Chapter 343. What’s there to congratulate?
"Is there really anything to congratulate? I’m still me, it’s not like I’ve turned into someone else." Hua Jin took in everyone’s expressions, slyly smiling as she spoke.
Her demeanor was cheerful, but not excessively so.
The hairpin ceremony is something worth celebrating, but when facing her close friends, especially those who have already passed the age for the ceremony but haven’t had one, Hua Jin was very considerate of their feelings.
"It’s different now; from now on, Jin’er will be a young lady, a grown-up."
"Yes, yes, my mother says when you have the hairpin ceremony, you can choose a husband, get engaged, and get married." Xiaoxiao, being younger, spoke of marriage without any embarrassment, finding it rather amusing.
"Young girl, you may be young, but you understand quite a lot, not shy at all..." Da Ya was startled by Xiaoxiao’s words and laughed, if not for being in Jin’er’s room right now, she would have covered Xiaoxiao’s mouth to prevent people from making fun of her.
"What’s there to be shy about? I’m not the one saying it, it’s my mother, besides growing up means getting married, right?" Xiaoxiao blinked her big sparkling eyes, eyes filled with a clear innocence that Hua Jin adored.
"Right, right, right, Xiaoxiao’s right, it’s not us saying it, what’s there to be shy about. When girls talk among themselves, there’s no need to hide, especially with no outsiders around."
Hua Jin’s words seemed to resonate with Hua Xiaoxiao’s heart, making her nod repeatedly, her proud look facing her sisters, as if saying: See, Jin’er sister thinks so too.
The girls couldn’t help but laugh, and then reached out their hands towards Xiaoxiao’s puffed-up cheeks, letting her taste the consequences of pride, and the room burst into playful laughter.
"Alright, alright," Hua Jin rescued Xiaoxiao from the hands of her sisters, and then looked at her seriously: "Even though that’s the case, Da Ya is right, these words can be said among us sisters, but outside we must keep our mouths shut, understood?"
Xiaoxiao quickly nodded, she is very convinced by Hua Jin, whatever Jin’er sister says she certainly listens, even her parents encourage her to learn more from Jin’er sister, saying if she can learn a bit of Jin’er’s intelligence, they would be at ease.