In the Du family's mansion, Xue Rengui was accompanying Cheng Yaojin to practice martial arts, and the two little girls were reading comic strips with relish. Du Shaoqing was busy with Sanhu in the kitchen.

At this time, another guest came to the door, but no one expected it. Mr. Yan Shigu, the old man in Hongwenguan.

When he heard that it was his daughter's teacher who came to visit his home, Du Shaoqing was so panicked that he didn't have time to take off his apron on his body. He quickly walked towards the living room. However, halfway through his walk, he remembered the scene of being criticized last time and hurriedly retreated to the kitchen.

Sanhu said puzzledly: "Shopkeeper, didn't you say that the lady's teacher is here? You are the head of the family, and it would be rude not to be a companion."

Du Shaoqing shook his head and said, "You don't know that Mr. Yan has a bad temper. He suddenly attacked him to visit his home. I'm afraid that Xuanxuan would cause trouble again and hide it from us. I guess I'm going to be scolded.

Forget it, Sanhu, we should sell some strength. Let’s show our skills quickly. Last time we folded it with a painting. This time we said we must rely on this meal to save our lives."

Seeing the shopkeeper scared the rat to see the cat, Sanhu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. He was really curious, who is this old master Yan?

Princess Changle took Xiao Xuanxuan to welcome Yan Shigu to the living room, and respectfully held the teacher and said: "The student has seen Yan Shigu, but I didn't know that he was suddenly visiting, but did he get into trouble because his little girl is in school again?"

Yan Shigu said politely: "No, no, I came here to ask for advice this time. Xiao Xuanxuan and Cheng Ruyu have a little secret that can allow Cheng Ruyu to learn to read quickly. I asked many times, but the two little guys refused.

But I guess it is probably related to Prince Du. By the way, Prince Du is at home?"

"Here, Duke Lu came to his house as a guest, and his husband was cooking in the kitchen. I had someone to order."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Yan said seriously: "Cooking? A gentleman is far away from the kitchen. Du Fuma is also a famous child of Confucianism. Why is it so insulting to be so elegant? It's really outrageous!"

Princess Changle complained secretly. After not seeing each other for so many years, the old man still has such a temper. It seems that his husband will inevitably be taught a lesson.

At this moment, a sarcastic sarcasm came from the door: "Oh, who is so angry? Run to someone else's house to act wildly? Let me see, your number, I don't know how many legs I broke in this year?"

"Cheng Zhijie? General Cheng?" Yan Shigu turned around and looked at Cheng Yaojin.

When he saw that it was this old man or his daughter's teacher, Cheng Yaojin immediately changed his expression: "Oh... it turned out to be Master Yan? Why? You are like Old Cheng, who came to Shaoqing's house to have a meal?"

This skill of changing the topic is really admirable, just like the previous sarcasm has never been said.

Yan Shigu said angrily: "Nonsense, I came here for advice, why are you free?

Princess, I am waiting for the prince consort here, and leave after asking for advice. Please let the prince consort come out and see you."

Princess Changle said respectfully: "Master Yan is polite. Students will call their husbands now. Uncle Cheng, please help me accompany Master Yan."

"Even if my niece is going to work hard, with the old uncle here, Old Man Yan can't run away..."

Hearing this, the princess smiled bitterly and turned around and left. Yan Shigu could not face a hob like Cheng Yaojin, but the two had no grudges. When they were not kidding, they could still talk a few words. Old Man Yan said the most about Cheng Ruyu.

When Cheng Yaojin heard the school teacher praise his daughter in person, he was so happy that he was happier than drinking a good wine.

In the kitchen, Du Shaoqing was busy nervously. The princess came in anxiously and urged: "Husband, my daughter's teacher is here, why are you still here? How rude? Just leave this place to Sanhu. Come with me quickly. The guest owner does not go to accompany him. If it is spread, it makes people laugh."

"It's going to be done soon, madam, please help me hand over the spices on the chopping board." Du Shaoqing focused on cooking and did not forget to ask someone to help me hand over the goods.

you……

Although the princess was anxious, she still obediently helped hand over the things.

Du Shaoqing smiled and said, "Master Yan is afraid of his eloquence once, so I'm trying to get out of here. I'll just wait until I cook the dishes and treat him well. If the wife is afraid of him, why not stay here for the time being?"

"Husband, Master Yan is here to ask for advice this time. It seems that he was learning to read for comic strips, not to be punished."

"Oh, that's fine. Anyway, it's almost time to eat. Let's talk while eating. Three guests came at once. Sanhu was too busy alone. You go and take the guests to the dining table first, and we will arrive later.

By the way, prepare a jar of good wine for Rengui and Uncle Cheng."

Alas... OK!

The princess turned around to greet the guests and muttered to herself, not knowing what Master Yan thought of the Du family now. When other guests came to the house, the male host was the one who was responsible for arranging the meals.

But the Du family is just the opposite. The male owner cooks and spreads it out, which may cause jokes from all Chang'an people.

After a long time, Du Shaoqing brought Sanhu with a few good dishes. Cheng Yaojin, Xuan Xuan Ruyu and others shouted loudly, and even Xue Rengui couldn't help but sucked it a few times.

Master Yan said with a stern face: "Mr. Du, I came here to ask for advice with kindness. You avoided it, but you were busy in the kitchen, deliberately leaving me alone?"

"No, Master Yan misunderstood..."

When Cheng Yaojin saw it, he thought to himself, you stubborn old man, you have something delicious and ungrateful, and you are making things difficult for him. Do you really think it's your own family?

So Lao Cheng stood up and interrupted: "Slowly, nephew, you are busy. Not only these dishes, let's serve them together and have a banquet. Old Man Yan will give me my uncle to entertain me."

Yan Shigu said dissatisfiedly: "Cheng Zhijie, don't make trouble. I am not here to have a meal. After asking for advice on the secret of Ruyu's reading, I will leave. This is a national event, not a joke."

"Oh...a big thing?

Then you came empty-handed? So insincere?

If this is the case, it won’t make things difficult for you. As long as you stay here for a meal with peace of mind, Lao Cheng Zuobao will tell you what Ruyu’s secret to literacy is?

If it’s not Lao Cheng, I’ll say you, Old Man Yan, come to their house as a guest, and they are so kind of wine and food, but you look like someone owes you money. Do you still feel that you are polite?

If this is the case, I'm not at ease to teach you."

you……

Yan Shigu looked at Cheng Yaojin with a joke on his face. Although he knew that the other party was making trouble on purpose, if he thought about it carefully, what he said was still polite.

He bowed and apologized and said, "Okay, I have received the teachings."

I hope you do what you say and talk after dinner.

Princess, I was rude before, so I shouldn’t interfere with your private affairs with the prince consort.”

"If there is nowhere, Master Yan is a beautiful enlightenment teacher. Students are always students. You have finally come here, and the students are afraid that the teacher will be neglected if they are not well received."

Du Shaoqing, who happened to serve the food, saw this scene and thought to himself that Uncle Cheng was here today, otherwise the old man would not have been so easy to pass.

"Come on, Old Man Yan, you have something to ask for, so you must be a little sincere. Don't say anything else, drink this glass first, and you should punish yourself if you apologize at the dinner table.

Do you don’t understand the rules when you get old?” Cheng Yaojin personally filled Yan Shigu with strong wine.

I……

Although Yan Shigu was a literati, he was elegant but not pedantic. In ancient times, all literati and poets like drinking and writing poems, so Yan Shigu did not refuse after the banquet, and generously picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Unexpectedly, because Cheng Zhijie was here, the Du family had a banquet with strong wine. So after drinking, Old Man Yan's face turned red by the alcohol, but he endured the discomfort and finally yelled softly: "What a strong wine!"

"Hahahaha, of course it's a strong wine. A man should drink the strongest wine if he wants to drink it, which is enough to taste." Cheng Zhijie laughed.

The Du family entertained guests with a round table and sat without a separate seat, but a few guys were not here this time.

The two little girls sitting next to the princess looked at the always serious teacher in surprise. Xiao Xuanxuan pointed and shouted, "Look, look, the old man blushed. Are you shy?"

Cheng Ruyu corrected, "Oh, it's not shy, it's just drinking. My father and three brothers always drink like this. Their face looks like they have rouge applied on them, which looks so beautiful."

Puff... Cheng Zhijie squirted out a sip of wine and looked at his daughter with a strange look. After saying that, his image was completely ruined. It turned out that in his daughter's eyes, how shameful after being drunk?

"Come on, come on, try my skills. The younger generation never drinks alcohol in their lives, so today I will accompany my Xue Li to give me a cup of good respect to the two elders." Du Shaoqing advised.

Xue Rengui sat down at Cheng Yaojin and kept greeting him. Yan Shigu looked at him and thought to himself that he was a heroic Yan Zhao man.

While drinking and drinking, the few people quickly put down other things, including fine wine and delicious food. Even Yan Shigu felt that it would be a bit unsightly to talk about anything else at this time. Even the old man was so drunk that he took the wine glass to fill it up.

Du Shaoqing and Princess Changle were stunned. Unexpectedly, this great scholar could compete with the generals when drinking wine? It was incredible.

An hour later, the banquet finally ended. Cheng Zhijie and Yan Shigu and Xue Rengui were drunk. Du Shaoqing stood aside and wanted to laugh out loud. This time he found Master Yan's weakness and he would never be afraid of listening to his scolding again.

He called Sanhu and Sihu and other friends to carry all three of them to the guest room for rest. He probably wouldn't be able to sober up until the night.

Sanhu looked at Master Yan, who could hide from the shopkeeper, and said a little disbelief: "Shopkeeper, is this the famous scholar Yan Shigu?

Daru also drinks? Why do he act like General Cheng?

When our brother carried him to rest, he still shouted that he had a good wine and good food. In the future, he would have to come here... and what other gourd kids are there.

Lao Wu couldn't help laughing out loud.

What did this great scholar do in the past?"

With a squeak, Du Shaoqing couldn't help laughing. Sure enough, everyone was the same after being drunk.

During the three rounds of drinking, Cheng Yaojin took the initiative to tell the secret of Cheng Ruyu's literacy, and told the story of the Cauldron with drunken eyes.

Unexpectedly, Master Yan shouted loudly and with the alcohol, he forgot that the point here was to read pictures and read, but he only knew that the story was good.

What's even more interesting is that the three drunk guys were so bored that they discussed which of the seven brothers of the Calabash were better. In the end, they actually shouted that you were and what kind of kid he was, and they almost started to quarrel because of the uneven roles.

I guess if today's story really spreads, this is the headline of tomorrow in Chang'an City. No one can believe that a great scholar would yell to be the second child in the gourd baby.

It was not until the next morning that Yan Shigu woke up drunk. After all, he was the oldest among the three, and he was not as good as Cheng Yaojin and Xue Rengui.

Slowly sat up and patted his slightly stuffy head. Yan Shigu sighed: "Hey, when you are old, you are not as calm as you can. It's almost a mistake to drink a cup for a while..."

"Old sir, guess who I am? Can you find me?" A child voice suddenly came out of the room.

Yan Shigu was stunned, then smiled and said, "You girl, are you still playing hide-and-seek with me? You are Xiao Xuanxuan."

"No, right? I'm the sixth baby of Brothers of the Gourd Seven. I'll be invisible. You can't find me or see me..."

"Hahaha, interesting, but why did I see you right at the door? Did you not learn the invisibility technique?"

Xiao Xuanxuan covered her face and thought awkwardly, then said in surprise: "I thought of it, because you are the second child of Brothers of the Calabash Seven, you can see me with a clairvoyance, but other people can't see it except you. Hehe, is that right?"

I……

Yan Shigu couldn't help but be stunned. This child, this explanation is also...

He might have forgotten, and Xiao Xuanxuan didn't say anything nonsense. Everyone saw it at the dinner table. In order to earn the second child, the old man rolled up his sleeves with Cheng Yaojin.
To be continued...