Chapter Seventy-Nine: War at the Dinner Table
In the next two days, Xu Sanlang and Cheng Xi didn't have the opportunity to eat at the same table with the Xu family, and before each meal, Mrs. Xu sent someone to deliver the food early, and didn't give Cheng Xi the opportunity to go to the main house to eat at all.
Cheng Xi originally wanted to go to the main house to answer the old lady with a diaphragm, but since Mrs. Xu didn't give her a chance, she was also happy to relax and be out of sight, and stayed quietly in this side room with Xu Saburo and the hundred-year-old, and worked hard for half a year, and finally had a chance to rest.
During this period, Xu Sanlang's fourth uncle Xu Wenyu did not come over again, but Cheng Fang came again after that, as soon as he opened his mouth, Cheng Xi almost understood the purpose of Cheng Fang's coming, and he came to be a lobbyist, wanting Cheng Xi to force Xu Saburo to send the Fan family child away, Cheng Xi was too lazy to listen to Cheng Fang's false and wrongful snake with himself, so he brought up the old story again, talking about asking Cheng Fang to help bring up the hundred-year-old, but also without waiting for Cheng Xi to finish speaking, Cheng Fang left in a panic, and never dared to come over again.
Originally, Cheng Dagui and the Wu family were still angry with her because Cheng Xi agreed to leave the hundred-year-old child, but Cheng Cheng Cai didn't take this matter to heart, and was only worried that Cheng Xi would be wronged in the Xu family, so he came to the Xu family to visit Cheng Xi once without telling the elders, and the Xu family didn't stop them, and let the two go to the wing where Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang lived.
Such a leisurely day, two days passed in the blink of an eye, and finally reached the Chinese New Year's Eve, early in the morning Cheng Xi found out the new clothes she had specially improved yesterday, let Xu Sanlang change with the hundred years old, and he also wore improved new clothes, although it was still the original fabric color, some small changes through Cheng Xi, but the clothes fit a lot, the three looked at the new clothes on their bodies, they were very satisfied, Xu Sanlang was even more happy, his daughter-in-law who picked up for nothing by mistake was simply a piece of treasure picked up, too good, There seemed to be very few things she wouldn't do.
This Chinese New Year's Eve is a day of reunion and dinner, even if the Xu family is no longer happy to see Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi, and is no longer willing to eat at the same table with them, then they have to endure, the surface work still has to be done enough, Xu Wenyu is still counting on Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi to take him to meet the Zhao family after the New Year.
Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi originally planned to nest obediently in this side room, not wanting this morning's breakfast to be delayed, Cheng Xi didn't plan to wronged himself to be hungry, and was thinking about going to the main house to find breakfast when Xu Lan came over and said that the old lady asked them all to go to the main house, and the family was going to eat together for the New Year.
Of course, Cheng Xi would not be polite to the Xu family, and after picking up, the three of them slowly walked out of the wing room together and followed Xu Lan to the main house.
At this time, the Xu family had already sat at the table, and breakfast had already been prepared, just waiting for everyone, and when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi was late with the child.
Seeing the three well-dressed people appear at the door of the hall, everyone in the Xu family was not only surprised, but also disgusted, jealous and hateful, but they didn't dare to show it blatantly, people who could pretend, when they looked at a few people, they had fake smiles on their faces, they didn't pretend or disdainfully pretended, they didn't say anything, but there were various complex expressions and eyes on their faces that were undisguised.
Faced with all kinds of colorful faces, Cheng Xi couldn't see it, and said to the Xu family with a smile, "I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting." ”
Li Shi was too lazy to do the surface work, seeing that several people were dressed in new clothes, or good fabrics, his eyes were red and jealous, and he snorted coldly, "Uneducated things, sleep until three o'clock in the morning, and let the family wait." ”
Seeing that Li didn't take his warning seriously at all, and in a blink of an eye, he confronted Cheng Xi, Xu Wenyu's eyes gradually became gloomy, but he didn't stop Li from scolding Cheng Xi, when he saw Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang and his party swaggering in front of him in the new clothes of himself and his wife and children, he was also disgusted in his heart, since Li was going to come out, he simply let her scold.
Xu Sanlang's face was paralyzed as always, as usual, he had long been accustomed to all kinds of humiliation and scolding from the Xu family, these two insults Xu Sanlang's face basically did not change, and Cheng Xi was not annoyed at all, and said with a smile, "Yo, shouldn't these two aunts think about it in front of their ancestors?" Why did you come out and jump again? ”
The hundred-year-old in Xu Sanlang's arms is particularly sensitive, and he seems to feel the unkindness of the Xu family, and he is very afraid to nest in Xu Sanlang's arms, and he doesn't dare to raise his face, Xu Sanlang feels the fear of the child, and gently pats the hundred-year-old back.
Li remembered that he was locked up in the ancestral hall for two people, and then looked at the triumphant culprit in front of him, and the anger came up, and he had already thrown Xu Wenyu's warning out of the clouds, "You little slut, can you speak, who do you say?" ”
Cheng Xi saw that Li was angry and jumped to his feet, and the smile on his face was even brighter, not like Li's anger, Cheng Xi said lightly with a calm smile, "Who should say whom." ”
At this time, the Li family had already stood up from his position in a rage, and he was going to rush up and fight with Cheng Xi desperately, Xu Wenyu secretly scolded Li in his heart for his incompetence, and finally he couldn't continue to watch the two of them make trouble, coughed, and glanced at the old lady Xu in the first place.
Mrs. Xu was quite happy that the Li family rushed up to teach the arrogant girl a lesson, but when she saw her son's eyes, she was still able to maintain her sanity, took out the momentum of the elder, and scolded loudly, "What kind of trouble, the New Year will not stop, the second family, have you not knelt in the ancestral hall enough." ”
Li's cold eyes glared at Cheng Xi fiercely, even if he was unwilling, he had to sit down.
Xu Wenyu also spoke out in time at this time, and greeted, "New Year's Day, don't mention those bad things, it's all a family, what's the hurdle that can't be overcome, San Lang, Xi'er, come and sit here, just wait for you to come over and have dinner." ”
Cheng Xi looked at the food on the table, he was really waiting for a few of them, there were still two tables in the hall, one table for the old lady and the men of the Xu family, and one table for women and children.
But Cheng Xi was treated specially, and the places left for her and Xu Saburo were on the side of the main table.
The first to sit is Mrs. Xu, the eldest of the Xu family and Xu Wenyu sit on the left hand side of Mrs. Xu, Xu Lao Er and Xu Erlang sit on the right hand side of the old lady, and the first position is vacant, obviously reserved with Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi.
Cheng Xi looked at the table of women and children, and there was no place for it when it was full, so he didn't plan to be polite, and sat down at the main table with Xu Sanlang.
When Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi sat down, Mrs. Xu took the lead in picking up the chopsticks and said, "Let's eat." "The Xu family moved their chopsticks.
The food on the table is quite rich, but there is still not too much meat, the main table is not bad, and the other table has already been grabbed in order to eat an extra piece of meat.
In the past two days, Cheng Xi and their food are still full, but except for a little meat the morning before yesterday, after that, it may be that Xu Wenyu was angry with Cheng Xi, and he didn't take special care of them anymore, so he didn't see meat anymore.
The chopsticks kept stretching towards the only two plates of meat, constantly filling their bowls, and piling Xu Saburo's bowls into a small mountain, and it seemed that there was no intention of stopping the chopsticks.
Seeing that more than half of the two plates of meat went into Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang's bowls, the faces of the people on the table were a little unbearable, Mrs. Xu's face was gloomy, and Xu Erlang's eyes shot at them from time to time as if they had been quenched, and the faces of Xu Lao Da and Xu Lao Er were not very good-looking.
The only one who is quite calm is Xu Wenyu, a person who prides himself on doing great things, but he doesn't see this bit of food.
But as calm as Xu Wenyu, when he saw the chopsticks flying back and forth like swords and swords on the table, he couldn't help frowning, coughed lightly, and reminded the owners of those chopsticks to be more restrained.
It's just that at this time, everyone only has the food on the table in their eyes, where can they hear Xu Wenyu's cough warning, and the chopsticks on the table continue to fight back and forth.
Especially Xu Erlang, when she picked Cheng Xi's chopsticks to make trouble, Cheng Xi's eyes flashed a ghostly light, and then the chopsticks in her hand always picked the direction of the old lady's hand, and with Cheng Xi's unremitting efforts, Xu Erlang's chopsticks finally picked up Mrs. Xu's chopsticks.
Others, including Xu Erlang, watched the old lady's chopsticks actually fly, and they all wanted to remedy it in time, reflexively, stretched out their hands and stretched out their chopsticks, and the result was a mess on the table.
Looking at the stunned expressions of everyone on the table, Cheng Xi tried his best to resist the urge to laugh, and pretended to be old and reprimanded Xu Erlang with a straight face, "How can the second brother be so rude, he actually picked up the chopsticks of the milk." ”
Xu Erlang gritted his teeth and glared at Cheng Xi angrily, "You ......, it's obviously you ......"
Cheng Xi shrugged his shoulders innocently, "Second brother's ability to talk nonsense is really getting better and better, and I can be blamed for this." ”
Old Lady Xu glanced at Cheng Xi with a gloomy face, and finally scolded Xu Erlang, "No big or small things, go to the kitchen to eat." ”
Xu Erlang's face was red and his neck was thick, and he was about to have a seizure with Cheng Xi, Xu Lao Er on the side kicked his son in time and glared at him in warning, Xu Erlang had to swallow his anger and got up angrily and went to the kitchen.
The war at this dinner table ended with Xu Erlang's departure.
Just when everyone was panicking to save the old lady's chopsticks, Cheng Xi protected himself and Xu Sanlang's bowl from being affected in time, and the mess on the table did not affect her and Xu Sanlang's meals, and seeing that the messy dishes on the table could not be moved to the bowl, Cheng Xi stopped and began to eat quietly, and exchanged with Xu Sanlang from time to time to feed the centenarian in Xu Saburo's arms.
The other people at the table looked at the mess on the table, where could they get off the chopsticks, and when they saw the big bowl full of Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi in front of them, they were still eating so fragrant, and they couldn't wait to go over and buckle the bowl on the heads of the two of them.
The breakfast of the Chinese New Year's Eve ended in this way with the satisfaction of Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi and the resentment of the rest of the Xu family.