Xia Mengning's expression did not change, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Qing put down the snack plate in his hand, wiped the slag on his mouth, and said: "On the way back, I saw Xia Zhihan, this is Chinese New Year's Eve, where can he go, I was puzzled, so I followed him, who expected, he actually went to Shangshu Mansion, and I also saw ......"

Thinking of the relationship between Xia Mengning and Liu Shihan, Wu Qing paused here, Xia Mengning immediately sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, tell me quickly." ”

Wu Qing glanced at Xia Mengning, then scratched his head and said: "I followed in, only to see that Xia Zhihan actually went to see Liu Shihan, the two talked and laughed, and they looked very intimate......"

After listening to this, Xia Mengning looked stunned for a while, and said to herself: "How come, Xia Zhihan and Han'er know each other?" ”

Soon, Xia Mengning thought of Xia Zhihan's abnormal performance and Liu Shihan's recent situation, and had an answer in her heart, but before she had time to think about it, she heard Wu Qing say: "Liu Shihan's mother was also present, I went to inquire, it turned out that Liu Shihan had a deficiency since she was a child, and she was in love with Xia Zhihan, and Liu's mother couldn't bear Liu Shihan's suffering, so she agreed to the relationship between the two, saying that after the New Year, Xia Zhihan would go to the house to propose marriage." ”

When Jiu'er heard this, she hurriedly said, "How can this be, how can the eldest young master, how could he like Miss Liu for no reason?" ”

Xia Mengning slapped the wooden comb in her hand on the table and snorted coldly, "Xia Zhihan is here for me, if I guess correctly, the last time Han'er came to our house, he was targeted by Xia Zhihan, but there have been too many things recently, and I didn't care about Xia Zhihan's affairs, so he took advantage of it." ”

Jiu'er said worriedly: "Miss, what can I do about this, Miss Liu must be unaware......

Wu Qing shook his head, "I originally thought that Liu Shihan was deceived by Xia Zhihan, but the expression that Liu Shihan showed at that time was completely the image of a happy little woman, according to me, it should be sincere." ”

Xia Mengning listened, her brows furrowed tightly, and she bit her lip and said, "No matter what, I must meet with Han'er and ask the truth of the matter earlier." ”

Because it was the Chinese New Year, she couldn't come and go casually, so Xia Mengning went to Ge's Mei Fangyuan to accompany Xia Zhikang, waiting for the night to come.

Time passed quickly, the sky darkened little by little, Xia Mengning and Ge Shi packed their things, and came to the front hall to eat together.

When Xia Mengning and Ge walked in, the Wei family had been waiting there early, and now she was the only aunt in the house, so naturally the work of serving fell on her.

"The concubine has seen Madame, and she has seen the third lady."

Looking at the Wei family with obvious tears on his face, Xia Mengning smiled, knowing that the Wei family must be sad about Xia Mengran's matter, so he didn't talk much at the moment, and said softly: "The fifth aunt came early, get up." ”

Wei's expression did not change, he stood up and turned sideways, allowing Ge and Xia Mengning to walk in front of him.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is to be reunited and lively, the customs of the northern country are like this, during the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the family has to go to the table to eat together, but it is slowly passed down, in the big family, this concubine is naturally not allowed to serve the table.

At this moment, a large table has been set up in the front hall, and a chair has been placed next to it, and a circle of tea sets and preserved fruit and melon seeds and candies have been placed on the table.

Xia Mengning saw his appearance, couldn't help laughing, took Xia Zhikang from the nurse's hand, hugged him to the table and teased him, "Is Kang'er hungry?" What do you want to eat? ”

Xia Zhikang nodded excitedly, shouting 'babbling' in his mouth, saliva flowed down his chin to his chest, looking greedy.

Xia Mengning took a piece of plum meat and handed it over, Xia Zhikang saw it, and immediately reached out to hold it and stuffed it into his mouth, but because he didn't have teeth, he could only smash his tongue and suck it.

At this moment, Xia Chuanyuan and Xie also walked in, everyone had arrived, and it was time for the banquet to begin.

Xia Mengning saw Xia Chuanyuan sitting on the seat, so she said, "Go to the carp." ”

The custom of the Northern New Year is to pick fish eyes before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, that is, to pick one of the dozen large carp that has been prepared, and then see if the fish eye is very large, if it is big enough, it means that the next year of life will be prosperous and auspicious.

This custom is nothing more than to please the lottery, so the carp prepared has been carefully selected, and all of them are lively carp with huge eyes.

A small servant carried two large wooden barrels, and the perimeter of the barrels was wrapped in red blessing paper, which looked very festive.

Xia Chuanyuan took the long-handled wooden spoon from the hand of the little guy on the side, smiled and fished a carp from the wooden barrel, and the little guy who was waiting on the side hurriedly reached out to take it, turned the carp over and held it, only to see that the carp scales were still shiny, and the two huge fish eyes were even more eye-catching.

The little Xia Zhikang seemed to be seeing this kind of scene for the first time, and happily waved his little hand and shouted loudly, Xia Chuanyuan nodded with satisfaction, "Okay!" ”

Xia Mengning smiled, "Congratulations to my daughter, I wish my father good health and all the best next year." ”

Xia Chuanyuan liked the current atmosphere very much, waved his hand and said, "Very good, Ning'er is well prepared." ”

A girl on the side handed Juan Pa to Xia Chuanyuan to wipe his hands, and after picking out the fish eyes, this banquet was the real beginning, everyone was seated, Xia Mengning turned his face sideways, looked at the Wei family standing behind Xie Shi with a surprised face, and couldn't help but smile.

The Wang family privately replaced the carp that the Deng family had prepared with a dead fish, obviously to deal with himself, but he had already forgiven the Wang family once last time, and this time the Wang family was not so stupid to deal with himself, but if the Wei family interfered with it, it would be very possible.

Thinking of this, Xia Mengning secretly regretted that he should not forgive the Wang family like this, if it were not for the careful heart of the Deng family, this time he was only afraid that he would be doomed, and if he made a dead fish at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, his father and Xie would not forgive him.

Xia Mengning took a sip of soup, glanced at the Wei family who was serving the Xie family, and narrowed her eyes, this Wei family, it is time to suppress it.

Jiu'er behind him sandwiched a crispy fried whitebait on Xia Mengning's plate, Xia Mengning tasted it, and said with a smile: "Daddy, grandmother, this crispy fried whitebait is a newly developed dish in the kitchen, it has no fishy smell but is delicious and delicious, why don't you taste it?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, and the girl behind him immediately stepped forward to clip a chopstick, Xia Chuanyuan tasted it, and really praised it: "Very good, this whitebait is just right, crispy and delicious." ”

Xie Shi heard it, and his eyes also looked at the dish in front of Xia Mengning, Wei Shi is used to being a discerning person, and seeing that Xie Shi was also interested in this dish, he hurriedly reached out to clip it.

Xia Mengning saw Wei Shi stretching out his hand towards him, smiled lightly, picked up the handkerchief and pretended to wipe his mouth, and moved his body back slightly.

Because Xie was sitting in front of Xia Mengning's left, and this dish was placed in front of Xia Mengning, Wei had to stretch out his arm and bend his body slightly to be able to reach this dish.

It's just that Wei is also clever, leaning forward slightly, but when he grabbed the silverfish and put it back into the plate in front of Xie, the golden hairpin on his head slipped down suddenly, and fell into the soup bowl in front of Xie Shi, the soup bowl was the bone ball soup that had just been served, and it was steaming, and Wei's golden hairpin fell into it, splashing a few hot soups, and a few of them also fell on Xie's face, and immediately, Xie immediately screamed loudly.

Xia Chuanyuan's face sank, "Why don't you cut off the water and wipe the old lady." ”

The little girl on the side hurriedly walked out, and after a while, she came with a copper basin, Xie was helped by the little girl to the screen and wiped it off, and then applied the ointment to treat burns, and then walked out again.

This accident stirred up the festive atmosphere of the audience, Wei was burned in the most places, on his cheeks, forehead, and neck, all of which were full of rainbows, and some of them also bulged with blisters, which looked very scary.

But how dare Wei complain, he could only kneel on the ground and beg Xia Chuanyuan for mercy, Xia Chuanyuan had a dark face, patted the table and said, "What the hell is going on?" How can a hairpin fall off if it is done well? ”

Wei Shi didn't dare to answer, in fact, she didn't know what was going on, how could this good hairpin suddenly fall off, and suddenly thought of the cause and effect of the matter, Wei Shi turned his head, looked at Xia Mengning who was sitting on the side, and figured everything out at once.

I sent someone to let the Wang family replace the carp, but there was no movement today, it turned out that Xia Mengning had already seen the whole thing, and deliberately set up this bureau to wait for him, if today's things are not handled well, I am afraid that I will end up with an unlucky reputation, just now Ran'er has fallen into her plan, and now I can't do this anymore.

Thinking of this, Wei had to grit his teeth and said, "Master, the concubine has been dizzy lately, and she didn't look good just now, so she accidentally dropped the hairpin into the soup and asked the master for forgiveness." ”

Xia Chuanyuan heard this, looked at Wei's pale face, and thought of Wei's unhappiness with his family in order to help him, and his expression should be in a trance these days, thinking about it, Xia Chuanyuan's previous anger disappeared by half, and said: "Go down, stay in the yard well, and come out when it's better." ”

This is already a great forgiveness, Wei naturally accepted it when he saw it, raised his head and looked at Xia Chuanyuan, a pair of watery eyes looked at Xia Chuanyuan with affection, and said softly: "Master Xie." ”

Xia Chuanyuan saw the burns on her face, sighed and said, "Be careful in the future, let the girl go to the steward's room to get a bottle of ointment, so as not to leave a scar." ”