I went to kneel down to worship the ancestral shrine of Zhuangfu in the morning, Zisu didn't follow, and Yu Qi left a message for her, and if she was annoyed, she would play with Brother Parrot. Yu Qi has now returned from Shouzhongju, and she didn't see Zisu teasing the parrot, so she was happy to take a nap.

When she came out, Sanxi was playing with the little girls in Shouzhongju in the back, but Yu Qi didn't call her, and she was alone in the mirror. Entering the room from the courtyard, the house was extremely deserted and quiet, and I regretted not asking Sanxi to come back.

She sat on the kang by herself, wanting to pour a cup of tea to eat. There are teapots and cups on the low table on the kang, which should have tea, but the weather is cold, and the tea is cold. Yu Qi picked up the teapot, shook it a few times and put it back. Because he was thinking about finding a tea stove to heat it up and eat it again, he was getting up when Zisu came in from outside, carrying a parrot cage in his hand.

Zisu was surprised: "Why did you come back?" The left and right eyes couldn't see the three joys, and asked, "What about the three joys?" ”

Yu Qi smiled: "Playing over there, I didn't call her." Thirsty, I came back for a hot cup of tea. ”

Zisu hurriedly hung the birdcage under the window, turned around, and took the tea cup on the low table first, while saying, "I won't give you a cup of tea over there?" ”

Yu Qi didn't reply, turned his head to look at the parrot cage hanging under the window, and played with the handkerchief in his hand.

After a while, Zisu brought hot tea, handed it to Yu Qi, and said, "Warm your hands first and then eat." I'm going to pour you a new one. ”

Yu Qi held the teacup with a handkerchief before picking it up, and hurriedly called Zisu: "Sister, don't be busy, I won't sit for a while and have to go over." ”

When Zisu heard this, he sat next to the kang and looked at Yu Qi: "What's the matter?" What did these people do to you again? ”

Yu Qi took a sip of tea, put down the cup, took Zisu's hand, and said, "Sister, no one does anything to me." Sister, don't always want someone to hurt me. ”

Zisu's face was slightly red, and he smiled: "Then I'm worried about being redundant." Just now I went out to serve tea when I saw a figure flashing by. I thought it was three joys, and I didn't respond to two calls. ”

Saying that, the two turned their heads to look out of the window under the kang, outside the window was the courtyard, quiet, no one was without a shadow, not even a dead leaf had fallen, and occasionally heard a burst of laughter from Shouzhongju.

Yu Qi sighed: "It's really fast, it's the New Year in one turn." When I came, it was April or May, and the yard was green. Now you see, the empty branches are full of dry branches, and the ground is full of yellow trees. ”

Zisu smiled: "Why is it so decadent, isn't there still snow?" ”

Yu Qi nodded with a smile, suddenly thought of the show, and said, "Are you ready?" ”

Zisu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

Yu Qi instructed again: "I'll think about it, don't be busy with that eye first." ”

Zi Su said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

Yu Qi said: "Where is it not suitable?" Why not enjoy yourself? With a room full of people, we dance like fools. I'm afraid that some people will think of us as blind and arrogant. ”

Zisu covered her mouth and smiled, and nodded again and again: "It's not that you don't have eyes." It's good, don't nod your eyes anymore. That's it. ”

As he spoke, Zhuang Jue suddenly jumped in from outside, startling the two people in the room.

The people in the room were frightened and slapped their chests with handkerchiefs one after another. Yu Qi exhaled, looked at Zhuang Jue, and complained, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhuang Jue said: "I saw my sister sneaking out, thinking that I was stealing fruit to eat, and I also wanted to share a piece of the pie." ”

Zisu sneered: "Master, you are sneaky, this courtyard is where the girl lives, and you can't sneak around." ”

Zhuang Yu knew that Zisu was sarcastic, greeted him with a smile, and gave Zisu a look, Zisu gave him a blank look, got up and went to the window, lifted the parrot cage and went out.

Zhuang Jue saw that there was tea on the table, and he wanted to drink it, but Yu Ju took it and didn't give it, so Zhuang Jue said to Zi Su outside: "Sister Su, I'm sorry for you to bring a cup, I want to eat tea." ”

Zisu responded from afar: "No, your ancestors don't eat our tea." I'd better go back to you and eat your tea! ”

Zhuang Ying listened and was a little annoyed. Yu Qi was joking with him, but who knew that he was really annoyed, so he pushed the teacup to him and said: "It's also true to joke with you, it can be seen that you are a petty family and be careful." also bears the reputation of a noble young master in a big mansion, and it is useless for others to call you a master. ”

Zhuang Jue sat in a daze, not answering the phone or taking the tea.

Yu Qi smiled: "Look at it, the style of a small family." It became more and more face-up. ”

Zhuang Jue said silently: "My sister looks down on people like me, so she ran away quietly. ”

Yu Qi was slightly stunned and said, "What do you say?" "Scoop up the teacup and pick it up to drink.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jue turned a smile, leaned over to grab the teacup in Yu Qi's hand, and finished it in one gulp, after that, he wiped his mouth and said, "Sister Xu is joking, don't you allow me to joke?" When did my sister become such a bully. ”

Yu Qi was not annoyed, and sighed slightly.

Seeing this, Zhuang Jue said, "What is my sister sighing for?" ”

Yu Qi said: "It's nothing. My tea has been eaten, and I have to go over and ask for a good one. ”

Saying that, he really got up to go back to Shouzhongju, Zhuang Jue hurriedly put down the cup and followed.

Outside the hospital, I saw Zisu teasing the parrot brother under the porch.

Zhuang Jue got up and went to tease him a few times, but Zisu hid left and right, not teasing him.

Zhuang Tortoise stomped his feet and said, "This is the bird I gave to my sister." ”

Zi Su said: "Do you remember that you gave it to someone?" It's so stingy, you take it back! ”

Zisu pushed the cage to Zhuang Yu, and when Yu Qi saw it, he was in a hurry to grab it, and said angrily: "You have a contradiction with yourself, don't wronged my bird." I'll use it later! ”

Zhuang Yu smiled happily, and Zisu snorted and recaptured the birdcage.

At this time, Zhuang Jue said: "I just heard my sister say that I don't want eyes, what do you mean?" ”

Zisu said quickly: "Eavesdropping on the shadows, big families love to do this?" What can there be, the evening show will give you a no-eye one. ”

Zhuang Ying blushed and said in surprise: "What is the show?" And he said that he used a parrot at night, but he wanted to gouge out the bird's eyes? ”

Yu Qi snorted, went down the steps early and walked out, Zhuang Jue still wanted to ask Zisu, but Zisu also lifted the cage and turned to the back, ignoring him. No, Zhuang Jue lifted his robe and chased after Yu Qi.

Returning to Shouzhongju, the family laughed and talked happily, and spent the afternoon. During this period, the old lady asked Cao to order someone to invite Zhuang Hu. The Cao family sent someone to reply that the eldest girl and the eldest aunt's family had not come back outside. When the lights were about to be turned on, the old lady remembered Zhuang Hu again, and she didn't send Cao's to call, so she asked Zhu'er to invite her.

When the lantern was held, there was the sound of firecrackers in Nanfu, and the old lady said to everyone: "The ancestors have eaten, it's time for us." ”

After a while, the eldest lord and other men came from outside to live in Shouzhong, and behind, the butler instructed the servants along the way, and they both formed a line, carrying the burden, which was the food box for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The eldest man came in and said to the old lady: "We asked people to book the drunken immortal residence outside, and we were in a hurry to do it, and now it is hot to bring it in." The old lady waited for a day, and it was time to go to the back garden for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. ”

Saying this, everyone in the hall was overjoyed, and they saw the housekeeper directing the servants to carry the food box to the back garden of the central mansion. Then, the old lady took the lead and led the family to go.

The old lady and the others were still laughing and laughing, and the people had already walked out of the hall. At that time, Zhu'er went to invite Zhuang Hu, and Zhuang Hu and Cha Shide brought their children Zha Yutong and Zha Liangxiu to come, and Xun Sheng followed.

Go through the double garden gate to the back garden. The back garden is a large and wide courtyard with a heavenly hall. Yu Qi went in and out a few times, and he didn't pay much attention to it before, but he felt like a landscape garden, but now he has changed color, with a red carpet on the ground, and high candle lights lit up everywhere, lighting the garden as bright as daytime.

The garden has been improved because of the children's performances in the evening. For example, if there is a vacant piece of land in the center of the garden, and a square railing stage is erected, although there is no curtain, it can be seen that it is undoubtedly a stage. Behind the stage is a pool of hearts, the pond is full of water pavilion mountain stones, resting all kinds of small lights, looking at it from a distance, it is thick and colorful, brilliant and shining, very eye-catching. In front of the stage is an open hall outside the room, with railings as the main part, extending in all directions, and the old lady's main table is located there; On both sides of the main table is a cloister, at the end of the cloister there are two pavilions with a hugging pattern, the left pavilion has a table, which is the seat of the four masters, and the right pavilion is also equipped with a table, which is the table seat of the three Zhuang brothers.

The old lady had just sat down, and the housekeeper listened to Cao's greeting, and successively asked people to deliver the dishes, and in the laughter of everyone, they heard the old lady say: "The flesh and blood of the family must always be so clear." The old man and the children should come at the same table and be scattered, this year is just us women, and the men are here to foil the general. ”

Cao Shi smiled: "If you don't say it, the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and it is important to be the old lady inside." They should be a foil. ”

The old lady smiled and said nothing, and when the dishes were handed to half a table, Zhuang Hu's family came.

The old lady beckoned Zhuang Hu and said, "Your big sister sit with me!" The kids came and sat with me. ”

Zhuang Hu didn't dare to be pampered and arrogant, and excused himself: "I'll sit next to the girls, and when the girls come out of the show, the table will be empty, and I will have something to eat." I don't sit with the old lady, lest the old lady have a good appetite and eat up all of my share. ”

When he said this, the crowd laughed.

Zhuang Hu didn't care how everyone kept and sat down, while asking Zha Yutong and Zha Liangxiu to kowtow to the old lady to pay New Year's greetings, wishing the Spring Festival a long life, and kowtowing to the wives, over, Zhuang Hu said to her husband Cha Shide: "You take the child to sit on my brother's side." ”

Hearing the greeting, Justified bowed to the old lady and the ladies, and went to the pavilion on the right with his children.

The rest of the table seats are arranged as follows: the old lady is the central main table, the wife of the four mansions sits with her, the old lady is Qin and Cao on the left, and the county lord and aunt are on the right. To the left of the main table was the girls' table, and they were afraid that they would not be able to sit down; There is another table on the right, slightly smaller, and now the pregnant little aunt and Nazha aunt are allowed to sit. At the back table were the aunts sitting.

At the girls' table, Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Yu were talking poorly, and each gave way to their seats. The eldest grandmother and Yu Qi exchanged courtesies even more, and let them go several times, and when the rest of the people sat down, the two were still standing. Seeing that the seat was full, Yu Qi glanced at Aunt Nazha's table and said to the sisters, "I'll go and sit there, and leave time for you to raise chopsticks." ”

Because of this, Zhuang Yu smiled at Zhuang Ju and said, "Fortunately, your old watch didn't come, otherwise we would really think that our location is crowded and there is no place to put chopsticks." ”

This is a joke, a joke of Cao Yingguan. I remember that when Mr. Guan came to Zhuangfu, everyone gathered in Shouzhongju for dinner, Cao Yingguan said this joke, the old lady asked him to sit together, he was afraid that there would be no place to pick chopsticks, and the back moved to lead to a joke. Now, Zhuang Yu thinks about it and uses it for fun.

Zhuang Qi and Cao Yingguan are cousins, and after listening to Zhuang Yu's words, they naturally became unhappy, and said: "Yes, yes, your chopsticks should be bigger, you go and sit over there!" ”

Zhuang Yu snorted, got up, pulled up Yu Lizhen and went to Aunt Nazha's table. The rest, no one beckoned the grandmother to take a seat, seeing such embarrassment, Yu Qi stopped slightly, walked to the grandmother and said, "Sister-in-law, there is still space here, you can come too." ”

Zhuang Qi watched Yu Li, Zhuang Yu, and Grandma go to Aunt Nazha's side, and said coldly: "That's really a family." ”

When Yu Qi heard it, he didn't mind, so he sat down with his grandmother and didn't mention it.

The dishes are all in order.

Zhuang Ying trotted over from there and said to the old lady and others: "Old lady, are you eating and then performing the show?" Or do you eat and we play for you to drink? ”

The old lady said happily: "Let's eat first!" It's good to have enough strength to eat. ”

Zhuang Hu responded with a smile over there: "Old lady, someone can't sit still, so I want to show you my face." You still tell them to eat first, who wants to move when they are full? ”

As he spoke, the crowd burst into laughter.

Cao said: "Then let's act!" Before the performance, our second master prepared the fireworks at the beginning, otherwise, let the fireworks open first. I've heard that this is a serial one! ”

The old lady said happily: "Then hurry up, the chain is good, wave after wave." I'll just sit here and eat and drink. Come quickly. ”

After that, Cao's high-fives passed the message, and the housekeeper and Zhuang Lu understood, and they wanted to order them to go down and prepare. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jue stopped and said, "Wave after wave, which of us will play first?" Who will play later? ”

The old lady was stunned and said, "Isn't it?" Then draw lots! ”

Who knows, Zhuang Xuan's loud voice came: "I don't smoke!" I'll play it last! Our program is guaranteed to be exciting, and it has to be the finale! ”

Zhuang Xuan's words stopped, and everyone laughed.

Yu Qi secretly glanced at Yi Linglong amid everyone's laughter, and saw Yi Linglong standing behind Aunt Nazha with an expressionless face.

Cao Shi didn't dare to protect his shortcomings, and was embarrassed to smack Zhuang Xuan: "Shameless things, who is good and who is bad doesn't come out, you will finale." People don't dare to say such things, you are too big, and the old lady doesn't like it. ”

The old lady said, "I like it!" Like! Whoever makes the finale or doesn't, I love it! You just take your turns. ”

The Cao family was not in charge, so he said to Zhuang Hu: "Her eldest sister said, what kind of round?" ”

Zhuang Hu walked in front of the old lady and said, "This kind of offending thing, my wife likes to let me do it the most." Old lady, you see, if you don't speak, my wife will embarrass me. If you want me to say, no one can be offended, just let God catch the lot! ”

The old lady nodded and pointed to Zhuang Qi: "Second girl, draw lots, are you convinced?" ”

Zhuang Qian was not happy, but he didn't dare to disobey, and hummed: "I know that the old lady is going to protect Sister Qi, if Sister Qi is behind me, I will take civilian clothes." ”

Cao Shi coughed twice and said, "This girl is too unruly." The old lady likes who to defend who is good to see her, you are not good, no wonder you can't get the old lady's like, saying these words makes people laugh. Then he opened his hand and said, "According to the old lady's meaning, draw lots!" ”

Cao's face flushed, and he motioned to the housekeeper to prepare to catch the lot.

The remnant did not dare not listen, and remained silent. After a while, the butler brought a plate with five teacups on it.

The housekeeper said with a smile: "The four prefectures in the northeast, southwest, and central mansions, there are a total of five prefectures. According to the previous team interpretation, each house has a show, and now, each teacup has a number. The numbers drawn are the order of appearance. ”

When he was done, he held the plate in front of the old lady and gave her a look at it first. In order not to let everyone see, the old lady happily hugged her, opened it carefully and looked inside, for fear that everyone would peek at it, she also turned her eyebrows and said to them: "Don't peek!" I am witnessed. ”

The old lady finished reading and nodded.

Then, the butler brought the tray to the center of the stage and placed it on the ground, he clapped his hands and high-fived, and said loudly: "Draw lots——! ”

The people who participated in the show, you pushed me to hurry, and hurriedly went down to pick up the teacup.

Yu Qi was not in a hurry, and when everyone had gone, she slowly started and walked down slowly.