Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 295: Stand Up

It is really comfortable to fall asleep with a thin blanket covering me in the evening breeze of early summer. The chirping of insects and birds can be heard from unknown places, and the night is quiet and peaceful.

The moon was above the treetops, and the shadows of the trees were swaying in the breeze. Chen Xuan was gently awakened by Su Roujia.

He stretched and asked, "Is Roujia done with your work?"

"No, master. There are too many things and I haven't sorted them out half yet. It's late at night and the bath water has been boiled and filled in the tub. I'll help you take a bath, change clothes and rest first. It's very dewy outside, so you might get sick," Su Roujia said softly, her face flushed as she spoke.

What a thoughtful little maid! Chen Xuan stood up and said, "Okay, there's no need to serve me. I can do it myself. You should also wash up and rest early."

"But master, it is my duty to serve you," she said with a dimmed look and lowered head, feeling uneasy as if she was being disliked.

Chen Xuan habitually flicked her head lightly and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about, little girl? To be honest, I used to be a servant. I always washed and brushed my teeth by myself. I felt uncomfortable when someone was around."

"But……"

Chen Xuan shook his head and interrupted her, "Don't say but, you don't even listen to the master?"

"Okay, master," Su Roujia had no choice but to obey.

Coming to the bathroom and soaking in the tub, Chen Xuan felt relaxed. Su Roujia's anxious voice came from outside the door, asking, "Master, is the water temperature suitable? If it's cold, I'll add hot water, and if it's hot, I'll add cold water."

To be honest, it is really enjoyable to have such a caring maid, but Chen Xuan is really not used to it. He can only adapt slowly in the future. If he continues like this, he will be spoiled.

"Very good, you should go and have a rest too," Chen Xuan said lazily with his eyes closed.

Su Roujia, who was outside the door, did not move and said, "I'll wait here and add water for you at any time."

He was quite stubborn. Chen Xuan was amused and said, "If you really can't stay idle, why not go and till two acres of land?"

"Ah? Can we farm now? Okay, sir, we don't seem to have any fields. Can we use the open space around the house?" Su Roujia immediately became excited.

No, are you serious?
Chen Xuan immediately said, "You are kidding. Why are you plowing the fields in the middle of the night? You can't finish plowing two acres even if you die of exhaustion. Can you please be quiet?"

"Oh, then I'll wait outside the door," she said, feeling a little disappointed.

Forget it, let her be. Chen Xuan was too lazy to say anything. The girl had just arrived, and if she was not allowed to express herself actively, she would be uneasy. After a while, she would get familiar with what kind of person he was, and nothing like that would happen again.

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Chen Xuan opened the door feeling refreshed. The little girl was still standing at the door, not wanting to move.

"I'm going to rest now, you should go to bed early too," Chen Xuan instructed and went upstairs to the bedroom.

The home furnishings that Gao Jingming sent yesterday were all good stuff. The quilts and bedding were all down, which is very valuable in this era. Lying down felt like lying on the clouds, and you could sink half of your body into it.

Downstairs, Su Roujia looked away after seeing Chen Xuan enter the bedroom, close the door, and turn off the lights. She then rolled up her sleeves and started to work.

By the light of the candle, she first poured out the water in the bathtub, then rinsed it, wiped the floor clean, and then washed and hung up the clothes that Chen Xuan had taken off.

After doing all this, she fetched water in another room to wash and bathe, tidied up again, closed the doors and windows, went back to her room, turned off the lights and rested, which was next to Chen Xuan.

"What a hardworking girl she is. She can't stay idle. If I don't let her sleep, she will probably keep working until she passes out from exhaustion." Chen Xuan sighed in his heart when he heard the noise outside. He didn't close his eyes and fell asleep until he heard Su Roujia's even breathing next door.

His life as a master had just begun. Chen Xuan was used to getting up early, but Su Roujia got up even earlier than him.

The next morning, when the sky was just getting light, the little girl heard Chen Xuan getting up and brought him hot water and toiletries. After asking, she went into the room to wash and comb his hair.

During the process, she said, "Master, I have prepared breakfast. Master drank a lot of wine yesterday, so I made it light. Rice porridge, pickles, soybean milk and fried dough sticks. I will serve it to you later, or do you want to go downstairs to eat?"

"When did you get up and start working?" Chen Xuan asked in surprise.

Su Roujia quickly said, "Master, about an hour ago."

"Let me think about it. You went to bed late yesterday and got up an hour ago this morning. Doesn't that mean you only slept for two hours last night? This won't do. You are still growing. From now on, you must sleep for at least four hours every day. Don't make excuses for me. If you don't listen to me, I will sell you and replace you with an obedient maid," Chen Xuan said seriously.

Pursing her lips, Su Roujia wanted to say something, but Chen Xuan had already said nothing, so she could only say: "Okay, Master, I'll be obedient. Please don't sell me out, okay?"

"Well, that's right. Let's not eat for now. Come with me to the yard to exercise. It's good for your health," Chen Xuan nodded.

Although Su Roujia felt that she couldn't sit idle, since the master had said so, she had no choice but to obey.

Then the two of them came to the yard, and Chen Xuan said, "Just stand next to me and do whatever I say. Got it?"

"understood"

With a smile, Chen Xuan began to teach her the Qi-calming and health-preserving exercises. He taught seriously and Su Roujia also learned seriously.

The little girl had no foundation in martial arts, so Chen Xuan could only start from the most basic. Although most people would never achieve anything great in their entire lives practicing the Qi-calming and health-preserving exercises, it was still a good foundation to lay, as it could stretch the muscles and bones and regulate the Qi, blood, and spirit.

Going too hard right away will only hurt her.

From the beginning to the end, Chen Xuan did not take drugs during his cultivation. The Sanbao Soup he drank at the beginning was a medicinal food and did not count as drugs. Chen Xuan planned to arrange it for Su Roujia. Anyway, he would not let Su Roujia go on the drug-taking path. All medicines are poisonous. Over-reliance on them will do more harm than good in the end and will also limit the height of growth.

Although he didn't expect Su Roujia to achieve great things, he believed that what was achieved through self-cultivation was the best. Therefore, he didn't even intend to give her any beauty pills. Wouldn't that be similar to medical aesthetics? Everyone is unique, and relying on external factors goes against the laws of nature.

And "nature" is Chen Xuan's own way, so of course he has to carry it out. This is also his current way of practice. He follows nature, sticks to his heart, and his spiritual will is improving silently. However, this thing cannot be described in an accurate way like internal force and true qi. If it improves, it improves, and only he knows it.

Not to mention, Mrs. Gao's vision can be verified. Other aspects need to be verified, but Su Roujia's martial arts talent is really good. Putting aside the bonus of Gao Jingming's dragon horn pendant, her martial arts talent is probably about the same as Gao Jingming's. If she concentrates on martial arts, she will probably have a chance to become a master in the next ten to twenty years.

The sun rose and Chen Xuan finished teaching. After just a few times, Su Roujia had learned the Qi-calming and health-preserving exercises well. Although this thing was simple, her memory was much better than Chen Xuan's. You know, it took Chen Xuan several days to learn this thing.

According to Lao Liu, Chen Xuan's talent in martial arts is unprecedented, but his memory at the time was really poor, only at the level of an ordinary person.

Well, that was in the beginning. Now he has stepped into the Grandmaster realm. The training of his spiritual will has lasted for more than a year. His increasingly improved spirit has made him start to grow his brain. After all, he has reached this level. Without a strong brain, how can he match the reaction of this realm?

However, having a big brain does not mean intelligence. At most, it will improve the memory, the speed of receiving information and the reaction ability. If he is not good at academics, then he will not be able to do it. He can forget about being both civil and military. When it comes to academics, pure memory is not enough when it comes to a certain level.

This is equivalent to an improvement in CPU performance, but it does not mean that the computer itself can create software. Although this analogy is inappropriate, this is roughly what I mean.

"Okay, that's it for today. Follow me and practice every morning from now on. Let's go and have breakfast," Chen Xuan waved.

Su Roujia didn't feel anything after the exercise. After all, even children could practice health-preserving exercises, and they didn't put much strain on the body. She asked curiously, "Master, are you teaching me martial arts?"

"What kind of martial arts is this? It's just for exercising. Don't you feel refreshed?"

"I don't think so. May I ask, sir, what's the point of practicing this?"

"Stretching the muscles and bones improves energy and spirit... well, strictly speaking, it doesn't have much effect."

"Then why practice it?"

"Just practice what I told you to do, why are you making so much trouble?"

"Oh……"

Arriving at the restaurant, Su Roujia quickly brought over a warm breakfast. Although it was a bit light, it was still quite hearty. Chen Xuan sat down and said, "Let's eat together. We don't have so many rules in our family."

"No, sir. If outsiders knew about this, they would think I was impolite and it would bring shame to you," Su Roujia said, waving her hand.

Chen Xuan said indifferently: "Whoever wants to go, we don't care about that."

"Master, please forgive me, please," Su Roujia refused to sit down and eat with them.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan did not force her and let her go, but he said: "From now on, you will eat whatever I eat. Don't be stubborn. I used to be treated like this when I was in the Gao family."

"Okay, thank you, Master, but I'm just a maid, how can I be the same..."

Tsk, she was allowed to eat good food, but she acted like she was wronged. Chen Xuan pretended not to hear.

After dinner, Chen Xuan strolled around to digest his food, while Su Roujia was busy like a hardworking little bee, washing dishes, cleaning chopsticks, sweeping the floor, and wiping the table, and then continued to organize the leftovers from yesterday. When she saw that the master had no other instructions, she actually found a hoe and started to dig up the vegetable patch reserved by Chen Xuan.

Did anyone send farm tools yesterday? They probably did. It was probably Madam Gao and the others who sent them along. How thoughtful!

But the more things Su Roujia had to do, the more confused Chen Xuan became.

In the past, when I was at the Gao family, although there was not much to do, I had a job so I didn’t fall into confusion. Now that I have a relaxed attitude, I suddenly feel as if my life has lost its direction.

"Hiss, this state, should I say it's pretentious, or is it that people are just mean?"

Chen Xuan himself was a little amused and helpless. Forget it, since he was planning to retire and live a carefree life, he might as well go take a nap.

After being listless for two or three days, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh to the sky. Playing badly is also a technical job, but he felt uncomfortable all over.

That day, he cheered up and said to Su Roujia, who was working in the vegetable garden, "Roujia, stop for a moment."

"Master, what are your instructions? Do you want me to go out? Well, we've been staying at home for a few days. I'll come right over after I wash up." She immediately dropped the work in her hands and stood up. To her, the master was the most important person in the world.

Waving his hand, Chen Xuan said: "I am not going out, go get me some gold, a few taels of silver and a few pounds of copper coins, it will be useful."

"Okay, master," Su Roujia left obediently, wondering in her heart what she would do with the money if she wasn't going out.

Chen Xuan asked her to take the gold, silver and copper coins not for consumption, but to make some small gadgets. He had to find something to do, otherwise he would probably be stuck in the philosophical tangle.

The little gadgets he planned to make were actually just a few bells. It couldn't be considered an artifact, but it was somewhat related. It could be considered the basics of the basics, just like making medicine before refining pills. However, the bells he wanted to make could also be considered as materials for setting up an array, but there was still a certain gap between them and the array. Perhaps they were not yet complete arrays above the level of mechanical engineering.

I can't be confused anymore, I have to stand up. Whether it's refining equipment or setting up formations, it's time to start exploring and trying little by little.

A few days ago, he was not just staying at home thinking about life. He dug out a huge space deep underground under his house and didn't let Su Roujia find out. It was not because he didn't trust her or it was not something shameful. It was just that she had little contact with it now, so he didn't want to scare her with such actions. The little girl's ability to accept things really needs to be improved.

As for how they dug it out, it's easy for a Grandmaster to dig out an underground space without anyone noticing. He just remotely shook an area underground into dust, opened a small hole, pulled it out, and threw it far away. It's like stuffing an elephant in a refrigerator in three simple steps...

(End of this chapter)