"What do I want to do?" Mrs. Lian sneered. She wanted to break free from Xie Yunjiao's restraints, but Xie Yunjiao's hands clamped her hands tightly like iron pliers. No matter how she moved, she couldn't break free. "Let go of my hand!"

"Let you go and then let you beat me? It's New Year's Eve. I don't want to be unlucky and be beaten from the beginning to the end of the year."

"Ms. Xie, you must be crazy. You don't allow others to say anything when you do something wrong, right?" Mrs. Lian looked at Xie Yunjiao with gritted teeth.

"If I really did something wrong, I will admit it, but I won't let you hit me." Xie Yunjiao said.

"You admit it, right? You admit that you did something wrong. It's normal for me to teach you a lesson." Mrs. Lian said.

"Who told you I did something wrong?" Xie Yunjiao said unhappily.

"Today is the first day of the lunar year, and we should fast for a day, yet you indulge in lavish meals and fish, committing the sin of killing. And you still dare to say you did nothing wrong?"

The old lady Lian stood aside with a surprised look on her face and said nothing.

Xie Yunjiao was indeed too presumptuous. She actually dared to violate the rules of her ancestors and do such a thing at this time.

"Yunjiao," Second Mrs. Lian was very knowledgeable. She took one look at Old Lady Lian and guessed what she was talking about. "Although I know you couldn't have the reunion dinner with everyone yesterday and you must be unhappy, but breaking the precept of killing on New Year's Day is indeed inappropriate."

"Forget it, considering that it's her first time making a mistake, a light punishment will be enough." said the old lady.

"Old lady, there can be no order without a return. If you do this every time you encounter something, not only will your family members be dissatisfied, but even people outside will laugh at us for having no rules," said Mrs. Lian.

This is the rule set by our ancestors. Xie Yunjiao is so stupid that she chose to make a mistake at this time, so we can't blame her.

Even the old lady wanted to take sides but she was powerless.

Lian Yiyi was watching from the side, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

This time, they finally didn't have to do anything, as Xie Yunjiao just bumped into them. There was no reason not to take the opportunity to drive her family away.

"Who told you that I broke the precept of not killing? All my dishes are vegetarian." Xie Yunjiao said, shaking off Mrs. Lian's hand.

"Vegetarian?" Mrs. Lian was slightly startled. She stared at the food on the table without blinking. She couldn't believe that the dishes that exuded the aroma of meat were all made of vegetarian food.

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask the master. He saw it with his own eyes." Xie Yunjiao said.

Before they knew it, Lian Yan, Gu Huai and a few others came over through the corridor, talking and laughing.

"Qi'er, you really married a good wife. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that she could make a table of delicious meals with beans." Lian Yan couldn't help but praise.

He rarely smiled, but now his face was full of smiles.

It was the first time for everyone to see him smile so happily, and they were all stunned.

But when Lian Yan saw what was happening in the room, his expression turned serious and he quickened his pace as he walked over. "What are you doing?"

"Master, is the food on this table really vegetarian? Not meat?" Mrs. Lian asked in a soft voice. How could she dare to speak loudly again? Wasn't she afraid that Lian Yan would get angry?

"It's a vegetarian meal, without a piece of meat. It was all made with Yunjiao's ingenuity. Please sit down and enjoy your meal." Lian Yan said.

Lian Yan walked over and personally helped Old Lady Lian sit down: "Mother, you can eat without worry today. Yun Jiao knows the rules of our family."

Old Madam Lian smiled happily. She looked at Xie Yunjiao and said, "Yunjiao, it was Grandma who didn't understand the situation and almost misunderstood you. You're not angry, are you? Grandma is here to apologize to you."

Xie Yunjiao accepted it happily and said, "Ignorance is not a crime. I am not angry."

"That's good, that's good." Old lady Lian smiled.

"Wait a minute," Lian Yan suddenly looked at Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Lian Er, "Who else misunderstood Yun Jiao just now? Apologize to her in person."

Even the second wife did not dare to delay and quickly apologized.

Hasn't she done enough? She even apologized to the little brat before, and she's already lost all her face.

On the contrary, it was the sister-in-law who just spoke with such a tough attitude and said that she would punish Xie Yunjiao severely. Let's see how she can bring herself to apologize now!

Mrs. Lian's expression became even uglier. It was too humiliating for her to apologize to a junior.

Everyone looked at her, and her face was so gloomy that you could pinch water out of it.

"Sister-in-law, it's just an apology, it's very simple. Look, mother and I have apologized, you can't even apologize?" Mrs. Lian Er looked at Mrs. Lian provocatively.

Lian Yiyi tugged at the corner of Mrs. Lian's clothes and whispered, "Mother, be patient for a while, and the storm will subside."

Mrs. Lian gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry I blamed you without asking clearly."

That was all, she couldn't say any more.

"It's okay." Xie Yunjiao smiled, "Let's eat, don't wait until the food gets cold, or it won't taste good."

"Wait a minute," Gu Huai suddenly spoke up. He winked at Xie Yunjiao. If he didn't speak at this moment, it would be unlike Lian Qi. "I hope this won't happen again. My wife can't stand such grievances."

Mrs. Lian's expression suddenly changed. Xie Yunjiao couldn't stand it. Could she really stand it?

Being spoken of like this in front of so many people, she was the wife of the Lian family, the wife of a high-ranking official of the third rank, and it was not considered aggrieved that she was being spoken of like this by a stepson who held no official position.

She looked at Lian Yan, but Lian Yan seemed not to hear what Gu Huai said. He didn't say anything at all and didn't even look at her.

Gu Huai didn't say anything else. He had already said what he needed to say. If anyone else made the same mistake again, don't blame him for being rude.

But soon everyone's attention was attracted by the food on the table, and then they began to eat with relish.

While everyone was exclaiming in amazement, only Mrs. Lian simply took a few mouthfuls of the soup and stopped eating.

The Lian family motto is: don’t talk while eating and don’t talk while sleeping.

No one spoke much during the meal, and only after the meal was over did everyone start praising Xie Yunjiao.

"Yunjiao, this vegetarian meal is the most delicious one I have ever had. I don't feel like I am eating vegetarian food at all. I feel very comfortable after eating it. It's not as greasy and uncomfortable as eating meat." Mrs. Lian said.

Even the Second Wife hurried to flatter him, saying, "That's right, this vegetarian food tastes even better than meat!"

"If you like it, I will make it for you next time." Xie Yunjiao said with a smile.

"Since they are all vegetarian, the price should not be too expensive, right?" Mrs. Lian thought for a moment.

Although Mrs. Lian Er's family background was not too bad, she was still a lady from a small family.

But when she married Lian Er, her family had fallen on hard times and life was not very good.

She thought that if it wasn't something too expensive, she would secretly go to the kitchen and take some back to her parents' home. After all, it wasn't worth much, so no one would care too much.