Chapter 24 Cuju Festival (Part 2)

"There are many people here today, don't run around, just follow your sister-in-law."

Shen Yuan answered obediently, in front of so many people outside, her father also treated her as a child.

After Shen Yuan left, Shen Yun glanced at Xie Hui's expression and found that there was nothing unusual, so he felt a little relieved. It seemed that Xie Hui did not see Man Man's appearance clearly that day in the Dali Temple.

If Shen Yun knew that they had met before, his hair would probably stand on end.

"Brother Zigeng, how about you reconsider what I said last time?"

The person who spoke was Wei Wenyuan, the temple secretary. What he talked about last time was naturally the matter of the Wei and Shen families' children getting in-laws.

The matter was just let go last time, but when Wei Wenyuan saw Shen Yuan today, he thought about it again.

Shen Yun had no choice but to continue prevaricating, "It's too early to talk about this now."

"Why should we be afraid of this? It would be great to get engaged first and then get married after a few years."

Shen Yun had been in the officialdom for many years and was a little impatient at the moment. He couldn't help but wonder whether he had passed the imperial examination for Lord Wei and why he couldn't understand what others were saying.

"My Lords, I will go and get ready first."

Xie Hui's sudden words interrupted the scene, and everyone turned their attention away and began to say encouraging words to Xie Hui.

There are several large tents behind the training ground, which are used as a resting place for the Cuju players of each team.

"A date has come, a date has come!"

Xie Hui was just wondering whether he should go sit in the tent first when he heard his father's voice.

Xie Yuan and his son were wearing the same team uniform. He waved to Xie Hui from a distance. When he saw Xie Hui stop, he trotted over to find his son.

Judging from the situation, it is unclear who looks more like the son.

"Father, has Mother arrived yet?"

Xie Yuan waved his hands, "Don't you know your mother? She's afraid of getting tanned in such a strong sun. She will definitely come over after the game starts. If it weren't for you and me, your mother wouldn't even come to watch the game."

After Xie Yuan finished speaking, he looked at his tall and graceful son again, reached out and patted Xie Hui on the chest, "Good, good, much stronger than your father."

His tone was full of pride as a father.

"Today we are going to the battlefield as a father and son. Take a look at your father and see how he looks in this suit?" Xie Yuan asked, and even carefully straightened his sleeves which were not in disarray.

I have answered this question countless times since I was a kid.

"Very good, very handsome, very suitable."

Xie Hui said this several times, and Xie Yuan heard it several times, but he never got tired of hearing it. After Xie Hui finished speaking, he smiled and began to recall the past.

"Thinking back to the time when I was your age, I raced horses in the suburbs of Beijing..."

Then he began to tell how he first met the princess and how they fell in love with each other...

He could recite all these thanks by heart, but every time he listened he kept silent, just listening quietly to his father reminiscing about the past.

Because he didn't let his father finish his words, Xie Hui couldn't rest in peace for the next few days.

But today was different. Today his father stopped talking about his second encounter with his mother at Yunjue Temple.

"I just came here and met Xiao Anzi from the Zhou family. He told me..." Xie Yuan stretched out his voice while looking at his son's expression, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.

"Do you believe what Zhou Zhongan said?" Without thinking, Xie Hui knew what Zhou Zhongan said. His mouth was like a leak and he couldn't hold back anything.

Xie Yuan was amused. "So you know what he is talking about?"

Xie Hui kept silent and let his father talk to himself.

Xie Yuan tapped his left palm with his right hand, and said while recalling, "Master Wang, the Minister of the Dali Temple, it's definitely not the case. His daughter's daughter is about to get married, right?

Another Shaoqing, Lord Shen, is a possibility. I remember he has a son and a daughter. How old is the daughter?

Lord Wei, the Temple Secretary, his family only has sons, it is impossible.

Lord Fang…Lord Fang’s daughter just celebrated her full moon last month, and Lord Qu’s daughter is even more impossible. Last year, his daughter married the eldest son of Lord Sun in the Hanlin Academy, and your father and I even went to the wedding.”

Xie Yuan talked about it to everyone in the Dali Temple, from the temple minister to the chief clerk. What a coincidence, among these adults, the only one with a daughter of similar age was the Shen family.

Xie Hui had no idea that his father, who fiddled with ancient books and paintings every day, had figured out everything about the Dali Temple.

Xie Hui had no choice but to say: "Father, you..."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you," Xie Yuan looked at his son with a smile, already thinking about how to tell his wife about this.

After mumbling to himself for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Did Miss Shen come today?"

Xie Hui turned around and walked away, "You should think carefully about how to protect your handsome face during the competition later."

Thank you for your reply, his father was so scared that he immediately touched his handsome face. He had not expected this when he agreed to participate in the competition, and he instantly lost the mood to tease his son.

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"Mother, why are you here today?" He Ying was surprised. She thought her mother would not like such a scene.

"It was your father who insisted on asking me to come and see the excitement." He's mother shook her head. She had watched Cuju matches when she was young. There were so many people kicking the ball, and she didn't know what was so interesting about it.

After answering her daughter's question, He's mother hugged Shen Yuan beside her into her arms and said, "How long have you not been home, girl? I'm afraid you have forgotten your aunt?"

Shen Yuan called He Ying "sister" whenever he went to the He family to play since he was a child. Naturally, he called Madam He "aunt". When he grew up, even though He Ying married into the Shen family, he got used to the name and kept calling her that.

"Aunt, didn't we make an appointment last time? It was you who told me to make more friends. I've always remembered what you said. But I shouldn't have gone to your house for a long time. I was wrong."

With just a few words, Mrs. He was coaxed into submission. She had no intention of blaming Shen Yuan, and after hearing what Shen Yuan said, she simply forgot what she had said before. "Auntie is wrong. Manman is the most obedient child."

He Ying stood aside and looked at her mother and sister with a smile. Her husband had said last time that her mother could only see him as her son-in-law if Manman didn't go to her house with him.

After about an incense stick of time, people started to take their seats.

Just as Shen Yuan was about to go over and sit down with Madam He and sister-in-law, they ran into Yan Siyu. Yan Siyu had come over just to see Shen Yuan. She was a lively person, and when she saw He Ying and Madam He, she greeted them and then asked the three of them to sit next to her mother.

After sitting down, Mrs. He and Mrs. Yan started chatting quickly. The women had their own things to say, and Yan Siyu whispered with Shen Yuan.

"Have you seen Yunyi and Shuyan?"

"Yun Yi saw it. She was sitting over there." Yan Siyu pointed to the right, "At the very edge, close to the goal. Her son He Dalang was the goalkeeper today. Shu Yan didn't see it. I wonder if he didn't come."

Shen Yuan nodded and looked in the direction Yan Siyu pointed. There were too many people and she couldn't see where Jiang Yunyi was, but -

"Aren't we going to switch sides in the second half? What will Yunyi think then?"