The words in his eyes were enough for her to take the two items first.
'I will trust my new parents. If they say I can take everything, I will. They will protect me.'
At this moment she realized that although the phrase, 'Blood is thicker than water', does not apply to every family, it can apply to the one she has right now. The trust and love they make her feel are unmatched.
Xiao Ling took the box first, did not open it, just held it in her hands for a few seconds, and her connection with the box was more intense, but she held back from opening it in front of so many eyes.
It surprised many when she took the box and thought that's all she would take. Even though they know the box is mysterious, they couldn't help but feel disappointed. They wanted her to grow up like a lady.
But what happened next left them dumbfounded...
After inspecting the box, she wanted to put it inside her blanket and did so with the help of her mother, who saw her struggling to find a suitable position. After doing so, she took the book, and the same thing happened with the box.
She just adjusted her blanket and put it inside.
After that, she gives side glances to her parents. They give her an encouraging smile and her eyes bright it up.
Then her tiny hand extended to…
The dagger, she pointed to the dagger, because it's heavier than the box and the book. She had to let her mother take it for her.
When everyone saw this, they didn't know how to react.
"HAHAHAHAHA. My Long's daughter will like to fight, she can grow strong."
When they heard Lord Long saying that, they felt terrified.
The duo Long are two scary individuals. They like to fight with everyone, and they felt inferior to both of them.
Upon seeing her daughter take the dagger, and heard her husband laugh, Madam Long shakes her head.
The dagger has nothing special about it, but the design is pretty and lethal. The golden handle has a phoenix shape, and the silver blade's body was like a painting.
Madam Long took the dagger and put it closer to Xiao Ling, and the latter just caresses the dagger shape.
The surrounding guests could see the contracted eyes from each other.
'She won't grow up like a lady!!' the people around lamented in their hearts.
After a couple of minutes of seeing the dagger's design, Xiao Ling changes her attention towards the dark green zither.
But she couldn't reach it no matter what, her tiny arms just screeched towards it, and blinking, she looks at her mother one more time, and her eyes are full of stars.
Seeing the hopeful and excited look in her daughter's eyes, she feels powerless.
"Okay, I'll reach it for you. Be patient, take it easy." The helplessness in her voice is more than clear.
But now, some guests have fainted from shock.
Others didn't dare to make any noise.
When Xiao Ling's tiny hands touch the zither, her little finger reached the black sandalwood strings and…
~TING~
A gentle and sweet sound fills the hearts with a pleasant feeling to the guests.
No one knew when, but some closed their eyes and revealed a smile.
Their spirits cheered, their souls feel comfortable, their cultivation base feels like they will breakthrough.
The feeling makes them startled.
It was just a string sound, no more, no less…
Lord and Madam Long feel their eyes could jump out of their faces.
"Darling, you-" Lord Long couldn't restrain his smile and wanted to say something when she felt the murderous look from his wife.
~COUGH COUGH~
"Baby, you can have a talent for music. I'm glad, you can accompany your mother for that." The ugly and awkward smile from Lord Long made Madam Long satisfied.
She didn't want her baby daughter to be in the limelight. If the word goes out, her skills in music are the ones on her family side. They will hunt her for those powers.
Understanding the inner thoughts of his wife, he can measure what can happen.
Xiao Ling understood the heavy face of her mother after looking at the guests.
'So, my music has some kind of power? Well, that's kinda cool.'
Mother and daughter exchanged glances, and both nodded.
Now the next item is…
The Golden Hairpin. With a graceful and lovely design. A Golden double-headed Phoenix-Dragon hairpin. Every lady wants to have some jewelry, but…
"My baby darling, you're only allowed to use it when you turn fifteen years old. Before that, the girls use their hair in braids, and we considered them as children.
When they turned fifteen, they could be considered as young women after the ceremony, and they started to style their hair as buns secured and embellished by hairpins. So, don't get excited about the beauty, okay?"
Madam Long is worried because the hairpin will not only show her age, but the style will expose her status.
But Lord Long is worried about is not that…
When women turn fifteen, the young women may now enter marriage. However, if a young woman hadn't consented to marry before age twenty, or she hadn't yet participated in a coming-of-age ceremony, she must attend a ceremony when she turned twenty.
So, in the end, being fifteen or twenty, she has to get married.
Right now, Lord Long forgot they're cultivators, and marriage is not only about fifteen years old, or twenty years old, she can get married even with a hundred years old, their prolonged life affects the body, and they can look younger.
Xiao Ling didn't pay attention to her parents' expressions, but she remembers that in her world there is a similar ceremony for her. And if she didn't get wrong, she can get married after that.
'I will find love, the love I yearn, the love I lacked. I'll find you!' Her eyes brightened with determination.
Leaving aside, she just looks at the pouch with exquisite embroidery. A golden dragon and a red phoenix design fill every corner within the pouch. She nonchalantly pointed out to her mother to give her.
She didn't look at it anymore and took it inside her blanket.
When she finished, the hall falls into complete silence.