At the reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Xie family ate quite happily.

Only Mrs. Xie was not very happy.

Not to mention what Song said before, it made her feel furious, just her dress today is very cumbersome, and she wants to bow her head and eat food, which makes people very embarrassed. Old Mrs. Xie could only ask Pearl to cook vegetables for her and eat slowly, but at the same time, she had to face the sworn enemy Song, and she had no appetite. In addition, although there are a few delicacies at their table, there are generally no delicacies from the mountains and seas, and most of them are "healthy dishes" that the second granddaughter Xie Mulin recommends the elders to eat. Mrs. Xie didn't eat less on weekdays, she was a little tired of eating, and she didn't feel fresh at all, so she only filled in the half-full stuff indiscriminately.

What made Mrs. Xie even more angry was that the grandchildren came over to toast and greet the elders, and when they arrived in front of the Song family, they all smiled like flowers, spoke nicely, their mouths were very sweet, and their words were full of affection; But in front of her, one by one they just saluted and blessed in a regular manner, and they were not happy to be close to her, and they didn't see the fragrance of their ancestors and grandchildren.

It's clearly her own flesh and blood, why do you turn your arms outwards one by one?!

Old Lady Xie's expression became more and more stinky. However, her son Xie Pu sat on the side and said to her from time to time: "Why doesn't my mother eat vegetables?" "Why is my mother so bold? The children are giving you New Year's greetings. "Is there something wrong with my mother? Do you need to go back to the yard to rest? Mrs. Xie could sense that her son was becoming more and more unhappy, and she didn't dare to lift the table in front of so many people, so she had to endure it depressedly.

Mrs. Xie used to be very domineering to her son, but now it is not as good as before. Cao Shuqing, who insisted on forcing her son to marry back, not only swept away the Xie family's millions, but also almost caused her son to lose his official position and go to prison. I haven't seen her for a few years, and now my son took her to Beiping, but he didn't let her see outsiders casually, nor did he approve of her going out to socialize, and even played tricks and arranged the Song family in front of her yard to block her way out. Even if she didn't notice it at first, now it is faintly clear that her son is separated from her, and she must be careful not to cause trouble for him again!

She really wanted to have a seizure, but her son was in his thirties and almost forty years old, and he was a second-class high-ranking official, the master of the house, and he had the support of the prince behind him, he was no longer a fledgling young man, what could she do with him? Daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, relatives and friends of the clan, all stand on his side, outsiders only say that he is good, no one speaks for her, even the girl and mother-in-law around her persuade her to stop, she is isolated, can she still sue him for unfilial piety, ruin his reputation, cause him to lose his office, and even lose his identity as a wife? !

Mrs. Xie is still looking forward to relying on this son to enjoy glory and wealth, as long as he can continue to provide her with fine clothes and food, she does not have to force him to obey her orders in everything......

It's just that the Song family in the second room lives in this house every day, which is too much of an eyesore!

It's a pity that his son Xie Pu insists on standing on the side of the Song family, respecting him everywhere, and outsiders know that he is a two-room family, and recognizes two mothers at the same time, even if Mrs. Xie speaks ill of the Song family in front of outsiders, it is useless. Song is originally from Beiping, and the locals only have the reason to say good things about her, and maybe they will scold her for being bad......

Old Mrs. Xie resigned herself to finish a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, after the meal, the big guys sat in the house to eat tea and eat, and Xie Huizhi took a few small houses to play fireworks in the yard, attracting everyone to come outside the door and in front of the window to see, as well as the two decent housekeepers of the Ma Lu Yao family and Zhao Fengnian's family, and took the girls to carry two large baskets of red silk purses filled with brand-new copper money strings, various colors of gold and silver coins and candy, and sprinkled them all in the yard, calling the family's little maids, little girls, male and female servants to pick them up, and kowtow to the master's house to thank them.

The same cheers, joyful sounds, and the sound of fireworks not far away came from the neighbors across the high courtyard wall, and a few words of orchestral drama could be faintly heard from the noise of people.

The excitement of the night did not quiet down until about the hour. But at this time, Xie Mulin and the others couldn't care about anything else. The Wen family set up a temporary ancestral hall in the living room of the front yard to enshrine the ancestral tablets of the Xie family. Although it is not in the clan, the two small branches of the Xie family's second and third rooms also have to carry out formal ancestor worship ceremonies.

Xie Mulin and his brother Xie Jinzhi, following behind the Song family, Xie Pu, Wen family, and Xie Meijun, worshiped the ancestors of the second room, and then stepped aside, watching Xie Pu and the Wen family take other brothers and sisters, and helped Mrs. Xie to repeat the worship procedure, worshipping the ancestors of the third room. Although there is only one difference between the ancestors of the two rooms, this ceremony clearly shows the difference between the grandchildren of the two rooms.

After the ancestor worship ceremony was over, Mrs. Xie couldn't sit still and immediately asked to go back to the courtyard. Wen turned his head to look at Xie Pu, and Xie Pu smiled and said, "Madame will accompany the old lady back, and I will accompany my mother and Mei Jun." The children just dispersed. ”

Old Lady Xie's face immediately lengthened.

Xie Meijun smiled and said: "It's enough for me to accompany my mother, the third brother should rest early, tomorrow morning I will go to Yanwang's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep for two hours, why bother delaying time for this little thing?" own flesh and blood, who cares about these trivial rites with you? ”

Song nodded slightly, his face full of kindness: "I don't have to worry about you here, even your daughter-in-law should rest early." Otherwise, Ming'er got up early and was not in good spirits, wouldn't it make the princess and princess see the joke? ”

Mrs. Xie wanted to say that she cared about trivial courtesies, but she didn't want to show that she had no pity for her son in front of the Song family, so she had to acquiesce with a straight face.

So Xie Pu and Wen didn't have to send the elders back to the hospital, just go back to the upper room to rest. The children have already retired first, as for the brothers and sisters of the Yang family, before the Xie family worships their ancestors, they go back to the room and sleep first - they are all honest and good children, where can they stay up late?

With a smile on his face, Song took his daughter Xie Meijun's hand back to the yard, and she could talk to her daughter on the way. Old Mrs. Xie could only hold the hands of Pearl and Mrs. Jiang, and fell behind to blow the cold wind.

She said to the pearls hatefully: "The surname Song is intent on chilling me!" On the surface, he pretends to be kind and generous, but in fact, he has a bad stomach! Why does Pu listen to her in everything? It makes me so sad! ”

Pearl and Mrs. Jiang didn't dare to say anything, and there was a mother-in-law with a lantern in front of them, but it was not a person in their yard. Mrs. Xie is the master's biological mother, and if she says something that she doesn't like, the old man will be finished if she doesn't hear it. If they dare to echo a sentence as subordinates, where will there be good fruit to eat? They're not stupid!

Mrs. Xie didn't hear the people around her echo, and she knew that they were afraid of things, so she was even more aggrieved, so she had to find another reason: "The person surnamed Song didn't wear an edict suit today, could it be that he knew that I was going to wear an edict costume and deliberately avoided me?!" ”

Still no one agreed.

Old Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth again: "And Su Min too, why doesn't she wear it?!" The surname Song has always been in his hometown in the countryside, and he doesn't understand the rules. In the past, when our family was still in the capital, we had to wear a ceremonial dress to worship our ancestors that night! ”

This is actually Cao Shuqing's rule.

Pearl had to reassure Mrs. Xie and said, "Presumably because Mrs. Xie had to wear a full set of dresses to the palace in the morning, and she was afraid that her clothes would be soiled at the reunion banquet, so she didn't wear them?" ”

That's a reason.

Mrs. Xie hesitated slightly, and Mrs. Jiang hurriedly interjected: "Let's arrive, Sister He is waiting for us in front." The old lady carefully stepped down the steps ......" and diverted the conversation.

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