"This is this year's top scholar—Zhu Ping'an. I'm sure you've all heard of him. Many of you here also know Zihou, so I won't introduce him in detail."
After Yan Shifan responded to everyone's greetings, he turned around and introduced Zhu Ping'an behind him to everyone.
"I have met all the adults safely."
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, took a step forward, bowed deeply to everyone and greeted them.
“You’re welcome.”
"Nice to meet you..."
The crowd only responded a few words sparsely with a rather cold attitude, especially Luo Wenlong and Ouyang Zishi, who not only did not respond to Zhu Ping'an, but snorted and looked down on him.
It’s interesting to say.
When everyone sat down, Zhu Pingan happened to sit between Luo Wenlong and Ouyang Zishi. In fact, Zhu Pingan didn't want to sit with Zhang Juzheng, but Yan Shifan had someone add a chair here, so Zhu Pingan had to sit here.
"Please drink this cup to the full. Today we have a rare day off and a small gathering. No need to be polite. We are all here today, regardless of official rank or age, and we are all equals. I just want to get drunk."
After everyone was seated, Yan Shifan stood up, raised the first glass of wine, and toasted everyone present with a smile.
"Master Yan is right. Let's get drunk. Master Yan, please." Everyone stood up, raised their glasses and drank them all.
Then, Yan Shifan raised two glasses of wine with a smile, said some welcome toasts, and the banquet began.
The maids began to pour wine for everyone, and the hot dishes were gradually served.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, expressing themselves freely.
Ouyang Zishi and Luo Wenlong deliberately chatted with each other across Zhu Ping'an, occasionally toasting each other with a glass of wine, and deliberately ignored Zhu Ping'an.
However, the good intentions of the two obviously had no effect on Zhu Pingan, who was enjoying his meal. It felt like the two of them had punched cotton with all their strength, which was very uncomfortable.
The more he looked at Zhu Ping'an eating heartily, the more unhappy Luo Wenlong felt.
Suddenly, Luo Wenlong laughed, stood up, picked up a glass of wine, and said to everyone, "Just now I suddenly remembered an interesting thing from my childhood, and I couldn't help but want to share it with you."
"Oh, what's interesting?"
"Brother Wenlong, tell me about it."
Everyone looked at Luo Wenlong and asked with interest.
Yan Shifan also turned around with interest.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Luo Wenlong smiled more and more brilliantly, and his expression became more and more proud. "Haha, since everyone wants to listen, then I will briefly tell you. When I was a child, there was a neighbor in our family named Zhu. Oh, what a coincidence, he is a relative of our top scholar Zhu, hehe..."
Having said that, Luo Wenlong deliberately looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile.
Damn it, this guy must be holding back something bad. Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. Luo Wenlong is like a mad dog. He bites me every time he sees me. He is too persistent.
Haha, interesting.
Everyone present was a smart person. When they saw what Luo Wenlong did, they naturally understood what was going on and became even more interested.
"Oh, what a coincidence." Yan Shifan smiled.
"It's such a coincidence. My neighbor's surname is Zhu. He has a child who is about my age. We often played together when we were young. My neighbor's child was born in the year of the horse. His parents hoped that he could gallop across thousands of miles like a horse, so they named him Zhu Chi." Luo Wenlong couldn't help but smile and told everyone.
"Zhu Chi, galloping thousands of miles, this name is not bad."
Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly.
"Haha, Zhu Chi is about the same age as me, but when he was a child, he was much stronger than me, and he loved to eat the most." Luo Wenlong continued with a smile on his face, and deliberately glanced at Zhu Ping'an.
Oh, I like to eat...
The crowd of spectators glanced at Zhu Ping'an and became even more interested. Zhu Ping'an was the biggest eater at the entire banquet. He never stopped eating since he sat down, like a refugee fleeing famine. Haha, Luo Wenlong was completely alluding to Zhu Ping'an.
“My neighbor dotes on his Zhu Chi very much and always responds to his requests. He often goes to the market to buy all kinds of delicious food for his Zhu Chi, and often comes back with a lot of food. When people on the road see him buying so much food, they often ask him curiously why he bought so much food. Whenever this happens, my neighbor will say, this is for my pig (Zhu Chi), hahahaha… this is for my pig (Zhu Chi)… hahahaha…”
At the end of his speech, Luo Wenlong deliberately pronounced Zhu Chi as Zhu Chi. In order to make everyone hear clearly, he deliberately emphasized the sound of "Zhu".
After saying this, Luo Wenlong almost couldn't breathe from laughing. He then deliberately glanced at Zhu Ping'an, and couldn't help feeling proud of his own wit, and then laughed even louder.
The implied meaning is clear without saying anything.
“Hahaha… for my pigs to eat!”
"For the pigs!"
"What Lord Luo said is indeed very interesting."
After hearing this, everyone repeated it softly, and then looked at Zhu Ping'an, laughing brightly, especially Ouyang Zishi, who laughed so hard that he leaned forward and backward, and slapped the table twice, very excited.
After hearing the joke made up by Luo Wenlong, Yan Shifan couldn't help laughing and turned his head to look at Zhu Ping'an.
Zhang Juzheng did not laugh, but picked up the teacup, covered his face with the tea, and quietly observed Zhu Ping'an, wanting to see how Zhu Ping'an would respond.
Zhu Ping'an, who was at the center of everyone's laughter and attention, remained calm and composed, with a feeling of "no matter how strong the wind and waves are, it is better than strolling in the garden". Under the spotlights of everyone, Zhu Ping'an picked up a piece of crab meat and shark fin with chopsticks slowly, put it in his mouth and chewed it. His eyes lit up, and after chewing it again and again, he swallowed it with satisfaction.
After eating the crab meat and shark fin, Zhu Ping'an took out a handkerchief embroidered with a fat duck playing in the water from his sleeve, wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, and then folded it and put it back in his sleeve.
After a series of actions, Zhu Pingan slowly raised his head, glanced at Luo Wenlong and the smiling people, pulled the corners of his mouth, revealed an extremely brilliant smile, and earnestly advised: "Haha, everyone, don't just laugh, there is such a table of delicious food, don't you all want to eat it? Oh, by the way, I tried the crab meat and shark fin that Lord Luo just ate, and it tasted delicious. I strongly recommend it."
For pigs?!
hehe
You Luo Wenlong, and you, you, you, everyone here, don’t you have any idea whether you have eaten or not? ! ! !
When you satirize me, you are also satirizing yourself and everyone else.
pig?!
So what.
My nickname is Xiaozhu, and people have been calling me that for many years. What you are doing is too childish.
Zhu Ping'an sneered at Luo Wenlong and the crowd who were laughing, and pulled the corner of his mouth downwards in disdain.
Well
Oh shit, yeah!
For pigs?! We just ate it, so aren’t we also the pigs in Luo Wenlong’s mouth?!
The smiles on everyone's faces gradually faded, and they turned their eyes to Luo Wenlong...
cough cough
Luo Wenlong's face turned red and he coughed several times...