Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Meng Zhen watched Meng Hong leave the yard, then turned his gaze to Wang Xinyu's room.

In fact, there is one thing about Wang Xiucai that he really doesn't like. No matter what this person talks about, he will turn to Meng Qing in the end, and then there will be a lot of uncles.

Meng Zhen doesn't understand, is Meng Qing really that good?Why didn't he, a father, find out, and it became a treasure in his eyes, Wang Xiucai.

"Uncle Meng!" When Meng was really thinking, Wang Huan stepped forward to salute, "Uncle Meng, it's cold outside, go inside and sit down."

Meng Zhen shifted his eyes to this young boy. The last time he saw this child was when Wang Xiucai came to his house to sit and bring this child with him on the day he passed the scholar examination last year. At that time, this child was still partying with Meng Che Playing marbles together on the ground, it's only been half a year, and the child of this age seems to be a different person when he is one year older, whether it is appearance or etiquette, they are very different from before.

The quiet and well-behaved child has always liked Mengzhen, Mengzhen waved to him: "No need, I'll go back." After returning to his own residence, Menghong had already brought a jar of wine to wait for him at the door.

"Father!" Meng Hong shook the wine jar at him, "I dug out this jar of wine from the cellar of our house. It's been a few years, and I'm reluctant to give it to Wang Xiucai to drink it. Father and son, let's drink."

Meng Zhen came over and glanced at him: "Drink it yourself." Then he passed him into the room.

Meng Hong followed him in and said, "Father doesn't want to drink it. What's the point of drinking it by myself? Let's drink it when Wang Xiucai comes. It's just a pity that such a good wine is so cheap that the poor scholar."

Meng Zhen took his words: "Be careful, don't go too far, if you get drunk, take you to sleep in the room, not in my room."

Meng Hong said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, my carriage is ready, if I'm drunk, I'll put it in someone's carriage and send it back to his house to sleep, how can I let him sleep here."

Afterwards, the two chatted a few more homely words, Meng Zhen felt that Meng Hong was noisy, Meng Hong didn't stay for long, and went back to his room very interestingly.

At noon, the whole family was sitting at the dinner table. Meng Hong unsealed the altar of osmanthus and poured a cup in front of Wang Xiucai. You should have a good taste today."

Sweet-scented osmanthus brewed wine, as the name suggests, is sweet-scented osmanthus brewed wine. When the jar was opened, the mellow aroma rushed to the face. Wang Xiucai, who is not used to touching wine, couldn't help but feel greedy, but he still kept it subtle in his mouth, "I This drink is not enough, the Second Young Master's kindness may be difficult to accept, so just take a sip."

Meng Hong smiled, imitating his elder brother's tone and said: "Uncle Wang, you don't have to be polite, this wine is not strong, and you won't get drunk if you drink too much." He turned around and poured another cup for his father, "Father, you also Try it."

Meng Zhen glanced at him, then looked at Wang Xiucai, Wang Xiucai had already picked up the wine cup and drank all the wine.

"Ha, this wine is really good!" Wang Xiucai smacked his lips, savoring it carefully, with a lingering fragrance in his teeth.

"So, Uncle Wang, have another glass!" Meng Hong smiled and poured Wang Xiucai again. This time, Wang Xiucai was not polite, but Lin who was sitting next to him politely blocked him, "Second Master Meng, your Uncle Wang He is in poor health and cannot drink too much alcohol, so don't let him drink too much."

Meng Hong laughed again and said: "Don't worry, auntie, this wine is mild and mellow, not only does not hurt the body, but drinking it in moderation can also prevent diseases and keep healthy." Wang Xiucai listened to this and gave his mother-in-law a look. drink up.

This time without waiting for Meng Hong to pour the wine for him, he poured it himself first, and then drank it down.

"Ha, this wine is so mellow, it feels like it's going to fly." Wang Xiucai smacked his lips, his body seemed to be in the fog, and his feet couldn't touch the ground.

Lin gave him a runny look: "Drink less, and talk nonsense if you drink too much. This place is no better than your own home. Be careful not to embarrass yourself."

After drinking for three rounds, I talked more.But not to his wife, Wang Xiucai took Mengzhen's hand and said: "My father-in-law is very lucky, and the sons I gave birth to are better than each other." With these words again, Mengzhen's ears could hear cocoons.

"It's just that your Menghong family is not young anymore. Didn't your father-in-law pay attention? The second son is not bad in appearance or personality. There are quite a few people who want to marry your family. The father-in-law also divides his thoughts. , don’t just focus on studying, you’re delaying your son’s marriage.”

But whenever we get together for dinner during the holidays, the dinner table is always said to be kissed, but the person who said it has changed.Looking at Wang Xiucai's slightly drunken face, Meng Zhen couldn't figure out why these people were so keen on talking about their marriage, what other people's affairs had nothing to do with them, and the parties were not in a hurry.

It is still said that these people have nothing to say, and talk about their marriage every day.Meng Hong, who was the party involved, didn't bother, he poured himself a cup of wine, drained it, then filled it up again, and poured a cup for Mengze by the way.

"Second brother, I want it too." Meng Che pushed a cup to Meng Hong, and Meng Hong pushed it away for him and said, "You are too young to drink, look at that young master Wang, who is older than you." Two years old, people don't drink, what do you drink?" He raised his chin and nodded at Wang Huan, just as Wang Huan also looked at him, so he took his words and said, "Brother Meng Hong is right, Brother Meng Che, you are still young and cannot drink alcohol, you can wait until you are older."

"Ahem..." Before Meng Che could say anything, Wang Xiucai choked after taking two sips of wine, and after recovering, he said, "There are a few girls from my friends who are of the right age to marry. , This is the family background... You also know that my Wang family's family background is not very good, and how good is the family of the friends I make, I'm afraid that rich people like you will look down on you, and it's just a joke to say it..."

Wang Xiucai said so much in one breath, but no one paid attention to him, and he continued shamelessly: "Hey, my uncle is coming back soon, and I don't know how my uncle feels when he knows that there is a little girl in the family." , it would be great if Xin Yu gave birth to a boy, so my uncle must be very happy..."

Sure enough, eight of Wang Xiucai's ten sentences cannot be separated from Meng Qing, no matter what he said at the beginning, it can always be related to Meng Qing in the end.

Meng Zhen and Meng Hong looked at each other tacitly, Meng Hong saw that Wang Xiucai was still drinking, fearing that there would be problems if he really drank, so he hurriedly took away the altar of sweet-scented osmanthus, Wang Xiucai shouted loudly when he saw that he was out of wine, I waved my hand and wanted more.

Lin who was next to him saw it, and knew that Wang Xiucai was drunk, and was afraid that he would make jokes when he was drunk, so he quickly stopped him, "You are drunk, let's go home, don't embarrass yourself here, you can do whatever you want when you go home .”

Wang Xiucai didn't have time to pay attention to her words, he just kept grabbing Meng Zhen and said: "My father-in-law, do you think what I said makes sense. If you don't dislike the poverty of the girl's family, I can tell Meng Hong about it. You can rest assured about the appearance of the girl's family, all of them are outstanding, and they are a perfect match for your Menghong family. Can the in-laws consider it..."

Mengzhen was annoyed by his teasing, brushed his hand away, and said: "The prince's family is drunk, let's go to rest first." Turning around, he asked Ah Qing to tidy up the room and come out, but Lin said: "Don't bother. The father-in-law is gone, and while he can still walk, we'll take him home right away." As he said that, he winked at Wang Huan, and Wang Huan knew it, and hurriedly left his seat and came to support his father.

But Wang Xiucai yelled, "I'm not drunk, I haven't finished talking to my father-in-law, what are you pulling me for?"

Meng Hong also came to help, and finally sent the half-drunk and half-awake Wang Xiucai to the carriage, and Ah Qing drove him back to Wang's house.

After waiting for the people to leave, the father and son continued to eat at the dining table, and Meng Hong refilled the wine for his father, "Father, I didn't drink to my heart's content just now, let's drink now."

Meng Zhen drank the wine he had poured, and then said: "I have seen people persuade people to drink, but I have never seen anyone persuade people to let go of drinking."

Meng Hong smiled and said: "Isn't this wine fragrant, that's why I asked Dad to drink a few more sips, and this wine is mild and mellow, most people can't get drunk, drinking it properly can also strengthen the body, why not do it."

Meng Zhen was noncommittal to his words, and only said: "In the future, you should stop persuading others to drink, and if something happens, who will be responsible."

Meng Hong laughed again and said: "Look at what Dad said, I just persuaded him to drink a few glasses of wine, what would happen. If something happened, it has nothing to do with me. He drank the wine himself. It’s not that I fed him.”

"Stop talking!" Meng Zhen ignored him lazily, and said to the few present, "Hurry up and eat, and go back to your respective rooms after eating."

The few people stopped talking and ate in silence.At this time Meng Che leaned forward, "Second brother, that wine is really so wonderful, can you give me a sip, just a sip."

Seeing his eager eyes, Meng Hong dipped his chopsticks in the wine, and then tapped it on Meng Che's mouth, "How is it? Have you tasted it? What's it like?"

Meng Che licked his lips and smacked it for a long time before saying, "It's a bit astringent, but also a bit sweet, and the taste is not bad." Meng Hong rubbed his head with a smile, but didn't comment.

I was thinking about the wine, but when everyone got together for dinner the next morning, bad news came from the Wang family, saying that Wang Xiucai fainted when he got up this morning, please come to the doctor to check The doctor said it was a stroke, and now he was lying on the bed half of his body unable to move or speak.

After hearing the narration of the visitor, the father and son looked at each other and looked at each other.Meng Hong was the first to ask: "Doctor, can you tell me what caused the stroke?"

The person who brought the news said: "I don't know about this either. It seems that I drank too much wine yesterday, and the water flowed to my head, and I didn't get relief from the stroke."

"Impossible!" Meng Hong said, "He only drank three glasses of wine yesterday, and he didn't drink too much. How could it be a stroke caused by alcohol?"

The man said: "I don't know about this, I'm only responsible for bringing the news to you. Now that the news has arrived, I should go back." He bowed his hands to Meng Zhen and the others, turned and walked away.

"Father!" Meng Hong yelled, Meng Zhen glanced at him, and sighed, "You did a good thing, knowing that he can't hold alcohol, but let him drink. Now that someone has an accident, I think you have enough mouths for you to appeal .”

Meng Hong was still defending himself: "But the wine is not strong, and most people don't get drunk, so why did something happen to him, Wang Xiucai, and it happened to fall into the wine."

Meng Zhen: "No coincidence is a book. No matter how much you say now, it's useless. You should go to Wang Xiucai's house to see what the servant is doing now.

"Isn't dad going?" Meng Hong asked.

Meng Zhen shook his head: "I won't go, you go quickly."

At this time, Mengze stepped forward and said, "Father, I'll go with my second brother. I happen to know something about strokes, and I can go to see one or two in the past."

Meng Zhen said: "Since that's the case, then you two go together, let's go quickly."

"Yes!" The two said in unison.After coming out of Mengzhen courtyard, Mengze went back to his room to get the medicine box, and then accompanied Menghong in a carriage to the Wang family.

The author says:

感谢在2022-04-2902:38:47~2022-04-2923:59:19期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of mountains and rivers;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!