Tang's dining table

The first person to wake up was not Yun Chu, Wen Wen, or the hard-working Di Renjie, but the idle Zhong Kui.

When he came to Chang'an before, he always came and went in a hurry. Even when he was an official in Wannian County, he tried his best not to leave the county government.

This is a good choice for a person who attracts the attention of countless people as soon as he goes out.

However, Zhong Kui still hopes that he can live leisurely among the crowd and live a peaceful and leisurely life that ordinary Chang'an people can live.

Gentleness said that Zhong Kui does not often appear in Chang'an City. It is a kind of gentleness that belongs to a kind and ugly person, and a kind of kindness that does not disturb other people's lives.

Zhong Kui felt these words were very warm, that's what he thought.

The morning in Chang'an is the warmest and most comfortable morning that Zhong Kui has ever experienced. At this time, people who go to work have already gone to work at dawn. Only idle people like him have the opportunity to truly enjoy the morning in Chang'an.

The sun had just left the mountain and was as red as a red-hot iron ball. The trees that had been scorched all day became vibrant and green again after a night's rest.

The vendors on Zhuque Street who serve late-night snacks and breakfast are yawning and cleaning up their stalls, while the owners of those stalls that only serve breakfast are staring at every potential customer with bright eyes, hoping to get more business.

There are many carriages on the street, but most of them are carriages covered with gray curtains. You can tell at a glance that these carriages belong to Pingkangfang. The singers and dancers inside have no idea that they were there last night. A wealthy family held an all-night carnival. The carriages passed by and the smell of wine and makeup made many libertines stop and take a deep breath.

Zhong Kui also smelled it and gave the libertine who seemed uglier than him a tacit smile. This feeling was great.

The Wannian County government office also provided breakfast. The content and quality were dozens of times cleaner and more delicious than those at street stalls. However, Zhong Kui still decisively sat at the stall and ate the black sesame oil that the boss fished out. The fried dough sticks and the soft tofu are surprisingly delicious.

Although the fried dough sticks were a bit bitter and the soft tofu was not that good, and it didn't even have the aroma of beans, he still felt it was great.

The boss never changes the oil for frying fried dough sticks. Once the oil is low, he adds it. The reason why the soft tofu does not have the aroma of beans is entirely because when people cook the soy milk, they remove a few of the condensed bean skins on the surface of the soy milk water. Ten sheets.

This is what Yun Chu often said that the industrial chain should be stretched. When Wannian County develops its industry, it must pay attention to the profits of the upstream and downstream industrial chains, and finally spread the profits evenly across all industrial chains. Only in this way , can more industries be developed and more people employed.

Now, Zhong Kui is very sure that those singers and dancers who attend the night banquets of wealthy people are faithfully implementing the spirit of Yunchu's speech on the industrial chain.

While Zhong Kui was eating his junk breakfast and thinking about the disaster that Yunchu had brought to the city, a woman dressed in a gorgeous dress sat opposite Zhong Kui with a smile.

Just when Zhong Kui was wondering what this woman wanted to do with him, he heard the woman say: "Is your husband turning thirty this year?"

The first time Zhong Kui met a woman who refused to run away from him, he politely said, "Twenty to eight."

The woman smiled even more happily when she heard this. She looked at Zhong Kui's face and said, "What a good man he is. Have you ever gotten married?"

This was the first time someone asked him this question. Zhong Kui was dumbfounded and said, "Never married."

The woman smiled even more happily, waved her handkerchief towards Zhong Kui and said, "You can tell at a glance that if there was someone in the family who knew both cold and heat, he wouldn't be eating like this so early in the morning.

I wonder if Mr. Lang has a house in Chang'an City? "

Zhong Kui didn't know what this woman wanted to do. After thinking about it, he realized that when he was an official in Wannian County, the county government seemed to have assigned him a house, which was right next to the Dongshi City where Wannian County Government was located.

So, he pointed to Changlefang on the edge of the East Market and said, "There is a courtyard in Changlefang, but it's not big."

Zhong Kui felt that the woman's eyes were shining after hearing the location of his house, and he gradually understood what this woman wanted to do and who she was.

The woman moved the bench closer to Zhong Kui and whispered, "Does Mr. Lang make a living in Chang'an City?"

Zhong Kui thought for a moment and said, "I was originally a Taoist priest."

I thought that saying this would make the woman give up. Unexpectedly, the woman became more and more excited and said hurriedly: "Can I return to secular life? I see that my husband is not wearing a Taoist robe."

Zhong Kui couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but with a worldly attitude, he said warmly: "Taoism has never talked about returning to the secular world, but now it has just joined the world."

"Can I go see your house..."

By this time, it was already noon. Yun Chu, Wen Wen, and Di Renjie had finished handling their official duties and once again gathered at the back house in Wannian County to drink tea.

Yun Chu threw away the tea root and said to Wen Wen and Di Renjie: "Zhong Kui went to his house with a matchmaker. This is the first time he has taken the key to see his house. Do you think this guy misses his wife?"

Wen Wen said angrily: "Good men and bad women do not intermarry. There are many widows and young ladies in my family. What is he doing outside?"

Di Renjie said disdainfully: "Which of the widows and young ladies in your family is not looking forward to their husbands being ennobled immediately? Oh, several of them have already been waiting for their husbands to death. What's the matter, why don't you give up?"

Gentle said: "Why did Zhong Kui take the No. 1 Scholar exam? Wasn't it just to find a good background?

Although he is always frustrated, he can't go from one extreme to another, right? Doing so would be a disservice to both his abilities and his original intentions. "

Di Renjie retorted: "Is it mainly because I feel sorry for your widowed aunt with two girls?"

She took a sip of tea gently and said: "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air? My aunt is only twenty-two years old this year. Not only is she a good-looking person, but she is just as virtuous and virtuous as few people can match her. Furthermore, Zhong Kui married It’s a good thing that my aunt can still get a huge dowry out of thin air.”

Di Renjie's eyes widened with anger, he pointed at Wen Wen and shouted: "Dowry? Do you think there will be a shameless person among our brothers who covets a woman's dowry?"

Yun Chu looked at Di Renjie with incomprehensible eyes and said, "I remember when you left Beijing and returned to Bingzhou to marry the Wang family, you told me about several good things about the Wang family, including the generous dowry."

Di Renjie suddenly lost his temper, and came to Di Renjie's side gently and sinisterly: "It turns out that among our brothers, there really is a shameless person who covets women's dowry..."

When the three of them were shouting tit-for-tat at each other, Zhong Kui came back, leaning against the door frame with his tall figure, looking at the three gentlemen who seemed to outsiders to be benevolent, righteous, polite, wise and trustworthy, attacking each other with obscene words, and never leaving their lower bodies. and reproductive equipment.

Just when Di Renjie raised his buttocks to indicate that Wen Wen was able to come forward, Zhong Kui said with a smile, "Whether it's Mrs. Wen or Miss Di, we can meet them all."

After calming down the scene with just one sentence, he looked at Yun Chu and said, "Do you have a suitable one at home?"

Yun Chu thought for a moment and raised his eyebrows at Zhong Kui and said: "Currently there are only four, five or six fat girls. They are all clever and clever and can cook good food. If you marry them, you will definitely make a fortune. You know their benefits."

Zhong Kui slapped his mountain-shaped bald head. Thinking of the big old women in the Yun family, he shook his head with difficulty and said: "Although I don't pick and choose, I still leave the four, five or six fats in your family for your own consumption." Bar."

After speaking, he said to Wen Wen and Di Renjie: "A certain family is preparing to join the world. Since you are joining the world, you should join it thoroughly, at least like a normal person.

After listening to Mrs. Jin’s words today, I suddenly realized that in the past, it was because I was too ugly, unwilling to interact with others, and lived too alone that I always had a good view of outsiders. This led me to just leave The familiar circle of Chang'an was blocked and suffered everywhere.

Now I have figured it out, get married when it’s time to get married, buy a family property when it’s time to buy it, have children, and experience all the things that can be enjoyed in the world first, and then talk about the ghost things in the eighteenth level of hell. "

Wen Wenwen immediately understood Zhong Kui's thoughts as soon as he rolled his eyes, and he opened his mouth and said, "Confucius said, if you can't help people, how can you help ghosts?"

Zhong Kui nodded seriously.

Wen Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In this case, my aunt must be a good match for you. I won't say anything else. I will go home and report to your uncle. With him making the decision, you can get married in three days."

Di Renjie followed closely: "Think clearly, although my little sister is also a widow, she is only eighteen this year!"

Yun Chu became furious after hearing what these two bastards said: "Isn't Zhong Kui worthy of marrying a yellow-flowered girl?

With his top talent, fierce tiger skills, and pure character, he can easily marry a royal princess. Do you have to give your widowed sisters to Zhong Kui? "

Wen Wen sneered and said, "Is Li Si thirteen?"

Yun Chu looked back at Zhong Kui, who looked different than a human being, and shook his head: "That child has something wrong with his brain and poor health. I plan to raise him for a few more years..."

Zhong Kui coughed self-deprecatingly and said: "Young women, such as my little sister, often fantasize about a beautiful man suddenly appearing in front of her before she leaves the court. I think other little girls must have the same idea. I You're ugly, it's better to marry a mature woman."

Yun Chu sighed and said: "In other words, although the women that the matchmaker Mrs. Jin told you about are all daughters of good families, they just want money, right?"

Zhong Kui nodded and said, "I don't like other women marrying me with the idea of ​​jumping into a fire pit to save and support their whole family.

Although I am miserable, I still have some hopes for good things. "

After listening to Zhong Kui's words, Wen Wen thought for a moment and said, "Then it can only be my aunt. She trusted someone wrong before and lived a very miserable life in her husband's family after her husband's death. She asked for help several times before she was taken home by my uncle.

Although that family was almost killed by me later, I am still not clean. As long as Zhong Kui decides to marry my aunt, I will clean up the mess and let you get married quietly without being disturbed by external things. . "

Di Renjie sighed and said that he would no longer compete with Wen Wen. His sister was still young and probably still had a longing for her husband's appearance. Even if they got married, they might become enemies in the future.

"Give me a picture. As long as you can accept it, I will marry you!"

Zhong Kui stood in the sunshine with a smile. Although he was still as ugly as ever, he looked extra sunny and majestic.

Although Yun Chu, Wen Wen, and Di Renjie are not famous painters, their portraits are certainly not a problem.

After a while, three portraits were produced. Wen Wen was trying to beautify Zhong Kui as much as possible, and Di Renjie was trying to express Zhong Kui's majestic body. As for the face, he only painted a relatively good-looking profile.

Only what Yunchu drew was the image of Zhong Kui with two webbed heads on his head, red official robes, black cloud boots, holding a long sword, and an angry look.