Bab 26: I’m Xiao Wu, Wu of Dancing (4)
"Isn't this that Wang Sheng's group of apparitions of poverty?"
Just as they entered the dining hall, a discordant voice reached them.
Tang San looked questioningly in the direction the voice came from, only seeing a group of senior students standing on the staircase between the first and second floor, looking down at them from their higher position.
The speaker was a handsome and spirited, probably eleven or twelve years old male student, his eyes revealing a concentrated disdain, wagging a finger in the direction of Wang Sheng.
"Poverty apparitions are just poverty apparitions, probably always unable to eat on the second floor."
On the way to the dining hall, Wang Sheng already told Xiao Wu how the room seven boss and working students must act in public, and Xiao Wu readily agreed. Right now meeting someone provoking her, immediately her temper rose up.
"What creatures are you? How is the second floor so terrific?"
A working student by Xiao Wu's side advised her in a low voice:
"The second floor is a place where you can independently order dishes. Very expensive, we really can't go up to eat."
Xiao Wu's stature was about the same as Tang San, and earlier, Wang Sheng sheltered them behind him. When he now walked away, those students on the staircase naturally caught sight of her appearance, and the speaking student's eyes immediately brightened.
"A beautiful little loli, ah, it's a pity she's a working student. Wang Sheng, I your father will go eat now, so I'll let you off this time."
Speaking, he was followed by a crowd of people up the stairs to the second floor.
Xiao Wu lifted her foot, about to chase them up, but was grabbed and held back by Tang San.
"Forget about it, we've come to eat."
Xiao Wu looked at Tang San with some scorn.
"Are you so timid?"
Tang San, without explanation, left and went over to the end of the line for buying food.
Tang sect regulations: All Tang sect disciples, must not be easily provoked into bringing trouble on themselves, but if offenders take the initiative, promise to return with thunder.
From an adult person's point of view, this academy's students, regardless of temperament, were all just a group of children, nothing more. To him, an adult mentally, a rivalry with a little more than ten year old child, could not hold much interest to Tang San.
However, Xiao Wu's display of temperament caused Wang Sheng to admire her even more.
Just then, Tang San saw a familiar person, and hurriedly walked up,
"Teacher, you have also come to eat?"
It was exactly Grandmaster who arrived. Nodding in his direction, he said:
"Are the things you got about right?"
Tang San respectfully nodded and said:
"Thank you Teacher for the bedding."
Grandmaster clapped his shoulder, saying:
"Come with me to the second floor to eat. Afterward, I'll bring you to show what is recognized as my place here."
Tang San shook his head, saying:
"No. Teacher, I will eat with my dormitory roommates."
All along, he did not want to act like an unconventional person.
Grandmaster did not persist. He nodded and said:
"Ok, you do what you feel is appropriate. Go. When you have finished eating wait for me at the dining hall gate."
Saying so, he went up to the second floor.
Though he did not know why, Tang San felt that Grandmaster and his father were a little similar. Although his father spoke very little, and Grandmaster spoke comparatively more, their dispositions gave off a kind of particular feeling. Especially Grandmaster expressed this aspect even more distinctly. Even when he smiled, he still had a solemn feeling.
Wang Sheng came up beside Tang San.
"You know Grandmaster?"
Tang San nodded, saying:
"He's my Teacher."
Wang Sheng said with a strange air:
"Can't be. You recognized Grandmaster as master? His actual strength is not up to much. At our academy, Grandmaster is only a visiting official type of personage. They say it's because of good connections with the chairman that he can stay at the academy. Saying it not so nicely, just a freeloader. I heard, Grandmaster will soon be fifty years old but has still not broken through the spirit grandmaster boundary, and his spirit only has twenty nine ranks. Probably in all his life he still will not be able to break through."
Tang San lifted his head, looking seriously at Wang Sheng.
"If you do not want to exchange pointers with me once again, I request that you will not make such presumptuous evaluations of my Teacher. This is the first time, I expect it is also the last time. Thank you for your kindness, but I think you still need not treat me."
Finished speaking, he turned around and left for the outside of the dining hall.
Wang Sheng had not thought that Tang San's reaction could have been this big, he stood there momentarily dazed. To one side Xiao Wu and the other students also did not understand why he was like this.
'A teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime'. From Tang San's point of view, these words were absolutely not just lip service. Since recognizing Grandmaster as master, his regard of Grandmaster had evolved to heartfelt esteem. If just now it hadn't been Wang Shang speaking of his incorrect impression of Grandmaster living off others, but rather another person, perhaps he immediately would have struck.
Wang Sheng somewhat annoyed said:
"Can't make heads or tails of it. This kid has some defect."
Xiao Wu looked at Tang San's departing back. Even though the clothing he wore was full of patches, unconsciously, the thin and small figure felt seemingly much larger.
To be near water after eating the rations, Tang San very quickly returned to the dining hall. This time he did not enter, standing by the dining hall gate quietly waiting. Of the passing students quite a few threw him a curious look, but as if he had not seen them, he let his eyelids droop, without even looking at them.
After waiting as much as an hour, Grandmaster finally came out of the dining hall, and with him came a similarly middle aged person.
The middle aged person was dressed in a chang pao, his features eminently intelligent, chin slightly protruding, on his face a mild smile.
"Let's go, little San."
Grandmaster called in the direction of where Tang San stood by the dining hall gate.
The middle aged person at Grandmaster's side said smiling:
"This is your newly accepted disciple?"
Grandmaster nodded.
The middle aged person clapped Grandmaster's shoulder,
"Well then, I wish you success. I will leave first."
Having said so, he gave Tang San a glance, and went in another direction.
Grandmaster's residence was a room on the corner of the dormitory building's top floor. The room wasn't large, only thirty square meters or so. The things inside were also very simple, only two bookshelves to one wall covered with books attracted Tang San's gaze.
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