After the woman finished speaking, she glanced at Xu Chunniang awkwardly.
"Girl, my child is out of touch with his words. I hope you won't argue with him."
After saying that, she hurriedly picked up her child and left.
While walking, she didn't forget to teach her son a lesson, and slapped him hard on his buttocks.
"I just moved here and I don't know my origins. How dare you kowtow to become a disciple? I like kowtow. Your father will come back soon. Kowtow more!"
"Whoa!"
The boy cried bitterly and yelled that he would not dare to do it next time. Seeing this posture, the other children suddenly looked at each other.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly, picked up her sword again without a care, walked through the streets and alleys, and stepped into the bustling streets filled with people.
Because he carried a sword on his back, many people looked back at him along the way.
In the secular world, even if women are knowledgeable, most of them cannot escape the fate of caring for their husbands and raising children.
There are indeed not many people like Xu Chunniang who can carry a sword with ease.
Standing in the mortal city, looking at the bustling people on the streets, she almost forgot her identity as a monk.
Practitioners who seek Taoism and immortality alone are always lonely.
But being in the bustling city of mortals, Xu Chunniang seemed to experience a bit of the excitement of being a human being.
She walked into the wonton shop, and the waiter recognized her immediately. This customer's temperament was so unique.
He had little education and didn't know how to describe it, but when he saw her, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
A bright smile appeared on the waiter's face, "Sir, you are here, do you still want to eat wontons?"
Xu Chunniang nodded and counted eight cents from her sleeve.
The waiter took the money and soon brought out a large bowl of wontons, "Please use it slowly."
After eating the wontons, it seemed that the smoke and smoke from the world around her also entered her heart.
After eating wontons, Xu Chunniang walked back, but saw a girl holding a bamboo pole at the door of her courtyard.
The girl looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, with a thin figure, a delicate face, and a pair of dull eyes.
When she heard the noise, she looked towards where the person came from and bowed.
"Excuse me, are you the new heroine who moved here?"
Xu Chunniang stood still and glanced at the girl, "I am new here, but I am not a heroine."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, the girl looked a little happy, but when she heard the second half, she felt a little disappointed.
However, she quickly regained her composure and bowed her hands in greeting.
"I heard that you carry a sword on your back. Even if you are not a heroine, you are still capable."
"So, you made a special trip to wait for me here?"
The girl pursed her lips slightly, nodded, and knelt down with a plop.
"I'm waiting for you here. I want you to accept me as your disciple and teach me my skills."
"Hahahaha, you blind man also wants to learn swordsmanship?"
A sound of ridicule suddenly sounded, and several children who were hiding in the distance to watch the fun heard the girl's words and laughed unceremoniously.
"How can a blind man use a sword? Don't stab someone!"
"If the female master wants to take her in, she might as well take me in!"
Xu Chunniang glanced at the people in the distance. When they met her gaze, they immediately silenced and did not dare to say anything.
She looked again at the girl in front of her.
The girl's face was a little worried, but her lips were pursed tightly, and the hand holding the bamboo pole was slightly white because of too much force.
"You want to become your teacher and learn swordsmanship from me?"
The girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily and said seriously.
"I know it sounds ridiculous for me to be a blind man learning swordsmanship, but I want to protect myself.
Whether it's swordsmanship or boxing skills, as long as you are willing to teach me, I am willing to learn them."
"But if you can't see with your eyes, how can you learn?"
"I can't see with my eyes, but my hearing is very sensitive and I can hear very small sounds. And although my eyesight is not good, I have quick reactions and a good memory."
Xu Chunniang still shook her head, "Sorry, my swordsmanship is only mediocre, and I have no plans to accept a disciple for the time being."
The girl had a disappointed look on her face and forced a smile.
"Okay, my house is in the third courtyard in the alley. If you change your mind, you can come to me at any time."
The girl held on to the bamboo pole and tentatively walked away.
The people who had made fun of her just now followed her and started laughing.
"Haha, I told you that you would be rejected. You are blind and still want to learn swordsmanship. It is simply unreasonable."
"If you want to recruit female swordsmen, you should also recruit healthy people like us. If you are blind, you should stay at home peacefully and avoid going out."
Xu Chunniang, who was about to step into the courtyard, paused slightly when she heard these words.
A word she had long forgotten seemed to ring in her ears.
"You have a birthmark on your face. It's so ugly. If you're so ugly, you should stay at home and avoid going out."
As she grew up, she learned to ignore these words.
Since I started practicing Taoism, I have never been happy with things or sad with myself.
But a similar sentence still awakened her distant memory.
Xu Chunniang suddenly looked back and looked at the thin girl holding the bamboo pole.
When the girl heard the teasing from several people, she seemed to have become accustomed to it. Her face was calm and her feet were steady.
However, the children who made fun of her were not satisfied with her bland reaction and kept finding some heartbreaking words to prick her.
The blind girl is somewhat similar to the stubborn girl she was when she was young.
Xu Chunniang was moved in her heart and walked quickly towards the girl, "Wait a minute."
The girl paused, and when she turned around, there was a look of hope on her face.
"Are you calling me?"
The teasing sounds of several children suddenly stopped, obviously due to some surprise.
Xu Chunniang's eyes fell on the girl, "Actually, my swordsmanship is not very good, but my boxing and kicking skills are pretty good. Are you willing to learn?"
The girl's originally dull eyes almost gleamed with light. She nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, I do!"
"You don't have the foundation, so you may have to suffer a lot to learn these things."
The girl hurriedly said, "I am not afraid of hardship, I am sincere in my studies."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly, "Don't be late tomorrow at Mao hour."
Several children were shocked by this turn of events. It was obvious that the female swordsman had rejected the blind man not long ago, so why did she suddenly change her mind?
They rushed to follow her, "I also want to learn swordsmanship! My parents will not object."
"I have good eyes, so I can definitely learn faster than a blind person!"
Xu Chunniang turned around and looked at the children. With just one look, they were so frightened that they dared not say anything.
She shook her head, "She is just blind, but you are blind in heart. If you continue to slander her with random words, don't blame me for being rude!"
The girl was waiting at the gate of the courtyard early at 3:00 pm the next day, a quarter of an hour earlier than the stipulated time of 4:00 pm.
Xu Chunniang was wielding her sword in the courtyard when she heard the noise coming from outside the courtyard gate.
Just as she imagined, this sword embryo is very strong and is more than enough for practicing sword moves.
After receiving the move, she put the sword aside casually and walked towards the courtyard gate.
The person standing at the outer door was indeed the girl from yesterday.
"Arrived quite early."
The girl holding the bamboo pole leaned forward and bowed, "I can't see, so I have to work harder than others."