Zhan Qi straightened his waist and turned his body to the side.

Du Xiaomeng thought he was using body language to tell himself: You can get out. Who knows, she just moved her foot to pass by him, and he shouted to stop her: "Wait! ”

Du Xiaomeng stopped, raised a pair of extremely pure and innocent eyes to look at the person beside him, and lightly opened his lips and asked, "General, is there anything else?" ”

Being looked at by her like this, Zhan Qi felt even more uncomfortable. He turned his gaze to the side, and then asked, "Why hasn't the father-in-law of the good sister you mentioned come over to find Uncle Yang yet?" ”

I didn't expect that he would care about such a small thing when he was busy, Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but be stunned. Can't tell the truth, she thought about it for a while, and after a while she sighed and said helplessly: "My sister's father-in-law is a pedantic and brainless scholar, he said that this job in the general's tent was obtained by my connections, and he didn't want others to say that he had to rely on a woman to cover him to eat, so he didn't come." ”

After hearing this, Zhan Qi said in an appreciative tone: "Your sister's husband has some backbone. ”

Du Xiaomeng frowned and said angrily: "The backbone can't be eaten!" I really don't understand what those pedantic poor sour talents are thinking in their heads, and if you don't want to be relaxed, you just want to make yourself uncomfortable. ”

Zhan Qi said disappreciably: "A man without backbone, is he still called a man?" ”

Du Xiaomeng shrugged her shoulders and did not comment on Zhan Qi's words.

Zhan Qi looked at her, and suddenly found some conscience in her mind, and said as soon as her mind was hot, "From tomorrow onwards, you don't have to cook." ”

Du Xiaomeng winked at him and asked with a smile, "Finally feel my sincerity, right?" ”

This naughty expression is quite cute. Zhan Qi was involuntarily stunned for a moment, and after coming back to his senses, he didn't answer Du Xiaomeng's words, just waved his hand and said, "There's nothing else, you go back." ”

"Thank you, good night." Du Xiaomeng smiled at him politely, no longer had any nonsense, and simply turned around and left.

Looking at her distant back, Zhan Qi felt a little depressed: If you talk to him more, you will die? It's boring to just go!

The ordinary days are like flowing water, flowing away little by little in silence. In this peaceful and uneventful, the Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived.

On this day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the general's mansion was very busy.

Even if it is a festival, Zhan Qi has to go to the court before dawn; And the old man Zhan, accompanied by Steward Yang, took a few family members out of the door early in the morning, and heard that he was going to Hongyuan Temple to pray for blessings; Zhan Li ordered a group of little girls to follow behind her with a large pile of lanterns of different colors and styles, and arranged the general's mansion with great interest; There are also Zhan Ren and Zhan Yi, who are also people who have something to do, and they are not at home when they go out early in the morning.

The owners of the family are busy, and the subordinates are even more idle, everyone is preparing the things needed for the festival, and they are very busy.

In the entire General's Mansion, the most idle people at present are Du Xiaomeng and Qiu Sha.

Liu Lu's home is in the capital, and Du Xiaomeng was very considerate to give her a day off and gave her some reward money to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Without Liu Lu chattering by her side, her ears suddenly calmed down, and Du Xiaomeng felt a little unaccustomed to it.

With nothing to do, she sat by the window in her room and looked out in a daze. Just now, Zhan Li called her to go and set up the lantern together, but she refused.

Over the years, she has been accustomed to living alone, and she has an inexplicable resistance to the festive and lively atmosphere. She would subconsciously exclude herself from approaching, as she is now, preferring to stay in the room and be moldy rather than go outside to join in the fun.

stayed in the room until the afternoon, Zhan Li and Lan'er carried a basket of lanterns and ran to find Du Xiaomeng, and coaxed Du Xiaomeng to let her hang the lanterns on the garden gate and in front of the door.

Seeing Zhan Li and Lan'er actively busy in the garden, making Jicui Garden, which had no festive atmosphere, lively, Du Xiaomeng smiled helplessly. Zhan Li, this girl, although she is not a rude and willful self-righteous master, but on the premise of not annoying and harmless, she has always acted casually, and she loves as much as she wants. That's all used to being made by a few big men in the family!

After sunset, the people lit up all the lanterns hanging in the garden, and placed two tables of eight immortals and two rows of Taishi chairs in the open space in the middle of the garden. The housekeepers moved the pots to the side to make the open space in the middle more spacious; The mothers put grapefruit, taro, cooked chicken, fruits, moon cakes and other seasonal foods, as well as fine wine and wine on the table in an orderly manner.

As the night deepened, a bright moon like a jade plate hung in the black canopy that could not be seen, and it did not hesitate to sprinkle a lot of great brilliance on the earth, illuminating the body of everyone who raised a glass to invite the moon to celebrate the reunion.

The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.

This night is a good day for all families to celebrate and reunite. But for Du Xiaomeng, such a day will only make her heart feel lonely, and the bright and clear moonlight will make her hypocritical and sentimental.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival that exists for reunion, Du Xiaomeng has not had it for many years, and she has almost forgotten what this festival is like for a long time.

Today, she wanted to hide, but she couldn't, and was pulled into the garden by Zhan Li.

When she came to the garden, all the other members of the Zhan family had already arrived, standing around the Eight Immortals Table and talking; Qiu Sha was also present, but she was standing in the gazebo on the far side, Zhan Qi was by her side, holding her hand and saying something in her ear, which made her smile happily from time to time.

When Old Man Zhan saw Du Xiaomeng coming, he ordered him to go down and say, "Prepare to sacrifice the moon!" ”

When the other members of the Zhan family heard this, they immediately stopped talking, and Zhan Qi also took Qiu Sha's hand and walked over quickly. Everyone stepped aside and waited for the father's next move. Seeing this, Du Xiaomeng hurriedly followed the team and obediently stood at the rear.

The ritual of worshiping the moon is very simple, that is, the old man Zhan is the representative, inserts a handful of incense into the grapefruit with the top cut open, says a few words of prayer and wishes to the round and bright moon, and then pours three glasses of wine and sprinkles them on the ground one by one.

When the incense inserted in the grapefruit was almost burned, everyone easily sat down around the table of the eight immortals, talking, eating and drinking. Qiusha also sat down at the table, and she sat in a most inconspicuous position, with a soft smile on her face, and did not speak. Perhaps because today is a festival of reunion, the old man did not embarrass Qiusha. Although he ignored her, he didn't show her face.

Due to the presence of his father, Zhan Qi couldn't stick to Qiu Sha, he smiled apologetically at Qiu Sha, and Qiu Sha smiled back to him with understanding. After receiving his lover's understanding, he turned around and sat on the vacant seat next to Du Xiaomeng.