flstandardbreds Chapter 117 Drinking
Chapter 117 Drinking
The woman dodged with a sweet smile, "I'm wearing thin clothes and I'm cold to begin with. Mr. Fan, please have mercy on me!"
Master Fan weighed her arm and said with a half-smile, "If I pity you, who will pity me?! My heart is cold too!"
The woman didn't dare to laugh anymore and just poured him some wine awkwardly.
Tu Shan Hou heard their movements and opened his sleepy eyes. He looked at Tu Shan Jing with half-opened and half-closed eyes, grinned, and said, "Brother."
Tu Shanjing looked at him and replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Big brother."
Everyone at the table was silent and just looked at the two of them.
The two of them stared at each other for a while, and it was Tushan Hou who broke the silence first. He held the wine glass, stood up shakily, and said loudly: "My good brother, come and sit down! Let everyone see the elegance of the Qingqiu Master of my Tushan family!"
Tu Shanjing glanced at him and sat down next to him. Changbao, who was carrying a small box, and I followed and stood behind Tu Shanjing.
Master Fan pushed the woman in gauze in his arms and said, "Go! Pour some wine for Master Qingqiu!"
The woman picked up the white porcelain wine pot and poured a glass of wine. She walked over gracefully like a flower brushing against a willow and brought it to Tu Shanjing. She seemed a little afraid to look directly at him, and lowered her slightly red face and said in a delicate voice, "Sir, please drink."
I saw that she looked shy at the moment and didn't seem to be pretending, and I couldn't help laughing. It was her first time meeting Tu Shan Jing, and she was so close to him. Even though she had seen countless men, she was still attracted by the elegance of the young master of Qingqiu.
Tu Shan Jing didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Master Fan.
Master Fan laughed and said, "I was originally going to invite a beautiful lady to accompany Master Qingqiu, but your eldest brother stopped me, saying that your younger brother likes quietness, is indifferent, and doesn't like women, so I didn't invite a bunch of people to come. Today, I see that it is true. Rou'er, I'm afraid you can't offer this glass of wine!"
The one holding the wine, named Rou'er, shuddered when she heard that. Her face turned deep red and tears filled her eyes. She said anxiously, "Sir, please don't despise me. Drink this glass of wine! Otherwise..."
From what she said, she couldn't offer the wine and would probably be punished later.
But if Tushan Jing drank it, he would be afraid that there was something fishy going on.
So I reached out from behind, took the glass of wine and put it on the table, then took the wine jug she was holding, poured it for Tu Shanjing, and said, "Sir, only drink what I pour."
She was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Master Fan.
Master Fan looked amused and said, "Oh? I wonder when Master Qingqiu was controlled so strictly by a maid?"
Tu Shan Hou glanced at me and said with a smile: "You don't know, this is not an ordinary maid! This is the number one maidservant beside Master Qingqiu, who even I don't care about!"
I held the wine, walked to Tushan Hou, poured him a glass, and said, "Master, you are joking. How dare Lanxiang? You are not going out, so you should serve attentively! Come, Lanxiang will pour you a glass. Please forgive me if I have offended you before."
Tu Shan Hou took it with a smile, drank it in one gulp, and said jokingly: "The sun is rising from the west? Where is your usual fierceness? What kind of magic potion did Jing give you?"
I was angry that he had ruined my career in public, but I couldn't get angry, so I had to force a smile and said, "Young Master is joking again! Lanxiang is usually so obedient, I think Young Master got drunk and made a mistake!"
Without waiting for him to say anything, I walked straight to Mr. Fan, poured him a glass, and said, "We are late and have disturbed the pleasure of you nobles. I will pour you a glass to apologize. I hope you nobles will not be offended."
Master Fan's eyes seemed to be glued to me. He stared at me, took a sip, and said, "She is indeed a servant of Master Qingqiu. She is different from those vulgar women!"
Seeing that he had also drunk, I smiled and bowed in response, then walked to the burly man at the table.
The woman who was originally nestled in his arms was pushed away by him, and she winked at me.
I thought she looked familiar, but I was too nervous to remember where I had seen her before, so I just filled the man's glass.
The man had sunken cheeks and slightly bulging temples. He wore a dark blue-patterned gown inside and a black fur robe outside, with a blanket draped over his legs.
Seeing me coming, he lifted a corner of the blanket and said, "Thank you, young lady. I have an injury on my leg and it is inconvenient for me to get up. Please forgive me."
I saw that his legs were wrapped in layers of gauze, so I nodded to him and replied, "Thank you for your courtesy, sir."
Seeing him drink it, I finally felt relieved. Even if there was some hidden mechanism in the wine pot that allowed Rouer to press the button to pour out two kinds of wine from the same pot, I just poured the same thing in a circle and drank the same thing, so there shouldn't be any problem.
Turning around and walking towards Tu Shan Jing, he looked at me with the same thoughts in his eyes. He picked up the wine glass and stood up and said, "Thank you all for inviting me. I came here in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. I will make up for it later. Tu Shan Jing will drink first as a sign of respect."
Master Fan said with a smile, "Hey, Master Qingqiu, you are being too formal. Today we are just gathering as brothers. Let's talk about making money, right? Master Qingqiu knows how to make money. Although I am a few years older than you, I want to ask you for advice!"
Tu Shanjing put down his wine glass, his eyes sharp, and said, "Okay. Then why don't we start with my eldest brother's account."
Tu Shan Hou's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Don't worry about me! I know what's going on! Don't lose face in front of outsiders!"
Master Fan laughed and said, "Oh, no problem! We can still discuss this later!"
He saw Tu Shanjing looking at the burly man sitting at the table, and continued: "This is my good friend, Tan Yiqian. He usually does some small business, so he is not an outsider. We can talk about anything behind closed doors today."
Tu Shanjing took a sip of wine and said, "I saw that Mr. Tan looked so majestic, but I didn't realize that he was a businessman. I thought he was a martial arts expert from somewhere."
Master Tan raised his glass and drank a glass with me, saying with a smile: "Master, you have a good eye! I have been fond of swords and guns since I was a child, but unfortunately I was caught by my father and taken back to inherit the family business when I was halfway through practicing. When my leg is healed, we will have a chance to spar with each other."
Tu Shanjing raised his glass from a distance and said, "Nice to meet you. I wish Mr. Tan a speedy recovery."
Mr. Tan smiled slightly, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
At this time, Master Fan clapped his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "Great! When you are out doing business, you rely on friends. Now you have more friends!" After that, he pushed the woman in gauze who had just returned to his side not long ago and shouted: "Go, dance again! This time, do something festive, don't always do those babbling ones, it's boring!"