Chapter 350 Expectations
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The fourth dish was a small pot of soup, which used the head of the silver carp, added tofu, and hanged it on the stove in a clay pot. The soup was milky white and sprinkled with green green scallions on it.
The staple food is steamed white rice, and fresh green peas are added to it.
These dishes were Zhang, Lian Man'er and Lian Zhier's daughter had a lot of thought. Even before they could put the chopsticks, they seemed to be very delicious.
Shen Liu glanced at the food on the table, waved his hand, and asked someone to move out the banquet and snacks sent by the county magistrate and the gentry. Then, Shen Liu stood up and greeted Chen Qian over. The two brothers sat down at the table and started eating.
It has a combination of color, fragrance and taste, and is delicious but not greasy, just in line with Shen Liu's appetite. Chen Qian's appetite is also quite good. His favorite food is obviously the pine nut corn. Shen Liu picked up every fried pickle and tasted it.
"What is this?" Shen Liu's long and powerful fingers held the chopsticks and hung over the black rice. He hesitated for a moment, looked up at Lian Man'er and asked.
Lian Man'er laughed in her heart, Shen Liu didn't know Wumi. This is really, no matter how you eat all the delicacies, there are also delicious foods you don't recognize on my table.
"Sixth Master, this is Wumi." Lian Man'er smiled.
A confused expression flashed across Shen Liu's face. Wumi, he had not only never seen it, but he had never heard of it.
"Wumi? But it is obviously white." Chen Xiaopang said, "Man'er, the black rice is black, and the purple rice is purple. You Wumi, it..."
After Chen Xiaopang finished speaking, he pouted and looked at Lian Man'er. That meaning seemed to be accusing Lian Man'er of fooling him.
"It grows from sorghum stems. When it is tender, it is white and delicious. If the elder becomes black, it will become black and cannot be eaten." Lian Man'er simply said what the black rice is to Shen Liu. "When Master Liu came, we were in the field and touched this. There were very few things. We only found twenty of our large area."
Shen Liu nodded, then picked up a piece of black rice, dipped it in some big sauce, and took a bite and ate it.
"not bad."
Chen Qian followed and ate one and said it was delicious.
The two brothers seemed to be hungry and felt that the food was in harmony. After eating most of the dishes, another one drank a bowl of soup, then put down the chopsticks.
Zhang, Lian Zhier, and Maner, rushed forward and removed all the things.
"Sir, there are gentry outside asking for a visit." Then a close friend saw Shen Liu use food and reported back and forth.
The county magistrate and the gentry who came to ask for their wishes did not leave, but stayed outside. The tray in his hand was thickly placed on several stacks of posts asking for their wishes. Shen Liu took out a post and looked at it, then put it back.
"It's getting late, let them all go back." Shen Liu said. "Prepare the car, it's time for us to go back."
Then the follower went out to pass the message.
"Brother Six, let's leave now?" Chen Qian felt a little reluctant when he heard Shen Liu say he was leaving.
"Why, I haven't had enough fun after letting you spend this day?" Shen Liu lowered his head and asked Chen Qian.
"Brother Six, we finally came here." Chen Qian smiled.
Shen Liu ignored Chen Qian and asked the servant around him to bring two boxes of snacks and two packs of tea. He gave Lian Shouxin.
"I will follow Man'er's idea about this corn." Shen Liu said, his eyes fell on Lian Man'er's face, "...If there is anything, I will still go to the town to ask the people from the Shi family to send me a message. In the autumn, I will send someone over."
General Shen Liu was in charge of military affairs on one side. Naturally, he was a busy man. After a few simple instructions, he got up and took Shen Liu out of the shop, and got on a carriage and returned to the city.
The county magistrate and a group of gentry were all on the way, and they waited until Shen Liu's carriage and horses left far away before they got on their car sedan and gradually dispersed.
Before this, the county magistrate called Lian Shouxin to speak with a very kind attitude. The gentry, who was also flexible, also found excuses to talk. In the end, Lao Gao's food boxes were piled up in the shop, all of which were given fruits, snacks and meals by the gentry.
After everyone had dispersed, Lian Man'er's family wanted to go back to the shop. When Lian Shouxin turned his head, he saw Mr. Lian Shouren, Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu standing on the official road and facing each other.
When Mr. Lian saw Lian Shouxin and saw him, he brought Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu over.
"Dad, brother, when did you come?" Lian Shouxin asked hurriedly.
"We have been here for half a day." Lian Shouren's tone was a little dissatisfied, "Sixth Master is here, why don't you send a message to your house? It was only when we heard people spread on the street that we realized. It would be too late to come here."
Lian Shouxin let the three old men into the store.
"Dad, when Mr. Shen Liu came, I was also in the field, and I was still in the shop and found me. This time I came back, I didn't take off my body." Lian Shouxin explained to Mr. Lian.
"Master, Mr. Shen Liu came here differently from last time. This shop belongs to us, but we don't have to say anything. We should sit wherever we want to go and go in, we have to follow their instructions." Lian Man'er gave Mr. Lian a cup of tea and said with a smile.
"This is right. I saw it just now. The county magistrate was about to come in, and even the soldiers stopped him. Master Shen Liu had to speak before he could get in." Lian Jizu said, his face full of shock and envy.
"Didn't Master Liu see the post I handed over?" Lian Shouren leaned over and asked Lian Shouxin.
"Brother, I saw the post I asked to see Master Liu. It was filled with a large tray. Master Liu didn't even read it, so he called the county magistrate and called the other two people's names." Lian Shouxin said.
Shen Liu came for corn this time, and it seemed that he was very busy. Even Juren Wang didn't see him. Even Shouren, a donated student, could not get into Shen Liu's eyes after his post.
"I met the county magistrate, and the juren from our village also handed out the post, but I didn't see him. The older people were waiting outside and saw one or two. I didn't see us, which was also expected." Old Master Lian took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"Dad, the last time Liu Master asked us to meet, and Liu Master treated us differently. Now I donated the prison student again, no worse than his juren... We are just coming later. If we get news early and come here early, we will meet this person."
Lian Shouren said, and looked at Lian Shouxin with his eyes. What he meant was that it was completely Lian Shouxin's fault that he had not seen Shen Liu this time. If Lian Shouxin had sent him a letter earlier, or if Lian Shouxin later mentioned him in front of Shen Liu, then Shen Liu would definitely have met him.
"The fourth brother, you won't say anything if you can't get in front of you. You'll just say something, why are you..." Lian Shouren complained, his tone sour. "The fourth brother, we brother, you can eat meat, at least leave a bite of soup for your brother to eat."
"Brother, what is the identity of the Sixth Master? What is my identity? I am in front of me. If people ask me, I will say whatever they ask me. If people don't ask me, there is no place for me to speak. Don't talk about me, even the county magistrate is in front of the Sixth Master. This is the case. What meat and soup do you say? Brother, you are a knowledgeable person. I am a rough man. If you teach me, what does that mean? I will also make me understand." Lian Shouxin became a little angry when he heard what Lian Shouren said unpleasantly.
"You can't blame the fourth brother for this." Even the old man waved his hand and told the two brothers not to talk about it anymore. "The Sixth Master is the county magistrate of our county, and he can't curry favor with him. The fourth brother is a farmer, and he doesn't understand the things in the officialdom. Even if he has the will, he doesn't know what to do."
After appeased Lian Shouren and Lian Shouxin, the old man Lian asked Lian Shouxin again.
"The fourth brother, Mr. Shen Liu is here this time, right?"
Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu's eyes fell on Lian Shouxin, and they were obviously very concerned about this issue.
"Yes, dad." Lian Shouxin nodded and replied.
"That corn, I just depend on you planted it. The seeds were given by Master Liu, right? I have never asked you about this. What did Master Liu say about the corn this time?" asked Old Master Lian.
"This," Lian Shouxin glanced at Lian Man'er, and saw Lian Man'er nodding gently, he continued, "The corn seeds belong to the Shen family. Now, Master Liu asked us to plant this corn first. When the autumn is over, Master Liu will send someone here."
"Sixth Master didn't say anything specifically. That meaning, this corn is from the Shen family. Let's take good care of it. Wait until the autumn is over and see what Sixth Master will do." Lian Shouxin thought about it and continued, "Sixth Master means, we can just know about this corn, don't say more, don't ask more, and don't talk about it to someone."
Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu opened their mouths slightly, and after hearing Lian Shouxin's words, they were speechless. Even Shouxin's words were said tightly, which clearly meant that no one had room to interfere in the matter of corn.
Old Master Lian sighed.
"Since that's the case, then you can take good care of others... This is also luck, it's..." Old Master Lian glanced at Lian Shouxin, not knowing how to continue.
This is not only luck, but also opportunity to rely on Shen Liu, the great backer. However, Lian Shuxin’s existing conditions are at most to make money through this backer. And if Lian Shuren relies on this backer, he can make a fortune and shine the lintel of the Lian family.
To make Lian Shouren lean on Shen Liu's great backer, Lian Shouxin needs to make great efforts in the middle and make a match. He had already revealed this to Lian Shouxin, but he didn't explain it. He didn't know whether Lian Shouxin didn't understand or what happened, but he never did this.
Lian Shuxin probably didn't understand. Mr. Lian thought, after all, Lian Shuxin never studied, and he has always been a duty and a bit too honest farmer. Even Shuxin should not understand these things.
It seems that he should have told Lian Shouxin clearly about this matter and the truth.
"Fourth brother, Dad is happy for you. Tonight, let your mother cook two dishes, come to the room for dinner, Dad chats with you."
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Chapter completed!