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Chapter 54 New Year's Eve
Ling Mengqi pursed his lips, endured the embarrassment and was about to speak, but Lu Mingfeng, who was playing Go with his sisters in the cubicle, said first: "Fifth Brother, it's really boring for us sisters to play Go, Why don't you guys stop playing dice, and let's all make orders together or play a game of drumming and passing flowers, and then invite grandparents, my parents, second uncles and aunts to participate, and those who lose will be punished to tell a joke. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"

As soon as Lu Mingfeng said this, Lu Mingli, Lu Mingya and the others hurriedly echoed, "Big sister, that's a good idea, what's the point of playing with us little ones, it's interesting to invite the elders to play with us Come to think of it, we have never heard grandfather tell jokes before, and the jokes told by grandfather must be very interesting!"

Apparently, the girls were careful, and they had more or less seen Ling Mengqi's predicament, and they all came together to help him out.

When Lu Wenzhu saw this, he wanted to continue playing dice, but he remembered that he had never heard the old man tell a joke, so he felt interesting again, so he nodded and said: "Okay, just follow the sisters' advice." Yes, let's play drums and pass flowers."

Busy some maids came forward to set up tables and chairs, and some maids went to the yard to fold wintersweet flowers, and after the flowers were folded back, they were busy setting up screens and so on.

After everything was settled and everyone was seated one by one, with the sound of a drum from the maid beating the drum behind the screen, the wintersweet flower that had just been folded began to be passed around among the people.

When the drum stopped for the first time, the wintersweet flowers fell into the hands of the old man as expected. Obviously, everyone was relieved to hear the old man tell jokes today. The old man had no choice but to tell a joke. Unexpectedly, Lu Wenzhu took the lead to say that it was not funny, and he insisted on telling the old man to say another one. After the old man said another one, he still said it was not funny, so he would say it again, which made the old man so angry Hu Zi stared, making everyone lean back and forth, and the hall was extremely lively inside and outside.

When Lu Mingxuan saw this, Fang quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Now, it seems that Ling Mengqi's crisis has been completely resolved, right?Originally, when she saw Ling Mengqi was forced to make his handsome face flush, and was so embarrassing that he wished there was a gap on the ground for him to get in, she wanted to speak out to rescue him, not for anything else, just because she had it in her previous life. Having experienced similar embarrassment, I can best understand Ling Mengqi's embarrassment at that time.

But with her identity, she obviously didn't have the position to speak up. Fortunately, Lu Mingfeng spoke first, and Lu Mingli, Lu Mingya and others assisted, and finally relieved Ling Mengqi, otherwise no matter whether it was Ling Mengqi who was forced to participate During Lu Wenzhu's game with them, he was still forced to speak out about his predicament, and his situation in the Duke's Mansion will become more and more difficult in the future.

Of course, there was another person who was more suitable to speak than Lu Mingfeng just now, and that was Lu Mingzhu. Unfortunately, looking at Lu Mingzhu's appearance, she seemed to have not seen Ling Mengqi's appearance, and had little interest in him... Lu Mingxuan thought of herself in her previous life Before dying, Lu Mingzhu gritted her teeth and said that she had no choice but to share with her the resentment of the man she loved for ten years. Could it be that Lu Mingzhu has deeply rooted in He Zhi's love affairs now?
But regardless of when Lu Mingzhu fell in love with He Zhixing and what He Zhixing thought of Lu Mingzhu, she would never have anything to do with He Zhixing again in this life!
After the New Year's Eve, the days passed faster and faster. Almost in the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve. On this day, the biggest event in the Duke's Mansion was to worship the ancestors. Not only the people in the Duke's Mansion had to participate, Lu All the branches of the family in Beijing also have to participate, but it has nothing to do with all the girls. Sacrifice has always been a matter for sons and daughters-in-law. Rao is as honorable as Lu Mingzhu, and he has never set foot in the ancestral hall of the Lu family, let alone other girls. up.

At noon, after the sacrifice was over, Lu Zhongjing went back to Mrs. Lu, and wanted to pick up Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu's house. This had been agreed long ago. Although Mrs. Lu was reluctant, she readily agreed, which made people Go to Kongcui Pavilion and invite the two sisters over.

Not long after, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu, who were neatly dressed, covered with big woolen clothes, and held a hand stove, were surrounded by them, kowtowed to Mrs. Lu, paid New Year's greetings in advance, and went with Lu Zhongxian's house. They went home together, and there was a cart of New Year's goods prepared by Mrs. Lu's order.

There were brand new couplets and the word "Fu" in red in front of the gate of Lu's house, and the inside was already decorated with lights and festoons, and it was cleaned up. It was obvious that Lu Zhongxian had put in a lot of effort to welcome his two daughters back.

The outside is so neatly tidied up, not to mention the east and west rooms where the two sisters used to live. The house was cleaned cleanly, and there were a few pots of fresh flowers that are rarely seen in the market today, and the bedding and quilts were all brand new. Yes, Mrs. Lu originally asked the two to bring back the quilts, mattresses, dowry and other things used in the Duke's mansion, but they declined, saying that they only went back to live for a few days, and they were going back to their own home, so there was no need Such a toss.

As for the daily servants, this time the two sisters only brought one each. Lu Mingfu brought Luoxia, but Lu Mingxuan did not bring the two big maids who accompanied the piano and the fragrance, but brought a maid from her own room called Danqing's second-class maid, she came back this time not only to reunite with Lu Zhongxian for the new year, but also to have more important things to do, and she must not let her companion Qin and Xiang know that although they have behaved well these past few months, they still have past lives. With her experience, Lu Mingxuan will never trust them easily in her life.

On the contrary, Danqing is not a child of the Duke's family, but bought from outside, and climbed up to the status of second-class maid step by step. According to Lu Mingxuan's secret observations these days, she is also a dutiful person, and she always talks less and does more. But she is not stupid, but knows how to draw inferences from one instance to another. For example, if she is asked to serve tea, if it is replaced by other maids, it is very likely that she will just serve tea, but she will come back with two plates of small snacks, which makes Lu Mingxuan spend a lot of time. I didn't plan to eat snacks at first, but since there are ready-made ones, there is a high probability that I will eat two pieces--such a maid who can become her true confidant with a little training, there is no reason why Lu Mingxuan can't just let her go Instead of going with the piano and incense, what about the two things that betray the Lord?
Even the reasons are ready-made. Banqin and Xiangxiang are born in a family. They have worked hard to serve her for the past few months. Now that they are born in the new year, shouldn't she let them go back to reunite with their parents and family for a few days?As for what Banqin and Xiangxiang think in their hearts, whether they feel aggrieved by the crisis, then let's not do her business.

After bowing down to Lu Zhongxian in the main room and talking with them for a while, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu went back to their own rooms to pack their things.

Leading Danqing to tidy up for a while, the things that should be tidied up are almost done. Lu Mingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to let Danqing go to make tea, when Lu Mingfu came in with a tray, "Thinking of you at noon I didn’t eat much, and after I got back from the car, I packed up again, I’m afraid I’m thirsty and hungry, so I specially made tea and prepared some snacks for you, how about it, sister, can I be so kind?”

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