Before the group of three people had left the courtyard, they saw the door of the courtyard open. Mu Qingyan came in with a smile, pulled Chu Han's arm and teased her: "Auntie is getting more and more beautiful!" ”

"You, ghost elf!" Chu Han pointed a finger on Mu Qingyan's forehead, and shook his hand in disgust.

Mu Qingyan was amused by her and couldn't stop laughing, but Chu Han took her hand and went forward together.

Entering the banquet hall of the main house, more than 20 seats have been set up.

On the chief, Mu Zheng sat upright, surrounded by a group of elderly people, all of whom had worked for Mu Fu's birth and death in the past. The Mu family is kind, knows people and makes good use of them, and comes to Mufu for a reunion dinner every year, which is the thing that all the people who serve the Mujia industry care about the most.

Mu Qinghan didn't know when he also changed into new clothes, he was still wearing a black robe, the middle clothes were snow-white, the clothes were good, and the handiwork was actually the first one.

The head manager, Mu Yuanshan, beckoned everyone to take a seat, and the dishes on the table had already been served for seven points, and only a few dishes to be eaten while they were hot had not yet come up. The wine is brewed by Mu Qingyan himself, the porcelain jar is encapsulated, buried for three years, and it is difficult to find a thousand gold, and now is the best time to enter.

All the people sat according to rank and seniority, the chief seat sat Mu Zheng, and the left hand sat Mu Qinghan, and now the Mu family is his support. On the right hand side is Chu Han, and down is Mu Qingyan.

The Mu family has no concubines, no concubines, and no distinction between men and women, all the children of the Mu family are taught the same, and they are all members of the Mu family after all.

Aunt Fu excused herself but sat down with Mu Qingyan, she has been serving Mu Zheng's wife since she was a child, and after the old lady died, she has been serving Mu Zheng for many years, and her brother and sister have always been close.

Mu Yuanzheng is the son of a family, and the old lady made the decision to let Aunt Fu to him, and he took over the position of the chief housekeeper of Mu Mansion. He sat under Mu Qinghan according to Mu Zheng's instructions, and did not shirk, and always obeyed the orders of the old owner.

Then down is the old shopkeeper of Mufu's 'Tianxia Qianzhuang' and the old shopkeeper of 'Jinshifang'. There are also two pro-soldiers of Mu Zheng, who have been living in Phoenix City for many years, although they are old, they are still awe-inspiring and upright.

Table by table, all the people who can sit here are the shopkeepers who are in charge of each shop of the Mu family.

When everyone sat down according to their seats, Mu Zheng stood up, held a cup in one hand, and said loudly: "Today's New Year, the first thing I want to say is that I Mu Zheng has a daughter in his old age, you can see it, from now on, Mu Chuhan's words and deeds are my Mu Zheng's instructions, seeing her is like seeing me, and my own daughter is also!" He raised his hand and drank the wine dry.

Everyone stood up, saluted Chu Han respectfully, and called Miss.

Chu Han left his seat, returned the salute one by one, and returned to his seat again. Mu Zhengcai opened his mouth again and continued to say some New Year's words, the majority of people, the sound of toasts, New Year's salutes, blessings and prayers, the sound was endless, and the scene was festive and lively.

From the night to the third watch, Mu Zheng and Mu Qinghan drank too much wine, Chu Han ordered to cook the sobering soup, and waited to drink it again, before helping the old man back to the bedroom.

Mu Qinghan was young in the end, and when he left the banquet hall, he went to the water pavilion to practice swordsmanship twice, and he was sweating, and most of the wine had already woken up.

Mu Qingyan had made an appointment with Nangong Yin to go to the city at midnight to set off fireworks, and when the banquet was dispersed, people would not come, so he went to Qiuxizhai in Yijian Villa to ask, and came back to reply that he had drunk too much wine and fell asleep.

Mu Qingyan didn't think much about it, put on a wide cloak, and walked out of Lanyan Pavilion to Suzaku Street alone. The winter is deep and the frost is heavy, and the night is cold, but there are still many people on the street watching the festive fireworks rise into the sky, blooming brightly, like meteors scattered in an instant, brilliant but also sad.

Mu Qingyan stood quietly on the Ziwei Bridge alone, looking up, not knowing whether he was thinking or admiring. Don't be annoyed by being alone, calm and indifferent, soothing eyebrows, and pure eyes.

On the roof of a house in the distance, a man dressed in black was lying on the ridge of the house, holding a small jar of peach blossoms in his hand, and drank it slowly in small sips, and he didn't know who made such a fine wine, called peach blossom drunk, dyed with a little fat powder, and he didn't think that he would know how strong this wine was after drinking that night, and how much it suited his appetite.

The lonely figure standing on the bridge is the woman in the world's mouth, who dares to go out on the street alone late at night, is she really not afraid of rumors and danger? What about Nangong Yin, why didn't the fiancé who was reluctant to stagger his eyes even if he was by her side accompany her? What is that heavy makeup for? He became more and more curious, what kind of face did she look like under the thick makeup powder?

No matter how unbearable it is, it will never be worse than now!

He thought about it, and suddenly became a little angry for some reason, angry that she was alone in the middle of the night, and angry that the person didn't pity him. But he didn't think about it, it was none of his business, and the strange familiarity in his heart couldn't be ignored.

He didn't know that he was already paying attention to her everywhere, and this was not the temperament he should have at all......

After drinking the last sip of wine, I looked up again to look for the figure, but I couldn't find it. He threw the jar in his hand, flew down from the roof, and hurried in the direction where she had just stood. Turning around, front and back, left, right, right, but not as far as the eye can see.

She was gone, and in a flash of his eyes, she vanished into thin air. He didn't even think about it, so he took up the light work, walked through Suzaku Street, and looked for it in the direction of Shuiyue Villa.

Mu Qingyan saw enough of the fireworks on the street, and was disturbed by the bloom, and returned home listlessly.

He stopped in the distance and watched her enter the gate of the Water Moon Villa, and suddenly came to his senses, and was really startled by his own behavior, which was an impulse he had never had, for a woman who had an unbearable reputation and had passed others.

Qin Yan stayed there for a long time, and the crowd gradually dispersed. After the fifth watch, there were snowflakes floating in the sky, and he stretched out his palm to take it in his palm, watching the snowflakes melt into water, and couldn't help but think of the past years of Yanshan Snow Valley

Mu Qingyan went directly to Chuhan's courtyard after entering Shuiyue Villa, and tonight her aunt drank a lot of wine with her grandfather, and she was a little worried. The Xiangxi Pavilion was quiet, and the strings of red lanterns were still lit.

The mother-in-law who had been in the night saw her come in, and hurriedly greeted her and was just about to speak.

"Shhh She slowed down and didn't open the door, but leaned into the window and looked in for a while.

"Miss drank too much wine, drank the sobering soup and fell asleep." The woman whispered behind her.

Back to the Lanyan Pavilion, several maids in the painting hall were still excited, sipping melon seeds around the charcoal brazier, nibbling on candied fruit to keep the New Year.

"Miss, you sneak out by yourself, and you don't take a few of us!" Linglong pouted in protest.

Amber came over and took off her cloak for Mu Qingyan, and Liuli had already fetched water to come in and wait to freshen up. Coral took out a set of snow-white silk pajamas for her to change, and everyone returned to the couch, after Ren Mu Qingyan took off her makeup, she also went to the couch in a few steps, and played with everyone.

As the sky grew brighter, the seven of them fell asleep on the couch, and two or three satin quilts pulled at each other, which would be enough to cover everyone. Early in the morning, Chu Han came in and saw this scene, laughed and cursed, and everyone got up under the weight of each other's arms and thighs.

Mu Qingyan was smiling, and he wrapped the quilt tightly and pretended not to hear.

Chu Han coaxed her up, dressed her personally, curled her hair again, and let her smear and wipe it on her little egg white-like face.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, according to the old practice, the ancestral hall must be opened first and incense before breakfast, and Chu Han had to come early in the morning to dig her up and get up. watched her pack up and went to pay New Year's greetings to the old man together.

Mu Qinghan came one step earlier, and went to the ancestral hall to have incense together, and then put down the breakfast, the family sat together, worshiped each other for the New Year, and everyone got the New Year's money. The old lady rewarded the stewards inside and outside the house, Mu Qinghan also rewarded the men below the stewards outside the house, and Chu Han rewarded the small servants and maids in the house.

Only Mu Qingyan, holding a large handful of red envelopes in her hand, but she asked for them everywhere.

A breakfast meal was consumed in joy, and the people who greeted the New Year on their own shop came like a stream. Mu Zheng and Mu Qinghan received them in the big study; Mu Qingyan and Chu Han looked through the posts sent by each family in the small study in the inner courtyard, which family had a banquet on which day, who was invited to the house, and other trivial matters. Chu Han arranged according to the date, thinking about what gifts to give, the day of his family banquet has not yet been decided, in previous years, he booked the day and then reported it to the old lady, this year I am afraid that I have to ask my father first.

Mu Qingyan took the post casually and looked at it, and then threw it back casually, and after a while, it messed up the arrangement of Chu Han. When she reached out to touch it again, Chu Han slapped the back of her hand, she pouted aggrievedly, and still went to fish one back to take a closer look.

"The birthday of the old lady of the East is on the third day of the new year, and her family should be the first banquet." Chu Han said to himself.

Mu Qingyan was holding the invitation banquet of the Nangong family, which was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. She remembered that the old lady's birthday was in February, and it was probably time to discuss the marriage date.

In the end, she still has expectations in her heart, and she is both happy and ashamed. Yu Nangong Yin's affection, she is willing to promise to never leave.

At this time, she didn't know that the next thing Deng Min did with great effort on Chinese New Year's Eve had ruined her wedding date.

Yijian Villa, the people are thriving. The old man has four brothers and sisters, and he has three sons; The descendants of brothers, sons, grandsons, and grandchildren, all of them, have more than 100 people.

On the night of the first eve, Nangong Yin, as the eldest son and grandson, naturally led more than a dozen cousins by him and opened another seat. It was lively in the middle of the night, I drank too much wine, and at the beginning I still remember that I made an appointment with Mu Qingyan to set off fireworks, and I don't know how to go back to Qiuxi Zhai in the end.

Xiangrong and Xinrong waited for a simple wash and went to bed, and Ugin waited for him to fall asleep and then slipped away to drink with a few good friends. Xinrong was called to play by the person sent by Deng Min's eldest maid Peiqin; Xiang Rong was tired because of some drinking, and after Nangong Yin fell asleep, he also fell asleep on the couch in the outer room.

Deng Min fell ill a few years ago and spent several days in bed. Mrs. Nangong took pity on her, thinking that she would be a person from this mansion sooner or later, so she was not allowed to go back, so she stayed in Yijian Villa for the New Year.

At tonight's family dinner, she sat next to the old lady, but her mind was on the table outside the screen. After the banquet was withdrawn, she showed some tiredness, and was sent back to the courtyard where she lived by the old lady's men.

That courtyard was originally the backyard of Mrs. Nangong's courtyard, with independent access to the courtyard, the east is Nangong Yin's Qiuxi Zhai, and the west is Nangong Hao's Jiyue Zhai.

At this time, these courtyards were very quiet, and most of the people were still watching the New Year in the main hall.

After the heart came, Peiqin and Peifeng were gossiping around the charcoal stove outside. Deng Min lay on the bed and pretended to be dizzy again, called Peiqin, and wanted to decant the soup one after another.

Peiqin sent the little girl to cook, but still sat down and said with a smile: "Our young lady is no better than your son, and she was already drunk before she drank a few glasses." ”

"Our son-in-law is also drunk, and I have already fallen asleep when I come, and in my opinion, I can't wake up until dawn." Xinrong immediately followed Peiqin's words.

Peiqin fiddled with the charcoal stove and gossiped inconsequentially.

When the decanting soup was cooked and delivered, Deng Min asked Xinrong through the soft curtain: "Cousin drank too much, can you cook the decanting soup?" ”

"Miss Cousin, you really blame us, that one fell directly on the bed when he came back, and he didn't even take off his clothes, and he didn't dare to toss him anymore, just afraid that he would vomit wine!" Xinrong is surrounded by Deng Min in the palm of her hand on weekdays, there are delicious and fun things, and occasionally she is given one or two clothes, and she has never lost her.

Deng Min said good-natured in the house: "Always prepare, in case he wakes up at night, I can give him some drink, so as to save him a headache tomorrow." ”

"Miss Cousin is right, I'm going to go back and let the little girls cook it warm, can't it?" The heart is also used to Deng Min, and Yu Deng Min's careful thinking can naturally be seen.

In fact, she is willing to marry Deng Min in her heart, at least Miss Biao is a good-natured person, and she will still have a place to live in the future.