My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4165 Daydreaming
Liu Mingzhi took a small puff of his pipe, tilted his head slightly to glance in the direction of the palace gate, and then turned his gaze to Huyan Yu and the others.

"Brother Huyan, fellow brothers, are you sure this is really the case?"

Hu Yanyu, Cheng Kai, and their brothers all nodded vigorously without hesitation when they heard Young Master Liu's serious question.

"Brother-in-law, I am certain, absolutely certain."

"General, we brothers have also confirmed it."

Hu Yanyu casually picked up the wine glass on the table, lowered his head slightly, took a small sip of the wine to moisten his slightly dry throat, and then raised his head with a smile to look at Young Master Liu again.

"Brother-in-law, what a person says can be false, but the truth cannot be faked."

Brother-in-law, if you don't believe what I and the other brothers are saying, when you have some free time, you can go out incognito and visit the homes of ordinary people in the capital and the surrounding areas.

Once you see the food on the tables in the homes of ordinary people, you will naturally know whether what I and my brothers said just now was true or false.

Of course, let me first give you a premise.

As the saying goes, when there are hundreds of people, there are all sorts of different kinds.

What I just said only represents seven or eight out of ten, or eight or nine out of ten, the majority of the people. There are still one or two out of ten, or two or three out of ten, who are not included.

After all, not all people are hardworking and capable.

Among a large group of people, there will always be a small number who are inherently lazy. Even if you allocate land to them according to their head count, they may not be able to work diligently.

Brother-in-law, I hope you can understand what I've said!

"General, Brother Huyan is right. I second that opinion."

"General, we brothers also agree."

After listening to Cheng Kai and his brothers' echoes, Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded slightly to Hu Yanyu.

“Brother Huyan, I can certainly understand what you’ve said about the situation.”

After all, even in our Great Dragon region, there are quite a few lazy people who don't know how to work hard.

Brother Huyan, even if you hadn't explained these circumstances to me beforehand, I would have taken them into consideration myself.

You can't judge a person by only one aspect, and the same goes for judging a situation by only one aspect.

Such a simple principle, I, this young master, understand.

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's reply, Hu Yanyu nodded happily.

"Brother-in-law, you are wise."

Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded slightly, then reached out and raised his wine glass, gesturing back and forth to the people at the three tables.

"Brother, Brother Huyan, fellow brothers, come, come, let's drink a cup together."

Seeing this, everyone smiled and raised their glasses in response to Young Master Liu.

"cheers."

"cheers."

"We'll drink first as a sign of respect."

Liu Mingzhi gently put down his empty wine glass, smiled faintly, and poured himself a full glass of wine.

"Brother Huyan, my fellow brothers, since you are all so certain, then when I have some free time, I really will go out incognito to visit the homes of ordinary people!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Yanyu, Cheng Kai, and the others all smiled and nodded slightly to Young Master Liu.

“Brother-in-law, as long as you’re not busy and you have free time, you can visit the homes of ordinary people anytime.”

"Yes, yes, General, as long as you have this idea, you can come to visit whenever you want."

"General, we brothers second that proposal."

Liu Mingzhi nodded with a faint smile and turned slightly to look at Song Qing.

"Big brother."

Upon hearing this, Song Qing quickly swallowed the shepherd's purse steamed bun with egg and minced garlic in his mouth, and turned to look at Young Master Liu with a smile.

"Yes, Third Brother, you go ahead."

"Brother, after you bought shepherd's purse and five-element vegetables outside the palace gate this morning and made these steamed buns and dishes, is there anything left in the kitchen?"

Hearing Young Master Liu ask him a question, Song Qing hesitated and said softly, "Uh... well... I'm not quite sure either. Logically speaking, there should still be quite a few left!"
After all, I bought dozens of kilograms of these two kinds of wild vegetables, filling several bamboo baskets!

Liu Mingzhi nodded knowingly to Song Qing, then bent down slightly to knock out the ashes from his pipe. He then stood up with a smile and turned to look at Liu Song, who was drinking at the next table.

"Willow and Pine".

"Yes, sir. What are your orders, young master?"

"Liu Song, Yun'er and her sisters, as well as Yue'er, haven't had this for a long time."

After the banquet ends, go to the kitchen immediately.

If there are still plenty of wild vegetables in the kitchen, then instruct the cooks to make all the wild vegetables into steamed buns and other dishes for dinner, and then send them to the young mistresses, Qingrui, Lanya, and Yue'er and her daughter.

Oh, and don't forget the eggs and minced garlic.

Upon hearing his young master's cheerful instructions, Liu Song immediately replied loudly, "Young master, well, how about I head over to the kitchen right now?"

Liu Mingzhi raised his head slightly to look up at the setting sun in the sky, and waved his hand with a light laugh.

"No need, it's still early!"
"It's not too late to go after the banquet is over. You can continue drinking with your brothers for now."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

After listening to the back-and-forth conversation between Young Master Liu and his servant Liu Song, Song Qing immediately pretended to be unhappy and put down his wine cup.

"Third brother, really? Those wild vegetables were bought with great difficulty by your elder brother."

You didn't even ask me if I was willing to share those wild vegetables with your family before you just decided that they belonged to your family?

"No, what you're doing... what's the difference between this and outright robbery?"

Hearing Song Qing's dissatisfied "complaints," Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and chuckled lightly.

"Hey bro, what are you saying? We're brothers, aren't we?"

Upon hearing this, Song Qing immediately replied, "Third brother, my good third brother, since you've said so, then I won't say anything more."

Otherwise, it would seem that I, as your brother, am being too petty.

Third brother, what you just said was absolutely right, and I wholeheartedly agree. In that case, we brothers are practically family!

Since that's the case, then third brother, why don't you give me a little more salary increase?

"My request as your elder brother is not high. Third brother, you only need to increase my salary by one thousand taels of silver per year, and I will be content."

As soon as Song Qing finished speaking, Young Master Liu answered Song Qing with eight words without even thinking.

"Wishful thinking, daydreaming."

Upon hearing Young Master Liu's resolute eight-word reply, Song Qing immediately frowned, feigning annoyance.

"Good heavens, Third Brother, we can't do this!"
What happened to our promise of being best brothers? What happened to our bond of brotherhood?

Liu Mingzhi seemed not to hear Song Qing's rebuttal. He first smiled and took a small sip of the wine in his glass, then picked up the chopsticks on the plate and casually waved to the group of people at the three tables.

"Brothers, this steamed five-element dish tastes best when it's hot."

It's truly remarkable that King Wuyi was able to provide us with these shepherd's purse steamed buns and steamed five-element vegetables. We brothers must not let his kindness go to waste.

Come, come, eat it while it's hot, eat it all while it's hot!
As soon as Liu Mingzhi said this, everyone at the table chuckled.

"The commander is right, it really should be eaten while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold."

"Brothers, since the commander has said so, what are we waiting for? Let's all start eating!"

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, could you pass me the egg and minced garlic?"

Seeing this, Song Qing first shook his head slightly with a deep sense of helplessness, then reached out and picked up the porcelain bowl containing the egg and minced garlic and slowly poured it over the steamed dish.

After Liu Mingzhi devoured a small plate of steamed vegetables topped with egg and minced garlic, he let out a satisfied sigh.

Immediately, he casually picked up a wine glass from the table and turned to look at Song Qing, who was still eating the steamed five-element dish with gusto.

"Alas."

"So comfortable! So comfortable!"

"Brother, I must say, the banquet you arranged today is very much to my liking!"

Song Qing turned and exchanged a glance with Young Master Liu, then pointed with a smile at the small steamer on the table with his chopsticks.

"Haha, as long as you're comfortable, that's all that matters. If you're enjoying your meal, it means that my feast today wasn't a waste of time."

Third brother, there are still two shepherd's purse steamed buns in the steamer.

If you haven't had enough, then finish off the remaining two cornbread buns too!

Liu Mingzhi chuckled and nodded, then raised his wine glass to Song Qing in a gesture of respect.

"Brother, come, let's have a drink together."

Upon hearing this, Song Qing reached out and picked up his wine glass, gently clinking it against Young Master Liu's.

"cheers."

Liu Mingzhi gently placed the empty wine glass on the table and casually picked up the wine pot to refill his glass.

Then, he first silently exhaled a long breath of alcohol with his lips slightly parted, and then reached out his right hand to pick up a shepherd's purse steamed bun from the small steamer on the table.

"call!"

Liu Mingzhi stared intently at the wild vegetable bun in his hand for a moment, then suddenly sighed with a look of melancholy.

"That bastard Duan Buren is from Yuzhou Prefecture in the Central Plains."

As the saying goes, the environment shapes the people.

The people of the Central Plains, due to both food shortages and their lifestyle, often made a living by eating wild vegetable dumplings, wild vegetable buns, and various steamed dishes to fill their stomachs whenever food was scarce.

Therefore, among our group of brothers, several couldn't bear to see that scoundrel who loved to eat all sorts of wild vegetable buns and steamed wild vegetables.

In my memory, I still love drinking.

However, whenever he comes across wild vegetable dumplings, wild vegetable balls, or various steamed wild vegetables, this scoundrel would rather not drink alcohol than take a big gulp of the food that I just mentioned.

Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by.

Before I knew it, ten years had passed since that bastard, Bu Ren, left us.

But I still remember clearly the look on my face when I first saw him eating wild vegetable buns topped with egg and minced garlic.

Oh my, they were wolfing it down! They were so satisfied!
Those who didn't know the situation would think he was eating some kind of delicacy when they saw him enjoying the wild vegetable buns so heartily!

Thinking back to those days, when I led my brothers on a campaign against the kingdoms of the Western Regions.

I couldn't bear to see that scoundrel actually start tearing at me, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, in public over a wild vegetable bun.

Later, when I was bestowed the title of "One-Word King" by the imperial court, all my brothers still served under my command.

During the years when I was ordered to guard the northern frontier, my brother and I, that scoundrel Bu Ren, often fought over a single wild vegetable bun.

Later, that scoundrel, unable to bear it any longer, unfortunately died on the battlefield, going to enjoy his blessings in the Western Paradise before us brothers.

As Liu Mingzhi spoke in a low, somber voice, his voice choked with emotion.

"If...if..."

"Inhale! Exhale!"

"Inhale! Exhale!"

After taking two deep breaths, Liu Mingzhi blinked his slightly sore eyes a few times while slowly turning the shepherd's purse steamed bun between his fingers.

"If life could go back to the past, I would never again be able to resist fighting with him for wild vegetable buns, wild vegetable dumplings, and all kinds of steamed dishes that he likes to eat."

He can eat as much as he wants until he can't eat anymore.

At this moment, I long to hear him shout at me again.

"General, put down my wild vegetable bun!"

As Liu Mingzhi spoke in a deep voice, he picked up his wine glass, brought it to his lips, and drank the wine in one gulp.

"call!"

After silently exhaling a long breath of alcohol, Liu Mingzhi picked up the wine pot and poured himself another full cup of wine.

"Unfortunately, there is no such thing as 'what if' in this world!"

"I will never again see that scoundrel, Bi Tan, fighting with me for the wild vegetable bun, nor will I ever hear him yelling at me to put it down."