As a result, it is possible to achieve success.

Hong Xiaochen stretched out his hand with a look of heartache, trying to catch the wine spilling from the spout of the kettle, but the wine had already dripped onto the table before he could take a step forward.

"Ah! What a waste! What a waste! The wine has been brewed for years, but no one has ever drunk it. I guess it must be dying with regrets!"

Hong Xiaochen looked at the wine drops on the table and smelled the rich aroma of wine in the air. He couldn't help but stretch his neck forward and get close to that place, with the tip of his tongue half exposed...

"Oh, forget it. There are eight out of ten people in this world who are unhappy. I should be more open-minded. It's not good to be seen by others as an important official of the City Lord's Mansion, ahem, licking the table..."

Hong Xiaochen thought about it, but still sighed. He couldn't make up his mind, so he had to sit back in his original seat, still sighing.

"Hahaha, I'm wrong. I need to apologize to you, big brother."

Hei Muguang cheerfully placed the wine utensils in front of himself and Hong Xiaochen respectively, and reached out to grab the wine pot: "In order to express my apology to big brother, I will punish myself with two glasses of wine first, and then give big brother a pair... hm?"

The smile on Hei Muguang's face froze. He looked at Hong Xiaochen who reached out to take the wine jug into his arms, and his outstretched hand hovered in mid-air.

"slow!"

The dejected look on Hong Xiaochen's face disappeared instantly. He looked at Hei Muguang with a forced smile and spoke slowly.

"Mu Guang, this is a vintage wine that my elder brother has collected for many years. I took it out reluctantly in front of you, thinking that we two brothers can drink it together.

But you want to drink two cups before you even have time to try it, isn't that a bit unfair?"

"Haha, look at what you said, big brother. I'm here to apologize to you. How can there be any drinking first or later?"

Hei Muguang was stunned for a moment, then put on a sincere smile.

"Just now I behaved inappropriately and spilled the wine by mistake, so I should be punished. I don't think there is any problem with that, right?"

"Oh, oh, that's not right. There are no fish in this clear water. When it's full, it will shrink. This is the law of nature. It can't be forced. I'll just lend this breeze a few wisps of wine fragrance, and drink with the sky!"

Hong Xiaochen smiled heroically, picked up the wine jug, and was about to pour it into his own glass.

"It was my foolish brother who spoke out of turn and frightened my dear brother. He deserves to be punished, he deserves to be punished, hahahaha!"

"slow!"

Hei Muguang saw that Hong Xiaochen not only resolved his move, but also turned the tables on him, so he quickly reached out to grab Hong Xiaochen's arm, preventing him from making the next move.

"Ok?"

Hong Xiaochen's smile froze, and he raised his head to look at Hei Muguang: "Brother?"

"Big brother!"

Hei Muguang smiled slightly: "I also have some aged wine hidden in my home."

"Oh?"

Hong Xiaochen's eyelids twitched slightly and he also smiled.

"Really?"

"Of course I take it seriously."

Hei Muguang and Hong Xiaochen looked at each other.

Hei Muguang: “…”

Hong Xiaochen: “…”

“Hahahahahaha!”*2

Suddenly, they both laughed out loud and relaxed their hands slightly.

"Brother, come and drink with me!"

"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful!"

“Hahahahahaha!”*2

"Do it!"*2

"..."

After three rounds of drinking.

"No, it's worthy of being called aged wine!"

Hei Muguang was slightly tipsy, and he gave a thumbs up and said sincerely, "Brother, it's hard!"

"Hahaha, of course. Can I, Hong Xiaochen, fool my brothers with fake goods?!"

Hong Xiaochen refilled his cup and happily took off the storage bag from around his waist.

"No matter how naughty a daughter is, she is still her father's sweet and caring little cotton-padded jacket.

Look, this small bag Xiaoli gave me can hold several bottles of fine wine! It greatly facilitates our illegal activities behind the scenes. Ahem, I mean, it greatly facilitates our relationship. It's great, hahahaha!"

(Hongli:???)

"Ha, my little brother also has this little bag. My Xiaoyang has been a filial child since he was young!"

Hei Muguang was delighted. He took off the storage bag from his waist and placed it on the table. He said proudly, "Not only is my daughter a caring little cotton-padded jacket, my son is also his father's... uh... his father's caring big pants! Hahahaha!"

(Hei Yang:???)

"Well, is there a possibility that the children gave us this not to hold wine?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Hahaha, I think so too!"

"Let's drink a few more glasses to show our filial piety to our children!"

"Hahaha, that's exactly what we should do. Go for it!"

"..."

After three rounds of drinking, the two friends' faces were already red, but their alcohol tolerance was enough and they were still relatively sober.

"Speaking of which, brother..."

Hong Xiaochen looked around and saw pavilions, towers, stone chairs and tables, the shimmering lake, mountains in a row, and misty white clouds.

"You said that we secretly came to this pavilion in the middle of the lake to drink and have fun under the pretext of helping the child with his wedding. Will our wife find out?"

"Ah, this, cough cough..."

Hei Muguang's eyes dimmed, and he looked around with a guilty conscience until he didn't see Qing Yiyi around. Then he leaned forward and whispered, "Have confidence, haven't we stepped on this point several times?

At the Lakeside Pavilion this month, the ice on the lake was almost melting, and children were restricted by their families from going near it.

Add to that the biting cold wind, and even young people may not be able to bear it, let alone the elderly.

Look, I saw it a few days ago, this lakeside pavilion is so desolate that even ghosts don’t want to come here…”

"Cough cough!"

Hong Xiaochen coughed and interrupted Hei Muguang: "Well, my dear brother, you are right. I think I understand what you mean. There is no need to say that no one wants to come. After all...ha, we still have the two of us!"

"Hey, it was a slip of the tongue, please forgive me."

Hei Muguang chuckled, then revealed a worried expression: "What I'm thinking about now is not whether I will be discovered when I drink, but how to hide when I go back!"

"Ok?"

Hong Xiaochen raised his eyebrows: "God knows, the earth knows, you know, and I know, how can it be exposed?"

"Oh, is there any wall in the world that is impenetrable?"

Hei Muguang waved his hands and said with a frustrated look, "We have been married for nearly twenty years. If nothing else, they can tell something is wrong if our eyes are slightly off.

Not to mention that if he was sleeping with his wife in his arms in the middle of the night and someone smelled the alcohol on him, he would be kicked off the bed..."

"??!"

Hong Xiaochen glared and couldn't help but blurt out: "How can this be possible? What about my plan for a second child? Ahem...

Well, I didn’t say anything just now, and Mu Guang you didn’t hear anything either.”

"..."

Hei Muguang's facial muscles twitched for a while, but he finally realized that business was more important, and nodded expressionlessly: "Oh."

"???"

Hong Xiaochen's mouth twitched: "Oh? You just said: Oh?"

"if not?"

Hei Muguang frowned.

"You just don't..."

Hong Xiaochen pointed to the sky with a wry smile and said, "Swear a solemn oath or something, like if you hear me, I will strike you with thunder or something like that?"

"Brother Xiaochen, do you believe that I will go home with the bottle of wine to find them right now?"

Hei Muguang said dimly: "How about we both die together?"

"..."

Hong Xiaochen's body stiffened, and the scene of himself and Hei Muguang lying in a pool of blood suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Ahem, hahaha, of course, of course, business is more important, business is more important!"

Hong Xiaochen quickly forced a smile and said, "Let's continue discussing how to keep this matter secret!"

"This is the right thing!"

Hei Muguang showed a relieved smile. To be honest, he was much more panicked than his elder brother Hong Xiaochen. His sister-in-law Lan Yuying was a real lady from a wealthy family. Before she married Hong Xiaochen, she had never even seen a chicken being slaughtered.

At most, after getting married, Hong Xiaochen taught his wife a few tricks, but that was all. She was still a graceful lady at heart.

But his Yiyi, haha, that was a girl who chased wolves with a knife when she was only twelve or thirteen...

"The smell of alcohol... the smell of alcohol... what can I do?"

Hong Xiaochen tapped the stone table with his fingers with a depressed look on his face, while continuing to drink. The more depressed he was, the more he wanted to drink, and the more he drank, the more depressed he felt.

“It’s right! It’s happening!”

Hong Xiaochen's eyes suddenly lit up and he drank the wine in one gulp. Seeing Hei Muguang looking at him with a puzzled look on his face, he proudly pointed to the nearby lake and said with a smile: "After we finish drinking, you and I won't go home yet. Let's swim in this lake for a while to make sure the alcohol smell disappears. Hahaha!"

"???"

Hei Mu glanced at the lake surface where ice chips were still floating, and a bunch of question marks popped up in his head.

No… Although they are indeed strong and healthy, and have recently started practicing the skills brought by their children, he is not used to winter swimming!

"that……"

Hei Muguang said with a complicated expression: "Let's find a bathhouse or something...isn't that possible?"

"Your bathhouse is open in the first month of the year!"

"Uh, it will probably open after the 15th?"

Hei Muguang's mouth twitched and he shook his head. With so many people around, it would make his attempt to hide even more obvious. He would be admitting his guilt without even being asked.

"and many more……"

Hei Muguang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slammed the table, attracting Hong Xiaochen's puzzled gaze: "What's wrong?"

"Have it!"

"Your plan for a second child has been successful?!"

"Brother Xiaochen... let's die together."

"Ah, ahem, please speak, dear brother!"

"Hmph, listen carefully."

Hei Muguang cleared his throat, stretched out a finger, and said leisurely: "Since it's so difficult to pretend, why not just stop pretending and just finish your drink and go home!"

"???"

Hong Xiaochen had a question mark on his face, full of fear: "Is your life going to be taken?"

"Look what you said."

Hei Muguang rolled his eyes and continued, "As the saying goes, the hardest lies to detect are half-truths. All we need to do is..."

"Well, now, Brother Xiaochen, remember this!"

Hei Muguang looked directly into Hong Xiaochen's confused eyes and spoke word by word, "After we left home, we immediately contacted helpers, established connections, and arranged our children's marriages.