On New Year's Eve, there was heavy snowfall, lanterns were hung everywhere, and the atmosphere was full of joy. The smell of the New Year was strong. After returning from a banquet in the palace, Tian Minyan's family set up the desk to celebrate the New Year and welcome the New Year.
This was their first time celebrating the New Year in Kyoto, and the food was abundant. Luo Shi also led Tian Minyan to make a few dumplings in the kitchen in a symbolic way. The girls were laughing and joking, and it was very lively.
The brazier in the main courtyard room was burning brightly, and the family of six gathered around eating melon seeds and eating tea and chatting. Xiaowu and Xiaoyaya chased each other all over the floor, laughing happily.
"Be careful, don't throw your sister." Luo Shi warned loudly.
"I know, mother."
"Second brother will hold Yaya." The little girl said something ghostly, which made people laugh.
After several people laughed for a while, Luo Shi sighed and said: "Suddenly, the New Year is here again. I still remember that you just rushed back from Kyoto on New Year's Eve last year and almost missed it. These days go by really fast."
"I'm so happy that I don't know how long it will last." Tian Minyan peeled off a longan and said with a smile.
"Yes, these days are really unexpected. Think about it, a few years ago we were a big family, and you two, even if you wanted to make a dime, your mother would have to worry about it."
Roche sighed.
"Look at you, you're celebrating the New Year, why are you talking about this?" Tian Huairen clicked his tongue.
"Mom, our family's life is getting better and better. Don't think about the past. I don't blame my father for saying that you are always thinking about the past." Tian Minyan chuckled and said: "You, you are still thinking about how to solve the problem.
Yaya can teach you to be a lady for everyone."
"She has a wild temperament, and she is already three years old. Now that the new year is here, I really need to ask the Protector's wife to find a good upbringing nanny." Luo Shi said, looking at his little daughter who was running wildly.
"Don't be too rigid. You won't be able to teach her like a fool." Tian Huairen said, feeling sorry for his daughter.
"Yes, you are the only one who feels sorry for her and spoils her even more." Luo Shi said angrily.
"Isn't Yaya still young?" Tian Huairen said sarcastically.
"Mom, if you don't want my father to spoil Yaya, you can give us a few more brothers and sisters and add a younger brother and sister." Tian Minyan winked slyly.
After hearing this, Luo Shi blushed and spat: "You girl, is this what your daughter should say? Are you still ashamed?"
Tian Minyan stuck out her tongue, and she and Tian Minrui looked at each other. The latter mouthed the words "I deserve it," and they both laughed.
Tian Huairen, on the other hand, was heartless and said with a chuckle: "We are young too. Now that we have enough money at home, we can support two more people."
Luo Shi became more and more annoyed. He punched him in feint of anger and said, "The child is making trouble, and you are also making trouble. What are you spraying in front of the child?"
Tian Huairen was not annoyed, he just smiled. Little Yaya heard this for some reason, so she ran over, climbed into Luo Shi's arms quickly with her hands and feet, and said in a sweet voice: "Yaya wants a little brother, little brother."
Sister, Yaya wants to be a little sister."
After hearing this, the whole family laughed. Luo Shi was so ashamed that he glared at Tian Huairen. His shy look made him look even younger.
Luo Shi is only thirty-two years old this year. According to modern times, she is pretty good. But in ancient times, she was an advanced maternal age. In this era, medical care could not keep up with it, and giving birth was dangerous.
Tian Minyan smiled broadly and said, "Let nature take its course. If you have it, it will happen."
While they were talking, the girl outside raised the curtain and said, "The dumplings are coming from the big kitchen."
It is inevitable to eat dumplings during the New Year's Eve. Luo Shi and the others led the girls to make many during the day, so that everyone could eat a few to enjoy themselves.
This bowl was served with chopsticks, one for each person, and a few plates of appetizers. The fat dumplings were floating in the soup, with a little bit of chopped green onion. Just looking at it made people quite appetizing.
"Oops." Tian Minyan was the first to call out, spitting it out on the spoon, and a plum-blossom gold pick glowed golden under the light.
"Congratulations, Miss. Congratulations, Miss. May you be blessed with good luck, good luck, and good luck in the coming year." Chef Jiang immediately sang her congratulations.
"Ah." Xiaowu also spat out a gold pin.
Chef Jiang said some good words again, but she was replaced by the fact that she was ranked number one in Japan, third yuan or something, and Luo was so happy that she couldn't bear to see him.
Immediately afterwards, several people bit into the gold or silver dices one after another, and Tian Minyan knew that this was the chef's ingenuity. These stuffed dumplings must have been marked!
Luo Shi was very happy and knew what was going on, so he said: "Reward, I will give you two taels of silver, Chef Jiang, and one tael of silver for the other girls who help in the kitchen."
Chef Jiang immediately laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, and she said good things in a flash. Tian Minyan asked them to go down, and then asked the girl to go out and warn other women on duty not to drink and get in trouble.
After eating dumplings and worshiping again, Yaya and Xiao Wu were so tired that they fell asleep before midnight. Tian Minyan and the others waited until the firecrackers went off before they stopped talking.
Early in the morning of the New Year, Tian Minyan and his brothers and sisters packed up and went to the main courtyard to pay New Year greetings to Tian Huairen and Luo Shi. Each received a purse, which contained auspicious and festive gold ingots.
Next, Tian Huairen and Luo Shi took their children to visit various families they were familiar with to pay New Year's greetings. Throughout the New Year, they had to go to various families for banquets, even two in one day, and the Zhong County uncle's house also had to hold banquets.
For wine, the day is set on the tenth day of the lunar month.
After a few days, Tian Minyan was so tired that she wanted to put off going to the banquet on the pretext of being sick, but she also knew that it would be unlucky to say something like this during the New Year, so she endured it and asked the girl to massage her legs and soak her feet every day when she went back.
Returning from the banquet on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Tian Minyan slumped down on the imperial concubine's couch again. If she thought of it, she brought hot water for her to soak in. Seeing that there was no one around, Zi'er whispered, "Miss, rest early tonight."
Tian Minyan was leaning on the couch, holding her head with one hand and beating her thigh. When she heard this, she opened her eyes and looked at Zi'er.
Seeing Zi'er nodding, Tian Minyan blinked and understood what he meant. Her face turned red, she sat up straight, pursed her lips, and asked softly: "What else did he say?"
"No, let the young lady rest early." Zi'er said seriously.
Tian Minyan curled her lips after hearing this, why did she rest earlier? Wasn't she stealing jade and beauty?
But even though she said this in her heart, it was dark now, and Tian Minyan had eaten in the main courtyard, so she excused herself that she was exhausted these past few days and went back to the courtyard to rest early.
She dismissed the girls and waited in the room, looking at the dim light from the window and thinking about his purpose and what he would say. She had been too busy these days and they had never seen him.
It seemed that everything was silent, and it seemed that a wild cat had barked. Zi'er entered the room and said softly: "Miss, get up quickly. I will take you out."
"Ah?" Tian Minyan turned over and sat up, looking at Zi'er stupidly, taking her out, wasn't he the one?
