Chapter 81: Tai Chi Fist, Want to Learn?

Bai Tian: 【What’s the big deal? Goudan kicked me several times last night, completely shattering my almost immune state to snoring.】

【Now I’m both tired and awake, and hungry! Once I finish eating, I’m going back to sleep! Don’t anyone disturb me!!!】

“Juanjuan, you’re up!”

Jiang Dai finished her morning exercises and let out a yawn, greeting Juanjuan with a sleepy look.

“Yes, why are you up so early today, Mother?”

Juanjuan had just asked when she felt a sense of déjà vu, as if she had just asked her father the same question.

Jiang Dai forced a smile, “Because I think sleeping in isn’t very good.”

【It’s entirely because I couldn’t sleep well at night, and by morning, I had stayed up too long and wasn’t sleepy anymore!】

Jiang Dai’s gaze fell on Juanjuan and her second son.

【There are four young kids now. If I sleep the whole morning without even getting up for breakfast, wouldn’t that ruin my image?】

【If I were in the modern world, I wouldn’t even bother with breakfast and would just go back to sleep. But now… I should get up early to show my diligence.】

Juanjuan awkwardly pursed her lips, hesitant to tell her mother that she had overheard everything.

The side room door opened, and Bai Yun’an and Bai Yunqi walked out.

Bai Yun’an stretched, feeling that sleeping with earplugs was indeed comfortable.

Having just completed Marrow Cleansing and Meridian Washing, Bai Yunqi felt light and his senses were sharper than ever.

He cheerfully called out to his father in the courtyard, “Dad! Good morning!”

In the small kitchen.

Dongqu and Chunlai were busy cooking. Although they were there to ensure the Bai Family’s safety and not to serve as maids, Jiang Dai and Bai Tian’s hospitality made them feel guilty about freeloading.

Especially after witnessing Jiang Dai and Bai Tian cooking, they realized how hard this family worked.

“Chunlai, aren’t you going to watch Sister Jiang practice her martial arts?”

Dongqu asked from the window slit of the small kitchen, addressing Chunlai, who was focused on cooking.

Chunlai shook her head and reminded Dongqu, “You shouldn’t watch too much either. This kind of martial art is usually a family heirloom; outsiders shouldn’t see it.”

Just like in her own family.

Chunlai’s family had a set of ancestral martial arts.

Her father wouldn’t even teach her. When she secretly learned it, she was punished by kneeling all night, even though she learned faster and better than the other younger family members!

But her father and uncles insisted that girls shouldn’t learn it! It was an ancestral rule!

Breaking the rule was seen as disrespecting the ancestors!

Later, when misfortune struck the family and her brother died young, her father blamed her for defying the family rules and secretly learning martial arts, saying it led to the loss of the male heirs.

Seeing that her parents were about to arrange a marriage for her, seventeen-year-old Chunlai ran away, enduring hardships for a year.

Finally, at eighteen, she met Liang Tian’er, who was only twelve at the time.

For some reason, she trusted Liang Tian’er and found a position by her side, staying ever since.

“You’re right, I won’t watch anymore.”

Reluctantly, Dongqu closed the window, blocking her view.

Most martial arts are family heirlooms, and outsiders shouldn’t watch, especially when Jiang Dai is teaching her children.

Chunlai glanced towards the window, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

When breakfast was ready and brought out.

Juanjuan and her three brothers were already seated on small stools, eagerly watching Chunlai and Dongqu’s hands, curious about what the two aunts had made.

The aroma of meat filled the air, smelling delicious!

“Come, let me serve the food. You two sit down first.”

Jiang Dai pulled Bai Tian along, quickly inviting the two girls to sit while they served the food.

On the small dining table, there were meat rolls! White flour meat rolls and wild vegetable meat porridge.

Jiang Dai’s eyes nearly popped out.

Finally, something other than pancakes!!!

“I didn’t skimp on the white flour and meat, but we’re running low on meat at home.”

Chunlai reported proactively.

Jiang Dai: “It’s fine. The weather’s getting warmer, and without a fridge, the meat won’t last. Better to eat it up than let it spoil.”

Chunlai: “Actually, rolling it in salt can preserve it a bit longer.”

Jiang Dai: “No worries, let’s eat fresh when we have it.”

She enthusiastically handed the meat rolls to the two, “Eat up! No need to be polite.”

Dongqu took the meat roll, hesitating a bit before speaking, looking slightly embarrassed.

“Sister Jiang, can I ask you something?”

Jiang Dai took a sip of the wild vegetable meat porridge, looking satisfied, “Sure, go ahead.”

“What was the name of the martial art you practiced this morning?”

Chunlai also paused, her eyes on Jiang Dai.

“Oh, that? Tai Chi Fist and Five Animal Frolics. Do you want to learn?”

Jiang Dai casually offered, open and unreserved.

But what Jiang Dai didn’t expect was.

Dongqu and Chunlai were exceptionally excited, their eyes lighting up as if they had turned into light bulbs.

Jiang Dai: 【What’s with the eyes turning into light bulbs? Impressive!】

Dongqu spoke cautiously, with disbelief in her voice, “Can we… really learn?”

Chunlai didn’t speak, but her eyes were also fixed on Jiang Dai.

Fortunately, Jiang Dai had been a celebrity, even if not a very famous one, she had some fans and die-hard followers.

“Of course, you can! Why not?”

As Jiang Dai spoke, Bai Yunqi and Bai Yunxing also looked at her.

Bai Yunqi: 【Isn’t this martial art a family heirloom? Just teaching it to outsiders like that? Aren’t such things supposed to be kept within the family here?】

Bai Yunxing: 【Did Mother really agree so readily? This is a family heirloom martial art?】

Juanjuan, hearing her brothers’ thoughts, also looked at her mother.

Juanjuan knew about the family heirloom.

Why was Mother teaching something passed down through the family to these aunts they hadn’t known for long?

Chunlai couldn’t understand either, “Why?”

Jiang Dai: “Hmm? Why what?”

“Why are you willing to teach martial arts to people you’ve only known for less than a day?”

Chunlai’s hands, resting on her lap, tightly clutched her pants.

“Oh, that!”

Jiang Dai happily promoted her hometown’s “specialty” Tai Chi.

“Do you want to learn? If you do, let Yunxing teach you first!”

“The martial arts you saw today are something almost everyone can learn where I’m from. If you want to learn a family heirloom martial art, that would be a bit more complicated, but with me here, it’s no big deal!”

【After all, I’ve already traveled through time, and I’m the only one who knows my family’s heirloom arts now. If I pass them on, it would be a good thing.】

【I just need to screen carefully. Come to think of it, I’m like the ancestor now! First page of the family tree, Jiang Dai, here I come! Woohoo!】

Dongqu nodded, “Thank you, Sister Jiang!”

Chunlai also expressed her sincere gratitude.

Neither of them had expected that what seemed like a tough job would come with such an opportunity.