The candle was bright, and his daughter sat in front of the chessboard, sometimes frowning and contemplative, sometimes with bright eyes.

Every time she drops, you can see the smile on her face deepening.

And the man on the other side had a calm attitude, not half flattering, but also humble.

is obviously a person in a high position, but he doesn't take Qiao at all, he is not arrogant or impatient, and it makes people happy when he looks at it.

Of course, Shen Jiao knew that the identities of her daughter and Master Pei were very different, and being friends was already Gao Pan, and she didn't dare to think about anything else.

But she is a mother after all.

There is no one who doesn't think about her children, whether she is selfish or greedy, in short, if Ning'er can really find someone better than Jiang Hua, then she will wake up laughing even if she is dreaming, how can she care about that false name?

Shen Jiao walked over with a snack.

"Alas, don't patronize playing chess, come, try the snacks I made, the rough food in a small place, don't dislike Master Pei."

Song Anning knew that her mother didn't dare to say anything else, and the skill of making dim sum was a must.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have just married and opened the first store to be a dim sum shop.

Therefore, when I heard her say this, I knew that she was humble and said speechlessly: "Mother, is it a blessing for the other party to be able to eat dim sum made by you in this world?" Don't let others be discouraged and destroy your own prestige. ”

Shen Jiao glared at Song Anning and smiled at Pei Qingyan: "This girl is talking nonsense, don't mind Master Pei." ”

Pei Qingyan said with a smile: "I have indeed heard that Mrs. Song's dim sum shop business is so good that it is bursting, and the people queuing up to buy it every day are like a long queue, and the dim sum in the shop is already so famous, and Madame's craftsmanship must be excellent, which is a blessing for Xiaosheng." ”

Shen Jiao was a little embarrassed by his praise, and at the same time, she was also a little proud.

"Master Pei, let's taste it first."

Pei Qingyan was no longer polite, and took a piece of dim sum and tasted it.

The dim sum is smooth and soft and glutinous, and it is not too sweet and greasy like the dim sum made by other families, but it has a refreshing fragrance, which is really delicious.

He nodded appreciatively.

"It's very good, it's much better than the dim sum I ate in Beijing."

Shen Jiao squinted and laughed.

"It's delicious, Master Pei will eat more."

As he spoke, he quietly patted Song Anning's head and signaled her to restrain herself a little and not rob Master Pei.

Song Anning was speechless.

My own mother personally saw Pei Qingyan, as if she was a different person.

If she wasn't sure that she was biological, she would have to wonder if she was swapped with Pei Qingyan.

Eating dim sum, Shen Jiao asked people to bring rice balls again.

Pei Qingyan has traveled south and north over the years, and it is not that he has not spent the New Year in other places, so he is familiar with this rice ball.

Song Anning ate two, and the more he ate, the deeper his brows wrinkled.

"Mother, where is the copper coin in this rice ball?"

In the south, there is a practice of stuffing copper coins into the rice balls, after the copper money is washed and stuffed inside, if anyone eats the rice balls with copper coins, it symbolizes that he will be smooth and prosperous in the coming year, and his wishes will come true, in short, it is an auspicious omen.

Shen Jiao prefers Song Anning, and when she used to make rice balls every year, she would quietly make a mark on the rice balls wrapped in copper coins, and scoop the rice balls to Song Anning after they were cooked, so in the past, Song Anning could eat the luckiest rice balls every year.

This has almost become a tacit understanding between her and her mother.

But not this year.

Shen Jiao's eyes flashed.

"Ah, copper coins, I don't know, maybe it's not in the pot, or maybe it's your father's."

Song Hexing had already finished eating the rice balls in the bowl and shook his head, "It's not with me, I've always been unlucky, I've never eaten it." ”

He knew that his wife was eccentric, huh.

Shen Jiao was even more uncomfortable.

"That's in Xingzhi, or He Lan's."

Song Xingzhi and Song Helan also shook their heads.

"We don't have either, mother, it can't be that you forgot your bag, right?"

Shen Jiao scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, it's all old customs, how could I forget the bag?" ”

At this moment, Pei Qingyan suddenly spit out a hard object and lifted it up.

"Is that what you're talking about?"

I saw that it was a copper coin wrapped in oiled paper, and there was a little white glutinous rice on it.

Song Anning's eyes lit up, "Yes, that's it, why are you so lucky, you got copper coins when you came to my house for dinner for the first time, then you will have great luck in the coming year." ”

Shen Jiao's eyes blinked, and she also smiled: "Yes, Master Pei must be very lucky in the coming year, everything will go smoothly, and every day will go well." ”

How could Pei Qingyan not see this little trick played by Shen Jiao.

My heart was warm, and I felt at home for the first time.

He nodded, wiped the coin clean with a handkerchief, and carefully and cherished it in his arms.

"Well, well, good luck, in that case, then I'll laugh at it."

A crowd burst into laughter.

The laughter and laughter in the hall continued until the hour, when the rumbling and solemn sound of firecrackers rang out outside.

There are also bells in the temple on the mountain, and they have been striking twelve times, which means that the new year has arrived.

Song Anning was also sleepy when he kept the New Year, so he was helped back to the room by the maids to rest.

When I passed through the corridor where the front yard and the back yard meet, I was suddenly stopped.

"Song Anning."

Song Anning paused, turned around, but saw that it was Pei Qingyan.

Pei Qingyan also came from the main hall, but the wing room where he lived was not in this direction, since he would appear here, there was only one possibility, and that was to come to her all the way.

Song Anning's drowsiness suddenly woke up a lot.

"Is there anything else?"

Because she was too sleepy, her reaction was a little sluggish, and she didn't realize for a while that he was calling her full name, instead of calling Miss Song as usual.

Pei Qingyan walked towards her.

He wore a crescent moon white dress tonight, he actually rarely wears white on weekdays, most of them are dark purple or dark black, which looks cold and noble, and then it is pure black, which always gives people a sense of coldness that is not easy to approach.

But tonight, he was dressed in white clothes, with this festive lantern and the bright night, like a fairy flying down from the Moon Palace, which made people feel like a dream.

Pei Qingyan walked up to her.

He held out his hand.

I saw a pearl hairpin with red coral and pearls on the tail lying in the palm of his hand.

He handed the pearl hairpin to Song Anning and said: "I came in a hurry, I didn't prepare any gifts, this pearl hairpin was what I saw at the stall when I entered the city, it is not worth any money, I give it to you, I wish you a happy New Year." ”

Song Anning was immediately vigilant.

She took a step back and said, "Good and decent, what are you sending me a pearl hairpin?" ”

Although it was the New Year, no one stipulated that gifts must be given during the New Year, so she did not prepare a gift for him.

Pei Qingyan smiled.

"So what are you afraid to do? What, you're afraid that I'm going to poison the hairpin? ”

Song Anning thought about it and shook his head.

"Of course you won't poison you, but it's useless, I'm afraid that if I take your things, I will owe you a favor, and then I will ......"

The words are not finished yet.

The man suddenly raised his hand and stuck the hairpin directly into her hair.