"What else can we do? Kill them all!" Zhang Rui said with a relaxed look.
"According to Sixth Brother, there is a plan?" Mr. Zhou was a little surprised.
"There is no plan to deal with these mere bandits. Of course there is a way to deal with them!" Then Zhang Rui changed the subject and said: "The old man just said to wait for me here, what will you do if I don't come?"
"If you don't come, I will leave with the whole family tomorrow morning. I won't decide whether to come back until the whole thing is completely over." Mr. Zhou said with a firm face.
Looking at Mr. Zhou Bing this time, Zhang Rui felt that he was a bit unworthy of his name. Sometimes he is very upright and sometimes he is very tactful. It is obvious that he is also a person with a story.
"Can Mr. Zhou go to dinner then?" Zhang Rui asked after answering.
"Let's go, as you said, even if we don't eat, they won't think that we haven't eaten. Since we have taken the blame, why don't we eat? Isn't it possible to save money for your sixth brother?" Zhou Bing was a little bit Said jokingly
"How dare you let the old man call me Sixth Brother? Just call me Gouzi." Only then did he notice that Zhou Bing was calling him Zhang Rui, who quickly accused him.
"No, the name Gouzi doesn't suit you anymore. I don't know if you have a name yet." Zhou Bing said matter-of-factly
"Yes, my master named me Zhang Rui, which means auspiciousness."
"Zhang Rui, a good name."
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The two of them chatted and walked out of the gate.
"father…"
"grandfather…"
"Mr. Zhou"
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"I'm sorry, fellow villagers, for wasting so much time for an old and unreliable guy like me!" Zhou Bing apologized to the people who came over.
"You're welcome, old man. If I hadn't seen the bowls of meat with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed such a good thing. I still have to thank Brother Six for this!"
"That's it, that's it..."
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Zhang Rui was speechless about the title Sixth Brother. No matter how much he corrected him, it was of no use and he could only let it go.
"The old man finally agreed to go to dinner." Zhou Tong and Zhou Tie were finally relieved, and the Zhou family's wife happily took the children to the Li Mansion.
"It's time to eat, Brother Six, let's all eat together!" It turned out that the banquet had been prepared, and everyone over there came to join them for dinner.
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There are only more than thirty households in the village, and there are less than 200 people including children. After all, in this era, there is not enough real estate. Even if there are many children, they may not be able to support them, so the population will not be too large.
Originally, children were not included in the banquet seats, but Zhang Rui still allowed each child to have a seat. This made the children very happy and made the villagers feel Zhang Rui's generosity.
Counting all the villagers plus the people from the Li Mansion and the cooking masters and workers, there are only about twenty-two tables for ten people. Fortunately, these tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks were all brought here by the cooking master, otherwise Li Mansion would not have so many pots, pans, tables, chairs and benches, which is why they are worth five taels. Fortunately, the Li Mansion occupies a large enough area and they are all set up.
Each table has twelve dishes and one soup.
A large plate of plain-cut chicken, soy sauce duck, roast goose, braised fish, meatballs, egg rolls, a large bowl of vermicelli pork, stir-fried pork belly with garlic, stir-fried lean meat with celery, braised tofu, fried vegetables and the necessary piece for each person Large portion of pork belly. A big pot of chicken, duck and pork soup. Looking at the layer of oil floating on it makes the hungry people's appetites increase, and they can't wait to drink three or five bowls of it. There is also a bottle of wine on each table.
Zhang Rui sat at the same table with Butler Li, Li Si's family and Zhou Bing.
At this time, everyone who was already in place looked at Zhang Rui. After being reminded by Butler Li, Zhang Rui realized that they were waiting for him to say a few words before starting the meal.
"Dear fellow villagers, I, Zhang Liu, have nothing special to say. First of all, I would like to thank Butler Li for providing such a venue and providing ingredients. Again, I would like to thank all the chefs and little chefs for making so many delicious foods so quickly. Of course We have many enthusiastic villagers who helped us. There is also brother Chen Liu (the thug). If he hadn’t run faster, we wouldn’t be eating now! Let us give them a warm applause to express our gratitude.”
After hearing Zhang Rui's words, everyone burst into laughter. They didn't understand what the warm applause meant, but when they saw Zhang Rui clapping their hands, they imitated Zhang Rui's example and clapped.
The bursts of applause made those named by Zhang Rui feel inexplicably excited. This was a sense of honor that they could not understand. It’s the same feeling as when I was a kid in school and was praised by the teacher in class.
"Okay, I won't say much. Everyone fills up a bowl and eats it for them and for the better days in the future."
So the drinker was full of wine, but not the full bowl of soup. I finished the drink in a gulp.
"Then let's all use chopsticks to eat together!"
After listening to Zhang Rui's words, no one at each table could be polite, and they all ate like hungry ghosts reincarnated. Even if the people sitting there are all my own family members, what if I don't eat faster or I will never be able to eat such delicious food again.
So everyone still had chicken in their mouths, pork in their chopsticks, and a piece of goose meat in their left hands. The unchewed food in their mouths was given away with a mouthful of wine or soup. Some children couldn't eat enough and cried and asked their mothers to add more food.
Many people can no longer remember how long it has been since they have eaten meat, and many people even remember that from the time they were sensible, they could only eat a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, otherwise it would be nice to have more oil. It is not easy to eat dishes that are rich in oil, water and salty, which makes many people want to lick up the remaining vegetable juices.
The dinner lasted for more than two hours, and it was completely dark. Butler Li also ordered people to light lanterns and torches. Fortunately, there were relatively few people with night blindness in this village, so the effect was not severe.
When the dinner was almost over, the villagers went back to get pots and pans to take home the meatballs, meatballs, and egg rolls that they couldn't bear to eat. They even didn't spare the vegetable juice and rice soup. Leave nothing behind, everything is clean.
Since the dinner was late, Zhang Rui did not distribute any more rice, but asked the villagers to come back to collect rice tomorrow morning. The villagers believed Zhang Rui's words, so they all thanked Zhang Rui, felt their round bellies, and took their family members home to rest satisfied.
Since ancient times, if Zhang Rui had done nothing, the villagers would not have said anything, but they would not have been grateful, even if Zhang Rui had helped them pay off their debts. And if you simply give them some money, you can only gain their short-term gratitude. What could be more memorable than giving hungry people a table full of meat and wine? And the whole night I thought about how I could get free food tomorrow, which was a good thing that I had never encountered in my life.
Sure enough, the rumors were all true. Brother Six was the person sent by the gods from heaven to save our poor family. Otherwise, how can we explain his abilities? Eat well with Sixth Brother, this is really true.
