On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it is traditional to observe the New Year. In modern times, this has always been a thing that Zhu Zhen is very keen on, she especially likes a large family to get together to observe the New Year, watch TV, play mahjong, make dumplings, eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, lively, such warmth can withstand the cold of Chinese New Year's Eve.

When she first arrived in ancient times, Zhu Zhen did not think about this problem, but when Concubine Liang came to tell herself that she wanted to pack up her things and return to Babel Mansion with Babel, she suddenly realized that this year's Chinese New Year's Eve was going to be spent in Babel Mansion. In Babel's Mansion, she can barely be regarded as familiar, and there is only Babel, and he is the master and the master, he is not the thirteenth elder brother after all. In the palace, there is also Aunt Huashu, there is Yingluo, and there are a few acquaintances who can laugh and laugh together to pass the year, but here, who can she spend it with? Perhaps, only Wutong and Qiuling accompanied themselves in their ears with the left sentence of "girl" and the right sentence of "slave".

Inside the house, it was red. The brazier is burning brightly.

"Girl, do you want to go sleep for a while? Only when the year is old is there less work. Wutong saw that the bamboo basket was not energetic and asked.

"How many hours will we have to wait?" Zhu Zhen propped his head with both hands and slumped himself on the kang table.

"Don't worry, girl, wait two hours and you'll be there." Sycamore Road.

"Two hours ......" Zhu Zhen muttered to herself, how could she survive such a long time, she straightened up with a "pout", Zhu Zhen asked, "Eighth Master and Fu Jin can be in the mansion?" ”

"If you go back to the girl, Ye and Fujin went to the palace for a banquet early in the morning, and they couldn't come back for a while. Is there something wrong with the girl? The master specially left Sun Gui in the house, saying that if the girl had something, the slave could pass the news for the girl and ask Sun Gui to enter the palace to bring it to the master. ”

"It's nothing, just a casual ask." It's good if you're not there, it's all the rules, and Zhu Zhen said, "Most of the people in this mansion are idle, right?" You go to Qiuling to find a few better sisters and servants to come to my yard, and bring back food and drink. ”

"Girl, is this?" Sycamore asked.

"Let's go find it first, don't have too many, just a dozen or so, and we'll disperse before the eighth master and Fujin return home." Zhu Zhen instructed.

"Yes." Sycamore came out of the house.

Not long after, Wutong and Qiu Ling came in and asked the girl how to say hello, Qiu Ling went out to set up a table with the two maids outside, and Wutong said: "Girl, everyone has been found, waiting outside the house, counting the slave and Qiu Ling, there are ten people in total." ”

"Girl, what are you going to do? The slave and maid have not yet been arranged, so they only prepared sauerkraut and white meat pots and pastries and dried fruits. Qiu Ling turned into the inner room and asked with a smile.

"It's strange and lonely for the New Year, I'm just looking for a few playmates to have fun with, it's enough to have a pot, but it's hot wine?" Zhu Zhen also smiled back to her, this Qiu Ling has always been smiling, so people like it when they see it.

"It's ready, warm it up in the hot soup!" Qiu Ling replied.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's all come in!" With that, Zhu Zhen got up and walked outside. In the outer hall, there was already a circle of chairs around the bamboo basket according to the instructions, and several small tables were interspersed between the seats, on which pots, drinks, cups and bowls were placed.

Wutong had already led a group of people into the house, and when he stood still, he said, "Hello girl." "One by one, it's a decent look.

Zhu Zhen said: "You don't have to be so restrained, I am not a master, and I am also serving people in the palace." Besides, today is thirty, and if you have a big holiday, you don't have to suffer so many rules, and if the master blames it, I will be the first to take the lead. Come and come, all sit, I'm just idle, and I'll find everyone to keep the New Year together, just to have a lively time. ”

Zhu Zong's breath was hot, and there was no shelf, coupled with the persuasion of Wutong and Qiuling, they were friendly with these two people, and slowly fell to their seats.

Zhu Zhen took the simple playing cards he had drawn and said, "It's not interesting for us to sit like this, why don't we play some tricks to pass the time?" ”

"What kind of joke?" Qiuling asked.

"Rats play cats." Zhu Zheng just changed the name and character name of the game of "Who is undercover", and then explained the rules of the game to everyone twice, and then let Wutong take charge of the position of "county master" and start the first round of games.

At the beginning, everyone was still cautious, except for Wutong Qiuling, the others only said a word when necessary, and then fell silent again. After a few rounds, everyone gradually let go, and a few bold little guys have already begun to laugh loudly. Some people took the lead in laughing, and others naturally became active, and for a while, the atmosphere in the house was very lively.

On the other side, Zhu Liu frothed at the mouth and defended that he was definitely not a "thief", so that Yuanyuan could not wronged himself. Zhu Zhen smiled and took the chopsticks and handed the sauerkraut into his mouth, this taste is too positive! Although the family pickles sauerkraut every year, it is not as delicious as this, and sure enough, the ancient food is pure natural green food.

Yuan Yuan killed Zhu Liu in the end, and the last one was killed in "catching fast", and everyone showed their hole cards.

"Ahh Zhu Liuda shouted, pointed to the bamboo basket and said, "Girl, you are the 'thief'!" ”

Yuan Yuan was also surprised: "The girl is the 'thief'?" It's so well hidden, and none of the slaves and maids can see it! ”

Zhu Zhen smiled and handed the card to Zhu Liu, "What is this called?" It's called 'hidden in the depths', you, learn something! ”

Zhu Liu poured a sip of wine, and said "hissed" in his mouth: "Come again!" The slave didn't believe it, and he couldn't catch the girl once! ”

"You kid have this little brain, you want to catch the girl? But it's still early! Wang Fu on the side coaxed, and several other servants and maidservants also coaxed: "You have poured too much yellow soup, and you are talking nonsense!" ”

Zhu Liu's words, I drank wine, and I gained courage, and I said it without thinking about it. The other people's troubles made Zhu Liu's face purple, and he said, "Anyone can guess the girl's thoughts?" Where do minions dare to have such thoughts?! Then he said to the little maidservant, "Don't be complacent, although the girl can't keep up, it's more than enough to clean you up!" ”

There was a lot of noise, and a room full of people started playing again. Wutong didn't play anymore, but only sat behind the bamboo basket and served, often adding some wine and food.

When a group of people are together, time flies by very quickly, and there is still an hour to come. The banquet in the palace should have ended, and if you want to come to Babeile and Fujin to enjoy the fireworks in the palace, and then talk about some gossip with your brothers and concubines, you won't be able to come back in half an hour.

Zhu Ji calculated the time to play with another stick of incense, so he cleaned up the house, and it was too late to send everyone back, so he said: "Come on, come on, play with another stick of incense, I want to play real this time!" There are a few brothers and sisters, some of them have been cleaned up by Zhu Liu, hurry up and take revenge for the wronged, we will definitely kill him this time! ”

As soon as the bamboo basket was spoken, the atmosphere in the room was suddenly picked up by a **, and several people who had been cleaned up by Zhu Liu shouted for the bamboo basket to support them, and those who had not been cleaned up also followed along with the coaxing. Only Zhu Liu, with a sad face, said: "Girl, the slave's aunt and grandmother, the slave is dedicated to you!" You can't abandon your minions! As he spoke, he threw himself at the foot of the bamboo basket and begged for mercy.

There are those who are Zhu Liu, there are those who ask Zhu Zhu not to spare him this time, and there are those who laugh so much that they can't stand up and can't speak. Zhu Liu can't cry or laugh, Zhu Liu, this kid, is really pleasing to people, if he encounters an opportunity, he doesn't know how far it will go.

said that everyone in this side was laughing, but the curtain was opened. Zhu Zhen sat sideways facing the door, and was amused by Zhu Liu, but he didn't notice it. Not to mention the bamboo basket, most of the people in the house didn't see it.

It was still Wutong's sharp eyes, and the afterglow swept to the door, and immediately got up and saluted: "Slave and maid, please greet all the masters." ”

As soon as Wutong's words came out, the little maid in the house had reacted very quickly, stood up, turned around, and rushed to the direction of the door, and then knelt down together, first asking for peace, and then kowtowing to confess.

The whole process went very fast, when everyone knelt on the ground, the bamboo basket was still stunned in place, looked sideways at the person standing at the door in front of him, blinked, and asked for peace in hindsight.

"Let's get up." Babel opened his mouth and said, "What is this doing?" ”

"If you go back to the master, the slave and maid have nothing to do when they are young, so they found a few little maids to accompany them to talk, play for a while to pass the time, it's none of their business, it was the slave and the maid who called them here, if the lord wants to blame, the slave and maid will bear it." Zhu Zhen saw that he didn't know who was trembling violently just now, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, trying to block Babel's sight.

"Tedious? But I was negligent, and I can find someone to accompany you when I am not interested in childhood in the future. Instead of being angry, Babel's tone was a little self-reproachful, and he spoke softly to the bamboo basket, and then said to the little maid who knelt on the ground, "Everyone goes to the account room to get five taels of silver, go down." ”

"The slave (maid) thanks the master for his grace, and the slave (maid) retires." It wasn't until they left the courtyard that the faces of the people showed their faces, some happy, some greatly relieved, and some confused. Those who have thoughts have already guessed that the one who lives in the second courtyard may also be the "master" of this mansion in the future.

But it was said that in the bamboo house, Babel, Ninth Elder Brother, and Tenth Elder Brother had already sat down, Wutong served tea to a few people, and on the other side, Qiu Ling and a few little maids were busy tidying up. The bamboo basket is still standing in place.

"I just heard you guys having fun here outside the house, what kind of Mingtang is it?" Babel asked with a faint smile.

Zhu Zhen roughly explained the rules of the game again, and while talking, he was still puzzled in his heart, why are the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother here? This big New Year, don't you go back to your own house, find your own mother, uh, each Fujin, what are you doing to hang out at Babel's house? Let's just say that the relationship is good, and it won't be so inseparable, right?

"What kind of interesting thing should you be, and it's worth your pleasure to be like that? I heard laughter in the room from afar. Brother Ten sat on the couch and rolled his eyes.

"I made fun of the tenth master, the slave is vulgar, and if you want to break your head, you only think of such an idea to pass the time." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

Brother Ten snorted and didn't say anything more. But Brother Jiu, who has never spoken much, opened his mouth: "The girl's family, what do you want to do to pass the time?" Playing the piano always will, right? ”

Before Zhu Ji was about to answer, Babeile opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Don't be embarrassed for her ninth brother, don't look at her beautiful and well-behaved appearance, but she is a very lazy girl in her bones!" Not to mention letting her play the piano, even if she is a female celebrity, I haven't seen her do a star and a half. ”

"Huh! It's strange that Zhang Xian taught such a girl with industrious limbs! Brother Jiu sneered, and there was no sound.

After being silent for a while, Brother Ten got up and said, "What are you doing here?" Let's go to the front yard, I'm bored, and I'll have two drinks with my brother! ”

"I saw that you poured wine vigorously, but you drank two glasses less. Huang Ama didn't praise the old thirteen too much, what are you doing here and yourself? "Eight Baylor Road.

"I can't see it! Why is his thirteenth child so favored by the emperor? This is also praised, that is also praised, Huang Ama is reluctant to leave him anywhere! Brother Ten said indignantly.

Zhu Zhen stood quietly on the side, probably understood, Kangxi praised the thirteenth elder brother, the tenth elder brother was unbalanced, and he lost his temper here. In his heart, he gave a small shout to Thirteen, he was already excellent, but a few words of praise were what he deserved.

Babel sighed and said, "You two don't deal with each other when you're young, and I don't persuade you less." When you were a child, you didn't know anything, but now you are not too young, don't be so temperamental in everything, change your frizzy temper. There is a banquet in the palace, how many eyes can look there! ”

Brother Ten was obviously still indignant, but he listened to Babel's words very much, and hummed a few words in his mouth, but he didn't say anything more.

The ninth elder brother on the side said: "Eighth brother, don't talk about the tenth brother anymore, in this neighboring age, the fourteenth brother is still young, and the tenth brother is always compared with the thirteenth brother, no wonder he is uncomfortable." patted the tenth elder brother on the shoulder, and the ninth elder brother said, "Let's go, my brother will accompany you to drink two cups of it!" ”

Babel said softly: "Let's go, Tusu wine has been prepared in front of you." ”

The bamboo basket saluted the three of them, and Babel turned around and said, "Don't fall asleep yet." ”

"Yes." Bamboo Shoe Road.

The time has passed, and the bamboo basket gets up early during the day, and it has been noisy all night at night, and his eyelids are already fighting, but Babel asked him not to sleep first, thinking that he will come over later.

In the end, he couldn't hold it anymore, so Zhu Zheng said to Wutong: "I'll sleep first, and after a cup of tea, I'll quickly wake me up." After saying that, he lay on the table and fell asleep.