"Okay," Zhou Chi nodded and was walking outside. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he stopped, turned around and said to Zhou Ran, "Eldest sister, where is my brother-in-law? Why haven't you seen me yet?"
"Oh, he's a new official, isn't he busy? He hurried out before dawn," Zhou Ran curled his lips a little dissatisfied, chewing the green bamboo shoots with a "squeaking" sound, "He was so drunk last night. "Duo, I still smelled of alcohol this morning, which made Teng'er cry several times in the middle of the night. Zhou Chi, you must not imitate your brother-in-law."
"How can I learn how to drink three glasses of wine as I am born?" Zhou Chi smiled, paused, and then said, "But my brother-in-law is not a drinker. There were officials from the Ministry of Personnel here yesterday. I had to drink two more drinks as a last resort, elder sister, you have to be considerate of your brother-in-law."
"I'm too lazy to argue with him," Zhou Ran responded, while arranging Zhou Chi again, "Since you know what kind of drinker you are, just don't touch the contents of the glass, and you won't cause trouble. You saw how drunk you were last night. What happened? In the end, everyone was drunk and unconscious. It was your brother-in-law who sent you back. It was better for you not to thank him, but he actually vomited all over your brother-in-law. "
"It was... my brother-in-law sent me back?" Zhou Chi looked unhappy.
Zhou Ran adjusted his clothes with a smile: "What's wrong? Now you know you're embarrassed?"
"No... it's okay," Zhou Chi took a deep breath and said to Zhou Ran, "When my brother-in-law comes back, tell him to go to the Yamen to find me. I have something to discuss with him."
"Okay, got it." Zhou Ran nodded.
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Guangxi Governor's Yamen.
When Liu Changsheng hurried over, Zhou Chi was immersed in writing notes.
When Lu Zhicheng first arrived in southern Xinjiang, he fell seriously ill due to acclimatization. At that time, Zhou Chi temporarily took over all military affairs. Zhou Chi was so busy that he could not rest day and night. When Lu Zhicheng recovered from his illness, he finally went to the front line. , Zhou Chi was still worried. While sending several letters a day to the front line, he had to write to Lu Zhishan from time to time, reporting the front line matters in detail. Now that Lu Zhicheng finally took action, he didn't It felt so relaxing. After all, Lu Zhicheng was young and it was his first time on the battlefield. He was very worried and had to pay attention to him all the time.
"Brother-in-law, you are here," Zhou Chi looked up at Liu Changsheng and nodded, "You sit down first, I will finish writing now."
"It's okay, you go about your business first." Liu Changsheng said hurriedly, while getting up and going out to bring a pot of hot tea in, and took a jar of bamboo leaf green from the shelf.
Both the Zhou siblings like to drink tea, Zhou Ran likes to drink Tieguanyin, Zhou Chi likes to drink Bamboo Leaf Green, and Liu Changsheng knows this.
"Thank you, brother-in-law." As soon as Zhou Chi finished writing the note, Liu Changsheng was so busy that he handed over the teacup. Zhou Chi took it with both hands and said with a smile while looking at Liu Changsheng's new official uniform, "I haven't congratulated my brother-in-law on his promotion yet. "
"Aren't you and Ranran taking the spotlight?" Liu Changsheng pursed his lips and smiled, saying, "In this battle in southern Xinjiang, the women's army trained by Ranran played the most important role. The court was afraid that it would be inconvenient to reward Ranran, so It’s cheap for me.”
"Brother-in-law and eldest sister are husband and wife, and naturally they are one body. As the saying goes, a husband is valued and his wife is honored. How can anyone take advantage of the other? It's okay for the brother-in-law to say this in front of me. If he repays it in front of the eldest sister, The eldest sister will definitely be angry again for being so presumptuous," Zhou Chi said with a smile, while adding, "I heard from the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs yesterday that I guess the eldest sister's title will be issued by the end of the year."