Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 51, Lai Xiaomei
From that day on, Lai Xiaomei stayed at Wang Li's house every day, did not go to school, and waited for her graduation certificate at home.

She followed Wang Li's mother every day, just like when she was a child, like a little follower, learning all kinds of housework, cooking, growing vegetables, cleaning, etc.

It's worth mentioning that although she has no talent for studying, she is very good at doing housework. It didn't take long for her to learn how to cook. Although the dishes she cooked were average, they were still edible.

After having Lai Xiaomei help with housework, the mother felt more relaxed. When she had nothing to do after finishing her housework, she would often take Lai Xiaomei around Kyoto, which made Lai Xiaomei like being with Wang Li's mother more.

The two were inseparable every day, so much so that the unfamiliar neighbors thought Lai Xiaomei was her daughter.

After a while, Lai Xiaomei felt that she had too much free time and nothing to do, so she went to Wang Li to learn kung fu.

Wang Li glanced at her, but he didn't have any extra thoughts. For example, men and women should not touch each other. After all, Lai Xiaomei basically grew up in his family, and they have been together since childhood. Although they are not childhood sweethearts, they are much more familiar with each other than ordinary relatives.

Therefore, Wang Li responded: Okay, if you want to learn martial arts, you can't sleep in. Get up early tomorrow morning and practice martial arts with me. Don't be late.

When Lai Xiaomei heard that he agreed, she happily hugged Wang Li, then turned around and ran to her mother's room to tell her Aunt Wang the good news.

Wang Li shook his head and said with a smile: This little girl.

When Wang Li's mother knew that Lai Xiaomei wanted to learn kung fu, she did not stop her. After all, apart from herself, almost everyone in her family was a kung fu master, including many people she knew.

She didn't learn Kung Fu because she was old and didn't want to put in the effort. If she was younger, she would have learned martial arts like Lai Xiaomei.

From the second day on, the atmosphere in the Wang Family's martial arts training ground changed greatly compared to the past decade or so. Because a 12-year-old girl appeared there, laughing and joking, it was very festive and lively.

Because she was a little girl, Wang Li taught her leg techniques.

Because girls have better body flexibility, they have certain advantages over boys in leg training. At the same time, the strength of the legs is greater than the strength of the arms, which makes up for the disadvantage that girls are not as strong as men.

In short, Lai Xiaomei's problem has been solved. I believe she will have something to do for a long time in the future, until she gets married.

That night, Wang Li's family of three were chatting after dinner when Lai Xiaomei rushed in and shouted, "Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, my house is on fire." After hearing the news, Wang Li's family of three quickly harnessed their horse-drawn carriage and drove to Lai San's house.

But when they arrived at Lai's house, they found that the fire was out of control. His house had been burned down. Lai San was staring blankly at the house that had been burned to ashes in the yard without saying a word.

Wang Li's father stepped forward and comforted him: It's okay, just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster, and you can really move into my house and live there.

Wang Li also echoed: Yes, this way it will be more convenient for you and your sister in the future, you don’t have to run back and forth, it will be convenient for you to work and for Lai Xiaomei to practice martial arts.

Lai San just sighed and said: I'm fine, I just feel a little reluctant to leave. After all, this is the house my parents left for me. Fortunately, I managed to grab some important items.

Wang Li asked: At least no one is hurt, the house can be rebuilt. By the way, how did the house catch fire?

Lai San replied: I went home today to light a fire to warm the kang and get rid of the moisture in the house. Maybe sparks from the stove ignited the firewood and burned the whole house. Fortunately, the fire was controlled in time and did not burn the neighbor's house, otherwise my brother and I would not be able to live.

Wang Li's father sighed and helped Lai San pick up the things he had rescued. He suggested: Let's go back to the courtyard first. I don't think there's any need to clean up here. Go and tell the people on the street, and we'll go.

Lai San walked up to the street office staff who were helping to put out the fire and said, "Hello, I am the owner of the house. You can see that this house is uninhabitable. I will live with my relatives first, and I will come back to rebuild this house when I have time."

The staff member consoled him and saw that there were no casualties, so they sent everyone home. At the same time, he said to Lai San: If you need any help, you can come to the street to find me, and we will do our best to help you.

After Lai San expressed his gratitude, he and Lai Xiaomei took their things and got on the Wang family’s carriage and returned to the courtyard.

From that day on, the Lai siblings actually moved into Wang Li's courtyard house and lived in the main room in the first courtyard.

At the same time, it also made Wang Li feel a little more relaxed, mainly because he took into account that there were too many empty houses in his family, and he was afraid that someone would raise objections and report them when a big storm came.

(End of this chapter)