"It's true! You still need to continue working hard. Only by stimulating your potential, will it have a multiplier effect on your martial arts practice." Qibao said.
"Well, we understand. Miss, you don't know that Master Xiaoling is very strict with us. I have never heard him praise us before!" Yue Jiao replied.
"Your Master Xiaoling is cold-faced and warm-hearted, but he is also doing it for your own good. I have experienced various trainings before, more than what you have experienced now." Qibao said with memories.
"Ah! Miss, no wonder your kung fu is so good! No, I have to work harder." Yue Xuan shook hands and said.
"Miss, looking at you, you're not too old, how did you persevere?" Yue Yang asked.
"Because I have the determination to become stronger. While protecting myself, I can also protect the people I want to protect. This is the reason why I can persist." Qibao replied.
But what she didn't say was that this was all in her past life. In this life, she just wanted to be a little girl who could act coquettishly and have a little temper with her relatives. Her personality had changed a lot and she had become more humane.
"Miss, we are willing to protect the people you want to protect. I am determined to become stronger!" Yue Lang said.
Qibao nodded. Yue Lang was usually shy and seldom spoke. To be able to say something like this showed that he really had this determination.
"Yes, Miss, we have no relatives anymore. Miss is our only relative, as well as Miss's family. We are willing to protect them together with Miss." Yue Xiao said.
Qibao felt a little moved and said: "Thank you all, ever since I let you follow me, I never thought of you as just ordinary guards at my side, I preferred to think of you as companions, companions that I could trust my back to."
The twelve people were really touched, this chicken soup of Qibao was filling to the brim, but it wasn't just chicken soup for the soul, it was Qibao's true and sincere thoughts.
"Well, you have to take care of yourself during training. Safety is the first priority. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm just here to see you today.I'll leave first." Qibao said.
"Miss, when are you coming to see us next?" Yue Jiao asked.
"As long as I have time I'll come to see you guys, train well okay? Also, your Master Xiaoling said you love crying the most." Qibao said.
"I know miss, but I can't help not crying, but I'll definitely change, I won't cry in the future, I'll definitely listen to Master Xiaoling and train properly. My time now is much shorter than the first time." Yue Jiao said.
"Well, then I'll leave you guys alone, or else your Master Xiaoling is going to have a problem with it." Qibao said.
"Okay, miss, but you must visit us often!"
Qibao nodded and stepped out of the space.
"We can't let the miss down, everyone rest up and start climbing on!" Yue Yang said.
Everyone else nodded.
Not long after Qibao came out of the space, Xu Hua'er came to play with Qibao.
"Sister Hua'er, how come you have time to come see me today?" Qibao asked.
Since the adults of the Xujia Village were busy in the midst of building houses, the household chores of the family were basically handed over to the capable children of the family, of which Xu Hua'er was one, and usually came out to play for much less time.
Xu Hua'er replied: "There is nothing going on at home today. I thought I haven't talked to you for a long time, so I came!"
"Well! It just so happens that we haven't played together for a long time, let's sit down and talk." Qibao said.
"Hua'er is here? I'll go get some food for your little sisters, so you can talk while you eat." Mrs. Wang said smilingly.
There was no need for Mrs. Wang to do anything herself. Chunlan beside her had already put a plate of snacks in front of the two of them with a wink.
"Thank you, Grandma Wang!" Xu Hua'er smiled.
Mrs. Wang nodded. Hua'er was always very polite and had a good relationship with Qibao. She liked it very much.
The two little sisters sat on the stools. Fu Rui poured two cups of water and placed them in front of the two.
Xu Hua'er exclaimed: "Qibao, my father said that when they finish building the village chief's house, they're going to build a school, and then all the boys in the village will have to go to school, so what kind of teacher is your family planning to find to teach them?"
Qibao asked: "Do you also want to go to school?"
"Stop joking, how can any girl go to school?" Xu Hua'er said with a smile.
"Why not? When the school in our village is built, both boys and girls will be able to read and learn!" Qibao said.
"This...this is the first time I've heard that the school was allowed to accept female students...will the people at home agree to a girl going to the school? There's also the fact that it would not be good to have to sit in the same room as a boy?" Xu Hua'er stated.
Qibao replied: "These are all trivial matters, and boys can learn them. Why can't girls learn them? Don't you want to read?"
Xu Hua'er said: "I never thought that I wanted to be literate, but I have a little secret that I haven't told anyone. Today I will tell you that I actually want to learn embroidery!"
Qibao was a little surprised and said: "Sister Hua'er, I know you are good at needlework and can make clothes, but I have never heard that you want to learn embroidery?"
Xu Hua'er spoke: "I once went with my mother to buy needles and threads, and I saw a big sister holding an embroidered picture and selling it to the shopkeeper, selling it for dozens of taels, and I was envious! The drawing wasn't big, but the embroidery is very beautiful."
Qibao said: "Do you like embroidery or do you just want to exchange embroidery for money?"
Xu Hua'er replied: "Both, I guess! But what I want most is to embroider my favorite things stitch by stitch!"
Qibao was thoughtful, and then said: "Sister Hua'er, you can definitely learn embroidery in the future."
Xu Hua'er said sadly: "But learning embroidery costs money. The apprentices recruited in the town need several taels of tuition every month. Only those who have learned how to embroider can sell them for money."
Qibao smiled and comforted: "You will have a chance to fulfill your wish in the future. You are still young! Maybe you will be able to learn someday!"
"I hope so! Let's not talk about it. Qibao, you don't know how much I envy you. You are smart and literate, unlike me who have to do a lot of housework every day."
Qibao chuckled and said: "Smartness is something you are born with. There is nothing I can do about it. If you want to read, how about I teach you now?"
Xu Hua'er thought for a while, but still refused: "Today is not possible. My parents are about to get off work, and I have to go home to pick some vegetables. How about you teach me next time!"
Qibao said: "Okay, come over when you have time next time!"
Xu Hua'er nodded and said goodbye to Qibao after a while and went home.
Qibao intends to go to the town tomorrow and ask around first to see if she can find a suitable candidate for a teacher, and if she can't, she'll have to do it herself.
Soon, Kui Wu picked up her brother and the others. They got off the carriage chatting and laughing. The boys beside them immediately stepped forward to take over their master's book bags.
The old man had also returned from outside, and on a rare occasion, he asked her brother how they were doing at the academy.
Xu Wenwu said: "Grandpa, we are doing well in the academy. You don't have to worry about us. I will take good care of my brothers."
Xiaowu spoke: "Brother, what's good is that some people are always targeting you overtly or covertly. If fighting wasn't banned in the academy, I would really want to beat them up!"
The old man immediately asked seriously: "Xiaowu, what do you mean by this? Who targeted your elder brother?"