we are just monsters

Chapter 103 Master and Disciple
Zhou Xiaotian liked the newly bought shoes, but he still didn't forget to go to the bathhouse.

Hanzhou is a typical small northern city. In this season, no one would go to the bathhouse every day.

She likes to soak in a wooden barrel, the two of them share a room, splashing and splashing in the water, her body smells fragrant after washing, her hair is soft and slippery, and she sleeps more comfortably at night.

Zhou Muqing replaced the coal stove with a piece of briquette, brought her towels, bath towels, and a change of clothes, and took her to the bathhouse. The bathhouse is not expensive, but it is a bit troublesome—of course it is much more convenient than before, with Master In winter, I have to boil water by myself, or go to the county town.

When she took out the Nokia, she hesitated, looked at the still screen, and put it flat in the locker.

"Master, it's not good here at all. When are we going back to Huzhou?" Zhou Xiaotian misses that place. She was talking about a southern city. Zhou Muqing took her there two years ago. She just remembered there. It's not cold in winter, and I can take a bath every day.

Zhou Muqing suspected that she learned her bad accent from that old lady in the neighborhood. Speaking of which, there are many people doing business in the south, and there are more people who believe in choosing a date. If you want to live a stable life, it is very suitable there.

"I won't go back." Zhou Muqing said.

"Oh."

Zhou Xiaotian didn't ask why, nor did he look disappointed, and soon turned his attention to other places.

"How long will we stay here?" Zhou Xiaotian asked again.

"How long do you want to stay?"

"I don't know, I follow the master." Zhou Xiaotian said, she has traveled many places at a young age, she felt like Tang Monk on TV, following the master to learn scriptures, but did not fight demons and ghosts.

She asked Master why she kept walking, and Master said that her relatives were gone. Did she say they were relatives like me?The master said yes, and they suddenly disappeared.

"I can send you to a family without children, and I will come back to see you later." Zhou Muqing discussed with her, she didn't want to delay Zhou Xiaotian.

"I don't!" Zhou Xiaotian said loudly.

Zhou Muqing didn't speak, she didn't know what she was looking for, she just didn't want to stop, these years had become a habit, but Zhou Xiaotian was getting bigger and bigger, for Zhou Xiaotian's studies, he always had to find a place to stay.

"Master, I won't call you mother anymore, don't give me away." Zhou Xiaotian said.

"Well, no."

Zhou Muqing nodded and helped her scrub her back.Zhou Xiaotian's body is very slender, not at all chubby like other children's children, no matter how much meat she eats, it doesn't matter, she still doesn't gain weight, it may be due to her constitution.

In the words of the older generation, it is impossible to enjoy happiness.

"Xiao Tian, ​​you have to study hard." Zhou Muqing said.

"why?"

"There is no reason, you must study hard."

"Well, I'll read it carefully."

Zhou Xiaotian readily agreed.

Her hair was wet and drooping in front of her body. She started to play around and shook her hair vigorously, splashing Zhou Muqing's face immediately.

Zhou Muqing slapped her on the back, and the little girl giggled.

Xu Shi rubbed a little harder, she hissed and told Zhou Muqing to lighten up.

"Master, what if you find your relatives and they don't like me?"

"No, I will tell them that this is my apprentice."

"I also learn from your fortune-telling, okay?"

"I'll teach you when you finish reading."

"Everything in the book is so simple."

"Then learn more."

Zhou Muqing put down the bath towel, took out the shampoo and squeezed it on her hand, told her to close her eyes, and gently scratched her head with both hands.

Only then did Zhou Xiaotian calm down, his long hair was hanging down, a bit longer than Zhou Muqing's, and when he tied his ponytail, he would flick it back and forth behind him.

Helping Zhou Xiaotian to hold her hair, Zhou Muqing suddenly remembered herself when she was a child. At that time, she was much more stable than Zhou Xiaotian. She never talked much. The hot water helped her rinse, while she bent down and washed her long hair by herself.

so fast.

In a blink of an eye, this little girl is already so big, but she was still so small back then.

She is getting old too.

The time seems to be frozen in her 20s. In the following years, she didn’t feel anything. She just felt that it passed in the blink of an eye. She was still used to boiling water to wash her hair, making dried vegetables and storing them. It’s nothing for so many years The change, the only change, is the addition of such a little person.

Zhou Muqing turned his head to look at himself in the mirror, and the corners of his eyes were slightly wrinkled. The little girl who followed behind her master had grown up unknowingly and had her own apprentice.

"The teacher said that if you are free, she will come to visit your home." Zhou Xiaotian suddenly said.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I didn't cause trouble."

"Really?"

"Really." Zhou Xiaotian closed his eyes with a serious expression, "Many classmates want to visit their homes to find their parents. I don't have a mother, so she will come to you and say that you are a prisoner."

"That's called a guardian."

"Oh, guardian." Zhou Xiaotian imitated.

"Your teacher has a lot of shit." Zhou Muqing said irritably.

"Yeah, I think so too!" Zhou Xiaotian could no longer agree.

Then she was hit on the back by Zhou Muqing.

"I can say it, but you can't!" Zhou Muqing reprimanded, paused and then said: "Even if you say it, you can only say it secretly."

"..."

Zhou Xiaotian was very wronged, he didn't dare to open his eyes with his eyes closed, and the bubbles on his hair hadn't been washed away.

Teachers’ home visits are not uncommon. There are also many left-behind children here in Hanzhou. They are all brought by their grandparents. The home visits are very ineffective. No. It has already entered the 2001st century, and I thought I had returned to the old society.

Warm water was poured from his head, and the foam on his hair was carried by the water to slide down his neck. Zhou Xiaotian bent over and soaked in the wooden barrel, and his whole body became clean and moist, and his face was covered with water. Steamed red.

"What's the difference between a teacher and a teacher?"

"The teacher is everyone's teacher, and the master is your own master." Zhou Muqing said.

"Oh!"

Zhou Xiaotian suddenly realized.

"Master, why do you have Mao Mao?"

"..."

Zhou Muqing clenched his fists, wanting to kill this little girl.

It was extremely cold coming out of the bathroom after taking a shower. Zhou Muqing brought a hat and scarf early to wrap around Zhou Xiaotian. It was the easiest time to catch a cold when it was hot and cold.

Back home, Zhou Xiaotian consciously crawled into Zhou Muqing's room, then looked at her with big eyes, and stretched out his delicate arms: "I smell delicious now, do you smell it?"

Zhou Muqing was too lazy to smell her, read the newspaper, dragged out a copper basin from under the bed, and a bag with some paper money in it, and was about to go out.

Zhou Xiaotian was not afraid when he saw it, he listened to Zhou Muqing's advice to 'sleep well and don't open the door even if someone knocks', then watched Zhou Muqing go out and lock the door from the outside.

Hearing that there was no movement outside, Zhou Xiaotian huddled under the quilt, close to the side of the wall, she knew that when Master came back, she would lie back here, warm.

(End of this chapter)