Chapter 646.
Chapter 646: Seeking Education
When the woman finished speaking, she gave Xu Chuniang an awkward glance.
“Miss, my child spoke out of turn, I hope you won’t take it personally with him.”
After saying that, she hurriedly carried her own child away.
While walking away, she did not forget to teach her own child a lesson, her bushel-sized slap landing hard on his butt.
“People just moved here, their origins are not clear, you also dare to kowtow and worship the master? Like to kowtow, a moment later when your father comes back, kowtow a few more times!”
“Woohoo!”
The boy cried out in pain, wailing that he wouldn’t dare next time, the rest of the few children saw this situation, suddenly looked at each other.
Xu Chuniang smiled faintly, unconcernedly re-carrying her sword, walking through the streets and alleys, stepping into the crowded and bustling streets.
Because of the sword on her back, along the way, she attracted many people to look back frequently.
In the mundane world, even if a woman is educated, most of them can’t escape the fate of teaching their husbands.
There are not many women like Xu Chuniang who can carry a sword on their backs.
Standing in the mortal city, looking at the bustling people on the streets, she almost forgot her identity as a cultivator.
Cultivators are always lonely when they are alone in their quest for immortality.
But being in a mortal city, Xu Chuniang seemed to have experienced, a little bit of the hustle and bustle of being born a human being.
She walked into the wonton store, and the fellow recognized her at a glance, the customer’s aura was just too unique.
He read little and didn’t know how to describe it, but when he saw her, he felt joyful from the bottom of his heart.
A bright smile appeared on the fellow’s face, “Guest, you’re here, still eating wontons?”
Xu Chuniang nodded and counted out eight pennies from her sleeve.
The fellow took the money and brought out a large bowl of wontons in no time, “Enjoy your meal.”
When the wontons went down, it seemed as if the earthly atmosphere around her had also entered her heart.
After eating the wontons, Xu Chuniang walked back, but in front of her own small courtyard, she saw a young girl holding a bamboo pole.
The girl looks only thirteen or fourteen years old, thin figure, clear face, a pair of eyes but some godless.
Hearing the commotion, she looked toward the visitor and bent down to bow.
“Excuse me, are you the new lady warrior who moved here?”
Xu Chuniang stood still and swept a glance at the young girl, “I’m the new one who moved here, but I’m not any warrior woman.”
Hearing the first half of the sentence, the young girl’s expression was a little delighted, and when she heard the second half, she was a little lost.
However, she quickly gathered her mood and arched her hand as a salute.
“I heard that you carry a sword on your back, even if you are not a warrior woman, you are still capable.”
“So, you are specially waiting for me here?”
The young girl’s lips pursed slightly, nodded, and actually “flopped” and knelt down.
“I’m waiting for you here, wanting you to accept me as a disciple and pass on my skills.”
“Hahahahaha, you blind man also want to learn swordplay?”
A scoffing voice rang out abruptly, and the few children hiding in the distance to watch the fun mocked nonchalantly when they heard the young girl’s words.
“How can a blind man make a sword, don’t poke people!”
“If the female master wants to accept her, she might as well accept me!”
Xu Chuniang swept a glance at a few people in the distance, a few people met her gaze and immediately extinguished their voices, not daring to say more.
She looked again at the young girl in front of her.
The young girl’s face was a little apprehensive, but her lips were pursed tightly, and the hand that clutched the bamboo pole was also slightly whitened because it was too hard.
“You want to worship me and learn swordplay?”
The young girl’s face was slightly hesitant, then she nodded heavily and said seriously.
“I know that it sounds ridiculous for me, a blind man, to learn swordsmanship, but I want to protect myself.
Swordsmanship or not, fisticuffs or not, as long as you are willing to teach me, I am willing to learn.”
“But how can you learn when you can’t see with your eyes?” “I can’t see with my eyes, but I have a sensitive sense of hearing and can hear very subtle sounds. And although my eyes are bad, I have quick reflexes and a good memory.”
Xu Chuniang still shook her head, “I’m sorry, my swordsmanship is just mediocre, and I have no intention of taking on an apprentice for now.”
A disappointed look appeared on the young girl’s face as she forced a smile.
“Well, my home is in the third courtyard in the alley, if you change your mind, you can always find me.”
The young girl propped up her bamboo pole and tried to walk away.
The few people who had made fun of her just now followed her, cooing and laughing.
“Haha, I told you you’d be rejected, right? It’s simply whimsical to want to learn swordsmanship when you’re blind.”
“If a female swordsman wants to take in, she should also take in able-bodied people like us, if you’re blind you should stay at home peacefully and come out less.”
Xu Chuniang, who was about to step into the courtyard gate, heard these words and her body gave a slight lurch.
A phrase she had long forgotten seemed to ring in her ears.
“How unsightly to have a birthmark on your face, if you’re so ugly you should stay at home in peace, and not come out to walk around.”
Since growing up, she had learned to ignore these words.
Since cultivating the Tao, she was even more unimpressed by things and not saddened by herself.
But a similar phrase still awakened her distant memories.
Xu Chuniang looked back suddenly, toward the skinny girl holding the bamboo pole.
The girl heard a few people making fun of, seems to have long been accustomed to, face waves are not shocked, feet do not stop.
The few children who made fun of her, however, were not satisfied with her bland reaction, and kept finding words to poke at her.
The blind young girl was a bit similar to the stubborn one she was when she was young.
Xu Chuniang’s heart was touched, and she quickly stepped towards the young girl, “Wait.”
The young girl’s footsteps lurched, and when she turned around, her face held back the color of hope.
“Are you calling me?”
The teasing voices of several children came to an abrupt halt, obviously somewhat surprised.
Xu Chuniang’s gaze landed on the young girl, “Actually, my swordsmanship isn’t very good, but my fisticuffs are not bad, are you willing to learn?”
The young girl’s originally lifeless eyes almost burst with light, as she nodded her head busily, “Yes, I’m willing!”
“You don’t have a foundation, learning these, you might have to suffer a lot.”
The young girl busily said, “I’m not afraid of suffering, I’m sincerely seeking to learn.”
Xu Chuniang nodded slightly, “Tomorrow at dawn, don’t be late.”
Several children were shocked by this turn of events, clearly not long ago, the female swordsman had rejected the blind man, why had she suddenly changed her mind?
They scrambled to follow her, “I want to learn the sword too! My parents won’t object.”
“I have good eyes, I’m sure I can learn faster than the blind man!”
Xu Chuniang turned back to look at the several young children, and with just a single look, she horrified them into not daring to say anything more.
She shook her head, “She’s only blind in the eyes, but you’re blind in the heart, if you slander her again, don’t blame me for being impolite!”
The next day at 3 o’clock, the young girl was waiting at the courtyard door early, a quarter of an hour earlier than the stipulated dawning time.
When she heard the commotion coming from outside the courtyard gate, Xu Chuniang was swinging her sword in the courtyard.
Just as she had envisioned, this sword embryo was extremely sturdy and more than adequate for practicing sword moves.
After retracting her stance, she casually placed the sword in her hand aside and walked towards the courtyard door.
Standing at the outer gate was indeed the young girl from yesterday.
“Came quite early.”
The girl holding the bamboo pole bent down and bowed, “I can’t see, so I need to work harder than the others.”
(End of chapter)