After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 65
Hai Xiya felt sorry for her granddaughter and did not ask her to do needlework in this winter. She would have to wait until the weather gets warmer next year.

Ma did not refuse.Anyway, she was very satisfied with her granddaughter's progress in needlework in the past few months. She felt that her granddaughter was indeed very smart and could learn anything quickly. This was true for learning to ride a horse and learn lessons, and Xu Nvhong was no exception.Since the child learns so quickly, there is no need for her to push too hard.On a cold day, let your children take a break. What if they get frostbite?It’s not good if your hands are stiff from the cold and you accidentally prick your finger with a needle!

Of course, it would be better if Haitang was willing to come to the main room to accompany her every day and help settle accounts.Grandparents and grandson share a big kang, and they can save charcoal from burning the small kang in the west wing during the day!If the child is willing, he can stay in the main room to sleep at night, just like he did at the beginning of the year.

Of course Haitang was not happy.

She finally had her own independent room, so why did she go back and squeeze in with her grandparents?Not to mention the many inconveniences in life, being under the eyes of elders every day and having no privacy at all.

She declined her grandmother politely, citing the reason that she had moved back to the main house and Jin Guo was alone.Ma sighed, but didn't insist anymore.

When he first moved back to this house in the spring, Jin Guo could still sleep in the kitchen.The fire in Bian's big stove was kept on all day long. A wooden bed was set up in the house, which was enough for the little girl to sleep warmly.But now the family has hired several more servants, and some of them will spend the night at Hai's house. After Jin Guo moved in with Haitang, there was no room for her in the kitchen.If Haitang moved back to the main house to save charcoal, and Jin Guo stayed alone in the west wing, wouldn't he be exposed to the cold?But if she continues to burn the small kang, then Haitang might as well not move!

Two people squeeze into a small kang, and three people squeeze into a large kang. In fact, the comfort level is almost the same, but it is difficult for Haitang to stop her grandmother from going through her things in private, and Jin Guo will never open the box where she stores her belongings without her permission.That's the difference.

Haitang continued to stay in her room, reading, writing, practicing painting, and embroidery... However, she would still maintain a certain amount of exercise time every day.Horse riding practice has stopped, but as long as it doesn't rain or snow, or strong winds blow, she will still practice archery and whip in the yard when she gets up in the morning. The sword technique - of course, I practiced the one taught in "Basic Martial Arts One", using a homemade wooden sword.

If anyone found that her sword moves were different from those practiced by Hai Jiao, she would pretend to be stupid and say that she had learned them from somewhere else, or that she had thought of them and thought such moves looked good.At her age, the wooden knife she uses looks like a toy, who would doubt her?You just think she is joking, right?Everyone in the family has their own things to be busy with, and not many people will stay in the open yard for a long time on a cold day. She just needs to try to avoid places where many people pass by.

As for the whipping technique, I am afraid that even Wang Chengfu's wife, who "taught" Haitang, could not tell that the apprentice was practicing another whipping technique and had nothing to do with the moves she taught.

Wang Chengfu's wife did not refuse to teach Haitang Whip Technique, but she was busy taking care of the housework and taking care of the children. Her heart was still focused on her husband Wang Chengfu, and she would play tricks with him from time to time and cause some awkwardness.Therefore, even if she was grateful for the life-saving grace of Haitang's two bricks and was willing to teach him all the whipping skills she knew, she would not be able to spend more teaching time. It would be good to have one in ten and a half months.

Haitang just wanted to use her as a cover and didn't care about her procrastination.Every time I went to Wang's house and stayed for half an hour, I thought it was just to relax with the neighbor's mother and son.

As Hai Jiao once said, Wang Chengfu's wife's whip technique is not systematic. It can only be said that she has mastered the technique of using whip well, but it cannot be said to be a complete set of martial arts.Haitang has been learning from her on and off for several months, and now his level of whipping skills has surpassed hers.It's just that in the Wang family, Haitang will be more restrained and act like she has mastered the skills but is not yet proficient.When Wang Cheng returned to work as a foreigner, his wife became angry about this matter and was in a bad mood every day. Haitang immediately found an excuse to end the course.

Wang Chengfu's wife didn't care either.She had gotten along very well with Haitang in the past few months, and she did not dislike this cheap apprentice who was "well-behaved and winking."Now that she had nothing to teach Haitang, she simply gave Haitang a whip that she had used as a girl as a gift: "This whip hurts when you swing it. It really hurts people, no worse than a stick. Back then, With this whip, I can fight all over Suzhou, and no one dares to bully me. Now I give this whip to you. If someone dares to offend you in the future, take it and teach that person a lesson! "

Haitang blinked and took the whip with a sweet smile. She recognized that the handle was wrapped in cowhide, and the whip body was made of cowhide, the fur of another unknown animal, and a very thick fiber. It doesn't look thick, but it feels very solid. The smell is not unpleasant, and the color is low-key and harmonious.The whip feels smooth and has no burrs, but it always gives people the feeling that it must hurt when it hits someone.After thanking Wang Chengfu's wife, Haitang returned to her home with the whip. She saw Cui Dazhuang sorting firewood in the front yard. After thinking about it, she asked for a few whips and took them back to Sanjin Courtyard, and then placed them on the open space in the yard. , try to whip them with that calfskin whip.

She has basically mastered the common techniques of using a whip. She can already whip it accurately and master the strength very skillfully.However, this was the first time she used this whip and she didn't know its power, so she restrained herself with the first whip. As a result, the whip only broke the thinnest piece of firewood.

With the second whip, Haitang can let go and use more strength.The result this time was pretty good, even the thin firewood could be broken, and the thicker firewood was also broken into half. It is estimated that it can be done with two or three whips.

Haitang is quite satisfied with the lethality of the new whip.After all, she is still young and her strength is limited, so it would be great if she could hit people with a whip.As she grows older, the power of the whip will increase.

But... Speaking of which, she has been learning internal skills for several months. I wonder what effect it will have when put into practice?Her proficiency in internal skills and mental techniques has exceeded 80%, but apart from being stronger, there is basically no opportunity to apply it. She can only ensure that her hands and feet are warm in the cold winter and snowy days, and she will not get sick easily.

Thinking of this, Haitang had the idea of ​​"giving it a try".She activated her internal energy, attached it to the whip in her hand, and whipped it towards the firewood on the ground.

After a crisp "pop" sound, all the firewood was broken in two by the tip of the whip. Some of the thicker ones were scattered all over the floor with sawdust flying.

Haitang was startled and quickly glanced around.

Very good, there was no one in the courtyard for the third time. Grandma Ma was talking to Aunt Cui in the house. Jin Guo was sent by grandfather Haixi Ya to the nursery to take care of the overwintering grape seedlings. After entering the courtyard for the second time, cousin Xie Wenzai and his uncle Second uncle Hai Changan has gone out, and almost everyone else is staying in the house doing their own thing; as for the front yard?Servants were coming and going, all busy with work. Cui Dazhuang was still sorting the firewood pile and had no time to pay attention to what she was doing in Sanjin Courtyard.

Haitang quickly picked up the scraps of firewood and threw them into the stove of the small kang in her house, destroying them in a blink of an eye.

However, the more she looked at the whip in her hand, the more she liked it.She had previously bought a complete set of riding whip maintenance tools from Wang Chengfu's wife's mother's saddlery shop, and now she just took it out to give her new love whip a once over maintenance and then store it carefully.

This thing can only be kept at the bottom of the box for the time being.She could just practice with her original little whip.When everyone in the family realizes that she has become a master of whipping, no one will be surprised if she surprises the world with the love whip hidden in the bottom of the box, right?

(End of this chapter)