Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Pleasant Conversation

"Young man, I've seen you on TV these days." The old man was lying on the hospital bed, because of the angle, his neck was not very comfortable, Qin Shuyu folded a down jacket into a ball and stuffed it under the old man's neck, which made him feel better.

"But didn't the TV say you had muscle damage all over your body! How did you get out of the hospital so quickly? โ€

If it's just a character in the ordinary news, the public won't remember what the people in it look like, but Shangguan and the lion fought, and finally smashed the lion to death with his head, which is too appalling, and now the appearance of the pig's feet of the Shangguan is remembered by many people, and at the same time remembers the injuries and illnesses of the Shangguan people, and the old man is also one of them.

The muscles of the Shangguan people are seriously damaged, and ordinary people don't have to think about it for 180 days, but the Shangguan people take more than a day to heal, which is really appalling.

Shangguan Nengren smiled: "Actually, it's not that serious, plus I'm young and recover quickly, I was discharged from the hospital in two days." โ€

Nowadays, news media reports are often suspected of exaggerating the facts, but the old man did not doubt the reason of Shangguan's ability, and said with a smile: "You are powerful enough, that is an adult lion, and you are so big, you are not afraid of being eaten by lions?" โ€

"I'm afraid!" Shangguan Nengren did not hide it: "It's terrible and useless, the object of the lion's attack at that time was my classmate, and we have a good relationship, if I watched her being eaten by the lion and was indifferent, I didn't have the face to live, rather than this, it is better to die in the lion's mouth, the Buddha said that saving people's lives is better than creating a seven-level floating slaughter, maybe I can go to heaven or something when I die, if I live to earn, now I look at it, my choice at that time was correct, everyone is fine, I also became a hero, hehe, it's good." โ€

The optimism of Shangguan people made the old man and Qin Shuyu particularly admired, Qin Mingyue's eyes were shining: "Brother Shangguan, I saw the video on TV at the time, but it scared me, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, have you ever practiced iron head skills?" I saw that the lion's teeth shattered you. โ€

"Haha, it's almost, but it's not an iron head skill, it's a vajra bodyguard, this is a very deep hard qigong, which can make my whole body as hard as iron, and I can recover so quickly, thanks to the vajra body." Anyway, no one knows, nonsense! Besides, the vajra body protector is a kind of gold-based spell, although it is not hard qigong, it is not much worse.

"Do you still have hard qigong?" The old man's family came to the spirits and was full of curiosity.

The competent man nodded, and in order to increase his persuasiveness, the competent person looked left and right, and finally picked up an empty jar of almond dew, held it in his left hand, and said, "You see, this empty jar is iron." โ€

The right hand flicked its fingers twice, the sound of the dong dong was very crisp, and the old man and his family nodded one after another.

"Look at it." The index and middle fingers of the right hand of the Shangguan man were put together, stretched out, and then brewed for a moment, blessed with a golden spell, making the two fingers as hard as steel, and stabbed at the empty jar like lightning.

Poofโ€•โ€•

The old man's family of four opened their eyes and were dumbfounded.

I saw that the fingers of the competent person poked a hole in the empty jar, and the fingers were withdrawn, and the two ring-shaped holes were particularly conspicuous.

There was a moment of silence, and the old man stretched out his hand: "Show it to me!" โ€

Shangguan handed over the empty can, and said with a smile: "This is the Vajra Protector, but I need a few seconds of luck, and I was chased by the lion all over the ground because I didn't have time to be lucky, otherwise I wouldn't be so embarrassed." โ€

The old man looked at the hole where the empty jar was poked open, touched it with his hand, and confirmed that it was not a magic trick, and then looked at Shangguan Nengren with a surprised face: "I didn't expect you to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, who did you learn this hard qigong from?" โ€

"I'm sorry." Shangguan Nengren smiled: "The secrets of the master are not passed on." โ€

Now there are indeed many martial arts schools in the folk that are passed on inside and not outside, and the sons are not passed on to women, and it is understandable that the 'master' of Shangguan can not let Shangguan people pass it on, the old man sighed: "It's really amazing hard kung fu, I remember when I was a child, I also saw some hard kung fu tricks, but it was far worse than you." โ€

"Grandpa, when you were a child, did many people know hard qigong?" Qin Mingyue asked curiously.

"yes!" The old man recalled with a full face: "At that time, the world was not very peaceful, going south and north, selling tricks everywhere, lying on the nail bed with a big stone on the chest, the hard kung fu looked thrilling, and the head of the gun was pierced and bent, the neck was not at all, and some eyes were closed, people pulled and turned, dizzy, unable to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, so they closed their eyes and exercised, white smoke came out of the top of the head, and they knew what direction it was when they raised their hands and pointed ......"

Speaking of the memories of his childhood, the old man couldn't stop talking about it, the old man was born in 50 years, the Celestial Empire of that era was completely different from now, listening to the old man tell the story of that era, not only Shangguan and Qin Mingyue were novel, Qin Shuyu and Zhou Haiyun also listened attentively.

If there is a treasure in the family, the experience of the old man from childhood to old age will always be the precious wealth of the younger generations, don't look at what the old man said sounds just ordinary gossip, but to sum up, you will find that it contains a strong atmosphere of the times, which is of great help and promotion to understand the past and changes of the Celestial Empire.

After talking for more than ten minutes, the old man's mouth was a little dry, he swallowed his saliva, and sighed: "People are getting old, and they talk a lot, hehe, don't you listen to it?" โ€

"Nope." Shangguan Nengren shook his head: "Listening to what happened when you were a child, it's very interesting, now think about it, the era you lived in was really not easy, there was not enough food and clothing, many people had to leave their hometowns, and they made a living by performing or begging along the way. โ€

"yes!" The old man was deeply touched: "Since the reform and opening up, our Celestial Empire has changed day by day, these years there have always been people who say that the Celestial Empire is not good, and the Celestial Empire is not good, but compared to our time, at least now people can eat enough, and there are more clothes, saying that the housing prices are too high to afford, but what kind of house did we live in at that time?"

When it rains, it leaks, when the wind blows, it doesn't matter if it's full for two meals a day, and it can't be eaten, the clothes are patched and patched, and even the quilt is covered, which is stuffed with rags and rotten cotton, and it smells rancid, and there are a bunch of lice if you don't dry it for a day, and you can only go to the river to wash it if you want to take a bath, and you can only wipe it at home with a broken hand towel in winter.

Compared with us at that time, your young people are as happy as the heavens, but you young people are also spoiled, and they can't endure hardships or grievances, alas! Don't talk about it, you don't like to hear it. โ€

The old man sighed with emotion, Shangguan and Qin Mingyue both scratched their heads, Qin Shuyu said: "Dad, you can't say that, the times are advancing, science and technology are developing, and now people have broad knowledge, naturally have a higher pursuit, one yard is one yard, and it can't be said that today's children are not satisfied, if they are content now, there will be no hope for the future." โ€

"yes!" Zhou Haiyun also agrees with her husband's point of view: "Dad, take science and technology as an example, if you are only satisfied with the present, and technology stagnates in the future, who will explore outer space for us human beings?" Looking for more resources available? Young people do have such and such shortcomings, but we cannot deny their shining points, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, as long as they can make due contributions to the times and the progress of science and technology, it is enough. โ€

"I agree!" Shangguan nodded and said, "Old man, it's not us young people who complain, the current housing prices are indeed too expensive, you didn't live at that time, but it's not worth it!" What's going on with the house now? One square meter is tens of thousands of yuan, is this deadly! How much do people only make a month now? Take my dad as an example, when my dad goes to work, he can earn more than 6,000 a month, which is a lot! But you can only buy a half-square-meter house, if you want to buy a 100-square-meter house, you have to work for 17 years without eating or drinking. โ€

"You said that if the housing prices are cheap, people don't have to worry about the house, and won't they have more energy to devote more energy to the development and construction of all aspects of the Celestial Empire! If it weren't for the fact that corruption is so powerful, the relationship is more important than ability, our Celestial Empire would have destroyed Japan a long time ago, how could we be so aggrieved and make trouble with a little Japan? Do you think what I said makes sense? โ€

The old man who said something was speechless and sighed dejectedly: "Alas! Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver! โ€

"I'm not afraid that they will be greedy." Shangguan people have their own unique opinions: "Compare my heart with my heart, if I sit in their position, I will definitely be greedy, but at least, I am really willing to do something practical for the people, but now all departments are a group of bastards who only know how to eat and take cards, but do not do anything practical!" If I were in power, I would have to kill all these moths who only know how to take and not reciprocate! โ€

"Well said!" Qin Shuyu and Zhou Haiyun applauded the competent people together, both of them are literati, teachers, and there is a cynical arrogance in their bones, but they are not pedantic, the remarks of the competent people really won their hearts, and there was a little more appreciation and love in the eyes of the capable people.

Qin Mingyue is still young, so she hasn't thought about it so much, but since her parents say it's good, she also thinks it's good, and they all say that parents are the best teachers, and their words and deeds have the greatest impact on their children, which is not true at all.

"It's rare to have such an opinion at a young age." Qin Shuyu nodded appreciatively, and then sighed: "Alas! Why aren't you my student! If you are my student, I have the honor to be a teacher, but it's a pity, it's a pity. โ€

"But Mr. Wang took a big advantage." Zhou Haiyun also felt that they all taught Chinese, but Zhou Haiyun could not teach the students of the graduating class because of his age and qualifications, and now he could only envy King Yama for having such a proud disciple.

(To be continued)