The world of rebirth

Ning Yunting's dinner this time can be described as a home away from home, a full table was filled, and the waiters serving the food in their private room were so busy that they were covered in sweat.

The pre-dinner dried fruit candied pastries include strange flavor peach kernels, salt and pepper cashew nuts, amber almonds, golden honeydew, chestnuts in original juice, crispy crispy boxes, Huangqiao sesame cakes, and imitation birthday peaches.The appetizer has five flavors, coral cabbage, five shredded cucumber, butterfly shrimp slices, tangerine peel rabbit meat, and braised mei platter.

Among them, the main dishes are the signature dishes of Yingbin Building, such as Kunlun hemp abalone, Yipin deer tendon, duck shreds with mushrooms in bird's nest, fat chicken with elbow, bergamot shark's fin; there are more such as hydrangea scallops, Liangshan muntjac, Sixi braised pork, fried dragon beard Shredded side dishes.

Apparently, the people who came to order food from Ning Mansion knew that they were a group of young men who were not only strong in combat, but also good at eating meat. When the two-flavored pea-yellow snacks came out, everyone was clutching their stomachs and yelling that they couldn't eat any more.

Everyone at the banquet was given a glass of water and wine—even Ning Yunjin was no exception.

This wine is not an ordinary wine, it is the most famous Bi Tao wine in Yingbin Building.This wine is not strong, and it is most suitable for young people and women. Ning Yunjin would say it is a relatively strong rice wine, but it can't support its reputation.

After all, this wine was given a poem by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: creeping Lu wins Lansheng, Cuitao surpasses Yuxie.Drunk for a thousand days, undefeated for ten years.

A group of skin boys drank some wine and temporarily put aside the usual rules, but they became noisy, and even played with the drinking order in an arty way.

It took nearly two hours for them to finish the meal. Except for Ning Yunjin, everyone was a little bit drunk and walked out of the Yingbin Building with the help of their long-term attendants.

This banquet is the first time for Ning Yunting to socialize in his own name. It can be seen that Ning Jingxian has given him enough face. On the way back, he was still on the way, laughing silly, grabbing Ning Yunjin to talk about his excitement Feeling.

As soon as the two brothers entered the gate, Fu An, who was waiting at the gate, greeted them.

As soon as Fu An said that Ning Jingxian wanted them to go back to the mansion to meet him directly in the study, Ning Yunting was a little dazed. He is a traditional Chinese son, and seeing his father is always like a mouse seeing a cat.

Walking through the corridors of the mansion, the night breeze was blowing, and Ning Yunting had sobered up a lot. He dragged his younger brother a little uneasy and asked, "Why do you think father is so anxious to see us? Why don't we go and change clothes first?" Well, it's always impolite to see your father reeking of alcohol."

Ning Yunjin only drank a few glasses of wine, and he was much more sober than the birthday star who was poured.He already knew Ning Jingxian's purpose, but deliberately didn't say anything, and grabbed Ning Yunting and said, "Father tells us to go, what are you worried about?"

When the two of them arrived at the study, Ning Jingxian was practicing calligraphy, and he didn't seem to notice his son's arrival.He didn't put down the pen until the two of them had finished asking for greetings and saluting, and he had just finished writing the words in his pen.

"How, are you satisfied with today's arrangements?" Ning Jingxian looked at the eldest son first, "Did you drink a lot?"

"Thank you for the arrangement, father, for taking your trouble!" Ning Yunting blushed even more excitedly, and said a little shyly, "They said it was my birthday, but they kept feeding me, but my child, remember what my father said, a gentleman Drink alcohol in a straightforward manner, and don't lose your virtue by getting too drunk. The boy saw that someone at the banquet had already drunk too much, so he stopped."

"You can speak clearly, you should still remember to teach your father." Ning Jingxian nodded. In fact, he was not worried that his eldest son would be disobedient. Perhaps Yunting was not smooth enough, but he never said anything. Those who dare to disobey.

He looked at his youngest son who was obediently standing aside again, and asked with a smile, "You said you wanted to help your father appraise Yunting's friends, and tell us how you feel today?"

Ning Yunting's eyes widened when he heard that, and he was speechless as he watched his younger brother hit the bar, so it turned out that the task this kid was talking about was actually this!

"Father, I still need to ask my elder brother a few questions before I answer." Ning Yunjin smiled sweetly at Ning Jingxian, and when he nodded, he knew that he had got permission.

Ning Yunjin looked at Ning Yunting, and asked solemnly, "Brother, may I ask Yunpeng to help you welcome guests today, did you ask him to help you, or did he mention it on his own initiative?"

Ning Yunting glared at him angrily, but under the coercion of his father, he thought for a while and answered honestly, "It seems that I asked him to help me."

Ning Yunjin narrowed his eyes, "What did you say at that time?"

Ning Yunting recalled for a while and said, "I was writing an invitation card after class that day, Yunpeng came to help me when he saw that I was too busy, and asked me if I had someone to help welcome the guests, so I took the initiative to ask him to help me... "

Feeling the eyes from his father and younger brother, his voice became smaller and smaller.

Ning Yunjin asked again, "The big cousin is coming, does Yunpeng know?"

"Of course he knows." Ning Yunting said with certainty, "He wrote the invitation for Honghui for me!"

Seeing his younger brother looking at him with disapproval, he whispered, "After all, it's a post to be sent to the Prince's Mansion, and Yunpeng's handwriting is better than mine..."

Ning Yunjin sighed and looked at Ning Jingxian, "Father, I'm done asking."

Ning Jingxian glared at Ning Yunting bitterly, and then said to him, "Then let me tell you what you think about tonight!"

"Except for Chu Ling and Mu Danshu, all my brother's friends are friendly but not close friends, especially that Huo Jinmin, it's best for the eldest brother to stay away from him..."

"Why!" Ning Yunting interrupted angrily when he heard the younger brother speak ill of his friends, regardless of Ning Jingxian's presence.

Ning Jingxian shook his head helplessly at him, "Xiao Er, tell your elder brother carefully!"

Looking at Ning Yunting's staring eyes filled with mist, Ning Yunjin really didn't want to be this bad guy, but he had to say, "Although Chu Ling seems to be pretentious and frivolous, but he Even if he gets embarrassed, he doesn't mind, and he doesn't hold grudges when he is teased by those people, which shows that he has a very broad mind, is sincere to his friends, and is an open-minded person."

Seeing that Ning Yunting's mood relaxed a bit, Ning Yunjin said again, "Although that Mu Danshu is a quarrelsome person, he didn't target anyone, and he didn't say any insulting words, which shows that this person is still the same. It's just by nature. Besides, he was the most senior at that table besides Cousin Honghui, and he didn't get angry when he was arranged by Yunpeng to sit next to him. It seems that he also regards you as a friend, brother."

"You let him sit at the bottom!" Ning Jingxian took a breath, gritted his teeth like a toothache.

This Mu Danshu family is not an ordinary person, although his grandfather Muhatuo was only from the first grade, but he is the most trusted admiral of the nine sects by the emperor.After the old man passed away, Mu Danshu's father became a minister in charge of the guards. He was a first-rank official and also a close minister of the emperor. Speaking of which, the Mu family was more prominent than the Ning family.

Ning Yunting felt a little guilty from his stare, shrank his neck, faltered but couldn't explain why.Finally whispered, "We are all friends, it doesn't matter if you sit at the bottom!"

"If elder brother wants to sit at the same table as me, I should sit at the last table." Ning Yunjin shook his head and said, he knew that the little fat man Mu Danshu was probably hindered by his size, and he had suffered this kind of discrimination before. Taking out one's lungs is good to others, but others are still far away from oneself. Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a sense of sympathy for this fat brother.

When Ning Jingxian heard that he gave Ning Yunting another hard look, he said angrily, "What else did he do!"

Ning Yunjin sighed helplessly, "Brother left me the guest of honor, Cousin Honghui was almost lured to the side table by Yunpeng."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Jingxian slapped the table hard.He said angrily, "Didn't I teach you this on weekdays?"

There was a loud bang, which scared Ning Yunting unconsciously to take a few steps towards Ning Yunjin, and said aggrievedly, "I also know about the guest of honor and second guest, and that Honghui has a distinguished status, but today is the real one?" I didn’t think about it for a while. I just thought that the brothers and friends who came here today are all playing well, and they don’t care about these things.”

"I'll deal with you later!" Ning Jingxian snorted, looked at Ning Yunjin and said, "Go on."

"Other good friends at my brother's table..." Ning Yunjin emphasized the word "good" before continuing, "They all look very cheerful and lively, such people are indeed easy to make friends with, but they are all easy to superficial. The few of them gathered together throughout the night, even if people from other tables came to toast, they would all put on airs, and even ignored the people in their family, especially that Huo Jinmin, who not only spoke meanly to his own people , and even more so to others.”

"He's funny..." Ning Yunting retorted in a low voice unwillingly, but under Ning Yunjin's calm gaze, he gradually became guilty again.He couldn't help biting his lower lip and said, "You've only spent such a short time with them, what do you know!"

Ning Yunjin raised his head and said, "My elder brother clearly taught me that the master said that a gentleman should not be compared with others, and a villain should not be compared with one another. When they look at people's identities, place dishes and socialize in groups, they are compared with villains."

Ning Yunting was speechless by him, so he could only look at him dejectedly.

Ning Jingxian put his hands together and pondered for a moment, then looked at Ning Yunjin and asked, "Then what do you think of Yunpeng!?"

"This man is interesting!"

Ning Yunjin couldn't help but narrowed his eyes with a smile, knowing that his father had heard the problem from what he said before.He said cautiously, "This person should be a so-called double-edged sword for the Ning family. If he is used well, the Ning family can gain glory because of another branch of him. If he is not used well, the Ning family may suffer disaster because of him."

"Tell me more about it." Ning Jingxian asked.

Ning Yunjin thought for a while and said, "This man has a sense of being calm about honor and disgrace, and he is quite prudent in his actions, but it is interesting to watch him act. I am afraid that he is a little conflicted towards his brother. He is doing his best to help, while And I can't control myself to make trouble."

"Little brother, don't talk nonsense!" Ning Yunting was really angry now, "Yunpeng has been helping me since I was a child, and this time I went to Bailu Academy to guide me to familiarize myself with the environment. If you continue to behave like this, big brother will be really angry! "

Ning Yunjin curled his lips and said, "Then why do you think he made such an arrangement even though he knew Cousin Honghui and Mu Danshu were distinguished!? Do you know that if Big Cousin is really asked to sit at another table today? Prince Jin's Mansion still doesn't know what to think of us, do we still want this relative?"

He wrinkled his nose and said, "Fortunately, the seat on your left was reserved for me at that time, and I was allowed to drag my eldest cousin to the guest seat, otherwise I would be in big trouble!"

Ning Yunting's anxious little face flushed, "Maybe it's just that Yunpeng didn't pay attention for a while!"

"You're lying to a child!" Ning Yunjin stuck out his tongue at him, "I followed my sister when she was learning to be a butler. Butler Feng said that the person who welcomes guests has to know the location by heart, and the host has to know it well. You see, when he greeted you for you today, everyone else was well-behaved and did not make any mistakes, which means that he knows what to do, why did something go wrong when he came to the big cousin!?"

Ning Yunting was stunned and speechless, the feeling of alcohol had completely disappeared.Although he is an honest person, he is not stupid, but sometimes he doesn't know how to make a turn, he can't think so far, and he trusts Ning Yunpeng too much. Now that Ning Yunjin has pointed it out, he has also noticed some of the twists and turns. Suddenly, all the joy of today disappeared, leaving only a lot of disappointment.

Seeing the elder son's dejected look, Ning Jingxian didn't want to make trouble, he said to the two, "You two go down and rest! Yunting, think about what's wrong today, and I'll ask you what you think in three days. !"

Hearing him chasing people away, the two children naturally bowed obediently and left. Looking at the backs of the one big and one small, Ning Jingxian couldn't help sighing. How to teach, it is really difficult to be a father, and it is even more difficult to be a good father!

The author has something to say: Sometimes the rules are taught, but you will still be unable to turn the corner for a while. Brother Yunting is an honest boy.By the way, this article must be slow to heat up, ahem, I can't stop butterflying as soon as I am born again, I have to slowly start to reverse the fate of the people around me.

tips:

1. Seat arrangement is an extremely important link in Chinese culture, especially for meals and meetings.The position of the Chinese round table is the host facing the gate. The master’s left hand is the guest of honor, his right hand is the second guest, three guests are under the main guest, and four guests are under the second guest. The last seat is usually the person with the youngest age or the lowest status. It is for the host's companion to sit and serve food.

2. The Master said: "A gentleman does not compare himself to one another, and a villain does not compare himself to one another."

"Zhou" and "Bi" both mean getting close to others.The difference between the two is that "Zhou" has a broad and universal meaning, while "Bi" has an intimate and narrow meaning; "Zhou" communicates with a kind of impartiality, and "Bi" means a kind of selfishness. socialize.

The general idea is that Confucius said: "Although a gentleman has a wide range of contacts with others, he always treats others with a heart of justice and has no heart of self-interest; although a villain has close contacts with others, he always treats others with a heart of self-interest and no heart of justice. "