Chapter 46 Thank you, Sir, for a Happy Dragon Boat Festival

This is the last round of competition. The winners of the previous rounds will compete in the final, so each team is very strong.

Before the game, it was not just the Shen family that was betting. From the royal family to the ordinary people watching the game on the shore, except for the different bets, there was no difference in the way everyone gambled.

Oh, but the royal nobles don’t call it a bet, they call it a prize.

Ordinary people can bet on anything they see everywhere, a bowl of sugar water, a piece of cake, just for fun, no matter how much it is worth.

Therefore, the final four dragon boat races attracted special attention.

In order to facilitate differentiation during competitions, each team would discuss painting different colors and patterns on their dragon boats at the beginning of their formation.

One year, the most beautiful dragon boat race was held in the capital. The winning dragon boat not only received money, but also prizes from the imperial palace.

Painting the dragon boats is actually a way to make it easier for spectators on the shore to distinguish them.

The four remaining dragon boats are painted with a tiger, an eagle and a bull respectively.

There was another team that was different from the others in terms of might and power. They painted their boats white and drew many rice dumplings on them. The dumplings were also painted round, making the dragon boats look cute.

Shen Yuan liked this rice dumpling dragon boat very much, but in the end he still wrote on the paper the eagle dragon boat that Lord Xie was on.

After all four of them had written down their answers, they folded the papers and placed them neatly in the middle of the table, then went to the window to wait for the final competition to begin.

With a cannon blast, the four dragon boats almost shot out from the starting point. In the final race, everyone was very strong and it could be seen that they were almost neck and neck at the beginning. Even if there was a lead, the ones at the back could catch up quickly.

The situation on the field was changing rapidly, and the screams on the shore were getting louder and louder. Standing here, Shen Yuan could even hear Yan Siyu's voice next door asking her father to hurry up.

Her father was beside her, so Shen Yuan was too embarrassed to call out to him and could only cheer up Sir Xie in her heart.

“Ah ...

Shen Yuan's shouts rang out along with the sound of the victory salute.

She held it in for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it in...

"It seems that there is no need to ask which dragon boat is the one that is under pressure."

"Hehe." After Shen Yuan finished laughing, he ran back to the table and opened the notes one by one.

"Brother, give me the silver." Shen Yuan shook the paper. She knew the handwriting of everyone in her family. The word written on the paper by Shen Yuan was "tiger".

Shen Su was willing to accept defeat and obediently took out the silver and put it in his sister's hand.

Shen Yuan put down Shen Su's note and immediately opened the next one. "Dad guessed right, brother. It looks like you have to give me another sum of money."

On her father's note, like hers, there was a word "eagle" written on it.

Shen Yun also imitated the lady and stretched out her hands to her son. Shen Yun had a painful expression on his face. It was he who proposed the bet, but he lost ten taels of silver in one go.

After paying, Shen looked at his wife pitifully, "Madam, you didn't guess it right, did you?"

He Yingqian smiled and shook her head, then took out some silver from her purse. "I didn't guess right either."

She wrote about the dragon boat with a picture of round rice dumplings.

When it was time to eat, Shen Su ordered only the expensive dishes, because his father paid for the meal, and he wanted to make back the ten taels of silver he had lost.

After the dishes were served, the family was stunned by the large table of food. They had thought that a restaurant in such a location would definitely not be cheap, but they didn’t expect this one to be quite affordable, with particularly generous portions of food.

"If you can't finish the food you ordered, you can keep it for later. Don't waste food."

Shen Yun was thinking that today was the Dragon Boat Festival, so he was considerate of the servants in the family. Before the family had dinner, he asked the servants who came out with him today to have a separate table in the restaurant, and he would settle the bill together when the time came.

The dragon boat race was over, and many people did not dine in the restaurant, so there were some empty private rooms, allowing them to eat by themselves and celebrate the festival.

Shen Xu felt a little guilty, but still said stubbornly: "Hey! If you can't finish it... I'll take it back."

He Ying also said to her husband, "Take it home and I'll tell the kitchen to heat it up for you three times a day. It's your turn when you finish eating."

Shen Su had nothing to say and could only eat as hard as he could.

When it was time to go home, Shen Su waved his hands to indicate that he did not want to take the carriage anymore, but wanted to walk back to digest the food... He had eaten too much, and he was afraid that he would vomit if he took the carriage again.

When she came in the morning, she took a carriage with her father as she did not want to disturb her brother and sister-in-law.

Going back now, as his brother didn't want to ride anymore, Shen Yuan got on the same carriage with his sister-in-law.

Because it was a festival, there were many people and cars on the streets today, so the carriages moved very slowly. Shen Yuan, who had just finished his meal, felt a little drowsy. Thinking that he would be home soon, he simply lifted the curtain to look at the hustle and bustle outside.

When passing by Tianyue Building, Shen Yuan happened to see Lord Xie standing on the roadside like a green pine.

There were several restaurants nearby, and there were many carriages and horses, so the Shen family's carriage moved very slowly. Shen Yuan, who was lifting the curtain, was caught off guard and looked into Xie Hui's eyes.

Xie Hui was still dressed the same way Shen Yuan saw her today, in a white dress with tight sleeves. This time, as he got closer, he could even see the bamboo leaf-like patterns on the clothes.

Shen Yuan first took a quick look at the carriage her father was sitting in. The curtains were closed and it was so noisy outside that she thought he would not be able to hear what she was saying.

So she took a deep breath, leaned against the window and said with a smile:

"Thank you, sir. Have a healthy Dragon Boat Festival."

Xie Hui had actually seen Shen Yuan a long time ago. The little girl had a majestic "王" on her head, and her eyes were still as lively as when he first saw her. When she spoke to him, there was a little smile on her lips.

Xie Hui also replied in a warm voice, "Happy Dragon Boat Festival."

Noticing that the carriage was speeding up suddenly and seeing that the road ahead was open, Shen Yuan waved to Xie Hui outside the window, leaving behind a string of crisp golden bells.

Shen Yun did not hear what Shen Yuan just said, but He Ying, who was sitting in the same car with Shen Yuan, heard it clearly.

So he deliberately asked her, "Manman, who is he?"

Shen Yuan sat up straight and blinked his eyes, "My father's colleague happened to see it and greeted me."

He Ying just smiled and said nothing. She had also been through Manman's age before, so how could she not hear the girlish thoughts hidden in the words just now?

Shen Yuan knew that it was too obvious to hide, so he simply threw himself into his sister-in-law's arms and acted coquettishly, "Sister-in-law, dear sister-in-law, please don't tell my brother and my father."

"Okay, I won't tell you. Just keep it in your mind."

He Ying knew the Shen family father and son. The matter of their daughter/sister was a big deal. If they knew about it, it would be a disaster.

And a little girl of Manman's age needs to take care of her own things.

Shen Yuan couldn't explain his thoughts. Lord Xie was better looking than others, but he wasn't the same as today when he met him before...

She didn't know if it was the disturbing sound of the drum that made her heart confused.