Chapter 20 Admiration
Manager Wu glanced at Shen Wei deeply and went straight back to the gate.
Two sticks of incense.
In ancient times, it was half an hour.
Keep going for half an hour, then rest for one minute, and then keep going for another half an hour.
Shen Wei thought, when she was a child, she didn't hand in her homework, and the teacher punished her by making her stand in front of the blackboard for ten minutes. Her legs were shaking from standing so much. Now it's two hours, and just hearing this number makes her scalp tingle.
But she believed in herself, she believed that she could break free from the cage step by step!
Do some physical training first.
Practice boxing again.
Practice the instrument again.
She doesn't want to depend on a man all her life, doesn't want to be forced to learn those old rules, doesn't want to spend the rest of her life in cowardice and depression, she doesn't want to live such a terrible life.
"Girl..." Xiaoman watched and suddenly stood up with emotion.
As time goes by......
Shen Wei's forehead was covered with sweat, his legs were trembling, and his arms were painful and sore.
The hands hanging on the wooden barrel wanted to fall down uncontrollably, but she gritted her teeth, stubbornly maintaining her height, and was unwilling to give up.
"Girl, your body is shaking and you can hardly stand..."
"Why are you doing this?"
"In fact, what the owner of the martial arts school said is not wrong. Men do prefer delicate and weak women. The more gentle and frail a woman is, the more likely she is to win the favor of her husband."
"The Marquis treats you so well, and his wife is kind and generous, and even more tolerant to his concubine. There are not many such good ladies in the entire capital, so you..." Stop arguing.
Xiaoman swallowed the last three words.
Because Shen Wei closed his eyes and didn't want to listen to Xiaoman's next words.
Xiaoman felt sorry for Shen Wei, so she mustered up the courage to persuade Shen Wei to accept reality and said these words "for Shen Wei's own good."
But what does Xiaoman know?
She has lived for more than ten years, and all she has heard and seen is that world, and all she has learned and known is just one house. She is using her own cognition and methods to hope that Shen Wei will stop torturing herself and suffering.
But Shen Wei couldn't bear to hear these words.
Her legs were sore and trembling, and every pore and skin on her body was persuading her to give up. She felt comfortable if she gave up, and she wouldn't feel so tired and painful if she gave up.
'Valley, you can do it.'
'Think about the heroine in Startling by Each Step, think about her... Don't become her.'
'If you give up one step, you will give up every step that follows. Xie Yuchuan has never treated you as an equal. You are just an interesting, special, and attractive pet.'
'And Lin Yun'er who committed suicide that day, don't forget these memories, persevere, and go home.'
'Mom and Dad...are waiting for you to come back. You should wear a skirt, have your hair permed, have your nails done, do what you like freely and generously, and choose your own way of life with dignity.'
'Don't compromise. You can't compromise.'
It hurts.
It was not until two sticks of incense had passed that Shen Wei fell to the ground in an ungraceful manner.
Adjust your breathing and move your joints and muscles with a calm expression.
Then, in front of Xiaoman, he hung his legs up on the wooden barrel again, stared ahead with a firm gaze, letting the pain envelop his whole body and letting the veins in his arms bulge as he moved.
“Ding da….”
“Ding da….”
Sweat drops down.
The woman hiding behind the door curtain looked at Shen Wei through a gap. Looking at that bright and beautiful face, she remembered herself who had gritted her teeth and persevered and collapsed and cried many times: "Why?"
"Girl, what are you fighting about?"
"You've clearly reached your limit, but you still grit your teeth and push through it. You could have lived a rich and comfortable life, but you have to endure this inhuman suffering."
At the beginning.
No one thought Shen Wei could hold on.
Including Manager Wu, who asked Shen Wei to persist for an hour on the first day, just to make Shen Wei give up.
But in the end, Shen Wei persisted until the last moment and the last second. She didn't even leave immediately, but picked up a long knife weighing ten kilograms from the wall.
With a wave,
A chop.
With a wave,
A chop.
Three hundred times in total.
Try your best every time and risk your life every time.
"........"
"........"
Shopkeeper Wu, who was hiding at the window and peeking, looked almost stunned.
He watched with his own eyes as Shen Wei's legs went limp as he stumbled out of the room, then he said to himself, "I told you I can do it. I will be there on time tomorrow at this time."
Shopkeeper Wu moved his lips and said dryly, "Okay...I am biased."
Shen Wei left.
He left facing Manager Wu's shocked gaze.
Just at this moment, a young man in tight clothes came in from the gate. He bumped into Shen Wei, whose cheeks were covered with sweat. The delicate and rosy face of that young man struck his heart violently.
Was he dazzled?
Why is there a woman in this martial arts gym?
Moreover, when the woman saw him, she didn't avoid him or give way, but walked straight around him and out?
"Shopkeeper." The young man pointed outside in surprise and asked Shopkeeper Wu, "Who was that just now...?"
"An apprentice in a martial arts school."
"what?!"
"She? A woman? An apprentice? Coming here to practice martial arts and strengthen her body?"
"Yeah." Manager Wu nodded with a complicated expression.
"How is this possible? She doesn't look like a maid. With her frail body, I'm afraid she can't even last an incense stick. She'll cry if she's put in a bowl of water..."
Wu Zhang turned his head and glanced at the young man.
Somehow, he spoke for Shen Wei: "She persisted for an hour, adding weight to the wooden barrel, and at the end, she swung the knife three hundred times."
"Put it right in the middle, the 13-pound long sword."
The words fell.
The young man had a dull expression.
He turned his head suddenly, trying to catch sight of Shen Wei again, but found that there was no one behind him.
Inside the carriage.
Shen Wei collapsed on the ground exhausted, his legs still trembling uncontrollably and his arms numb. If it weren't for the pain, Shen Wei would have thought he had lost consciousness.
Xiaoman considerately wiped the sweat off Shen Wei's face.
As I wiped it, my heart was pounding.
She didn't know why she was so excited, but she couldn't help but say, "Girl, did you hear the conversation between the man and the shopkeeper just now?"
"He said that for an ordinary man who can persist for half an hour for the first time in martial arts training, it is already considered extremely outstanding. If he can put two bowls of water in it when the weight is increased, he can be considered a promising talent. He was just sure that you would not be able to last even a stick of incense."
"After the shopkeeper finished speaking, the man's eyes widened like bells."
"Girl, I have never seen a man look at a woman with such eyes, really, never. This kind of eyes is like the way the concubine in the mansion looks at the marquis, so admiring..."