Chapter 2 The Book Is It Selling
Fang Qi took the thin booklet, and did not rush to open it, but turned the cover and back of the book three times, roughly confirmed the age of the book, and then took a deep breath and said to the bookstore owner: "I want to buy this book, how much does it cost?" β
Seeing that he just flipped through the cover and back and forth, he wanted to buy it directly, whether it was the bookstore owner or Mr. Xia, they all felt a little ridiculous. "Why don't you read the contents before deciding?" The bookstore owner asked. Fang Qi shook his head and asked, "Sell?" β
The bookstore owner looked at Xia Feng with a strange expression, this Teacher Xia shook his head a little helplessly, after all, he was also the first day he met Fang Qi, and he couldn't figure out his temper at all. Teacher Xia couldn't figure out Fang Qi's temper, but the bookstore owner's temper came up: "Don't sell it!" β
Fang Qi looked at the bookstore owner with an angry face and asked from nowhere, "Why?" The bookstore owner snatched the book from Fang Qi's hand, and Fang Qi was not angry, and continued to ask, "Why don't you sell it?" β
Only then did the owner of the bookstore speak: "I don't want to sell this book." Although his tone was calmer, he couldn't hide the anger between his eyebrows. Xia Feng patted the bookstore owner on the shoulder and said, "Lao Li, what are you angry with the child." Then Fang Qi explained: "Fang Qi, that's the case, this book is written about some content related to Jeet Kune Do, but the content seems to be a little profound, several of our friends who practice Jeet Kune Do often study this book together, although we don't know much about a lot of content, but we all cherish it very much, and when we see that you don't even read the content, you just say you want to buy it, so he is a little angry, and he, a poor man, can't see others rich, probably treat you as a local tyrant, haha." β
The bookstore owner didn't laugh when he heard Xia Feng's final quip, and said to Fang Qi: "If you want to show off your wealth and go to other places, this is not the place you should come." β
After listening to Xia Feng's explanation and the words of the bookstore owner, Fang Qi grinned, laughed, and said, "I'm not a local tyrant, if you don't sell it, forget it, can you borrow it from me again?" β
The bookstore owner talked about this, but the young man in front of him not only did not get angry, but wanted to continue to borrow books. "I was really defeated by you kid, what is this called, naΓ―ve?" The bookstore owner complained.
Xia Feng laughed and said, "Lao Li, it's not naivety that defeated you, it's innocence. The bookstore owner smiled a little self-deprecatingly and handed the book to Fang Qi again.
Fang Qi didn't look back and forth this time, but directly opened the cover under the attention of the two. The first thing that catches your eye is the two sentences on the title page, "The impossible is the law, and the infinite is the finite", these two sentences Fang Qi knows and is familiar with, because this is the program and essence of Jeet Kune Do.
Look at the title page, turn the text, and then quickly turn to the back content, in which the title of the first three pages is "Interception", the title of the middle three pages is "Fist", and the last page of the text talks about "Tao". There was still a page after the end of the text, and no words were written, so it was left blank, leaving one page.
Closing the booklet, which was only ten pages on the cover, Fang Qi handed the book to the bookstore owner and asked again: "Do you sell it?" β
The bookstore owner was really angry this time, how did he think that the kid in front of him was underbeaten, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't sell!" It's no wonder that Fang Qi didn't read the seven pages in the middle at all, but stared at the title page and the last blank page for a long time, which made the bookstore owner and Xia Feng feel a lot of pain.
"Boy, what's your name, Fang Qi, right?" The bookstore owner asked. Fang Qi nodded, and the bookstore owner continued, "Are you sure you have learned Jeet Kune Do?" Fang Qi smiled and said, "Yes." "And what level are you?" The bookstore owner asked. Fang Qi thought for a moment and said, "Level six." β
When the bookstore owner heard Fang Qi say that he was level six, not to mention how happy he was: "Level six, Teacher Xia, your student is level six, hahahaha." As soon as Xia Feng heard Fang Qi say this, his face was not very good-looking, people who have not been in contact with Jeet Kune Do don't know that the level division method stipulated by the International Jeet Kune Do Association is six levels and nine sections, six levels are the lowest, and nine levels are the highest, that is to say, level six is actually just getting started, and it should not be enough for two months, because you can only take the fifth level after two months, and the sixth level to the fifth level is not difficult, and ordinary people can easily rise up.
In the eyes of the bookstore owner and Xia Feng, the sixth level mentioned by Fang Qi is the sixth of the six levels and nine dan stipulated by the International Jeet Kune Do Association, that is, new students who have just started for less than two months, so the bookstore owner will think it is ridiculous.
"Little classmate, it's a good thing to want to practice Jeet Kune Do, first, you can strengthen your body, and second, you can defend yourself, I support you very much." As the bookstore owner spoke, he couldn't help but smile, transforming from an angry uncle to a kind uncle, and the speed of the transformation was staggering.
Xia Feng was also smiling at this time, and the eyes that looked at Fang Qi at this time seemed to be looking at his own students, and they were very kind students. This is probably the so-called human nature, sympathy for the weak and a special sense of affection for similar people, after all, in the absence of deep hatred between the two sides, this feeling is easy to produce, plus Xia Feng is Fang Qi's teacher, even more so.
Fang Qi didn't care, and smiled slightly: "Boss, is this book really not for sale?" The bookstore owner shook his head: "It's not that it won't be sold, it's just that it won't be sold for the time being, and when you practice for a longer time, you come back and I can sell it to you." Because this book is only sold to people who can read and understand, as the so-called sword with hero, if the owner of the sword cannot use the sword, then he is just a collector. β
Fang Qi nodded and said: "There is actually no time for practicing martial arts, some people may not be able to get started for three or five years, but some people can comprehend the essence in three or five months, do you say?" The bookstore owner nodded and said, "That's a good thing, but under normal circumstances, level 5 is easy to pass." The bookstore owner was a little ridiculous at Fang Qi's words, but in his opinion, it was not too much to say such things to a junior, and there were some elements of encouragement in it.
"So, I wonder how long you've been practicing Jeet Kune Do, and what level are you at now?" Fang Qi asked. When Fang Qi asked about his level, the bookstore owner surnamed Li obviously had a hint of pride in his eyebrows, and said: "I have been practicing Jeet Kune Do for just one year, and now I am a fourth-level student, and your teacher Xia is much younger than me, and his understanding is also higher than mine, he is already a third-level student." β
According to the level division of the sixth level and nine paragraphs, as an uncle, and with his own shop, it is indeed very good to be able to take the time to get to the fourth level within a year, what surprised Fang Qi was that Xia Feng, a political teacher who seemed to have a combat strength of only 5, had actually been admitted to the third level, and he was really unseemly.
Xia Feng was already a little embarrassed: "I'm just practicing a few days earlier than you, if we start together, maybe you'll already be level three." "How come, you are younger than me, and your talent is higher than mine, if you start practicing earlier than me, then I can go to class about the same number of times as you, you are a teacher, how can I have more time." "You're not low in talent, even the coach often says that you look much younger than before."
Fang Qi really couldn't listen to the two of them complimenting each other, and interjected: "Boss, Teacher Xia, I really want to buy this book, why do you think you are willing to sell it to me?" When Fang Qi said that he wanted to buy the book again, the bookstore owner was already a little helpless, and said: "That's good, if you can beat me, this book can be sold to you, although I practiced a while earlier than you, but you are still young, I believe you can do it soon, what do you think of my idea, Mr. Xia." β
Xia Feng didn't think that this was a big bully, after all, he didn't say that Fang Qi would defeat him today, in his opinion, this was also a kind of pressure for a student like Fang Qi who had just peeked into the door, as the saying goes, only with pressure can there be motivation. "I think this is a good idea, Fang Qi is still young, he will definitely be able to catch up with you and me soon, Fang Qi, you can often come to the teacher to learn, although the teacher has only been practicing for more than a year, but he can be regarded as entering the door, he should be able to guide you a little."
Fang Qi listened to the bookstore owner's idea, and also thought it was very good, smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Then since that's the case, it's better to buy this book today, I really want to buy this book." The bookstore owner listened to Fang Qi's words and said with some surprise: "Today? Fang Qi nodded and said, "Yes, today." "Are you sure? Although this Uncle Li is only a fourth-level student, he is not so easy to deal with. Xia Feng said.
Fang Qi nodded and said, "I'm sure, it's today." Boss Li has become a little angry from the surprise just now, in his opinion, Fang Qi obviously looks down on him, an uncle in his thirties, being looked down on by a little kid who has just entered high school, what a shameful thing it is. At this time, he had already decided whether he was bullying the small with the big or not, and this was still proposed by the other party, so he shouldn't count himself as bullying the small.
"Okay, then I'll promise you that if you can defeat me today, I'll give you this book." Boss Li suppressed his anger and said. In contrast, Fang Qi looked calm: "You don't have to send it, I'll buy it, I don't like to take advantage." "Defeat me before you say that!" Boss Li said.
Xia Feng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's good to learn from each other, practicing boxing can't just stay in theory, let's go, let's go to the school gymnasium." β