The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Xiao Han asked a few aunties who lived near Liuxianlou, and they all said that there was only one private tutor nearby, and that was Private Tutor Liu.

Xiao Han had actually considered asking someone else who could read to teach her, but she felt that a teacher would be more patient and more knowledgeable about explaining the meaning of a word.

In the end, she had to let Aunt Liu take her to talk to Teacher Liu about teaching.

However, she had repeatedly warned Aunt Liu not to match her up with anyone else, saying she really didn't want to get married right now. If she did want to get married in the future, she would definitely ask Aunt Liu to be her matchmaker.

Aunt Liu thought that she was leaving herself a way out because she was afraid that Liu would look down on her, so she agreed without hesitation.

Well, let’s just assume that this girl is bold and choose a husband for herself.

The private school has two days off each month, in the middle and at the end of the month. However, since it is December, the last month of the lunar year, and the end of the year is the New Year, the students in the private school only need to attend classes until the 23rd, and then they will have annual leave.

Therefore, Teacher Liu will have a day off on the tenth day of this month, and will not be free until the annual holiday.

Xiao Han took advantage of the fact that Teacher Liu was at home on the tenth day of the lunar month to come over to discuss private tutoring.

Following Aunt Liu, weaving in and out of the alleys until Xiao Han had completely lost his sense of direction, Aunt Liu finally stopped outside a courtyard with a persimmon tree.

Don't ask her how she knew it was a persimmon tree, because there was still a persimmon left on the branch that had been eaten by a bird.

"We're here. Teacher Liu lives here."

She then pointed to an alley across the street and said, "That's where I live. If you're free, come visit me."

Xiao Han naturally agreed, but whether to go or not was another matter. After all, others were just being polite.

Aunt Liu knocked on the gate, and a woman's voice came from inside the courtyard, "Who is it?"

Aunt Liu said loudly: "Sister-in-law, it's me."

The man in her family was of the same generation as Mr. Liu's father. Although they were only five generations apart, they lived close to each other and often visited each other.

The courtyard gate opened, and a woman who looked four or five years older than Aunt Liu greeted her with a smile, "Sister-in-law, don't you have to go to work today?"

Aunt Liu pulled Xiao Han and said, "This girl came to your house for something. I brought her here."

The woman looked at Xiao Han, then smiled warmly and said, "What a rare guest! Come in, come in."

Xiao Han smiled and greeted, "Auntie, sorry to bother you."

The three of them exchanged greetings and entered the courtyard.

The courtyard is not big. On both sides of the wall, one side has been cultivated into a vegetable field, and the other side with a persimmon tree is where some miscellaneous items are piled up.

Many of the houses of ordinary people here have a main house with three rooms. In the middle is the main room, which is also the place for eating and entertaining guests, and on the left and right are the main rooms with bedrooms.

The room at the back with poor lighting is the wing room, which is usually the bedroom for children or a room for storing items.

The kitchen is either built behind the wing or on the west side of the yard.

At this moment, in the main room in the middle, a little boy of five or six years old was chasing and playing with a little girl of three or four years old.

A man who looked to be about fifty years old was sitting in the bright spot near the door, tidying up a lame bench.

The woman and man in this family were obviously Mr. Liu's parents.

Mother Liu winked at her husband and said, "Old man, put the bench away later. My sister-in-law is here with guests."

Father Liu had naturally heard what the others had said. He stood up, glanced at Xiao Han and Aunt Liu, and said, "Sit down!"

Aunt Liu greeted him with a smile, "Brother, I'm busy."

Father Liu nodded, then walked into the east room and never came out again.

When the two children saw a stranger coming, they stopped fighting, snuggled up to their grandmother, and looked curiously at the stranger Xiao Han.

Xiao Han saw that the boy had a chubby face and the girl had beautiful eyes, and she couldn't help but smile at the two children.

While observing Xiao Han's every move, Mother Liu asked Aunt Liu and Xiao Han to sit down, and then added: "This old man of ours is just like that. He doesn't like to talk, but he's a very good person. You know that, sister-in-law."

Aunt Liu asked Xiao Han to sit down and replied with a smile: "Brother is a little quiet, but he is a real man, I know that."

After a few more pleasantries, Aunt Liu finally explained Xiao Han's purpose.

After hearing this, Mother Liu couldn't help but glance at Xiao Han several more times. Like Aunt Liu, she thought Xiao Han was just looking for an excuse to come and see her son in person.

Because Lingyun City is close to the fairy mountain, it is somewhat less bound by the etiquette of the monks. Women can also go out and travel around and work with men. The separation between men and women is not as serious.

But it is still a bit shocking for a girl to go to a man's house on her own.

However, Liu's mother thought about her son's insistence on observing a one-year mourning period for his daughter-in-law, and how he refused to meet the matchmaker when she came to the house. Now that the one-year mourning period was about to end, it was time to arrange for a remarriage.

Although the girl in front of me behaves a bit boldly and out of line, looking at her face, she doesn't look frivolous or unlucky. She is still young and it's her first marriage, so I might consider marrying her.

Mother Liu immediately stood up with a smile and said, "My daughter wants to learn to read and become a housekeeper in the future. This is a good and ambitious thing. I will go and call my son out."

Then he entered the west room.

This kind of brick and tile house is not very soundproof, let alone talking in the main room.

Therefore, Mr. Liu, who was sitting under the window in the west room reading a book, naturally knew that there was a stranger in the house.

It was just because matchmakers often came to his house, which annoyed him so much that he became less polite. Even if he knew that it was his aunt from the same family who came, he didn't want to go out and say hello.

Mother Liu entered the room and said seriously, "The little girl is eager to learn and wants to learn to read so she can become a housekeeper in the future. We should help such an ambitious girl if we can. Besides, she has already asked you to teach her in your free time, and it won't interfere with your private school. You should definitely go out and meet her and negotiate the price."

Liu's mother didn't dare let her son know what she was thinking, and could only say righteously that this was a way to make money and also a good deed.

Teacher Liu also heard the previous conversation in the main room. He hesitated for a moment and decided to go out and meet Xiao Han.

After all, the girl also said that she wanted to learn to read and become a housekeeper.

Teacher Liu came out and bowed to Aunt Liu as a junior. "Aunt, you are here. I am sorry that you have failed to welcome me."

He bowed to Xiao Han again and said, "Miss, you have come to my humble home. I apologize for not welcoming you in person. I hope you will forgive me!"

Xiao Han took a look at Liu Juncai, the private tutor. He was wearing a scholar's turban, had a short beard, and had a fair and refined complexion. He really fit the image of an ancient intellectual.

She placed her right hand on top of the back of her left hand, raised her hands to shoulder level, bowed thirty degrees, and performed the traditional greeting for women here. "I'm sorry to bother you, Teacher Liu. I really can't find anyone suitable to teach me how to read."

Mother Liu pulled her grandchildren and invited Aunt Liu into the back room to talk, leaving the space for the two young people.