Peaceful Farm Life
Chapter 362 Nobody Looks Up To Me_1

Chapter 362: Chapter 362 Nobody Looks Up To Me_1

An Jing continued, "Before this, I had heard that you liked to practice with spear and staff, and I thought you must be fairly skilled, but seeing the speed of your response just now, I am a bit disappointed."

Li Wuyu said with embarrassment, "My father has never liked my involvement with spears and staffs, nor did he allow anyone to teach me, so I’ve only practiced blindly on my own, which is not presentable at all."

If someone else was better than her, teaching them would surely be a joke. But now that she was certain their skills were far inferior to her own, she naturally could teach them.

Plus, she also had quite a good impression of them...

It was then that An Jing agreed, "Alright then, I’ll take you on as my disciple."

Seeing that An Jing truly accepted her as a disciple, Li Wuyu immediately expressed her happiness by clasping her fists and saying, "Thank you, Master!"

Li Wuyu’s fist salute was quite proper, and An Jing, looking on, nodded with satisfaction.

After settling back into her chair, An Jing spoke again, "You can sit, too. You’re my disciple now, so our relationship is closer, and besides, I’m a farmer; I don’t need all those empty formalities."

"Yes, Master," replied Li Wuyu, who never liked complicated etiquette, but living in such a strictly hierarchical world and not wanting to cause trouble for her father, she had no choice but to adhere to it.

Upon hearing An Jing advise against adhering to these empty formalities, Li Wuyu was happy to relax and immediately turned around, grabbing a bamboo chair to sit next to An Jing.

An Jing was quite pleased with Li Wuyu’s unabashed demeanor.

"You’ve been out for so long, won’t it be a problem if you don’t go back?" An Jing leaned back in her chair, basked in the warm sun, and started making casual conversation.

Since An Jing had told her to drop the formalities, Li Wuyu also became much less polite and reserved in her speech.

Li Wuyu responded, "Yesterday, I already sent a letter to my father, saying that I would play outside for a while longer."

An Jing chuckled, "You like to have fun so much; your father must be quite exasperated with you, right?"

Li Wuyu nodded and laughed, "He can’t do much about it; after all, I’m his only child."

An Jing paused, "You’re the only daughter in your family?"

"Yes," admitted Li Wuyu without any concealment. "When my mother was alive, she and my father were extremely devoted to each other; my father did not wish to take concubines. Later, when my mother passed away, my father was assisting with disaster relief in the South and was not by my mother’s side. He has felt guilty towards my mother ever since and has not remarried."

An Jing had originally wanted to say ’Your father will definitely oppose you being with Wang Youbao,’ but considering that there was no formal engagement between Li Wuyu and Wang Youbao yet, she held back her words.

Instead, she asked, "The last time, I seemed to hear you say you were already fifteen, why haven’t you been promised in marriage yet?"

Here, girls usually married at thirteen or fourteen; fifteen was considered quite old.

"I lack the demeanor of a proper lady; who would fancy me? Those who say they do are actually interested in the fact that my father is the Prime Minister. Naturally, he wouldn’t agree to engage me to such people, so my marriage has been left unsettled until now," explained Li Wuyu.

As she spoke, Li Wuyu’s face turned slightly red, and her voice lowered, "I hope Master and Master Dad can help me in the future. I really do like Wang Youbao."

Master Dad?

At first, An Jing didn’t grasp who she was referring to, but when she realized it meant her husband, she laughed, teasingly saying, "We haven’t helped you yet? We’ve already arranged for you to come and learn staff techniques with him tomorrow. Later on, I’m going to teach him the remaining two sets of military boxing, which is also creating more opportunities for you two to meet."