Xia Xiaomei held Xiaobao and steamed egg custard for him.

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Chen Chunhua returned to her room. This time she did not close the door, perhaps hoping that someone would call her and ask her to sit down and warm herself by the fire.

Xia Jianshe carried the prepared food into the room, where the familiar melody of the Spring Festival Gala could be heard.

"Jianguo, let's play mahjong together, the three of us!"

"Does Xiaomin know how? She probably doesn't even know how to lay out mahjong tiles!"

"Teach her and she'll learn. Let's play the simplest version!"

The snacks on the folding table were placed on the chair, which has now become a mahjong table.

Li Chunmei taught Xia Minmin to recognize the numbers on the mahjong tiles, arranged the tiles according to the winning hand patterns, explained the rules to Xia Minmin, and then let Xia Minmin arrange the tiles herself to form the winning hand patterns.

Xia Minmin then began her mahjong debut!

Xia Minmin, with her small hands and short arms, couldn't take the cards herself. Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei would take the cards and place them in front of her, and she would be responsible for throwing the dice.

Xia Minmin laughed mischievously, "Haha, Mom, you lost again!"

Li Chunmei's confidence was constantly being undermined. She originally thought it would be easy to beat a two-year-old child, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. After more than twenty rounds, her father won only once.

Xia Xiaomei also put Xiaobao to sleep and sat beside him to watch.

Li Chunmei greeted her warmly, "Little sister, you've come at the perfect time; we're one short for the three of us."

Despite the biting wind and constant firecrackers outside, the four-person mahjong game remained completely undisturbed.

"Mom, how can you cheat! I saw you winking at Dad!"

"Hehe, good triumphs over evil, I won again!"

"Again, again."

The sound of mahjong tiles being rubbed continued until the early hours of the morning, and the main room was filled with laughter and chatter.

In Xia Jianshe's room, the two people watching TV, who were making witty remarks, were completely oblivious to the television.

After the four people who were playing mahjong washed up and went to bed, Xia Jianshe and his wife also set off some firecrackers to rest.