Chapter Fifty-Six: The Poor Dagger
Returning home on a sunny afternoon.
Bai Suzhen tended to her flowers and plants in the corner of the yard.
Su Zhi stood behind and watched for a while, took a deep breath and walked over, after a conversation with Wuche at lunch, he felt that he had to say something, and he just opened his mouth and suddenly didn't know what to say.
Bai Suzhen seemed to concentrate on taking care of her flowers and plants, watering here, pruning branches there, and her eyes did not leave the flower garden, in fact, she had long known that Su Zhi was close to her, and it seemed that she had something to say to her, and after waiting for a while, she found that Su Zhi had never spoken, and took the initiative to ask: "Does Xiao Su have anything to do with me?" β
"Nothing." Su Zhi replied subconsciously.
Su Zhi paused and said, "I was just wondering if I would disturb you if I had been living here. β
"Huh?" Bai Suzhen put down the shower and turned her head.
"That's it, you want to......" Su Zhi said, "you are girls, and I am a man...... Anyway, as long as I live here, you can't be so casual...... You have to get dressed at all times, and you can't just put on a piece of clothing for convenience sometimes, or run around without wearing anything. β
"I'm never going to do anything like that." Bai Suzhen said seriously.
"I'm just giving an example." Su Zhi said, "Even if there is no this, what about the others?" β
"Xiao Su said what else is there."
Su Zhi thought for a long time and said, "For example, drying underwear...... Aren't you afraid that I will be shy of seeing underwear? β
"Why are you shy, what's the big deal." Bai Suzhen said as a matter of course.
Su Zhi opened his mouth and closed it, he remembered that when he was studying in the past, he could see those girls drying their underwear in the corridor of the dormitory, and when he lived in an urban village when he just graduated, he often saw the tenants drying their underwear out of the window.
"Will Xiao Su be shy when she sees a girl's underwear?" Bai Suzhen asked, "If that's still the case, I will remind Xiaoqing to pay attention to putting them all away." β
"I don't care, I'm worried about you."
"As long as Xiao Su doesn't secretly take our underwear and do strange things, I'm not afraid."
"No, it won't." Su Zhi said in a firm tone, "Absolutely not." β
"Wouldn't that be good." Bai Suzhen said.
"Xiao Su doesn't feel used to living with us?" Bai Suzhen asked, "I think there are many rooms here, and they are empty, and when you move out to find a house, you will need rent every month, and you will have to pay for the Internet, and the conditions may not be so good...... Anyway, Xiao Su is not an outsider, and it is more lively for everyone to live together. β
"It's an outsider." Su Zhi said.
"It turns out that Xiao Su has always regarded us as outsiders?" Bai Suzhen was stunned, "I thought we were now masters and apprentices, not outsiders." β
"No, no, no, I have never regarded Sister Bai as an outsider." Su Zhi hurriedly said, "Otherwise, so be it...... You don't mind, I certainly don't. If you find it inconvenient, you must tell me, and I will move out immediately. β
"Okay." Bai Suzhen responded.
"Other than that, I'm thinking," Su Zhi said, "it's you who prepares food every day, and it costs a lot of money to buy so many things every day......
"It doesn't cost much." Bai Suzhen knew what Su Zhi wanted to say as soon as she heard it, and she interrupted him, "Don't look at the fact that we have been cultivating without formal work, and it will take a long time to complete a commission casually." β
Su Zhi was stunned, thinking that Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing were powerful, and this little food money was really nothing to them.
Bai Suzhen didn't want to give it, but he couldn't say nothing, he made up his mind to buy more fruits and snacks to go home to repay the rent and food expenses, and then thought about it, they didn't ask for anything in return to teach him to practice, if he had to calculate it clearly, he owed them a little too much, and it seemed that he was hypocritical if he was too careful.
It seems to be very hypocritical now. Thinking of this, Su Zhi laughed.
I owe them a lot now, and I would like to pay them all back in the future.
"I see." Su Zhi said.
"It's good to know." Bai Suzhen smiled, "Xiao Su doesn't need to be embarrassed. This is a return for gratitude. β
"Even if it's to repay the favor, it feels so heavy."
"It's good to get used to it." Bai Suzhen asked, "Is there anything else?" β
"One last thing." Su Zhi pondered for a moment.
"You say." Bai Suzhen waited quietly.
"Regarding what you said yesterday, you said that I am now like a primary school student on the path of cultivation, and now my main task is to study, right?" Su Zhi stared at those flowers and plants, "What I said is that the task of primary school students is not limited to studying, if they want to become a useful person to society in the future, they should develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and laboriously in an all-round way." β
"If the task of a primary school student is only to study, it will be even worse for his future development, and he is likely to become a nerd who does not know anything and lacks the ability to take care of himself and common sense in life...... Sister Bai can take care of me for a while, can she take care of me for a lifetime? β
"But, okay...... If Xiao Su needs it. Bai Suzhen said hesitantly.
Su Zhi felt a little out of breath, and he said, "I know that Sister Bai is well-intentioned, but you will only raise people like this." β
"I think a student ......," Su Zhi paused, "study is of course the most important thing, but in addition to studying, you should also pay attention to the development of other aspects, in your spare time, you can help the family do some housework, participate in social activities, go out to play sports, develop one or two hobbies, and make a few friends." β
Su Zhi looked at Bai Suzhen's eyes and said, "What do you think?" β
Bai Suzhen smiled: "I have never allowed Xiao Su to do those things, just to remind Xiao Su that he can rely on us more." β
Su Zhi nodded.
"It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles; It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read countless people; Reading countless people, it is better to have a famous teacher to guide the way, and a famous teacher to guide the way is better than to understand it yourself. β
Bai Suzhen was silent for a moment and continued: "I have a plan for Xiao Su for a long time, Qing Xiu is not the best way to practice, and Xiao Su may not be able to endure the loneliness of Qing Xiu...... Just as Xiao Su obtained the relics of the walker Xu Xian by going out, Xiao Su's fate is not in this Qing cultivation. β
"Even so, Xiao Su is now in the late stage of Qi training, and he doesn't have the combat power to match it...... When Xiao Su is stronger, I will let Xiao Su go out just like those sects arranged for disciples to go out for training. Bai Suzhen said patiently, "Don't worry about it first. β
"I'm not in a hurry...... It's just talking. Su Zhi said, "I know that my main task now is to learn supernatural spells, improve my actual combat experience, and have the strength to match my realm." β
After communicating with Bai Suzhen, Su Zhi is full of hope for the future.
That's it for today, and then the weekend is over, and Su Zhi starts learning magic powers every day again.
However, on this day, Su Zhi received a call from Wuche - they exchanged contact information at the dinner table - Wuche asked him if he had played a qualifying match in the Fighters Club, he had a colleague who was in a similar situation to him at the moment, and his strength was equal, and they might be able to get to know each other and occasionally learn to improve together.