The next morning, before the morning bell rang, the rooster crowed one after another. Wang Daixi got up early, took a wooden basin filled with water, and cleaned the porcelain bowl he bought yesterday in the courtyard, and there was a clanging sound from time to time.

Chen Xin listened to the movement, and couldn't sleep anymore, so he had to get up too, open the bed tent and see, the walls were full of mosquitoes, fortunately I bought the bed tent yesterday, otherwise don't want to sleep, the city cleanliness of Daming is really worrying, Chen Xin has nothing to eat in this house, there are still two rat holes, there are a few mice crawling around on the windowsill last night, tossing for most of the night.

After getting dressed, Chen Xin cleaned up the silver taels on his body again, the two of them originally brought fifty taels each, yesterday Liu Min bought a house and bought furniture, there was not much left, Chen Xin had to go to work, and the money could not be brought with him, so he wrapped the fifty taels of silver and prepared to give it to Liu Min for a while.

"Looks like it's time to sell the beads." While thinking about it, Chen Xin pushed open the pane, and saw Wang Daixi's small back sitting on the ground, his sleeves and trousers rolled up, and he was washing dishes with a cloth, and the two pigtails were beating regularly.

Hearing the sound of the window opening, Wang Dai looked over happily, saw that it was Chen Xin, and said happily: "Brother Chen is up, I'll fetch water for you to wash your face." ”

After that, he went to the stove and brought a small wooden basin to the big water tank to fetch water for Chen Xin. The water tank was very large, not much shorter than Wang Daixi, the water level in the tank was not high, Wang Daixi was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he had always been malnourished. I saw her tiptoeing and scooping half a basin with great effort, but she couldn't lift it.

Chen Xin didn't refuse Wang Daixi to help him fetch water, but when he saw that she was struggling, he went over to catch it, put it on the stone table, knocked on her head and said, "Isn't there a scoop over there, just use the scoop in the future." ”

Wang Daixi tilted his head and squinted and smiled: "I know, I'm just stupid." ”

Chen Xin also smiled, holding water in both hands and washing his face, cool, when he looked at it again, his reflection was printed in the rippling water, the beard on his chin grew a little, his hair also grew a little, and the green man on the right side, Chen Xin smiled, after crossing he took a serious look at his image for the first time, although it was only ten days, he was already an ancient person, and the white-collar life in the company was as far away as a hundred years, only the professional smile seemed to have not changed.

Wang Daixi looked at him in a daze, tilted his head sideways and asked him, "Brother Chen, isn't this water good, shall I go to the well and get it again?" ”

"No, you don't." Chen Xin came back to his senses, rubbed water on his body, went straight to the store, stretched out his feet and kicked up on the door, "All get up!" ”。

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping inside, and after a while, Zhang Da opened the door with sleepy eyes, looked at Chen Xin and said flatteringly: "Brother Chen is up, I'll help you fetch water and wash your face." ”

"I've washed it, and you're all lined up in the courtyard."

"Can you sleep again, we slept ...... yesterday"

Chen Xin said unquestionably: "No, come out and line up right now." After speaking, he turned around and returned to the courtyard, Zhang Dahui looked real, and he didn't dare to say any more, and the three of them hurriedly went out, the sea dog was the highest, standing on the right, Zhang Dahui was in the middle, and Zhang Erhui was on the left.

"Starting today, I have to get up at dawn, first practice lineup, then physical fitness, 200 push-ups per person, 200 sit-ups. Come again after dinner. ”

"Two hundred, that's too much, ouch."

As soon as Zhang Dahui was halfway through speaking, Chen Xin kicked over, looked at the three of them and said coldly: "I didn't speak during training in the future, no one is allowed to speak, and I have to raise my hand first when I speak." ”

The three of them had never seen Chen Xin's appearance before, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak, and they stood up straight one by one, looking at him a little scared.

"Take joy, you go and cut a few strips of bamboo poles left over from yesterday, right away." As he spoke, Chen Xin pulled out the knife tied to his feet and threw it on the stone table.

Wang Daixi was about to pour Chen Xin's face washing water, and after seeing this scene, he hurriedly put the basin of water, entered the main house on the right, took out a piece of leftover bamboo pole, and cut it at the stove.

"Squeak", Liu Minyou's door opened, the movement in the courtyard was too loud, and he couldn't sleep, so he came out to watch them train under the porch.

Wang Daixi saw it, stood up and said, "Brother Liu, I'll give you a wash water." ”

Chen Xin still said coldly: "Do a good job and then go." ”

Liu Min waved his hand hurriedly: "Bring you busy, I'll come by myself." ”

Wang Daixi timidly sat down again and began to make strips.

A few people stood like this, and the three of them didn't know what Chen Xin was going to do, and looked at Chen Xin with fear, and there was only the sound of Wang Daixi cutting bamboo in the courtyard.

After a while, Wang Daixi finally took two strips over, Chen Xin chose one casually, waved it twice, and tried his strength, and the strips made a whirring wind sound in the air. The three of them couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Now start shouting the trumpet, the fur dog takes the lead, and the three of them shout together."

"The bowl is left, the chopsticks are right"

"The bowl is left, the chopsticks are right"

"First left, then right"

"First left, then right"

"Left hand right foot, left foot right hand"

"Left hand right foot, left foot right hand"

Several people shouted ten times in a row, and there was no mistake, they practiced along the way, and they were quite basic.

"Now come one by one, the sea dogs will shout slogans first, and Zhang will leave."

"Walk, bowl, chopsticks, bowl, chopsticks...... Halt. ”

Zhang Dahui had no problem walking, but as soon as he stopped, he was chaotic, and he didn't stop until he stepped on a few steps. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he exhaled, and the strip broke through the air and hit him on the arm with a snap.

"Oops!"

"Smack", "Don't scream." ”

"Oops!"

"Smack." "Don't scream"

“……”

"How did you do it?"

"After listening to the slogan, step with your left foot and stop with your right foot on your left foot."

"Zhang will shout slogans, and Zhang Er will go."

"Walk, bowl, chopsticks, bowl, chopsticks...... Halt. ”

Zhang Erhui was engrossed in it, and finally went right.

"The second will walk well, the second will shout slogans, and the sea dogs will go."

"Walk, bowl, chopsticks, bowl, chopsticks...... Halt. ”

"Ouch!"

"Smack", "Don't scream." ”

"Oops!"

"Smack." "Don't scream"

“……”

"Come back in order."

After a few rounds, all three of them were beaten, and they all had several red marks on their hands.

Chen Xin took the strip, looked at the three of them and asked, "You can speak now, why did you enter the customs?" ”

"It's a Tartar...... Ah! As soon as Zhang Dahui said half a sentence, the strip came over again.

"As I said at the beginning, you have to raise your hand when you speak."

Zhang Dahui hurriedly raised his hand and replied, "It's the Tartars who occupy our house." ”

"Why did the Tartars take possession of your house?"

Zhang Erhui raised his hand and said, "We can't beat them." ”

"Well said, if you can't beat others, you won't have a home, and now it's not a reasonable world, someone wants to beat your idea, occupy your yard, and break your hands and feet. What do you do? ”

The sea dog raised his hand and said loudly: "Let's hack him to death, but Brother Chen, isn't it good for us to practice swords and guns, why do we have to practice this queue?" ”

"I said that if it is useful, it is useful, and now is not the time for you to practice knives and guns, and more important than knives and guns is discipline. You can't bargain when you train, and in the future, you will train every day as I said, and the following is physical fitness. ”

After Chen Xin finished speaking, he looked at the sky, the morning bell had already struck, and it was time to go to work in the shop. handed the strip to Liu Minyou and said in a low voice: "Minyou, you look at them, if someone makes a mistake, they will be beaten, and they will not be hurt." You have to discipline me well, and you dare to bargain with me. ”

Liu Min responded, sent Chen Xin out, and asked Chen Xin outside the door: "These are children, isn't this too harsh, and besides, there is no need to fight and kill now." If it really doesn't work, let them find a job to do. ”

"Sixteen or seventeen are still young, now they are so old, many of them have married wives and had children, you have seen the example of Dai Zhenggang and them, and you have also seen the Shen family, how can there be any reason to talk about, if you don't practice now, it will be too late to use it." They were not busy with their work beforehand, but they also had to train in the afternoon and read in the evening. ”

Chen Xin thought of something again, "My bag of silver is under my pillow, you take it first, you have to give them meat at noon, and if you can't turn on the fire, you can go to the restaurant to buy it, otherwise the nutrition is not enough, and today Dai Zhenggang is coming, you help arrange for them to stay." ”

After speaking, he went out to the Temple of Literature.

Liu Minyou returned to the courtyard and took the three of them to start practicing physical fitness, which was also taught by Chen Xin on the road, twenty push-ups per group, and now a total of ten sets are done, with a break in the middle of each group.

I have done three groups, everyone is so tired that they are panting, Zhang Erhui is small, the fourth group can't do it, he can't stand up when he crawls on the ground, his face is red, Liu Min can't bear it when he sees it, so he said: "Erhui is small, do half of it, you can go to rest." ”

When Zhang Dahui saw it, he also said to Liu Min: "Brother Liu, I can't do it anymore, I didn't sleep well last night, and I have no strength." ”

"Well, well, you rest ...... too"