Chapter 56
Back home on a sunny afternoon.
Bai Suzhen was patting her flowers and plants in the corner of the yard.
Su Zhi stood behind and looked for a while, took a deep breath and walked over. After talking to Wuche at lunch, he felt that he had to say something. He opened his mouth just now and suddenly didn't know that he should speak.
Bai Suzhen seemed to be focusing on her flowers and plants, watering here and pruning branches there, and her eyes never left the flower bed. In fact, she knew that Su Zhi was close to her, and seemed to have something to say to her. After waiting for a while, she found that Su Zhi had never spoken. She took the initiative to ask: "Is there anything Xiao Su has to do with me?"
"Nothing happened." Su Zhi replied subconsciously.
Su Zhi paused and said, "I was just wondering if I would disturb you if I had been living here."
"Hmm?" Bai Suzhen put down the shower and turned her head.
"That's right, you think..." Su Zhi said, "You are girls, and I am a man... How can you say, as long as I live here, you can't be so casual... You have to wear clothes at any time, and you can't wear a piece of clothing casually for convenience, or run around without wearing anything."
"I will never do that kind of thing." Bai Suzhen said seriously.
"I'm just giving an example," said Su Zhi, "Even if this is not, what about the others?"
"Xiao Su tell me what else is there."
Su Zhi thought for a long time and said, "For example, drying underwear...are you afraid that I will be shy about seeing underwear?"
"Why are you shy? What's the big deal?" Bai Suzhen said for granted.
Su Zhi opened his mouth and closed it again. He remembered that when he was studying, he could see girls drying their underwear in the dormitory corridor. When he just graduated, he lived in a village in the city and often saw tenants drying their underwear outside the window.
"Will Xiao Su be shy when she sees girls' underwear?" Bai Suzhen asked, "If that's the case, I will remind Xiao Qing to keep them all."
"I don't care, I'm worried about you."
"As long as Xiao Su doesn't secretly do anything strange with our underwear, you won't be afraid."
"No." Su Zhi said firmly, "Absolutely not."
"That's fine," Bai Suzhen said.
"Does Xiao Su feel it's not used to living with us?" Bai Suzhen asked, "I think there are many rooms here, and they are empty. If you move out to find a house, you will have to rent every month and have internet fees. The conditions may not be that good... Anyway, Xiao Su is not an outsider, so it's more lively for everyone to live together."
"It's just an outsider." Su Zhi said.
"So Xiao Su has always regarded us as outsiders?" Bai Suzhen was stunned, "I thought we are masters and apprentices now, not outsiders."
"No, no, I never treat Sister Bai as an outsider." Su Zhi said quickly, "Otherwise, that's it... You don't mind, I definitely don't mind. If you think it's inconvenient, you must tell me, and I will move out immediately."
"Okay." Bai Suzhen responded.
"Apart from that, I'm thinking," Su Zhi said, "You are preparing food every day. It costs a lot of money to buy so many things every day..."
"I can't spend much money." Bai Suzhen knew what Su Zhi wanted to say as soon as she heard it. She interrupted him, "Don't see that we have been practicing cultivation and there is no formal job. If we complete a commission, we will have money for a long time."
Su Zhi was stunned and thought to himself that Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing were powerful, and this little food money was really nothing to them.
Bai Suzhen didn't give it, but he couldn't say anything. He made up his mind to buy more fruits and snacks to go home to repay the rent and food expenses. Then he thought that they didn't ask for a reward to teach him how to practice and insisted on calculating clearly, he owed them a little too much. Too much care made him seem pretentious.
It seems that he is already very pretentious now. Thinking of this, Su Zhi laughed.
Now I owe them a lot, so I'll just pay them all back in the future.
"I understand." Su Zhi said.
"Just know." Bai Suzhen smiled, "Xiao Su doesn't have to be embarrassed. This is repaying kindness."
"Even if you repay your kindness, it feels so heavy."
"Just get used to it." Bai Suzhen asked, "Is there anything else?"
"The last thing." Su Zhi pondered for a moment.
"You said." Bai Suzhen waited quietly.
"About what you said yesterday, you said that I am like a primary school student on my path to cultivation. Now my main task is to study, right?" Su Zhi stared at the flowers and plants, "What I said is that the task of primary school students is not limited to learning. If you want to become a useful person to society in the future, you should develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor."
"If the task of a primary school student is only to study, it will be even worse for his future development. In the end, he may become a nerd who doesn't know anything and lacks the ability to take care of himself and common sense in life... Can Sister Bai take care of me for a while, and still take care of me for the rest of her life?"
"Yes, that's OK... If Xiao Su needs it." Bai Suzhen said hesitantly.
Su Zhi felt a little breathless, and he said, "I know Sister Bai is kind-hearted, but you will only slap people like this."
"I think a student..." Su Zhi paused, "Study is certainly the most important thing, but you should also pay attention to other aspects of development in your spare time. You can help your family do some housework, participate in social activities, go out for exercise more, develop one or two hobbies, and make a few friends."
Su Zhi looked into Bai Suzhen's eyes and said, "What do you think?"
Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "I have never allowed Xiao Su to do those things, just reminding Xiao Su to rely on us more."
Su Zhi nodded.
"It is better to travel thousands of miles than reading books; it is better to read countless people than reading thousands of books; it is better to understand the way of reading thousands of miles; it is better to understand the way of reading famous teachers than to guide the way."
Bai Suzhen was silent for a moment and continued, "I have planned for Xiao Su. Practice is not the best way to practice. Xiao Su may not be able to withstand the loneliness of Practice... Just as Xiao Su obtained the relics of the traveler Xu Xian by going out, Xiao Su's opportunity lies in this Practice."
"Even so, Xiao Su is now in the late stage of Qi training, and there is no matching combat power... When Xiao Su is stronger, I will let Xiao Su go out just like those sects arrange for disciples to go out for training." Bai Suzhen said patiently, "Don't worry for now."
"I'm not in a hurry... I'm just talking." Su Zhi said, "I know that my main task now is to learn magical powers, improve practical experience, and have the strength to match my realm."
After communicating with Bai Suzhen, Su Zhi was full of hope for the future.
Today was like this, and then the weekend ended, and Su Zhi started to learn magical powers every day again.
Chapter completed!