Traveling through an ancient military camp: Bao'er's survival song

Faced with the incredulous look on the sweet-talking apprentice's face as he turned to her after stopping the massage, Zheng Xi gave him a "don't be ungrateful" look and scolded, "You brat, you want me to spend money to hire a tutor to come to my house and teach you privately? Keep massaging!"

“No!” Li Bao’er cried out anxiously, “Master! I’m already sixteen years old, and all the students in that private school are under ten! You want me to study with those little brats? I’d rather go back to chopping wood! Besides, I’m not going to take the imperial examination! Master, do you have money to burn?”

"Tsk," Zheng Xi said, displeased with Li Bao'er's lack of ambition. "I'm paying for your education, and you still have complaints? I only paid because you have some talent for studying, but you're useless when it comes to martial arts! What will you do if you don't study?"

"Master! I'm just good at recognizing characters, I'm really not cut out for studying! I can't even tell the quality of a poem! And my handwriting is terrible!" Li Bao'er was extremely annoyed that she hadn't been able to control her intelligence when she tried to impress others. Although they were using traditional characters, they were still easy to remember compared to simplified characters. But now Zheng Xi was treating her like a genius scholar, forcing this science student to study classical Chinese! How painful!

Zheng Xi had wanted Li Bao'er to study properly for quite some time. Especially a few days ago, when the master and apprentice passed through the back alley and heard the sound of reading aloud, Li Bao'er stood on tiptoe and watched for a long time. Zheng Xi, the old father, felt a pang of sadness. So he quickly found the headmaster of the private school, released his restraints, and put his sixteen-year-old apprentice in the class of those ten-year-old boys.

Actually, Zheng Xi had completely misunderstood Li Bao'er. Having traveled to ancient times, it was her first time seeing the daily lives of ordinary people outside the military camp, and she was naturally curious. Especially the children in the private school, sitting upright at their desks, swaying their heads and reading along with their teachers just like in the movies—it was quite amusing, so Li Bao'er couldn't resist going to watch. If she had known her actions would cause Zheng Xi to misunderstand, she definitely wouldn't have even gone near them.

Li Bao'er was pestering Zheng Xi to change his mind when Peng Zizheng strode in. As soon as he entered the room, he scolded Li Bao'er with a fierce look: "Have you finished practicing your horse stance for two hours today? Are you slacking off here!"

When Peng the Pervert entered, Li Bao'er immediately fell silent and became mute. After listening obediently to Peng the Pervert's insults, she very politely bowed and ran out to practice her horse stance.

After Li Bao'er left, Zheng Xi, protective of his own, complained to Peng Zizheng: "Can't you keep your voice down a bit! Look how scared my apprentice is!"

Peng Zizheng was indignant: "My voice is just that loud, why don't you look into the reason why that brat is the one who's causing it?"

"Hey, you little rascal!"

Even so, Peng Zizheng was still dissatisfied and continued to shout: "Look at him, he's as weak as a sparrow, is he even a soldier? Is that acceptable? I could bend those little arms and legs and stuff them into the bedwetting room! If he doesn't train properly, he shouldn't be my soldier!"

In terms of "recruiting himself" and "recruiting his own troops," Peng Zizheng was so persistent that no one could question him. Zheng Xi could not argue with him and could only let him act arbitrarily.

After practicing the horse stance for four hours, Li Bao'er's legs trembled like butterfly wings. She really wanted to shout, "Down with this evil feudal society! Down with Peng Zizheng!"

But if Li Bao'er could see the future, she would be excited right now that someone would finally teach this perverted Peng a lesson in a few days.