Yanmenchun

Chapter 20

When Shen Tuchan returned to Zhenbeihou Mansion, she ordered Xiaoman to find a craftsman. She had never offered a gift for Princess Ningguo's birthday in previous years, but this year she had to make preparations just in case.

She didn't plan to send any expensive things. Firstly, no matter how expensive it was, it was not as expensive as the royal relatives. Secondly, she had no personal relationship with Princess Ningguo, so she only planned to find a craftsman to make some gadgets. Princess Ningguo loves to play at a young age. When it’s time for her, just give her something that she’s interested in, just put your heart into it.

Shen Tuchan prepared Princess Ningguo's birthday gift here, and Huo Xiangxiang also handed her a letter over there, inviting her to be a guest at Huo's Mansion.

Shen Tuchan attached great importance to this meeting. To make the first impression better, she wore a dress with moon white embroidered bamboo characters, and her hair accessories were even simpler. She only brought a single beaded flower, and two were inserted into the back of her bun. Yuhan, if you don't look at the fabric on your body, Xiaoman will look more luxurious than her.

Huo Xiangxiang's master's surname is Kou, and her husband's family name is Xiong. When she first entered Huo's mansion, everyone called her Mrs. Xiong. Later, she felt that she was not a wife, and Mrs. Xiong didn't sound good enough, so she asked everyone to call her Kou Wuniang , because she used to be the fifth in the family.

Kou Wuniang was just thirty-three years old this year, and Shen Tuchan thought she would be like some dart girls he had seen before, with a tall figure, strong shoulders, and straightforward speech.

But Kou Wuniang opened the pearl curtain and came in. Shen Tuchan looked up, only to feel that the woman in front of her had tactile eyebrows, a thin and tall figure, and a heroic posture.

Shen Tuchan slowly got up and greeted: "Madam Kou, junior Shen Tuchan."

Kou Wuniang also saluted in a decent manner, but she was a little stiff. It seemed that she didn't usually do this posture. After she finished her salute, she sat down on the chair next to her. Shen Tuchan followed her when she saw her seated. Down.

Kou Wuniang glanced at her up and down and said, "According to Xiangxiang, Miss Shentu wants to worship me as a teacher."

Shen Tuchan nodded with a smile and said: "That's true. I practiced martial arts at the age of eight, and I have practiced martial arts for more than five years. My father is a military commander. He taught him himself when I was young. I just get together less and leave more. Later, I mostly studied it by myself. Now I want to learn it." For some more refined sword techniques, I plan to ask a master for guidance."

Kou Wuniang's eyes were clean and clear, maybe she didn't have too many troubles, she looked younger than her peers, only a little fine line at the corner of her eyes showed her age.

She averted her eyes from Shen Tuchan: "The folk women come from an ordinary background and have a strict personality. Fortunately, Miss Xiangxiang is straightforward and doesn't care about trivial matters; Miss Shen Tu comes from a wealthy family and is well-informed. Thank you, love."

Huo Xiangxiang may really just let Shen Tuchan prepare mentally. She said that Kou Wuniang spoke straightforwardly, but Shen Tuchan felt that Kou Wuniang spoke very tactfully, and she had a certain amount of advance and retreat. The other party values ​​​​and is proud of.

From this point of view, Shentuchan liked this master even more, she turned her head to let Xiaoman go down, and there were only the two of them left in the living room.

Kou Wuniang looked at her suspiciously, and Shen Tuchan explained with a smile: "Madam Kou, since I'm here, I can't just leave now, won't you talk to me? I believe you will like me."

Kou Wuniang was a little embarrassed, took a sip of tea as a cover, put down the teacup and said, "Miss Shentu, with your background, why do you want to practice martial arts? It's hard to come by, so why bother?"

The smile on Shen Tuchan's face was completely restrained, and her eyes fell on the pearl curtain that was still swinging lightly: "My father is the former Zhenbei Marquis, who guarded Mobei all his life, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, the battle of Yanmen Pass half a year ago, we Both my parents died in battle. I went to live with my parents in Mobei when I was five years old. I have lived in Mobei and Hanzhong for nearly five years. The capital city is like a warm and prosperous cage. It pampered me and trapped me firmly. Only by practicing martial arts can I know that I am still me, that I am still in Yanmen Pass, and that I can still remember my deep blood feud."

When the words were about to finish, she had already turned her eyes back, Kou Wuniang only felt that the eyes that fell on her were extremely firm and weighed more than a thousand catties.

She was a little speechless for a while, Shen Tuchan was not a delicate girl who knew nothing in the deep boudoir, she was born noble, knowledgeable, endured hardship, and was more mature and stable than Huo Xiangxiang, it was because she was short-sighted.

Kou Wuniang lowered her eyes and said seriously: "Miss Shentu, I'm just an ordinary woman who can fight. After my husband died, my mother-in-law and my parents thought I was still young and advised me to remarry. I don't want to remarry. My husband is alive. I was very kind to me when I was young, no one in this world treats me better than him, but I am a human being, and I don't want to waste my life in the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha, so I came to Huo Mansion to teach Xiangxiang to practice martial arts, and she called me "Lifetime" Master, partly because of my husband, you are different, you don't owe me anything, I cannot be your master."

She looked up at Shen Tuchan and said seriously: "I can teach you Kung Fu, or I can go to Zhenbei Hou Mansion to teach you, just call me Wu Niang."

The pearl curtains blown by the wind collided together, and Shen Tuchan's smile was on her lips again. She looked at Kou Wuniang with a smile and said, "I don't call you master, you don't call me honorifics, let's treat each other normally, you call me Ah-chan is fine, I will also call you Wu Niang, is that okay?"

Their eyes met, Kou Wuniang also smiled, Shen Tuchan got up and saluted her, and she got up and returned the salute.

After a while, when the two came out of Huo Xiangxiang's tea room together, Huo Xiangxiang was sitting on a stone bench in the yard cracking melon seeds.

When she saw the two people coming out, she patted the melon seeds on her hands and stood up, asking Shen Tuchan about the result of this matter with her gaze.

Shen Tuchan sat down opposite her, and said with a smile, "Wu Niang agreed to teach me how to practice, but we don't need to match each other as master and apprentice."

Huo Xiangxiang tilted her head for the rest of her life, and said regretfully, "Oh, I thought I could still call you little junior sister!"

Kou Wuniang smiled and nodded her head: "With your appearance, you will never be a decent senior sister in this life."

Being with Huo Xiangxiang always makes people feel very happy. She is not bound by dogma, is not ignorant, and can always listen to people's persuasion. The three of you have a great time chatting with each other.

Kou Wuniang stood aside, her eyes could not help but fell on Shentuchan who was listening to Huo Xiangxiang, she only felt that this Miss Shentu was very hard to see, her current appearance was by no means outstanding and beautiful, but she said She is so glamorous, her skin is snow-like, her eyebrows are slender, and she looks forward to brilliance. She will definitely be a soul-stirring beauty when she grows up in the future, but she always smiles, but her eyebrows and eyes are not gentle at all. Walking lightly, with a dignified posture, she has been practicing martial arts for more than five years, but she doesn't look rough at all. Kou Sanniang couldn't help but think of a somewhat sour poem, "Beauty is like a flower across the clouds."

(End of this chapter)