My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4160

"What? It's already a quarter past noon?"

"Yes, young master."

"Before I knew it, the morning had quietly passed by. Time really flies!"

After muttering to himself for a moment, Liu Mingzhi stretched his arms and yawned, while turning his head slightly to look towards the courtyard gate.

"Liu Song, go back and tell my elder brother that I'm going to the banquet after I wash my face."

Upon hearing this, Liu Song immediately raised his hands and clasped them together across the courtyard wall in the direction from which the sound came from.

"I understand. I'll take my leave now."

After lowering his hands, Liu Song was about to turn and leave when he suddenly remembered something and quickly withdrew his raised foot.

"By the way, young master, do you need to bring any drinks when you go to Young Master Song's place for the banquet?"

"If you're bringing drinks, young master, would you like me to prepare them for you, or would you like to prepare them yourself?"

When Liu Mingzhi heard Liu Song asking him this question over the courtyard wall, he glanced at him and pondered for a moment before replying loudly, "Liu Song, you don't need to worry about the drinks."

The wine cellar in the courtyard is filled with fine wines; I'll just take a couple of jars with me later.

"Yes, I understand. I'll take my leave now."

After loudly responding to Young Master Liu, Liu Song immediately turned around and headed straight for Song Qing's residence.

"Woohoo~"

After exhaling a long breath with his lips slightly parted, Liu Mingzhi raised his hands and gently massaged his slightly sore shoulders as he walked unhurriedly toward the laundry rack placed outside the main room.

After about half a cup of tea's time, Young Master Liu washed his hands and face with clean water, then strode out of the courtyard gate carrying two jars of peach blossom wine that had been aged for five years.

After striding confidently out of the courtyard gate, Liu Mingzhi headed straight for the other gate of the courtyard where his family lived.

He walked to the outside of another courtyard gate and slowly stopped, turning slightly to look into the quiet courtyard in front of him.

"Yun'er, Yan'er, are you sisters at home now?"

As Young Master Liu's shout faded, the vast courtyard remained completely silent, without a sound coming from it.

"It seems that Yun'er, Yan'er, and Yue'er are all not at home now."

After muttering to himself for a moment, Liu Mingzhi turned around and headed towards Song Qing's residence.

He had just turned around when he saw a soldier on duty around the courtyard running straight toward him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, all the ladies, the two young ladies, and Princess have not yet returned since they left!"

"Okay, I understand. You can go back to your duty."

"Yes, Wei Chen is resigning."

"By the way, when the Empress and the others return from outside, if you are still on duty, then tell them that I went to drink with Prince Wuyi."

If it's already time for the shift change, then have the person taking over inform them.

"Yes, Wei Chen understands."
Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded in acknowledgment, then quickened his pace.

Half a day later, Young Master Liu appeared outside the gate of Song Qing's courtyard, carrying two wine jars.

Before Liu Mingzhi even stepped into the courtyard, he heard laughter coming from inside.

As he strode into the courtyard, he immediately spotted Song Qing, Hu Yanyu, Liu Song, Cheng Kai, Chu Jing, Feng Bu'er, Ning Chao, Han Peng, Jiang Lei, Shen Minghui, Zhao Wentong... They were all in the courtyard, cracking melon seeds and joking around with each other!

Liu Mingzhi had barely stepped into the courtyard when he was spotted by Cheng Kai and Feng Bu'er, who were facing the gate.

"Hey, Commander, you've arrived."

"General, you've arrived."

When Song Qing, Hu Yanyu, and the other brothers heard Cheng Kai and Feng Bu'er greeting Young Master Liu, they all turned around and looked towards the courtyard gate.

Immediately, everyone stopped eating sunflower seeds and moved to greet Young Master Liu.

"Third brother, I greet you."

"We pay our respects to the Commander-in-Chief."

"Your Majesty, this old minister greets you."

"Young master, I am very polite."

Liu Mingzhi looked at the group of people in front of him who were bowing and greeting him with clasped hands, and nodded happily in acknowledgment.

"Hahaha, haha~ hahahahaha."

"Alright, alright, we're all brothers, no need for formalities."

Upon hearing this, Song Qing, Hu Yanyu, Liu Song, Cheng Kai, and their brothers all lowered their hands with smiles on their faces.

"OK, all right."

"We thank you, Commander."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Thank you very much, young master."

Liu Mingzhi glanced casually at the three tables set up in the yard, then walked straight to the middle table without stopping.

Seeing this, Song Qing and the others turned around and followed.

Liu Mingzhi slowly walked to the table and stopped. He bent down slightly and gently placed the two jars of peach blossom wine in his hands on the ground. Then he stood up and picked up a small handful of melon seeds from the plate on the table.

Immediately, while cracking sunflower seeds, he turned his gaze to Huyan Yu with a smile.

"Brother Huyan, eldest brother, Cheng Kai, and Liu Song and the other brothers should call him Third Brother, Commander, or Young Master."

That "Your Majesty" you just called out to me sounded rather grating!

Upon hearing what Young Master Liu said, Hu Yanyu quickly took two small steps forward.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Hey! That's right!"

After Liu Mingzhi answered Hu Yanyu with a smile, he immediately turned his gaze to Song Qing.

"Brother, everyone's here now."

"Haha, third brother, we've been waiting for you."

"Then what are we brothers still standing for? Let's all take a seat."

"Alright, take your seats, brothers. The commander has spoken, everyone take your seats." Upon hearing Song Qing's call, Hu Yan, Liu Song, Cheng Kai, and the others all got up and walked towards the table in front of them.

"Third brother, please take a seat."

"Brother, I won't stand on ceremony."

Upon hearing this, Song Qing waved his hand happily in acknowledgment.

"Oh, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure."

Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, smiled faintly, and walked to the main seat. After settling down, he glanced down at the food and wine on the table.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head with a slightly surprised expression and looked at Song Qing, who had just been sitting in the chair.

"Wow! Brother, you've really gone all out with the food and drinks you've prepared today!"

Those who know what's going on know that the food and wine you arranged are a farewell banquet for the four brothers, Cheng Kai, Ning Chao, Bu Er, and Chu Jing.

But if someone unaware of the situation saw the food and drink you'd arranged, they might think it was your wedding banquet with Mrs. Ramil!

As soon as Liu Mingzhi made his sarcastic remarks, everyone present, except for Song Qing, the person involved, burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, hahaha~ ahahahaha~"

Song Qing turned his head and glanced at the group of brothers who were laughing loudly, then pretended to shake his head at Young Master Liu with a look of annoyance.

"Hey, third brother, what kind of talk is that?"

Cheng Kai and his three brothers are all my good brothers who have gone through thick and thin with me for many years. What's wrong with me arranging a lavish farewell banquet for them?
The things you just said made it sound like I, Song Qing, am some kind of petty person when it comes to my brothers.

Hearing Song Qing's frustrated rebuttal, Liu Mingzhi first casually patted the melon seed crumbs off his hands a few times, then picked up the wine pot with a smile and poured himself a cup of wine.

"Hehehe, if you ask me, I'm not exactly a magnanimous person."

Brothers, you have no idea. Back when we first arrived in the capital of the Great Shi Kingdom, when my brother and I went out for breakfast, he was still haggling with me over the price of a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge!
Even the price of a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge is something that our Martial King Qiansui of Dalong would haggle over with me.

Brothers, tell me, can this really be a magnanimous person?

Brothers, you're all reasonable people.

You all be the judge, is he really a generous person towards his brothers?

As soon as Young Master Liu finished speaking his accusations against Song Qing, bursts of laughter echoed through the small courtyard once again.

After spitting out the melon seed shells from between his lips and teeth, Song Qing chuckled and poured himself a full cup of fine wine from the wine pot.

"Brothers, take a look, all of you take a good look. What kind of person is our commander?"
To bid farewell to the four brothers, Cheng Kai, Ning Chao, Bu Er, and Chu Jing, I, as the deputy commander, have specially arranged several tables of sumptuous banquet.

Then, in order to save our commander a meal for his family, I kindly invited him to my place for drinks.

And what was the result? And what was the result?
Brothers, you've all seen it with your own eyes now.

As a result, our commander-in-chief not only didn't thank me, his elder brother, for my hospitality, but he also had the nerve to say that I, his deputy commander, was stingy with the brothers.

Everyone else flips the table after finishing their meal, but our commander-in-chief is different; he starts flipping the table before he even begins eating.

If you ask me, I shouldn't have invited him to this dinner today.

Besides, how can you blame me for arguing with our commander over a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge?
To put it bluntly, isn't it because my salary is too low?
If I, as the deputy commander, could earn ten or twenty thousand taels of silver a year, would I be so concerned about the cost of a few steamed buns or a bowl of porridge?
Third brother, why don't you give me a raise right now?

If you raise my salary to 20,000 taels of silver a year—no, no, let's not even go for 10,000 or 20,000 taels, let's just take a middle ground, 15,000 taels.

Third brother, as long as you raise my salary to 15,000 taels of silver.

At that time, let alone me treating you to steamed buns and porridge, even if you had three dishes, a soup, and a pot of good wine for every meal, I could still afford to treat you!

Brothers, don't you agree?

Liu Mingzhi chuckled and rolled up his sleeves, then casually picked up a wine glass from the table.

"Go to hell with my sister-in-law's legs! She's paid 15,000 taels of silver a year, and you still dare to ask for such an exorbitant amount."

"Let me put it this way: Why don't you just fly to the heavens? You look like you're worth fifteen thousand taels of silver."

Song Qing casually picked up his wine glass and glanced helplessly at the group of brothers present.

"Brothers, look at this, look at this, our commander is being unreasonable."

Our commander-in-chief doesn't give me, the deputy commander, a single raise in my salary.

So, while I want to be generous to my brothers, I also need to be generous myself!

As Song Qing was speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and abruptly raised his hand and lightly tapped the table in front of him.

"Pah, pah, pah! I'm only just realizing now that our commander-in-chief has led me astray."

"Forget about salary increases! Even if our commander-in-chief doesn't give me, the deputy commander, a raise, I'm not stingy with my brothers!"

As soon as Song Qing finished speaking, everyone present burst into laughter once again.

"Hahaha, hahaha~ hahahahaha."

After smacking his lips twice, Liu Mingzhi raised his glass with a broad smile and gestured back and forth to the group of brothers who were laughing heartily at the three tables.

"Brothers, enough with the jokes, come on, let's have a drink together."

Apart from Song Qing, who had already raised his glass, the rest of the group heard Young Master Liu's greeting and all reached out to raise their glasses.

Immediately afterwards, Song Qing, Hu Yanyu, Liu Song, Cheng Kai, and the others raised their glasses in unison in response to Young Master Liu.

"Third brother, cheers!"

"Brother-in-law, cheers!"

"General, we brothers will drink first as a sign of respect."

"Young master, I'll drink first as a sign of respect."

After a glass of fine wine, the atmosphere at the table instantly became lively.

After refilling his cup with wine, Liu Mingzhi picked up his chopsticks and ate several mouthfuls of food in a row.

Seeing this, the others also picked up their chopsticks and began to enjoy the dishes on the table.

Liu Mingzhi casually placed his chopsticks on the plate, then picked up his wine glass and took a small sip of the wine.

Immediately, he turned his head with a slightly mischievous look and looked at Song Qing, who was also eating.

"Brother, as the saying goes, people are in high spirits when they have good news."

This statement couldn't be more fitting for you, brother.

Last night, you and Mrs. Ramir finally tied the knot. When are you planning to hold your wedding banquet?