Chapter 576 - Chapter 576: Chapter 576: Qingming Festival Ancestor Worship (5) (1/2)
Chapter 576: Chapter 576: Qingming Festival Ancestor Worship (5)
Even Zhang Peng didn’t want to be left out, and joined in as well.
Subsequently, Di Xuan, YingEr, Da Mao, and others spread out to have their own fun, only Liu Sisi, due to health issues, naturally couldn’t participate in these activities. However, she couldn’t bear to leave either, standing at the periphery watching everyone play football.
Perhaps knowing Liu Sisi was watching from the sidelines, Di Yelei put extra effort into his kicks. He manipulated the ball to go in and out several times, repeatedly breaking through the opponent’s goal, demonstrating exceptional bravery!
Liu Sisi couldn’t help but stand and clap enthusiastically from time to time, itching to join in herself!
Of course, that was just wishful thinking!
During a break, Di Yelei put down the ball and walked over. Bare-armed and grinning broadly, he raised an eyebrow towards Liu Sisi.
“Sisi, what do you think? How many goals did your husband score just now? How’s my football skill?”
Liu Sisi’s eyes turned into crescents, laughing out loud. She took the towel in her hand, carefully wiping the sweat slipping down his forehead while expressing her heartfelt admiration.
“Indeed, you were outstanding! This is the first time I’ve seen you play football. So aside from hunting, you’re also adept at other sports!”
“Indeed! Who do you think is your husband? Isn’t it so, little kitten?” Di Yelei boasted haughtily.
“Pfft! Look at your smug face. Lower your head, let me wipe the sweat on your neck too.”
Liu Sisi rolled her eyes at him, glanced back at the others, then leaned in and whispered something.
Di Yelei straightened up, raising an eyebrow in surprise: “Really that’s necessary? We’re all just having a good time, is that really needed?”
“Of course, it’s necessary! Times have changed, if you outshine everyone else, what will they think? A seventh-rank sub-captain acting so superior is totally unacceptable!”
Liu Sisi reasoned gently.
She understood Di Yelei’s intentions. While winning would definitely be celebrated, it might leave an impression of arrogance and rudeness in the hearts of others, so Liu Sisi suggested that Yelei should avoid grabbing the ball too much.
Sure enough, when Di Yelei went up again, he almost fell over trying to dodge an opponent, losing the ball while the crowd gasped in surprise.
After that, the ball stayed in the opponent’s hands until just before the final whistle, only then did the ball return to Di Yelei’s hands. After a long-range shot from Di Yelei, the ball went straight into the opponent’s goal. The goalkeeper could do nothing to stop it.
Di Yelei was grinning from ear to ear!
Though they lost the second half, Di Yelei’s long-range shot just at the end of the game left a deep impression on everyone.
Liu Sisi just shook her head, chuckling. Such stubbornness to not admit defeat was what won her heart.
“Sisi, hehehe….”
He dashed over, flashing a wide grin at her: “Good Sisi, help me wipe my sweat again.”
“When you’re drenched in sweat, what good is it to wipe your face? We might as well not wipe at all.”
Despite her words, she still raised her hand to carefully wipe his sweat.
She then took out Qingming pastries and other food items, handing them over.
Di Yelei didn’t decline, he took them and began eating heartily.
He sighed inwardly as he watched the woman in front of him. Indeed, having a wise wife is a blessing, someone who knows your needs!
The next day marked the arrival of Qingming Festival.
Everyone was up before dawn, dressed in plain clothes, finished their ablutions and began climbing the Ancestral Tomb Hill.
The Di family’s Ancestral Tomb Hill was located at the foot of a mountain on the way to the county. The hill wasn’t large, and the number of graves on it were few. It was no surprise, the Di family had only settled in Upper Village for about a hundred years, naturally they couldn’t compare with those long-established powerful and wealthy families.