The great cold season, the last solar term of the year, after the great cold season is the beginning of spring, and the reincarnation of the new year's solar terms begins. Therefore, this solar term not only represents the end, but also heralds the beginning.

There are still two days to go before the cold season, at this time the Wei River has frozen, although there is no snow, but although it is noon, the sun still has a cold smell on the body. Especially the closer you get to Inobara Castle, the more intense this cold feeling becomes.

In the past, the old Qin people generally stocked up on their own food for the winter in the cold winter season, and stayed at home throughout the winter to avoid the cold outside. Even though the life of the Qin people is much better now than before, there are still some poor people who can't survive the cold of the night.

"Boy, if you suffer hardship, you will become a master. How long has it been since I couldn't hold on? Wu Shang casually flipped a hare on the fire, and looked at Qin Chuan, whose legs were trembling next to him, with a mocking look on his face.

Qin Chuan gritted his teeth and continued to insist.

Wu Shang, who originally planned to teach Qin Chuan to learn swords only after leaving Yuanyuan City, did not resist Qin Chuan's nagging in the end, or he was not annoyed by Qin Chuan's various strange questions, so he was ready to teach Qin Chuan to learn swords in advance, so that his ears could be cleaner.

Next to the fire, Qin Chuan squatted with his legs, his fists on his waist, and his body was straight, a standard horse step. At this time, Qin Chuan's legs trembled slightly, and a trace of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Qin Chuan boy, if you want to become a swordsman, you can't have a good sword, you can succeed with this swordsmanship cheats, a swordsman must first practice the basic skills, and wait for the basic skills to be practiced." Wu Shang sniffed the fragrance coming from the hare, smashed it and smashed it, looking intoxicated.

Qin Chuan had been in this position for an hour, and not only that, but he also carried two long swords behind him. The aroma of roast rabbit meat came, Qin Chuan's nose moved slightly, his stomach made a gurgling sound, he swallowed his saliva, and continued to maintain this posture.

"If you want to talk about the basic skills of a swordsman, it's actually very simple, as long as you have fast eyes, light steps, and fast eyes." Wu Shang stared at the oily hare on the fire and said to himself.

Qin Chuan recorded this sentence in his heart, his eyes were quick and his steps were light.

"Alright, let's eat." Wu Shang took the hare out of the fire, didn't care about the temperature on the rabbit meat at all, tore off a rabbit leg, and ate it in a big gulp, exhaling with joy in his mouth.

"It's a pity, if you drink a sip of Qin wine at this time, the taste... Tsk tsk. Wu Shang sighed.

Faced with such a temptation, Qin Chuan finally compromised, slowly straightened up, the sore legs of the ninja, walked in front of Wu Shang, staring at the hare in Wu Shang's hand and drooling.

After Wu Shang eliminated the rabbit legs, he squinted at Qin Chuan who was standing in front of him, chuckled, and then ripped off a piece of meat from the rabbit, and then handed the small half of the hare to Qin Chuan.

"Remember to pay it back when you have money in the future." Wu Shang gnawed on the rabbit meat in his hand and lowered his head and said.

Qin Chuan snatched the rabbit meat in Wu Shang's hand, he didn't have the ability to be afraid of the temperature of the rabbit meat, he held the wooden stick worn on the rabbit meat with both hands, and then ate it in a big gulp.

Fragrant, really fragrant. While Qin Chuan was eating, he silently thought in his heart, as for whether he wanted to pay for this rabbit meat, he didn't care at all, anyway, Wu Shang had already said this kind of thing many times. When he arrived at Linyuan City, he gave it to him. is also the son of the Qin State, and the money for a rabbit meat can still be afforded.

A rabbit meat was quickly eaten by the two of them and only bones remained, after eating the rabbit meat, Qin Chuan burped with satisfaction, and took a small rib in his hand to learn Wu Shang to start picking his teeth.

"I'm full." Wu Shang shaved off a piece of meat stuffed between his teeth, looked at it, and stuffed it into his mouth again, smashing his mouth with an intoxicated expression.

Qin Chuan smiled and nodded.

"It's good to eat enough, and then go and stand for half an hour." Wu Shang said lightly.

In a word, the smile on Qin Chuan's face disappeared suddenly, and with a bitter face, he stood in place in a standard horse step.

"Boy, don't be unhappy, practicing basic skills is the most basic requirement for becoming a swordsman, if you can't bear this little pain, then it's better to go back and forth from where." Wu Shang looked at Qin Chuan and said sarcastically.

Qin Chuan ignored Wu Shang's words, and still gritted his teeth and persisted.

"In fact, whether the swordsmanship is exquisite or not, it is composed of several most basic movements, and the difference between the sword moves lies in the different order of these basic movements. All sword training is just a few movements that are easy to practice. Wu Shang looked at Qin Chuan and explained.

After listening to Wu Shang's words, Qin Chuan nodded, he still knew this truth. This is going back to the roots, the simplest and the least simple.

Seeing Qin Chuan's expression, Wu Shang knew that he had listened to his words, and he was also relieved in his heart. He was afraid that Qin Chuan would practice the sword with emotions, which might achieve the effect of half the effort. It even made him feel a shadow in his heart.

Recalling the process of learning swords, there are many people who are more talented than themselves, why did they end up losing under their own swords? It's not because Wu Shang is more talented, but because he does the simplest things to the best. As a result, he can quickly spot flaws in other people's sword moves.

Learning a sword is never a simple matter, nor is it a complicated thing. Of course, he does not deny the importance of a good swordsmanship and a good sword for a swordsman. However, he still believes that only by laying a good foundation can he seek a higher realm.

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, but for Qin Chuan, it seemed like centuries had passed, and he couldn't feel the presence of his legs anymore.

Looking at Qin Chuan's appearance, Wu Shang shook his head helplessly, stepped forward and pinched Qin Chuan's two legs a few times, helping Qin Chuan relieve the pain in his legs.

"Compared to when I learned swords, it's far behind, but I'm standing for a few hours." Wu Shang said with a smug face.

Qin Chuan just pouted and ignored Wu Shang's downfall.

After Qin Chuan's legs felt better, the two of them began to walk along the official road towards Fenyuan City again, according to Wu Shang's calculations, there was about one day left before they could reach Fenyuan City. Therefore, the two of them were not in a hurry, and stopped and stopped all the way.

Adjacent to the city of Fenyuan, there are more villages, and the two no longer have to live a life of eating and sleeping in the open.

At night, the two walked to a village called Da Shui, which was a relatively large village nearby. As for why it is called Dashui Village, there is an allusion. It is said that this is a place where Dayu controls the water, and every time the water level of the Weishui River rises, the embankment will inevitably burst here, and a flood occurs, so it is called Dashui Village.

Wu Shang led Qin Chuan to the door of the village with a Lizheng sign hanging at the door of the house. In the Qin State, eighty households were one li, and Li Zheng was the lowest official who managed these households.

Qin Chuan stepped forward and knocked on the door, but it was an old peasant on crutches and dressed in coarse cloth and black clothes who opened the door, and asked the two of them in the native language of the old Qin people: "Who are you?" ”

"Old man, we're going to Yuanyuan City, can we get something to eat, find a place to rest for the night, people can freeze to death at night here." Wu Shang also replied in fluent local dialect.

Hearing Wu Shang's fluent Lao Qin dialect, the old man grinned, then stepped out of the way and let the two of them walk into the courtyard. closed the courtyard door, and then led the two of them towards the house.

An old woman took a little girl who was about the same age as Qin Chuan to prepare for dinner, watching the old man come back with two people, the old woman frowned slightly, but seeing the determined look on the old man's face, she took the little girl's hand and walked towards the inner room.

When guests come, women and children are not allowed to serve on the table, which is the rule of the old Qin people.

"The poor family, who have nothing to entertain, will eat some." The old man pushed the two pottery bowls towards Qin Chuan and the two.

Wu Shang thanked the old man again for his kindness, ignored what the black paste in the pottery bowl was, and began to eat. Qin Chuan also picked up the pottery bowl and began to eat, the black paste tasted strange when it entered his mouth, a little bitter and a little astringent.

The old man did not move the pottery bowl in front of him, and when he saw the two of them finish eating the pottery bowl, he said: "I am resting tonight, and there is still an empty room, so the two guests will make a living." ”

Wu Shang nodded, and Qin Chuan wanted to get up and thank him, although the black paste was not very delicious, but it was a very happy thing to be able to fill his stomach.

When the old man saw Qin Chuan's movements, the old man hurriedly waved his hand and said no, the hospitality of the old Qin people is famous, if there are guests from afar who come to the village, they will definitely be entertained, but today's hospitality is not good, but it is a loss of manners.

The old man's words made Qin Chuan once again realize the simplicity and kindness of the old Qin people.

At night, Qin Chuan and Wu Shang were lying on a bed covered with a layer of thatch, some charcoal fire was lit in the room, covered with a slightly thick quilt, and after a long time, Qin Chuan felt a little warmer all over his body, and was about to fall asleep in a daze, but he heard Wu Shang sigh and whispered to Qin Chuan: "When you leave tomorrow, leave the iron money in your backpack to this family." ”

"Why is that?" Qin Chuan asked a little confused.

"They are all good people, and they are also hard-working people." Wu Shang said softly.

Wu Shang's inexplicable words immediately aroused Qin Chuan's curiosity, and he tried his best to dispel the drowsiness, his body shrank in the quilt, and looked at Wu Shang.

"Do you know that the two clay bowls of rice we ate today belong to the old man and the old woman." Wu Shang explained.

"Didn't the old man eat a bowl too?" Qin Chuan was a little puzzled.

"Alas, the old man didn't eat it, and left the bowl for his granddaughter." After speaking, Wu Shang stretched out his hand and patted the quilt on Qin Chuan's body, and continued: "The quilt you are covering is the thickest quilt in their family. ”

"Ahh

"The Qin people are already poor, not to mention that in this border land, ordinary people never cook more, or even less, just to be able to save some rations."

Listening to Wu Shang's words, Qin Chuan instantly understood the meaning of his words, the stay of the two of them had disrupted the life of the Li Zheng family, in order to be able to entertain the two, the two old men would rather starve and endure the cold of winter, and also give the best things to the two who had never known each other, just because they were guests.

Thinking of this, the corners of Qin Chuan's eyes were a little moist, and in the dark night, he nodded heavily.

The three people in the next room, young and old, maybe they will have a little hard time today, Qin Chuan thought silently in his heart.