MTL - Take a Door with You-Chapter 18 apprentice!

  Chapter 18 Apprenticeship!

   "Little Five!"

"You are a good person!"

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

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

   Practice martial arts to strengthen your body!

   Dance with knives and guns!

  This is more exciting than sewing and embroidering at home.

  Cao Xian has been excited for several days, knowing that today he is going to pay New Year's greetings and apprenticeship, and he has suffered from insomnia since last night. Cao Xin and Cao Ren were called up early this morning before dawn.

   Toss all morning.

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

  On the way, Cao Xian held the apprentice ceremony in one hand, and put his arm around Cao Xin in the other.

  He still underestimated Cao Xian's enthusiasm for martial arts after all.

  But seeing the passionate appearance of the eldest sister, Cao Xin is also happy.

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

   "Big Brother Big Brother!"

   "Go faster!"

  Cao Xian doesn't know what her younger brother is thinking, and she doesn't know what it's like to practice martial arts, but none of these unknowns can stop her yearning for a new life.

  Vaguely, she seemed to be able to feel that after this day, her fate would be different in the future.

  Different from Cao Zhang.

  Different from Widow Tan.

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

   This kind of vague thought rose to the extreme in an instant when he entered the "Piaomiao Martial Arts Gym" and saw the owner "Tang Miao"—

  …

   "So cool!"

   When Cao Xin saw Tang Miao again, his eyes also brightened.

  The owner of the pavilion is 29 years old, not too old, but his martial arts skills are good, even better than Yang Zhan. Even more heroic, although the appearance is plain, the heroism of martial arts practitioners is completely different from the women and girls in the courtyard, and everyone who meets them for the first time will be shocked.

  Including Cao Xian.

   "Sister, this is the curator Tang, he is so nice!"

While Cao Ren was talking to Tang Miao, Cao Xin pulled Cao Xian, who was stupefied, to come 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 temper. Bear hardships, you will have to worry more when you get old!"

"Ha ha!"

   "No matter how sweet your mouth is, if you run away again this time, I will not refund the money."

   Tang Miao laughed out loud at Cao Xin's appearance.

  Although she is a Lianjiazi, she is not rigid and serious, but cheerful and generous. At the beginning, Cao Renbai came in and took four or two or three coins. Later, when Cao Ren wanted to leave, he returned the full amount of the money without embezzling at all.

  Cao Xin had a very good 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, beckoned and said, "Don't be afraid, come forward."

   "Aunt Tang—"

  Cao Xian and his younger brother called aunt together, and hurried forward.

   Tang Miao pinched Cao Xian a few times. Although the smile on his face remained unchanged, Cao Xin could still see the disappointment hidden in his eyes.

   This is no surprise.

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

  However, Cao Xin relied on his "insight" to forcefully select the "Piaomiao Martial Arts School" that is most compatible with Cao Xian from more than 30 martial arts in more than a dozen martial arts halls.

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

certainly.

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

  The first meeting between master and apprentice ended with Cao Xian being very excited and Tang Miao slightly disappointed.

  …

  It was noon that day.

  The three of Cao Xin stayed at Misty Martial Arts Hall for lunch.

In Cao Xin's mind, Tang Miao is a good person, and the two martial arts mastered are highly compatible with Cao Xian. If there is no accident, Cao Xian will spend the next few years or even longer in the Misty Martial Arts Hall. Become a truly close master-student relationship with Tang Miao.

   In this way, the Cao family and Misty Martial Arts will naturally get closer.

   Make a foundation for a meal.

   Slowly deal with friendship.

   After dinner, after finalizing the festival, they went to the Misty Martial Arts Hall to formally learn martial arts from their masters. The three of Cao Xin bid farewell and left.

  On the way, seeing the dust settled, Cao Ren introduced the situation of Misty Martial Arts to Cao Xian in detail.

   "The Misty Martial Arts Gym is not very big. There is only one master Tang who is the son of the Lian family. Her sister Tang Piaopiao is also practicing martial arts with her, who is the same age as you."

   "There is no one else."

  The martial arts gym supported by the two sisters is not of any scale at all.

   After all, no matter what kind of profession they are in, women are always discriminated against, especially in martial arts.

  A martial arts gym opened by a woman, with a small door and a small family, which serious person is willing to put money here?

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

   Silver money.

time.

   It is not something ordinary people can afford to gamble.

  Therefore, the Misty Martial Art Museum is quite empty.

   As for Cao Ren.

  He also happened to be.

At the beginning, I worshiped under the door of the "Tang Family Martial Arts Hall", and while I was working hard and tempering my muscles and bones, I waited for Cao Xin's "investigation" to end, and at the same time inquired in the martial arts hall if there were any other reliable martial arts gyms around, so I could do it for my next family. Prepare.

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

  Inquiring about other families in the martial arts hall, as the saying goes, colleagues are enemies, and many of them know the basics, so Cao Ren naturally paid attention to inquiring.

   And he found out from the "Tang Family Martial Arts Hall" that Tang Miao, the owner of the "Piaomiao Martial Arts Hall", is the cousin of the owner of this martial arts hall, and Tang Miao's kung fu is even better than his own cousin.

  So, after leaving the 'Tang Family Martial Arts Hall', Cao Ren went directly to the 'Piaomiao Martial Arts Hall'.

  Unfortunately, I didn't stay for long, and I was ashamed to leave after ten days.

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

  Cao Xian was confused.

Cao Ren didn't know how to explain it. He glanced at his younger brother who had nothing to do with him, and could only take the blame on himself: "I am not suitable for Master Tang's kung fu. I didn't think so at the time. Her kung fu is more suitable for me." You women."

   "That's it."

  Cao Xian seems to understand but not understand.

   But still excited, imagining that one day he can become a character like Tang Miao, with a dazzling demeanor in every move!

  …

  The three of them were walking and talking.

   When Cao Xian recovered from his excitement, he realized 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 in to pay New Year's greetings.

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"Walk."

   "Come in and have a look."

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

   This is a simple courtyard.

  There is only one front yard, where common martial arts training equipment such as stone locks and wooden stakes are placed. In addition, there are three rooms and a kitchen.

   "Why does eldest brother have a key?"

   "Whose house is this?"

  Cao Xian followed in without hesitation. After looking around but seeing no one, he remembered that the door was locked from the outside just now. She turned her head to look at her elder brother, then at Cao Xin, and stared at her, "I know you two must have a secret!"

  Cao Xin and Cao Ren looked at each other.

  Cao Ren asked Cao Xian with a smile on his face, "Do you know how much it cost to visit the martial arts hall?"

   "Isn't it free?"

Cao Xian asked about this a few days ago, and the two brothers fooled her, mainly to fool Cao Zhang and Cao Liang. They were worried that they would leak their words, so they just said that they don’t need money. It was the elder brother who found the door, just like the apprentices in the medical hall. Be an apprentice to others, work, learn art, no wages and no money.

   Now it’s hard and tiring, but in the future there will be no shortage of food and clothing.

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

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   And told her that it costs money to enter the martial arts gym?

  She felt a little guilty, and looked at her elder brother: "Are there many?"

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

  So uneasy.

   "Four, two, three dollars."

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

"How many?!"

  Cao Xian was stupid.

   Four, two, three!

How much is this? !

  Cao’s family now has a lot of income every month. After four or five months, the family has earned nearly 22 taels and saved more than 8 taels, which has already made her and Cao Zhang’s wife smile all day long.

  And now, she went to the martial arts gym to learn skills, and she actually put half of her family's wealth into it all at once? !

Tremendous stress!

  Cao Xian's face turned pale, no excitement at all.

   "It's more than that."

   "This number will be every year in the future."

   "In addition, to practice martial arts, you have to eat well and drink well, and you also need to buy medicinal materials for external application and internal administration. Every month, it costs at least three taels of silver."

   "After a year, it will cost about 40 taels."

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

   Good guy!

   Four taels haven't been digested yet, here comes 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 if calculated according to last year's income, the family may not be able to save 40 taels after one year.

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

how is this possible!

  Cao Xian's eyes turned red immediately, thinking that his martial arts practice would go to waste.

   "Ouch!"

   "Why are you crying, I haven't finished yet!"

   "Sister, come in."

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

   One in.

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

   It's full!

   Countless!

  Cao Xian is stupid again!

  …

  (end of this chapter)