Chapter 63 Little Genius
The little one sat there with his eyes closed, chubby and looking so cute that you just wanted to pet him. But Tieguai Li didn't pay attention to that at the moment; all he was focused on was when the little one would open his eyes.
He wasn't like this when he first read the book. After finishing it, he was completely bewildered, utterly confused, and had no idea what it was. He was nowhere near as confused as Xiao Taohua was.
So, she truly lives up to her nickname, Little Peach Blossom.
Perhaps these are the Fuwa mascots.
Tieguai Li couldn't help but think about the face he saw, the gossip he heard about Xiao Taohua, and even the faint voice in his ear that told him: it's her. It seemed unreal, yet it also seemed very real.
This is really...
Even in old age, he's still like a young boy.
With a self-deprecating laugh, Tieguai Li calmed his agitated emotions. Regardless of the circumstances, since he was a disciple, he should treat him as such and raise him properly. Other things should not and need not be placed on his disciple.
He's had too many comfortable days; he should be content with having someone to carry on his legacy.
I won't ask for anything else, and I certainly won't use any other pretexts to take advantage of you. A disciple is a disciple, and I'll treat you with sincerity.
Little Peach Blossom felt incredibly comfortable, as if she were floating on a cloud. This comfort was even greater than when she was in the Demon Realm. Although she had cultivated for three hundred years in the Demon Realm, she couldn't fly and could only stand there every day, feeling wronged, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. In fact, she had only been able to transform into human form for a few years.
As she floated, something seemed to enter her body. At first, it was just a wisp, but slowly more and more entered. Little Peach Blossom felt her body brimming with power and wanted to release it. Then, suddenly, with a "poof," all that energy was gone.
Huh?
Little Peach Blossom opened her eyes and looked around curiously, but there was nothing there.
"Little Peach Blossom, you're awake? How are you feeling?"
Tieguai Li sat there from morning until afternoon, without even eating lunch, but he didn't dare wake Xiao Taohua.
"master?"
"Yes, I'm your master. How are you feeling? Is there anything that's bothering you?"
"Master, this feels good."
"Um?"
"It felt light and airy, like something had entered my body," Little Peach Blossom said, looking curiously at her chubby hands. Nothing seemed different.
"Really?!" Tieguai Li was pleasantly surprised.
"Yes, there is something."
Seeing that his disciple was even more puzzled than he was, Tieguai Li suppressed his curiosity and said, "Let's go eat first. Are you hungry? We've already missed lunch."
"Missed lunch?" Little Peach Blossom was shocked. She had just closed her eyes, how could she have missed lunch?
"Yes, you've been lying there with your eyes closed for hours." Tieguai Li smiled and patted his disciple's head.
"Wow!"
"No rush, take your time," Tieguai Li comforted him.
"Yes, Master, I think I'll be able to cultivate Qi soon."
"What?" Tieguai Li stopped in his tracks.
"Qi. I think that energy just now was qi, but there was too little of it." Little Peach Blossom was a little disappointed.
Tieguai Li was shocked. Was there really anger?
Oh dear, this, this...
He had no idea what was going on.
However, never mind, let's feed the apprentice first: "Let's eat first, we can deal with everything else later."
"I'll listen to my master."
Little Peach Blossom obediently followed Tieguai Li to eat. As for whether Tieguai Li was actually in the mood to eat, he remained calm and composed, making it impossible to tell.
After finishing her meal, Xiao Taohua continued to ask to read, and Tieguai Li did not stop her. This time, Xiao Taohua did not practice along with the book, but instead read the book carefully. After finishing the book, Xiao Taohua suddenly realized that the power was indeed Qi, and that with Qi, she could better heal illnesses.
Little Peach Blossom was extremely interested in this medical book.
However, when Yin Qing and his wife came to pick her up, Xiao Taohua did not ask to take the medical book with her. Xiao Taohua felt that the medical book would be damaged on the way back, so she solemnly instructed her master to keep it safe, and she planned to come back to study it again tomorrow.
Did Tieguai Li agree? He wholeheartedly agreed.
That evening, he practiced along with the instructions in the book again, but still found nothing. He then had his grandson practice with him, but with the same result.
As expected, the apprentice is still more capable.
Even more bluntly, Tieguai Li pointed at his grandson and said, "You're always so stubborn and indecisive. Little Peach Blossom is just better than you. She can even master our ancestral medical books. Can you do that? Hmm? Can you do that!"
Li Zhen didn't know how, and Li Zhen felt wronged.
Seeing his grandson's aggrieved look, Tieguai Li suddenly had a change of heart: "Alright, alright, it was Grandpa who was wrong, Grandpa is no good either. You are still unique, after all, our grandson can make a wish."
Li Zhen slowly straightened his chest.
Yes, he is unique.
"Hmm, although she can't compare to Little Peach Blossom."
Li Zhen shrank back again.
Time flew by, from summer to autumn, and then to winter, and the year 1965 was drawing near.
Yin Qing and his wife never found out exactly what Xiao Taohua had learned. Anyway, Xiao Taohua would go to Tieguai Li's place on time every day. When the couple had holidays, she would go back to Xiaolin Village with them and continue learning while they went to work.
At first, the couple would ask about Xiao Taohua's learning progress. Later, after hearing that Xiao Taohua was very smart and had a photographic memory, the couple gradually stopped asking. However, they still prepared everything they needed for their daughter, such as the silver needles she needed for learning to write and practicing calligraphy.
They can't make golden needles yet, as their family doesn't have the skill for it, but as for other things, the couple will find them for their daughter if she wants them.
Sometimes, the couple couldn't help but feel sorry for their daughter when they saw how diligent she was. However, their daughter was interested in studying medicine and was particularly motivated. So, the couple stopped trying to persuade her. As long as their daughter was happy, everything was fine.
Even when Yin Qing and his wife later needed to buy knives, scissors, needles, or thread, the couple provided them unconditionally.
The couple even watched as their little daughter learned to suture wounds around a piece of pork.
Well, the couple felt they had seen a lot in life, so learning was normal, haha, normal...
Despite saying that, the couple secretly complained a lot, feeling that their four-year-old child was learning too much, and that this was something an adult should do.
However, when they asked Tieguai Li, his master remained remarkably calm, and the couple eventually calmed down as well, since their daughter, Xiao Taohua, was a genius.
Well, the little genius Xiao Taohua shocked Tieguai Li from the beginning to numbness later, and even made him feel that he was far inferior to Xiao Taohua.
Speaking of which, although Tieguai Li was an old Chinese medicine doctor, he also studied Western medicine when he was young.
Combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and later finding nothing else to teach, Tieguai Li began personally teaching his apprentices Western surgical techniques.
Cough, don't be afraid, keep your hands steady, very good, Little Peach Blossom is a very good student.
As he progressed through his studies, Li Zhen would avoid Xiao Taohua whenever he saw her, fearing that he might offend her and that she might one day take a dislike to him and sew him back up. Just imagining that scene was too much for him to bear.
(End of this chapter)
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