Chapter 196 New Year's Eve Dinner
It turns out that the Song family's secret room is under the water. It is indeed secret enough that even the mice in the house don't know about it, so the canary naturally didn't find out.

Song Qingwan was curious, and after the old man walked over in person, she was suddenly speechless.

She finally understood why even mice didn't visit the secret room, because it was just a hole in the ground with bumpy dirt, just like a hole dug by children playing house.

The biggest feature of the cave is that it is large and has good air circulation, which really helped the Song family escape a disaster at a critical moment.

It's quite magical. Song Qingwan thought that this kind of place must be the masterpiece of the eccentric old man, right?
Old Master Song was also looking at the cave, his mind wandering from time to time, as if the interesting scenes from the excavation were replaying before his eyes.

"This hole was not actually dug by grandpa, Wanwan, do you know how many brothers I have?

Our Song family is famous for our fertility. Your great-grandmother gave birth to five children, and each of them was more noisy than me~"

Therefore, no matter how poor the old man was, he wanted to have five children. Perhaps he wanted his brothers and sisters to be reincarnated as these children. At least he had deep hopes.

"But they are all gone now. Today is New Year's Eve. Let's pay our respects to our deceased relatives."

The old man sighed and led Song Qingwan out of the secret cave.

"Master, don't be sad. Master Yang was very powerful today. He killed many enemies. Prince Qing is also dead. The eldest princess is living a fate worse than death. The Song family's revenge has been half avenged.

Hua Lao chased after King Ping, but he didn't succeed, but he removed his left and right arms, and he wasn't injured. We will get better and better, and get back everything we lost."

It is helpless to see those things that are gone, but there will always be regrets in life, so they should cherish the present more.

"Well, Wanwan, you must remember the Yang family's kindness and repay them in the future." But he was afraid that he didn't have the ability to do so.

However, as long as he lives well, that is his greatest ability. He is now the ancestor of the Song family, and giving birth to these descendants is his greatest ability.

The old man is very good at self-regulation and self-healing.

Didn't Song Qingwan repay the Yang family whenever she had the chance?

When she helped the old man out, the Song family had returned to normal order.

Of course there were guards in the Song family’s old house, but later most of them were sent to the precision factory by the old man.

Because there are a lot of goods in the fine factory, it is much more valuable than an empty old house.

No one could find them if they hid in a secret room, so there was no need to waste guards.

Therefore, only some external parts of the Song family’s old house were damaged, and there were no casualties.

Now that the environment has calmed down, the women in the family are all quick-witted and generous people. After everyone cleans up together, they can cook.

But what the Song family didn't know was that the Song family's old house was actually protected by a large number of animals, such as snakes, dogs,
The rebel soldiers searched the mansion but did not find any member of the Song family. Later, a large number of poisonous snakes came out of the cave, and groups of vicious dogs bit them.

There is no need for those people to waste manpower on smashing and looting things. They can just vent their anger a little and then leave.

So, Song Qingwan's room was still intact.

She went back into the house, changed her clothes, and ran to the kitchen to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner while waiting for news from outside.

The ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner had been prepared long ago and hidden in the cellar by Song Niang, so they were not destroyed.

The New Year's Eve dinner that the Song family was going to prepare was a large one, with a banquet for hundreds of people, so they set up ten tables.

The Song family, the Ye family, the Yang family, the Seven Saints and other important people who have a good relationship gathered together.

Steaming rice cakes, making dumplings, cooking chickens, ducks, fish, and beef, the women were busy in the kitchen, while the men continued to clean up the house and set up the banquet table. After a long time, the person who went out to inquire about the news came back.

"The Yang family is safe. Old Lady Yang has brought the Yang family here~"

"The master is safe and has made a contribution. He will be back after handing over his shift later~"

"The eldest and second sons are safe and have made great contributions. They are busy with official business and probably won't be back tonight~"

The good news that came one after another made the Song family cry with joy. It was so great that everyone was safe!

Before dinner, the Seven Saints returned from the Fine Factory. As they had made preparations early on, the Fine Factory was attacked by counter-attacks, but the losses were not great because they had powerful bows and crossbows, Mo Shou's mechanical traps, and Situ Boliang's formations.

This kind of battle formation can be said to be extremely powerful. If the Princess had not sent out a large number of troops, the Seiko Factory would not have suffered even the slightest loss.

The eldest princess originally planned to destroy the Jing Factory, so that Song Qingwan would not be able to do business and would owe a huge amount of liquidated damages, and the Jing Factory would naturally go bankrupt in the end.

Who knew that the eldest princess would be the loser in the end? So, you are still the boss. If she can beat you once, she can beat you several times.

"Come on, the banquet is about to begin!"

The Song family had a happy ending, and the old man was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. After Uncle Song came back, they started the feast.

Looking at this neat and tidy family, everyone will be moved, "We have made it through, let's work hard and keep today's achievements and happiness, cheers!"

The patriarch summed it up in one sentence, and then he started crying while drinking.

It has not been easy for the Song family over the years.
Make rice cakes, worship ancestors, eat dumplings for the New Year’s Eve dinner~then stay up all night.

This is the first New Year that the Song family has celebrated since returning to the capital. The family is together and lively, but this is just a new beginning.

The old people could stay up all night until dawn, and Song Qingping finally put down his books and played with his younger brothers and sisters.

Song Qingwan continued to compete with the Seven Saints in talent.

I know Song Qingwan is good, let’s compete again and see who has improved?

In the end, of course, the result was half win and half loss, because Song Qingwan no longer had the determination to win, so the result of the game naturally didn't matter to her.

"Pfft! The girl's heart is no longer here. What's there to be proud of for you to win?"

In the musical instrument competition, Xie Qingcheng won, and Jiang Ling was the first to laugh at her, not giving her any face at all.

Xie Qingcheng was of course not convinced, "Is it so difficult to admit that I am better than you?" Tsk, geniuses will always be envied, there is really nothing we can do about it.

However, Miss Song was indeed not very focused, because she was looking forward to the fireworks, right?

Fireworks are those that produce huge sparks when launched into the air. They were made by Song Qingwan herself and she had never tried them before.

So everyone present was looking forward to it, especially since this fireworks feast was prepared by Song Qingwan for Crown Prince Li Minghe, which made everyone even more curious.

Li Minghe’s birthday is on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year after midnight.

According to the tradition of the Yuan Dynasty, the first blessing and celebration of the New Year is to set off firecrackers. This is not only a way of celebration, but also a symbol of driving away evil spirits, avoiding disasters and praying for peace.

People believe that by setting off firecrackers they can drive away bad luck and evil and usher in good luck and fortune.

Therefore, after midnight on New Year’s Eve, every household will set off firecrackers, which also symbolizes a prosperous year ahead, and the scene is extremely lively.