Chapter 34 Mid-Autumn Banquet
Mid-Autumn Festival is here in a blink of an eye.
In the flower hall, Mrs. Yue sat alone in the main seat.
Qi Huaijing and his wife sat in the east, Qi Chengzhou and his wife sat in the west, and there were two more seats on the side and behind. On Qin Jiangyun's side sat Aunt Chun with Luan Jie'er, and next to Qi Chengzhou sat Aunt Xue, who seldom came out.
Further down, the Qi family’s closer relatives from different branches also filled up more than a dozen tables.
The tea was strong and the wine was delicious. After two rounds, a group of young actors were playing the pipa and zither in the hall, singing a set of "Splendid Hall Moon and Soft Curtain Wind". They were singing in the lively place.
"I am most delighted that the new wine is ready today, and the flowers are in full bloom. I wish I could live forever, and always drink spring wine under the flowers..."
At this time, the sound of stringed instruments can be heard everywhere, and everyone has their cups filled with wine. It looks like a grand scene of family reunion.
While watching the show, Chen Tang looked at Qi Chengzhou's family across from him.
Qi Chengzhou was usually very busy and was not often at home. Chen Tang saw him more often when he was a child, but after getting married, they only met a few times.
Looking closely today, he is about twenty years old, about the same height as Qi Huaijing, with thicker facial features. His eyebrows and eyes are not as handsome and delicate as Qi Huaijing's, but he has a calm and high-spirited demeanor.
Chen Tang thought to himself that he was the elder brother and controlled most of the family property, but because he was a bastard, he was inferior to Qi Huaijing in terms of background.
But the two brothers seemed to have a good relationship, and he didn't seem to mind being inferior to his third brother.
At this moment, he was watching the Huadan who was singing on the stage, watching it very seriously.
Qin Jiangyun raised a glass of wine and touched his arm. Qi Chengzhou retracted his gaze, smiled at her, clinked his glass with hers, and drank it all in one gulp.
Chen Tang saw this and smiled secretly. It seemed that the second cousin and Qin were quite affectionate.
But in the blink of an eye, he picked up the wine glass again, drank it all with Aunt Xue beside him, and smiled again.
Chen Tang couldn't laugh anymore.
It was Aunt Chun who was a little further away from Qi Chengzhou. Qin Jiangyun turned around and clinked glasses with her, then gave her a look. Aunt Chun nodded slightly, raised her glass with a smile, walked to Qi Chengzhou, half-knelt down, and also toasted him with a glass of wine.
Qi Chengzhou also smiled, clinked glasses, and drank it all in one gulp.
He turned around and focused on watching the actors on the stage.
Chen Tang looked at the whole family and gritted his teeth... thinking that this cousin's smile was really worthless.
Chen Tang looked at Madam Yue's seat again and saw Aunt Luo sitting next to her, taking care of Qi Youlan.
She thought to herself, if her second cousin’s biological mother wasn’t dead, she would definitely be sitting next to Madam Yue.
Thinking that every master in this family has two concubines, Chen Tang felt unhappy again, and a stone was stuck in his heart.
Qi Huaijing saw her expression, and also raised his glass to toast her, but when they clinked glasses, he leaned over to whisper.
"Why, you look unhappy?"
Chen Tang forced a smile, this was not the occasion for a couple to whisper in each other's ears.
"I'll tell you when we get home."
Seeing that she looked fine, Qi Huaijing nodded slightly.
The family dinner today used aged wine, and although it tasted sweet, it was more intoxicating than usual. Shen Tang's heart was pounding, and he happened to stop himself from drinking, so he whispered to him quietly.
"I want to go for a walk outside."
Qi Huaijing immediately put down the wine glass in his hand.
"I'll go with you."
Chen Tang held him down as he was about to stand up.
At this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet where the whole family was happily celebrating, the third uncle and the third aunt both left the table. I wonder what to make of this!
Even if others didn't say anything, by tomorrow, Mrs. Yue's finally smiling face would have to be stretched for a long time.
"Don't go... I, I need to go to the bathroom, it would be so embarrassing if you follow me!"
After hearing this, Qi Huaijing let it go and called the maid over.
"Go with your grandmother, bring two more lanterns, watch the road carefully, and prepare warm water in advance for your third grandmother to wash her hands, and then..."
Seeing him repeatedly admonishing her, Chen Tang couldn't help but scold him in a low voice.
"Stop talking, just shut up. If you make any more noise, everyone will know that I'm going to the toilet."
Qi Huaijing had no choice but to stop talking, but still added a sentence.
"Be careful."
"Nonsense!"
Chen Tang stood up, turned around and left, but couldn't help shaking his head -
Qi Huaijing is becoming more and more like Madam Yue, and I am becoming more and more like this ungrateful devil.
There's nothing we can do. The way these mother and I raise our children is such an ungrateful person.
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