Chapter 125, Lottery
"That's the downside of going out. You can't know the exact time. For someone like me who can only distinguish the sky between morning, noon, and evening, if we're not careful, we might miss the time."
Daohua and Zhou Jingwan walked side by side towards the mountainside.
Zhou Jingwan: "We have servants, and there must be someone among them who can read the weather."
Daohua shook her head: "Other people can see it after all, it's still others, it's never as convenient as seeing it yourself." This was the bad thing about the ancient times. There were no watches or anything like that, so she had to rely on guessing to tell the time.
Xiao Yeyang, who was walking in front, heard what the two said, turned around to look at Daohua, his eyes flashing.
By the time Daohua and his group returned to the temple on the mountainside, it was already 1:15 pm, but it was not too late. Many ladies and young ladies were still outside admiring the chrysanthemums and the scenery.
When Mrs. Zhou saw them coming back, she ordered her servants to call the wives of each family and prepare to go down the mountain.
"It will probably take a while to find the ladies and daughters from each family. It's boring to wait in this temple. How about we go down the mountain first?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at the rice flowers.
Daohua thought about it and agreed: "I have to go tell my mother."
At this time, Zhou Chengye came over with a smile: "No need, I just told my mother and Aunt Li, they already know and agreed to let us go first."
Xiao Yeyang immediately said: "In that case, let's go."
Daohua was helpless, shrugged her shoulders, and followed Zhou Jingwan hand in hand.
They went down the mountain quickly, and Xiao Yeyang took the two of them to their cruise ship.
"I didn't feel it when I was walking, but now that I stop, I realize my legs are so sore!" Daohua sat on the stool and kept patting her legs.
Zhou Jingwan is the same.
Yan Wenkai: "Big sister, what are you doing? When we first started squatting, it was so miserable that we couldn't even walk."
Daohua rolled her eyes at him and said, "Fourth brother, it's boring to compete with us!"
Yan Wenkai choked.
When the others saw this, they all laughed.
While everyone was chatting and laughing, Mrs. Zhou came down from the mountain with a group of ladies.
"Jingwan, let's go. We're going over there too." Seeing that the ladies and young ladies from various families had already boarded the ship, Daohua quickly stood up and said to Dong Yuanxuan and others present with a smile.
"I had a lot of fun today. Thank you all for your care. If you have the chance in the future, please come to my house as a guest. Daohua will definitely make a bed for you."
Dong Yuanxuan: "Sister Yan, you're welcome. We enjoyed the barbecue you made today, but the quantity was a little small. Next time, you have to make more."
Daohua nodded with a smile, then looked at Xiao Yeyang: "Young Prince, take care of yourself!"
Xiao Yeyang was unhappy: "Why, you invited them to your home as guests, and you just told me to take care?"
Daohua tilted her head and smiled, "That's because you can come to our house anytime you want, but if Brother Dong and the others don't invite you, I'm afraid they'll be embarrassed to come."
Seeing that Daohua's tone didn't show any alienation, Xiao Yeyang raised the corner of his mouth, but his expression quickly turned sour: "You mean I'm thicker-skinned than them and I went there uninvited, right?"
Daohua shrugged and said playfully, "If you feel you have thick skin, that's fine. I have no objection."
Hearing this, everyone else covered their mouths and laughed.
Xiao Yeyang glared at Daohua. Although his face was stern, he did not seem unhappy at all.
Daohua pulled Zhou Jingwan up and said, "Okay, we really have to leave. You should hurry back to the academy." After that, the two of them walked towards the bottom of the boat.
"I'll go see them off!" Zhou Chengye said.
"etc!"
Xiao Yeyang called Zhou Chengye.
Zhou Chengye: "Young Prince, do you have any instructions?"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua and the other girl who had already stepped off the boat and said, "Didn't Daohua and the others win the mountain climbing competition? I haven't even given out the prize yet."
Hearing this, Dong Yuanxuan and others looked over.
Yan Wenkai: "Do you really want to give me a jackpot? Little Prince, why don't you forget it? At the last moment, if Daohua hadn't cheated, you would have definitely won."
Xiao Yeyang said sternly, "A real man, if you lose, you lose. How can you go back on your word if you promised to give a prize?" He looked at Zhou Chengye and said, "I've asked Defu to get it. You can deliver it to them later."
Zhou Chengye smiled and said, "Then I would like to thank the young prince for the reward on behalf of my two sisters!"
Yan Wenkai's face fell. "Then what should I give? I only have a few hundred copper coins on me."
Dong Yuanxuan also laughed and said, "We don't have anything worth giving as a prize."
Xiao Yeyang waved his head: "I'll give it to you, don't worry about it."
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped talking immediately, as they were not as well off as the young prince.
Soon, Defu came over holding two exquisite jewelry boxes.
Xiao Yeyang was a little dissatisfied: "Why does it take so long?" He had originally planned to give it to Daohua in person, but now it was not convenient for him to go to the cruise ship next door, so he could only ask Zhou Chengye to deliver it for him.
Defu leaned forward and said, "There are too many things. Master, you are looking for items used by the women, so I searched for a long time."
The main reason is that the young prince values the eldest daughter of the Yan family, and he can't just send her away with a gift.
Xiao Yeyang said nothing more and pointed at Zhou Chengye with his fan: "Give it to him!"
Zhou Chengye hesitated and said, "This is too expensive."
"They are not for you. I am taking them to wear myself!" Xiao Yeyang interrupted Zhou Chengye directly. These things were left by his uncle Prince Rui, who said that they were for him to use as rewards.
Zhou Chengye then took the jewelry box and left with it.
After he left, Xiao Yeyang thought for a while, called Yan Wentao, and whispered a few words in his ear. Everyone saw Yan Wentao leave quickly.
Defu, who was standing by, saw all the actions of his little prince and couldn't help but shed tears of sadness.
The young prince was not satisfied with giving the Qilin jade pendant awarded to him by the emperor to the eldest daughter of the Yan family. Today, he also gave away the pocket watch that he had been wearing as a tribute from a foreign country.
Can you squander more?
Daohua didn't know what was happening on their side. After boarding the Zhou family's cruise ship, she and Zhou Jingwan received warm greetings from the ladies and young ladies of various families.
I'm currently overwhelmed with dealing with everything!
It was not until Zhou Chengye came over with the jewelry box that everyone's attention was diverted and the two of them were finally freed from their suffering.
Zhou Jingwan didn't say anything and pulled Daohua to the third floor of the cruise ship to hide.
Fortunately, the two of them escaped in time, otherwise, when Zhou Chengye said that the two jewelry boxes he brought were prizes given to them by the young prince, everyone would force them to open them on the spot.
Mrs. Zhou collected the prize money for the two of them. Although the ladies from each family wanted to see what was in the box, Mrs. Zhou dismissed them with a few words.
Soon, the cruise ship started slowly.
When the cruise ship arrived at Xingzhou Pier, it was almost dark.
The two jewelry boxes were exactly the same, but Mrs. Zhou still smiled and let Mrs. Li choose first.
Mrs. Li quickly declined, with a look of hesitation on her face.
Before getting married, she had always been with her elder and second brothers, and had seen many fine things. The jewelry box in front of her was made of fine materials and had delicate carvings, and it looked very valuable at first glance.
The little prince gave her daughter such a gift, and she really felt it was a bit hot to the touch.
Madam Zhou was a keen observer of Madam Li's expressions. She knew what she was thinking the moment she saw her face. She thrust the jewelry box into her hands and said, "Don't worry, take it. Didn't the young prince say this is the prize for the competition? Speaking of which, my Jingwan has benefited from your Daohua's influence."
Madam Li smiled and shook her head: "Miss Zhou is cute and lovely, who wouldn't like her? It's my crazy girl who got lucky."
The two mothers praised each other's daughters until Daohua and Zhou Jingwan got off the boat.
Seeing that both of them looked tired, without saying anything more, after saying goodbye, one of them got into his carriage holding a jewelry box.
(End of this chapter)
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