Chapter 639 - Chapter 639: Chapter 639: Mid-Autumn Festival Turmoil (6) Requesting Monthly Tickets (1/2)

Chapter 639: Chapter 639: Mid-Autumn Festival Turmoil (6) Requesting Monthly Tickets

After a while, the word came from the head table in a faint voice: “Alright, sit down.”

Only then did Ms. Wang sit down in frustration, angrily glaring at everyone. It was all their fault, running off without waiting for her family. When they finally arrived outside the mansion, she had given her dowry hairpin to the gatekeeper in exchange for entry into the Di Family’s main manor.

Picking up her bamboo chopsticks, she trembled as she thought of the silver spent on the lavish gift and reached for the head pork.

She couldn’t help but hold Liu Sisi responsible for all her troubles.

It was all her fault! Everything was her fault!

Liu Sisi also calmly took food from the dishes on their table. While they were invited to enjoy themselves, it was only limited to the dishes served at their table.

For example, at their table, they only had head pork, no shredded mutton, some chicken and duck, and many pastries like steamed buns, which hardly whetted their appetite. However, as they were hungry after waiting half the day, they still ate their fill before putting down their chopsticks.

After a brief rest after the meal, the men began to call for the return journey.

Liu Sisi couldn’t wait to leave, quickly leading everyone out of the Di Family’s old mansion and meeting up with Di Yelei and the others.

Elderly Mr. Di seemed to be talking to the ancestor, initially listening respectfully with a hunched back. However, a moment later, they seemed to be arguing. Liu Sisi couldn’t see clearly, as they were some distance away.

Afterward, the old man walked away in a huff, leaving Elderly Mr. Di standing there for a long time before he returned to the group, his face distraught.

“Dad, is everything okay?”

Di Yelei anxiously stepped forward to support Elderly Mr. Di, hurriedly asking.

“No worries, let’s get on the carriages first.”

Elderly Mr. Di waved his hand, and with Di Yelei’s help, they boarded their carriages to begin the journey home.

“Dad, earlier on…” Di Yelei asked softly.

“I was too impulsive! The Di family has always been known for its literary heritage, and our ancestors have produced countless top scholars. Now you are a military officer. When I mentioned to the ancestor about having your statue made, he…” Elderly Mr. Di’s voice choked up as he spoke.

“Dad! Didn’t Third Child say this before? Now that Third Child’s official position isn’t high, even if I were to have a statue made, it wouldn’t be taken seriously by the main family. How about we come back when Third Child has a higher rank, and Ah-Bao and Cheng’er have successful careers? By then, they might even beg and worship us to have our statues made!”

Di Yelei persuaded him with an exceptionally cheerful voice. Just thinking about finally going home, his mood mysteriously improved greatly.

Liu Sisi also tried to persuade him: “Father, Ye Lei is right. We should be waiting for the day when the main family comes to us.”

This confident speech finally comforted Elderly Mr. Di, and he couldn’t help but laugh.

There was only one exit from Di Family’s Ancestral Hall, and everyone followed the stone path in the same direction. Elderly Mr. Di’s four carriages eventually ended up at the back, even behind the maid and woman-servants’ carriages.

What made Liu Sisi and the others even angrier was that, as Ms. Wang’s carriage passed theirs, she lifted the carriage curtain to smile smugly at them before driving off proudly.

Elderly Mr. Di was furious, huffing and puffing for a moment before finally closing his eyes and sighing.

“This is just unacceptable! It’s just unacceptable!”

Who was he calling unacceptable?

Liu Sisi’s eyes flashed, and she burst into laughter: “Father, what’s there to be angry about? The more the main family ignores us, the more they neglect our branch. Haven’t we been living like this for years? If they suddenly treat us well, wouldn’t that mean they suddenly need something from us? That’s not a good thing.”

Her words made Elderly Mr. Di calm down: “Indeed, that’s true. But look at Gao Yuan…sigh!”