Chapter 019 The Scholar Tutor Who Came to Your Home
disturb?
Oh, no no no, not disturbing at all!
He was so happy that he couldn't contain himself!
Who would be willing to refuse a tutor who comes to your door?
Of course, we open the door and give a warm welcome!
"Please come in--" Shu Li solemnly invited Kumandi in.
Since fairies are flying creatures, their houses are generally built high. The dormitories for the cubs are standard rooms, and they can live there until they reach adulthood. However, to make the cubs more comfortable, the furniture is a size smaller, and as they grow, they can be upgraded to the appropriate size.
After Kumandi entered the house, he looked around Shuli's house calmly.
Many things were added to the originally monotonous room, and the owner decorated it very carefully.
There are two flower murals hanging on the wall, a soft carpet on the floor, four cute wooden dolls on the bedside table, and the table is even richer with tea sets, water bottles, pen holders, notebooks, kettles... and a small stove with a built-in fire magic stone.
The one hundred-day-old cubs have already learned to clean up their home.
Sperian is very smart, smarter than most cubs.
Why can’t I learn Elvish well?
Kumandi walked to the table and looked down at the notebook spread out on the table.
The small notebook was filled with strange symbols. These symbols were square in shape, of similar size, neat and smooth, with an indescribable beauty.
In the afternoon, he took the cubs to the commercial district to communicate with the shop owners. Whenever Sperian got stuck in his speech, he would take out a notebook from the small bag on his waist, quickly flip through it, and then continue speaking.
So, these symbols serve as prompts?
It's a strange way of learning, and although it's somewhat useful, it's not very efficient.
Because he is a cub, the person he is talking to will wait patiently. If he still behaves like this when he is an adult, the other person may not have the patience to wait for him to flip through the notebook.
Shu Li noticed that Kumandi was staring at his notebook, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself, "Oh no!"
I was so happy just now that I rushed to open the door and forgot that my notebook was spread out on the table. Now look what happened, I was caught by the top student.
What if a top student asks him what he wrote, how should he explain?
Shu Li hesitated for a moment, then decided to take the initiative. He feigned composure, closing his notebook as if nothing had happened, piling it along with the other four on the corner of the table. Then, picking up the kettle, he stammered, "I'll... boil some water for you... and make tea!"
When guests come to my house, I have to make tea to entertain them.
Without waiting for Kumandi's response, he scooped water from the large wooden barrel and poured it into the kettle. Then he placed the kettle on the small stove and chanted a spell on the fire magic stone in the stove according to the method taught by the grocery store owner.
"Great... Fire God Amafa Purches... I am Sperion... of the Fairy Forest... Please grant me fire..."
After reciting the spell intermittently, Shu Li stared at the stove.
——Nothing happened.
The Fire Magic Stone didn't move at all.
Shu Li was suspicious. He lay on the table and stared at the stove, then stretched out his finger and carefully touched the fire magic stone inside.
Strange, why is there no response?
The grocery store owner clearly said that even fairies who had not learned magic could use this kind of stove. As long as they chanted the spell, the great god of fire would hear the believers' prayers and would send down his divine power to ignite the magic stone.
But now, he had finished chanting the spell, and the God of Fire ignored him.
If I had known earlier, I would have bought a simple stove, the kind that uses flint.
Or, can't it be designed like a light that turns on with a twist?
It's so troublesome to recite the spell, it's such a long paragraph, it's too difficult for him, a language idiot!
After waiting for a long time, the magic stone still did not move. Shu Li had to give up and looked at Kumandi embarrassedly.
Kumandi looked at him, a hint of helplessness flashing in his purple eyes.
"Um..." Shu Li wanted to say something to ease the awkwardness in the room, but she lacked the words to express herself.
Kumandi raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and then a beautiful voice like chanting poetry rang out.
"Great God of Fire, Alfama Chips, I am Kumandi from the Fairy Forest, your faithful follower. Please grant me the flame to light the furnace. I will thank you and praise you every day."
As the spell fell, the fire magic stone in the furnace burst into flames.
Shu Li was dumbfounded.
Is it too late to find a hole to hide in now?
He recited such a long spell like a dog chewing a bone, and most importantly, he actually pronounced the real name of the God of Fire incorrectly.
The god of fire is called Alfama Chips, not Amafa Puchis.
Shu Li began to despair.
He couldn't even recite a small fire-starting spell, so how was he supposed to learn more complex and lengthy magic spells in the future?
Tired of love, just die, woo woo woo——
The little cub drooped its ears, hunched its shoulders, folded its wings, and mist appeared in its eyes. It was so frustrated that it was about to cry.
Kumandi's eyes softened, and he placed his palm gently on the cub's head. "Learn slowly, and you will eventually learn."
Shu Li looked up in surprise, staring blankly at the black-haired elf so close to him, and unknowingly confused him with his older brother from his youth.
When he was a child, he was not good at learning English and was laughed at by his classmates. He went home and lay on the sofa crying out of breath.
The older brother, who was still in high school, half-knelt in front of him, touched his head and said, "Learn slowly, you will eventually learn it. Our little treasure is the smartest."
His eyes were blurred with tears, and he asked with a choked voice, "Really...really?"
The eldest brother nodded firmly, took out a lollipop from his pocket and handed it to him.
He took the lollipop, smiled happily, and believed his brother's words very much.
However... by the time he reached his senior year of high school, his English was still a mess.
Now, someone said the same words as the eldest brother, looked at him with the same gentle eyes, and encouraged him.
Shu Li sniffed and nodded firmly. "Okay!"
This time, he will definitely overcome difficulties, defeat himself, and make the saying "learn slowly and you will always learn" come true.
"I'll start with spoken English." Kumandi, a man of action, glanced at the chairs fit only for cubs, then sat cross-legged on Shu Li's newly laid carpet. He pulled three or four yellowed notebooks from his storage bag and asked, "Where are the notebooks I gave you this morning?"
Before Shu Li could calm down, she saw Jingjing had already entered the academic master mode.
"On the bed." He rushed to the bed, picked up the notebook on the bedside, and followed Kumandi's movements, sitting cross-legged on the carpet.
Kumandi took the notebook and opened the first page.
Shu Li twitched his fingers guiltily.
While taking a nap at noon, he was drowsy and his saliva accidentally got on his notebook. Although he wiped it dry, there were still some traces if you looked closely.
I hope Jingjing, the top student, didn’t find out.
When I was feeling anxious, Kumandi's voice rang in my ears.
"Follow these pictures and speak them."
Shu Li collected his thoughts, looked down at the picture Kumandi was pointing at, and said in Elvish: "Trees, flowers, grass, insects, birds..."
These are simple, he knows how to do them.
Kumandi pointed to more than ten pictures in a row, and Shu Li answered them one by one without any hesitation.
He shook his ears and gave himself a thumbs up.
"The pronunciation is not correct." Kumandi ruthlessly hit his self-confidence.
"Huh?" Shu Li was dumbfounded. How could it be inaccurate? He had specifically found the exact same transliteration for these characters; there was no way they could be wrong!
"Look at my mouth." Kumandi slowly pronounced "tree" so that Shu Li could clearly see his mouth shape and tongue position.
Shu Li observed carefully and was shocked to find that his pronunciation was really inaccurate.
Those who take shortcuts only learn the basics, which are invisible and have not even grasped the essence, yet they are complacent about themselves.
The cub had a serious expression and corrected his pronunciation over and over again until it was correct.
Kumandi was very patient and taught the cubs one by one. After they had all learned, he turned back to the first page of the notebook, pointed to the picture, and tested them on the spot.
Shu Li's throat was dry, and her mouth and tongue were almost numb, but she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
None of the tutors my father hired in the past with high salaries taught as carefully and meticulously as Kumandi.
“Gugugugu——”
The water boiled and the kettle lid was bubbling with steam.
"Ah!" Shu Li was startled, jumped up and ran to the table, hurriedly turning off the fire.
However, the water was boiling, splashing out many hot water droplets, and he couldn't touch the stove at all.
"Don't move." Kumandi came to his side without knowing when, and turned the knob on the stove neatly. The stove popped out the air isolation plate, extinguished the flame, and the magic stone returned to its original state.
Shu Li breathed a sigh of relief.
It was too much of a burden for a spoiled young master like him to do housework. He had almost gotten his finger hit by a hammer while hanging a mural on the wall.
Kumandi moved the kettle to the table and asked the cub, "Put it in a water bottle?"
"Make tea!" Shu Li walked around to the other side of the table, put out a set of tea sets newly bought today, and picked up an intricately carved wooden jar.
This wooden jar is filled with tea leaves.
According to the grocery store owner, this tea comes from a mysterious oriental country and was brought back by fairies who went out to gain experience and then put it on consignment in his grocery store.
When Shu Li heard the words "mysterious oriental country", he was immediately excited and chased the boss to ask questions.
The boss looked at him doubtfully and told him in detail.
In the easternmost part of the continent, there is a powerful and prosperous country called the Serex Empire. It is rich in resources, has a pleasant climate, and its people are hardworking and live and work in peace and contentment. It produces 80% of the continent's tea.
However, the journey to the Thrax Empire is very difficult and dangerous.
If you start from the Fairy Forest, you will need to cross many countries, large canyons, swamps, mountains and a grassland. The journey is extremely long.
The long and complicated series of place names made Shu Li dizzy.
In short, the country called Serex is a great distance away from the Fairy Forest. For the fairies who go out to gain experience, it is a matter of life and death to bring back a few cans of tea.
After Shu Li understood this, the small flame that had been burning in her heart went out with a puff.
This is a different world, I really shouldn't have any extravagant expectations.
Tea is precious, but not as valuable as the treasures in the gestational room.
Shu Li exchanged a seed with the grocery store owner for a lot of things, including tea.
He took two leaves of tea from the wooden pot, put them in the teapot, and nodded to Kumandi.
Kumandi tacitly poured hot water into the teapot.
The tea leaves were soaked in hot water and gradually expanded, filling the entire teapot.
Shuli poured two cups of tea, one for Kumandi and one for herself.
After studying for so long, my mouth is dry. Drinking a cup of hot tea will quench my thirst and moisten my throat.
Shu Li was completely satisfied.
After such a long journey, he finally had some hot water to drink!!!
Although the dew is sweet, it is cold, unboiled water after all, so it is a bit strange to get used to it.
After finishing his tea, Kumandi put down his empty cup, opened his notebook and said, "Continue."
You are not allowed to go to bed until you finish studying a notebook today.
Under the strict teaching of Jingjing, Shu Li's learning efficiency has been improved unprecedentedly.
When the cubs fell asleep due to physical limitations, Kumandi mercifully ended their teaching tasks for the day.
As Shu Li's tense nerves relaxed, sleepiness swept through his brain like a hurricane. He yawned as he sent the nerd away, then fell onto the bed and fell asleep in seconds.
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