Chapter 45: The New Year is Coming

At five o'clock the next day, Li Yanqing came to the grove again, Hu Sheng was already waiting for him, and when he saw Li Yanqing coming, he smiled and said: "I didn't prepare yesterday, so I only ran, and I have to add some materials today." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, "Uncle is going to teach me to practice knives?" ”

"It's not!"

Hu Sheng said angrily: "I'm still running today, but before running, I will lift a hundred stone locks!" ”

Li Yanqing looked back and saw two stone locks, one large and one small, placed under the tree, one was estimated to weigh 100 catties, and the other was about 20 catties.

Hu Sheng stepped forward and easily lifted the hundred-pound stone lock, lifted it high above his head, and shouted to Li Yanqing, who was in a daze: "Let's start!" After a hundred lifts, we run. ”

Li Yanqing was helpless, so he had to step forward and lift the stone lock with all his might......

The cold wind was biting, and the two of them ran south along the Yongji Canal for more than 30 miles, but Li Yanqing was so tired that he was out of breath, unable to speak, and his legs were as heavy as if they were infused with lead, which was completely different from yesterday's running.

Hu Sheng glanced at him, then pointed to a big stone not far away, "I'll spare you once today, rest for a while, and then continue running!" ”

Li Yanqing collapsed on the boulder all of a sudden, at this moment the big bluestone was more comfortable than the goose down cushion, he had never been so tired in his life, and he felt that his whole body was not his own.

Hu Sheng didn't stop, and began to punch in the open space, this set of punches was vigorous, but Li Yanqing was dazzled and his chest was tight.

Finally after Hu Sheng finished punching, Li Yanqing also breathed a little smoother, and hurriedly applauded, "Good boxing skills, uncle is amazing!" ”

Hu Sheng sneered, "Whether it is the marksmanship you saw yesterday or the boxing technique you saw today, they are just showmanship, and it is useless to go to the battlefield." ”

"What kind of martial arts are useful?"

"Run! If you can't beat it, you can run away, which is more practical than anything else. ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and was speechless, Uncle Hu really taught himself the art of escaping!

Hu Sheng waved his hand, "Keep running, you can't stop now." ”

Li Yanqing was full of doubts and wanted to ask, but Hu Sheng ran up and heard him shout from a distance: "If you want to ask something, ask while running." ”

Li Yanqing had to speed up his pace and follow.

"Uncle, why did you run so easily yesterday, but today you are so tired!"

Hu Sheng laughed, "How can you not be tired when running?" It's just that yesterday's fatigue has accumulated to today, and I asked you to lift the stone lock today, which is to release part of your fatigue first, otherwise you won't be able to run ten miles today. ”

"Lifting the stone lock is also resting?"

"Of course! Isn't it a break for you to practice calligraphy? ”

......

"Uncle asked me to run to exercise my endurance!"

"It is worthy of being a scholar, that is, smart, the two armies fought, and the person who was killed in the end was either too weak, or not enough physical strength, or too slow to escape, running not only exercised physical strength, but also exercised speed, is the best way to strengthen the body."

"What about power? How do I train my strength. ”

"What do you do with strength? Even if you practice for the rest of your life, you won't be able to catch up with me. ”

"But... If I don't practice strength, how can I fight against the Khitan barbarians? ”

Hu Sheng stopped suddenly, he looked at Li Yanqing and said: "You and Liu Chenghong are competing in strength, even if you use all your strength, you can't compare to one of his arms, but that day you almost broke his intestines, have you forgotten?" ”

Li Yanqing realized, "Uncle is saying that I am fast!" ”

Hu Sheng ran up again and smiled at Li Yanqing: "You have two amazing talents, one is fast and the other is accurate, you practice these two talents deeply, and if you practice them deeply, your martial arts will come out, learn so many tricks and what to do, and kill people with just one knife." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly brightened, "Uncle, I understand." ”

"It's good to understand, don't talk anymore, use the breathing method I taught you, and you won't be tired soon!"

Hu Sheng sped up his running speed, Li Yanqing stopped talking, adjusted his breathing, and followed Hu Sheng's pace closely.

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In this way, Li Yanqing followed Hu Sheng to run in the early morning every day, Hu Sheng taught him breathing methods can greatly improve the efficiency of running, his physical strength is getting better day by day, Li Yanqing soon realized the benefits of running, full of energy every day, full of physical strength, and better memory, making him less difficult to study.

From the eleventh day, Hu Sheng began to tie lead bags to his legs and arms to make it more difficult to run, in Hu Sheng's words, so that he could escape with his family wealth in the future.

Time passed day by day, and the atmosphere of the New Year became stronger and stronger, and the first New Year after Li Yanqing came to the Song Dynasty was approaching.

Li Daqi came back early, and he also knew that his son followed Hu Sheng to run every morning, but he didn't object, just don't give up literature and martial arts, running can strengthen the body and be good for reading, which Li Daqi deeply understands.

However, the more it is the New Year, the busier Li Daqi becomes, and many clansmen have rushed back from other places, which is just conducive to his genealogy.

The twenty-sixth school of Layue began to have a holiday, and the students could finally sleep at home, but Li Yanqing did not have this preferential treatment, once he ran with Uncle Hu, he couldn't stop.

Early this morning, the two came back from running, and when they broke up, Hu Sheng smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "If you want to pound rice cakes today, you can also come to help!" ”

"Okay!"

Li Yanqing was very excited, he also pounded rice cakes at home when he was a child, and when he went to the county to participate in the children's meeting, he also saw that the county people were pounding rice cakes, and there was no difference from when he was a child, he really wanted to go and see it, but he didn't have the opportunity to go out, but he didn't expect Uncle Hu to pound rice cakes too, which made him full of expectations.

I went home and ate a few coarse noodles and steamed buns, and rinsed my body with cold water by the well, and as soon as I cleaned up, I heard Xiao Qing'er calling him in the yard.

"It's coming!"

Li Yanqing put on a short coat and went to the courtyard.

"Second brother, you want to make rice cakes!" Xiao Qing'er was as excited as a rabbit, jumping and jumping.

In the past, Li Daqi was poor, and Uncle Hu gave them a little after beating the rice cakes, but this year, their family conditions have improved, and the two can cooperate with the two families when they pound the rice cakes, and the two bought seven buckets of glutinous rice and three buckets of sticky rice, and Aunt Hu steamed them, and the rest of the things are for her son Hu Sheng to do.

There are two kinds of containers for pounding rice cakes, two people use a stone trough for pounding, one person uses a stone mortar for singles, and the hitting tool is a wooden hammer, but whether it is a double or a single, someone must turn the rice dough at any time below, so that it can be beaten evenly and delicately, and the taste is better.

Hu Sheng wore a sleeveless short coat, revealing black and shiny tendon flesh, which was extremely strong, and Li Yanqing was also dressed like him, but his arms were much thinner and whiter, but he still looked quite strong.

"I'm hitting above, you're turning down, you have to be quick, you can't be hit by my hammer, understand?"

"Uncle, is this also practicing martial arts?" Li Yanqing asked excitedly.

Hu Sheng smiled, "This is not martial arts, this is me using your advantage of fast speed to turn rice noodles for me, others can't cooperate with me, I think you can." ”

The two of them washed their hands, and Hu Sheng moved his arm, "Let's start!" ”

Li Yanqing had already understood that he didn't need him at first, but after pounding it dozens of times, the cooked rice gradually became a ball, and Hu Sheng shouted, "Start turning!" ”

Hu Sheng struck, and at the moment when the wooden hammer was raised, Li Yanqing turned over the rice ball in the stone mortar as quickly as possible, Hu Sheng saw that he was a little nervous, so he smiled and said: "Take your time first, and then speed up when the cooperation is proficient." ”

Generally speaking, the faster and more comprehensive the turn, the more evenly beaten, and the final rice cake will be more delicate and delicious.

In this way, one person fights above, and one person flips down, and the speed is getting faster and faster, which is dazzling.

The two fought for half an hour in one breath, and Hu Sheng shouted, "Stop!" ”

The two stopped at the same time, Li Yanqing only felt sweating profusely, even his clothes were soaked, Hu Sheng was the same, he gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's really happy, Brother Qing, you are the first one who can make me fight so happily." ”

Li Yanqing also smiled: "I could see it at first, but later it was completely instinctive, and it was really a fluke that I wasn't hit by a hammer." ”

"It's not a fluke!"

Hu Sheng smiled and said to Li Yanqing: "You started to see with your eyes, but then you looked at it with your heart, this is a talent you have since you were a child, come!" Let's change a bucket of rice and continue. ”

The two of them beat three buckets of cooked rice in one go, and Aunt Hu and Qing'er Niang next to them began to make rice cakes with molds, and the round and delicate rice cakes were made.

Xiao Qing'er played happily next to her, pinching two rabbits and a fawn.

After pounding the rice cakes, Li Yanqing stood up and gasped, he was already soaked with sweat, he lifted his shirt and wiped the sweat, at this moment, there were several people talking at the door, and a middle-aged woman asked, "Is Brother Qing here?" ”

It turned out to be Aunt Gu in the village, Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Third aunt, I'm here!" ”

Suddenly, five or six people poured in from outside, all of them were villagers from the same village, they were full of smiles, and they surrounded Li Yanqing and said, "Brother Qing, help us write a few Spring Festival couplets!" ”

Of course, Li Yanqing would not refuse the request of the neighbors, so he asked Hu Shengdao: "Uncle does there anything else you want me to help with?" ”

Hu Sheng shook his head and smiled: "I originally wanted to take you to kill pigs, forget it, I'll take Huzi and Zhuzi, you go and write Spring Festival couplets for everyone, don't forget to write one for me too." ”

"Don't worry, uncle, I can't forget it!"

Li Yanqing went home and got a piece of clothing to put on, and was surrounded by everyone to write Spring Festival couplets.