Chapter 178: The Contest Between Two Men

Qu Hao came on the afternoon of the 29th of the lunar month, and Mai Xiaohuan laughed that he was too dedicated, and he was still working for the New Year tomorrow. Talking on his lips, his hands were not idle, helping him put his clothes and handing him tea, empathetic and virtuous.

When she was so attentive to herself, Zhou Yue took it for granted and enjoyed it. When he saw her treat Qu Hao like this, Zhou Yue's heart was sour. Taking advantage of the opportunity for Mai Xiaohuan to go out to prepare a meal, Zhou Yue asked with concern: "Why didn't Quxian Ling go back to the capital to accompany his family for the New Year, if you want to transfer back to the capital, I can help." ”

Are you disgusted with being an eyesore? Qu Hao has no plans to return to Beijing now, especially not worried about Zhou Yue, in case he leaves, there will be no one on the Mai family's side who can compete with him, Xiao Huan has to suffer.

"Let it be! There are some things that are better not to be forced. ”

"Sometimes the twisted melon will be very sweet, not the party, no one has the right to point fingers."

"Others may not have rights, but the family members who are dedicated to her good do."

"Really? It's up to whoever wins in the end. ”

The eyes of the two men staring at each other were full of sparks, and a battle without gunsmoke and blood unfolded silently......

"Why are you still here, eating, I've made several new dishes today!" Mai Xiaohuan made a gesture of invitation, and did not notice any strangeness between the two people.

A table of dishes, there are Qu Hao and Zhou Yue have eaten, and there are also bright and tempting dishes that they have never seen, stewed with potatoes and pork ribs.

"Is this dish made with potatoes?" Qu Hao and a few others sat down, stretched out their chopsticks and grabbed a piece of potato, and slowly tasted it. Zhou Yue has her own special dinner plate, Mai Xiaohuan has already prepared all the meals for him, she is also very strange, after several years, she has not forgotten Zhou Yue's habits, and she plays the role of a personal maid very well.

After eating a few bites of food, Qu Hao was full of praise for Mai Xiaohuan's cooking skills, listening to the latter's eyebrows and eyes, Zhou Yue looked at Qu Hao with peach blossom eyes with disdain, a big man, it is not a shame to say such things. And the bad girl, like being poured ecstasy soup, is she really that happy?

Or...... Do you practice on your own in the future?

On the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Mai Xiaohuan directed a son and a county order to hang peach charms and write blessing characters, and she gave the window flowers she cut to two people and asked them to paste them on the windows of their residences.

"What did you cut? Why didn't I see it? Zhou Yue raised the window flower in his hand and looked at it upside down twice and asked.

"This is a carp jumping over the dragon gate, more than a year, I didn't expect Xiao Huan's hand to be so skillful, I was a little reluctant to stick it." Qu Hao praised.

Xiao Quanzi looked at the master who was still picky, and scratched his head anxiously, when is this, you are still pretending to be reserved, and if you continue like this, you will soon be compared to others.

After finishing the things outside, Mai Xiaohuan went to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and today she is going to put maltose, pickled melon strips, shredded chili peppers, bitter vegetables, and salted meat in the dumplings to see who is lucky enough to eat sweet and who will eat other flavors.

When the meal was about to stop, Mai Xiaohuan took the maids to make dumplings together. When she took out the five kinds of fillings prepared in advance, the maids opened their mouths one by one, and then dodged one after another, they didn't dare to provoke Zhou Yue, and they were taught a lesson for the New Year, I am afraid that the fortune of the year will be affected.

didn't find someone to do bad things with herself, Mai Xiaohuan asked others to wrap a group of dumplings with meat filling, and wrapped dumplings with five special fillings by herself, and when she was cooking in the pot, she mixed them together while others were not paying attention.

Looking at the sad-faced maids, Mai Xiaohuan smiled very happily, although she had the intention of tricking everyone, but she also had a sense of proportion, five kinds of dumplings, only thirty of them. There are nearly twenty people in the courtyard, plus the guards and maids, and the average of each person is only one and a half, and what flavors you can eat depends on everyone's luck.

Three plates of steaming dumplings were served on the table, and the maids quickly evacuated, they didn't dare to stay to watch the excitement, in this matter, as long as they were not angry, they burned high incense.

"Come, eat while it's hot." Mai Xiaohuan used chopsticks to clip dumplings for two people, and silently thought in his heart that it was best for Zhou Yue to eat dumplings with bitter vegetables and pickled cucumbers. When he ate about a dozen dumplings, Zhou Yue frowned: "Little bad, did you put too much salt in the dumpling filling." "It's like knocking over a salt shaker.

"Show me what stuffing you've eaten." Mai Xiaohuan came to Zhou Yue's side and looked at it carefully for a long time, it turned out that Zhou Yue had just eaten dumplings filled with salted meat, although there was some deviation from his expectations, maybe Zhou Yue was lucky, and he might be able to come to Zhongsanyuan!

Mai Xiaohuan explained to the two of them with a smile: "Today for the New Year, I added five more ingredients to the dumpling filling, salted meat, shredded wild pepper, bitter vegetables, maltose, pickled melon strips, and there are not many dumplings with these special fillings, only thirty, and they are evenly divided into one and a half per person." ”

Do you have a worse idea than that? Qu Hao shook his head and laughed, Zhou Yue snorted angrily after rinsing his mouth, the bad girl doesn't even stop for the New Year, I'm afraid the days of her worries are still ahead!

Next, Zhou Yue was careful every time he ate a dumpling, Qu Hao was still light and light, he was always very easy-going, not as difficult to serve as Zhou Yue.

"Ahh Spicy, spicy, give me water. Mai Xiaohuan spit out the dumplings in her mouth and hurriedly looked for water to drink, and those close to her knew that she couldn't eat spicy food the most.

"Poof!" Is this girl self-inflicted! Qu Hao laughed loudly, the gentle and elegant Qu County Order, the tears of laughter came out. He just picked up the water cup and wanted to hand it to Mai Xiaohuan, but Zhou Yue rushed to hand his cup in front of him.

How could Mai Xiaohuan have the free time to pay attention to these, after drinking a few sips of "Goo Dong, Goo Dong", he still fanned the wind with his hands, wild pepper! That's so spicy!

The two big boys sandwiched a dumpling into the small plate in front of Mai Xiaohuan and asked her to quickly press the spicy taste. Mai Xiaohuan was afraid of being tricked again, so she opened the dumplings and looked at them carefully before putting them in her mouth.

"You!" Qu Hao really didn't have anything to do with his righteous sister, Zhou Yue wanted to tease a few words, but when he saw Mai Xiaohuan's spicy cheeks and red lips, he suddenly felt that her spicy dumplings were eating well, or she would find another one!

Mai Xiaohuan also began to play tricks, picking up a dumpling and taking a small bite to see the filling inside clearly before going down, she didn't want to eat dumplings filled with wild pepper shreds anymore.

Just when this meal was coming to an end, Zhou Yue actually ate a maltose-filled dumpling, looking at his smiling spring breeze smug face, and Mai Xiaohuan's straight teeth. I secretly complained in my heart why I didn't let Brother Qu eat maltose filling, but Zhou Yue, a narcissistic guy!

"I'll pour you a cup of tea." Unwilling to see his sassy appearance, Mai Xiaohuan turned around and wanted to find something to do for herself, hey! When did this guy's cup run in front of him, he was startled, and Mai Xiaohuan got up to pour tea.

Knowing that Zhou Yue had a habit of cleanliness, Qu Hao thought that he would not drink the tea in the cup that others had used, but Na Cheng thought that he didn't say a word, and drank it after a few sips, as if he was afraid that others would come up and grab it.

No, Xiao Huan used that water cup, and now Zhou Yue uses it again, this is not an indirect pro-...... Qu Hao glared at Zhou Yue, who dared to take advantage of him under his nose, and sent Mai Xiaohuan to serve him another plate of dumplings.

"Don't go too far, if you dare to take advantage of it, I will definitely expose you."

"Don't you notice? The interaction between Xiao Huan and me is very natural and harmonious, why do you have to spoil the atmosphere! ”

"Of course you don't care, but Xiaohuan is a girl, and she will have to find her in-law's family in the future, don't cheat people for the sake of her once serving you?"

"How do you know that I am cheating on her, I have asked for a holy decree, is it not sincere enough to come to accompany her? Others may harm her, but I will never do it. ”

"That's a good thing, can you marry her back to be the princess?"

"Why not? Why do you think my imperial uncle made this decree and didn't send anyone else, and why did he let me come? ”

Shocked by Zhou Yue's words, Qu Hao didn't react for a long time, until Mai Xiaohuan brought the dumplings back and put them in front of him, he still looked sluggish: "Brother Qu, I brought the dumplings you wanted." ”

What's going on? Mai Xiaohuan asked Zhou Yue with his eyes, and the latter shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and shook his head innocently.

Afraid that Qu Hao was uncomfortable, Mai Xiaohuan sat beside him and stared, his eyes didn't dare to blink casually, he couldn't see that she cared so much about others, especially Qu Hao, Zhou Yue kicked Qu Hao twice under the table, as for it? Before he even said anything about asking for a holy decree for marriage, he frightened people like this.

"Ahh I'm full, I can't eat, Xiao Huan thank you for this sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Qu Hao, who was pulled back to reality, thanked Mai Xiaohuan, if there was no her, he could only stay in Tongbei County and spend the holiday alone.

"You're welcome, you're my big brother."

"And what am I yours of?" Zhou Yue leaned over and asked.

"Friends, of course! Now there's an extra layer of relationship, and you're here to supervise me, so of course I'm going to slap you along. Mai Xiaohuan said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.

It's just that friends are not enough, to sublimate this relationship again, she wants to be the most important person in her heart, no one can replace the person, no matter who wants to surpass the past, for this goal, I will definitely work hard.

Qu Hao and his thoughts are just the opposite, listening to the tone of the righteous sister, his attitude towards Zhou Yue is very ordinary, he is obliged to supervise by her side as an elder brother, and is ready to pull her at any time, so as not to fall into the trap dug by others. Although Zhou Yue doesn't seem to be deceiving people, it is not so easy to come together with the gap between the two of them.

You must help your sister take care of it, don't be deceived by people with ulterior motives, especially those who are noble and too good-looking, you must guard against it.