Chapter 14, Walking Out of the House

Chapter 14, Walking Out of the House

Chapter 14, Walking Out of the House

Because he had stayed in the menial service hall for some time, it was already late when Hua Changxi left the Medical Department. When he returned to the Hua family, the three Hua Minghe brothers had already returned from their mission.

Although Hua Minghe and Yao found various reasons to appease Grandma Hua and her family, the old lady was still upset about Hua Changxi not telling her family about his application for the Medical Department.

After waiting for a whole day, the ninth granddaughter finally came back. Just as Grandma Hua was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, she saw the ninth granddaughter quickly return to her room and close the door.

Old Madam Hua was very angry when she saw Hua Changxi coming back without even saying hello. She pointed at Yao and said, "Look at your good daughter. Does she still look like a young lady?"

Aunt Hua stood aside and said with a smile: "Mother, please calm down. I think Jiu Niang probably knows that she can't pass the exam to join the Medical Department, so she hid in her room and cried."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Hua paused and the anger on her face slowly subsided, while Mrs. Yao showed a look of worry.

Hua Liulang said quickly: "Dinner is about to start. I'll go call Jiu Niang to come for dinner." After that, he ran to knock on Hua Changxi's door.

"Nine Lady, come out for dinner!"

"Crack~"

The sound of a basin falling to the ground was heard in the house.

Then, the door creaked open.

Looking at the water stains on the ground, Hua Liulang asked in confusion: "Jiu Niang, what are you doing?"

Hua Changxi squatted down and picked up the basin: "My hand slipped."

Hualiu Lang said "Oh", then lowered his voice and said: "Grandparents seem to be very dissatisfied with your application for the Medical Department. You should be careful when you have dinner later."

Hua Changxi nodded: "I understand, Sixth Brother, you go back to the main room first, I will sweep the water in the room and then go over."

Hua Liulang did not suspect anything and returned to the main room.

As soon as Hua Liulang left, Hua Changxi closed the door again, then clenched his fists and jumped a few times excitedly in the room.

After achieving minor success in the Immaculate Art, Hua Changxi had many more methods of cleaning spiritual plants and beasts in his mind.

There are water control methods, wind control methods, and fire control methods.
Just now, Hua Changxi reached her hand into the basin and controlled the water according to the method explained in the "Immaculate Technique". Soon, the water in the basin began to rotate according to her wishes.

When a whirlpool appeared in the center of the basin, Hana Rokuro came over and knocked on the door, scaring her and causing the basin to fall to the ground.

Hua Changxi looked at the water stains on the ground and put his right hand towards the water stains. The next moment, a strong wind blew over the water stains. In less than a minute, the ground was half dry.

Hua Changxi wanted to make the ground completely dry, but
[Realm: Qi Training Realm 0/1000]
The line of words that popped up in his sight showed that the power stored in his body had been completely consumed.

Even though he had to start saving all over again, Hua Changxi was still very excited.

She now knows how to use the power she has cultivated!
This 'immaculate technique' can not only be used to cleanse medicinal materials, but can also be used in other places in daily life.

When her cultivation reaches a higher level in the future, can she use it to protect herself?

"Nine Lady, come out for dinner!"

When Yao's voice came in, Hua Changxi quickly calmed himself down, opened the door and walked out.

In the main room, the food had been served on the table and the Hua family members had all sat down.

"Jiu Niang, you will sit at the main table tonight."

Hua Changxi was walking towards the table where the younger generations were eating when he was stopped by Old Man Hua.

Because Wu Niang went to the He family to be a concubine, the atmosphere at home has been a little weird these days. The old man decided to use the fact that his ninth granddaughter was taking the private examination for the Medical Department to correct the family's atmosphere.

Hua Changxi walked to the main table and sat down next to Hua Minghe and Yao.

The main room fell silent. No one picked up their chopsticks. Everyone was looking at Grandpa Hua and Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi looked at Mrs. Hua who was silent and had a stern face, and then looked at Mr. Hua who was frowning and smoking a pipe. He didn't want to be set rules by them, so he decided to take the initiative: "I will report to the Medical Bureau tomorrow."

"Ah~"

"what?!"

The silence in the main room was broken in an instant.

Hua Liulang even walked directly to the main table and said, "Nine Lady, won't the list of apprentices be announced in three days?"

Hua Minghe also spoke up, looking at Hua Changxi seriously: "Jiu Niang, what's going on?"

Hua Changxi briefly talked about what happened to her in the Medical Department today: "Pharmacist Xu told me that all the places for female medical apprentices this time have been internally selected."

"I was lucky. I met Eunuch Jia from the Miscellaneous Service Hall. I helped him a little and he agreed to let me join the Miscellaneous Service Hall."

"The errand hall?!"

Yao exclaimed in surprise and looked at Hua Changxi in disbelief. She had never expected her daughter to make such a decision.

"Ha~"

Old Madam Hua sneered and looked at Hua Changxi: "I thought you were so capable, but after all this trouble, you end up doing odd jobs for others!"

"I think you've had too easy a life. You look down on the easy work of embroidery and weaving, and insist on going out to suffer. Why don't you go to the dock and carry heavy bags for people?" What does a handyman do?

That means doing hard labor.

Even though it was the Medical Department, once you got in, you would be doing the most tiring and miscellaneous work.

Hua Minghe looked at Hua Changxi and said, "Nine Mother, Dad will go to the Medical Department with you tomorrow and will refuse the job in the Miscellaneous Affairs Department."

Hua Changxi looked directly at Hua Minghe and said, "Dad, my daughter is thirteen years old and knows exactly what she is doing. Now that I have made this decision, I will be responsible for my actions. Whether it is good or bad in the future, I will accept it."

Yao was anxious and said quickly, "Nineth Lady, have you forgotten why you joined the Medical Department? You went there to study medicine, not to do hard labor. How will being a handyman help you in studying medicine?"

Hua Changxi smiled and said, "Mother, being a handyman can also help you learn medicine. I'm telling you, today I saw a lot of herbs in the handyman's hall that I haven't seen on the market."

"Father, mother, believe me, if I had gained nothing in the errand hall, I would definitely not have gone there. Your daughter is not that stupid."

Hua Minghe rubbed his temples with a headache, and Yao also looked helpless.

Old Madam Hua's sarcastic voice sounded again: "Mrs. Hua Jiu, just keep acting like a fool. You will know when you meet someone in the future. Which good family would marry a servant?"

A menial servant, no different from a slave!

Grandpa Hua smoked his pipe, looked at his ninth granddaughter who had been disobedient since childhood, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you really want to work as a handyman in the Medical Department?"

Hua Changxi: "Yes, I have to go."

Mr. Hua was silent for a moment, then asked, "Even if you can't marry into a good family in the future, do you still want to go?"

Hua Changxi nodded firmly: "Yes."

Mr. Hua took two more puffs of his cigarette and said, "What are you going to do if your family doesn't let you go?"

After living in the Hua family for thirteen years, Hua Changxi has come to understand Grandpa Hua's temper.

Hearing him say this, I knew that he was planning to use his authority as the head of the family to suppress me forcefully.

Hua Changxi knew that today she would either convince her family or they would force her to do the same, so she didn't care anymore: "Grandfather, I want to learn skills and make money. I don't want to face the same situation as my fifth sister one day in the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, Grandpa Hua's face suddenly turned gloomy, and Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua's faces also turned ugly.

No matter how much they tried to cover it up, no matter how high-sounding the reasons were, they could not conceal the fact that the Hua family sold their daughter for their son's future.

Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua were watching the fun from the side, while the younger generations of the Hua family all looked as if "Jiu Niang is so brave that she dares to go against grandfather".

Hua Minghe and Yao looked at each other, and their determination not to let Hua Changxi go to the Medical Department's Miscellaneous Affairs Hall began to waver.

It seems that the Hua family had the right to choose Wu Niang as a concubine, but in fact, they did not.

The clan members seem easy to talk to, but that requires their families to cooperate well. Once they disobey the clan's arrangements, what may await their families is not just exclusion from the clan.

Hua Changxi continued: "Grandfather, since the family cannot arrange a good future for every child and grandchild, maybe we should let go and let us find a way out on our own. Maybe we will gain something unexpected."

Old Master Hua raised his eyelids and looked at Hua Changxi, his face looking very unhappy: "Good, very good, our family has a remarkable young lady."

"It's not easy for men to make a living, but you, a young lady, are even more arrogant than men."

"A clerk in the clerk's hall of the Medical Department is someone that can be used at will by the entire Medical Department. Do you think you can gain a foothold in the department just by relying on your medical skills?"

"I'm making this clear today. If you dare to bring trouble to our family or bring shame to our family, I will kick you out of the house."

Seeing that Old Man Hua no longer stopped him from entering the servants' hall, Hua Changxi said nothing more. As for the intimidation and threats from his mouth, he did not take them to heart.

Early the next morning, Hua Changxi took the buns handed to her by Yao and said with a smile, "Mother, don't worry about how the world views menial jobs. You have to believe in your daughter. Maybe I can make a name for myself in the menial job hall."

Yao smiled and said nothing, "Take good care of yourself. If you are not used to staying in the errand hall, go home."

Hua Changxi smiled and said, "I understand, let's go!"

The other members of the Hua family were either sitting in the main room or standing in the yard. They just watched Hua Changxi walk out of the house, and no one said a word.

After walking out of the Hua family’s gate, Hua Changxi looked back at the Hua residence with a bright light flashing in his eyes.

From now on, her world is no longer just the Hua family yard.

Hua Qinniang and Hua Shierniang stood at the door, looking at Hua Changxi who was walking away with a happy look on his face, with complicated expressions on their faces.

Hua Twelve Niang muttered, "Being a chores is hard and tiring. Grandmother is so right. Ninth sister is really too hardworking."

Hua Qinniang said, "But you can also make money by doing odd jobs." With money, you can do a lot of things and don't have to listen to your family for everything.

Hua Twelve Niang was surprised: "Seventh sister, why do I feel like you seem to support Ninth sister to be a handyman."

Hua Qiniang was silent for a moment: "If we want to buy something, we have to ask our family for money. Do you think it feels good to ask for money?"

Hua Twelve Niang stopped talking.

Hua Qiniang added: "Jiu Niang found a job for herself, which I think is good. Just wait and see, Jiu Niang will become more and more confident at home in the future."

(End of this chapter)