After talking to Uncle Yonghui, Tian An returned to discuss the construction of the new college with Zhao Yiming and others.
Not long after, Deng Xue came to inform them that the meal could begin.
This banquet was mainly to celebrate Zhao Yiming's success in the imperial examination, and he had to give a speech in person.
In order not to keep everyone waiting for too long, they went out to prepare as soon as Deng Xue notified them.
The banquet was held in an open space in front of the school. Due to limited space, only ten tables could be set up at a time. At this time, everyone had arrived and all ten tables were full.
Those who are not at the table can take a small stool and sit aside to wait for the next ten days, or a group of people can gather together to eat melon seeds and chat while waiting.
As soon as Tian An and the others arrived, the originally noisy scene instantly became quiet.
Zhao Yiming bowed to everyone and walked to the front. "I promised everyone that I would host a banquet for everyone after I passed the imperial examination. Fortunately, Yiming has fulfilled his promise and I am here to fulfill it today."
After saying some polite words, Zhao Yiming was about to leave when a loud voice in the crowd said with a smile, "I heard that after the Juren, there will be the Jinshi. Mr. Juren, you must not be stingy when the time comes!"
Zhao Yiming, who was about to leave, stopped and looked towards the source of the sound. It turned out to be Dashu's father, so he smiled politely and said, "If you can follow your uncle's advice, I will definitely treat you to good wine and meat."
"Then uncle will be waiting!" Dashu Dad said, patting his thigh.
"And us, we can't be left out!" The other uncles also started to make a fuss.
Zhao Yiming responded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."
I thought that was the end of it, but unexpectedly, Qiu Shan's father walked towards Zhao Yiming with a bowl of wine, "It's a rare good day, how can I not drink a bowl!"
The people below began to make a noise, "Yeah, good times call for good wine."
"Come, let's all toast to the juren master."
Immediately, everyone sitting at the banquet raised their wine bowls.
Seeing this, Zhao Yiming did not act pretentiously. After having someone pour the wine, he first clinked bowls with Qiushan's father, then toasted everyone present, and then drank it all in one gulp.
"good!"
"Let's do it too."
After drinking the wine in his bowl in one gulp, Qiu Shan's father said cheerfully, "There aren't many opportunities to toast to the Juren master. This is our first time. I can brag about it when I go out."
"Of course not, hahaha..." Everyone at the scene burst into laughter.
After Zhao Yiming returned the toast, he sat at the main table, and then someone would come over with wine from time to time.
They are all from the same village, so it is difficult for him to refuse when everyone comes to toast him, so he can only accept everyone's offer.
Tian An looked at the palm-sized bowls they were carrying and pulled Zhao Yiming's sleeve with some concern, "Are you okay?"
Other people at least use wine glasses to drink, but they just use bowls. She would get drunk just by looking at them, let alone drinking it. It was a good thing that Zhao Yiming had finished so many bowls before.
Tian An looked around, quietly took out a pill from his space, and whispered to him, "I have a good hangover medicine here, why don't you take one first."
Zhao Yiming looked at the uncles at the tables below who were about to stand up to toast, and decisively took the medicine from Tian An's hand, raised his hand to cover his mouth and swallowed it.
Seeing him take the pill, Tian An also breathed a sigh of relief. Her pill not only nourishes the stomach and sobers up, but also removes the alcohol smell from her face.
If Zhao Yiming drinks a little more, his face will turn as red as a monkey's butt. By then, everyone will think that he is already very drunk and will definitely not come to toast him.
Sure enough, after a while, an aunt stopped her husband and came up to toast.
"Hey, come on! Drink, drink, drink. All you do is drink. Didn't you see how red Yiming's face is?"
The uncle shook his dizzy head, opened his eyes wide, and looked in Zhao Yiming's direction. He rubbed his eyes and said slowly, "Well! You can't drink anymore."
Zhao Yiming only felt that his face was extremely hot, but his mind was clear and his eyes were bright, without any sign of drunkenness.
Seeing that it was almost time, Tian An stood up, greeted everyone, and let Hong Lei help him walk.
Zhao Yiming was confused. He was obviously not drunk, so why did he need help?
However, since it was Tian An who said it, he did not refute it and let Hong Lei support him and walk away.
After returning to the room, Tian An showed him the mirror and proudly introduced it to him as a must-have for his parties and a good way to pretend to be drunk.
Zhao Yiming felt a surge of heat in his heart when he heard this. He was the kind of person who could drink a lot without showing it on his face. Sometimes when he went out for a party, even if he was really drunk, people would think he was just pretending.
If he had Tian An's medicine, he could get drunk whenever he wanted.
"Do you have any more of this medicine? Give me some more." Zhao Yiming immediately asked Tian An for medicine.
"Yes! How much do you want?" Tian An casually took out a large bottle of medicine from the space.
Zhao Yiming hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you give them all to me?"
"Why not?" Tian An readily put a bottle of medicine in his hand.
He also warned: "All medicines are toxic. Although I have tried my best to control the side effects of this medicine, a little bit of it will add up, and taking too much will always harm your body."
Zhao Yiming nodded, "Don't worry! I won't take medicine unless necessary."
He was pretending to be drunk and couldn't go out, so he simply discussed the establishment of the academy with Tian An in the room.
Hong Lei and Xiang Tao were guarding the door until Chun Xi and Chen Feng came back in the afternoon with more than 30 newly bought children, and Deng Xue came to inform them.
Tian An went out to take a look and asked Chun Xi to take them downstairs to eat first.
Then he instructed Chen Qiang to go to Peng's cloth shop to buy some ready-made quilts and bring them back.
He glanced at the rags on the children's bodies, sighed, and said, "Buy some more cotton cloth and have the sewing room in the mansion make clothes for them."
Aunt Li, who was standing by, heard that Tian An was going to make clothes for the children. She said, "An An, if you don't mind our poor craftsmanship, just bring the fabrics to the farm and let us make them!"
There are only a few embroiderers in your house! How long will it take them to finish making clothes for so many children?
Another aunt also said: "Yes! There are many of us here, and if each of us makes one or two, we can finish everything quickly.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather will gradually turn cooler. Children should put on good clothes early to avoid catching a cold!
Tian An was naturally happy that someone was willing to help, "Look at what the aunts said, I know your craftsmanship, you can make such exquisite dolls without any problem, so how can a few clothes be difficult for you!
I didn’t tell you just now because I was worried you would be too busy.”
Aunt Li waved her hand. "What's too much to do? There are so many grown men on the farm, and you raise so many oxen. No matter how much work you have to do on weekdays, it won't be as tiring as when you were in the village before."
"In that case, I'll trouble you all, aunts." Tian An expressed his sincere gratitude.
It would be really difficult to leave so many clothes to the sewing room in the mansion. If the children got sick because they had no clothes to wear, she would have to pay for their medicine. This was the best outcome at the moment.
"Hey! Why are you being so polite? We'll just eat and drink yours. It's just a small matter."
"That's right. If there are any more such things in the future, just throw them to us."
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