From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 4 Martial Arts Practice
Xu Xiaoniu clutched the corner of his clothes and did not move for a long time.

Suddenly he looked up and said, "Dad and Mom, let's just let my third brother practice martial arts instead of drawing lots."

"What?" Jiazhen was surprised. "You don't want to go."

She thought Xu Xiaoniu couldn't bear the hardship of practicing martial arts.

"No."

Xu Xiaoniu shook his head: "If I go to practice martial arts, there will be no one to help Dad with the work."

He was exhausted after working in the fields for most of the day, while his father went out before dawn every morning, leaving early and returning late, every day like this.

Hearing his words, Jiazhen felt a pang in her heart: Da Niu is only ten years old and yet he is so sensible.

Xu Fugui felt very relieved. Da Niu had a very similar personality to him: honest, simple, taciturn, and caring.

"Then let San Gou go."

He made the final decision.

In fact, there is another benefit to letting Xu Xiaogou practice martial arts: although Xu Xiaogou is always naughty, he is actually smart and clever, and learns things faster than others.

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The next morning.

Jiazhen got up early and woke up the sleepy Xu Xiaogou: "Hurry up and get up. You have to get up early every day to practice martial arts from now on. Don't waste the opportunity your brother gave you."

As she spoke, she changed Xu Xiaogou into clean, half-new clothes.

After washing up, she hurried to Du's house with Xu Xiaogou. She knew that Du Hai got up early every day to lead his students in martial arts training, and if she went too late, he would have gone out.

The two rushed to the Du family's house and happened to meet Du Hai taking his two sons out.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"Brother Du, I want my three dogs to practice martial arts with you."

"Oh? Please come in."

Du Hai learned the purpose of Jia Zhen's visit, and welcomed Jia Zhen and Xu Xiao Gou into the house. He called his maid, "Xiao Cui, tell Madam that Jia Zhen is here, and make another pot of tea."

The group entered the main hall and sat down according to their order of importance.

The three younger generations were standing.

"Sister-in-law, martial arts training isn't something you do on a whim. It requires daily hard work and years of practice to achieve success. It's also very expensive. Martial arts training cultivates your internal energy, so you need to eat well and have plenty of nourishing medicine occasionally.

If you give up halfway, all your previous investment will be wasted.”

Du Hai always says these words every time he accepts a disciple, so that the disciple won’t blame him if the disciple fails to succeed.

"Brother Du, I discussed this with Fugui at home yesterday. This is the apprenticeship gift."

Jiazhen handed over a purse of silver with both hands.

Du Hai reached out to take it, without opening the purse, and casually placed it on the table.

His rule was to pay ten taels of silver as a gift to his disciples, and to teach the child the basic skills for a month. If he wanted to continue to practice with him, he would have to pay two taels of silver every month.

"Since you and Fugui have agreed, I will accept your Sangou."

At this moment, Wang Qian's voice came from outside the door: "Is Jiazhen here?"

She hadn't gotten up yet, and when she heard from her maid that Jiazhen was coming, she quickly got dressed, washed, and rushed over.

Entering the main hall, Wang Qian learned that Jiazhen was sending Xu Xiaogou to practice martial arts, and said with a smile: "It seems that sister, you have thought it through. If the child learns more skills, he will have more paths in the future."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Du Hai and said, "Dad, Jiazhen and I are good friends. Please charge less."

Without waiting for Du Hai's response, Jiazhen waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, give as much as you deserve, it's the same for everyone. Don't break Brother Du's rules."

"Cough cough."

Du Hai coughed twice. He knew that Jiazhen and Wang Qian had a good relationship, but the villagers were all related, so he couldn't open the door.

"How could I not know the relationship between the Xu family and ours? I will definitely take care of Sangou without your telling me."

What he meant was that the money must be considerable, but he would definitely take better care of Xu Xiaogou.

"Thank you so much, Brother Du. By the way, the apprenticeship tea hasn't been served yet, Gouzi, hurry up and pay your respects to the master."

Jiazhen skipped that topic and asked Xu Xiaogou to pay his respects to his teacher and offer him tea.

The maid brought a cushion and placed it in front of Xu Xiaogou, then brought a teapot and poured tea.

Xu Xiaogou knelt on the futon, kowtowed, and offered tea with both hands. From now on, he should call Du Hai "Master".

Du Hai was supposed to go out and lead his disciples in morning exercises, but he was delayed for some time. After accepting Xu Xiaogou, he left with his three children.

There is a forest farm at the entrance of Baihe Village. The area is spacious and he practices martial arts with his students there every day.

Jiazhen didn't rush to leave the Du family, but chatted with Wang Qian for a while before leaving.

Time passed, one month later.

After Xu Fugui and his family finished dinner, they took Xu Xiaogou to the backyard alone.

"Sangou, you've been training martial arts for a month now. Have you learned anything?"

"I learned it a long time ago. I'm very proficient in the three stances and breathing techniques. My master even praised me for my talent."

Xu Xiaogou raised his head proudly.

"Then let me test you. How do you pronounce the breathing techniques of He, Xu, Hu, Chui, Xi, and Yan to express luck?"

In the past month, Xu Fugui went to the fields before dawn every day and practiced the "Five Elements Posture Exercise" for half an hour in his internal space.

With more practice, I became more proficient, and at least the stance exercises were quite accurate. My only problem was that I didn't understand the basics of martial arts, and couldn't coordinate the meridians, acupoints, and breathing techniques.

Xu Xiaogou opened his mouth and said: "He starts from the heart and lungs, reaches the throat, and does not make any sound... Xu is related to the liver, and Hu is related to the stomach..."

These were the contents that Du Hai had taught him countless times and he knew them by heart.

"Specifically, demonstrate it to Dad."

Xu Fugui asked.

"It's very simple, just like that..."

As Xu Xiaogou demonstrated, he stretched out his hand and gestured on Xu Fugui's body: "This is it, the energy enters from here, passes through here, and exits from here..."

Xu Fugui seemed to understand something.

These contents are actually not difficult. A seven-year-old child can understand them, and he understood them immediately.

Next, Xu Fugui asked some questions about the contents of the Five Elements Posture that he found difficult to understand, and half an hour passed unknowingly.

Knowing these basic martial arts knowledge, he was sure that there would be no obstacles for him to practice the "Five Elements Posture Training" next.

"San Gou, don't tell anyone about the questions Dad asked you today."

Xu Fugui explained.

Xu Xiaogou realized it belatedly and recalled, "Master said that the martial arts we teach cannot be passed on to others. If we are discovered, our martial arts will be crippled, and in serious cases, we may even be killed. Dad, you weren't secretly learning just now, were you?"

Xu Fugui stretched out his rough hand, which had been rough from years of farm work, and gently patted Xu Xiaogou on the head: "You kid are even wary of your own father. Don't worry, I haven't seen you practice the standing meditation, and I won't learn your master's set of skills."

Du Hai's martial arts technique is called "Bear and Tiger Stance", which includes matching martial arts moves.

Based on the complexity of the exercises, Xu Fugui deduced that it was much worse than the "Five Elements Posture Exercise".

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It was still early in the morning.

Xu Fugui came to the field early and entered the space within his body to practice standing meditation.

He skillfully assumed the stance, practiced the breathing method according to the contents of the "Five Elements Stance Exercise" in his mind, and sensed his own meridians and acupoints.

The first level consists of five static stances, each stance movement is performed for five breathing cycles.

A quarter of an hour passed after all five moves were practiced.

In the past, Xu Fugui had no other feelings except tiredness, but this time he finally noticed the difference: his body was hot, especially in the Ren and Du meridians, where several acupoints had a slight swelling feeling.

“It works!”

He excitedly practiced the standing meditation several times.

As his breathing technique became more and more proficient and coordinated with the stance, the feeling of heat in his body became more and more obvious.

Until an hour later.

"Hu~~"

He stopped and stood still, "observing" the space outside his body. It was already dawn.

"out."

After exiting the space inside his body, he did not feel tired as usual after practicing standing meditation, but instead felt full of energy.

"Get to work."

After being busy for half an hour, Xu Fugui was starving and felt dizzy and dizzy.

"I can't hold on any longer. I'm already starving half an hour earlier than usual."

He knew that it was caused by practicing the standing meditation: the qi and blood in his body were used to strengthen his body, and he urgently needed to replenish food nutrition.

(End of this chapter)