"Little Five!"

"You're a good guy!"

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Cao Xian and Cao Xin followed their eldest brother Cao Ren to the 'Ethereal Martial Arts Hall' to pay New Year's greetings, and by the way, finalized Cao Xian's apprenticeship.

When Cao Xian first learned about this a few days ago, he was so excited that he nodded in response.

Practice martial arts to strengthen your body!

Dancing knives and guns!

It's more powerful than sewing and embroidering clothes at home.

Cao Xian was excited for several days, knowing that he was going to pay New Year's greetings today, and he began to have insomnia last night. Early this morning, before dawn, he pulled Cao Xin and Cao Ren up.

Toss all morning.

Just after breakfast, the three of them officially set off.

On the way, Cao Xian carried the apprenticeship ceremony in one hand and Cao Xin in the other, and he didn't listen to all kinds of good words, and his affection made Cao Xin unbearable.

After all, he still underestimated Cao Xian's enthusiasm for martial arts.

But seeing the eldest sister's passionate appearance, Cao Xin was also happy.

At the same time, I am also looking forward to what the effect of 37% and 41% fit is.

"Big brother, big brother!"

"Hurry up!"

Cao Xian didn't know what her brother was thinking, and she didn't know what the situation was like when she practiced martial arts, but none of these unknowns could stop her yearning for a new life.

Faintly, she seemed to be able to feel that after this day, her fate was about to be different.

It's different from Cao Zhang's.

It's different from Widow Qin.

It will be different from Fang Xiaoyan, Yu Li, He Xiaoyu and other little daughters-in-law and big girls in the courtyard.

This vague idea, when he entered the 'Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion' and saw the owner of the hall, 'Tang Miao', it rose to the extreme in an instant-

……

"It's so sassy!"

Cao Xin saw Tang Miao again, and his eyes also lit up.

This pavilion owner is 29 years old, not very old, but his martial arts are good, and he is even higher than Yang Zhan. is even more heroic, although the appearance is mediocre, but the heroic spirit of the person who practices martial arts is completely different from the women and girls in the courtyard, so that everyone who sees it for the first time will be shocked.

Including Cao Xian.

"Sister, this is the Tang Pavilion Master, the person is good!"

When Cao Ren was talking to Tang Miao, Cao Xin pulled Cao Xian, who looked stupid, forward, and smiled sweetly at Tang Miao: "Aunt Tang, this is my sister Cao Xian, who is fourteen years old after the end of the year, and has a good temperament and can endure hardships, you will have to worry more when you are old!" ”

"Haha!"

"No matter how sweet your mouth is, if you want to escape this time, I won't return the money."

Tang Miao was amused by Cao Xin's appearance.

Although she is a practitioner, she is not rigid and serious, but hearty and atmospheric. At the beginning, Cao Ren came in and received four taels or three coins of silver, and later Cao Ren wanted to leave, so he returned the full amount of the silver, and he did not take it at all.

Cao Xin had an excellent impression of her.

On this side, Tang Miao said a few words to Cao Ren, and made fun of Cao Xin, then looked at Cao Xian and beckoned: "Don't be afraid, come forward." ”

"Aunt Tang—"

Cao Xian followed his younger brother to call his aunt and hurriedly stepped forward.

saw Tang Miao pinching Cao Xian a few times, although the smile on his face had not diminished, Cao Xin could still see a little disappointment hidden under his eyes.

This is not unexpected.

Cao Xian's roots are no different from Cao Ren's, and his compatibility with most martial arts is no more than 10%, and according to common sense, the future is bleak.

However, Cao Xin relied on his 'insight' and forcibly selected the 'Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion' with the highest fit with Cao Xian from more than a dozen martial arts halls and more than 30 martial arts.

To some extent, it can be regarded as bypassing the root bone restriction by opening the hanging.

Of course.

Not only Tang Miao, but even Cao Xian himself didn't know all this.

The first time the master and apprentice met, it ended with Cao Xian being excited and Tang Miao feeling slightly disappointed.

……

Noon on the same day.

Cao Xin and the three of them stayed at the Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion for lunch.

In Cao Xin's mind, Tang Miao is a good person, and the two martial arts he has mastered are extremely compatible with Cao Xian, if nothing else, in the next few years or even longer, Cao Xian will spend time in the Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion, and he will become a really close master-apprentice relationship with Tang Miao.

In this way, the Cao family and the Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion will naturally have to be more close.

A meal to lay the foundation.

Friendship goes back slowly.

After eating, after finalizing the festival, they went to the Ethereal Martial Arts Hall to formally apprentice and practice martial arts, and Cao Xin and the three of them said goodbye and left.

On the way, seeing that the dust had settled, Cao Ren carefully introduced the situation of the Ethereal Martial Arts Hall to Cao Xian at this time.

"The Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion is not large, only one Tang Pavilion Master is a practitioner, and her sister Tang Piaopiao is the same age as you."

"There is no one else."

The martial arts hall supported by the two sisters is not on a large scale at all.

After all, no matter what profession or profession, women will always be discriminated against, especially when practicing martial arts.

A martial arts hall opened by a woman, a small door, which serious person is willing to put the bet here?

If you want to achieve something in martial arts, you should do it at least a few dozen taels a year, or at least three or five years before and after.

Silver money.

Time.

It's not something that ordinary people can afford to gamble on.

Therefore, the Ethereal Martial Arts Pavilion is a good place.

As for Cao Ren.

He also coincided.

At the beginning, he worshiped under the door of the 'Tang Family Martial Arts Hall', and while working hard and tempering his muscles and bones, he waited for Cao Xin's 'investigation' to end, and at the same time asked if there were other reliable martial arts halls around the martial arts hall to prepare for the next family.

If you want to find a new reliable martial arts gym in the streets and alleys, it is not easy, and it is easy to step on the pit.

Inquire about other families in the martial arts hall, as the saying goes, peers are enemies, many of them know the roots, and Cao Ren is naturally interested in inquiring.

And he inquired in the 'Tang Family Martial Arts Hall' that Tang Miao, the owner of the 'Ethereal Martial Arts Hall', was the cousin of the owner of this martial arts hall, and Tang Miao's kung fu was even better than his cousin.

So, after leaving the 'Tang Family Martial Arts Hall', Cao Ren directly worshiped the 'Ethereal Martial Arts Hall'.

It's a pity that he didn't stay long, and he left in shame after ten days.

"Master is so powerful, why did you run away, big brother?"

Cao Xian was confused when he heard it.

Cao Ren didn't know how to explain it, so he glanced at his younger brother who had nothing to do with him, so he could only take this pot to himself: "I'm not very suitable for the Tang Pavilion Master's kung fu, I thought it was bad at the time, and the kung fu she practiced was more suitable for you women." ”

"That's right."

Cao Xian seems to understand.

But he is still excited, fantasizing that he can one day become a character like Tang Miao, every move is eye-catching!

……

The three of them walked and talked.

When Cao Xian recovered from the excitement, he found that he had come to a small courtyard.

"Where is this?"

"Can I also pay New Year's greetings in the afternoon?"

Cao Xian thought he was going to go in to pay New Year's greetings.

Result –

"Let's go."

"Come in and have a look."

Cao Ren smiled when he heard this, took out the key from his body and pushed the door in.

It's a minimalist courtyard.

There is only one front yard, which is equipped with stone locks, wooden stakes and other common equipment for martial arts training, and there are three rooms and a kitchen.

"How can Big Brother have the key?"

"Who is this?"

Cao Xian followed up stupidly, looked around and didn't see anyone, and then remembered that the door was locked from the outside just now. She turned her head to look at her eldest brother, then at Cao Xin, and her eyes widened: "I know that the two of you must have a secret!" ”

Cao Xin and Cao Ren glanced at each other.

Cao Ren smiled and asked Cao Xian, "Do you know how much it cost to enter the martial arts hall?" ”

"Doesn't it cost nothing?"

Cao Xian asked this a few days ago, and the brothers fooled her, mainly to fool Cao Zhang and Cao Liang, worried that the two would leak their mouths, so they only said that they didn't want money, and that the eldest brother found the way, just like the apprentice in the medical hall, he came to the door to give people apprentices, work, learn arts, and didn't charge money if he didn't get paid.

It's hard and tiring now, but there will be no shortage of food and clothing in the future.

Cao Xian is not afraid of hardship or tiredness, and he is very happy to learn skills.

Outcome.

Right now.

Told her that it would cost her money to enter the martial arts hall?

She was a little weak and looked at her eldest brother: "Is it too much?" ”

She wanted to learn martial arts, but she was afraid that it would cost too much money.

Therefore, I was worried.

"Four, two, three."

Cao Ren compared four fingers, and one mouth made Cao Xian's heart skip a beat.

"How much?!"

Cao Xian was stupid.

Four, two, three money!

How much is that?!

The Cao family now has a lot of monthly income, and after four or five months, the family has received nearly twenty taels, and saved more than eight taels, which has already made her and Cao Zhang's mother smile all day long.

And now, she entered the martial arts hall to learn skills, and she actually put half of her family into it at once?!

It's stressful!

Cao Xian's face turned pale and his excitement was gone.

"And that's not all."

"It's going to be the same every year from now on."

"In addition, you have to eat and drink well to practice martial arts, and you have to buy medicinal materials for external application and internal use, and every month, at least three taels of silver."

"Over the course of a year, it will cost about 40 taels."

Cao Xin also compared four fingers and shook them in front of Cao Xian.

Boy!

Four taels have not been digested, so there is another forty taels.

Cao Xian's face was bitter, and he looked at Cao Ren and Cao Xin in a daze: "How can our family have so much money?" ”

Even according to last year's income, after a year, the family may not be able to fall 40 taels.

Could it all be taken out for her to practice martial arts?

How can it be!

Cao Xian's eyes suddenly turned red, thinking that his martial arts practice was going to be ruined.

"Ouch!"

"What are you crying about, you haven't finished yet!"

"Sister, come in."

Cao Xin didn't want to make the eldest sister cry, he pulled his legs and ran into the house, and Cao Ren pulled Cao Xian to deliberately take a few steps behind before following up.

One in.

I saw Cao Xin sitting on the edge of the bed, with a box of copper coins in his left hand and a box of silver in his right hand.

Be full to the brim!

Too many to count!

Cao Xian is stupid again!

……