Granny Qin took Nanny Xiao back to the yard to rest, while Tian An and the others continued to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year.
Tian Mingwu drank a lot of wine. Although he tried his best to control himself, his head was still a little dizzy. Tian An asked the kitchen to make him a bowl of sobering soup.
When he sobered up a bit, he slapped his head and said, "Drinking is a waste of time! I almost forgot something important."
Then he took out four red envelopes from his waist bag and handed them to Tian An, Xiaokang, Xiaoqi and Zhao Yiming. Although his face looked really bad when he gave them to Zhao Yiming, he still gave them to them in the end.
Zhao Yiming thanked him cheerfully: "Thank you, father-in-law."
"Hmph!" Tian Mingwu raised his nose high, but he was not a mean person.
Tian An and the others opened the red envelopes on the spot and found that Tian Mingwu had actually given them all of his monthly salary.
"Dad, you gave it all to us. Don't you need the money yourself?"
Tian Mingwu waved his hand nonchalantly, "No, no, my daughter, you've already taken care of everything for me, including food and drink. This is much better than the life I used to live on my own. Why should I take money from you?"
Tian An said with a smile: "Then you don't need to treat your colleagues to a drink or listen to some music?"
As soon as Zhao Yiming said this, he turned his head to look at her. Tian Mingwu also looked at her in disbelief, which made her look confused.
"Is there anything wrong with a few friends drinking and listening to music together?"
The two of them shook their heads in unison, "No problem." Their movements were so coordinated.
Tian Mingwu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Dad doesn't drink alcohol or listen to music on weekdays."
Especially those things about flowers and wine, that stuff is immoral. He is a decent man, how could he go to such a place! Just now I thought my daughter was taught a bad lesson!
"Okay! If Dad needs money, just go to the accounting office and get it." Tian An happily accepted the purse. Just as she looked up, she saw Zhao Yiming handing her his purse as well, "I'll give you mine too."
Tian An didn't want his money. "Before in Jinning County, you had less expenses so I helped you manage them. But now you are in the capital and you need money everywhere you go. You should manage it yourself! It will be more convenient."
Then he turned to look at Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, "You two should also learn to manage yourselves."
They have already started learning arithmetic this year, so this is a good opportunity for them to practice.
The matter was settled, and Tian An took out four purses that she had embroidered herself from the bag at her side.
A brown gourd-shaped purse with the words "peace and happiness" was given to Tian Mingwu. "I wish Dad peace, happiness, longevity and good health."
Tian Mingwu smiled with wrinkles on his face, "Okay, okay, you are really daddy's good daughter."
Then came Zhao Yiming's, a dark blue purse embroidered with yellow ginkgo leaves. Without Tian Ando saying anything, Zhao Yiming knew the meaning of the purse as soon as he took it.
Xiaokang’s is a purse with two cute little tigers, and Xiaoqi’s Tianan embroidered two adorable pandas.
After receiving Tian An’s gift, Zhao Yiming also took out the gift he had prepared.
Tian Mingwu, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi were given a pair of grey rabbit fur gloves. The fur was from rabbits he had hunted himself. He skinned and processed the rabbits before sending them to the sewing room for sewing. It was prepared in advance.
Tian An was given a set of white rabbit fur gloves, a scarf, and earmuffs, all snow-white without any other color.
Tian Mingwu felt jealous when he saw this, and felt that it was too insincere of him to just give the money directly.
Xiaokang's New Year's gift to Tian Mingwu was a "Fu" character he wrote himself. Although his handwriting was a little childish, it was neat and correct.
Xiaoqi wrote the character "Shou", which means longevity. He was not as enlightened as Xiaokang, and did not start writing characters as early as Xiaokang, but he did not make any mistakes in his writing. It was obvious that he put in a lot of effort.
Although Tian Mingwu never went to school, he was actually literate. He learned a lot from his father when his mother was still alive.
After receiving the calligraphy from the two people, he excitedly asked his personal servant Pingshun to frame it for him and put it in his room.
Xiaoqi Xiaokang gave Zhao Yiming the four big characters "金榜提名" that they had collaborated on.
After taking it, Zhao Yiming did not forget to give comments to the two of them so that they could know their shortcomings and make corrections in the future.
In addition to giving each other gifts, they also prepared a gift for Mr. Han together, which was a pair of "Good Teacher and Helpful Friend" written by Xiaokang, Xiaoqi and Zhao Yiming, with the words embroidered by Tian An.
Mr. Han was stunned for a moment when he received the gift, and then his eyes turned red. He felt mixed emotions. After carefully reading the calligraphy, he asked the servant to take it back to the room.
They had originally prepared gifts for Granny Qin, but since Nanny Xiao was coming, they couldn't leave her out. They thought they would prepare Nanny Xiao's gifts before sending them to them together.
After the gifts were delivered, it was time to kill time. Tian An took out two sets of chess pieces, one for Mr. Han and Zhao Yiming to play Go, and the other for her to play Gobang with Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, and Tian Mingwu.
Mr. Han and Zhao Yiming are both very good at chess, and soon they started to fight back and forth.
On Tian An's side, after explaining the rules and how to play, Tian Mingwu, who had never watched chess being played, said he wanted to play a game.
Tian An played a game with him first to demonstrate to the two younger ones.
After blocking Tian An for a few moves, Tian Mingwu became a little proud. "The Gobang game my daughter developed is still the most fun. It's easy to play and fast."
After saying this, he pointed at Zhao Yiming and Mr. Han who were lost in thought and said, "They are nothing like him. They can't even take a single step in half a day."
The two people who were named looked innocent. Shouldn't they think carefully before playing chess?
Turning around to look at Tian Mingwu, who had already made two moves, he thought to himself: Could it be that the general/father-in-law is such a good chess player?
Zhao Yiming breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Tian An, who had also made two quick moves, think they were both equally bad! He didn't know his father-in-law, but did Tian An know? He was only slightly better than a bad chess player.
He shook his head and continued looking at the chess game in front of him.
Tian An saw that the game was almost over, and one move would decide the outcome.
Looking at the five white pieces in a line on the chessboard, Tian Mingwu was dumbfounded. He pointed at the five pieces and counted them three times before admitting that he had lost.
Seeing Tian Mingwu lose, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, who had been watching for a long time and were itching to try, were happy.
After urging the two to vacate their seats, he collected the pieces they had moved from the chessboard and began to play back and forth. Xiaokang won this round.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Tian An suggested that the losers should change players and the winners should continue playing.
After several rounds of players had been replaced, Zhao Yiming and Mr. Han's game was barely over. Seeing the excitement, they came over curiously and couldn't help but join in a few rounds.
Time slipped away bit by bit, and as soon as midnight arrived, the housekeeper Chen Qiang went to the yard to set off a string of firecrackers.
The sounds of firecrackers from various households followed one after another. The servants brought in delicious dumplings. There were only six small dumplings in each bowl. Eating too much at night would be difficult to digest, so they just gave them as a token of their appreciation for good luck.
After eating dumplings, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
Tian Mingwu had been drinking and had been up all night, so he snored loudly as soon as he fell into bed. The two younger children had also been out for a long time and fell asleep as soon as they got to bed.
Only Zhao Yiming was in the best spirits. He was able to wait until everyone fell asleep before climbing up Tian An's window to report to her about Nanny Xiao.
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