Manager Wu took a deep look at Shen Wei and went straight back to the gate.
Two sticks of incense.
In ancient times, it was half an hour.
Keep going for half an hour, then take a one-minute break, and then keep going for another half an hour...
Chen Wei thought about how when she was a child, if she didn't hand in her homework, the teacher would punish her by making her stand at the blackboard for ten minutes, which made her legs tremble. Now it's two hours, and just hearing this number makes her scalp tingle.
But she believed in herself, she believed that she could break free from the cage step by step!
Do some physical training first.
Practice boxing again,
Practice the instrument again.
She doesn't want to depend on a man all her life, doesn't want to be forced to learn those old rules, doesn't want to spend the rest of her life in cowardice and depression, she doesn't want to live such a terrible life.
"Girl..." Xiaoman watched and suddenly stood up with emotion.
As time goes by...
Chen Wei's forehead was covered with sweat, his legs were trembling, and his arms were painful and sore.
The hands holding the wooden barrel couldn't help but want to fall down, but she gritted her teeth, stubbornly maintained her height, and was unwilling to give up.
"Girl, your body is shaking and you can hardly stand..."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Actually, what the martial arts gym owner said is not wrong. Men do prefer delicate and weak women. The more gentle and frail a woman is, the more likely she is to win the favor of her husband."
"The Marquis treats you so well, and his wife is kind and generous, and even more tolerant to the concubine. There are not many such good ladies in the whole capital. You..." Stop arguing.
Xiaoman swallowed the last three words.
Because Chen Wei closed his eyes and didn't want to hear what Xiaoman said next.
Xiaoman felt sorry for Chen Wei, so she mustered up the courage to persuade Chen Wei to accept reality and said these words "for Chen Wei's own good."
But what does Xiaoman know?
She has lived for more than ten years, and all she has heard and seen is that world, and all she has learned and known is just one house. She is using her own cognition and methods, hoping that Chen Wei will stop torturing herself and suffering.
But Chen Wei couldn't bear to hear these words.
Her legs were sore and trembling, and every pore and skin on her body was telling her to give up. She felt comfortable if she gave up, and giving up wouldn't be so tiring and painful.
"Weiwei, you can do it."
"Think about the heroine in Bubujingxin, think about her... Don't become her."
"Give up one step, and you will give up every step that follows. Xie Yuchuan has never treated you as an equal. You are just an interesting, special, and attractive pet."
"And Lin Yun'er, who committed suicide that day, don't forget these memories. Persevere and go home."
"Mom and Dad...are waiting for you to come back. You should wear a skirt, have your hair permed, have your nails done, do what you like freely and generously, and choose your own way of life with dignity."
'Don't compromise, no compromise.'
It hurts so much.
It was not until two sticks of incense had passed that Chen Wei fell to the ground in a very ungraceful manner.
Adjust your breathing and move your joints and muscles with a calm expression.
Then, in front of Xiaoman, he hung up his legs in the wooden barrel again, staring ahead with a firm gaze, letting the pain envelop his whole body, letting the veins in his arms bulge, and he moved at every turn.
“Ding da…”
“Ding da…”
Drops of sweat fell down.
The woman hiding behind the door curtain looked through a crack in the curtain. Seeing that bright and beautiful face, she remembered herself who had gritted her teeth and persevered many times before breaking down and crying: "Why?"
"Girl, what are you fighting about?"
"You've clearly reached your limit, yet you insist on gritting your teeth and pushing through. You could be living a rich and comfortable life, yet you choose to endure this inhuman suffering."
At the beginning.
No one thought Chen Wei could hold on.
Including Manager Wu, who asked Chen Wei to persist for an hour on the first day, just to make Chen Wei give up.
But in the end, Chen Wei persisted until the last moment and the last second. She didn't even leave directly, but picked up a long knife weighing ten pounds from the wall.
With a wave,
A chop.
With a wave,
A chop.
Three hundred times.
Every time he tried his best, every time he risked his life.
“........”
“........”
Shopkeeper Wu, who was hiding at the window and peeking, looked almost stunned.
He watched with his own eyes as Chen Wei's legs went weak and he stumbled out of the room, then he said to himself, "I told you I can do this. I'll be there on time tomorrow at this hour."
Shopkeeper Wu moved his lips and said dryly, "Okay...I'm biased."
Chen Wei left.
He left facing the shocked gaze of Shopkeeper Wu.
Just at this moment, a young man in tight clothes came in from the gate. He bumped into Chen Wei, whose cheeks were covered with sweat. The delicate and rosy face of that man struck his heart violently.
Is he dazzled?
Why is there a woman in this martial arts gym?
Moreover, when this woman saw him, she didn't avoid him or give way, but walked straight around him and out?
"Shopkeeper." The young man pointed outside in surprise and asked Shopkeeper Wu, "Who was that just now...?"
"Martial arts apprentice."
"What?!"
"She? A woman? An apprentice? Coming here to practice martial arts and strengthen her body?"
"Yeah." Manager Wu nodded with a complicated expression.
"How is this possible? She doesn't look like a maid. With her frail body, I'm afraid she can't even last an incense stick. She'll cry if she's given a bowl of water..."
Wu Zhang turned his head and glanced at the young man.
Somehow, he inexplicably spoke for Chen Wei: "She persisted for an hour, using a wooden barrel as a weight. At the end, she swung the knife three hundred times."
"Put it right in the center, that thirteen-pound long sword."
These words fell.
The young man had a dull expression.
He turned his head suddenly, trying to catch Chen Wei's figure again, but found that there was no one behind him.
Inside the carriage.
Chen Wei collapsed on the ground exhausted, his legs still trembling and his arms numb. If it weren't for the lingering pain, Chen Wei would have thought he had lost consciousness.
Xiaoman wiped Chen Wei's sweat considerately.
My heart was pounding as I wiped it.
She didn't know why she was so excited, but she couldn't help but say, "Girl, did you hear the conversation between that man and the shopkeeper just now?"
"He said that for an average man practicing martial arts, if he could hold on for half an hour for the first time, he would be considered exceptional. If he could even hold two bowls of water while doing so, he would be considered a promising talent. He was just certain that you wouldn't last even a stick of incense."
"After the shopkeeper finished speaking, the man's eyes widened like bells."
"Miss, I've never seen a man look at a woman with eyes like that, really, never. That look is just like the way a concubine in the mansion looks at the marquis, so admiring..."
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