Chapter 6: Wait and learn more
Shangguan Feng took the silver, Wang Cheng and the others smiled, and warmly invited Shangguan Feng to their house as a guest, but Shangguan Feng politely declined.
It seems that this power and money will work at any time, or there will be so many people who are hollowing out their minds, sharpening their heads, and doing everything they can in order to become officials and make money. Power and money lead to the way of God, and everything can be settled.
sent away Wang Cheng's family, and Ruan's foreigner family regarded Shangguan Feng as a fairy child, and worshiped him like a little ancestor.
And that's not all, if Shangguan Feng goes around this Ruanjia Village from now on, the old and the young will see him, and they will all be respectful. The status of the Ruan family in the village has also been raised, and even the people of the Wang family have stayed away, and the others are even more envious and stammering.
Shangguan Feng gave the 10 taels of silver to the old man, but the old man refused to accept it.
"Uncle, if you don't take it, I'll leave now. Besides, this silver is not for you in vain, Second Brother Ruan was injured, part of this silver was given to him to recuperate and heal his injuries, and the other part should be counted as the cost of the boy's food, accommodation and martial arts training here. ”
Shangguan Feng said so, and Ruan Lao had to accept the silver.
From this day on, the old man ordered two servants to take care of the four children in the backyard to practice martial arts, including building utensils, cleaning the site, going to the street to buy medicine, boiling medicine and bathing, and other miscellaneous affairs.
Shangguan Feng is not lazy, resting during the day, practicing martial arts with the three Ruan brothers at night, and when he has time, he helps their family do some work within his ability, chopping wood, fetching water, lighting fires, washing dishes, etc.
At the beginning, the people of the Ruan family didn't let him do these housework, firstly because he was young, and secondly, he thought that he was the son and young master of a large family, which was the work done by subordinates, but Shangguan Feng insisted on doing it, and later he got used to it.
Hard-working children are always likable, and the old man's family, including servants, treats Shangguan Feng as if he were their relatives.
At night, from the second watch to the fifth watch, it is the time for Shangguan Feng and the three brothers of the Ruan family to practice martial arts, at the beginning of the horse step, standing pile each half of the incense time, push-ups, standing benches are counted as a group of every 50, the first day of four groups, and then hit the sandbag 100 times, duck steps, frog jump 50 meters for a round trip, get 4 trips.
These training methods of later generations, Shangguan Feng did, the three Ruan brothers felt very fresh, first watched and then followed the comparison, Shangguan Feng became their little teacher.
At the beginning, the four children were tired at the end of the day, and then the effect of the medicine began to play, the internal medicine strengthens the body and bones, the external bath of the medicine can promote blood circulation, and the effect of internal medicine and external medicine can not only improve the qi and strengthen the mind, but also eliminate the physical pain and discomfort caused by the damage of musculoskeletal and muscular tissue, and quickly eliminate fatigue.
Children are already energetic, their blood is strong, and they are often tired like sheep after practicing, but after sleeping, they are alive again.
The veteran saw that the four children had a unique method, practiced seriously, and practiced hard, and they were also gratified.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. With the increase in training intensity, Shangguan Feng can clearly feel the changes in his body, and after a month of practicing the Heavenly Book Cheats, he feels that there is endless strength all over his body, and this small body is a muscle pimple all over his body with a little force.
Moreover, Shangguan Feng learned tricks that he couldn't learn after learning from the three Ruan brothers, especially Ruan Xiaoer, who was already a kung fu teenager at the age of twelve or thirteen. He is well-informed, and his martial arts are just beginning, but he does not have enough strength, speed and experience.
The three Ruan brothers also felt that they benefited a lot, especially Ruan Xiaoer, who had also grown in size, and when he danced with knives and guns, he was also in the wind.
Another noticeable change for the four children is that they have a lot more to eat.
The old man was very happy, and discussed with his wife in private: "It seems that it is really a noble person from heaven, Shangguan Feng, this child, is well-informed, and they are all materials for martial arts training, so we will really spend money to invite him to be a martial arts teacher." ”
Aunt Ruan also nodded very happily, the meal must be ready, and the children are the time to grow up.
A few days later, the martial arts teacher who was invited by the old man arrived at his expense. This martial arts teacher completely denied Shangguan Feng's martial arts training methods, and completely practiced martial arts according to the methods of the ancients.
Shangguan Feng was funny in his heart, he really didn't know the goods, this set of exercise methods of the master is a book of secrets, stick to it and get twice the result with half the effort!
But on the surface, he doesn't fight with them, these are just ordinary people, Shangguan Feng also follows the martial arts teacher, of course, the training methods in the book of heaven are not biased, but they just learn more.
After another two months, the size of the 4 children has jumped up, Ruan Xiaoer already has the physique of an adult, 10-year-old Ruan Xiaowu and 8 and a half years old Ruan Xiaoqi have also grown half a head.
The most obvious is Shangguan Feng, who has surpassed Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi, and has become a half-grown child second only to Ruan Xiaoer in height and physique.
The old couple were very happy to see that the four children had grown up so fast, that their martial arts had improved so much, and that they were studying hard in the school now, and that no more Mr. Teacher came to the door to complain.
But the good times didn't last long, and when I saw the harvest season, a storm suddenly came, and ice packs the size of walnuts fell.
"Run!" Shangguan Feng, who was helping to chop wood, immediately put down the work in his hand and ran into the house. The three brothers of the Ruan family came back from the school, and Xiao Wu had an extra bag in his head.
Look at the houses, the woods, and the crops are in shambles.
Most of the crops this season were lost, and the poor people relied on the fields to eat, and some cried when they guarded the fields.
The Ruan family has hundreds of acres of land, and the income has also decreased by 9%. But the imperial court didn't care about this, not only did not reduce taxes, but also increased some, and now in the nearby villages, many people fled for food, uprooted from their homes, the countryside reeds, the Ruan family of small and medium-sized landlords, the original solid life is also worse.
That night, Shangguan Feng walked past the room of the old Ruan couple and overheard the conversation inside, so Shangguan Feng slowed down: "...... Master, there is no harvest of grain, the imperial court is tightly taxed, the four children practice literature and martial arts, there are a few slaves at home, and this martial arts teacher, the expenses are so large, how can you live in the future? ”
"Hey," Old Ruan sighed heavily after being silent for a while, "Let that martial arts teacher go......"
"The martial arts teacher will reduce an expense when he leaves, but it is still a big expense for the children to practice martial arts, especially their medicine is too expensive."
"It would be better if you didn't buy a few cattle, sell a few acres of thin fields, get rid of the two servants, and tide over the difficulties in front of you."
"The old man's livestock can't be sold, they still say that the livestock is not enough, and besides, the field is sold, who wants it? In this year, it is not easy to tide over the difficulties, and it will take a year and a half to ......"
"So what do you say......
Shangguan Feng chuckled in his heart, it seemed that he had to go. People are self-aware, and it won't look good if people go out.
Poor and rich in martial arts, he has been boarding at Ruan's house for so many days, eating, drinking and practicing martial arts, which has caused a burden to others, after all, it is not his own home, so he can't drag others down!
Shangguan Feng felt that he had to leave Ruanjiazhuang and take the road of self-reliance, so he resigned to the old man's family.
The old man was very shocked: "Child, did we take care of it well, or did the three of them provoke you?" ”
Shangguan Feng shook his head, "It's been so long, it's the kid who misses his relatives, they don't know the changes in the family yet, they can't delay it any longer, there are many troubles these days, the old uncle's family treats the kid as his own relatives, this kindness kid is unforgettable." ”
The old man saw that Shangguan Feng had made up his mind, and kept it for the last three days, under the pretext that he asked his aunt Ruan to pack his bags for Shangguan Feng, and he had to find a carriage and horse in Shangjing in Sanli and Five Villages in the past two days.
In the blink of an eye in three days, Ruan Laoyuan really found a car on the way, this car is not to Bianliang, Tokyo, but it can also take a hundred and ten miles.
Somehow, the three Ruan brothers still knew that on this day, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi did not go to the school in the neighboring village, and they struggled to retain Shangguanfeng, hoping to make him change his original intention and stay with them to continue to be their companions.
Shangguan Feng politely declined the kindness of the Ruan family on the grounds of missing his relatives and hometown, and Aunt Ruan made a hearty meal with tears in her eyes, and the family did not eat happily.
Just after the car in the morning, it has arrived at the entrance of the village, it is time to go on the road, Shangguan Feng took the luggage bag from Aunt Ruan's hand, which is two clean changes of clothes, touched the hard piece of the bag, and knew that it was the ten taels of silver road fee that the kind-hearted two elders gave to him, for the 10 taels of silver, they had already fought for it, at this time Shangguan Feng was silent, pretending not to know, and then respectfully kowtowed to the old man and the aunt.
When he stood up again, Aunt Ruan held him in her arms with tears. The three Ruan brothers also shed tears, especially Ruan Xiaoqi cried loudly, and the old man's eyes were also a little moist.
Shangguan Feng pushed Aunt Ruan away, Ruan Xiaoer tearfully gave him a firewood knife, there was no money to make a good knife, and it was better to defend himself on the road than empty-handed. Shangguan Feng took it and inserted it on his body, and said goodbye to their family in tears.
The three Ruan brothers were sent to the entrance of the village, followed the car and ran out for a few miles, telling Shangguan Feng to come back. Shangguan Feng nodded tearfully, and the four of them hugged each other.
Taking this opportunity, Shangguan Feng secretly stuffed the silver into Ruan Xiaoqi's pocket, and then got into the car.
The car finally went away, and the three brothers of the Ruan family finally turned into three small black dots, which finally disappeared in Shangguan Feng's blurred vision, leaving a sound of a big green mule stepping on the hard ground and traces of the two big carts on the official road......
The three Ruan brothers returned home and accidentally found ten taels of silver on their bodies, which could be exploded, Xiao Er and Xiao Wu scolded Xiao Qi fiercely, and Xiao Qi cried aggrievedly and ran out to chase him.
The old man stopped them: "Even if you catch up, it's useless, this kid is not a gentleman, he is very ambitious, he will not live in our house for nothing, seeing that there is a famine here, it must be because he left, so let's learn more in the future......"