When we entered the living room, there were already many maids and women waiting in the room, and only after everyone had arrived did we set up the tables and chairs. A row of maids entered through the curtain through the small door at the back, some holding cups, some shackles, all of them were arranged in an orderly manner, and they didn't even hear a cough. Changshan sat alone on the large chair in the front, with four empty chairs placed near each other and two empty chairs opposite. Zhijun hurriedly pulled his grandmother to sit down on the first chair on the left, and his grandmother, as an elder, was naturally not very pushy, but showed a slightly embarrassed look on her face.

Changshan smiled: "My sister-in-law rarely stays in the house to eat on weekdays, but today my sister-in-law is a guest, so she should sit like this." When grandma heard Changshan say this, she sat down a little more peacefully. Changzen Ziyu and I also sat separately. Zhijun, Zhirui, and Zhiqi came up from the party, Zhijun sat first on his right, Zhirui second on his left hand, and Zhiqi second on his right hand. The maid next to her insisted on dusting, gargling, and handkerchief, standing behind her head, not moving. The mother-in-law brought the first vegetables one after another, a "more than every year", and there were more than one head and tail in successive years, implying a bumper harvest and wealth. A "golden rooster sends blessings", there is a chicken "plan", which means that there is a plan for making money, and turning evil into good fortune. A "step by step", rice cakes have white rice cakes and yellow rice cakes, symbolizing silver and gold, meaning festive. A "fortune into the treasure", dumplings are also called "Jiaozi", "Jiao" is the meaning of the alternation of the old and the new, "Zi" is "Zishi", meaning the beginning of a new day. A "way to make money", lettuce reads homophonic with "making money", begging for a mouthful. A "Four Seasons Peace", the shape of the four seasons beans is straight and similar to bamboo, implying that the clouds are on the rise, and the head of the road is soaring. There is also a dish of "hand to wealth", braised pig's trotters taste sweet, implying windfall. After that, the mother-in-law did not go down, and they all waited quietly on the side of the case.

After a while, Zhirui slowly stood up, smiled, and personally took a chopstick lettuce to Zhiqi and said, "You must eat more lettuce, so that you can make money in the next year." ”

Zhiqi was stunned, struggled with his eyebrows, and his face shook for a moment of blue and white, like a piece of clear green jade, obviously a little unexpected Zhirui came up and went straight to the point, Zhiqi seemed to be stunned, and looked at Zhirui in a daze and did not answer.

Zhijun immediately reacted, gently put down the wine glass in his hand, and put a piece of braised pig's trotter into Zhiqi's bowl, and said with a smile: "This pig's trotter has a good meaning, it is called 'windfall hand', and it is naturally prepared for the third brother." ”

Zhiqi frowned unnaturally, carefully pushed Zhijun's arm, and whispered, "Big brother, don't ......"

I hurriedly poured the wine, got up and saluted Changshan and my grandmother first: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, Zixi wishes my uncle and grandmother's family prosperity, prosperity and prosperity, and prosperity and spirit." ”

Changshan and Grandma both accepted it with joy on their faces after hearing this, and said again and again: "Okay." ”

I didn't sit down, and then poured a cup and then saluted Zhijun and Zhirui and said: "Zixi blesses the two brothers, a good New Year, a good New Year, and good luck in all directions." ”

Zhijun and Zhirui glanced at each other, got up with a smile, and then gave me a glass in return.

After three glasses of wine, my face was slightly hot, but I couldn't care about it, so I lowered my head and poured the fourth glass of wine, and smiled at Zhiqi and said: "Zixi wishes the third brother to be able to get the help of nobles in the new year, and his wishes will come true, and the wealth will be rolling." ”

Zhiqi got up slowly and had a toast with me, "Cheng Zixi's good words," before the words fell, Zhiqi let out an "oh" sound, as if he had thought of something, and said, "No, it should have been changed to the little master." ”

I took a deep breath, "It's a Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, so you don't have to be too restrained." After saying that, I sat down leisurely, clinked glasses with Ziyu again, and took the opportunity to glance at her. Ziyu's eyes were erratic, her face was full of puzzlement, and she asked me in a low voice, "What do you mean?" ”

I glanced at Changshan and Grandma, and saw that the two were talking, but they didn't notice us, so I whispered: "If things get up later, the fourth sister must be on our side, remember to remember." ”

Ziyu frowned slightly, looked at me with a serious look, and threatened in a low voice: "Don't come nonsense." ”

I didn't even dare to come out, so I had to open my lips lightly and gesture in a dumb voice: "How come." ”

Grandma must have seen something, slowly put down her chopsticks, and stared at me and Ziyu: "What are you two sisters muttering about if you don't eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" ”

I swept my eyes over Zhijun and Zhiqi, and pursed my lips, "Grandma, the words are all on my lips, Zixi can't hide it from you anymore, Zhiqi...... He ......" as he spoke, Yu Guang glanced at Zhi Qi lightly, and Zhi Qi hurriedly stood up and stopped: "Grandma, don't listen to Zixi's nonsense, in fact, there is nothing at all." ”

But in a trance, Zhirui stood up suddenly, stared at Zhiqi with his eyes and said: "Zhiqi, what I have always looked down on the most is your timid temperament!" After a pause, Zhirui sighed shallowly, his eyes seemed to be about to spew sparks, and he looked straight at Zhiqi and said: "In the end, this matter is still your own business, if you really don't want to say it, forget it, stop here, don't end up making it seem like we are all forcing you, it's hard to get a little good." After speaking, Zhirui poured himself a glass of wine, and sat down with a hateful face.

Grandma looked dazed, "What's wrong?" What do you mean by that? ”

Zhijun thought about it, raised his hand and patted Zhiqi's shoulder, and said to him: "Zhirui's words are rough but not rough, escaping is not a way, you shouldn't want your ideals to be reduced to empty talk after all, right?" ”

Chi Qi took a deep breath and lowered his chin, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.

Grandma was puzzled and glanced sideways at Changshan. Changshan put down the dishes and chopsticks, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Seeing that no one answered, Changshan glared at Zhijun and said, "Zhijun, you have never lied, you come!" ”

Zhijun was just about to speak, but Zhiqi suddenly raised his head and said preemptively: "Uncle, grandma, I don't want to go on the official career like my eldest brother and second brother, I want to do what I want to do, I hope you can fulfill me." ”

After hearing this, Changshan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I thought something big had happened, I was going to say this," turned his face away easily, smiled and looked at his grandmother, and after a moment, his gaze returned to Zhiqi's face, and said peacefully, "Our family is not such a pedantic family, even if you haven't said this in the past, have you ever seen me and your grandmother force you anything?" Then he thought for a while, and then said, "If you don't like the career of an official eunuch and don't want to accept the high-ranking officials, then it is good to find a serious business to do in the future." ”

Zhirui was quiet for a while, and said lightly: "Actually, Zhiqi has already planned for himself. ”

Changshan let out an "oh", his eyes flashed over Zhiqi, and he hurriedly asked: "Then you can tell me what you are going to do?" ”

Zhiqi's tone was faint and slight, "Don't hide it from my uncle, I am very nostalgic when I think of the carefree life in Guangzhou, after coming to the capital, although it is not bad, but the gap is huge, and it is inevitable to be disappointed and lonely in my heart, I still remember that at that time in Guangzhou, our brothers and sisters especially liked to go to the photo studio to take pictures, and also left a lot of precious memories, and I just want to continue this preciousness to the capital." ”

The more Changshan heard this, the more difficult his face became, and the rough breath that erupted from his nostrils disturbed his beard trembling for a while, and his eyes slowly roamed around, starting from Zhijun and stopping at Ziyu.