Chapter 70 Banquet
"Haha! Adults are so talented. Si had heard that a large gambling shop was being built, but he didn't expect it was Adults' idea."
Ouyang said ashamedly: "Little talent, partial talent. Brother Si should not speak out as an adult. Everyone is Han. It would be great if you don't dislike calling me Brother Ou."
"How is this happening? Adults are one parent..." Si Kan saw Ouyang's embarrassment and quickly spoke: "Brother Ou."
"Brother Si, I think I have to visit the ordering ceremony first." Ouyang felt sour.
"Thank you, Brother Xie, please do it here."
Although Si's mother was older, Ouyang could still see that she must have been pretty when she was young. Si's mother was much worse than Sikan. She was not very good at speaking and didn't know what to say. She only knew how to entertain guests. Not only that, she also seemed very reserved. Ouyang also said hello casually and got out of the house with Sikan. Sikan said: "My brother, do you know if you have time tomorrow night?"
"Yes, I'm very idle." It's really idle now, but I'll be busy in a few days.
"Tomorrow night, my father will hold a banquet, and each of our sons will find a friend to accompany us."
Ouyang was amused when he heard this and asked, "Do you have such rules?"
"My brother doesn't know..." It turned out that the Si family was choosing heirs. Although the Si family was not the richest, they were quite imposing. The family was big and had industries everywhere in the Liao Kingdom. After the Jin Kingdom occupied Tokyo, they were also polite to the Si family. Now there is a tea franchise in the Liao Kingdom, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first merchant in the Liao Kingdom. If you choose heirs, you will naturally not choose a concubine's son. The concubine's son is usually a foil. The Si family has a tradition of choosing heirs, which is to look at the friends of the inherited candidates first. There are four candidates, so of course there is no Si Kan, but he has to join in the fun. Si Kan has been doing business in other places all year round, and when it comes to Linhuang Mansion, they are mostly friends with wine, meat, and music, and they cannot be on the table. Now Ouyang is here, and this is the top scholar in the Jin Academy. How can Ouyang not let him earn some face at the family banquet?
Si Kan confessed, Ouyang did not refuse and bowed: "Tomorrow will be on time. But... don't have too much hope for me, the top scorer. I am a parallel person and I will not be able to throw it away."
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"My younger generation, Ouyang, from Hangzhou, has met Mr. Si." Ouyang gave a great gift to his elders.
Mr. Si looks nearly 70 years old, but he is obviously very well maintained and full of energy. When he saw Ouyang's etiquette, he nodded twice, but when he heard Ouyang say his name, he asked in confusion: "Ouyang? This name seems a bit familiar?"
Ouyang Khan made a move. This old guy was really interesting, and his hands were raised to the Song Dynasty. Ouyang hurriedly said: "The name of the younger generation is also the compound surname of others."
"Yeah! Let's sit there."
"Master Xie Si." Ouyang Hesikan sat down at the eighth position on the right.
The Si family banquet was a small table, with two seats at one table. As for the daughter, it did not appear. Mr. Si sat with his wife and two flat wives. At that time, he was called left and right wives. The name flat wives had not appeared yet, but that was what it meant.
It was nonsense to call him Brother Cialis. But Ouyang felt that Mr. Si had a bit of Brother Cialis. While speaking, he looked around and observed the behavior of his own group of sons. The dishes went up and stopped after the dishes were on the front, and there was silence in the hall. Mr. Si coughed and cleared his throat and said, "Boss, tell me what you have done in the past year?"
"This year..." The boss was in his fifties and was asked, and he was sweating all over his forehead. What else can he do? Isn't it just eating, drinking and having fun. I want to run the family business, but do you let me?
"I'm asking your friend, see if your friend knows what you've done this year?"
The friend who was brought by the boss had no choice but to say anything, and was stunned when asked: Oh, I was hired to support people. How do you know about these questions? He prepared a lot of good things, but unexpectedly he was blocked by the first question.
Seeing this, the old man shook his head and signaled the boss to sit with his friend. Then he continued to ask. Either he didn't know what his son had done this year. The old man was particularly disappointed.
It was Sikan's turn, and Ouyang stood up and said, "Brother Si is a businessman in another place. In the first half of last year, I didn't know. Brother Si and I met in Yangping County in the second half of the year. If you want to say that Brother Si really needs a lot of character, he spent 600 guan to buy a few acres of land and gave these fields to local free schools. It is of great merit."
"Oh? And why haven't I heard of this?" Mr. Si asked: "Si Kan, why did you pay for the money in vain? Six hundred guan, I'm afraid it's your business income a year or two?"
Si Kan stood up and replied: "Reply to my father's words. A few years ago, the child was in Yangping's merchant business, and he was robbed of goods by the bandits. He asked for help from the yamen. The Sinu Liu also humiliated the villain in every possible way. This time in Shanggu, I heard that the magistrate of Yangping not only captured thirty bandits, but also imprisoned Liu Sinu and set up a free literacy school. The child thought it was worth paying the money."
"Well, you did a good job. Our Si family needs to be kind to be rich." Mr. Si nodded and said casually: "Our Si family and the Song Dynasty court also have some contacts. I know Liu Si Nu. Although it is not an amazing person, this magistrate is not afraid of consequences and is determined to run a school... By the way, what is the magistrate called?"
"..." Si Kan looked at Ouyang stammeringly and replied: "Reply... the child didn't ask if he said he was father."
Ouyang stood up and replied: "When I say that, the magistrate's surname is Gan, and his name is Xin. He is a local native of Yangping. He married the daughter of the Su family, a wealthy local family."
"Yeah, the younger generation is terrifying." Mr. Si touched his beard, signaled the two of them to sit down with his left hand, and continued to ask down. Ouyang was worried. The Liao Kingdom should know that there was a top scholar in the Song Dynasty and a magistrate who came to visit him. He would definitely make up his own ideas, and at least he would be a spy.
The next meal was even more delicious, and it was hard for Mr. Si to remember so many of his son's names. He asked one by one, how was his grandson like, and so on. Ouyang Man sympathized with this old man. All the candidates were fools, but the concubine's son was still good, so he could barely get on the stage.
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A dinner that seemed to be an interlude did not delay the construction process. According to Ouyang's ideas, sauna, massage, roulette, poker, and smear areas must be set up before they can be opened. Horse racing sites are preferred, and other facilities can be supplemented slowly. On-site prizes must not be missing on the day of opening. Xiao Ganyunshen agreed that his custom-made small bricks of more than 4,000 kilograms had been shipped. No one knew what these things were for, and people thought they were a pile of garbage.
Chapter completed!