newbobooks Chapter 111 Who are Zhou Yu and Huang Gai? I don’t know them.
Chapter 111 Who are Zhou Yu and Huang Gai? I don’t know them.
Li Xi stayed in the pharmacy for the whole day. She was so busy that she even forgot to eat lunch. It was not until the sunlight outside set and the room became dark that she stopped what she was doing, opened the door and walked out.
She stood in the yard and stretched. She lost her concentration and felt hungry. She covered her stomach and went into the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat.
Although they don't cook on weekdays, they will buy some durable food such as pastries and put them in the kitchen cabinet just in case.
Opening the cupboard, Li Xi took out an oil paper bag and opened it. Nine mung bean cakes were neatly placed inside. She picked up one and was about to take a bite when she heard a knock on the door.
She paused, put the mung bean cake back, turned around and walked out.
"Who is it?" Li Xi shouted out the door.
"It's me." Gu Jingzhi's voice came from outside the door.
Li Xi frowned slightly. He, a major general, was too idle. However, although she complained in her heart, it did not affect her walking over to open the door.
"Why are you here again? Are you so free?" Li Xi opened the door and turned to walk into the yard.
Gu Jingzhi followed her into the room.
After he came in, Li Xi noticed that he was holding a food box in his hand. Looking at the food box in his hand, Li Xi suddenly felt even hungrier.
Gu Jingzhi placed the food box on the stone table in the courtyard and asked, "Hu Zi hasn't come back yet?"
"...No, but I guess he will be back soon." Calculating the time, he should be back soon.
"I know you don't know how to cook, so I brought some food with me. We'll eat together when Hu Zi comes back." Gu Jingzhi said.
"Yeah." Li Xi responded and subconsciously looked outside the door. Normally Hu Zi should have returned at this time, so why hasn't he come back yet?
Hu Zi didn't let Li Xi wait any longer. Before she looked away, his figure had already appeared in Li Xi's field of vision.
Hu Zi was the first to notice Gu Jingzhi in the yard and trotted in, "Brother Jingzhi? Why are you here?"
Li Xi felt a little jealous that the first person Hu Zi saw when he came in was Gu Jingzhi, but this insignificant emotion quickly disappeared after seeing the food Gu Jingzhi brought.
Gu Jingzhi had already noticed that Li Xi was hungry, and when he saw Hu Zi coming back, he opened the lunch box.
As the food box was opened, the aroma of food wafted out, and Li Xi became even hungrier.
"I just happened to have some time, so I came to see you." Gu Jingzhi said as he took out the food and set it aside.
Hu Zi also put down his schoolbag and helped to get the dishes and chopsticks.
After everything was set up, Hu Zi sat down next to Gu Jingzhi, "Thank you, Brother Jingzhi."
Gu Jingzhi rubbed his head, "You're welcome, Huzi, you've worked hard taking care of your sister every day, eat more."
Hu Zi's face flushed red when he heard that. "It's not hard. Hu Zi is a man and should take care of his sister. Brother Jing Zhi is really good. I heard from the teacher that some time ago, Brother Jing Zhi led his troops to defeat the Xiongnu. Brother Jing Zhi is a great hero. Hu Zi wants to be a great hero when he grows up."
Li Xi was too lazy to watch the two of them flattering each other. She picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of her favorite dish. Then she squinted her eyes happily. Yes, this was the taste, the same as what she had at Su Ji Restaurant yesterday.
The food at Su Ji is really good and worth visiting again and again.
"Huzi..."
"Okay, you two stop flattering each other. If you don't eat now, the food will get cold." Li Xi said in a disappointing tone.
Hu Zi felt that what his sister said was wrong, and just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Gu Jingzhi, "Hu Zi, let's eat."
"Oh."
The three of them began to eat. During the meal, Gu Jingzhi served food to Li Xi and Hu Zi many times. Hu Zi felt a little embarrassed and refused after two times, saying that he could get it.
Li Xi, on the other hand, only looked up at him once when the food was picked up for her for the first time, and then she just kept eating.
He didn't put down his chopsticks until he was full, "I'm full, you guys eat."
Hu Zi watched from the beginning to the end. Brother Jingzhi kept picking up food for his sister and didn't eat much himself. "Sister, how can you let Brother Jingzhi keep picking up food for you? Brother Jingzhi didn't eat much."
Hu Zi looked at Li Xi with disapproval.
Li Xi: “…”
Is this her brother or his brother?
"Hu Zi, do you know about Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai?" Li Xi said to Hu Zi seriously.
Gu Jingzhi already knew what she wanted to say, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. Hu Zi suffered from his young age, and did not know the story of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, nor did he know the proverb that followed.
He looked at Li Xi with some confusion and asked, "I don't know Zhou Yu or Huang Gai. Why are they fighting? What does their fight have to do with us?"
Seeing Hu Zi's confused look, Li Xi tried to hold back, but couldn't help laughing out loud, "Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter, haha..."
Although Hu Zi didn't know why his sister was laughing, he could feel that his sister was laughing at him. He frowned and looked at her, "Sister, stop laughing."
The more he said this, the more Li Xi couldn't stop laughing.
"I don't know him, haha, ahem..."
Li Xi laughed so hard that she almost choked. Gu Jingyi, who was standing beside her, looked at Li Xi with a doting and helpless expression, and reached out his hand to pat her on the back.
"Okay, stop teasing him."
Seeing that Brother Jingzhi understood what his sister meant, Huzi turned his head away and ignored his sister who was making fun of him, and complained, "Brother Jingzhi, my sister is so mean."
Li Xi stood up and ruffled Hu Zi's hair, snorted deliberately and said, "Your brother Jing Zhi is the best. Let your brother Jing Zhi tell you."
After saying that, she began to walk around in the yard. Well, the food was so delicious, but it also had its troubles. She ate too much just now and felt a little full now.
"Brother Jingzhi, what exactly does Zhou Yu mean by beating Huang Gai?"
When Hu Zi saw Li Xi leave his seat and walk away, he looked at Gu Jingzhi with a curious look on his face.
Gu Jingzhi looked at him like this, and couldn't help but think of Li Xi's lovely look when she teased him just now, and said with a smile on his face, "Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and Huang Gai was his general.
In order to trick the enemy general Cao Cao into falling into a trap during the Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu planned to use a trick of self-torture on him. In this regard, Huang Gai bravely took the lead.
So at the military meeting, Huang Gai pretended to disagree with Zhou Yu and even spoke contemptuously. Zhou Yu was furious and ordered Huang Gai to be beheaded. The generals pleaded for mercy, so Zhou Yu sentenced Huang Gai to caning and beat him until he was bedridden.
This self-torture trick was done for Cai Mao and Zhang Yun who pretended to surrender to Wu's camp. So Kan Ze presented a false letter of surrender to Huang Gai, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun happened to pass this false information back to Cao's camp. Cao Cao believed it without a doubt, so that during the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's army was completely defeated, resulting in a disastrous defeat.
The story of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai later became a Chinese idiom: Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai - one is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten. It is used to describe something that both parties are willing to do.
Just like when I picked up some food for your sister just now, it was something we both agreed to, and I don’t think she was being excessive.”
Hu Zi was smart and understood the meaning after listening.
However, he still didn't understand why Brother Jing Zhi spoiled his sister so much. Yes, he could clearly feel that Brother Jing Zhi was spoiling his sister.