Bai Shan didn't take Man Bao to meet his two brothers. Not to mention her, he was not very familiar with them, and they were the kind of people who wouldn't recognize them even if they met each other on the street.

They didn't make Bai Shan feel very happy. He didn't like anyone in his family very much, so he and Man Bao went directly to Xiyiyuan to eat the late lunch prepared by Xiao Qian for Man Bao.

Everyone in the family had eaten lunch, but Man Bao, Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liru had not eaten. She originally wanted to set up a small table for them in the kitchen.

Seeing that Bai Shanbai Erlang was also coming, he simply asked them to sit in the dining room and eat.

She led Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liru to bring up the prepared meals. Seeing Bai Shan and Bai Erlang sitting down, she pulled Man Bao out and asked in a low voice, "Have you made your superior official angry?"

Man Bao was surprised, "How did sister-in-law know?"

Xiao Qian nodded her forehead and said, "Do you think others are fools? How can anyone come to visit her to pay New Year's greetings without inviting guests for dinner?"

When Man Bao heard this reason, he immediately argued: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, this is the rule of the officialdom. Subordinates can come to the Shangguan's house to pay New Year's greetings, but whether the Shangguan will stay with the subordinates for dinner depends on fate."

Xiao Qian expressed doubt, "How can anyone come to the door with a gift but not leave a meal?"

Man Bao said: "There are also people who come to the door with gifts and don't even see the owner's face. We won't talk about the far away ones, let's talk about Ji Xiang's family. He is the prime minister. Except for another prime minister, everyone in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty is here.

Now, if you come to the door with gifts and you can see him and have a meal with him, you will see if the threshold of his house will be trampled down."

Man Bao said confidently: "So, not everyone will leave food for me, but don't worry, I will see another Shangguan tomorrow and he will definitely leave food for me."

"Is it Mr. Yang?"

"yes."

Xiao Qian said: "I remember Mr. Yang likes to eat our chicken soup. Why don't I make a pot of it tomorrow and you can take it to him to try?"

How can I bring a pot of chicken soup to my house for New Year greetings?

But Manbao swallowed his saliva and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."

Anyway, Senior Brother Yang and Senior Brother Tang are not outsiders, so it’s nothing to bring a pot of soup to your door.

Xiao Qian smiled and said: "Then I will kill the chicken tonight and stew it tomorrow morning."

Man Bao felt very hungry, and she wanted to turn around and go back to eat, but she was caught and pulled back by Xiao Qian, who continued the original question, "So you still offended Shangguan?"

Man Bao: "...Sister-in-law, Xiao Yuanzheng is old and forgetful. Don't worry, he will be fine in two days. If you don't believe me, ask Lijun if she and Liru were taken in at Xiao's house today.

A lot of red envelopes?”

Xiao Qian: "..."

She didn't tell Man Bao that the fact that she had offended Xiao Yuanzheng was guessed by Lijun and he accidentally let it slip when he was cooking for her. She only found out about it then.

Xiao Qian looked at Man Bao carefully and saw that there was no trace of sadness on her face, so she knew that this matter was probably not important, so she felt relieved.

But he still gave me a few words of advice, "Don't argue with Shangguan, you know?"

Man Bao nodded repeatedly, touched his stomach and asked, "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry."

Xiao Qian then asked her to go to dinner.

Xiao Qian's stewed chicken soup was very delicious. Even though it was packed in a can and the lid was tightly closed, the three people who carried it in the car with Manbao still felt the aroma was fragrant.

The three of them swallowed at the same time, and then Bai Erlang touched his stomach after breakfast and whispered: "I seem to be hungry again."

Man Bao stretched out his hand to hold down the bamboo basket, and Bai Shan said: "Wait a little longer, and you can eat it when you get to Senior Brother Tang's house."

The Yang family is now in a desolate state, and the family atmosphere is not very good. Yang Heshu doesn't want his friends to go to his home to experience the unpleasantness, so he made an appointment with them early to meet at the Tang family.

When they arrived at the gate of Tang's house, Yang Heshu's carriage happened to arrive at the side door.

Daji pulled the carriage to let the Yang family in first, and then he drove the carriage to follow.

The servants of the Tang family had known that Yang Heshu and Bai Shan were coming to visit, so when they saw the carriages of the two families, they opened the door and let them in, while also sending someone to notify the uncle.

Yang Heshu got off the car in the side yard and turned around to help Cui. Suddenly he smelled something and looked back at Bai Shan and his carriage.

Bai Erlang and Bai Shan had jumped out of the car one after another. One of them turned around to take a big bamboo basket, and the other turned to support Zhou Man.

Yang Heshu's eyes fell on the bamboo basket carried by Bai Erlang, and he couldn't help but smile with his lips raised, and helped Cui to step forward, "Is this the gift you brought?"

Mrs. Cui glanced at Yang Heshu in surprise. How could he ask someone in person for a gift?

Bai Erlang had already nodded, covered his mouth and whispered: "It's the chicken soup cooked by Sister Zhou for us to drink at lunch."

Man Bao said: "Obviously I cooked it specially for Senior Brother Yang."

Yang Heshu laughed out loud and said to Man Bao, "I didn't expect Sister Zhou to still remember this. Let's go in."

Daji and the escort who followed the car took out several boxes from the car, which were New Year's gifts for the Tang family. There was another box in the car for Yang Heshu, but they had to wait until they came out as guests.

No, it should be another exchange, because Yang Heshu also prepared new year gifts for them.

The wet nurse carried the child up, and a maid held out her cloak to protect him from the wind.

Man Bao curiously came up to take a look, and met his shining black eyes.

Manbao said "Yeah" and said, "It's only been a hundred days, so he looks so smart."

Mrs. Cui became happy and nodded immediately: "I also think he is smarter than other children. He seems to recognize people now."

Several people walked in while talking, and after walking for a while, Tang He and Mrs. Tang came up to greet them.

Everyone smiled and greeted each other and went to the backyard. After walking a few steps, Tang He couldn't help but sniff, turned and asked Mrs. Tang, "Where is the soup being cooked here, and the smell is spreading to the front?"

Of course Mrs. Tang didn't know, so she casually replied, "It's the kitchen, right?"

Tang He stopped, frowned and said, "No, why do I feel like the smell hasn't changed much? Can the smell from the big kitchen drift to the front?"

Man Bao simply ran behind Bai Erlang, pulled the cloak behind him, fanned the basket, and asked Tang He: "Senior Brother Tang, do you feel more fragrant now?"

Tang He's eyes fell on the basket Bai Erlang was carrying, and he said: "..."

The others looked at Man Bao and were speechless for a while.

Mrs. Tang was the first to react and asked with a smile: "Why are you bringing soup when you come to the door? Why, are you afraid that I won't give you soup?"

Tang He was also lucky enough to drink the chicken soup made by Xiao Qian. After smelling it, he asked: "Did your sister-in-law make it?"

Man Bao nodded proudly.

Tang He showed a smile and said with a laugh: "I'm here as soon as I come, why are you so polite?"

Yang Heshu smiled lightly and said, "Maybe it's because Sister Zhou knows that I love to drink her chicken soup."

Man Bao nodded and whispered: "My sister-in-law has always remembered it."

Tang He:......
Chapter completed!