Chapter 284 New Year's Eve

"Come on, come on, let's drink together!"

New Year's Eve.

The lights of thousands of houses in the city of Bianjing illuminated the sky and the earth, and the wealthy houses around were all lit up with loud and bright new fireworks.

Heaven and earth congratulate.

Pingyang Houfu.

Inside the Lotus Hall.

Yang Wenyuan, Hualan, Mrs. Chen, and Yang Rujin sat around a small round table, eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

It's not that the Yang family's New Year's Eve dinner was simple because they were trying to save money, but that there were too few people at the table and they couldn't afford a table that was too big.

Therefore, in addition to the small table where the four of them sat together, there was also a large table behind them that was originally used for reunions. It was filled with various delicacies, which were served by the women on trays, while Yang Wenyuan and the other three sat at a small table nearby.

Hearing the loud sounds of fireworks and firecrackers coming one after another outside, Mrs. Chen immediately signaled everyone to raise their glasses and drink together.

Naturally, there were firecrackers set off at the Yang Mansion this year.

However, the sound of the new firecrackers was a bit too loud. Madam Chen was afraid that Hualan would be frightened, so she took them outside the gate and had Changqing lead a group of stewards in the mansion to set them off.

Setting off fireworks for the host to welcome the New Year is considered a great honor, so every manager who is selected has an expression of pride on his face.

There was no one to play with the fireworks, and Yang Ruijin was too lazy to go alone, so she just sat down quietly.

Yunlan and Cuichan each filled a cup of warm Suhexiang wine for the host. Hualan didn't like drinking alcohol, so she used goat's milk instead.

This made Yang Ruijin, who was holding a wine glass nearby, burst into laughter - this goat milk was originally hers every year. This year she finally got rid of it, but Hualan "took over the inheritance".

Seeing Yang Ruijin like this, everyone present understood why she was laughing so foolishly, and Mrs. Chen even glared at Yang Ruijin.

But then she immediately remembered that tonight would be Yang Ruijin's last New Year's Eve at home, and her heart softened. Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears under the flowing light.

The corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and he could no longer say anything strong.

"I'm afraid I won't see such a scene again in the future." Mrs. Chen's happiness suddenly dimmed.

"Happy New Year, and may you have a smooth and happy life in the future!"

Upon seeing this, Yang Wenyuan quickly spoke up to start a conversation, and Mrs. Chen also raised the cup in her hand, tilted her head back and drank it in one gulp, then turned around and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

“Happy New Year!”

Yang Ruijin was not as sentimental as her mother at the moment and laughed the loudest in the room.

After a cheer, he imitated Mrs. Chen's generosity and drank the wine in the glass.

"Hi~!"

Yang Rujin took a sip of wine and couldn't help but stick out a small section of her tongue from her cherry lips. She felt a burning sensation in her mouth, as well as an indescribable medicinal smell. She frowned and said,
"What kind of wine is this? It tastes a bit hard to drink. It's better to..."

Suhexiang wine is a kind of medicinal wine, so most of the time it is not given to children to drink. The taste is also unusual. If you don't drink it often, it may not suit your taste. So it is common sense that Yang Ruijin can't get used to it.

However, at this time, Mrs. Chen heard the hidden meaning of Yang Rujin's words and immediately said:

"Not as good as what? Have you tried other ones before? How come I don't know about them?"

In Mrs. Chen's impression, Yang Ruijin had never drunk alcohol before. Could it be that he had been drinking secretly behind her back?

Originally, Mrs. Chen had no control over her children's drinking, and she didn't care much about it at this time. It was just that she had heard Yang Wenyuan say something before, that he happened to have read an ancient medical book, which said that girls should not drink alcohol before they reached the age of 15 (as for why no boys had reached the age of 15, of course it was because Yang Wenyuan didn't want to bring trouble upon himself, so he would rather die than let his friends die).

So I mentioned this to Yang Ruijin before.

Of course, Mrs. Chen didn’t care whether Yang Ruijin had drunk alcohol or not, but what she cared about was that Yang Ruijin was hiding something from her - especially at this moment, Mrs. Chen had a lot of worries in her heart and her thoughts were even more complicated.

"I only drank once when I was having fun with my cousin!"

Yang Rujin noticed that there was something wrong in his mother Chen's eyes, and he immediately confessed the "culprit".

Yang Wenyuan's face suddenly became dull.

Is there anything about me in this?

I do not know how?
"Yang Rujin! Don't take advantage of your upcoming engagement and be so reckless and talk nonsense! How come I don't remember doing this!"

Of course Yang Wenyuan couldn't recognize a single word of something he had never done!

Of course, I dare not.

Especially when he felt the cold gaze coming from Madam Chen on the side, Yang Wenyuan dared not to be negligent.

After all, it was he and Madam Chen who brought up this matter!

If the hole was opened from me...

That's really the thief crying thief.

"Anyway, I was the one who disguised myself as a man and went shopping with you..."

Yang Rujin chuckled, but after taking a look at Hua Lan who was very interested beside him, he immediately stopped talking:

"I drank it secretly while visiting a restaurant."

"Why is it no longer related to you?"

"Ah?" Yang Wenyuan was dumbfounded.

To say it has nothing to do with it, it sounds like it does matter.

But to say it is related, at most it can only be considered as a case of poor supervision, right?

Why does it sound like you are the main culprit?
"Okay, you brothers and sisters are singing the same tune, but you have kept me in the dark!" Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and felt unhappy.

It turns out that you two have so many little secrets behind my back!

What about women dressing up as men to visit restaurants?
Which good person would dress up as a man when going to a restaurant?

I’m afraid he’s visiting a brothel?

Mrs. Chen was very clear about Yang Wenyuan's glorious deeds in the past.

To put it simply, he is the same as Gu Tingye.

The fame of Hua is all over Bian Jing, and they are close brothers in Fenglou.

I did everything except doing nothing.

When Mrs. Chen thought about how Yang Wenyuan had secretly brought Yang Ruijin, who was disguised as a man, along when he went out to visit the brothel without telling her, her eyes went dark immediately!
Rebellious nephew! Rebellious daughter!

What did you do secretly from me?
After thinking about it this way, Mrs. Chen felt terrified when she thought about the many clues from the past.

Now, Madam Chen didn't dare to ask in front of Hualan, for fear that she would hear something and report it to the Sheng family, and then ask for a full refund.

Although she knew that even if Hualan knew, she would probably not do such a thing, Aunt Chen thought to herself that it would be better not to ask.

If I get some earth-shattering "secrets", I won't be able to hold back on my martial arts skills anymore!
At the same time, Mrs. Chen also began to doubt Yang Yuqing, who was far away in the southwest.

She suspected that with Yang Yuqing's doting on his daughter Yang Rujin, he probably knew the inside story but was hiding it from her.

Otherwise, how come I haven't received any news in all these years? !

Does it still depend on Yang Ruijin's own gaffes?

When you think about it this way, it makes sense!

No wonder I didn’t receive any news, it turns out there was a spy around me!

Did you know that there is a ghost in your house?

For a moment, Mrs. Chen felt more and more itchy.

Rebellion! The whole family rebelled against me!
Wait...Mrs. Chen suddenly felt a chill in her heart.

Yang Wenyuan and Yang Rujin both had problems, so what about his son Wenyan...

"Ahhh~!" In Lingzhou, in a residential house outside a military camp.

The original living room in the mansion was converted into a bedroom, with carpets on the floor and many wine bottles with leftover wine scattered around.

In the middle of the bedroom, there is a large bed.

At this moment, under the thick fur blanket, the girl's white thighs were visible.

There is not only a pair of beautiful legs with tight and fair skin, but occasionally, one can also catch a glimpse of one or two brown and yellow strong calves.

At this moment, Yang Wenyan was buried in the fragrance, snoring in his sleep.

Suddenly, Yang Wenyan, who was sleeping soundly, shivered for some reason and woke up.

In a sleepy state, he raised his hand to rub his sore eyes, and looked at the surrounding wine pools and meat forests, crisscrossing ravines, and muttered softly:

"Although the Xixia people are not very good, the girls are really delicious."

As he spoke, Yang Wenyan remembered that today was New Year's Eve. As the son of a noble family, he was granted leave to leave the barracks and come here to celebrate for a night.

"There won't be many days like this!"

Inside the Mansion of Marquis Pingyang.

Mrs. Chen suddenly felt uneasy, but she felt relieved when she thought that her son was going to join the army and would not cause any trouble.

Thinking of joining the army, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but think of Yang Yuqing.

Now he no longer felt worried about his son, but was instead filled with hatred for Yang Yuqing.

"How dare you, Yang Erlunzi, hide something from me? When you return to Bianjing, I will show you how I will deal with you!"

at the same time.

Guangnan West Road.

Inside the military tent of the Central Imperial Guards and the Western Wing Army.

Yang Yuqing, who was cleaning up the mess and leading the night watch, was writing a letter to be submitted to Bian Jing on his desk when a gust of night wind suddenly blew outside the tent.

Although the local area was not extremely cold in winter, a sudden night wind still made Yang Yuqing tighten his cloak.

Then he rubbed his nose and continued writing the secret letter to the army.

Yang Yuqing couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that he would be able to finish this matter soon and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

By then, my wife, whom I haven't seen for a long time, will definitely be overjoyed.

I wish they could line up along the road to welcome me.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuqing couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Ma'am, I'll be back soon!
After the family finished their meal, they stayed up all night to celebrate the New Year.

But Yang Rujin is so old now that there is no need for her to stay up all night. Meanwhile, Hualan is still pregnant and has to go to the palace to pay her respects tomorrow, so it is not good for her to stay up late.

So, after dinner, everyone played mahjong for a while to relieve boredom, and then went back to their rooms early to rest.

"This is the loneliness of having few children in the family."

In the bedroom of Zi Ze Ju, Yang Wenyuan and Hua Lan "complained":

"You see, there are fewer people at home. Even during the New Year, it doesn't seem as lively. It lacks the flavor of the New Year."

The main reason is that Yang Ruijin is old and difficult to tease, otherwise Yang Wenyuan would have been amused by watching Yang Ruijin getting so angry.

Hua Lan gave Yang Wenyuan a coquettish look and said jokingly:
"Sir, what you mean by this is that you want me to marry a few more concubines into your house as soon as possible, so that you can have a large family and live happily together?"

"Where are these words!"

Yang Wenyuan didn't recognize a single word, so he quickly explained:
"I'm just thinking that our family is small and we're finally going to have a new member, so I'm happy."

"Besides, I was just thinking about your Sheng family."

"Our Sheng family?"

Yang Wenyuan nodded and said:
"Yes, your Sheng family is such a big family. No matter how much you have schemed against each other in the past, today is New Year's Eve and it must be very lively."

Jiying Lane.

Sheng family.

Just as Yang Wenyuan expected, the Sheng family was extremely lively tonight.

Sheng Hong, Wang Ruofu, and all their children gathered in Old Lady Sheng's Shou'an Hall. The huge house was filled with people.

When celebrating the New Year at home, it would probably be incomplete without the noise of children.

Little Changrong is now able to walk.

He was born at a good time, and his situation was not as cautious and fearful as his sister Minglan's in the past.

Now, the young lady Wei Shuyi is favored by her father Sheng Hong, Lin Qinshuang has no ability to do anything to him, and Wang Ruofu has no bad intentions, so Chang Rong has lived a smooth, happy and healthy life since he was a child.

His brothers and sisters also dote on him.

Even Molan, when she was in a good mood, would say a few nice words to him and pinch his little face.

In front of the big round table.

Everyone took their seats one by one.

The banyan tree is quite small in size, but looks delicate and pretty. It often jumps in front of the elders, brothers and sisters, making everyone laugh.

The Sheng family is no longer entirely ruled by Sheng Hong, and the right to speak is gradually shifting to Chang Bai.

At the beginning of tonight's festive banquet, Sheng Hong asked Changbai to open the show.

After dinner.

Rulan was the first one to clamor to set off fireworks for fun.

Of course, a portion of the fireworks from Yang Wenyuan were sent to the Sheng family. Rulan had been looking forward to it for a long time and finally waited until tonight.

Chang Rong on the side also looked eager to try, but did not dare to speak.

Although he is young, he is as smart and precocious as Minglan.

Rulan loved teasing children the most. She had often boasted in front of him about how beautiful the fireworks were, which made him very envious.

"Go ahead, go ahead. I'll let you have enough fun tonight!" Sheng Hong said loudly with a smile on his face.

He also liked this scene of unity and harmony.

"Let's go!"

Rulan immediately exclaimed excitedly and urged the maid to set off the fireworks in the courtyard.

“Bang, bang, bang~!”

The fireworks illuminated the sky, reflecting the faces of the people in the night. They were not ordinary faces of all living beings, but a rare and similar look, all of which were filled with trance-like hope.

After that, it is time to stay up all night to see the new year in.

Except for Sheng Hong and Chang Bai, who had to go to bed early and returned to their rooms early because they had to represent the Sheng family to visit friends and the master tomorrow, everyone else stayed in Shou'an Hall.

The remaining four children just happened to get together to play mahjong.

So it was natural to set up a table.

Old Madam Sheng and Wang Ruofu watched and smiled from the side.

A rare harmony.

(End of this chapter)