats obediently and eating in a relatively polite manner, but later they could no longer pretend and automatically started the buffet mode, moving around and snatching each other's food.

The food in other people’s bowls tastes better.

There was a big plate of chicken on the plate and no one touched it, but he insisted on grabbing the chicken legs in his brother's bowl.

The younger brother held up his bowl, swearing to defend his meat to the death, "I'm the boss! How dare you!"

"The chicken legs belong to big brother!" Xiao He chased after his brother and refused to let go. "How dare you put all four chicken legs into your stomach!"

The younger brother hid in Dun Dun's arms, "Big brother gave it to me, you don't accept it!"

Dun Dun smiled and stopped his brothers who were watching eagerly, "I told him to eat. He will have to shoulder the responsibility of being the boss from now on. Eat more and grow taller."

Yuan Er asked, "Being the boss means eating chicken legs, so I want to be the boss too."

Gengyun pointed at the rice that was sticking out of Yuan'er's bowl and said, "Finish the rice in your bowl first before you talk."

Yuan Er smiled helplessly and asked Hao Hao for help, "Brother Hao, you love eating the most. I served too much. Can you share some of the food?"

Haohao swallowed the food in his mouth, put down his chopsticks, and ignored Yuan'er, "This is the best meal I have ever had."

YiBo laughed heartily after seeing the whole process, “Hahahahahahaha.”

The second brother, Xiaotong, and Shaoxi were so busy eating that the fighting and quarreling had no effect on them at all.

Kushuo lay drunkenly on the table.

A soldier whispered something in his ear, and Kushuo suddenly opened his eyes, looking completely different from before. "You go get ready first, I'll be right here."

"I've received news from the palace that the emperor wants to see me. You guys take your time eating, I'll go back home first."

"Go!"

Qi Rong saw Ku Shuo off and when he came back he saw that most of the ten people had eaten and drunk their fill and were sitting in their seats to rest.

Qi Rong sprinkled some unknown powder into the air and said, "Go to sleep."