CHAPTER XXII
On Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiang Qiao's mother rarely did not have to be on duty, and the mother and daughter had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner happily at home.
The sound of fireworks outside the window has not stopped since the afternoon, and the TV is playing the Spring Festival Gala, full of festive songs and laughter. On the table are Jiang Qiao's mother's best dishes, a table of delicacies.
The mother and daughter watched TV and talked about themselves, and the topic went around and around to the college entrance examination.
According to Yu Huizhen's thoughts, of course, she hopes that her daughter can pay enough attention to the upcoming college entrance examination. Jiang Qiao's grades are at the average level in the class, and if you want to get into a good university, you still need to work hard.
"Qiaoqiao, do you need to enroll in a college entrance examination sprint cram school or something next semester?"
"No need, our teacher said that listening attentively in class and studying carefully at home is better than attending any cram school. ”
Yu Huizhen glanced at her daughter suspiciously, "Is that what the teacher really said?"
"Hmm. ”
Jiang Qiao was a little weak-hearted, and hurriedly lowered her head and took two mouthfuls of food, of course she knew that the upcoming college entrance examination was very important to her life, but if she went to a cram school, she would not have time to practice martial arts again, she didn't want to give up......
"That's okay, then you have to be realised. We can not discuss the cram school for now, everything depends on your grades. ”
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After eating, Jiang Qiao helped her mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then went back to the room. Several blessings have been received on her mobile phone, and she replied one by one. The group in Yanwutang is particularly lively at the moment, and everyone is playing a game of grabbing red envelopes. Feiyu @ her several times in the group, shouting at her to grab the red envelope. Jiang Qiao climbed downstairs a few times and found that Pei Yi had never spoken, nor had he snatched the red envelope.
On the second day of the playground, Pei Yi told her that she had bought a ticket and went back to her grandfather's house for the New Year. No one mentioned anything on the Ferris wheel again, as if Jiang Qiao had never asked, and Pei Yi had never answered. In fact, they haven't spoken since that day.
Jiang Qiao clicked on Pei Yi's circle of friends, and it was expected to be blank. There is no joy and emotion of the New Year, no sharing of New Year's goods, and no travel photos or hometown photos, as if the New Year has nothing to do with him. She understands how it feels because she also lost her father when she was a child. Since she was a child, she has not looked forward to the New Year's holiday at all, because every time she sees other people's families reuniting happily, she can't help but envy in her heart.
But she never thought that Pei Yi would be an orphan.
He looked so perfect, so sparkling, so omnipotent...... It's always a light and breezy appearance, as if he doesn't care about anything. But at that time on the Ferris wheel, she clearly saw sadness and longing in his eyes......
He must have missed his mom and dad......
Jiang Qiao clicked on the dialog box and sent a blessed expression: Uncle Xiaoshi, Happy New Year.
A reply was received quickly.
Uncle Pei: Happy New Year.
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The holidays pass quickly, and school is about to start again in the blink of an eye.
After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the people from the martial arts hall came back one after another, and Jiang Qiao ended the days of training alone. On the tenth day of the first month, even Lao Wu came back, but Pei Yi was missing.
During this period, Jiang Qiao sent him several messages, but he did not receive a reply. Lao Wu was not worried about this at all, and only said, "That kid won't come back before fifteen", as if he knew something. Every time Jiang Qiao wanted to ask on the side, he was beaten by Lao Wu and mixed up.
Then, she didn't have the heart to take care of it, because Lao Wu began actual combat training and taught her the 22-style loose hands of Gu Lao Wing Chun.
"As the old saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles. If you want to talk to people, you should have a general understanding of both sides. Taekwondo is mainly based on leg methods, with both fists and feet, of which leg methods account for 70%. The pursuit of speed, strength and effect in action, the use of attack instead of defense in actual combat, and the use of rigidity to overcome gang, is a very powerful martial art. And our Wing Chun is a hand-to-hand fighting technique, which pays attention to the way of coming, staying and sending, the integration of offense and defense, and the combination of rigidity and softness. ”
"The so-called Gu Lao Wing Chun 22 style of loose hands is the essence of the actual combat of the ancestor Ryazan. They all contain hand-sealing, foot-making, weightlessness, and potential management techniques, which are very useful in actual combat. ”
Lao Wu demonstrated the 22-style loose hands, and then selected a few tricks that he thought were more suitable to teach Jiang Qiao, including the "chicken feet" and "crane arms" that Pei Yi had taught her on the rooftop before.
It's still the old rule, Jiang Qiao first practiced for a while to explore the power point of each move, and then entered the actual combat stage. The actual combat training is divided into two steps, first feeding the moves, and then dismantling the moves. The so-called feeding move is the same move, one person attacks, the other responds, and repeats it over and over until the memory of the muscles allows you to respond subconsciously. And the dismantling move, is a real sparring, you don't know what tricks the other party will make in advance, you can only rely on experience to judge the use of learned moves to respond, very test reaction, and real competition.
Pei Yi was not there, and this job naturally fell on Ah Cheng's head.
Ah Cheng's style is completely different from Pei Yi's, gentle and patient, every time he feeds him, he will make a foreshadowing in advance, so that Jiang Qiao has enough time to prepare, as for secretly doing such a thing, it will never appear on the gentle Senior Brother A Cheng.
But probably used to being trained by Pei Yi's wild road, Jiang Qiao still felt a little uncomfortable for a while.
During the break, Ah Cheng sat aside and chatted with Jiang Qiao.
"Little junior sister, have you noticed that your reaction is much faster than before?"
Jiang Qiao sighed, a little surprised: "Really? Why didn't I feel it?" ”
Ah Cheng smiled, his heart is not only a reaction, but also the ability to predict. There were several times when he had just moved, and Jiang Qiao had already accurately judged the direction of his move. And now, she has been able to do her fist without moving, which is really a great improvement.
That teenager is really amazing......
Fifteen years later, the school opened, and Pei Yi still didn't come back.
Jiang Qiao began to worry secretly, and the thought of "shouldn't he quietly transfer schools again" came to his heart. Fortunately, the WeChat sent out finally received a reply, it turned out that Pei Yi's grandfather was sick, Pei Yi asked the school for leave to stay in his hometown to take care of his grandfather, and he couldn't come back to class for the time being.
Jiang Qiao's heart calmed down a little, and he was about to ask if there was anything he needed help with, when his mobile phone shook, and Uncle Pei sent another message.
"Don't be lazy, I'll keep an eye on you. ”
Jiang Qiao: ......
Sure enough, even if the person is not there, what should be managed still has to be managed.
After the start of the new semester, the entire sophomore year of high school was shrouded in the terrifying atmosphere of the approaching college entrance examination. The teachers' faces were very solemn, and each class took at least 5 minutes to emphasize the importance of the college entrance examination. In such a tense atmosphere, many former classmates began to study seriously. Jiang Qiao and Su Xi are no exception, burying their heads in making rolls every day, and doing it in the dark.
With the death of music, art, and physical education classes, some interest groups were canceled one after another. In addition to the students who are preparing for the art exam, other groups such as basketball groups, handicraft groups, and chess groups have all announced their disbandment. Only the martial arts group survived because they had to represent the school every year.
After the recruitment poster was posted, a group of students gathered around to watch the excitement, and everyone was talking about it.
"See...... Therefore, the martial arts group is biological, not only survived well, but also recruited people with great fanfare. Pity my basketball team, I received a notice of dismissal yesterday......"
"There's no way, who wants a big player in the family...... It's clear that you can win honor for the school, but can you cancel it if you change it?"
"Alas...... It's also said, people are taekwondo black belts, so if you don't accept it, you can't ......."
Jiang Qiao looked at the poster silently in the crowd, and the corners of his lips curved.
Thankfully it wasn't canceled, and that's what she was waiting for.
She didn't want to fight in private, she wanted to defeat Lin Rongrong in front of everyone.