On the first day of the new year, the light snow is clear, the slightly cold sunlight is sparse, and the plum blossoms under the sunlight are clearly layered.

In previous years, the banquet in the first month of the year was the most lively and prosperous, with the whole family gathering and the beads surrounded by greenery.

This year looks simple and shabby.

The stage in the Pu'an Courtyard was empty, with no rolling flags, no light water sleeves, and no sonorous gongs and drums.

The flower hall was still full of people.

This year, the family should come out and shouldn't come out, all come to make up the number, this is what the old lady meant. Some aunts, Lu Luo saw it for the first time at this kind of banquet.

Lu Luo's family also arrived.

The flower hall has small tables and tables, one table for every three people.

Wen and Lu Luo supported Aunt Chen, and the others followed behind them, and Lu Mu went to the outer courtyard to pay New Year's greetings.

Qi Niang Lu Qian also followed.

"What does it smell like?" As soon as Qi Niang entered the flower hall, she was restless.

The stove in the flower hall was burning with sweet pine incense, the smell was clear, and it was refreshing, but Qi Niang was dizzy, and a bad breath came out of the gall.

"Why do you order this incense?" When the maid served tea and refreshments, Qi Niang suddenly asked the maid, and her tone was quite annoyed.

The little maid was defenseless, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, and looked at Qi Niang in a daze.

Several people sitting next to Qi Niang also looked at her.

Qi Niang's expression was restrained, and she tried to suppress the anger in her heart. It was rare for her to have the opportunity to see so many aunts, aunts, sisters-in-law, and cousins, and it was not good to ridicule Lu Luo's mother and daughter, and she wasted this opportunity.

Since Zheng Juren's death, Qi Niang knew that her life was over.

She lost her body. The man was killed by Lu Luo again, if she doesn't toss Lu Luo, what hope does she have?

Qi Niang didn't want to be driven away at the beginning.

"Let's go down!" Qi Niang waved her hand to the maid in annoyance and asked the maid to retreat to the side.

The girl was stunned again, she was carrying a food box in her hand, and she hadn't finished the refreshments yet.

Qi Niang is not alone at this table, there are two other - Eight Niang and Nine Niang.

The maid didn't know what it meant for this girl to be the master for no reason, and she didn't know what to do, so she stood here stunned.

Then, another maid came. scolded this little girl: "Clumsy." Can't you do this little thing? ”

Qi Niang felt that the maid was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and she wanted to smash the teacup in her hand on the girl's face.

She struggled to hold back.

What's wrong today, it's not pleasing to the eye? Qi Niang can still hold back her anger at this time, and she will also reflect on her abnormality abruptly.

This is a bit of reflection. As the people came and went, they gradually dispersed. Anger prevailed.

Sitting on the top of the Qi Niang oblique. It is several aunts and uncles in the family.

The third aunt beside the second aunt had a gentle expression.

Qi Niang was looking at it, and saw Lu Luo suddenly step forward. walked to the second and third aunts.

Lu Luo sat there, smiling, and laughing with the two aunts.

I don't know what to say, Lu Luo also looked at the third wife's palmistry, dragged her wrist, and was very affectionate.

This move annoyed Qi Niang and made Qi Niang hate to tear Lu Luo's smile.

The roots of her teeth and fingers are itching, and if she doesn't bite and scold, Qi Niang can't vent her anger.

"Last time, he used me to embarrass the Wen family, and now he is laughing with Lu Wuniang, it's not a thing!" Among the crowd, the third wife, Zheng, made Qi Niang the most angry.

The way the third wife talked to Lu Luo was hypocritical and pretentious, and Qi Niang also wanted to tear her face.

She suddenly slammed the teacup in her hand on the table with a loud noise.

Many people in the flower hall looked over, including the old lady.

The old lady's eyes were sharp, like a cold blade, Qi Niang's heart trembled, and she was a little sober.

"What's wrong with her?" Jiu Niang, who was at the same table, was next to Qi Niang, and asked Banniang next to her tremblingly, "Eighth sister, I'm afraid"

Jiuniang has been abused by Qi Niang since she was a child, and she is very afraid of Qi Niang. This time, Qi Niang was angry again, which made Jiu Niang even more frightened.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Banniang gently held Jiu Niang's hand, "Let's sit in a different place." ”

The two sisters got up quietly, Jiuniang moved outside, and Banniang moved to the middle.

They didn't ask Qi Niang.

Banniang is not worried that Qi Niang will beat her, but she is afraid that Qi Niang will quarrel and make her a laughing stock.

Qi Niang didn't pay attention to the small movements of the two sisters around her.

She retook the tea.

After a while, everyone arrived, and the maids set the meal.

As soon as the meal was served, the eldest lady led the third wife, the sixth wife, the eldest wife, Wen's and the fifth grandmother to come forward to toast the old lady.

"Fake filial piety!" Qi Niang poured herself a glass of wine.

After a glass of wine, she felt very good, and the suffocation and irritability just now were reduced a lot.

Qi Niang took another drink.

After the daughters-in-law finished toasting, they toasted Aunt Chen and Grandma Sun.

Then, it was the granddaughter-in-law who toasted the elders.

In the end, it was the girls' turn.

There are many girls in the Lu family, and there are several who have not yet come out of the cabinet in Beifu.

Sister Lu Luo came last.

Finally, it was Lu Luo's turn to lead a few sisters and come forward to toast the old lady.

Qi Niang was full of hatred and followed Lu Luo.

She drank four or five glasses of wine, and her head was not dazed, but she had a brief dizziness.

She followed Lu Luo, stepped forward to toast, and was about to say respectful words, when the third lady, who was sitting at the table next to the old lady, didn't know what to say to the sixth lady, and leaned back with a smile.

Qi Niang looked at the third wife unpleasantly, and when she saw them toasting, the third lady interrupted and couldn't help but be angry.

"What are you laughing at!" Qi Niang suddenly shouted angrily.

There was a sudden silence in the flower hall, and everyone looked at Qi Niang in surprise.

I saw that Qi Niang was angrily pointing at the third wife and asking sharply.

After the third wife was stunned, she was also angry. During the Chinese New Year, her niece yelled at her in front of the whole family, how could she have face?

Qi Niang is so disrespectful to her elders, can she pay it back?

"Qi Niang, are you drunk and confused? It's nonsense for children to drink so much alcohol! The third lady said coldly.

Her indifferent appearance, with a domineering reprimand, angered Qi Niang even more.

"Qi Niang, don't come nonsense." Lu Lu admonished beside him.

Lu Luo's admonition further intensified Qi Niang's anger and her emotions were out of control.

Qi Niang poured the wine in her hand at the third wife.

The third lady was staring at Qi Niang with wide eyes, defenseless, and spicy wine spilled into her eyes.

"Ahh The third lady's eyes were so painful from the sudden wine that she cried out.

"You're still pretending, you're still pretending!" Seeing this, Qi Niang suddenly lifted the small table in front of the third wife, rushed over and grabbed the third wife's hair, and wanted to beat her.

"Come on, help!" The stunned eyes of the second and sixth wives quickly disappeared, and they shouted while pulling the rack.

The position of the second wife is next to the high platform, and there are two or three steps.

Qi Niang grabbed the third wife's hair and didn't let go, and in the pull of everyone, she pulled the third wife and rolled down the steps.

There was a mess in the flower hall.

Everyone gathered around.

Lu Luo also hurriedly went to persuade him. In the process of persuasion, she reached into the sleeve of the third lady without a trace, and took out a small paper bag from the third wife.

The paper bag was very small, and it was quietly put in for the third lady to show the third lady when Lu Luo was talking to the third wife, and it wrapped the talisman drawn by Lu Luo last night.

After taking it out, Lu Luo let go, pretended to be squeezed out, and retreated to the side.

――*――*――(To be continued.) )