"【Flowing Light and Dancing Movement】, a top-grade lightness skill in the mortal realm, created by Fairy Jinghong during her mortal period. It is as swift as a startled swan and as graceful as a swimming dragon. Time flies by and cannot be reversed. A dance that expresses all the feelings of the mortal world."
Note 1: This exercise is only suitable for women.
Note 2: It needs to be combined with dance to achieve the best effect.
Note 3: If you have a certain understanding of time and space, it is possible to trigger the teleportation effect.
What a joyous occasion! This must be a reward for her good deeds and virtuous actions!
Cheng Ruyi grew increasingly excited as she read the description of the cultivation technique. "Mortal-level Supreme Grade" must mean the absolute top-tier level in the mortal realm, right? And it even had a chance to trigger instant teleportation! This was practically defying the heavens!
However, judging from the description, it seems that the trigger of this skill is related to time and space. Fortunately, as a graduate of a modern science university, she had studied many of Hawking's books and read a lot of science fiction novels during her university years. Putting aside everything else, her understanding of time and space is definitely more in-depth than that of people in ancient times.
The only problem is dance, which falls into her area of expertise. It seems this stunning beauty is not only a science whiz but also quite accomplished in culture and art...
Although she had no dance background whatsoever, it wasn't a big problem. In order to maximize the effect of the top-grade skill, she would just have to work hard!
Without hesitation, Cheng Ruyi pressed the "Learn" button. The cultivation manual on the virtual screen immediately transformed into a stream of light and flew into her mind. When she opened her eyes again, she had completely mastered the content of the cultivation manual.
That's the advantage of having a cheat code! You don't need to spend time studying it word by word; you can learn it with just one click!
However, based on previous experience with "Qi Observation Techniques", learning it does not mean that you can fully master its application. You still need to practice a lot in daily life to gradually become proficient.
For example, her progress in using the Qi Observation Technique has increased significantly. She used it once a day, and each time she would get a headache after a few breaths. Now she can use it three times a day, and each time she can last for a quarter of an hour before feeling uncomfortable.
And this "Flowing Light Dance" is the most powerful martial art she can currently access. Don't underestimate it just because it's a light footwork technique. Anyone who has played games knows that if used well, this skill is not only a life-saving artifact, but can even enable the weak to defeat the strong and turn the tide of battle!
As long as you can't kill me, I can slowly wear you down—perfect for someone like her who likes to survive.
From that day on, Ruyi rearranged her daily schedule, trying to squeeze out more time to practice this new technique. She even hired a teacher to learn dance, making her already packed life even more fulfilling.
After the tenth day, the snow and wind that had stopped for about ten days suddenly started falling again, sometimes even mixed with hail. Hailstones the size of eggs fell down, instantly causing pedestrians who couldn't dodge in time to suffer head injuries and bleeding. Everyone was frightened and started staying at home again.
The continuous blizzards and hailstorms have kept even mountain bandits from venturing out, let alone ordinary pedestrians.
Fortunately, everyone has stocked up on winter supplies over the past month. Ruyi has already used up half of the cotton she had stocked up. These inexpensive and high-quality cotton clothes and quilts were snapped up as soon as they were put in the shop. The remaining ones are being processed urgently. Judging from the stock, it should be enough to meet the needs of the people in the county.
Besides the residents of the county town, the hired workers who stayed at the Cheng family villa and the official road commercial street also received ample winter supplies. They were well-fed and clothed every day, so even though there wasn't much work to do these past few days, everyone still conscientiously patrolled, shoveled snow, cleaned, and performed various other tasks every day. No one was lazy at all.
Nowadays, apart from the two rooms rented to the Zhou family, the backyards of the shops along the official road are almost all used as staff dormitories or warehouses. Although they are a bit crowded, they are all newly built brick and tile houses with kitchens and bathrooms, which are perfect shelters for people who have lost their homes and become homeless.
A rough estimate suggests that there are at least fifty or sixty women employed by the Cheng family, ranging in age from newborns to elderly women with white hair. To make life easier for everyone, she simply opened up the backyards of the two snack shops and designated them as women's dormitories.
There are about thirty people living here now. Half of them were left here by their families or chose to stay instead of leaving with their families. Another group has family members working in the county town. The rest are families who have signed contracts with the Cheng family.
Some time ago, a down-on-his-luck scholar suddenly came to seek refuge with Cheng Ruyi. He claimed to be surnamed Li and appeared to be around forty years old. His long gown was also tattered. However, the scholar did not seem to care much about these external things. He said that he was wandering around all by himself. However, the weather was bad and it was inconvenient for him to continue traveling. He had also heard about Ruyi's deeds and wanted to come here to stay for the winter.
Upon seeing this person, Ruyi suddenly realized a problem she had been ignoring: basic education!
The Cheng family employs nearly a hundred workers, but less than ten of them can read. Although communication is usually not a problem, misunderstandings sometimes lead to mistakes.
Thinking of this, Ruyi immediately agreed to Li Xiucai's request. She not only specially arranged a side room for him to live in alone, but also provided him with three free meals a day. However, she asked him to start teaching everyone in three days.
"May I ask, Madam Cheng, who will be your tutor?" Li Xiucai breathed a sigh of relief after learning that he only needed to teach, as this was not difficult for him.
"Everyone! I will have everyone learn in batches. My requirements are not high. Everyone just needs to learn the most basic reading and writing skills."
Ignoring Li Xiucai's hesitant expression, Cheng Ruyi continued, "Master Li, there's no need to rush. I can provide primers such as 'The Hundred Family Surnames,' 'The Three Character Classic,' and 'The Primer for Children.' After you've taught for a while, you can divide the class into groups based on everyone's progress. It would be best if we could see results before you leave!"
Scholar Li: "......"
He patted his full stomach, recalling how delicious the spicy hot pot had been. Then, after mentally assessing the temperature difference between the warm room and the outside, he hesitated for a few moments before nodding heavily. "Don't worry, Madam Cheng, I will not fail in my mission."
"Very well then, teacher, please make your preparations first. I won't disturb you any longer!" Cheng Ruyi left the room happily, then instructed Tao Fei to inform and arrange for everyone, and then she left it to her own devices.
Based on previous natural and man-made disasters, the duration of such disasters usually does not exceed six months. Therefore, this cold wave and snow disaster will likely last for at least another five months.
If it's not a blizzard, it's fine, everyone can go out and do something. But whenever we're stuck in our rooms and can't go out, it feels like a huge waste. So why don't we all learn together!
There's no reason why she, as the employer, should be working day and night while her employees are doing nothing.
All of the Cheng family's employees were on contracts, so even though most of them were unwilling and didn't understand, they still obediently went to the temporary school on time every day.
When Cheng Ruyi saw that everyone in the classroom, young and old, looked as if they were facing a great enemy, their faces were ashen, and they seemed to have no will to live, she immediately felt relaxed and refreshed!
Of course, the hired workers are not actually without work. With the daily blizzards, clearing the snow alone is a huge undertaking. In addition, there are the daily patrols and maintenance of the villa and Lishan, as well as the cleaning of the official road, which is not an easy task. However, most people would rather work outside than sit in a warm classroom and listen to lectures.
However, there are always exceptions. Among a group of listless and bewildered people, a few showed a love and talent for learning, and women made up 80% of this group.
In fact, from a purely talent perspective, it's not that these women are smarter than other men, but they know from a young age that these things belong to men, to their grandfathers, uncles, and elder brothers, and to their fathers, brothers, and younger brothers. They have never had the opportunity or the right to access them.
They didn't know what reading was, but that didn't stop them from knowing that reading was a good thing. Now that they had the opportunity to have this good thing, they naturally knew how to cherish it more than ordinary men, and naturally studied exceptionally hard and diligently.
Although Li Xiucai was shocked and puzzled by this situation, fortunately he still treated everyone equally, without giving special treatment to men or neglecting or belittling women. He was able to teach without discrimination, and Cheng Ruyi was quite satisfied with this.
Now that Cheng's School has successfully started classes, shouldn't we strive for all-round development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education?
So from that day on, every day at the crack of dawn, everyone except the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled had to get up and exercise: run laps around their own yard, do two sets of radio calisthenics, and finish with a set of Five Animal Frolics.
Only those who have completed everything can have a hearty breakfast.
Her arrangement was not only to enrich everyone's lives and improve their health, but also to observe which people had a talent for martial arts, so that they could be organized into a real guard team in the future.
After seeing this arrangement, everyone speculated whether they were going to be taught martial arts. Some people took it very seriously; they were either people who didn't want to continue studying or people who really wanted to learn martial arts. Whatever their purpose, Ruyi was happy to see it happen.
Although her goal was to improve the workers' mental and physical fitness, this absolutely could not affect their daily work. If anyone failed to complete their tasks or made a mistake, they would still be punished.
The workers in the Cheng family weren't fools. Although studying and practicing martial arts would indeed take up some of their work time, they all knew it was a great thing. So even if they had some doubts or resistance, no one would actually complain.
In mid-December, when every household should be preparing for the New Year, the streets should be bustling with activity. However, this year, the county town is unusually desolate due to heavy snow, hail, and a drop in temperature.
In addition, the drought that has lasted for more than half a year has led to reduced grain production and high grain prices. Furthermore, the continuous low temperatures and blizzards during this period have also affected the supply of meat and vegetables. Everyone is worried about whether they can have a good New Year and about the situation next year.
Vegetables are scarce in winter, so Ruyi simply spread the method of sprouting beans so that everyone could make it themselves. Although the quality cannot be guaranteed, at least it provides an extra source of fresh vegetables.
The Cheng family members don't care too much about the money that Douya earns these days, and they are also very busy, so they all expressed their approval after hearing this.
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