The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Xiao Han rubbed her frozen fingers, then placed them under her armpits to warm them for a while before continuing to write on the paper. Others' rest and chat time was her time to practice calligraphy.

After his annual leave, Mr. Liu came to the backyard of Liuxianlou as agreed to teach her how to read.

The kitchen is the warmest place in the entire backyard. From noon to noon, it is also the most leisurely time for everyone.

Therefore, Xiao Han asked Teacher Liu to come over at this time every day, set up a small table next to the stove in the kitchen, and the two of them sat there to study.

At first everyone suspected that Xiao Han had other intentions, but they saw that the two of them were always right under everyone's noses, one teaching seriously and the other learning attentively.

Gradually, those aunties who loved to gossip also shut up.

Shopkeeper Ding was also genuinely happy for Xiao Han. No matter what, since he recognized this fellow villager, he always hoped that Xiao Han's future life would be better.

Although Xiao Han could change her fate by getting married, it is never a bad thing to have a skill.

Besides, if Xiao Han can read and write in the future, this will be a very good advantage when looking for a husband.

The restaurant will be closed from the 28th day of the 12th lunar month and will not reopen until after the 15th day of the 1st lunar month.

After all, during the Chinese New Year, everyone eats and drinks at home, and rarely invites others to a restaurant for dinner.

Xiao Han thought that after the holiday, the waiters who lived in the restaurant would all go home to celebrate the New Year, and she would be the only one left in the restaurant. It would be inconvenient for Teacher Liu to come over.

She discussed it with Teacher Liu and decided to take a day off on the 27th, and then ask Teacher Liu to come and teach her for a day.

With this amount of translation to do on this day, she won't have any free time during her entire annual leave.

Teacher Liu naturally knew the inconveniences of being alone with a man and a woman, so he readily agreed to her proposal.

Liuxian Tower was owned by the city lord's concubine, so naturally no scoundrel dared to visit. Therefore, during holidays, the door was simply locked.

But because Xiao Han had nowhere to go, Manager Ding let her continue to live in the restaurant, cook her own meals, and go in and out through the small door in the backyard.

Although Manager Ding and Aunt Liu both suggested that Xiao Han go to their home for the New Year, Xiao Han declined on the pretext of making the most of his time to study.

The Chinese New Year is a time for families to reunite. It's no big deal for an outsider like her to get involved. She shouldn't make things uncomfortable for either side.

Besides, she has long been accustomed to spending the Spring Festival alone in a foreign place.

In modern society, she was forced to drop out of school and followed a cousin to work in a small factory before she reached adulthood. She never returned home once.

Her so-called family, apart from caring about her salary and how much money she could send home, didn't care about her life or death. It would be better if she didn't go home for the Spring Festival. It would save her travel expenses and she could send more money home.

Therefore, during this Spring Festival in a different time and space, Xiao Han had no sadness at all about not being able to reunite with his family.

Of course, she also has some sadness, in that she particularly misses modern food and mobile phones.

In modern society, even if she doesn't go home for the New Year, she won't treat herself badly. She will buy a lot of snacks that she usually doesn't want to buy, and then eat snacks while reading novels or watching TV series.

Those were the days she enjoyed the most during the entire holiday.

Although there were many delicious foods in this different time and space, she had no money to buy them. Apart from buying some common sunflower seeds and peanuts, she could only look at the delicacies that she had never tasted or seen before.

It doesn’t matter if there is no delicious food, the most important thing is that there is no spiritual food.

Before the holiday, I was busy at work every day. In my free time, I had to find ways to learn the language and writing here. I didn't have time to think about my phone.

But now I'm on vacation, and when I get tired of writing, I have no other entertainment options.

Xiao Han, who was curled up in the quilt to keep warm, missed the wonderful holidays when he used to eat all kinds of snacks and browse his phone.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, one pays respects to one's parents, and on the second day, one pays respects to one's mother-in-law. It's not convenient to visit them on these two days. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Han brought the high-end snacks that he had prepared long ago and paid New Year's greetings to Nanny Lin and Shopkeeper Ding respectively.

She was able to survive in this different time and space thanks to the help of these two people.

Nanny Lin was also very happy that Xiao Han still remembered her. After this visit, they really became fellow villagers who helped each other in a foreign land, like relatives.

It is the season of spring again, with flowers blooming and grass growing. It is almost a year since Xiao Han came to this strange time and space.

After the beginning of this year, Manager Ding saw that she could speak the local language fluently and recognize many words, so he transferred her to the front lobby to be responsible for receiving some female customers.

The nature of the work changed, and the wages also increased. Xiao Han now earns 800 wen per month.

A salary increase is naturally a happy thing. However, Xiao Han found it difficult to save money because she was faced with another major expense.

That is, she must get a household registration for herself.

It was impossible for her to work in Liuxianlou forever. Once she left Liuxianlou, without identification documents such as a travel permit, she, as an illegal resident, would not be able to stay in an inn, let alone rent a house.

Seeing that she couldn't recover her memory and couldn't clearly tell the exact location of her hometown, Manager Ding suggested that she pay someone to make a fake pass for her.

Just to get a fake pass would cost at least five taels of silver.

Even if Xiao Han didn't spend a penny, it would take him at least half a year to save up.

Fortunately, she has no intention of changing jobs or renting a house now, so she can save money slowly.

That day, two female customers came to the restaurant: a young woman with fair and delicate skin and a girl in her teens who was beautiful and lovely.

Xiao Han immediately went up to him and respectfully asked whether he was there for an appointment or wanted to book a private room for himself.

Before the young woman could speak, the girl immediately said with a look of pride, "We are monks. Please set up the best food in the best room here."

The young woman scolded lightly, "Wan'er, stop messing around."

Then he looked at Xiao Han and said, "Just find a private room. Also, send someone to inform the City Lord's Mansion that a cultivator wants to cooperate with them in testing spiritual roots."

When Xiao Han heard this, his eyes immediately turned into stars.

The monk, an immortal in another sense, is now standing in front of him alive.

The subsequent test of her spiritual roots made her feel that the plot in the novel of cultivation was being presented in such a real way.

She made a gesture to invite people upstairs and waved to Aqiang.

Aqiang had been avoiding Xiao Han ever since the bloody incident, but since there were no other waiters free in the lobby, he had no choice but to run over.

Xiao Han quickly told the female monk what she had said and asked him to pass on the message immediately.

When A Qiang heard that it was a cultivator's request, he did not dare to delay at all and immediately rushed out of Liuxian Tower.

Xiao Han saw another waiter coming down from the stairs and immediately made another gesture to him. This was a standard gesture in the restaurant, indicating that a very important guest had arrived and the best tea should be served immediately.