The cold wind whistled in a low voice, and the half-green and half-yellow willow branches were flying in the bleak autumn wind, and they no longer had the vitality they had as they were a month ago.

The sky was gloomy, and a few raindrops would occasionally sprinkle in groups of three or two. Looking at it, there were only three or two ships floating on the Jinshui River, floating on the cool river.

Xu Ping leaned on the pillar of the "Jiugui Pavilion", and a fishing rod next to him stretched far into the Jinshui River, and the fishing line appeared and disappeared in the autumn wind. Xu Ping did not look at the fishing rod, but turned around and looked inside the pavilion, looking lazy, and occasionally peeled a peanut and threw it into his mouth.

There were two people drinking in the pavilion, both of whom were in their prime, and they were about thirty years old.

There was a stone table between the two, a jar of wine on the table, and several plates of side dishes such as peanuts and broad beans. Next to the table was a small coal ball stove with a small iron pot on it, which was cooked with hot dishes such as bean curds and kelp. However, the two who were drinking did not hold chopsticks. They just held wine bowls in their hands, looked at each other, and did not speak. They signaled that a small bowl of white wine was dried up.

The one by the river is Shi Yannian. Naturally, after drinking the white wine brought by Li Duanyi, he fell in love with it. When he had free time, he rode a horse to drink. The ban on alcohol was, and Shi Yannian was not as famous as he later, and no one gave him privileges. He had to run dozens of miles to pass by after drinking.

Several types of wine were named by Shi Yannian, but he used the cheapest one named Xu Ping and named it "Drunk" which means that this is the wine that the real alcoholic drinks.

Finally, I met a person who had heard of Xu Ping's name and treated him very well. Because the shed was full of boatmen and coolies, he, a scholar, was a little embarrassed, so I specially built this pavilion by the river as a elegant seat for those who love quiet people.

The three words "Jiugui Pavilion" on the pavilion are written by Shi Yannian, and a couplet was written next to it: "Everyone who comes is drunk, save wine and go to the underworld."

Xu Ping didn't understand how this person had such a great arrogance, and ghosts and immortals often talked about it. Fortunately, this anger was integrated into the Confucian gentleman style. His personality was not violent, but had a unique taste.

Shi Yannian has a rough personality and is not a good person. He has made friends with all kinds of people. He does not look at him differently because of his status. He has come so many times that he is familiar with Xu Ping, not because Xu Ping is the son of a merchant family, and sometimes they also drink two drinks.

This man is a real alcoholic. Xu Ping's alcohol tolerance is just average. No matter how brave he is, he dare not drink with him. He can only accompany him occasionally.

Another person is Liu Qian, a friend of Shi Yannian, who is also famous for being able to drink.

Liu Qian is from Jingdong. His term of office has arrived in Beijing to choose a lack of money. He wanted to choose a close-to-home mother to take care of his mother. After a few months, he finally waited for the magistrate of Penglai. He finally took it down and was about to set off to take office. Shi Yannian specially brought him here to drink and see him off.

The selection of officials in the Song Dynasty was very interesting. The judges' Court would publish the positions that were vacant and state the terms of employment one by one. Officials who meet the conditions would write a letter to recommend themselves according to the content on the list. Popular positions are often fought for by many people. When the conditions are similar, it depends on their relationships and means of money. As for those unpopular positions and places, there are often cases where no one has paid attention to them for months or even several years. The judges' Court would lower the requirements, and if there are no one to pay attention to them, they will be demoted again. If there are particularly unpopular positions, they will be demoted and still hang there. For example, in Guangnan West Road, many magistrates were unwilling to go, and there were many vacancies. The Song Dynasty generally did not allow officials to work in their hometowns, except for Guangxi, and the status of being a magistrate in the township was considered to be a high-ranking position.

Shi Yannian gave Liu Qian a farewell wine and invited Xu Ping to have a drink. Xu Ping refused no matter what, and would rather just watch from the side.

These two people are so good at drinking.

They were drinking the lowest-level "drinking ghost". Because Shi Yannian didn't have much money, he could not drink all his salary even if he could enjoy it.

As soon as the wine was served, the two of them first had ten bowls of bowls and said a few words, and all the brotherhood was said in a few words. Then they just drank, one bowl and one bowl, and didn't even say a word, so don't say anything about eating.

Fortunately, the bowls used for selling liquor are customized by Xu Ping Tosang Yi in Ruzhou. The same color Ru porcelain small bowl. If the original large bowl is used, these two drunkards can't stand it.

Xu Ping counted the two people on the side. Now he had drunk twelve bowls, and each of them had eaten more than one pound, and his face was still not changing.

Seeing the two of them pouring wine again, Xu Ping said, "Don't drink, both officials, and eat some food."

Shi Yannian looked at Xu Ping and replied, "The little master said this badly. How can the vegetables be better than wine? After eating them, they will have no place to put the wine."

Xu Ping really couldn't understand the logic of this drunken man, so he just shook his head: "Wine, food, wine, food, it's not apart, and it's boring to eat it just. If you think the table is not good, I'll get you a plate of mutton, which will warm up your body when the weather is cold. The official is the old customer, so I'll give it to you."

Shi Yannian smiled and said, "If you want to eat mutton, how many can't we eat in the capital? You just need to drink wine. The little master is willing to bring us a bottle of good wine."

Xu Ping didn't care about these things, but Xu Zheng was a businessman who settled the accounts carefully. One code was one code. Besides, the wine shop was managed by Lu Pan, and he had to pay Xu Zheng every day, so Xu Ping was not easy to take them. But Shi Yannian said it, and Xu Ping was embarrassed to refuse. He finally made friends with a historical celebrity, what was the point of a few bottles of wine?

When he returned to the wine shop, Xu Ping took two bottles of sorghum chorus, took two pieces of braised pork from the cooked iron pot and put them on a plate. In order not to make Lu Pan embarrassed, Xu Ping paid out his own pocket to put the money on it.

Xu Ping's idea was to cook braised braised pork, large intestine and pork liver in a large pot, and tofu-skinned and shredded kelp in a coal briquette stove, and to learn from a street shop in his previous life. This liquor shop is a business for hard-working people, and these things are all popular.

Although due to the influence of Shi Yannian, there are occasionally bold literati coming from Tokyo City, but there are not many and the climate has not yet been formed.

Back at the "Jiugui Pavilion", Xu Ping put the wine and meat on the table and said, "The weather is not good today, there are not many customers in the store, and I give them all to you."

Liu Qian said: "I thanked the master."

Xu Ping smiled: "You don't have to be polite. Guanren Liu is going to Penglai to be the magistrate. He will not be able to drink the wine here in the future. Today, just drink it for a good time! The weather is cold, eat some wine and meat to warm up your body."

They said they didn't eat food, but they were mostly because they were short of money. Since they were given, they were not polite. They ate two pieces of braised pork, opened the sorghum rosé, poured it into a bowl and sniffed it, and drank it all in one go.

Xu Ping sat by the pavilion and watched the two of them eat wildly, and he sighed in his heart. This is the life of the lower-class officials in this era. The place is good, and there are many ways to make money. These small officials in the capital only rely on their salary to support their families, and it is not easy to live. Therefore, you must not have bad habits as an official, otherwise it will be very difficult for the lower-class people to work hard. Fortunately, Liu Qian had a Jinshi graduate and went out to be a county magistrate for a few years, and his life would not be difficult anymore. After three or two more jobs, he could enjoy it. Like Shi Yannian, he was taken away from the Jinshi class, and I don’t know when he could make it.

The sky was gloomy and I didn’t know when. After a bottle of wine was eaten by Shi Yannian and Liu Qian, they finally felt a little drunk and said goodbye to Xu Ping.

Xu Ping asked the servant to pack the remaining vegetables for them, and even asked them to take away the remaining bottle of wine, send the two of them on their horses and head towards Tokyo City.

The sparse raindrops in the autumn wind fall with coldness, making the world even colder.

A thin figure shrank and walked slowly along the road by the river, walking into Xu Ping's shop.
Chapter completed!