Chapter 13: Shame
Zhao Ta carefully watched Meng Tao's every move, listened to his explanation, and secretly admired in his heart, it can be seen from his frame that Meng Tao's kung fu is not shallow, Zhao Ta learned his posture to stand well, Meng Tao slightly adjusted his posture, and said: "Second master, when you first stand up, your legs and feet are often sore, and for a long time, you feel loose and weak. ”
Zhao Ta knew that Meng Tao was right, but his body was not strong, and after standing for a while, his legs and stomach trembled, then his buttocks sagging, and then his stomach ached.
"Second master, hold on, Zama can't be straight with his feet down, and his five hearts are not real; Do not bend your back when standing, and bend your waist to prevent you from getting down; Do not stand up immediately, if the legs are unbearable to bear the pain, the progress will be slow and unsuccessful; Avoid shrugging shoulders, tilting heads, stiffening, blurring eyes, knees over tiptoes and pouting buttocks..."
Before Meng Tao's words were finished, Zhao Ta sat on the ground, saw that Xi was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, and asked in a panic: "Second master, didn't you fall?" ”
"It's okay!" Zhao Ta felt that his ass and balls were red, and he broke free from Jianxi's hand and said, "Master Meng, I'm sorry, I'll continue to practice!" After speaking, he tied up the horse again, and insisted on the kung fu without half a pillar of incense and lay down again, not that he didn't want to insist, but his body really couldn't stand it, just for a while, and his close-fitting clothes were soaked.
"Master Meng, I'll come again!" Zhao Ta got up with trembling legs and said embarrassedly.
Meng Tao didn't expect Zhao Ta's body to be so weak, he sighed and said: "Second master, practicing martial arts is not an overnight thing, it must be gradual, the second master will practice in his own courtyard according to what I said in the future, and when you can stand on a stick of incense, I will continue to teach you!" ”
"Master Meng, it's okay, I'll go back and practice regularly!" Zhao Ta arched his hand and said, his face was embarrassed today, he said with a red face and a thick neck, and then limped back with the help of Jianxi.
"Old Meng, why did the second master leave?" At this time, Yang Feng ran over and asked.
"His body is too weak to even take a steady step, and he can't teach..." Meng Tao shook his head and said.
"Lao Meng, you are really a person, the child is just trying to be lively, what do you expect him to practice! Just teach him a few tricks to look good and make him happy. Yang Feng couldn't help but complain when he heard it.
"If you don't practice martial arts, when you get old, learning a few tricks will only hurt him in the future!" Meng Tao threw down his sentence and left.
"Alas!" Yang Feng sighed, he had already guessed the identity of Zhao Ta, the disciples of various princes in the capital had an official body, and he could have been able to get closer to the relationship between the two by teaching him martial arts, and he would have been able to mix his background in the future, but such a good opportunity let Meng Tao, who was not romantic, let it go, he pinched his head because of a hangover and had a headache and secretly hated himself for drinking too much last night.
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At this time, it was already bright, Zhao Ta suddenly found that there were red lanterns hanging everywhere, a group of people were busy on the stage, and a colorful shed was also set up at the door, which was covered with various colors of silk flowers, "See Xi, what is this doing?" He asked, puzzled.
"Master, why did you forget, the tenth day of October is Tianning Festival, the emperor's birthday, it's just here!" Miki said in surprise.
"Oh, it's my father's birthday soon." Zhao Ta said abruptly, but he didn't think so, this is the same as the leader of a certain country in his previous life, everyone in the whole country has to toss around on his birthday, not to mention the loss of money and money, and if you don't forget it, you have to be punished for the crime of disrespect.
"If you are in Beijing, you will have to prepare a month ago, the congratulatory gifts of the local government have arrived, the state capitals everywhere will celebrate, and the ladies in the palace will also go to Xiangguo Temple and Lingxiao Palace tomorrow to pray for the emperor, and the palace will have a big banquet in the next few days, which is very lively!" Jianxi said with anticipation on his face.
"Then I will go back to the capital tomorrow to celebrate my father's birthday, let's prepare to return to Beijing next time."
"Second master, I can't help it, there is no will in the palace, we can't just enter Beijing, let's go to the congratulatory table!" Seeing Xi, he was frightened, if this master made trouble, he would have to be unlucky.
Fortunately, Zhao Ta didn't mention it again, thought about it for a while and asked, "Then what will the other brothers in the capital do?" ”,
"This, it seems to be to go everywhere to offer incense, fast for a few days, and pray for the emperor..." I haven't seen it before, but I've heard the old people say a word, and I can't decide for a while.
"Do we have a temple or Taoist temple near here?" Zhao Ta asked, whether ancient or modern, Chinese pay attention to filial piety, if he has nothing to say, it will reach his father's ears, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat.
"Yingtianfu is there, but it is still a hundred miles too far away from us, and there are only some small rural temples around, which are not as big as the Taoist temples in our house.
"Well, then in the Taoist temple in the mansion, I will go there to fast for three days and pray for my father!" Zhao Ta said that he no longer understands this era, and he also knows that filial piety is the tradition of the Chinese nation, and he has no feelings for this 'father', but he is also his father.
"Second master, there is no one in our view, since the accident, Mingyue was killed, Qingyun, the bull nose, was afraid of being implicated, so he was so frightened that he ran away secretly with the remaining apprentices!" Jianxi said with a bitter face.
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, just I'll go back to Beijing tomorrow, and I can still catch up to celebrate my father's birthday!" Zhao Tan hadn't been to the Taoist temple for a while, and he was scared away like his unlucky teacher, but he ran away, and the things he needed were gone, which made him very angry.
"Second master, don't worry, I'll discuss it with the official!" Seeing that the prince was about to go crazy, he saw that he sent the prince into the courtyard, and he hurried to ask Huang Jingchen.
After breakfast, Zhao Ta quietly went out, and at this time, a group of geese in the air chirped and flew in a neat row, "The northern geese return to the south, they still have a home, where is my home?" He looked up to the sky and sighed, although Zhao Ta had been in this world for a year, he didn't have a sense of belonging, he always felt that he was just dreaming, and when he woke up, he would return to the original noisy world.
At this time, a lonely goose flew in mourning, trying to catch up with the team, but their distance was getting farther and farther, leaving it far behind, Zhao Ta raised his head and watched the lonely figure slowly disappear into the sky, "I am the lonely goose, no relatives, no friends, and I have become an unlucky person who was thrown by God in this strange world!" ”
"Second master, the rapeseed we planted has sprouted, and the leeks grow the fastest, and they are all one inch high!" Zhao Ta under the guidance of inertia, involuntarily came to the greenhouse again, Zhao Xin said happily when he saw him, and several other people also nodded excitedly, they didn't expect that in this early winter, the seeds could still germinate, which broke their previous understanding.
"Oh, that's great!" Zhao Ta woke up from the chaos, and saw everyone's excitement, which also made him forget his troubles for a while, and entered the greenhouse surrounded by several people, the sun had risen, the straw curtain for keeping warm had been closed, and the sunlight was sprinkled all over every corner. Zhao Renzheng took a few other people to water, and they all took off their cotton jackets and only wore a jacket, still sweaty.
"It's hot in the conservatory, it's cold outside, everyone must wear good clothes when they go out, don't get frostbite!" Zhao Ta said to a few watering guys.
"Second master, don't worry, we're in good health!" Zhao Ren said with a smile.
Zhao Ta squatted down with a smile, watching the green seedlings arch out of the ground one by one, and there were still a few drops of dew hanging on the young leaves, growing tenaciously, and the unhappiness in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"Zhao Ren, this leek doesn't need to be watered, if you water it again, it will rot the roots!" Zhao Ta grabbed a handful of soil and grabbed it in his hand and said, "Be careful when loosening the soil of the cucumber over there, don't touch the leaves and hurt the roots, the eggplant will grow up and divide the seedlings, the temperature is high at noon, open the door for ventilation..." He pointed out the matters that need to be paid attention to in a few small places, but unfortunately the variety of vegetables in this era is limited, coriander, celery, he tried to grow some of them, and later generations of peppers, tomatoes, and even potatoes did not have them, and they had to wait hundreds of years to eat.
"Second master, this gourd (some people say it is the tender gourd now, some people say no, but another kind of gourd, here is the right to be a gourd) when it is listed in early summer every year, it can be sold for more than ten yuan a pair, if we plant it in winter, I don't know how much it can be sold!"
"What?!" Zhao Ta was a little surprised, a pair could be worth so much money, "That's it, let's plant gourds on that piece of land, if there is a bumper harvest, we will eat meat every day!" He thought for a moment and made a new decision.
"The second master has to count when he speaks!" Zhao Xin said.
"Of course, the big husband has made a word, and the horse is difficult to chase!"
"Let's pull the hook, don't rely on the debt!" Zhao Xin stretched out his little finger and said, and the others also took the opportunity to coax.
"Good!" Zhao Ta had to stretch out his hand and hook his fingers together, "Hang yourself with a hook, you can't change it for a hundred years!" ”
"Second master, have you ever farmed? Today Lao Li Tou came in and took a look, he said that it was not for the old style of planting the land for ten years, it would not be able to make such a land, I told him that it was according to the instructions of the second master, and he still didn't believe it! Zhao Yi asked curiously.
"This... I'll tell you about this later! It was hard to explain, so he had to pretend to be mysterious.
Just as everyone was talking and laughing, suddenly the little guys all shut up and stood up in a proper manner, Zhao Ta looked back and saw that Jianxi had come in, they were not afraid of Zhao Ta, but they were very afraid of Jianxi, the 'direct leader'.
"Second master, the senior official agreed, I have already asked them to clean up!" Seeing the happy cat, he leaned down and said in his ear.
"Well, tell them not to mess with what's inside!" Zhao Ta nodded and admonished, there may be something he can use there, he is afraid that the little yellow doors will be ruined.
"I've already commanded it!" Jianxi whispered, he is still very eye-catching, in the past, every time the prince went, he had to get something back, but now Qingyun and they have run away, it happens to be his.