Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

Once he was sure Lin Cai wasn't joking, Ershi revealed his wish: "I want to learn martial arts, and I want to learn how to hunt."

Lin Cai didn't ask why, she just told Er Shi to prepare well, and she would take him there when he was ready.

Ershi was overjoyed when he heard this, and ate a lot more at dinner that night.

If you want to learn martial arts, you have to find a good master. Lin Cai didn't plan to go far away, so the next day she prepared her things and took Er Shi to Gu Zhan's small courtyard.

"Should we learn from Brother Gu? Brother Gu, is he willing to teach me?"

Standing in front of the door, Ershi looked at the door and asked, "Were you familiar with him before?" Lin Cai heard him say, "

Ershi shook his head, then nodded: "We're not very familiar, but we've exchanged a few words. Brother Gu is a bit... a bit cold." So he was a little scared.

"Once you've spoken, there's no problem. I'll have him teach you; you just need to study hard."

Gu Zhan happened to hear this when he returned from outside. Seeing the two people standing at his door, he went over, opened the door, and invited them in.

Lin Cai didn't beat around the bush with him. She simply placed the meat and pastries she had brought on the table and pushed Ershi to show her purpose.

"You mean you want me to teach him martial arts?"

“It’s not my idea. He wants to study, and I brought him here only because you’re a good fit. Of course, if you don’t agree, I’ll find someone else.”

Ershi listened to their conversation, and at first it seemed to be going well, but after hearing this last sentence, he felt something was wrong.

Gu Zhan frowned. When had he offended her again?

Then he looked at Ershi, who was standing there, and said, "I'll take him in, but I have one condition."

Lin Cai had already expected that Gu Zhan would accept the two stones, but she was truly relieved after hearing this.

She did consider that if Gu Zhan was unwilling to take the person in, she would have no choice but to send the person to the county.

The town is too small to find a good martial arts master, so we can only send them to Longxing County, preferably to a martial arts school or a security escort agency.

But in such places, newcomers are at most apprentices and can't learn any skills at all; they have to rely on their own hard work for everything.

Lin Cai didn't want Er Shi to waste his life like that.

"Just tell him your conditions directly. If he really wants to learn, he will definitely meet them."

Lin Cai said he was Ershi, and Ershi nodded vigorously after hearing this: "That's right, Master, you can tell me any requests you have. I will definitely do what I can, and I will try my best even if I can't."

"It's not a demand on him, but a demand on you."

Gu Zhan was looking at Lin Cai when he said this, and Lin Cai found him somewhat inexplicable.

Why should he make demands on her when the apprentice he's supposed to take on isn't her?

"Your apprentice is Ershi, not me. If you have any requests, they should be directed at him, not me."

"You're his mother, so it's safer for you to vouch for him."

"Gu Zhan, you haven't forgotten, have you? I'm just his stepmother. It's safer for you to get Gu Dachui to vouch for you than for me to vouch for you."

Lin Cai was telling the truth, but Gu Zhan shook his head: "I just need your consent."

She wanted to ask if he wouldn't accept her as a disciple if she didn't agree, but when Ershi looked at her expectantly, she couldn't quite bring herself to say it.

After two seconds, Lin Cai simply gave up: "Say it, say it, what do you want? Hurry up and tell me, I want to go home."

“He can learn from me, and you can’t be an exception.”

Upon hearing this, both mother and son were dumbfounded. They wondered if they had misheard, otherwise how could they have heard such strange words?

"Excuse me, what did you mean just now? I didn't understand a word you said."

"What do you mean I can't be an exception either? Do you mean I have to learn along with you?"

She thought this person must be crazy, or there must be something wrong with her ears, otherwise how could she hear such outrageous things?

But what Gu Zhan said next made her realize that he wasn't wrong, and she hadn't misheard either.

“I’m not crazy, and you didn’t mishear me. I’m telling the truth. When he learns from me, you should learn from me too.”

Lin Cai was speechless. Last time, she refused when the bow and arrow were offered to her, and now she was being forced to learn again.

She's not young anymore, and she's a woman, so how can she learn from a grown man like him?

Even if she really wanted to learn, couldn't she find a teacher herself? Why did she have to learn from him?

Before Lin Cai could ask for a reason, she heard the other person say again, "This is my only request and condition. If you don't agree..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Cai interrupted him, "Stop, don't say anything more, let me think about it."

He started walking outside, but then suddenly turned back at the door and took all the meat and pastries off the table.

When Ershi followed him back, he didn't say a word. He kept his head down and looked as wilted as a frostbitten eggplant.

Halfway there, Lin Cai was still muttering to herself, "Is there something wrong with him?"

"Why are you targeting me instead of your apprentice?"

"What did I do to offend him?"

"So he's planning to say that I'm the only one being tortured?"

Lin Cai chattered on and on the way, and when they were almost at the Gu family's door, she suddenly turned around and said, "Ershi, if I say..."

Before she could finish speaking, she couldn't utter another word, because at that moment, Gu Ershi was radiating an aura of dejection.

Thinking of how happy this guy was last night, Lin Cai picked up the things in her hands and grabbed Er Shi directly: "Let's go back."

So what if we're together? What's the big deal?

It's just learning kung fu, it won't hurt you. If he wants to teach, then you should learn it yourself. If the teacher doesn't find it troublesome, why would the learner find it troublesome?

Upon hearing that they were going back, Ershi's lifeless eyes immediately lit up: "Really going back."

"What kind of question is that? Aren't we heading back?"

"But his conditions."

"That condition won't hurt me. At worst, I'll just agree to it and see who's more bothered by it then."

Anyway, she's unlikely to be annoyed, but he might be.

Ershi didn't say anything when he heard this. In the end, Lin Cai agreed to learn with him, and Gu Zhan also agreed to take Ershi under his wing.

Whenever Lin Cai has free time, she goes over to practice archery with him.

After Lin Bao learned about this, he accompanied Lin Cai every time she came over, his purpose being to protect his sister.