Chapter Seventy-Three: Martial Arts

Because the market was very close, a group of people quickly returned to the house, let the children wash up, and another person ordered a small bowl of noodles for supper, and Zhao Yuan assigned a room to everyone and slept separately.

Early the next morning, there was only a glimmer of light in the sky, so Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying got up early to prepare breakfast for everyone. The children were a little excited last night, and they were quite tired, they would still be asleep, and even Wan Yunjun and his two sons hadn't gotten up yet.

Qian Hu's four entourages got up after Zhao Yuan and the two got up, and they got up after a while, and they would withstand the cold of the early morning, exercising in the courtyard, and practicing a set of boxing techniques vigorously.

"Morning, Brother Qian, Brother Yang, Brother Hui, Brother Luo, are you practicing martial arts?" Zhao Yuan greeted the four of them and asked with a smile.

"Yes, this is pictographic boxing, we just practiced a routine, but unfortunately we couldn't master the essence, but that's it, we have been practicing this boxing method for more than ten years." Qian Hu said with a smile.

"It looks so powerful, you all bring a hint of wind when you punch." Zhao Yuan exclaimed.

"We're just a shelf, I've seen a boxing master before, he can break an arm-sized tree with one punch, and the fist doesn't hurt, that's called powerful." Yang Ding shook his head and said.

"Big brothers, can you teach me this boxing technique?" Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

In this era of backward medical conditions, if you want to get sick less, you must have a good body. Zhao Yuan's predecessor was still relatively strong because he often did farm work, and Zhao Yuan also wanted to exercise and strengthen his physique, and the boxing practiced by Qian Hu and a few people was a very good choice.

"No problem, in fact, this set of boxing methods we practice is very simple, according to legend, it was created by the predecessors to imitate the form of animals, who created it is not known, including monkey boxing, eagle claw boxing, snake boxing, praying mantis boxing, drunken boxing and duck boxing, the four of us master the monkey boxing and eagle claw boxing." Qian Hu said with a smile.

In fact, practicing boxing requires long-term persistence, just like the four Qian Hu, who have been practicing for more than ten years, they think that Zhao Yuan is just a temporary interest, and he will definitely not last long.

"Then thank you big brothers, you practice first, I'll prepare breakfast for everyone, and after eating breakfast later, please trouble the four big brothers to teach me." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"No problem." Qian Hu nodded and continued to exercise.

Back in the kitchen, Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying boiled a large pot of water first, and after a while, everyone got up to wash, and the water source here in the new home was drawn down from a water outlet on the mountain with bamboo, which was considered tap water.

"Brother Yuan, do you want to practice martial arts?" Meng Ying, who heard Zhao Yuan talking to Qian Hu in the kitchen, asked.

"It's not a martial arts practice, I've wanted to exercise for a long time, Brother Qian's boxing skills are quite suitable for exercising, and you will also exercise in the morning, Xiaoying." Zhao Yuan shook his head and said.

"I'm going to practice too?" Meng Ying asked suspiciously.

"Of course, if you exercise well, you won't be able to get sick easily." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

Boiling the water, Zhao Yuan scooped the boiling water into a wooden bucket, then covered it with a lid, and waited for everyone to get up and wash. At this time, in addition to Xingxing, Tao Pu's family also got up and came to the kitchen to help Zhao Yuan and his family make breakfast.

"Boss, we're here to help, what do you need us to do?" Walking into the kitchen, Tao Pu asked Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying.

"Let's make it simple for breakfast, boil a pot of white rice porridge, then steam some steamed buns, and fry some fritters." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll wash my face first, and then I'll go and make noodles." Tao Pu said.

During this time, I lived in Zhao Yuan's house, and I have been eating with Zhao Yuan's family, Tao Pu's family has learned Zhao Yuan to make steamed buns, fried dough sticks and other breakfasts.

"If only we had these skills when we were in Jiangzhou, we could have made that shop better." After Aunt Pu learned Zhao Yuan's method of making some breakfast, she often chatted with Tao Pu.

"We've already boiled hot water, you can just scoop some washing." Zhao Yuan pointed to the wooden barrel filled with boiling water and said.

"Okay, boss, you guys got up so early." Tao Pu said with a smile.

"I didn't get up for a while."

Zhao Yuan said, took out a bag of flour from the place where the grain was placed, poured it into a large basin, and waited for Tao Pu to wash up and come to make noodles together, while Meng Ying was washing rice, preparing to boil porridge.

There are a total of twenty-six children from Zhaojiazhuang who came to participate in the Lantern Festival, and there are a total of twenty-four children from Zhaoyuan's family.

For breakfast, there are more than 30 adults and children, so you need to have a large basin of noodles. Add baking soda to the flour, pour warm water, Zhao Yuan and Tao Pu knead the dough vigorously, and it took a while to knead a large pot of dough very smooth, cover the basin with a lid to wake up the dough, and then put the basin into another large pot, add warm water to the edge of the basin and wait for the dough to rise.

"Brother Yuan, what kind of stuffing are the buns for?" Meng Ying boiled the porridge and asked Tao Yingchun to help light the fire and prepare the filling for the buns.

"Isn't there a big piece of fresh pork at home, chop the pork, add chopped green onions, ginger and a few eggs, and you can use it to make the filling." Zhao Yuan thought about it and said with a smile.

"Brother Yuan, you forgot, we've all eaten some of that piece of fresh meat, it's not enough." Meng Ying said.

The pork was bought back from the last time I was in the market, it was a large piece of hind leg meat, and Meng Ying and Aunt Pu were cooking these days, and Zhao Yuan didn't remember that some of the meat had already been eaten.

"Then wrap a few sugar fillings, don't you still have soybean noodles at home, and sugar and a small amount of lard to make sweet stuffed buns."

"Steamed buns can also be made into sweet fillings?"

"Of course, but I'm not a big fan of sweets, so I haven't done it before." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

Zhao Yuan has always disliked sweets, of course, except for the sweetness of some fruits, in later generations, the family used mash to cook rice balls, Zhao Yuan always did not take a bite, and traveled to this era, Zhao Yuan's habit of not liking sweets was also brought over.

"Luoluo will get up in a while, and she will fill her food book with sugar-filled buns again." Meng Ying said with a smile.

"They were too tired yesterday, let them sleep more." Zhao Yuan also smiled.

The rice porridge boiling in the pot brought out a burst of white rice porridge with the white steam emitted by the boiling, and Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying were filled with buns, and the filling was ready after a while.

It takes a long time to make noodles with baking soda powder, and Zhao Yuan is not in a hurry, so he asked Tao Pu's family and Meng Ying to warm up in the house, and walked to the courtyard to watch Qian Hu and the four of them practice.

"Four big brothers, do you have to practice for so long every day?" Zhao Yuan looked at the four people who were already sweating on their foreheads and asked.

"Yes, basically we have to practice for about an hour every morning, and after practicing for so many years, we are not used to it if we don't practice one morning." Qian Hu said with a rough breath.

"Breakfast will take a while, Brother Qian, can you teach me first?"

"Okay, we're pretty much done with it." The four of Qian Hu said with a smile.

"In this way, Brother Qian, you are all sweating, wash your face first, change into dry clothes, and then teach me."

"It's fine."

After the four of Qian Hu washed up, Zhao Yuan began to follow the four of them to learn monkey boxing one move at a time, and Zhao Yuan, who was a beginner, moved very stiffly, which made the four of Qian Hu laugh. At the beginning, Wan Yunjun saw Qian Hu and the four of them practicing martial arts, and he also said that he wanted to learn from them, but he gave up within two days, and he didn't know how long Boss Zhao, who made his second young master admire, last.