(xvii) Chestnuts
They ride on top of Derpy, who takes her in his arms and asks her to keep squinting for a while.
Fortunately, it was only a month, and he quickly returned to his original position, guiding her and caring for her.
Although he is no longer the invincible Xuanyuan Jinghua in the world, he can still teach her martial arts and take care of her diet and daily life, which makes her feel psychologically that she is still the one who is favored, so she unconsciously took off the "disguise" again, and the old state reverted.
He lowered his head to her little face and kissed her gently.
Momo, I'm sorry for making you feel wronged.
"This, is it a good morning kiss?" The little man in his arms woke up at some point, closing his eyes and snickering.
Jinghua smiled, "Forget it, are you awake?"
"Half-asleep. ”
Ah Mo yawned, and finally squinted his eyes and said, "Jinghua, you didn't wake up so early some time ago, at least you slept until three o'clock in the morning, but you woke me up just after midnight today." ”
Jinghua smiled, he actually woke up early all the time, and sometimes it was common for him to not be able to sleep until dawn all night. She thought that he got up late, but he was reluctant to let her work hard, so he pretended to be asleep, and wanted her to sleep a little longer.
"It's probably because I've been getting better lately, so I don't have so much sleepiness. "Jinghua Road.
"Really, Jinghua, do you feel better?" she jumped with excitement on the elephant's back, almost hitting her head on his chin.
"Yes," he touched her head dotingly, and smiled, "It's Momo who said, when spring comes, it will be fine." How dare I disobey the orders of my little princess?"
Ah Mo had turned upside down from the elephant's back, hugged him face to face, tightly, as if she wanted to put herself in his arms, buried her head in silence and did not speak.
"Momo, what's wrong?"
He touched her hair, as if hearing her sob.
She rubbed on the hem of his chest before she looked up with tears in her eyes, "Woo...... I was just too sudden...... I'm so happy, too. Two days ago, I thought you had given up, and I thought you had just accepted your fate......"
"Fool, how could it be?" he gently wiped her tears and said with a smile, "Momo's kung fu has not been practiced yet, if I give up, won't I give you another chance to be lazy?"
"Jinghua, let's talk about it!" she looked at him and said seriously:
"Anyway, in a few days, Brother Xuanhua will come back with Sister Yuan. From now on, I will listen to you every day, practice conscientiously, and never be lazy! You must also listen to Sister Yuan's words, cooperate obediently, and raise your body well! When the time comes, we will travel the world together and help the road! Be a pair of fairy heroes!"
Ah Mo stretched out his little finger to tick him.
Jinghua smiled, "I promised you, why do you have to tick the hook, this kind of child's thing." ”
Ah Mo didn't follow, her black jewel-like eyes stared at him brightly, because she had just cried, and the wet mist in her pupils had not dissipated, she just craned her neck and waited for him, innocent and expectant, so that people couldn't refuse.
Jinghua stretched out his finger to her and smiled, "Momo, I promise you." ”
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Jinghua brought her to the valley yesterday.
Mo's feet are almost as good as she jumps off Derpy's back with a beautiful backflip.
"Jinghua, what are we practicing today?" As soon as she landed, she waved her whip and was eager to try.
Jinghua said, "Don't worry, let me see how you practiced yesterday." ”
He dragged a bag from the elephant's back, and Ah Mo curiously approached it, but saw that there were several small bags in the bag, and tied it tightly with rope, I don't know what it was.
"Jinghua, what's in here, is it a target?"
Jinghua smiled and opened the bag, and it turned out to be nuts and grains such as chestnuts, peanuts, walnuts, red beans, and millet.
Ah Mo was stunned, then laughed and said, "Jinghua, are you afraid that I will be hungry in the middle of practice, so I brought these out for a picnic?"
Jinghua smiled and said, "Gluttonous ghost, it is naturally for you to practice." Come, let me see if your whip has become your hand!"
As he spoke, he scooped up a handful of chestnuts and threw them into the air.
Ah Mo immediately whipped out, swinging dazzling trajectories in the air.
She moved the whip very quickly, the trajectory of the previous whip was still in sight, and the second whip was already on the way. In an instant, I saw the shadow of the soft whip in mid-air, staggered and horizontal, like a meteor shower piercing the sky in an instant, dazzling.
But in the blink of an eye, all the chestnuts had already made Ah Mo fly, and none of them had fallen on the two of them.
Ah Mo looked at him triumphantly, "How's it going?"
Jinghua smiled, "Did I tell you to fly the chestnuts?"
Now Ah Mo was stunned, aren't all people like this?
Jinghua smiled slightly: "If you use the whip as a hand, you will naturally have to do what your hand should do." I just threw you thirty-six chestnuts, and you can peel them all off. ”
Ah Mo trembled three times on the spot!
"Whip to peel chestnuts?" she said, speechless, thinking that she was talking like a tongue twister.
Jinghua stepped aside, found a sheltered place to sit down, and looked at her with a smile.
Well, Ah Mo gritted her teeth, she didn't want to admit that she couldn't do it. Isn't it just peeling chestnuts?
It's just a whip!
She stubbornly walked three steps away and reached out to pick up the first chestnut.
Jinghua's warm voice sounded behind him: "Momo, don't use your hands!"
Ah Mo was crazy: "What......? Can't I pick it with my hands?"
"Of course not. From now on, everything that is done with the hands must be replaced by the whip in the hand. ”
Ah Mo's face turned blue.
Okay, count yourself ruthless!" she cursed silently in her heart.
Xuanyuan Jinghua, you wait, whatever you want to do with me next time, I will do it with you with a long whip!
If you want to touch my hand, I'll let you touch the whip! If you want me to feed you and feed you medicine, I'll serve you all with a whip!
I don't regret seeing you!
Jinghua looked at her puffing out, knowing that she must be scolding herself in her heart every time she whipped, she couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook her head, and the corners of her beautiful lips were a little doting and helpless.
He looked at her for a while, then leaned against the mountain wall, closed his eyes, and calmed the endless fire spiritual power on his body.
He had already thought about it last night, even though his body was full of Jiang Yi's cultivation now, there was actually a solution. The scales have already fallen off, and there is no need to transplant them in the future, so let her spiritual power slowly flow out of her body.
In this way, it is just that the person will slowly weaken, but it can still drag on for a while. It's better than being devoured by the spirit power of the fire line and burning your keel immediately.
As for the next step, let's talk about it later.
She is not greedy, Ah Mo is so smart, as long as she can drag it out for another two or three years, it is enough to teach her decently. As for the art of war and tactics, they still have to be accumulated slowly in actual combat. She went to Tianshengshui, and Qinglan could help her. If you lead your troops a few more times, you should be able to do it.
I'm afraid that she is only a woman, and she is so young, even if she is a handsome man who has been ordered by herself, it will still be difficult to convince the public at that time.
Just like himself back then, he was in command at a young age and a prince, and the soldiers under him were also a lot of unconvinced at the beginning, until he made several great achievements one after another, which was impressive.
In the barracks, most of them are still a little reckless. Momo will be airborne again, and it is inevitable that at the beginning, it will be squeezed out, which is also inevitable.
A lot of things that she should face have to be faced by herself, which can be regarded as the only way for her to grow. And he can't be by her side forever.
No matter how reluctant you are, you have to let go when the time comes.
It's better to believe in her, there will be a way to convince everyone, and she will do better than she hopes.
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"Jinghua, are you alright?"
In between the exercises, Ah Mo took the time to glance at him and said uneasily.
"Oh, it's fine. He gave her a smile, "But I wake up early in the morning, and I close my eyes to recuperate." ”
She pursed her lips and muttered softly, "Hmph, you're comfortable." ”
"How many have you peeled?" he chuckled.
"It's all peeled!"
"So fast?" his eyes lit up, and he seemed a little incredulous, "You show it to me." ”
Ah Mo remembered his words, and since the beginning of the practice of whipping, he was not allowed to use his hands, so he still rolled a long whip and sent the thirty-six chestnuts over flatly.
Her "send" is actually quite skillful.
The chestnuts have been shelled, and the fruit is already soft inside. Don't say that if you whip it up, it will be broken into slag with a gentle pinch. Therefore, if you want to use a whip instead of holding it in your hand, this strength is very particular.
This is also the purpose of Jinghua asking her to practice.
Who wouldn't be able to pump vigorously? What is strange is that you have to practice this kind of strength that is neither light nor heavy, and just right. One heavy part is broken into powder, and one point is light and does not move at all.
Ah Mo's strength is just right.
She didn't directly roll the pile of chestnuts with a long whip, but shook it a few times not far from the chestnuts to form a stream of air, and used this air flow to support the pile of chestnuts that couldn't help the wind.
She was about a foot or two away from Jinghua, and this air current, like an invisible hand, had been maintained at a height of about a foot above the ground, and it was steadily supported along the way. When the air flow was weak, she flicked the whip a few times and increased the force, and if the air flow was urgent, she drove the chestnut to one side, and she blocked it again on the other side.
Yes, it's better than I thought.
He squatted down, wrapped the pile of chestnuts with a square scarf, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, each one is very whole, and there is no broken one." Would you like to make chestnut roast chicken for you at noon? Go back and hunt another pheasant, and the ingredients will be all gone. ”
Ah Mo couldn't cry or laugh.
Sir, may I ask if we are practicing or having dinner?
"So, does Jinghua think I've passed the test like this?"
Jinghua straightened up and smiled: "It's still too early to pass the customs." However, today's basic exercises are considered to have been completed well, and it only took two sticks of incense, so it seems that tomorrow I will have to add more difficulty to you. ”
"This is just the basics, what else do we have?" she couldn't help but get a little excited.
"Of course, the main class hasn't started yet. Jinghua took her hand, looked back and smiled, "Follow me." ”