Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 149 New Year’s Eve Dinner

After watching the master and his two servants leave and letting Zhao Xian and the others go about their business, Xin Baoer pulled the unhappy-looking Chu Xingchen into the study.

"She's just a poor woman, why get angry? It's New Year's Day, just give the child some face."

Xin Baoer was also angry, but she really couldn't bear to see Sheng'er, who was so young, cleaning up the mess for his mother. Maybe she didn't have a lucky childhood, so she couldn't bear it.

"Well, let's not talk about her. Do you have something to talk to me about?" Chu Xingchen pinched his eyebrows tiredly and asked with concern.

Xin Baoer suddenly looked at Chu Xingchen with great curiosity, "Second Master, do you really believe that I didn't deduct Madam's share?"

"You, everything this family eats and uses now is earned by you. Others, including me, have no right to question your ability as a housekeeper." Chu Xingchen said proudly.

"Okay, since you trust me so much, I will continue to let you take care of this household." Xin Baoer said with a sweet smile.

"Thank you." Madam.

The last two words rolled around on his tongue for a few times, but he didn't dare say them out loud. However, his gaze towards Xin Baoer became more and more passionate.

Xin Baoer's scalp tingled when she was stared at. She had an urge to run away. She stuffed the red paper in her arms into Chu Xingchen's arms, turned around and ran, "Write all the couplets on the doors. If you don't finish, you won't have dumplings for lunch."

Chu Xingchen was pushed back two steps by the little girl's great force before he could steady himself.

"It looks like you haven't gotten it yet. Your speed is really not good enough!" Mo Xuan Yifan walked in shaking his head and teased.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't complete the task assigned by your sister-in-law, you will have no lunch." Chu Xingchen glanced at his cousin who was causing trouble for him, and said worriedly.

Chu Duanhong half-pushed and half-pulled Xiang Qing back to the yard. Without even looking at Bijun who came out to greet him, he pushed the door and walked directly into the ear room where she lived. Seeing this, Xiang Qing followed him reluctantly.

"Madam, young master, what are you doing?" Bijun had no time to stop them, so she had to follow them anxiously, with fear in her eyes that could not be hidden.

The small man was not even as tall as the cabinet, so he did not make it difficult for himself and started searching in the lower places. What he found was truly amazing.

"This... didn't you say these things were lost?" Xiang Qing stared in disbelief at the box her son pulled out from under the bed. Inside were basically all the things that Bijun had told her were lost over the years.

Bijun was trembling as if she was stupid. Her legs went limp and she fell to her knees with a plop, but no sound came out of her mouth.

Chu Duanhong did not stop and continued to search. The cabinet was too high, so he stood on a stool and threw everything in the cabinet out. Finally, he found the compartment at the back of the cabinet.

"This is the cloth that Sister Lancao sent over, right?" Little Duanhong questioned Bijun with a cold face.

Xiang Qing's face grew paler as she saw pieces of high-quality cloth being taken out from the interlayer.

"Mother, did you see that? The facts of who is loyal and who is treacherous are now laid out before us. Be smarter next time and don't believe anyone who tries to instigate you. After all, we, uncle, and aunt are a family." Little Duanhong pulled the dazed mother and advised her in a low voice.

"Uncle? Aunt? They are a loving family, so what am I? When they have their own children, what will you be?" Xiang Qing muttered foolishly.

"Mother, why are you so confused? How come you can't understand something that a child like me understands? If we rely on ourselves, we can't even get out of this yard, so what future can we talk about?" The little child stomped his feet in anger, and his voice couldn't help but get a few decibels higher.

Seeing that Xiang Qing still had a stubborn and foolish expression on her face, he simply ignored her.

"Sister Bijun, you have depended on us mother and daughter for so many years. We should not have treated you unfairly. Why do you do this?" the little boy asked indignantly.

Bijun slumped on the ground. It was New Year's Day, so she didn't dare to cry loudly. She sobbed and said, "I was wrong. Please, Madam, and the young master, forgive me."

Xiang Qing was awakened by Bijun's crying. Her anger level soared and she vented all her dissatisfaction, grievances, anger, and frustration on Bijun.

Little Duanhong was just a child after all. He listened to his mother beating and scolding him like a shrew. Bijun cried and dodged and begged for mercy. Frightened, she shook her head helplessly, carefully grabbed Xiang Qing's hand and stopped her behavior.

"That's enough, mother. If you continue fighting, someone will die!" Xiao Duanhong said seriously.

Xiang Qing stopped and looked at Bijun on the ground, panting.

"Lock her up first and wait until after the New Year," Xiao Duanhong decided.

The two men dragged Bijun into the woodshed and locked her up.

Xiao Duanhong looked at Xiang Qing, whose face was covered with tears, and his heart was filled with worry.

"Mom, don't worry, I will protect you. Let's not trust others easily in the future." Xiao Duanhong said firmly.

Xiang Qing nodded and hugged Xiao Duanhong tightly.

Xin Baoer is not a nosy person. Apart from the affairs in her own courtyard, as for other courtyards, as long as they are guaranteed to have enough food and clothes and give what they deserve, that's enough.

On the contrary, Wei Yu, who was always high and mighty, would bring her back some news from time to time, under the pretext of taking precautions.

So the farce in the next yard soon reached Xin Baoer's ears. Xin Baoer thought it was extremely ridiculous and didn't take it to heart. She just asked Lancao to send the clothes prepared for Sheng'er over.

Since the biological mother doesn't prepare any money, she, as the aunt, cannot shortchange the child.

They did not eat dumplings together at noon. The people in Madam's yard were brought over by Mother Lin, who also informed them of the time for dinner in the evening.

Xin Baoer personally carried a large tray to the main courtyard. She didn't like crowds, so she simply ate with Chu Xingchen, and let Mo Xuan Yifan and Wang Chuan eat with the girls. They all loved lively personalities, and the small courtyard soon became a place of mingling.

The dumplings, along with the prepared sauce, were placed on the small table. "Why did you bring it here yourself? Aren't you tired?"

"After exercising for so long, you have gained some strength. Try this filling that I prepared myself!" Xin Baoer handed the chopsticks to Chu Xingchen and said gently.

The girl was gentle and quiet, with every frown and smile just right, just like a virtuous wife who was acting coquettishly to her husband and seeking credit. Chu Xingchen was so soft-hearted that his smile became even gentler.

Xin Baoer obviously didn't have this understanding. Seeing the man staring at her for a long time without taking the chopsticks, she passed them forward again and urged softly, "What are you looking at? Eat?"

"A beauty is a feast to the eyes!" Chu Xingchen said in a low voice, took the chopsticks, and lowered his head to hide the deep affection in his eyes.

Xin Baoer didn't hear clearly and looked at him in confusion. Seeing that he lowered his head, she didn't care and said, "How about having hot pot tonight? It's easy to make and delicious."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Yifan just said that the second batch of vegetables has arrived from the greenhouse, so we should enjoy them ourselves." Chu Xingchen nodded, swallowed the dumplings in his mouth, and replied softly.

Their small courtyard was not allowed to set off firecrackers. When dinner time came, plates of vegetables and raw meat were served. Without waiting for others to ask, Xin Baoer asked Lancao to demonstrate to them how to eat it. They were all young people and it felt very novel, so they followed suit and started eating with their heads down.

Maybe it was because it was the New Year, or maybe it was because the food was new and fresh, Xiang Qing and Xu Zheng ate their meals obediently and did not go hunting for monsters. It was a New Year's Eve dinner with lots of eating and stopping, stopping and eating, and it took two hours to finish.

After dinner, Xin Baoer asked Lancao to make some fruit tea to help digestion. Fruits, dried fruits and snacks were brought up one by one. A group of people chatted and laughed at the table, preparing to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Xiang Qing and Xu Zheng were not welcome. After being bullied by "Wuyin" and Zhao Xian and others, they left with a bad look on their faces.

Xin Baoer played with them for a while, then took Mother Lin and Lancao, packed some things, and planned to go back to the Xin family to spend the New Year's Eve with her parents, which was what they had agreed on beforehand.

"Can I go?" Chu Xingchen stopped Xin Baoer, who was smiling, and asked carefully.

"Are you sure?" Xin Baoer asked in surprise.

"An ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law. I should be considered the son-in-law of the Xin family. Can't I meet my father-in-law and mother-in-law?" Chu Xingchen asked seriously.

"Ha, ha." Xin Baoer smiled fakely, "Then let's go together!"

So two more people were added to the team of three, and the five of them walked through the tunnel. Xin Baoer walked a little hurriedly, and soon they arrived at the Xin family's dark room.