Chapter 1285 Tasteless wine
Spring rain is falling outside the window. In this weather, the river that was originally frozen has slowly melted, and the river water has gradually begun to rise.
The rain came in a hurry, and some pedestrians outside the yard could be heard running in the rain in embarrassment, stepping on the puddles. The maids and maidservants in the backyard were busy putting away their clothes in the spring rain. From time to time, there were small screams, and it was not known whether the clothes fell off or people bumped into each other.
The window of the study room was open. Although some rain was coming, Lu Bu didn''t care. He just sat by the window and looked out of the house. His eyes were a little wandering. He didn''t know whether he was looking at the sky or the drizzle.
This is the study room. Apart from the table, there are several bookshelves with some books on them, but the table in front of Lu Bu is empty, without any books. Lu Bu can read some characters, and there is no problem with superficial documents, but let him calm down and read Confucian classics, this...
Lu Bu did not have much attainment in this area back then. Although there are some factors that are not easy to obtain such as scriptures, the main reason is his own personality. He likes to practice martial arts alive and kicking, and he doesn''t like to sit and study hard, but time has changed, and some living habits will not be transferred because of personal preferences.
It seems that Lu Bu is also sitting in the study now, although there are no books on the table. In a trance, Lu Bu vaguely remembered that he was about to leave in his forties...
Stand at thirty.
Forty is not confused.
Have you established yourself?
It should be... well, it should be counted, right?
Lu Bu himself is not very sure. Although the addition of General Wei, Zhi Jinwu, and False Jie Yue seems to have changed, but it seems that there is no change.
Are you not confused yet?
Hehe, hehe...
Lu Bu patted the table lightly, then stood up, turned around and left the bookstore, and came to the backyard. In the wing room on the side of the backyard, Xiaocao showed half of her figure in front of the window, as if she was doing some female celebrity or something. She was dressed in elegant clothes and had a graceful figure, as if she was a painted picture of a lady.
As if sensing Lu Bu''s gaze, Xiaocao raised her head, looked at Lu Bu, pursed her lips, and smiled slightly. Xiao Prairie is not a person who likes to dance and make trouble. Even if she is with Lu Bu, she doesn''t seem to have any intention of competing for favor. Basically, she sits quietly like this every day, either as a female celebrity, or Draw some pictures, it seems that you don''t need to go out for a lifetime...
It can be said that Xiaocao''s personality and Lu Bu''s character are completely different.
But Lu Bu just likes it.
Like someone, do you need a reason?
Xiaocao has no name, Xiaocao is just her nickname. It turned out that Xiaocao had been called Maiden, Female Food, Tsing Yi and Diaochan before, but Xiaocao didn''t like it, she just wanted to be called Xiaocao.
Lu Bu walked over with his hands behind his back, then stood aside and watched for a while, the two of them didn''t speak, and just sat quietly and the other stood.
Xiaocao gave Lu Bu a strange feeling. Lu Bu had noticed it when he was still in Chang''an, and now it is more obvious. When I was secretly in love with Lu Bu before, as long as Lu Bu likes it, I will do anything, including sex, but if I think Lu Bu likes it, I will do whatever I want. To the extreme, when they have sex, they are basically unwilling to talk, or even make a sound. When they are nervous, they bite their lips desperately, and they will blush when they make a little sound.
After the intercourse, after serving Lu Bu to scrub and wash, Xiaocao, who was wearing a thin apron or a small coat, was probably used to sleeping on her side while holding Lu Bu''s arm, and she didn''t mind Lu Bu kneading her anywhere. Sometimes when Lu Bu turned his head, most of the time he could see the sleeping Xiaocao with a slight smile on her mouth.
This kind of smile is very strange, um, it cannot be said to be strange, but it just gives Lu Bu a rare sense of peace. It seems to be a very satisfied and happy feeling, which is the reason why Lu Bu likes Xiaocao more and more.
Lv Bu looked at it quietly for a while, but finally couldn''t stand still. He stretched out his hand to fiddle with the little grass girl''s red frame, then turned to the side to look at the patterns embroidered by Xiaocao, and walked back and forth several times.
"Lang Jun..." Xiaocao stopped what she was doing and looked at Lu Bu.
"Uh, hehe," Lu Bu put down the thin silk satin that was pulled up by his rough hands, and scratched his head, "It''s okay, I have nothing to do, just take a look...how about drinking with me?"
"Drink?" Xiaocao''s body stiffened for a moment, as if she was seriously and painfully considering Lu Bu''s suggestion.
"Forget it, forget it..." Lu Bu waved his hand, he was just talking habitually, he knew that Xiaocao''s drinking capacity was almost the same as a glass...
Xiaocao looked at Lu Bu, and said, "Why don''t you have a drink with Mrs. Madam? Madam should be able to drink."
Lu Buba smacked his lips and shook his head. For his wife, Mrs. Yan, Lu Bu can''t say that he likes it, and he can''t say that he hates it. Anyway, it''s been so many years. It''s just that it''s too boring to look at Mrs. Yan''s stinky face while drinking.
Madam Yan''s heart is not bad, and she doesn''t necessarily dislike Xiaocao, but it should be more or less because she is not very happy in her heart, and she is a person who can''t hide things, so it shows on her face. Maybe Mrs. Yan just hoped that Lu Bu could say a few soft words to show that she would not move her position, but the problem was that Lu Bu didn''t understand it at all, or didn''t bother to say it when he understood it. Maybe he didn''t think it was necessary at all. I don''t want to say it.
An old man, dealing with those intrigues outside was enough to annoy Lu Bu, but when he returned home, he had to face Mrs. Yan''s serious face, although he knew in his heart that Mrs. Yan didn''t have any bad intentions, but If he had to speak soft words to Mrs. Yan himself, Lu Bu couldn''t do it.
Therefore, even if Lu Bu met Mrs. Yan, he would have nothing to say. The more speechless the two were, the less likely they would sit together. Sometimes they seemed like strangers.
Lu Bu shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "You can do your work, I''ll go by myself..."
"Oh..." Xiaocao nodded irresponsibly, and then looked at Lu Bu''s back for a while, then lowered her head and continued to be a female celebrity.
"Come here, invite General Wei." Lu Bu went to the back hall and asked his servants to invite Wei Xu while preparing drinks and dishes. Wei Xu''s elder sister, that is, the Wei family, is more or less a poor person. She couldn''t survive the hardships of the Northland in the early years. She didn''t live a good life when she followed Lu Bu. Now Lu Bu has a serious official position. By the time, it had turned into a handful of loess...
Wei Xu didn''t live far away, so he arrived soon. When he saw him, he hurriedly paid homage to Lu Bu.
"Don''t be too polite, get up. We are all family members, so be casual." Lu Bu didn''t stand up to greet him, but pointed to the seat beside him, and said lazily, "It''s like being at home..."
Although Lu Bu said so, Wei Xu didn''t dare to be too presumptuous, but he also didn''t dare to go against Lu Bu''s intentions. In the end, he hesitated a little, and sat down.
"Come on! Drink!" Lu Bu simply raised the wine bowl and poured it down in one gulp.
Wei Xu picked up the wine bowl and wanted to toast with Lu Bu, but before he said anything, he saw Lu Bu gulp down the wine in a blink of an eye, feeling a little embarrassed at once, so he quickly continued to pick it up and drank it too.
Lu Bu felt a little bored, he didn''t talk about anything when he heard the drizzle, and just kept drinking, while Wei Xu rolled his eyes and didn''t know how to start a conversation, so both of them were bored, and the atmosphere Just like this wet spring, people feel a little moldy in their hearts.
"Well, you go to Bingbei, how do you think Zhengxi''s soldiers are compared with ours?" In the end, Lu Bu opened the topic first and asked Wei Xudao.
Wei Xu quickly put down his wine bowl, cupped his hands and said, "Report to Marquis Wen..."
"Casual!" Lu Bu frowned, "I''ve said it like my own family..."
"...uh, as ordered..." Even though he said this, Wei Xu felt a little flustered when he saw Lu Bu frowned and got angry, and he didn''t know where to put his hands.
"Forget it, tell me..." Lu Bu sighed slightly, waved his hand and said.
"Yes, I didn''t stay in Bingbei for a very long time..." Wei Xu calmed down and said, "But it seems that the soldiers who Zhengxi are all stronger, and the armor on their bodies is relatively complete, especially...um , especially that kind of feeling, I don’t know what it is, what is it like? Well, it feels like the people under the high school lieutenant, of course, not as strong as the high school lieutenant’s soldiers, it should be worse, but it feels like Almost, ah... that''s how I feel..."
Wei Xu talked without beginning or end, but he found that what he said was very messy. He glanced at Lu Bu cautiously, but found that Lu Bu didn''t seem to care at all, but was in a daze while holding the wine bowl.
"Hehe..." Lu Bu seemed to be recalling something, the originally cold and hard lines on his face softened a little, and he said with a smile, "Do you know that the soldier and horse that Boping formed actually It was suggested by Zhengxi at the beginning..."
"Oh, ah?" Wei Xu opened his eyes wide.
Lu Bu glanced at Wei Xu, picked up the wine bowl and drank it, and then said, "What else?"
"Also... and..." Wei Xu didn''t know what Lu Bu wanted to ask, but he could only think about it desperately, and there was some thin water on his forehead, "And... oh, there are also those soldiers who conquered the west. All the weapons are very good, even the ordinary spearheads seem to be made of fine iron, not poured. Those ring-shoulders used by Tunchang Quchang are said to be made of at least 50 refining materials. Going down the wooden stake as thick as an egg, there is not even a gap!"
"And then?" Lu Bu nodded, smiled, continued, and drank another bowl of wine.
"Then?! Then..." Wei Xu swallowed his saliva, blinked his eyes and thought, and said, "Then...ah, there is a restaurant in Pingyang City...well, yes, the steamed stuffed bun restaurant, that guy, it''s really delicious, The buns are loose and soft, with meat in the middle, like a mixture of meat. It smells like mutton but not all mutton. It tastes the most delicious when it’s hot... When you bite it open, the smell of meat and wheat are all in your nostrils! I took my son-in-law with me, and I ate everything..."
Lu Bu interrupted Wei Xu''s wonderful memories with a wave of his hand, and said, "I didn''t ask you this, I mean, how many soldiers were there in the Western Conquest, how are they distributed, and how are the people''s livelihoods in the market..."
"Ahem..." Wei Xu didn''t know whether he was choked by the drink or by his own saliva, coughed twice before saying, "General Zhengxi''s soldiers are stationed in Pingyang at least 3,000 people, and the rest... I don''t know... People''s livelihood is very prosperous, really, it was still winter when I went there, it was snowing, most of the shops on the street were still open, and there were still businesses..."
"Hmm..." Lu Bu snorted lightly, not knowing whether to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction, "Is there any news about Wenyuan?"
"I heard that Lieutenant Zhang was stationed in Shangdang, but I didn''t see it..." Wei Xu cupped his hands and said.
Lu Bu raised his head, his eyes were a little gloomy, and he sighed, "Shangdang...it''s pretty close to Yanmen..."
After listening for a long time, Lu Bu suddenly said to Wei Xu: "You go to the high school lieutenant later, and help the high school lieutenant to help his men fall into the camp, just say I said it..."
Wei Xu was taken aback for a moment, and then he was a little happy, and quickly answered with his hands. After all, for the generals of the army, they all hope that their soldiers can be brave and good at fighting, and they are all elite. Although Gao Shun''s soldiers were only about 300 soldiers, each of them could be said to be elite, and Wei Xu was naturally very happy to be able to go to assist in the management.
Seeing that Lu Bu had nothing else to say, Wei Xu blinked and stood up to bid farewell to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu lowered his gaze, but waved his hand without speaking. When Wei Xu walked away, Lu Bu let out a long sigh.
This wine has no taste.
When I was poor, there was no good wine to drink. The cheapest wine in Wuyuan''s wine shop was some sour wine, the kind that made the teeth soft after drinking too much. But after killing the Xianbei dog, he exchanged his head for some rewards , then you can buy some stir-fried beans, pickled vegetables, and serve a jar of sour wine with your brothers. Although you often drink it with a frown, your heart is very comfortable!
Further on, when we arrived in Luoyang, we had a few good drinks. Well, counting it, they basically drank with Zhengxi and Wenyuan. At that time, wine was good wine, and brothers were still brothers. There are endless things to talk about, endless things to talk about, and I lie down in the living room when I drink too much, and I don’t know when I rolled into the yard in the middle of the night.
Going forward, although the drinks are still good, but...
Lu Bu stared blankly at the wine on the table that night, and he didn''t know how long it had been, and then suddenly felt abnormally bored, and he stretched out his hand to overturn the table, and the dishes and wine bowls scattered everywhere!
"Bring a certain halberd!" Regardless of the mess, Lu Bu went straight to the courtyard and shouted, "Someone wants to practice martial arts!"
(end of this chapter)