Zhongli yinmin dress up in green silk dress wearing silver hairpin happily eat the pastries that she hardly get to eat.
Nanny shi had spend half of the saving to buy this fabric and hairpin for her, since today is her fifth birthday.
Since it's her fifth birthday nanny shi also brought some pastries from tea house for yinmin to eat.
"Miss you practice your calligraphy here or else teacher bai will again scold you for bad hand writing" she nodded her head.
Teacher bai is a scholarly women who teach girls etiquette, calligraphy, painting and things that a noble lady should know.
At first yinmin was not arrange to study but after the request of her stepmother who want to be appear generous arrange her to study with zhijui.
Rather then saying yinmin studying with zhijui it was more like her giving people chance to compare them.
Zhijui had been learning etiquette and other things since she is three secretly so when they start learning.
Zhijui was naturally better then her since her basic were clear but no one know in teacher bai eyes zhijui is good seedlings.
When there's someone performing better then other person, they appear at best mediocre that what happened with her.
Zhijui good performance only make teacher bai to be more dissatisfied with her resulting into her getting scolded again and again.
For whole year she had been listening to teacher bai complaints making her greatly dislike this teacher.
At one point she want to create fuss and stop studying but nanny shi coax her and told her someone thing.
'Miss you don't carry Zhou surname so you will be having more hard time in future having knowledge is very good thing, you should strive to study hard knowledge is very powerful weapon that can be used to protect themselves'
So from that day he had been studying diligently her hard work actually paid off as teacher bai couldn't find any fault.
When there's no fault in her work or anything teacher bai can only give her cold shoulder and couldn't say anything to her.
So right now she is seating on her table studying the basic Beastiary tome which state fifty magical beast and demonic beast.
There natural habitat, what kind of prey they hunt, what part of there body is beneficial for cultivators everything is written here.
Teacher bai is going to conduct a test at the end of the week to see how much they had learnt till now.
While she was busy studying nanny shi reach the fifth madam courtyard aka her stepmother courtyard.
Her arrival startled su ning she know this old women is smart and never step out of her line so her arrival make her curious.
She order her personal maid "let this women came inside, let's see what she want from me" she elegantly sip her tea.
As soon as nanny shi enter the room she kneel down as the greetings to the madam of the fifth branch.
This greatly pleased su ning who take another sip of tea but didn't ask her to get up from the ground.
When the tea inside her cup was completely drunk by her did she spoke "my look at my memory I totally forget to ask you to get up"
"Madam su had to take care of fifth master everyday and had to handle both miss madam su indeed work hard enough to forget about this lowly servant"
A satisfied smile appear on her lips as she spoke "nanny shi over praise me I just do what is expected of me"
"Madam su is worthy of the praises no need to be modest about it" she look at the old women whos still calm with narrow eyes.
"So can I ask what bring you here" nanny shi maintain her kneeling position without lifting her head and spoke.
"Miss Zhongli had turn five today as madam su know once a child turn five there body had already born the spirit root"
"I'm here to request you to help this humble servant check miss Zhongli spirit root" madam su blink her eyes.
"Oh my look at memory really how can I forget such important thing it's indeed time for her to step into the path of cultivation"
"Ryu take out few bolt of snow silk from the storage room along with the new gold hairpin it's my daughter fifth birthday
As her mother I need to give her some presents and nanny shi thanks for reminding me of such important matter"
"You don't need to worry about it my little sister zhijui is going to turn five in two months when that happen
Fifth master is going to host a banquet many guest will came the checking of spirit root thus will naturally happen at that time
We will let yinmin take the test together with zhijui after all she don't carry the Zhou surname so celebration can't be held
For her birthday but with zhijui she will enjoy the celebration along with her friend what do you say nanny shi"
The old women face darken zhijui fifth birthday is two months away in other words miss zhongli had to wait till then.
But in these two months she could have achieve alot but she can't say anything about it.
"Madam su had thought about lot of things naturally this servant will follow madam su instruction"
"Nanny shi don't think I'm trying to make things hard for that little girl but she can't have celebration or formal checking
Don't you think it will be unfair for her to not undergo through the spirit root checking ritual like other children of Zhou family"
Nanny shi roll her eyes but since her head lower no one saw it "indeed madam su had thought about miss Zhongli happiness"
The maid name ryu enter the room with a tray covered in cloth with recipient look on her face.
"Madam the things you had asked me bring" the maid felt like it's a pity that such good stuff is going in a cursed brat hand.
"Nanny shi take these presents for my little daughter make sure she sees up beautiful after all its her birthday"
She take the tray without any hesitation after singing few half hearted praises she took her leave from her courtyard.