The next day, Long Xiangtian got up very early. Moreover, as a diligent student, he started practicing as soon as he got up.
Xiaomi got up early today, and when he heard Long Xiangtian practicing, he ran over excitedly. He came to Long Xiangtian and pretended to greet him, "Good morning, big brother."
When Long Xiangtian heard Xiaomi's voice, he stopped, instead of being frightened like before and falling to the ground. In any case, he has made progress now, and it is worth his hard work for so long.
"Good morning, why did you get up so early today? Why don't you get a little more sleep?" Long Xiangtian asked in a doting voice.
Xiaomi said with a smile: "I get up so early every day. I'm not a lazy bug. The early bird catches the worm."
Long Xiangtian found Xiaomi very cute and teased him, "Don't you know that the early worm gets the bird?"
"Pah, pah, pah, you are the one being eaten by bugs."
"Oh? Really? Didn't you just say that the early bird catches the worm?"
"Huh, don't you get up early?"
Long Xiangtian was suddenly stunned. This little girl was so eloquent at such a young age. When she grows up, no one will be able to match her eloquence.
When Xiaomi saw that Long Xiangtian was speechless, she felt a little proud, "You are speechless, right? I won't talk to you anymore. I still have things to do." Then, Xiaomi jumped away.
Long Xiangtian continued to practice, but found that he was not as good as he had been a few days ago. "Why do I feel that I have been practicing for a long time, but I don't feel as good as I did a few days ago? Is there something wrong?"
"Hey!" Xiaomi suddenly shouted, scaring Long Xiangtian.
Long Xiangtian patted his chest and said, "My little ancestor, why are you walking without making any sound?"
Xiaomi: "No way, I called you several times, but you didn't hear me. You had to yell at me loudly before you heard me."
"I...I...ok okay." Long Xiangtian was helpless.
Xiaomi looked down at Long Xiangtian and said, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"
Long Xiangtian saw that Xiaomi was just a little kid who didn't know anything, and there was no point in talking to her, so he just said something to get rid of her, "I didn't think anything."
"You weren't thinking about anything? You weren't thinking about anything. Why were you daydreaming just now?"
This little girl is really hard to hide. She is so smart after living with her senior for so long, but she seems to lack the wickedness of others. "It's nothing, I just feel that I am not as good as I was a few days ago."
"Oh, so that's it. Don't be discouraged, come on!" Xiaomi raised a fist to cheer for Long Xiangtian.
Long Xiangtian also raised a fist and shouted "Come on!"
It took Long Xiangtian a while to realize why Xiaomi was looking for him. "Oh, by the way, Xiaomi, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Hahaha, it's nothing. I just saw you were in a daze just now, so I wanted to ask you what's wrong." After saying that, Xiaomi left in a hurry.
Long Xiangtian continued to practice, but still couldn't make any progress. Could it be that his level had dropped? He was fine a few days ago. Is there really something wrong with him? Long Xiangtian practiced several times, but it was still the same.
"No, it's not a good idea to keep practicing like this. Let me go find a senior. Maybe there really is a problem." Long Xiangtian hurriedly ran to find the old man.
The old man was questioning Xiaomi, "Did you go to Long Xiangtian again just now?"
Xiaomi lowered her head, not daring to look at the old man, and said in a low voice: "I just want to see how the big brother is doing."
Grandpa: "Didn't I tell you? Let him practice on his own and don't bother him. What benefit did he give you that you care about him so much?"
Xiaomi: "Grandpa... I, I think big brother is a good person. Why don't you just accept him as your apprentice? Why do you have to let him practice something before you are willing to accept him as your apprentice?"
Grandpa: "If I accept him as my apprentice, why would he worship me as his master? Is it because he worships me as his master just because he thinks I am great, nothing else?"
Xiaomi's eyes lit up, "Grandpa, what do you mean?"
"If he is willing to study hard, then I can take him in as my apprentice. Grandpa is getting old, so I should find someone to pass on everything I know, otherwise it will be lost."
So that's how it is. "Grandpa, so this is what you think. Then big brother must learn it. It's good for grandpa, and also for big brother. Hehe." Xiaomi was very happy.
When Long Xiangtian heard Xiaomi's voice, he found the old man.
Xiaomi greeted Long Xiangtian, "Big brother."
Long Xiangtian smiled at Xiaomi.
Xiaomi asked: "Big brother, why don't you continue practicing?"
Long Xiangtian touched Xiaomi's head, feeling that this little girl was very considerate of him, "I have something I want to talk to your grandfather about."
"Is it because of what you were daydreaming about today?"
"Um."
Then he turned to the old man and asked him, "Senior, I have something to ask you."
The old man also found it strange. He had already given all the instructions he needed, so why did he come to me again? "Tell me."
“I feel like my level has dropped?”
"Oh? Why? Is there something wrong again?"
"When I got up to practice this morning, I don't know why, but I felt that I wasn't practicing as well as I had a few days ago. Is it because my level has dropped or something?"
“It has nothing to do with your personal level.”
"Ah? Is that why?"
"You slacked off. You thought you had practiced well, so you slacked off and gave yourself a day off."
"I…"
Xiaomi, who was standing aside, spoke up, "Big brother, I think so too. Maybe that's why I feel that I didn't practice as well as I did a few days ago."
The old man said to Xiaomi, "Why are you butting in when adults are talking? Get out."
Xiaomi curled her lips and walked out.
"Senior, I just gave myself a day off. Is it because of this that it affects my practice?"
"Yes. It's not as simple as you think. Perseverance cannot be easily given up. If you really underestimate it, what kind of perseverance is it? Perseverance means persisting and moving forward."
"Senior, I understand. I will make up for the time I missed playing yesterday. I will never let you down."
"It's better this way. Remember, don't slack off, otherwise your work will fail. It's so hard to find inspiration, but if it's ruined by such playfulness, then it will really be wasted."
"Okay, senior, don't worry, I won't let this happen again."