Chapter 178 New Year's Eve Dinner 6

Xia Mengning's expression was unchanged and said, "What's the matter?"

Wu Qing put down the dessert plate in his hand, wiped the scum on his mouth, and said, "On the way back, I saw Xia Zhihan. Today is New Year's Eve. Where can he go? I was puzzled, so I followed him. Unexpectedly, he went to Shangshufu, and I also saw..."

Thinking of the relationship between Xia Mengning and Liu Shihan, Wu Qing paused here. Xia Mengning immediately noticed something was wrong and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Say it quickly."

Wu Qing looked at Xia Mengning, and then scratched his head and said, "I followed in and saw that Xia Zhihan went to see Liu Shihan. The two of them talked and laughed, and looked very close..."

After hearing this, Xia Mengning was stunned for a while and said to herself, "How can it be? Xia Zhihan and Han'er know each other?"

Soon, Xia Mengning thought of Xia Zhihan's abnormal performance and Liu Shihan's recent situation. There was an answer in her heart, but before she could think about it, she heard Wu Qing say, "Liu Shihan's mother was also present. I went to inquire about it. It was because Liu Shihan had shortcomings since he was a child and fell in love with Xia Zhi. Han, Liu's mother couldn't bear Liu Shihan's suffering, so she agreed to the relationship between the two, saying that after the Spring Festival, Xia Zhihan went to the house to propose marriage.

Jiu'er listened and hurriedly said, "How can this be, young master, how can he like Miss Liu for no reason?"

Xia Mengning slapped the wooden comb in her hand on the table and snorted coldly, "Xia Zhihan is coming for me. If I guess correctly, the last time Han'er came to our house, I was targeted by Xia Zhihan. It's just that there have been too many things recently, and I didn't take care of Xia Zhihan's affairs, so I was exploited by him."

Jiu'er was worried and said, "Miss, what can I do? Miss Liu must not know..."

Wu Qing shook his head, "I also thought that Liu Shihan was deceived by Xia Zhihan, but the expression shown by Liu Shihan at that time was completely like a happy little woman. In my opinion, it should be sincere."

Hearing this, Xia Mengning frowned tightly, biting her lips and said, "Anyway, I have to meet Han'er and ask the truth of the matter earlier."

Because it was the Spring Festival, she couldn't go in and out casually. Xia Mengning went to Ge's Meifang Garden to accompany Xia Zhikang, waiting for the night to come.

Time passed quickly, and the sky darkened little by little. Xia Mengning and Ge Shi packed up their things and came to the front hall to eat together.

When Xia Mengning and Ge Shi came in, Wei was already waiting there early. Now she is the only aunt in the house. Naturally, the service work falls on her.

"The concubine has met the lady and the third lady."

Looking at Wei, who had obvious tears on her face, Xia Mengning smiled and knew that Wei must be sad for Xia Mengran. At the moment, she didn't say much and whispered, "The fifth aunt came so early. Get up."

Wei's expression did not change. She stood up and turned sideways, and let Ge and Xia Mengning pass in front of them.

The New Year's Eve dinner is to be reunited and lively. This is the custom in the north. During the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family has to go to the table to eat together, but it is slowly passed down. In large families, this concubine is naturally not allowed to serve.

At this moment, a large table has been set in the front hall, and chairs are also set next to it. A circle of tea sets and preserved melon seeds and candies are placed on the table. Xia Zhikang has a good sleep. At this moment, he is full of energy. Seeing the colorful snacks on the table, he is in the wet nurse. He twisted his little body in his arms and wanted to reach for it.

Xia Mengning saw his appearance and couldn't help laughing. She took Xia Zhikang from the wet nurse's hand and hugged him to the table to tease him, "Is Kanger hungry? What do you want to eat?"

Xia Zhikang nodded excitedly, shouting 'babbling', and his saliva flowed down his chin to his chest, looking very greedy.

Xia Meng Ning picked up a piece of plum meat and handed it over. As soon as Xia Zhikang saw it, he immediately reached out and held it and stuffed it into his mouth. However, because he had no teeth, he could only smash his tongue and suck it. Even so, his little face also smiled contentedly. His big eyes bent into the shape of a crescent, which was pink and cute.

At this moment, Xia Chuanyuan and Xie also came in, and everyone was there. It was time for the banquet to start.

Xia Mengning saw Xia Chuanyuan sitting on the top, and then said, "The carp."

The custom of the Northern New Year is to pick fish eyes before the New Year's Eve dinner, that is, to pick one of the more than a dozen big carp that have already been prepared, and then see if the fish's fish eyes are very big. If it is big enough, it means that the next year's life will be prosperous and auspicious.

This custom is nothing more than to please a good prize, so the prepared carp have been carefully selected, all of which are lively and huge-eyed carp.

A little man carried two large wooden barrels, which were wrapped in red Fu paper, which looked very festive.

Xia Chuanyuan took the long wooden spoon from the hand of the little one beside him, and fished a carp from the barrel with a smile. The little man waiting beside him hurriedly reached out to take it and turned over the carp and held it. There was still a bright color on the scales of the carp, and the two huge fish eyes were even more eye-catching.

Little Xia Zhikang seemed to see such a scene for the first time. He waved his little hand and shouted happily. Xia Chuanyuan nodded with satisfaction, "Okay!"

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "My daughter, congratulations to your father. May your father be healthy and all the best next year."

Xia Chuanyuan liked the current atmosphere very much. He waved his hand and said, "Very good. Ning'er is well prepared."

A girl handed over Juanpa to Xia Chuanyuan to wipe her hands and picked out the fish eyes. This banquet was the real beginning. Everyone sat down. Xia Mengning turned her face and looked at the surprised face of the Wei standing behind Xie, and couldn't help smiling.

Wang privately replaced the carp prepared by Deng into a dead fish, which was obviously to deal with himself. However, last time he had forgiven Wang once. This time, Wang was not so stupid to deal with himself, but if Wei blocked it, it would be very possible.

Thinking of this, Xia Mengning secretly regretted that she should not have forgived Wang like this. If it hadn't been for Deng's carefulness, she would have been doomed this time. If she got a dead fish at the New Year's Eve dinner, her father and Xie would not have forgived her.

Xia Mengning took a sip of soup and took a look at Wei Shi, who was cooking for Xie's cloth. She narrowed her eyes. It was time for Wei to suppress it.

Jiu'er behind him picked up a chopsticky of crispy fried silver fish in Xia Mengning's plate. Xia Mengning tasted it and said with a smile, "Dad, grandma, this crispy fried silver fish is a newly developed dish in the kitchen. It's delicious without fishy smell. Why don't you try it?"

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, and the girl behind him immediately came forward and picked up a chopstick. Xia Chuanyuan tasted it and really praised, "Very good. This silverfish is just right, crispy and delicious."

Xie Shi heard it and looked at the dish in front of Xia Mengning. Wei was used to have a good eye. Seeing that Xie was also interested in this dish, he hurriedly reached out to pick it.

Xia Mengning saw Wei stretched out his hand to him, smiled gently, picked up the handkerchief and pretended to wipe his mouth, and moved back slightly.

Because Xie was sitting in front of Xia Mengning's left, and the dish was placed in front of Xia Mengning, Wei had to stretch his arm and bend his body slightly to get to this dish.

It's just that Wei was also clever. He leaned forward slightly, but when he was holding the silver fish and putting it back into the plate in front of Xie, the golden hairpin on his head suddenly slipped and fell into the soup bowl in front of Xie. The soup bowl was the bone ball soup that had just been served, steaming hot. Wei Shi's golden hairpin fell into it, splashed a few hot soup, and several fell on Xie's face. Immediately, Xie immediately screamed loudly.

Xia Chuanyuan's face sank, "Why don't you cut off the water and wipe it for the old lady."

The little girl next to her hurried out. After a while, she brought a copper basin. Xie was helped by the little girl to the screen and wiped it, and then applied the scald ointment, and then came out again.

This change stirred up a festive atmosphere. Wei was burned the most. On his cheeks, forehead and neck, there was a lot of Yinhong, and some of them were bulging blisters, which looked very scary.

But how dare Wei dare to complain? She could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy from Xia Chuanyuan. Xia Chuanyuan patted the table with a black face and said, "What the hell is going on? How can the hairpin fall off if you have a good hairpin?

Wei did not dare to answer. In fact, she didn't know what happened. How could this good hairpin suddenly fall off? She suddenly thought of the cause and effect of the matter. Wei turned her head, looked at Xia Mengning, who was sitting aside, and suddenly figured out everything.

I sent someone to ask Wang to change the carp, but there was no movement today. It turned out that Xia Mengning had already had an insight into everything and deliberately set up this game to wait for herself. If today's matter is not handled well, I'm afraid it will have an unlucky reputation. Just now, she has been tricked by her, and now she can It can't be like this anymore.

Thinking of this, Wei had to grit his teeth and say, "Sir, my concubine has been dizzy recently. I didn't take good care of it just now, so I dropped the hairpin into the soup and asked for forgiveness."

Xia Chuanyuan heard this, and then looked at Wei's pale face. He thought that Wei was unhappy with his family in order to help him. He should be in a trance these days. Thinking of this, Xia Chuanyuan's previous anger subsided more than half and said, "Go down and stay in the yard. When will you get better? Come out again."

This is already a great forgiveness. Wei naturally accepted it as soon as it was good. She looked up at Xia Chuanyuan. A pair of watery eyes looked at Xia Chuanyuan with affection and whispered, "Mr. Xie."

Xia Chuanyuan saw the burn on her face and sighed, "Be careful in the future. Let the girl go to the steward to get the bottle of ointment, so as not to lose the scar."