Border Cook

Chapter 584 Oral Oral
"Brother, are you thinking too much?"

When Pei Chenghe said this, Feng Maocai paused, his expression gloomy, "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I don't know why, I always can't help thinking about these things, and I feel very uncertain in my heart."

He has been following Pei Chenghe for many years. During this period, although the two of them have disagreed many times, their goals are very consistent. The daily disagreements are just different work styles and cognitive insights.

It can be said that they know each other's intentions and are familiar with each other's way of doing things. It can even be said that they work together to keep the entire Jinqiu County in order.

At this time, Pei Chenghe was transferred and suddenly replaced by someone he was not familiar with. He was a little worried about the other person's character and thoughts.

Furthermore, if this Lord Fan is related to the Fan family, it is hard to guarantee that he will be involved in the court struggle. Many times, the power struggle between big families always involves sacrifices. If the sacrifice is the interests of the people...

Feng Maocai had a headache, but more of a feeling of uneasiness.

"Look at this tree, all the leaves have fallen." Pei Chenghe suddenly said.

Feng Maocai looked up and saw that most of the leaves on the trees on both sides of the street had fallen. Even if there were a few leaves still hanging on the branches, they were shaking in the cold wind.

"Yes, winter is coming." Feng Maocai sighed.

"Do you think the leaves know that they will wither and fall in winter?" Pei Chenghe asked, "If they knew, would they not sprout and grow in the spring? Or would they worry about the coming of winter in the summer and become so anxious that their original green would turn yellow sooner rather than later?"

"This..." Feng Maocai was speechless.

"Brother." Pei Chenghe patted Feng Maocai's shoulder again, "We haven't even met yet, but you have so many doubts in your mind. How can you do things well in the future?"

"Not to mention that worrying about uncertain things in advance is a stupid thing to do. Even if the things you worry about will happen in the future, it will not prevent you from doing your part now."

"Besides, I was able to be transferred and promoted, which is enough to show that the emperor and the Ministry of Personnel can see clearly and will not send people with bad intentions at will."

"What's more, Master Fan has studied at Jinqiu County School for many years. If you don't believe others, do you also want to question the teaching ability of the county school's Principal Zhou and several teachers?"

It only takes a moment for a layer of window paper to be broken.

Feng Maocai suddenly realized something and couldn't help but bow to Pei Chenghe, "Your Excellency is right. I was just being too picky."

"It's not too late to figure it out now." Pei Chenghe chuckled, "I just pointed it out to you, isn't it also a credit? Shouldn't you be grateful and show some appreciation?"

"My lord, what you mean is..."

Do you want him to buy you a drink?
no problem!

Let’s get drunk together, which is also a way of seeing him off!

"Why don't you give me some of your egg yolk peanuts? Your teeth aren't very good anyway, so you probably won't be able to chew them..."

Feng Maocai, "..."

"No!" Feng Maocai glared at Pei Chenghe fiercely.

"You have bad teeth, so eating this will hurt your teeth, and it's a waste to keep it." "I crushed it with a rolling pin and drank it with boiling water!"

"Bastard!"

"That won't let the bad guys get away with it."

"Nonsense, I am a good official praised by everyone."

"A little bit..."

The two of them went to the county government office together, crushing the withered, yellow and dry fallen leaves floating on the ground, and even crushing the afterglow of the setting sun all over the ground.

Here, Fan Pingyang stayed alone and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Lord Fan, do you have something to tell me alone?" Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

"As expected of you, Madam Xia, you guessed it very accurately." Fan Pingyang laughed, "To be honest with you, Madam Xia, the first thing was that when I came to take up my post, Minister Fan of the Ministry of Revenue came to me and said that his younger sister, Madam Fan, was in Jinqiu County at the moment and asked me to help take care of her."

"I think that although I should help, Madam Fan is a woman after all. As a man, I often have difficulties. Madam Fan is also good friends with Madam Xia, so I have to trouble Madam Xia to help more. If there is anything you need, please let me know in time so that I can fulfill my promise to Minister Fan."

"The second thing is that I was sent to Jinqiu County as an official after a short period of training in the Hanlin Academy. This was because the emperor personally appointed me to do so. On the eve of my appointment, the emperor specially sent his eunuch to tell me something after I arrived in Jinqiu County."

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Your Majesty, let Fan Pingyang tell her something?

Xia Mingyue was shocked, but her face was full of respect. "I wonder what the emperor wants to tell me?"

"The Emperor said that he had heard that Madam Xia's cooking skills were extraordinary and that the various foods she prepared were unforgettable, so he wanted to ask Madam Xia for a dish to try."

Fan Pingyang relayed his father-in-law's original words, and then said, "When I first heard this, I was quite frightened. Although the emperor only wants some food, with Madam Xia's cooking skills, the food she makes will definitely surprise the emperor. However, surprise is surprise, but whether he will be satisfied is another matter."

"So, I asked the eunuch who delivered the message to see if the emperor had any preferred tastes or food he was interested in. This way, Madam Xia would have an idea and know where to put her efforts."

"As a result, no matter how I tried to insinuate myself, the eunuch's answer was flawless. He just said that Madam Xia had good cooking skills and that the emperor would like whatever she cooked. I had no choice but to play the sympathy card, saying that Madam Xia was not from the officialdom and probably didn't understand these things. If this caused some unnecessary trouble, it would not be good at that time."

"The eunuch finally relented and said that Madam Xia was virtuous and a role model for women in the world. She was also very ambitious and could probably guess what kind of food the emperor wanted to eat."

"Although this sentence sounds interesting, no matter how hard I think about it, I can't figure out the meaning. It seems that Madam Xia needs to think about it carefully."

"I am truly ashamed that I was unable to help Madam Xia in this matter..."

Fan Pingyang's face was filled with shame, and he even bowed to Xia Mingyue.

When he was in the Hanlin Academy, he always expressed his lofty ambitions in his words and deeds, so that he could be demoted to an official position early and do something practical for the people.

Now he was able to be demoted to be an official in Jinqiu County, which he was quite familiar with, which was what he wanted. However, the long-awaited inauguration and the reunion with old friends were mixed with such an embarrassing oral order.

Unfortunately, this oral order involved a wide range of issues and the outcome was unpredictable, which made him feel even more heavy-hearted.