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It has to be said that Qi Xiaobao's design is still of a certain standard.

The red paper shone on Qi Bao's face against the candlelight, which made Xu Jibai feel the urge to kiss Fangze.He covered his mouth with his fist and coughed twice, "It's very beautiful, the lantern made by my little uncle is very beautiful."

Qi Bao became more and more elated after being praised, he raised his small head like a peacock proudly. "That's right, don't look at who did it."

Xu Jibai laughed out loud at his small appearance, Qi Bao was so angry that he kicked him straight.

"Okay, let's stop making trouble, the lanterns made by my uncle are really beautiful!" On the fiery red lamp wall, there are lotus-shaped petals stacked on pink paper, one by one neatly pasted. On the lamp wall.There are also small emerald greens cut into oval shapes, on which the lotus leaves with leaf stalks are drawn with ink, and they are stuck to the bottom of the lantern in a patchwork order. With the flickering of the candle, you can still see the oval shapes one by one. Shaking on the ground.

Qi Baocai ignored his flattery, shook his head, and let out a "hum" to express his disdain.

Xu Jibai walked over and put on the gloves that he had taken off when making the lanterns, and put them back on Qi Bao, "Little uncle, don't be angry, isn't Suqing happy to see my little uncle happy! The lanterns made by my little uncle are very good , if uncle sees it, he will definitely snatch it away. How about little uncle make another one and give it to uncle directly."

Qi Bao thinks about it too, his elder brother, now he doesn't look like an older brother at all, and he still grabs things from the younger generation, let alone his own.

For those who celebrate the New Year, it should be a gift for my brother.

Xiao Hei has already returned, and he is distributing candy to the children. The younger children are all around him. Uncle Xiao Hei is longer than Uncle Hei and Uncle Hei is shorter, trying to get a few more pieces of candy.

Qi Bao paid attention to the situation over there while making the lantern, and felt very happy to see that Xiao Hei couldn't close his mouth.

The lantern Qi Bao made for Brother Qi was very simple, and he also chose bright red paper as the lamp wall, without too many decorations, just a simple oval-shaped red lantern.Qi Bao turned around, um, not bad, much better than the first one.Sure enough, once born and twice cooked.

Qi Bao expressed his satisfaction.

Xiao Hei divided the sugar over there, Qi Bao, Xu Jibai and others played with the children for a while, and when it was almost Haishi, Xu Jibai took Qi Bao away.

The sky did not know when snowflakes began to flutter. Qi Bao was wearing a thick hat and gloves, and Xu Jibai held one hand, while holding the two lanterns with difficulty in the other.The road was a little slippery, Qi Baoshen was led by Xu Jibai to walk with one foot shallow and the other was shallow, and when he slipped from time to time, Xu Jibai would hug him in time.

"Hey, let me say, can't you walk slowly?" Qi Bao felt unhappy being led like a puppy.

Xu Jibai had no choice but to slow down when he heard the words. Although he enjoyed eating a little tofu from time to time to take advantage of it, the premise was that he couldn't make people angry.

"It's Suqing's fault, is little uncle okay? It's snowing on slippery roads, otherwise, why don't Suqing carry little uncle on his back?" Xu Jibai imagined carrying Qi Bao behind his back, and he could take the opportunity to squeeze The fleshy little butt seems to be good too.

"Forget it, you walk slowly, I can keep up."

"Then, all right." Xu Jibai replied reluctantly.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing that Xu Jibai seemed a little unhappy, Qi Bao asked with concern.

"It's okay." Xu Jibai looked at Qi Bao, Qi Bao was looking up at him, but he was really worried about him.

Xu Jibai's heart warmed up, and he hugged Qi Bao with his backhand, Qi Bao was taken aback by him, "What's wrong?"

Xu Jibai smiled and shook his head, thinking that Qi Bao couldn't see his movements, he took another deep breath from Qi Bao's neck, and smelled a faint orange smell. "It's okay, I just... miss my grandma."

Qi Bao had heard about Xu Jibai from Qi Yi a long time ago, and he couldn't help feeling a little distressed in his heart, "Your brother, although he left early, has always loved you. Even if he is gone, He still wants you to live a happy life." Knowing that Xu Jibai didn't want to mention his father, Qi Bao only called him brother grandma.

"I know, I know..." Xu Jibai said, "I just...just a little..."

"I understand, it doesn't matter, people will always be weak." Qi Bao comforted himself.

Xu Jibai smiled "puchi" and said, "Thank you little uncle, I'm much better."

Qi Bao said very seriously: "It's okay, although you have grown up, you don't have to be so strong in front of me. How should I say, am I also your elder, and if you have anything you can't think about, you can always come to me .As your elder, is it my responsibility to take care of you? You don't have to feel embarrassed."

"Yes, I know little uncle. Thank you little uncle."

Qi Bao took a serious look at Xu Jibai, seeing that he really didn't have any sad expression, so he was relieved.Standing on tiptoe, he patted Xu Jibai's shoulder like an elder.

Xu Jibai was amused by Qi Bao again, he tried his best not to let the corners of his mouth be too obvious.At the same time, a soft place in his heart was hit hard again.Maybe, there's nothing wrong with that.

When Qi Bao returned home, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Jibai just sent him to the gate, after all, even relatives, it is not good to disturb other people's New Year's Eve dinner.It was agreed that he would come to pay New Year's greetings the next morning, so Qi Bao let him go.Before he left, Qi Bao also gave him a lotus lantern made by himself.

After Xu Jibai got the lantern, he left happily.

The hidden guards sent by Li Junze didn't leave quietly until Qi Bao saw Qi Yu.

Seeing that Qi Bao came back safe and sound, Qi Yu let go of the heart he had been carrying all the time. He asked Qi Bao what he was doing, and accepted the lantern that Qi Bao made for him. Brother Qi expressed his satisfaction. .So he decided to postpone the news that the regent had come to see him at home until the next morning.

The Qi family's population is not small, but after all, it is only one branch, compared with other noble families in Shangjing, it seems much deserted.

Qi Yu, the Patriarch of the Qi family, was originally from a villager, so he didn't think much about the matter of superiority and inferiority.The left and right closed doors were all from his Qi family, so a few tables were placed in the outer hall, so that some loyal old people could also have the New Year's Eve dinner together.Although Xu Liuer had some criticisms, but the New Year's Eve, Qi Yu's wishes were also followed.

Because the Qi family invited the tablets of the elders of the Qi family back this year, there were no Spring Festival couplets and blessings, but a few window grilles were pasted, but they were all meaningful, only Qi Bao's yard posted a lot.Brother Qi means, Qi Bao is a child, he likes these colorful things, so it is always right to post more.

Naturally, Qi Bao didn't care about these things, but he just remembered that when he was at home, Grandma Zhou also had to paste blessing characters and window grilles inside and outside the house every New Year's Eve.

The mahjong table was dispersed early, and although the New Year's Eve dinner is the same every year, it still needs to be handled by the head of the family, so it looks more solemn.Xu Yun's age was there, even though the elders wanted him to be the housekeeper, Xu Liu'er was still the one with junior qualifications.

Besides, Qi Bao is here this year, so Xu Liuer doesn't mind putting in more effort.

Before the New Year's Eve dinner, firecrackers should be set off first, implying to get rid of filth and evil spirits, and to welcome wealth and treasure.As the head of the Qi family, Qi Yu personally lit the first whip.After the sound of crackling firecrackers, Brother Qi held Qi Bao's hand again, and the two brothers lit the second whip together.The Qi family burned a total of 120 whips this year. In previous years, they would have burned [-] whips. The crackling sound lasted for more than half an hour.

Brother Qi regretted for a while because he couldn't burn a hundred and twenty hanging whips this year.

Opening the door and setting off the whip is to welcome God.After letting go of the whip, the door must be closed, so that the God of Wealth will be retained.After closing the door, the Qi family's New Year's Eve dinner was also set on the table.

A table of dishes, including several main dishes, braised carp in brown sauce, steamed whole chicken, braised pork with preserved vegetables, lotus seed soup with rock sugar, and dumplings that mean "new and old alternate, child time comes" are all from the Xu family. I made it myself.My brother cooks the New Year's Eve dinner by himself, implying hard work in the coming year.

Qi Yu was sitting in the main seat, Xu Liuer was sitting on one side, and Qi Bao was sitting on the other side.Sitting below are the two brothers Qi Xian and Qi Yi, then their elder brother, and then Qi Xin.Qi Xian's family sat holding their four-year-old son Qi Min.

Qi Bao, who wandered outside all night and didn't eat anything, was already hungry when faced with such a large table of dishes.Glancing at the elbow in front of him, and then at Brother Qi who was still eloquently summarizing, Qi Bao was extremely resentful.

Qi Bao couldn't listen to what Brother Qi had to say, his mind was full of elbows, elbows, elbows!

Until Brother Qi finally finished speaking, Qi Bao immediately stood up and clapped his hands.

It took quite a while for Qi Bao to react, and when he looked around, the whole family stared at him dumbfounded.

Qi Bao smiled embarrassingly, and sat down again with a blushing face.Brother Qi looked at his younger brother's embarrassed look, and hurriedly said: "Look, our Bao'er is hungry, hurry up, use your chopsticks."

Qi Bao buried his head even lower, roaring in his heart, brother, are you really trying to save me?

Not counting the little embarrassment at the beginning, Qi Bao felt that the meal was finished in a lively manner.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family sat in the main hall to watch the new year.In previous years, keeping the year old meant that everyone talked and teased the children to pass the time.This year, because of the new entertainment project of mahjong, several members of the Qi family directly set up two tables.

Qi Min had already fallen asleep during the New Year's Eve dinner, and was carried by the nanny to rest.The remaining few people just made up two tables, and no one was idle.

Qi Bao felt that this year was the right time for him to turn around, and he won all the elder brother Qi, Xu Yuner, and Qi Xin at this table.

Until the morning of the first day of the new year, they could still hear the little master holding Yinzi and laughing "hehehe" from time to time in his sleep.The night servant outside recalled so.

Xu Jibai came to Qi's family to pay New Year's greetings on the morning of the first day of the lunar new year. Along the way, he heard the servants of the Qi family say how the young master of the Qi family won over his elder brother and his family.When they have won enough, they pretend to stop playing, saying that they are going to win, and they can't lose back.

Xu Jibai smiled, it seems that this little money fan really doesn't like money in general.Xu Jibai rubbed his chin, it seems that with his wealth, hooking up with this little fat man should not be a problem.

Thinking of this, the servants of the Qi family found that the young master Biao, who had always been self-reliant, suddenly let out a burst of "hehehe" laughter for some reason.