Chapter 1077

"Now, even if they want to cause trouble, the other villagers won't let them. So we are safe."

"That’s good." Xie Zhong smiled. "It is best for a family to live happily together." He then asked, "When do you plan to go back?"

"We leave on the tenth. As you said, my dad thinks it is better for us to go together. The tickets are booked. Someone will pick them up tomorrow or the day after. We start on the tenth." Zhu Yanyi never hid things from Xie Zhong.

Xie Zhong nodded. "By the way, write a couplet for the Mingwang Hall. A Guang said they still need one carved on the pillars."

"The hall is already open. Why do they still need a couplet?" Zhu Yanyi asked in surprise.

"They said they accidentally missed one, so they came to me for help." Xie Zhong pointed to the desk nearby. "Hurry up and write one."

Zhu Yanyi did not complain. She thought for a moment and wrote: "No birth, no death, all worldly matters clear in the heart; Formless, shapeless, the Great Sovereign King of the primordial universe."

"Not bad. It seems your calligraphy has not been neglected these years." Xie Zhong nodded slightly upon seeing it.

Zhu Yanyi blew on the ink to dry it, then handed it to Xie Zhong. "Please give it to her. I must go now. It is already dark, and my dad and others are waiting outside. I came to say goodbye, but I stayed here for nearly half an hour."

"Go, go. Do not come to say goodbye before school either. It saves trouble." Xie Zhong understood the sensitivity of Zhu Yanyi’s current identity better than anyone.

Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Okay, I am really leaving now." She gave a playful smile before leaving.

"Go." Xie Zhong laughed and scolded gently. "I have already treated you to dinner. Do you expect me to keep you for a late-night snack too?"

Zhu Yanyi laughed heartily and left.

The important matters were mostly settled. Zhu Yanyi had little interest in the remaining small things. Before she knew it, the ninth day arrived. Since the three siblings were leaving on the tenth, everyone was busy on the ninth.

Cheng Baokun’s family had returned from the capital. Knowing Zhu Yanyi and her siblings were leaving on the tenth, they decided to gather at their home on the ninth.

Cheng Baokun looked at Zhu Yanli and said to Zhu Shun Yao, "Ah Nian will be twenty this year."

"Isn't that right? She will celebrate two birthdays this year. Ah Nian turns twenty, and Dou Miao turns ten. However, their birthdays are in the second half of the year. By then, I should already be in the capital, so I do not worry about celebrating them." Zhu Shun Yao’s only regret about his children going to the capital was that some birthdays were hard to celebrate. "As for Ani’s birthday, we might not make it in time."

Zhu Yanyi was organizing things nearby. Hearing this, she laughed. "Dad, it is just a small birthday. Why do you need to celebrate it for me? Do not worry about it. It is just a small birthday. I will buy a cake and stir-fry noodles myself. Besides, I am quite busy in the first half of the year."

"Yes, you are busy. I think I have never been as busy as you in my whole life." Zhu Shun Yao laughed and scolded gently. "I really do not know if supporting you to study medicine was good or bad."

"Of course it is good." Zhu Yanyi looked serious. "You see, my busyness means that Chinese medicine in our country is rising. I have contributed to this too. Dad, should you applaud me?"