Xia Zitang's daughter Xia Ran'er was still young, thinking of the crowd crowded outside, Gao offered to stay and take care of the children by the way.

Xia Zitang is also a good husband, and he knew early that his daughter was not good at joining this kind of excitement, so he stayed with his daughter-in-law.

Xia Han is eight years old this year, and he vaguely remembers the impression of watching the lantern at night, but he was young after all, and even if he had an impression, it was very vague.

As for the little girl Xia Han, she has no memory of looking at the lights at all, every time she hears people talk about the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets of the capital are lined with all kinds of lanterns, and when it is very lively and gorgeous, the little girl's eyes are bright and shining with stars.

The excitement of the two children made Xia Yanqing feel guilty, all in order to accommodate him, there was only one lively event every year, and the family was old and young, but they all accompanied her to deal with it at home.

The family had dinner early, Xia Yanqing got into his carriage, took Su Qiao and the four girls, and rushed to Shangpinju with his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, to go through the scene of Mrs. Lu.

Their family came earlier, and today's day is also more special, people booked rooms in the restaurant, but they were all used to watch the lights and watch the excitement. It can't be said that there are no serious people who plan to have a banquet here, but there are very few, most of them are like Xia Yanqing, who have had dinner at home, and just want some fruits and snacks here to pass the time.

So at this point in time, the restaurant is far less lively and noisy than usual.

When the restaurant guy heard that it was the Xia family who came, he responded and led them to the third floor.

The Xia family came forward earlier, and the university scholar's mansion is also quite famous, so the three private rooms on the third floor are connected, and the location is good.

There is more than one person who books a room in a restaurant, and the people who can book a first-class restaurant on the fifteenth day of the first month are either rich or expensive, not to mention anything else, it is necessary to pay attention to it. Therefore, now the restaurant has begun to get people, but it is not noisy.

Xia Yanqing's family went up to the third floor from the time they came to Shangpinju, and they only met a young man who was familiar with the Xia family. This young man first gave Xia Ke and Mrs. Jiang a junior ceremony, and then greeted Xia Zixi and the two brothers, and the female dependents or something directly skipped and left, which saved a lot of trouble.

The guy in the restaurant led the second room of the Xia family into a large elegant room, saying that the housekeeper of the Xia family had an explanation when booking the room, and the guests who came first could wait in this room.

Xia Ke didn't say much, and looked at how many small tables there were on the west side of the room, and there were two chairs next to each small table, so he sat with Mrs. Jiang, Xia Zixi and his wife and Xia Yanqing sat on both sides.

Xia Han and Xia Xi were watched by the maid, kneeling on the chair by the window, looking at the street below through the glass, pointing and whispering.

By this time it was already dark, and most of the lanterns on both sides of the street had been hung, but the candles in the lanterns had not yet been lit before it was lively.

After a while, the noisy sound of footsteps began to sound in the corridor on the third floor, and the guests who thought to be watching the lanterns arrived one after another.

It was with these people that the people of the old mansion came in.

Because most of the families came out with their daughters, Xia Ke did not come out to greet them, and when they heard the voices of the restaurant guy and the housekeeper outside the door, Xia Ke's family had already stood up and greeted him.

Xia Yanqing stood behind Xia Zixi, looked at the group of people who came in, and began to greet each other again, feeling that his brain was immediately bigger.

Sure enough, it's a big family, so it's not for nothing.

Xia Zixi has a total of seven cousins of his generation, most of whom are married, plus their children, dozens of people come in together, and it is also a shame that this private room is big enough, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be able to squeeze so many people.

This is ancient, there is no modern kind of large round table, most of them are square tables.

Xia Ke and Mrs. Jiang stepped forward, nodded and greeted Xia Chen, Xia Lin and his wife, and then let Mr. Xia and Mrs. Lu sit down at the top table.

Xia Chen's three brothers and their wives sat on either side.

Then there are grandsons, granddaughters-in-law, granddaughters, great-grandsons and great-granddaughters who came forward to salute in a noisy manner, and then stood on both sides.

The old lady Xia Bin looked in a good mood, and probably rarely saw his children and grandchildren who had been in the same house for four generations to live in harmony.

The old man talked to his son for a while in high spirits, but Mrs. Lu found a time to remind: "The children are all out to play today, don't all stand here, it's weird and tired, go and do your own things." ”

Xia Bin agreed, and said: "Then let's all go, and according to the original arrangement, the three daughters-in-law took the children to the west room." The man went to the east room. ”

Mrs. Li, Mrs. Jiang and Sun took their daughter-in-law and children to salute and withdrew, followed by Xia Zixi's cousins and older boys.

Xia Chen, Xia Ke and Xia Lin stayed very tacitly, and someone had to talk to the second elder, and they couldn't all run away without a trace.

When Xia Yanqing went out, he turned around and swept this spacious private room for a week, feeling that this arrangement was very unnecessary. The younger generation will not stay here for long at all, and will take their children out to watch the lights after a while, leaving behind Xia Bin's old couple and three sons and daughter-in-law.

How many of them are there? It is enough to have a room. Considering the strict constraints of ancient etiquette, two rooms are enough to bring another room for the female dependents to rest.

It's a waste.

From welcoming the old mansion and the group into the door, and after various etiquette greetings, when the daughter of the Xia family sat down to drink tea in the private room on the west side, it was already completely dark.

Just as the so-called words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, everyone in the Chinese New Year's Eve got together, and each had a round of confidants, and then they got together again, and it was still the same rhythm as before. Although everyone spoke softly, there was a lot of wit in the words, and Xia Yanqing was tired when he listened.

But looking at other people, it seems that they are used to this rhythm...... This really can't be compared, the ladies of rich and noble families stay in the back house all day long, and they always have something to do, which is about their daily life.

At about the beginning of the day, that is, at seven o'clock in the evening, Xia Zixi knocked on the door with Xia Han first.

After seeing the ceremony for her aunt, mother and aunt, Xia Zixi said with a smile: "I wonder if Yan Qing and Sister Xi have rested?" If we're resting, let's go out for a walk. I look, the lanterns outside are lit up, go out early, let's go around a little longer. ”

Xia Yan sat impatiently early in the morning, took Xia Han's hand and let her get off the chair, and said, "We're all rested, I have long wanted to see the lanterns." The second sister-in-law is also resting, right? ”

Yang Shi looked at Mrs. Jiang first, only to hear Mrs. Jiang smile and say: "Let's go when you have a rest, take Sister Xi with you, she was still young when she looked at the light, and this is the first time she has seen such a lively scene." ”

Only then did Yang stand up and beckoned the maid beside her to put on a coat for Xia Xi, and she herself put on a thick cloak, and then saw that Xia Yanqing was also dressed neatly, and several people withdrew.

Out of the door of the private room, Xia Yanqing leaned over to Xia Zixi and asked, "Grandfather and grandmother, are they okay?" She always felt that they all came out one by one, as if she had thrown her father alone in the wolves, and she was a little unbearable.

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