Tan Mo didn't know yet that Yuan Keqing had failed again.

She had New Year's Eve dinner at home with her parents and brothers.

Because the three brothers and sisters came back late.

In the afternoon, Tan Wenci left work early and went home, and symbolically busy himself with the New Year celebrations with Xu Mingzhen.

Things like making dumplings are prepared by Aunt Guo.

Usually, Aunt Guo is responsible for cooking and daily cleaning.

Before the Spring Festival, Xu Mingzhen hired a more professional cleaning team to clean every corner of the house, including the drawers of the cabinets and the pulleys under the drawers.

There is no corner that they cannot reach, and they can clean it thoroughly.

Even the floor had to be cleaned inch by inch by lying on the ground.

It was indeed a thorough cleaning.

Especially when discussing literature and doing business, the Tan family pays more attention to these customs and meanings.

The so-called getting rid of the old and welcoming the new naturally means cleaning thoroughly.

Firecrackers are not allowed in City B, but they may be allowed in very remote areas.

But they can't do that here.

It just so happens that most of the people in the community where the Tan family lives run their own businesses.

Some of them run companies, some run law firms, some run accounting firms, and so on.

They all pay special attention to attracting wealth and good luck.

If you are not allowed to set off firecrackers, everyone will have their own tricks.

Someone made electronic firecrackers.

Make it into the shape of a firecracker, press the switch and the sound of firecrackers will be heard.

Although it looks quite funny, it does get the point across.

Some use balloon popping instead, and some use their mobile phones to find animations of setting off firecrackers and then add the sound of firecrackers.

However, after seeing the electronic firecrackers, everyone felt that the one looked more realistic.

Therefore, almost every family in the community must have an electronic firecracker.

The Tan family also has it.

Tan Wenci and Xu Mingzhen wanted to have a festive occasion, so in the afternoon they also made some dumplings with good meanings.

Tan Mo is good at everything and is smart at everything, but when it comes to cooking, he is really incorrigible.

No matter how you teach, you won’t learn.

Xu Mingzhen watched Tan Wenci clumsily wrapping chestnuts into dumplings and thought that this was probably genetic.

As she watched Tan Wenci making dumplings, she couldn't help but think of how Tan Mo made dumplings at home last year.

I only pick up things like rice cakes and chestnuts to make dumplings.

If you use normal meat filling, it will definitely leak out.

It's exactly the same as the discussion about literature at this time.

Xu Mingzhen suddenly felt sad and took a deep breath, but still couldn't resist the depression in his heart.

"What's wrong?" Tan Wenci noticed that Xu Mingzhen was in a bad mood and asked hurriedly.

Xu Mingzhen sighed and said, "I just remembered that last year, Momo was at home making dumplings with us. This year, she has classes today, so she can't come back. Next year..."

Xu Mingzhen said with a heavy heart, "I don't know if Momo will have the chance to spend New Year's Eve at home next year."

"Why not?" Tan Wenci panicked. He understood what Xu Mingzhen meant, but he would never agree.

Xu Mingzhen sighed again, "Just look at how fast Zhiqian is moving forward. He got engaged to Momo not long after they started dating. Now, because Momo is still young, they haven't gotten married yet."

"Momo will be 20 this year, and I have a feeling he won't wait too long," Xu Mingzhen said. "Even if he can endure it this year, I have a feeling he'll be unable to resist next year and will find a way to marry her."

"There was no movement before, but it was because Momo was too young. Now he will be 20 next year. Although he is still very young, he is not young anymore." Xu Mingzhen felt depressed when he thought about it.

When Tan Mo was born, she never imagined that her daughter would fall in love, get engaged, or even get married so early in the future.

"He dares!" Tan Wenci said in frustration, "He can't go too far!"

Xu Mingzhen glanced at the seemingly strong but weak Tan Wenci and ruthlessly shattered his beautiful hopes, "He didn't make any moves this year, so we should all be secretly happy."

"Luckily, booking a hotel is quite troublesome and requires booking a long time in advance. So even if we want to get married and hold a wedding, we have to discuss it at least six months in advance," Xu Mingzhen said. "Besides, we still have to choose a date. If he doesn't mention it now, it will definitely be too late for the wedding this year."

"But even though I avoided it this year, I always feel that I won't be able to avoid it next year." Xu Mingzhen looked at Tan Wenci with an indescribable look.

Talking about words: "..."

"If it really doesn't work...how about we go out and avoid the limelight next year?" Tan Wenci said.

Xu Mingzhen was stunned for a moment, "Where are we going?"

"We can go anywhere. It's probably easy to find us back home. Besides, we can come back anytime we want. It's hard to hide away." Tan Wenci put away the dumplings he had just wrapped and dusted off the flour on his hands. "Then let's go abroad. No matter where we go, we should go far away and preferably not be able to come back for a while."

"And there's a time difference. It's daytime here, nighttime there. That way, even if he wants to contact us, we can use the time difference as an excuse and even reply the next day. So, with this back and forth, time is dragging on, isn't it?"

Xu Mingzhen: "..."

In order to let Tan Mo get married later, Tan Wenci really tried his best.

"You don't care about the company anymore?" Xu Mingzhen reminded.

Tan Wenci paused, scratching his head in annoyance. "This is the downside of having no one to inherit the company. I want to scold those three brats again."

If any one of the three of them can inherit the company.

He could easily leave the company and take Xu Mingzhen out to play.

Unlike now, we have to wait until Tan Mo gets married and hand over the company to Wei Zhiqian.

When I think about it this way, wanting Tan Mo to get married later and wanting him to retire earlier are so contradictory that they cannot be achieved at the same time.

Xu Mingzhen had already calmed down and said with a smile, "I was just feeling depressed for a moment. Actually, if Momo really got married early, other than being a little younger, everything else would be good for her."

"While it's not advisable for women to give birth too early, it's not advisable to give birth too late either. The younger they are, the faster they will recover and the less dangerous it will be." Xu Mingzhen said, "Besides, even if Momo gets married, it's not like she won't come back."

"Besides, even if she's not married yet, she doesn't live at home all the time like before. She comes home once a week, and I think she can keep up the frequency even after marriage." Xu Mingzhen said, as if trying to convince herself, "So I think it's actually okay to get married early."

"As long as Zhiqian treats her well, that's enough." Xu Mingzhen said.

Tan Wenci's eyes gradually turned red, "But it's still different."

"Even though Momo lives with Zhiqian now, but they're not married, she's still our daughter. Just our daughter, she has no other identity. At most, she's just Wei Zhiqian's fiancée, but before that, she's our daughter first, and her home will always be here."