"Madam, is it really appropriate for you to be so arbitrary? Shouldn't you ask the young lady for her opinion?"
"No need, I am her mother, I can make all the decisions for her."
Her daughter is just like her; she's always loved to enjoy life. If she knew what a Taoist priest was, she would never agree to it.
The old Taoist priest didn't want to give up. It was a rare opportunity to meet someone who caught his eye; such a chance wouldn't come again, and he feared he would never find such a good prospect again.
"Young fellow Daoist, how about we have a chat?"
“No,” Zhao Qixi poked her head out. She could sense her mother’s unease. “I’m not interested in your stuff, and I don’t want to learn it. Mother, let’s go home.”
Zhao Xiaoyu's eyes instantly welled up with tears. Who said her daughter was immature? Isn't she very sensible?
"Xiao Lei, let's go home."
The Taoist priest tried to stop him, "Hey, wait a minute, can we sit down and talk slowly?"
You're talking nonsense, you're crazy!
Forced into a rage, Zhao Xiaoyu swore, "Stop him! Don't let him follow us!"
You absolutely must not let the Taoist priest know where you live, otherwise you'll never know how to bother them in the future. These kinds of people are like dog skin plasters, they won't give up until they get what they want.
Once inside the carriage, they quickly departed. The old Taoist priest, heartbroken, watched the figures disappear before him and slapped his thigh, wanting to shout, "Where do you live?"
But will people even bother with him?
Why is the little girl unwilling to learn Taoism from him?
Does she know how capable she is? So many people want to learn from her, but she doesn't even consider them worthy of their attention?
The old Taoist priest lost interest in setting up his stall and packed it up dejectedly. He had only come here to find someone destined to be with him.
Now that he has found the other person, he has been rejected.
In the carriage, Zhao Xiaoyu hugged her daughter tightly, "Qixi, you can't show off your skills in front of anyone from now on, understand? You can only tell me and your father what you see and know."
You're still a child. Just grow up happily, don't worry about anything else. Especially, we shouldn't learn from this, understand?
"Why, Mother?"
The little girl didn't understand why her parents were so against her learning Taoism, since the old man she had just met was clearly very capable and kind.
"Do you know what the Tao is? They usually cultivate themselves, staying away from people and practicing asceticism in the mountains."
They had to get up before dawn and go to sleep after dark. Besides cultivating themselves, they also had to farm, cook, do laundry, and wash dishes. There was no one to serve them; they had to do everything themselves.
The house they lived in wasn't a heated house, but an even more dilapidated mud house than the old house, and they couldn't even afford a new set of clothes all year round.
The Daoist path is based on a simple diet of coarse tea and plain food, and many people even abstain from meat. If you study the Dao, you will have to endure countless hardships, and you will not be able to get married in the future.
From the moment you were born, your parents have pampered you and couldn't bear to see you suffer, do you understand?
Is being a Taoist priest really that hard?
The old Taoist priest harmed her?!
She didn't want to live such a hard life. Her mother said that people who have money but still insist on suffering are fools, and she didn't want to suffer without having to.
“Father and Mother, I will not follow him to learn Taoism. Just by looking at him, you can tell he is very poor. He is already old and his beard is all white, yet he still has to set up a stall. There is no future in learning Taoism. When I grow up, I will learn to do business with Mother.”
Under the tutelage of Zhao Xiaoyu and Zhao Dashu, the little girl became very enthusiastic about making money.
How much does a fortune telling session cost? I think it was twenty coins just now?
We can't even afford a pound of meat. No wonder my mother says it's a life of asceticism; we can't even afford meat on ordinary days.
She's too old to save any money, and she doesn't want to live such a miserable life in the future.
"It's good that you understand. From now on, avoid him when you see him. That old Taoist priest is so eloquent; I'm afraid you'll be fooled."
"knew."
Seeing that her daughter truly had no intention of learning Taoism from the old Taoist priest, Zhao Xiaoyu finally felt relieved. Her daughter could no longer come here.
This extraordinary ability of my daughter is ultimately a hidden danger. Today, this old Taoist priest saw right through her; who knows if she won't be targeted by a "master" with ulterior motives in the future?
She couldn't keep her daughter locked up at home every day. Zhao Xiaoyu looked at Xiao Lei, who held her hand. "Don't worry, let's go back and think about what to do."
Xiao Lei was also uneasy, fearing that he wouldn't be able to protect his daughter.
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