Tian Mingwu looked at the officials who kept asking him about the whereabouts of the sweater for a long time before he said slowly, "It's called a sweater. My daughter knitted it for me. You can't buy it outside."
Everyone was stunned when they heard that it couldn't be bought. Is there anything in this world that money can't buy? Even if there is, it shouldn't be a piece of clothing!
Besides, the clothes weren't anything special, other than being warm. Even if they couldn't buy ready-made clothes, they could always buy the materials, right? They could just buy the materials and have their family make them.
Just as the official was about to interrogate Tian Mingwu about the materials used to make the clothes, he heard Tian Mingwu pull Zuo Da Ren and say, "Don't envy me. I saw your daughter come to my house a few days ago to learn knitting from me. You should be able to wear sweaters in the next couple of days."
When Lord Zuo heard that his daughter had also prepared a sweater for him, he immediately remembered that when he went out to court in the morning, he saw his daughter anxiously carrying a bundle towards his and his wife's yard.
He thought the sweater should be in the bundle, but unfortunately his daughter was a step too late and he was busy going out, so he didn't get the sweater. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been cold this morning.
Thinking of this, Master Zuo straightened his back immediately, turned around and bowed to everyone, "I'm sorry, everyone, I have to go back and put on more clothes first, so I won't be able to chat with you all anymore!"
Then he turned around and strode out of the palace gate. Thinking that he would soon have a warm sweater to wear, he didn't feel so cold anymore.
Everyone watched Master Zuo leave, and they couldn't help but regret why they didn't let their daughters befriend Tian Mingwu's daughter! Otherwise, they would have sweaters to wear now.
However, it is only early winter now and it is not the coldest yet. It should not be too late to make friends now!
An official then pulled Tian Mingwu aside and said, "General Tian! The Lady of Anping hasn't been in the capital long, so she probably doesn't have many friends. My daughter is about the same age as the Lady of Anping, so we could get along well. How about I ask her to come visit me when I get back?"
Tian Mingwu was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "county lady" he was talking about was his own daughter.
Although he thought it was a good thing for his daughter to make more friends, he had seen the girl in this family before. She looked very arrogant and looked down on others.
He remembered that when his daughter was not back, he had little money and his clothes were not very elegant. Once, when he passed by her house, she called him a pariah.
A girl like this must not be brought to his daughter, lest she be corrupted by him. He did not want to cause trouble for his daughter, so he politely declined.
After spending a long time with these scholars, he also learned a lot of their speaking skills, and even when rejecting people, he could try his best not to offend them.
Seeing a group of people surrounding him, their eyes occasionally glancing at his cuffs, Tian Mingwu twitched his lips. It's just a piece of clothing! What's the big deal?
"I saw my daughter knitting a lot of sweaters with others. How about I go back and ask if I can share a few with you guys?"
An adult who was standing nearby immediately said, "Excuse me, General Tian."
Another adult also responded very quickly: "I want one too. General Tian is here."
"And me."
"Me too……"
After finally counting the number of people, Tian Mingwu finally emerged from the crowd. Seriously, he was sweating in such a cold weather.
Duke Anguo, standing by, laughed and jokingly said, "Brother Tian, this sweater is really warm!"
Tian Mingwu paused, "You haven't left yet?"
Duke Anguo touched his nose and said, "It's been a long time since I last saw my goddaughter. I happened to have some free time this afternoon, so I thought I'd go see that girl."
Tian Mingwu curled his lips and walked in front reluctantly to lead the way. He didn't want this guy who took half of his daughter to go to his house at all.
Tian An was very happy about the arrival of Duke Anguo. He treated him to delicious food and drinks, and even prepared sweaters for the whole family for him to take back before he left.
Duke Anguo did not come empty-handed. Madam An bought a lot of winter supplies for Tian An and his siblings, and specially asked Duke Anguo to deliver them.
In the evening, after Xiaokang and Xiaoqi came back from school, Tian An took the things prepared for them by Mrs. An and the sweaters knitted in the sewing room and gave them to them.
When the two younger brothers knew that Tian An had knitted a sweater for Tian Mingwu, they thought the sweater was knitted by Tian An and were very happy.
Tian An said a little embarrassedly, "This was knitted in the needlework room. Sister is too slow at knitting sweaters. So far, she has only knitted one for Daddy. The weather is getting cold, so you can wear the one knitted in the needlework room first. After a few days, sister will knit one for each of you two, and then you can change clothes."
The two younger brothers were not upset when they learned that the sweater was not knitted by Tian An. Xiao Qi even comforted Tian An, "It's okay, sister. You can take your time knitting. We can just wear this one first."
Xiaokang also said: "That's right, the weather is cold, sister, don't work too hard, make sure to get more rest."
Tian An felt very touched after listening to the heartwarming words from his two younger brothers. He felt that it was not in vain that he raised his two younger brothers!
Compared with his two younger brothers who are easy to talk to, Zhao Yiming seems a little unyielding.
This guy refused to wear a sweater knitted in the sewing room, saying that men and women should not touch each other, and maids are also women. He only wears clothes made by his wife.
Tian An pointed at his clothes and said with amusement, "Isn't the suit you are wearing now also made in the sewing room?"
Zhao Yiming was stunned, looking at the clothes on his body and fell into deep thought. After a while, he looked at Tian An and said, "An An, how long does it take you to make a set of clothes? How about I take off this dress and wait for you to make it for me again?"
Tian An's mouth twitched. It was amazing that he could come up with such an idea. "The problem is not how long it takes me to make a set of clothes, the problem is that I don't know how to make clothes at all!"
Zhao Yiming clearly didn't believe it. "You don't know how to make clothes? You can knit sweaters and embroider purses, so how could you not know how to make clothes?"
"Knitting sweaters, embroidering purses and making clothes are different."
Tian An felt that sweaters were much easier to knit than clothes. It was okay for her to knit sweaters, but forget about cutting cloth to make clothes!
But Zhao Yiming didn't think so. In his opinion, knitting a sweater was much more difficult as it required knitting one stitch at a time, but making clothes was much simpler as he just had to cut the fabric and sew it together.
So he used the tactic of pestering Tian An and finally persuaded him to make him a set of underwear.
Zhao Yiming agreed, thinking that the underwear would fit snugly and would separate him from the outer garments made by others. Besides, if Tian An were to be the one to take care of all his clothes in the future, he wouldn't want her to go through the hard work, so the underwear was fine.
However, "An An, one set is not enough, you have to let me have a replacement set!"
Tian An thought so and agreed readily.
It's just that I was quite straightforward when I agreed, but I felt a little embarrassed when I did it. It's like a girl in love buying underwear for her boyfriend! It's a bit...
After blushing and going to the warehouse to pick out the best fine cotton cloth, Tian An looked at the cloth on the table and felt a little at a loss as to where to start. Xiangtao couldn't help either, so in the end she could only ask her to go to the sewing room to find Deng Shuang.
Whatever, it's embarrassing! It's better than wasting the fabric and not having the clothes made.
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