In the garden, there are many shadows, and maids holding red lanterns shuttle between the courtyards, lighting up a stone lampholder. Before darkness fell, the bright lights of the Xiao Mansion dispelled the darkness. At this moment, the lights in the main courtyard hall are as bright as day.

A large round table made of pear blossom wood is carved with luxurious totems, and on the spacious round table sit three people, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Mistress and Xiao Jin, while Liu Yemei stands respectfully between Xiao Grandmother and Xiao Yuan. The concubine room is not qualified to eat at the same table, and can only eat after serving the people at the table.

The female dependents and the male protagonists are in line with the rules when they share the table, and Xiao Yuan did it according to the rules at first. Xiao Yuan, who started from self-made, is strict with the rules, just to show the difference in his current identity. Until Grandmother Xiao Yuan put her cane on crutches and said angrily: "It's not a rich family, why bother to follow this rule!" Can't the old man and his son sit at the same table? Or has our Xiao family already prospered to such an extent?! Since then, Xiao Yuan has given up.

Now there are only three people sitting at the table that can seat ten people, although they are not far from each other, but there is an invisible rustiness. Several people were silent, as if waiting for someone.

In the silence, Xiao Yuan's face became more and more gloomy: "Didn't anyone inform the son of today's dinner?!" ”

The Xiao family rarely had the opportunity to dine together. Because of Xiao Jin's frailty, she almost kept her door closed in her boudoir. And Grandmother Xiao was reluctant to dine with Xiao Yuan because of Liu Yemei.

Xiao Lei was inevitably reprimanded every time he saw Xiao Yuan, so he often went to his grandmother's or Xiao Jin's to have a few mouthfuls of food. Except for celebrations and festivals, the Xiao family hardly ate a good meal together like an ordinary family.

"Back to the master, just now the little guy reported, the son is not in his own yard. I heard that I went to look for the stone girl, and the old man has asked people to go to Qiansuju to report. "It was Steward Zhang of the Xiao family who answered.

"Humph!" Xiao Yuan also wanted to open his mouth to scold Xiao Lei for not knowing the rules, but because there were still subordinates in the banquet hall, it was not good to say that Xiao Lei was not in front of his subordinates.

"Why should a family be restricted. Miss Shi was not familiar with Xiao's house when she first arrived, and Lei'er was also a landlord. Besides, we came early. Grandmother Xiao didn't care that Xiao Lei was late, thinking that her grandson who was not alive could return, which was already the greatest satisfaction.

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Lei and Shi Manman entered the hall one after the other. "As soon as I spoke of you, you arrived. Lao Zhang, ordered the kitchen to be served. Grandmother Xiao smiled and asked the two to sit down, and looked at the stone vines who followed Xiao Lei with undisguised eyes.

Xiao Yuan's reprimand was blocked by Grandmother Xiao's words, and he glared at Xiao Lei coldly and stopped talking.

Xiao Jin had seen Shi Manman, greeted Shi Manman with a smile, and asked Xiao Lei to come to her and let her take a good look. looked at it, his eyes turned red, which made Xiao Lei at a loss.

"Makes you laugh." Xiao Jin said, wiping the corners of his eyes with an embroidered handkerchief.

"It's my fault that worries you." Seeing that the eldest sister was crying with joy because of her safe return, his heart was extremely sour.

"It's good to come back, sit down and eat first. Tonight's dishes are all your favorites. Grandmother Xiao saw Xiao Jin's red eyes, and she also thought that Xiao Lei, who had returned from nine deaths, must have suffered a lot, and wanted to take all the good things to make up for him.

Xiao Yuan shook his head secretly, in his eyes, Xiao Lei would rebel against himself and Grandmother Xiao's maintenance and spoiling. But Grandmother Xiao is her mother after all, but as a son, she can't say that her mother is not.

"Let me introduce me." Xiao Lei didn't sit down in a hurry, wanting to formally introduce Shi Manman to everyone.

"No, we all know it." Xiao Yuan coldly interrupted Xiao Lei.

"Yuan'er, is this our Xiao family's hospitality?" Xiao Yuan's words immediately made Grandmother Xiao's charitable smile disappear.

"Miss Shi, don't worry. Are you still used to it in the Xiao family? "When Grandmother Xiao first saw Shi Manman, the other party did not imagine the image of a woman in Zhongshan Yecun, but her temperament was cold and a little elegant. She began to doubt the identity of Shi Manman, a woman who grew up in the mountains and had never been born, and her appearance and temperament were no worse than Xiao Jin, who was in a rich family.

As soon as he entered the hall, he was attracted by the gorgeous lighting, and when he saw ordinary wooden shelves during the day, he could illuminate the spacious hall when he lit a fire. She heard someone talking to her, and she looked at the other person.

"It's good." Shi Manman nodded, looking curiously at the two slender wooden sticks on the table. Seeing that everyone was sitting precariously and did not move what was in front of her, she had to wait patiently with curiosity. She always remembered that she was a demon. She can't show that people are different and arouse suspicion, so she can only quietly observe people's behavior and then imitate them.

"It's good." Grandmother Xiao nodded with a smile. "In this case, Miss Shi will live in the Xiao family with peace of mind first, and Miss Shi's life-saving grace to Lei'er is not something that can be replaced by a few acres of land and a few shops and houses." Looking at Liu Yemei as if she was not speaking, she was not dissatisfied with the content of these words, just for the person who said this.

Liu Yemei lowered his head, unable to see his expression. Xiao Yuan secretly patted the hand on Liu Yemei's side to comfort her, and she smiled at Xiao Yuan slightly and shook her head gently.

Shi Manman watched one dish after another with no discernible ingredients on the table, and his mind was not in Grandmother Xiao's words. A casual "um" sound.

After the dishes are served, the maid who has been standing aside for a long time comes forward to distribute the dishes. Shi Manman carefully observed how the other party used the wooden stick in front of him until he discovered the trick. The stone vines who used the chopsticks for the first time were not unusual to outsiders at all, but Xiao Lei, who knew about them, admired the stone vines' extraordinary learning ability.

The atmosphere on the table was eerie, except for the slight sound of the chopsticks bumping against the plates, spoons and bowls. Grandmother Xiao was paying attention to the stone vines eating while eating, nodding from time to time, or frowning slightly, and then thinking of something and relieved. Xiao Yuan didn't keep staring at the girl's house, and whenever he looked at Xiao Lei, he glared at him, as if he could vent a trace of anger.

In addition to Xiao Yuan and Grandmother Xiao, the other three people at the table included just concentrating on eating the food brought by the maid. Xiao Jin is everyone's best girl, and she looks gentle and elegant when she eats and drinks soup. Xiao Lei and Shi Manman are like hungry for decades, and they can't be rude when they eat, but compared with Xiao Jin, who eats like a portrait, they still have no quality.

Before Shi Manman had never eaten cooked food in Kunlun, he relied on Zhu Yu and wild fruits to satisfy his hunger. She also tried to eat raw meat, but she couldn't stand the bloody smell of raw meat, and it wasn't until Xiao Lei came that she tasted grilled fish and barbecue without any ingredients. But how can that coarse food compare to the food that has gone through dozens of processes in front of it. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was taking food with a chopstick, she would have wanted to eat it with her hands. And Xiao Lei just hasn't tasted the dishes at home for a long time.

"Ahem!" Xiao Yuan couldn't help but remind the two of them when they saw each other.

"Yuan'er has an uncomfortable throat? How do you serve the master, don't you know that the master's throat is uncomfortable? "Grandmother Xiao saw that although Xiao Lei had no appearance, she was already distressed when she saw Xiao Lei's emaciated face. And Xiao Yuan's reminder made Xiao Lei immediately stop the chopsticks in his hand, Xiao's grandmother was unhappy, and the willow eyebrows next to Xiao Yuan became the object of venting.

"The child is fine." Xiao Yuan saw that his mother was angry with Liu Yemei, and immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"What, you're protecting her again? The old body can't even teach a concubine now? If Xiao Yuan hadn't spoken, this matter might have passed. But he opened his mouth when he was anxious to protect his concubine, annoying his mother.

"Child...... That's not what it means. "The unreasonable woman is still her own mother, which is more difficult to solve than all the problems in the mall.

The smell of gunpowder on the table made everyone put down the chopsticks in their hands, and Shi Manman didn't know why they didn't continue to eat, so he had to reluctantly put down the chopsticks.

"Humph! The old body is still free to eat in his own courtyard in the future. As he spoke, he let the maid beside him help her up.

"Let Miss Shi smile, come to the old courtyard with Lei'er tomorrow, and accompany me, an old man who doesn't care about his daughter-in-law, to have a light meal?" Grandmother Xiao looked at Shi Manman, changed her anger and smiled and asked the other party.

Seeing that Grandmother Xiao suddenly turned the topic to herself, Shi Manman turned her head to look at Xiao Lei, Xiao Lei nodded slightly to her, and Shi Manman agreed to Grandmother Xiao's request.

Grandmother Xiao saw Shi Manman nodding in agreement and left with a smile. Xiao Yuan, who was left out in the cold, felt that his mother had fallen in front of the juniors, and snorted coldly and walked away.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward after Xiao Yuan left, Liu Yemei looked at Xiao Yuan's back, and then looked at the three people on the table.

"I saw that my father was not looking good when he left, so my aunt should go and have a look. There is also me and Lei'er, who will not neglect the guests. The careful Xiao Jin saw Liu Yemei's embarrassment. Liu Yemei is actually a concubine at home, but she is the only hostess in the Xiao family's back house except for Xiao's grandmother. Only in front of Grandmother Xiao has to be a concubine, but no one in the Xiao family dares to treat Liu Yemei like an ordinary concubine.

"Well, you don't have to be reluctant because you're weak, so I'll leave first. Miss Shi, please use it slowly. Liu Yemei was not at a loss because of the sudden change in the dinner party, nor was she resentful because of Grandmother Xiao's number. still said goodbye to a few people generously and decently, but chased after Xiao Yuan in a slight hurry.

"The food is also cold, can I order the kitchen to make another one?" Xiao Jin asked Shi Manman in a soft voice.

Even if Shi Manman was new to the world, she had lost her appetite for such an obvious conflict. She shook her head at Xiao Jin and said, "No need, I'm already full." ”

"This meal is not full, but also full." Xiao Lei also wanted to announce that he was going to marry Shi Manman when everyone was together, but it backfired, so he thought he had to talk to his father alone. As long as the father nods, the rest of the matter is simple.