Since then, Xiao Guozi has been going to practice martial arts with Master Hu.

Master Hu said that if you want to learn martial arts well, you first need to boil your muscles and bones, the so-called external training of muscles and bones, and internal training of a breath, which is what he said, if you train your body like steel and iron, you will already be invincible. Therefore, the first step of practice is the practice of physical fitness, Hu Shi requires the small pot to come to the playground every morning, first run ten laps around the playground, and then lift the stone lock, throw the stone ball, after the preliminary practice is completed, it is necessary to increase the amount of practice, such as tying sandbags on the legs, and also learning the routines of fists and feet, knives and guns.

The small pot is naturally obedient and accepts them all.

Lying in bed at night, Xiao Guozi thought that tomorrow he would start to practice kung fu with the master, he was not excited, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time, he slept until midnight, he would wake up suddenly, thinking that he had slept for an hour, look at the hourglass, the time was still early, and then he lay down again, and so on, and finally looked forward to the time, he got up busily, put on his clothes and quietly covered the door, and ran to the playground.

It was still dark, the moon hung in the treetops to the west, glowing white, and there was silence all around.

Xiao Guozi heard the tapping sound of his own footsteps, in such an open place before, he would always be afraid when walking alone at night, he felt that there was a person quietly following him, he would go if you walked, and he would stop when you stopped. But today, he was not afraid at all, there was only one excitement in his heart, and there was an excited voice in his heart that kept shouting: I am going to practice, I am going to have the ability, and I have hope for revenge. The little pot was so excited that his face was flushed.

Before he arrived at the playground, he saw a black shadow standing in the playground, and hurriedly ran over, and sure enough, it was the black-faced master. Hurriedly stepped forward and stood still, and called crisply: "Master." ”

"Well, it's okay, I wasn't late, I started running and made ten laps around the playground." Hu Shi said with a straight face.

The playground of the college is very large, which is used by the students of the college when they take gymnastics classes, and it is occasionally used for horse racing during the New Year's holidays, and each lap is nearly a mile long, so for a seven or eight-year-old child, running ten laps is a difficult task to complete. Xiao Guozi only ran around once, and he felt stuffy in his chest and dry in his throat, but he didn't say a word and continued to insist. On the second lap, he felt that his legs were no longer his own, his lungs were like pulling a bellows, although he opened his mouth, he couldn't absorb more qi, and in the third lap, he really couldn't run, and his feet collapsed to the ground as soon as he was weak, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"Hurry up, pretend to be a dead dog, and keep running." Master Hu shouted and scolded.

Struggling to get up, the little pot continued to staggering forward, only running a few dozen steps, and fell to the ground again, the skin on his knees and hands rubbed against the rough ground, and a layer was worn off, and there were bloody streaks, and it hurt hotly. The small pot was lying on the ground, and the strength of his whole body seemed to be taken away, and he really wished that he would lie down like this for a while, panting evenly, but he knew that he had to get up and continue running, because he had promised Master that he would not be afraid of hardship, would not be afraid of tiredness, and would persevere.

Get up and continue to run, the foot is no longer your own, your brain is empty, only your own heavy breathing is left around, only the road in front of you is bounced, how can that road run by itself? Why is stepping on it like stepping on clouds, road, you be quiet, don't run around, my eyes are spent, I feel like I can't step on the ground.

Eventually, he couldn't run anymore, his feet stumbled, and he fell straight to the ground, his mind blank.

Maybe it was only after a while, or maybe it was a long time, the little pot came to his senses, and saw that he was in the arms of the master, the master opened two eyes like copper bells, looked at him nervously, and saw that he was awake, so he breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the water bladder from behind, poured a few mouthfuls into the small pot, and said, "You scared me to death, and you fell down like this while running, and you didn't agree." How's it going? ”

"Master, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be lazy, I really can't run." The little pot said with some shame.

"I know, I know, your body is too weak, and you blame me, your heart is too anxious, you should take your time. That's it for today, continue tomorrow, run three laps first, get used to it, and then slowly add up. Master Hu comforted.

"Well, I'm not going to disgrace you." The small pot clenched his fists and expressed his determination to the master.

At this moment, the sky is already bright, a round of sun in the east jumps out of the ground, the sky is shining, and the end is very beautiful. Xiao Guozi looked at the Caixia in the sky, and remembered the day when the whole family was killed, that day he was lying alone on the tree in the yard, the sky was also so beautiful, the blue sky and white clouds, the glow of the glow was colorful, so beautiful that it made people feel refreshed, but under the beautiful glow, there was countless blood, with the deepest pain. Xiao Guozi's face couldn't help but darken, and tears welled up in his eyes again.

"What are you crying about? Do you retreat at the slightest setback? Do you still want to learn martial arts? Master Hu reprimanded loudly.

"Master, I'm not ......," Xiao Guozi hurriedly defended, "I miss my mother and family." ”

"A good man is ambitious in all directions, how can he be a mother-in-law and mother!" Hu Shi didn't know about the tragedy that happened in Xiaoguozi's family, and he thought that he was an ordinary child who missed his parents.

The little pot looked at the sky, suddenly oops, turned over, and it was time to buy breakfast for Professor Zhang, there was originally a gap of more than half an hour between practicing martial arts and buying breakfast, and on the first day of martial arts practice today, it seems that he hasn't practiced much, and the time doesn't know that it's passed, and I don't know that the professor won't reprimand himself today.

Dragging his heavy legs, the small pot walked back to the dormitory, and bought breakfast from the street, the leg seemed to be a thousand pounds at first, but after walking for a while, it became more relaxed, but the wounds on the hands and knees were more painful.

During breakfast, the professor saw that he was walking differently than usual, and his hand holding the rice was also a little trembling, and he spilled a lot of soy milk, and asked strangely, "Little pot, what's wrong today?" Doesn't it seem like a normal day? ”

Xiao Guozi didn't dare to hide it, so he told the professor about his apprenticeship, and talked about how he insisted but did not meet Master Hu's requirements, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"You actually worshipped Hu Changhu as a teacher? To learn martial arts? The professor looked surprised.

"Yes, the kid wants to learn a skill and not be bullied." The small pot replied.

"The so-called everything is inferior, only reading is high, don't you know? If you don't seek progress from studying, if you get a reputation in the future, you can also be a wife and a son, but you learn this stupid martial arts, you are simply putting the cart before the horse, which is insulting. The professor said angrily.

"Sir, I still have to read the book, but I hope that I have the ability to protect myself first." The small pot replied. In fact, the most important purpose of learning martial arts in his heart is to avenge his family, find the murderer, and punish the murderer with his own hands. But he didn't tell the professor.

"Among all paths, reading is fundamental, you look at history, all people who have great achievements are not out of reading, even those famous generals with outstanding martial arts, all of them are familiar with military books, Guan Yun is good at "Spring and Autumn", Yue Fei is good at Liutao, I have seen his handwritten article Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table", it is really a golden hook and silver stroke, iron bones, and a great grandmaster style, so it is not impossible to learn martial arts, but the text always needs to be put in the first place, do you know." The professor said.

"The kid got it." Xiao Guozi bowed down to be taught, but there was still a voice in his heart shouting, I want to practice martial arts, I want to practice martial arts, I can't kill those enemies with articles alone, I want revenge, I can only rely on martial arts.

"Then why did you find Hu Changhu to learn martial arts?" The professor asked with a smile as he picked up a fritter.

"Ah, this, it was introduced by the eldest brother Cao Xiwen, he said that this Master Hu is eighteen kinds of martial arts, proficient in everything, usually more than a dozen people have no way to get close to him, Master told us that when he joined the army, with a knife, he killed seven in and seven out of the enemy barracks, and captured the leader of the enemy army alive, and beat a BMW into the air with one punch, he is a big hero, a big master, I must learn from him, Master, are you right?" The little pot introduced to the professor with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Uh, this, yes, yes, you have to study hard, I hope you can learn a skill as soon as possible." The professor seemed to be a little insincere, but the little pot was excited, but he didn't see it at all.

After breakfast, the professor went to class, the small pot was idle, thinking about it, he thought it was to find Master Hu, about Wang Xi died and lived, and the body disappeared, he couldn't figure it out, I hope Master Hu can solve his doubts from the perspective of martial arts.

I didn't find Master Hu on the gymnastics, and I went to Master Hu's dormitory to look for it, but I still didn't find it, Xiao Guozi guessed that Master Hu must have gone out for breakfast, he didn't have a waiter, and he usually went out for breakfast.

It is said that this Xianyan town is not very big, a street runs through the east and west, the middle is a blue brick paving, three carriages can be parallel, the shops in the town are lined up on both sides of the street, there are not many breakfast shops, most of them are gathered together, it is easy to find, these days the small pot buys breakfast for the professor every day, and he has long been familiar with the terrain here, which shop sells what, which boss is kind, which boss is blunt, he also generally knows it, so he is not too anxious, walking on the street, walking and seeing.

As I walked, I suddenly saw a group of people not far in front of me, looking at the location, it was the stall of the widow Wang who sold wontons. This widow is about 30 years old, born tall, slightly darker, with a loud voice, doing things in a hurry, but her personality is extremely refreshing. Because she is a widow who is not very old, so there are always some men who come here to eat, make her jokes, say some words, the widow is not as shy as ordinary people think, or annoyed and angry, but anti-customer-oriented, see the trick, you have to speak, I have to speak, you don't distinguish between the primary, I also play snakes with sticks, often joke people to the end of their blush, automatically shut up, provoke the surrounding audience to laugh, very happy. Although the widow can eat meat and vegetables when joking with these men, and can call a few brothers and sisters with anyone, but in fact, she is a very square person in her heart, never one step beyond the thunder pool, if someone really has bad intentions, she can be scolded by her from the street to the end of the street, without a trace of face, therefore, she has never had a bad reputation, and when Xiao Guozi was begging a few days ago, she also helped him several times, so that Xiao Guozi has always been grateful.

Xiao Guozi saw a bunch of people crowded in front of the widow's stall, afraid that something would happen, so he quickly squeezed forward to see what was going on.

This look couldn't help but surprise him.