A pair of grandchildren of Aunt Yang's family are very well-behaved, because they are dragon and phoenix fetuses, they look very similar, and the big eyes of the water and spirit keep blinking around, and the hearts of those who see them melt. There is also Qin Chun's son, who is older and looks more stable, sitting there like a little adult, quietly.

Especially people like Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou, who are about to become mothers, have no resistance to this, and they are vigorously serving vegetables to their three children, and their love is beyond words.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, everyone played in the main hall for a while.

Xiao Man and Aunt Yang are both celebrating the New Year in Beijing for the first time, so many customs require Xia Wanrou and Qin Chun to tell the two that the four of them are sitting in a corner eating melon seeds and candy, while Lu Li and Wei Xiuyuan are sitting on the side drinking and chatting, and the children are playing happily under the leadership of Pearl and others.

"Wait a minute, there will be fireworks outside!" Xia Wanrou said excitedly: "The fireworks are all made by skilled craftsmen, and there are all kinds of tricks, which are particularly beautiful." ”

In Bishui Village, everyone would rather buy more New Year's goods than buy fireworks, at most buy a few cannonballs. In previous years, Xiaoman could only listen to those girls who were girls in Taoyuan County talk about how gorgeous fireworks were, but they had never seen them.

Now hearing Xia Wanrou say this, her eyes lit up, "Really? Can we see that too? ”

"The fireworks are flying so high that we can see them at the door." Qin Chun said with a smile.

Hearing this, Aunt Yang also became excited, she smiled and peeled off a melon seed and threw it into her mouth, saying: "I have lived most of my life, and I haven't seen fireworks a few times, so I have to take a closer look today." ”

Xiaoman echoed: "That's right, I'll have to go to the yard to see it later!" ”

As he spoke, the sound of fireworks was already heard outside, and Xiao Man straightened up excitedly, "Sister Wanrou, has this already begun?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Xia Wanrou smiled softly and got up, "Let's go, let's go to the courtyard." ”

Beams of light rise, and then explode in the inky black sky, revealing all kinds of patterns, or Chang'e running to the moon, or the moon rabbit, as well as all kinds of blessings written in seals, all kinds of colors, all kinds of patterns, and the eyes are full of dazzling.

Too many fireworks bloomed in the sky, illuminating the entire sky and comparing the lights of the house.

Looking at the sky as bright as day, Xiao Man raised his head and kept looking, watching the beams of light rushing up one after another, looking forward to what tricks this one would bloom in a while, but he didn't realize that Lu Li had come to her side.

The woman looked up at the sky, her eyes unblinking, and her bright eyes were filled with fireworks in the sky, flashing and shining.

Lu Xuan moved, reached out and grabbed the woman's shoulder, holding her tightly in his arms.

Xiao Man was surprised at first when Lu Li came, but he was soon attracted by the fireworks in the sky, and continued to blink his eyes to watch the fireworks, occasionally pointing to the sky excitedly and muttering a few words, happy as if he was a child.

No matter how beautiful the fireworks were, it was cold in the courtyard after all, and after everyone watched it for a while, fatigue swept through their bodies, so they went back to rest.

Qin Chun took his son back to the east wing, and was just about to lie down after washing, when the Qin family came up.

Because of the festival with Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou, the Qin family was unwell tonight, so he didn't go to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with everyone. Fortunately, Xiao Man didn't hold a grudge so much, she specially ordered someone to fill a little bit of everything on the table and send it to the east wing, so that the Qin family would not go hungry.

The Qin family was full of wine and food, and wanted to sleep directly, but they went to the courtyard to watch the fireworks again, and she wanted to join in the fun, but when she thought of the unpleasant things before, she couldn't help but dispel this idea again.

Now that Qin Chun and Xuelin have finally returned, the Qin family, who has been lonely for most of the night, naturally wants to pull her to talk.

It's just that Qin Chun is sleepy now, and he has no interest in chatting and laughing.

However, this Qin family was not considerate of her daughter at all, but she still pulled her to say endlessly, and in the end, somehow, she suddenly pulled the topic to Lu Li, "Qin Chun, have you seen that General Lu?" ”

When he said this, Qin's eyes stared at Qin Chun secretly, for fear of missing his daughter's reaction.

"Of course I did." Qin Chun yawned, half-squinted, didn't notice Qin's somewhat strange eyes, she thought for a while, and said, "The day after General Lu came back, Shopkeeper Su took him to our shop. ”

After speaking, Qin Chun couldn't help but yawn again, and she asked casually; "By the way, mother, why are you asking this?"

Qin's body stiffened, and he quickly reacted, and covered the past with a smile, "Ouch, I just haven't seen such a general, so ask you, don't think about it, I definitely don't mean anything else." ”

"Oh," Qin Chun nodded absentmindedly, "It's not early, mother, you better go to bed first." ”

"Hey, I haven't said that yet! Don't sleep, Qin Chun, I still have something to say to you! The Qin clan pulled up Qin Chun and forced the other party to look at him,

Qin Chun was already so sleepy that his upper eyelids and lower eyelids were fighting, but he still had to look at his mother and listen to her say something in a daze.

It is conceivable that in such a situation, no matter what the Qin family says, Qin Chun will take it as a deaf ear, and naturally he will not listen to half a word.

Therefore, after Qin finished speaking a long story, she patted Qin's shoulder, "Girl, have you figured it out, my mother is all for your good, you must listen to me this time, do you know?" ”

Qin Chun was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, and after hearing Qin's closing words, she subconsciously nodded again and again, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, then can I sleep now?" ”

Speaking, without waiting for Qin's response, Qin Chun had already begun to prepare to go to bed, Qin still had a lot to say, when she saw the other party's posture, she couldn't help but nag a few more words, but at that time, Qin Chun had already covered the quilt and started sleeping, even if she still had something to say, she could only go back to rest helplessly now.

Early the next morning, Xiao Man began to prepare breakfast.

Because there are Aunt Yang, Pearl, Qin Chun and others on the side, Xiao Man doesn't need to do it herself, she just needs to watch from the side and give a little guidance.

A pot of thick white porridge, plus the pickles that the cook pickled earlier, plus the fritters fried by Yang Da Niang according to Xiaoman's recipe, and a few side dishes fried by Qin Chun with his skills, and then cooked all the dumplings that had been prepared a long time ago, which was enough for breakfast for dozens of people in the two houses.

Xia Wanrou, who was late, looked at the busy crowd, and a little shame appeared at the moment, "I was too late to help you." ”

"Sister Wanrou, you are still pregnant, how can I ask you to help? Even if you come early, I won't let you step into the kitchen. Xiao Man said sincerely, but this tone ......

Xia Wanrou seemed to see herself who was frowning and teaching Xiaoman a lesson a few months ago.

As they were talking, the dumplings were cooked, and Aunt Yang, Qin Chun and the others brought all the meals to the table, and then Pearl and Hongyu came over and helped their wives back to the dining room. Because Lu Li and Wei Xiuyuan had to enter the palace early in the morning to ask the emperor for peace, they also arrived early.

"Today's dish must have been made by Xiaoman, right?" Wei Xiuyuan just tasted it, and came to such a conclusion categorically.

Xiao Man couldn't help but smile with his lips, and then shook his head, "Definitely." ”

Wei Xiuyuan's eyes widened, pointing to the pile of food in front of him, and said in surprise: "What, there are still people in this world who are as delicious as Xiao Man's cooking?!" ”

Looking at the other party's slightly exaggerated expressions and movements, the people at the table couldn't help but laugh lowly, Lu Li looked at Wei Xiuyuan with a little bit of show-off, and said proudly: "Although this dish is not made by Xiaoman, the person who made it must have also been guided by her." ”

As he spoke, he looked sideways at Xiao Man and raised his eyebrows as if he was invited, "Am I right?" ”

"Yes, Lu Li, you still know me." Faced with Lu Li's childish behavior, Su Xiaoman nodded with a smile and admitted Lu Li's conjecture.

Whenever Wei Xiuyuan and Lu Li get together, the two of them return to their childhood, the calm and silent Lu Li of the past no longer exists, and the funny and humorous Wei Xiuyuan doesn't know where to go, the two will only quarrel and argue endlessly at this time, which makes Xia Wanrou and Xiaoman laugh frequently.

However, bickering is bickering, but the business must not be forgotten.

After eating, the two tidied up their clothes, and did not dare to delay for a moment to take gifts and take the car to the palace to say goodbye.

After entering the palace gate, Wei Xiuyuan took Lu Li to the emperor's dormitory, handed over the gifts he brought to the palace people in the emperor's dormitory, waited outside for a while, and got the summons, and the two entered the main hall.

"You two are diligent." The emperor looked at Wei Xiuyuan under the hall with a smile, and said casually: "I heard that your wife is also pregnant?" ”

Xia Wanrou's mother's family had already taken someone to the Wei Mansion to take care of her, and it was not surprising that the emperor could know the news.

Wei Xiuyuan saluted generously, "If you go back to the emperor, Weichen's wife is indeed pregnant." ”

Hearing this, the emperor nodded, and immediately turned sideways and ordered the eunuch on the side, "Well, the Su family was pregnant at the beginning, and Lu Li won the battle outside, so he was rewarded with a lot of things." Since your wife is friendly with the Su family, then this reward will be sent to the Wei Mansion in accordance with the rules of the Su family. ”

Wei Xiuyuan hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

"That's right, Lu Li." The emperor changed his posture and looked at Lu Li lazily, with a few meaningless smiles in his eyes, "You have made meritorious contributions to maintaining peace between the two countries this time, I want to reward you, a heavy reward, say, what do you want?" ”

Without waiting for Lu Li to speak, the emperor suddenly patted his thigh and said with a smile: "I heard that you only have one wife, and you are still pregnant, which is a lot of inconvenience." In my opinion, it is better to reward you with a few beauties, so as to make up for your loneliness late at night, do you think it is good? ”