Huang Wanzhen said nothing and directly stated her purpose, "I came here to learn martial arts through someone's introduction. I want to learn Xingyiquan."
The little girl's eyes widened as if she had heard something frightening. After several seconds, she slapped her thigh and ran into the house. Her sonorous and powerful voice penetrated Huang Wanzhen's ears, "Sister! Yubao! Someone has come to our martial arts hall to learn martial arts!"
After a while, a woman and a child ran out from the front and back. The woman was dressed exactly like Huang Wanzhen, except that the slits on both sides of her gown were a little high, which did not affect her large movements at all.
"Miss, are you here to learn martial arts?" asked a woman of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight with a bun on her head.
Huang Wanzhen nodded and asked doubtfully, "Excuse me, is Master Chen Yumei here? I heard she knows Xingyiquan, so I came here to learn from her."
"I am."
"My eldest sister is Chen Yumei."
The women and children rushed to speak.
Huang Wanzhen looked at the ages of the two people and felt that they did not look like siblings as Shen Junyan said, but more like mother and son.
But Shen Junyan had already warned her not to ask about the head of the family's private affairs, lest she be beaten. Huang Wanzhen opened her mouth and then closed it again.
Chen Yumei seemed to have misunderstood something and hurriedly took two steps forward to explain, "I'm not weak in martial arts. If you don't believe me, I'll show you a set of punches."
"Hit the pile and hit it, big sister, hit the pile and hit it." Chen Yubao clapped his hands and shouted from the side.
The little girl at the back also clapped her hands and shouted, "Big sister, hit the pole, it's awesome!"
Chen Yumei half lowered her head and smiled sheepishly, "Miss, please move to the backyard."
As they walked around a row of bungalows, the open space behind them came into view. Huang Wanzhen couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She didn't expect the backyard to be so big. Not only was there a pile of wooden stakes, but there was also a martial arts training ground. There were many weapons on both sides of the ground, including swords, spears, swords and halberds, but they were a bit old.
Chen Yumei stepped onto the wooden stake, with one foot standing and the other foot in the air. Her face was serious and her temperament suddenly changed, giving Huang Wanzhen a feeling of standing as upright as a pine tree.
Huang Wanzhen's eyes lit up as Chen Yumei moved. Even before the fight was over, she had already made up her mind to learn martial arts from her. She didn't care about Chen Yumei's personal affairs or family matters. Huang Wanzhen thought, "I'm just learning martial arts, not choosing a lover. Why bother with so much?" She only cared about whether she had the skills and whether she could teach her.
When Huang Wanzhen saw Chen Yumei leap three or four meters into the air and land steadily on the wooden stake, she couldn't help but shout, "Great!"
"Pa pa pa——" applause rang out.
After Chen Yumei finished her boxing and dismounted, Huang Wanzhen ran over impatiently, "Master Chen, do you know Qinggong?"
Chen Yumei shook her head, then nodded. "This is qigong, but it works on the roof of a bungalow. It won't work on a building because the roof is too high."
"I want to learn, I want to learn this." Huang Wanzhen's eyes were starry.
Chen Yumei grinned for a moment, then thought of her master's authority and quickly calmed down. "Well, this is a bit difficult. It's best to start in elementary school. It's a bit late for you at your age, but you can use medication to achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Next, Huang Wanzhen followed Chen Yumei into the house and explained her experience of going to school and opening a shop.
The more Chen Yumei listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. "How can you find time to practice martial arts?"
This time it was Huang Wanzhen's turn to get nervous. She hurriedly said, "I'm free in the morning and evening."
Chen Yumei shook her head. "Your home is in West City, and my martial arts school is in East City. It will take you quite a while to get here."
Huang Wanzhen bared her teeth and smiled ingratiatingly, "I go to Beiman Girls' High School. My shop is also on Dengshikou Street, not far from here. It only takes a quarter of an hour by rickshaw. I might have to trouble the driver to get up a little earlier."
Chen Yubao interrupted anxiously, "It's not a problem. We all get up around five to practice."
Huang Wanzhen's eyes lit up and she looked at Chen Yumei, as if wanting to get Chen Yumei's affirmation.
"As a girl, would your parents agree to let you go out before dawn?"
This is indeed a problem. In the short term, you can sneak out through the back door, but over time, you will definitely not be able to hide it.
"I have a way, don't worry about this master." Take it one step at a time. The most important thing at the moment is to become a disciple first.
An hour later, Huang Wanzhen walked out of the Xingyi Martial Arts Hall happily. The tuition here was not expensive, only ten dollars a month, but the medicinal materials for soaking the body were not cheap, one set cost one dollar and fifty cents, twice a week, that means eight sets of medicine a month, which was even more expensive than the tuition.
Master Chen said that as one's martial arts skills become more advanced, medicinal materials will need to be replaced, and the expenses will only increase in the future.
Thinking of this, Huang Wanzhen clenched her fist and encouraged herself. Money, money, money, making more money is the fundamental solution to the problem.
From then on, Huang Wanzhen became a master of time management. She went out early and came back late every day. In the morning, she had Xiulan to accompany her, but at night she was alone. After going there once, Chen Yumei was worried and gave her the secret book of the mind method and stuffed her a packet of medicine.
"Go home and take a medicinal bath. Boil the water twice, for twenty minutes each time, and soak for two hours in advance. The water in the tub should be boiling water. After adding the medicinal solution, let it cool naturally until it is slightly hot. Soak for a full twenty minutes."
"During this time, meditate according to the movements I taught you last night. That's the first level. For the subsequent movements, you can learn from the book. If you don't understand, come and ask me."
Huang Wanzhen nodded obediently, "Master, can you give me a few more packets of medicine? That way it will be more convenient for me."
Chen Yumei simply gave all the medicines she had prescribed to Huang Wanzhen.
Huang Wanzhen stuffed the book into her handbag, carried a bunch of medicine, and went to Beiman Girls' High School.
After seeing this, Song Wenyin, He Lanshan and others expressed their concern.
Huang Wanzhen waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just keeping fit."
He Lanshan deliberately looked Huang Wanzhen up and down. "You still need to keep fit? Have you grown taller?"
He Lanshan's ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. She is petite and looks less than 1.6 meters tall. Huang Wanzhen has grown rapidly in the past year and is now over 1.65 meters tall.
"Don't envy me, sister. If you're going to envy me, it's the person next to me." Huang Wanzhen pointed at Song Wenyin.
Song Wenyin never knew what modesty was. Her childish face tilted upwards at a 45-degree angle. "Hey! I'm just that good. Don't be too envious."
He Lanshan covered her eyes and yelled, "I really can't stand you."
He Xixian, He Lanshan's deskmate, asked with a smile, "Wen Yin is 1.7 meters tall, right? What does she usually eat? Why did she grow so tall?"
Huang Wanzhen concluded, "Wen Yin's parents must be tall, and her height is mainly genetic."
Song Wenyin nodded repeatedly, "My dad is over 1.8 meters tall, my mom is over 1.7 meters tall, and my brothers are also tall."
As he said that, he turned his head to look at He Xixian, "I usually love to eat meat. I can't live without meat."
He Xixian smiled and agreed, "Well, my family doctor told me that eating, exercising and sleeping are also important. Let's go hiking on Sunday."
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