After Huo Xiaolong and his girlfriends started living the "early bird" routine, he felt hopeless. The little girl sat on the bed, staring blankly, wondering how she had lived her past life. She felt no sense of it at all; now, studying and memorizing every day felt like her bones were being pulled out.
"Mom, I don't want to go to school tomorrow."
"Don't tell me to ask your godmother. If your godmother agrees, then I agree."
Huo Xiaolong was like a deflated balloon, and Cen's mother said the same thing. The two mothers were just passing the buck, refusing to let her rest for even a day.
In fact, the two children weren't that tired. They worked three days and rested one day. Mantuo not only had to attend classes and practice her skills every day, but she also had to work at the brothel. Compared to them, the two children were incredibly fortunate.
"Little sister, aren't you tired?"
Hou Xiangxiang turned to look at her friend, threw the insect in her hand on the ground, and said to her...
"It's not tiring at all; it's much better than learning rules."
"ah?"
Huo Xiaolong couldn't understand how anyone could possibly enjoy the 8 a.m. lifestyle.
"What? When I was in Beining, I got up much earlier every morning and started embroidering and playing the zither. Then I listened to the old lady talk about female virtues and precepts. Forget about playing, even shouting loudly was wrong. Have you read 'Precepts for Women'?"
The little dumpling shook its head; it didn't sound like a good thing.
I haven't seen it.
"That's for the best. You'd better not watch it. Watching it will make you so angry that you'll burn all the women's precepts of Pingyang County."
"Have you finished your homework?" Huo Xiaolong asked, holding Hou Xiangxiang's hand.
"You've finished writing, what about you?"
The little dumpling looked at her scrawled handwriting and sighed. Maybe she should be taught some math and science, since it's impossible to copy other people's work.
"I still have three large characters to write."
"Then why are you still playing with me!?"
"I don't want to write anymore, can you write it for me?"
Huo Xiaolong grinned, revealing a sweet smile that made people want to ask him for a favor.
"Huh? I got punished along with you last time I helped you sew your pants. Write it yourself, then we'll play again."
"Look at my hands, they've developed calluses from all the writing these past few days. Besides, I can recite the Three Character Classic backwards, why would I bother writing it again?"
Hou Xiangxiang glanced at her dog paws, her lips twitched twice, and said...
"Look at your handwriting! What did the teacher tell you to write for? Just practice, that's all. You don't need much, half an hour a day is enough."
Huo Xiaolong is too strong, and writing and practicing martial arts are completely different in terms of control. Therefore, she can never control the force when she writes, which is one of the reasons why Zhao Kai asked her to practice calligraphy.
Of course, handwriting reflects personality; if a pretty young girl's handwriting is scribbles like a dog's scratch, it won't look very good.
When people ask, "Who is your husband?", what will happen?
The little dumpling would definitely say with a straight face, "My husband is Zhao Kai, the third-place finisher in the imperial examinations in which year," and her tone would have to be one of pride.
How should I put it?
It poses no threat to Zhao Tanhua in terms of competition, but it can ruin his reputation in the field of teaching and educating people.
"Then you'll write with me."
"Okay! You write, I'll play on the side."
Hou Xiangxiang put on a small wooden figure and sat down next to her.
"What is this?"
"This little figurine was a gift from Doctor Gu. I watched him making medicine last time and found it quite amusing, so I asked him a couple of questions, and he gave me this."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xiaolong pouted again.
"I gave him so many medicinal herbs, but he wouldn't give any to the villain."
"You want it? Here, let's play together."
Hou Xiangxiang placed the little figure in front of her. It was covered with densely engraved acupoint diagrams and uneven needle marks.
The little dumpling shook its head, thinking it was too much of a headache.
"I don't want to, you play, I'll do my homework first."
The two girls had only written half of the large characters when they heard a noise outside the window, with the window being banged on loudly.
Huo Xiaolong stood up, opened the window, and saw a half-grown brown bear pushing hard against the window frame. If the little boy had opened the window any later, the bear cub probably would have torn it apart.
"What are you doing? Instead of playing by yourself in broad daylight, you're here damaging the windows!"
The bear cub grunted twice, signaling Huo Xiaolong to open the door for it. Normally, the little dumpling wouldn't let it into the room. The bear cub was clever and loved to go to bed.
In this weather, he can't take a bath; he rolls around in the dirt every day and gets terribly filthy.
"If I don't open it, you'll complain about the mess."
"We won't let it on the bed; I'll keep an eye on it."
Hou Xiangxiang was very envious of the bear cubs and almost begged her mother to get one for her too, but these things were not easy to handle; no hunter would dare to venture into the deep mountains.
The little dumpling opened the door for him at her sisters' request. The little bear sneaked in and spat out something that looked furry and had traces of blood on its body.
"What's this? Did you go outside and bite a puppy?"
Huo Xiaolong squatted down and took a closer look. Xiongzai vomited up a little white puppy that was only three months old, with lacerations all over its back.
"You bit me?"
The bear cub grunted twice. "I'll bite and eat it. Why did I bring it back to you? To get scolded and beaten?"
"It doesn't look like it was bitten by a bear cub. Bear cubs have big mouths; one bite would probably kill this puppy," Hou Xiangxiang said, squatting down to examine the puppy's wound.
"Then...then take it to Doctor Gu?"
Huo Xiaolong was a little unsure. These days, there aren't many doctors who can treat dogs, but there are doctors who can treat cattle and horses, though their expertise isn't relevant to this.
"OK"
The two, one big and one small, wrapped the puppy in a cloak and hurried towards Doctor Gu's clinic. Originally, Xiongzai wanted to go with them, but Xiaotuanzi chased him back.
Although the people of Biancheng are known for their fierce and tough nature, they are not so fierce that people can accept a brown bear running around in the streets. The bear cubs usually only roam around the Huo family's residence and the entrance to the brothel, and they have never ventured out of the red-light district.
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