Chapter 389: Huaiyu Makes a Move
Seeing Mengyuâs power with his own eyes and hearing her teach them martial arts, Ah Xin couldnât hide his excitement: "Alright, I agree."
Even without any compensation, as long as she could teach him martial arts, he would agree.
Which apprentice doesnât do tasks for their Master?
However, Mengyu said, "Just you agreeing isnât enough. Go back and discuss it with your little brothers. If you all agree, weâll sign a contract.
After signing the contract, Iâll start teaching you martial arts. After the New Year, you can begin collecting scrap."
Mengyu thought, whether it was surveilling Jiang Huaiyu or collecting scrap, they needed to have certain skills; otherwise, surveillance would easily lead to being discovered, and antiques collected might easily be snatched away.
After the reform and opening up, suppressed matters from various quarters would emerge rapidly, leading to several years of chaos until the crackdown in â83 restore order.
She couldnât possibly wait until after â83 to start collecting old items.
Moreover, even if under the guise of collecting scrap to obtain antiques, they must still be discreet, or they could become targets during the crackdown.
After Ah Chou was discharged from the hospital, Mengyu gave Ah Xin some money to fix the doors and windows of the old factory building to improve the living environment.
But Ah Xin could only bitterly smile: "Master, you donât know. If we fix these doors and windows, we might just get kicked out of here."
Since Mengyu started teaching him martial arts, whether formally accepted as a disciple or not, he began calling her Master. Mengyu told them not to call her Master, but although they agreed verbally, they continued nonetheless.
Hearing Ah Xinâs words, Mengyu was noticeably stunned: There would always be homeless people, and every homeless person must find a place to stay. If their dwelling becomes too nice, it would attract other vagrants to compete for it.
Mengyu had no choice but to give up on that plan. However, she still bought some nylon to nail over the broken factory windows and fixed the doors.
In addition, she bought each of the dozen children grain and cotton blankets, new cotton clothes. At the very least, she ensured they had food and warmth.
"Living here isnât a long-term solution. During this period, all of you keep an eye out for housing sale information. See if there are any houses for sale, and weâll buy it. Whether itâs an apartment building or a bungalow, both are fine. Find anything, come back and tell me."
Ah Xin couldnât believe it, "Youâre going to buy a house?"
Mengyu nodded, "You canât always live in this abandoned factory building. Moreover, as far as I know, this abandoned factory is about to be put to use again. You wonât be able to stay here much longer. If we donât look for a house now, do you plan to sleep on the streets later?"
A downcast expression appeared on Ah Xinâs face. What should he do, as he owes her more and more?
In this manner, Mengyu started her daily training with the rubbish-picking children.
For convenience, she chose two rooms in this abandoned factory complex and set up an Array, only she and Xiao Hua could enter.
In addition to practicing martial arts, there was also cultural education, primarily supervised by Xiao Hua, who taught them to recognize words and read books.
To increase the childrenâs cultivation speed, she exchanged for a dozen Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills with Essence Value. This expense used up all the Essence Value that Xiao Tao had left behind.
Thinking about Ah Chouâs hospital stay, she felt that she should learn alchemy.
Plus, studying alchemy could also bring a substantial amount of Learning Value.
Furthermore, to obtain Cultivation Techniques, she had to do good deeds to earn Merit Points. She already had the Wood Immortal Skill, but some attack techniques also required Merit Points to exchange.
Just as she was about to enter the space to start learning alchemy, an urgent voice came from outside: "Master, Master, that woman has left the city."
The one knocking was a twelve-year-old boy named Ah Biao.
He was a child who had been trafficked, and after escaping on his own, he couldnât remember his hometown and became a street wanderer. Later, Ah Xin took him in, and he became a child of the "Garbage Gang".
The "that woman" he referred to was Jiang Huaiyu.
Does this mean Jiang Huaiyu is making a move?