Chapter 187: Two heroes in one family

Pingyang Town, there are two markets close to Youyu Fang, where the fishy smell is pungent.

One is the Qingen Fang market on the outskirts of the town.

The other is the Jiahe Fang, which is considered an inner market of the town.

At this time, in a private room of a three-story restaurant at the intersection of Youyu Fang and Jiahe Fang.

A woman with a plain face and cold skin, with a beautiful appearance and a Daoist bun, stood at the window, looking at Zhang Gui, who was the length of a pair of chopsticks in the distance, and said in surprise:

"It is better to come early than to come by coincidence.

Isn't that Zhang Gui, whom your cousin-in-law Jiuqing has been guarding at home and refusing to leave, insisting on seeing?"

A few steps away, a beautiful girl who was guarding a round table and drinking sweet wine glared at the Daoist woman angrily,

"Zhen Shijing, you girl are teasing me again.

Be careful, I will use the 'Body-Fixing Spell' to swell your forehead."

Seeing that her friend had been teased by her "wolf is coming, wolf is coming" for the past few days, and now that the real person had appeared, she didn't believe it.

Zhen Shijing looked at her elder sister, who had a similar appearance and stature but was dressed more elegantly,

"Sister, you also know Zhang Gui, come over and take a look, and tell Sun Chonghe.

Whether the person has been bumped into by us."

Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, the elegant sister and the beautiful girl stood up at the same time and moved to the window,

"Sister Ciyun, please help me see if Zhang Gui has really appeared."

Zhen Ciyun smiled before speaking,

"Sister Chonghe, don't panic; as long as Caiyang Longhu has really returned, he won't leave for a while."

Coming to the window, a faint ghostly light flashed in her eyes, and she saw the man who was laughing and joking among the neighbors in the distance, who was indeed Zhang Gui.

Zhen Ciyun nodded,

"Indeed, Caiyang Longhu has returned to his hometown; let's go and inform Senior Brother Jiuqing."

"He is Zhang Gui, his appearance is truly as his name suggests, plain and unremarkable.

Only those ignorant and ignorant neighbors would compare him to my cousin-in-law Jiuqing, who has made contributions to the country."

"That may not be the case.

Although Senior Brother Jiuqing performed the magnificent feat of 'I will go even if there are thousands of people,'

he didn't bring much benefit to the villagers.

This Lord Zhang Gui is different.

I heard that the neighbors in the streets near his home all have people working under his mother.

Many people in the same clan also rely on the 'Pingyang Guild Hall' newly built on his fief to support their families.

If you eat someone's food, you will have a short mouth.

People will naturally compare Zhang Gui and Senior Brother Jiuqing as the two heroes of literature and martial arts of the Pingyang Zhang family."

While the two girls were bickering.

In Youyu Fang.

Zhang Gui finally reached his door.

Caiyang Duojie actually guessed that her son had returned because of the noise outside.

So she started to wash vegetables and cook in a hurry as usual.

The impression others have when they see Zhang Gui always changes with the improvement of his status.

But the impression of a son returning home in a mother's heart seems to be forever frozen at the moment when he went out to play at the age of four or five and was hungry and begged for food.

The reaction is naturally always to fill the stomach of her good son.

And every time he saw Amu busy in the kitchen, Zhang Gui would always start shouting before he reached the middle of the courtyard,

"Amu, I'm back, is there anything to eat?

This journey was exhausting and I'm starving."

"Scorched pot noodles with shrimp paste and tofu, it will be ready soon.

You are such a big person, and you have created such a big career, how can you still be hungry outside.

It really makes me worry endlessly."

The mother and son bickered for a while, and Caiyang Duojie and her two widowed sisters-in-law finished dinner.

Zhang Gui set the meal on the stone table in the courtyard himself.

He sat on a low stone stool with his legs wide apart.

He ate the noodles in big mouthfuls with relish;

he finished a basin in a few mouthfuls.

He wiped the oil from his mouth and asked casually: "Where are the cousins? Where did they go to play, why don't they come home for dinner."

"Tongwa, Duoqing, and the other five girls are now competing in cultivation and often go into seclusion to practice.

They can't come home for three or five days."

"They have become so motivated, this is a great thing."

Zhang Gui clapped and laughed sincerely.

At this moment, there was another noise outside the door.

It was even noisier than when Zhang Gui was recognized just now.

Immediately after, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by a clear male voice,

"Is Auntie Caiyang in? Your nephew Zhang Jiuqing is here to visit?"

"Why did this grandson come!"

Suspicion breeds ghosts.

Usually, it would be fine.

Today at noon, Zhang Gui had just wickedly arranged a plan to pit Zhang Jiuqing.

As a result, Zhang Jiuqing, who had been his neighbor for more than ten years but had never visited his house, suddenly came to visit out of nowhere in the evening.

How could it not make people's hearts drum.

But in this situation, it was impossible to let him be turned away.

Zhang Gui stood up helplessly, and while still behind the door, he laughed and said:

"Is it Brother Jiuqing?

Our brothers haven't seen each other for two or three years."

He strode to the door and opened it.

He looked at Zhang Jiuqing, who had a much more elegant demeanor than in his impression, but still had the face of an elegant and scholarly white-faced scholar, and sighed with emotion,

"Time flies, time passes, and everything has changed in these days.

For a moment, the younger brother didn't know where to start.

In short, I have seen you, brother."

After speaking, he took the initiative to cup his hands and was about to bow, but was sincerely stopped by Zhang Jiuqing, who grabbed his arm.

"We are childhood friends who grew up together.

Because I lost my father at a young age, my mind was unbalanced and I became petty, and I was overly harsh on you.

Even in front of you, I showed a lot of ugly behavior.

Now, how can I have the face to accept this bow from you as an elder brother?"

Zhang Gui never expected that with Zhang Jiuqing's current reputation, he would take the initiative to say such words.

But thinking about it from another direction, he immediately felt that this move was extremely clever.

"This grandson Zhang Jiuqing intends to continue to accelerate on the path of a great sage in the world and a leader of the pure stream.

There is an ancient saying, 'If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if a person is too discerning, there will be no followers.'

His folding fan's name is aimed directly at the human order in the heaven and earth ethics.

The position is extremely upright.

So much so that even an arbitrary emperor like Emperor Hezheng could be restrained.

But at the same time, it also makes Zhang Jiuqing, who wrote the folding fan, too 'holy' and difficult to associate with others.

As a result, he now takes the initiative to show that he also had many minor problems that did not involve principles in the past.

It's just that he is enlightened now and has slowly changed.

This kind of invincible jumping image of knowing mistakes and correcting them, but as a person, if you change, it doesn't mean you won't make mistakes again, but if you make mistakes, you will definitely change again.

It is simply the perfect template for a creature like a pure stream."

Thinking secretly in his heart, Zhang Gui acted as if he hadn't seen through anything.

He said dryly:

"What are you talking about, Brother Jiuqing.

Who doesn't make mistakes when they are young? Is it not making a mountain out of a molehill to pursue it now?

Please come in, let's sit down and talk."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 188 =====