Chapter 377: Happiness, Anger, Sadness, and Joy Are Different
The Crown Prince and Xiao Jingran followed Prince An to the Empress Dowager's palace for dinner. The Shen and Zhou families in the Grand Tutor's Mansion also sat together and began their true New Year's reunion dinner.
The table was filled with all kinds of novel and delicious dishes, so full that it was dazzling to look at.
No matter you like spicy, sweet or sweet and sour flavors, you can find your favorite food on this table.
Shen Keheng looked at the dazzling array of dishes with his eyes sparkling and his heart was filled with excitement.
The egg tarts and Portuguese tarts for afternoon tea are really delicious, especially the fillings, which are sweet, tender and melt in your mouth.
Every bite is a pleasure.
According to their appetite, the food served by the maids was not enough.
But when we thought about the delicious food tonight, everyone stopped eating as much as they could and left some space for themselves.
Now that I think about it, it was indeed a wise choice to save room for the dinner in the evening.
Otherwise, it would be really uncomfortable to see so many delicious foods in front of you but not be able to eat them.
Chen Huazheng introduced all the dishes on the table with a smile, and then pointed to the blood clams on the table: "Let's eat this first."
Everyone looked at the blood clam with its shell tightly closed, and they all felt it was a bit strange.
This blood cockle looks like it has not been cooked.
Should I eat it raw?
Zhou Zeyan couldn't help but ask, "Zheng'er, is this how you eat it directly? Do you need to use some tools?"
The clam shell is closed, so even if you want to eat it, you have to use some tools to pry it open.
Do I have to bite it open with my teeth?
What if I break my teeth?
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, “No need, the shell will open in a moment.”
Everyone: (⊙_⊙)?
Is it possible that this shell can't open by itself?
Zheng'er is keeping us in suspense again.
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The dinner at the Wenxin Marquis's residence was relatively early today. After the meal, Princess Yi'an and the Wenxin Marquis and his wife sat and chatted and drank tea.
Jiang Xi and Princess Le Jia were in the corridor, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside while looking at the stars in the sky.
Princess Lejia looked up at the sky. The moon was hidden in the clouds, but the stars were still twinkling faintly.
Listening to the voices of Princess Yi'an and others and the sound of firecrackers outside, Princess Lejia felt full in her heart.
This was the most comfortable Spring Festival she had experienced in all these years.
There are no annoying siblings Xiao Han and Jiang Yirou, nor are there biased Jiang Jinrong and Jiang Can and Jiang Huai.
Now she is surrounded by only her true family members.
Princess Lejia seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly grabbed a bamboo and threw it into the fire.
The bamboo was roasted in the fire, making a constant "crackling" sound and sparking a few tiny sparks.
Princess Lejia looked at Jiang Xi proudly: "Brother, look, these are the firecrackers I made."
Jiang Xi was a little speechless, but he still grabbed the bamboo pole and threw it towards the fire on the other side.
Listening to the noise coming from the fire, Jiang Xi raised his eyebrows: "Is mine louder?"
Princess Lejia rolled her eyes and found another bamboo pole.
The brother and sister seemed to be competing, comparing whose bamboo pole could make the louder sound.
Princess Yi'an smiled and shook her head: "These two children."
Liang also smiled: "It's a rare happy day, let them have some fun."
Marquis Wenxin said nothing, but just looked at his children in the corridor with a smile.
Princess Lejia played with Jiang Xi for a while, then calmed down.
He returned to the room and sat down, drinking tea with Princess Yi'an and others.
Everyone was chatting and eating fruits and snacks, it was so relaxing.
During the Spring Festival, most families are filled with laughter and joy.
But the joys and sorrows of each family are different. Some are happy, while naturally some are sad.
Compared with the harmony and joy in the Wenxinhou Mansion, the atmosphere of the reunion dinner between Jiang Jinrong and his two sons seemed extremely solemn.
There were sounds of firecrackers outside, but it was very quiet inside the house.
Jiang Jinrong looked at his two sons and was speechless for a moment.
The dishes on the table could barely be considered sumptuous, but none of the three people at the table had any appetite.
As Jiang Jinrong picked up his chopsticks, everyone quietly focused on eating, and no one spoke.
Jiang Jinrong has now been through the gates of hell and his health is much worse than before.
My appetite is not as good as before.
He would stop to rest after eating a few bites of food.
Otherwise it will be too tiring.
Jiang Can's face was gloomy, and he numbly picked up the food in the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth.
Ever since he was dismissed from office, he seemed like a different person.
I feel sorry for myself every day and don't want to go out and see people.
Whenever Jiang Jinrong and Jiang Huai wanted to talk to Jiang Can, he refused.
Apart from eating every day, Jiang Can locks himself in the room and no one knows what he does in there.
Although Jiang Jinrong was worried, there was nothing he could do.
He knew Jiang Can was upset and could only let him do what he wanted.
Jiang Can ate a few bites of each dish as if it was a routine, then stood up.
Jiang Jinrong frowned: "Are you full?"
Jiang Huai also looked at Jiang Can: "Brother, don't you want to eat some more?"
Jiang Can shook his head: "You guys eat."
After saying this, he left quickly.
Jiang Jinrong opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just lowered his head weakly.
Jiang Huai looked at his elder brother's departing back, then looked at his father and sighed in his heart.
Now that my father is not as healthy as before, my eldest brother seems to have built a shell for himself and is hiding inside it.
He doesn't let others get close to him and is unwilling to come out.
Some time ago, he met Jiang Xi and Jiang Yining.
It should be Jiang Xi who took Jiang Yining to buy things needed for the New Year.
He was standing in the dark at the time, not daring to be seen by them.
Watching the interaction between Jiang Xi and Jiang Yining, the sour feeling in Jiang Huai's heart slowly expanded and spread.
Aning had clearly said before that he was her favorite brother.
But now, Jiang Xi is the only one in her eyes.
He returned to the Jiang Mansion in a daze, locked himself in the room, and cried secretly.
They were clearly a happy family before, but somehow everything changed.
Aning has changed, and they have all changed too.
Maybe this is the punishment from God.
Punish them for being blind and mistaking fish eyes for pearls.
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