The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most sumptuous meal of the year, and the chefs in the dining room and the new cooks have shown their own housekeeping skills, with a lot of chicken, duck and fish, and much more variety than usual.

"Tut-tut, look, look!" Song Qiyun knocked on the table in front of him, and whispered to Shen Jiu, who was sitting beside him, "Our dining room will also cook some colorful and fragrant meals, as long as you put your heart into it, there is nothing you can't do." ”

"Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it's not good to fool around!" Shen Jiu put the steamed fish on his small table on Shen Cha's table, "Sister, this is for you to eat." ”

"Okay, here's for you!" Shen Cha put a roast chicken on his brother's table, and then began to dismantle the fish bones. Shen Jiu and Shen Haolin are the same, it's not that they don't like to eat fish, but they don't like to pick fish bones. It was because he knew their problem that Shen Cha specially instructed Uncle Yan that the fish at the family banquet must buy the kind of fish that has no fish bones and only one fish bone, so as not to accidentally be pricked in the throat by a fish bone. After dismantling the fish bones, Shen Cha carefully checked that the plate of fish did not have fish bones, picked up chopsticks and put two pieces of fish meat in Shen Jiu's bowl, and put two pieces in Shen Haolin's bowl. "There are no thorns, feel free to eat!"

"Thank you Cha'er!" Shen Haolin picked up the spoon and fed Shen Cha a spoonful of tofu soup, "Isn't it very southern?" ”

"Well, this taste is a little familiar, I look like I've eaten it somewhere." Shen Cha blinked and waved at Jin Jing, "Brother Xiaojing, try that tofu soup, did we eat this when we were in Wuma Town?" ”

"I'll try it!" Jin Jing put down the wine glass in her hand, picked up the spoon and took a bite, "Well, it seems, but it's ...... Compared with the one in Wuma Town, it feels a little worse than the heat, and the tofu soup we ate is more tender and smoother. Jin Jing took another bite and smacked the taste, "In terms of technique, it should be the same." ”

"Little Five!" Shen Cha shouted at Ying Wu, "You go to the dining room, ask which master made this tofu soup, and invite him to come to the warm pavilion to meet." ”

"Yes!" Ying Wu answered, put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped the oil on his mouth with a handkerchief, and quickly rushed out of the house.

"What's wrong with the tofu soup?" Hearing Shen Cha's words, Yan Bo looked at her curiously, "The person who made tofu soup was a young man in his twenties, and his right leg was injured in the last battle before the truce. I was supposed to go back to my hometown after the beginning of spring, but because of the craftsmanship, I was transferred to the dining room. ”

"Uncle Yan, is his surname Qu?"

"It seems to be!" Yan Bo nodded, "What's wrong?" ”

"The master of the Wuma Town Post House is also surnamed Qu, a southerner, the morning we came back, he made tofu soup for us to make breakfast, the taste of Master Qu's tofu soup is very similar to this bowl, I wonder if they have something to do with it." Shen Cha looked at the young man who was brought in by Ying Wu who had some inconvenient legs, and after he saluted, he asked, "What's your name?" What is the relationship with Qu Dating? ”

"General Hui, my name is Qu He, Qu Dating is my cousin, and I joined the army because of him." Qu He looked at Shen Cha, "Uncle Cousin is not married, nor does he have children, and the person closest to him is me." Because he was injured and couldn't stay in the army, I came. But I didn't see him in the army, and I've been looking for him for a long time. General, where did you meet him? ”

"Afternoon Horse Town." Shen Cha looked at this person named Qu He, she had a little impression of this person, he was still very the battlefield, and he felt like he was dying, and this time he was injured because he rushed too forward, and he was ambushed by the enemy, if it weren't for the astuteness of the brother who was with him, he would really be bloodied on the battlefield.

"Afternoon Horse Town!" Qu He breathed a sigh of relief, "I always thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to be alive, then I'll be relieved, thank you, General." ”

Shen Cha took a small purse from the side and put it in Qu He's hand, and said, "Today's New Year, be happy, don't be sad, otherwise the new year will not be smooth, and if there are any unhappy things in your heart, you can put it down for the time being, and there is nothing that cannot be solved." If you want to meet your cousin, you can apply to go to Wuma Town after the New Year, and General Ben will approve it. ”

"Since he is still alive, then his subordinates have nothing to worry about, thank you general, thank you Grandpa Guo." Qu He knelt on the ground, kowtowed again, and followed Ying Wu with the small purse given by Shen Cha.

"When he mentioned his cousin, a faint hatred appeared on his face, it seemed that his cousin was injured, and he was very unwilling to take this position." Shen Haolin stuffed a piece of roast chicken into Shen Cha's mouth, "He was very desperate when he was fighting, he really didn't care about his life." ”

"I remember that he seemed to have passed the show, and if it wasn't for his cousin's injury, he would have taken the autumn exam for the following year." Shen Cha yawned, scooped another spoonful of tofu soup and ate it, "So, it's understandable that he holds a grudge against his cousin." I originally wanted to take the road of the imperial examination, but I didn't expect it...... was forced to abandon literature and martial arts, and since then he has cut off the road of the imperial examination. However, I can't figure it out, his family is not a military household, why ......"

"His cousin has gone to Wuma Town, and there must be someone in his family to take his cousin's place." Shen Haolin sighed, "It's also his bad luck, but isn't it good to be like this now?" Originally, he was injured and had to be repatriated to his hometown, but even if he went back, he would have no chance to participate in the scientific expedition. Now that he stays in the army like this, maybe he can take over the class of those masters in the future! ”

"In two days, I'll ask Master Mo to talk to him and see what he thinks." Shen Cha tore a duck leg, originally wanted to stuff it for Shen Jiu, but when she turned around, she found that her brother was gone, not only Shen Jiu was gone, but even Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu were gone. "Where did these boys go?"

"I'm looking for Xiaotian and Jin Jing!" Shen Haolin raised his chin, "Today's New Year, they can drink it if they want to, just act as if we didn't see it." ”

"Got it." Shen Cha ate one duck leg by himself and gave the other duck leg to Shen Haolin, "I didn't want to stop them, especially the two county princes, although they are more worried about borrowing wine, but it is also good to drink a little once in a while to vent." ”

"As long as you don't make your master angry." Shen Haolin put his arm around Shen Cha's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "You two are really masters and apprentices, and you all say the same thing." Your master said that if they really get too drunk and start fooling around, they will be thrown outside in the snow to sober up. ”

"Where there is a teacher, there must be a disciple." Shen Cha put down his chopsticks, leaned on Shen Haolin's shoulder, looked at the few people who were punching on the opposite side, and then looked at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo who were deposited in the world of two people, "Brother, I really hope that every year in the future can be like this, all of them are here." ”

"That's for sure, every year, we will spend the New Year together." Shen Haolin touched Shen Cha's hair, "Aren't you eating?" ”

"Well, I'm full." Shen Cha nodded, "I'll have to eat dumplings later!" She looked at the table of the three children and chuckled, "A child is a child, no matter how much you have, you can eat it." ”

"They're still growing up, so they're naturally eating more."

Shen Haolin beckoned to Merlin, asking her to take away the untouched dishes on the table between herself and Shen Cha, and send them to the three children a little lightly, and let the shadows and the guards divide the rest.

Merlin was used to the amount of food that Shen Haolin and Shen Cha ate, and they had very little to eat at night, so it was better to give them to them than to waste it. Therefore, she happily ran back and forth twice, and almost cleaned the small table in front of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha.

"What are you fooling around?" Xue Ruitian walked over with a jar of wine and sat down beside Shen Cha, "Those two girls are crazy." ”

"I think so." Shen Haolin looked at the bowls of Jin Miaomiao and Hongye who were filled with wine one after another, and nodded approvingly, "I guess you and Xiaojing will have to work hard tonight, and carry the two of them back." He glanced at Xue Ruitian, who was slowly tasting the wine, "What are you......?" I can't stand them anymore, so I ran over to find the clean one? ”

"No, those little ones are dead, I really can't stand it." Xue Ruitian put down his wine glass and picked up a plate of melon seeds, "I was thinking just now, this year has been busy chattering, and there is no time to spare, that is, I can breathe a little relief today, which is really hard." But when you think about it, if we don't work hard, the people will suffer. So, in order for them not to suffer, let's work hard! ”

"Brother Xiaotian, are you still my Brother Xiaotian?" Shen Cha squinted his eyes and looked at Xue Ruitian with suspicion, "Aren't you possessed by something?" Why did you suddenly become sentimental? That's not your style! ”

"Don't say that, I just suddenly had such an idea." Xue Ruitian snorted, picked up the wine cup and took another sip, "It's rare for me to be emotional, and you still talk about me like that, it really hurts my heart!" ”

"Little God!" Shen Haolin crossed Shen Cha and patted Xue Ruitian lightly on the shoulder, "Don't worry, it won't hurt your heart." ”

"Why?"

"Because your skin is too thick!"