英语绘本 ▏每日一读之《三国演义—煮酒论英 雄 Drinking Wine And Discussing Heroes》
Cao Cao's army won many victories in a row, and Cao Cao was very proud. Liu Bei's power was still very weak, so he could only rely on others and follow Cao Cao.
But Liu Bei was a man with great ambitions. He often thought: "I must do something big."
After Cao Cao became the prime minister, his power became more and more powerful, and even the emperor was not in his eyes.
皇帝悄悄地和刘备商量出一个对付曹操的计划。可是，皇帝的计划失败了，曹操还借机杀死了很多对皇帝忠心耿耿的大臣。
The emperor secretly discussed with Liu Bei a plan to deal with Cao Cao. However, the emperor's plan failed, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to kill many ministers who were loyal to the emperor.
Liu Bei was afraid that Cao Cao would find an excuse to kill him, so he pretended to think about nothing and just planted vegetables in the vegetable garden every day.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu asked him: "Brother, why don't you care about national affairs? You just plant vegetables every day?" Liu Bei just smiled and didn't answer.
One day, Liu Bei was alone at home, and Cao Cao invited him to drink. Liu Bei thought: "What is Cao Cao's intention in inviting only me?"
Cao Cao and Liu Bei were drinking and chatting. Cao Cao asked: "What kind of people do you think can be called heroes?"
刘备回答说：“手中有权，军中有兵的人都可以称为英雄。”刘备说了好几个大将军的名字。
Liu Bei replied: "Anyone who has power and soldiers in the army can be called a hero." Liu Bei mentioned the names of several generals.
But Cao Cao shook his head and said: "No, they don't have lofty ambitions and are not heroes."
刘备问道：“那究竟是什么样的人才算得上是英雄呢？”曹操说：“现在只有你和我，才可以称得上英雄啊！”
Liu Bei asked: "Then what kind of people can be called heroes?" Cao Cao said: "Now only you and I can be called heroes!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he thought: "Oh no, is Cao Cao going to kill me?" He was so scared that his hands shook and the chopsticks fell to the ground.
Boom boom~ At this time, there was a loud thunder in the sky, and Liu Bei took advantage of the situation and said: "This thunder is really loud, it scared me to death!"
Cao Cao said: "How can a man be afraid of thunder?" Liu Bei said: "I have been afraid of thunder since I was a child, and I want to hide when I hear thunder."
曹操心想：“哼！这个刘备真是个胆小鬼，他肯定做不成什么大事！”于是，他便对刘备放松了警惕。
Cao Cao thought: "Huh! This Liu Bei is such a coward, he will definitely not accomplish anything big!" So he relaxed his vigilance against Liu Bei.
Once, Liu Bei lied that he was helping Cao Cao to fight and ran away with his army. When Cao Cao reacted, Liu Bei had already run away and disappeared.
后来，刘备建立了蜀国，真的做出了一番大事业。
Later, Liu Bei established the Kingdom of Shu and really made a great career.