"Next is the ice hockey game. Sister Three and Sister Five, which team should we choose this time?" Turnip asked excitedly.
Ice hockey is a game in which several teams compete for a colored ball. The team that gets the ball last wins. There will be several rounds, which is also the first part of the ice hockey game. The previous rounds are just warm-up.
Ren Yaoqi thought about it and discussed with Ren Yaohua: "Third sister, should we choose Fifth Brother's team?"
Several maids were a little disappointed when they heard this. Obviously, they felt that Ren Yijian had little chance of winning.
Qingmei, who had returned with the others, hurriedly said to Ren Yaoqi, "Sister, I gave a gold ingot to Master Wen's team. I think it weighs at least three taels. Ninth sister also gave five taels of silver to Master Wen and Master Qiu's teams.
Obviously, she was very dissatisfied with the fact that her master only gave her a dime as a bet, and the bet was on the Fifth Young Master's team, which was unlikely to win.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment and asked Xueli, "How much did the others give?"
"Except for Third Sister, who did the same as you, the eldest young mistress gave five taels of silver to each team, Fourth Sister gave one tael of silver to each team, Seventh Sister gave two taels of silver to Young Master Han's team, and Sister Han gave one tael of silver to each team. As for the young masters, the eldest young master gave twenty taels of silver to the fifth young master's team in the name of the fifth master, and he himself gave fifteen taels of silver to Young Master Qiu's team. The third young master... only the third young master didn't give any silver. The other young masters all gave less than the eldest young master."
Ren Yaoqi nodded and asked Ren Yaohua, "In that case, our ten cents is indeed a little too little. Third sister, what do you think is a suitable amount for us to give?"
Ren Yaohua thought for a moment and instructed Wu Jing, "Then we'll do the same as with Fourth Sister and the others. Give each team one or two taels."
Ren Yaoqi nodded to Xue Li and asked her to follow.
Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi, stood up and said, "I'll go over and take a look."
In the past, when the elders were around, the amount of money given was based on generation. The elders gave large sums of money, and they just gave a little to suit the occasion. Generally speaking, the amounts were not much different, so Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi didn't pay much attention to it before. Unexpectedly, today when the elders were not around, some people broke the rules.
Ren Yaoqi knew that although Ren Yaohua didn't want to stand out in a situation like today, she was also unwilling to lose face because of her strong nature. Thinking about her previous words of admonition, Ren Yaoqi knew that she was a person who knew what she was doing and would not act rashly, so he nodded and said, "Third sister, go first. I'll go change."
The Ren family's temporary changing place was a thatched hut not far from the river bank. It was kept very tidy, filled with incense, and covered with lichen.
When Ren Yaoqi came out after changing his clothes, he saw dozens of people fighting on the ice. The onlookers outside the colorful flags were cheering at the top of their lungs, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Ren Yaoqi stood high on the river bank and watched for a while. He could probably see clearly the several people fighting for the ball in the center of the field with great vigor and domineering manner. He also saw Ren Yijian fall flat on his back because he couldn't squeeze into the center.
Xue Li and the several strong women arranged by Nanny Zhou walked along the riverbank for a while. They were about to go around the back of the greenhouse when they suddenly heard a faint rustling sound coming from somewhere. Then someone lowered his voice and cursed: "...Fuck! Zhu Ruomei! If you don't let go, my arm will break!"
The maids behind Ren Yaoqi were shocked, but Ren Yaoqi immediately waved his hand to stop them from shouting.
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