At the entrance of the once bustling Xinglong Teahouse, the food booth is still there, and the people who gathered here for the day's excitement have not yet dispersed, but the many bigwigs who came to judge today are already preparing to go home.
"Grandpa Ge, walk around more after you go back to help digest your food. Don't just sit there studying. The better your health is, the more opportunities you'll have to give Ah Shou advice on the things he comes up with, right?... How can I be angry with you? I'm just telling you the truth. It's true that you can learn until you die, but you have to live to old age first! I also hope to wish you a happy birthday every year!"
After sending Ge Yong, who was about to get angry, away and tricking Chu Ying into giving her a thumbs-up, and thanking him and Qi Jingshan for the two birthday gifts, Zhu Ying smiled and sent Chu Ying and Qi Jingshan to the carriage. But when she turned around, she saw that Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan and Weinan Bo Zhang Kang were about to get on their horses and leave, so she had to go over and chat with him.
Just now, Zhang Chuan and Zhang Kang did not miss the gift from her junior, and each of them gave her a purse. As for what good things were in the purse, the eldest lady didn't care much because there were too many good things. After thanking them with a smile, Zhu Ying couldn't help but glance at Zhu Jing and Zhang Shou who were talking on the side.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that if something went wrong, her father would make things difficult for Zhang Shou.
Zhu Jing also clearly felt the suspicious look from his daughter, so he could only take out a small and exquisite wooden box that was at most half the size of a palm from his sleeve with a sad and helpless look, and handed it to Zhang Shou expressionlessly. Seeing that Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, he quickly took it with both hands, and he coughed with a stern face.
"It's not a birthday celebration, so Duke Qin and Earl Weinan wanted to give you birthday gifts, but I stopped them. It's just a birthday, don't make such a fuss. After all, even Princess Yongping declined the gift just now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Ying clearly heard the conversation between him and Zhang Shou, and she was already angry. He had to change his slightly stiff attitude and said earnestly: "You and Yingying are still young, so don't take this kind of day too seriously. This seal is something I carved to kill time when I was bored. You can take it and enjoy it."
Seeing that her father was beating around the bush even when giving Zhang Shou a birthday gift, Zhu Ying finally started to laugh. It was not until she saw Zhu Jing leaving Zhang Shou and walking towards her with a serious face that the eldest daughter hurried forward and just as she opened her mouth to call him "Dad", she felt a hand pressing down on her head, and she was immediately frightened and pale.
"I'm not a child anymore! Dad, please don't mess up the bun that I managed to get Zhanjin and Liuyin to comb today!"
Zhang Shou saw Zhu Jing's hand abruptly stop an inch away from Zhu Ying's head, or hair, and then he sighed deeply. He couldn't help but shed a tear of sympathy for this poor and awkward father. The next moment, he saw Zhu Jing's right hand move down, press Zhu Ying's shoulder as if he were a boy, and then walk away.
As the man mounted his horse and galloped away, he disappeared in an instant. He couldn't help but laugh and came to Zhu Ying, who was in a dilemma. "Yingying, aren't you afraid that your resistance just now will anger your father? If it wasn't your birthday today, even if Lu Sanlang had great skills, he would never have invited your father to be a judge on the day of the preliminary competition."