Time flies, summer has arrived.

Go out to herd cattle in the morning and come back in the afternoon to learn calligraphy. Li Xin repeated this kind of life for more than two months.

Sometimes I would go to find Meixiu, play for a long time, every time Meixiu would bring a lot of food, sometimes Xiaoli also followed, Meixiu felt that there was one more person to share her food, and she was very reluctant. At this time, Li Xin could only smile, the child's mind is like this.

Xiaoli often came to accompany Li Xin to the mountain to herd cattle, and ate a few hares, pheasants, turtle doves, etc. on the mountain, and ate whatever she caught.

During this period, Li Xin made nunchucks. The production was simple, and I found two similar wooden sticks that were half a foot long, and connected them with a thick hemp rope in the middle. When practicing, she smashed her head a few times, which made Xiaoli laugh for a long time. Li Xinxin thought that he was too young to master such a "domineering" weapon. After Li Xin was persuaded by his own reason, he decided to give up the nunchuck and talk about it later. In this way, the nunchuck, which Li Xin had always been proud of, was thrown into the corner.

After Li Xin crossed over, he wanted to practice martial arts. Thinking of many people, in order to learn martial arts, they are often deceived and do not say anything, and they also delay their youth. Fortunately, there is a real master Cui Jiu by his side. I went to find Cui Jiu several times in the past two months, but Cui Jiu didn't answer and walked away alone. made Li Xin depressed.

That morning, Li Xin led the cow to the mountain, ran back, and found Cui Jiu again. Again begged Cui Jiu to teach him martial arts.

This time, Cui Jiu didn't walk away and asked a question: "Why do you want to learn martial arts?" ”

Li Xin said in high spirits: "For the country and the people, the great man of chivalry; hoe the strong and help the weak, and uphold justice. ”

Cui Jiu frowned and said, "To be honest." ”

Li Xin changed his words: "I learned martial arts in order to strengthen my physique, cultivate the spirit of hard work, carry forward our traditional culture, let the rivers and lakes kill less, and experience the essence of martial arts of "stopping fighting for martial arts". ”

Cui Jiu's eyes widened. The voice was a little heavier: "Tell the truth. ”

Li Xin clearly knew Cui Jiu's character, and when he repeated the same words more than three times, he would never have another chance. Now that Cui Jiu repeated it for the second time, he could only say the reason why he was reluctant to say it: "I want to go to the rivers and lakes in the future, and if I can't fight, I will run faster, so as not to get hurt." The purpose of learning martial arts is to save your life, and to help some people who can help you on the premise of saving your life. ”

Cui Jiu nodded and said, "Well, if you can, you can fight, and if you can't, you can run." This is a necessary means to mix the rivers and lakes. You're right. ”

Li Xin said secretly: "What are these words? Can this be the words of a master? If you let others hear it, you can't laugh to death? ”

Cui Jiu seemed to see through Li Xin's thoughts: "Do you think I said it shamelessly?" ”

Li Xin was speechless and said secretly: If these words are not shameless, then what is shameless?

Cui Jiu continued: "Every year, there will be a lot of hot-blooded young people in the rivers and lakes, most of whom have studied hard since childhood and suffered a lot of hardships that ordinary people can't bear. After the art was completed, he had great ambitions and began to act chivalrous. Do you know? Many people have died, maybe they don't understand that their martial arts are good until they die, why they died at the hands of someone whose martial arts are obviously lower than him. Do you know? ”

Li Xin shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"That's because the rivers and lakes are sinister, and the fittest survive. In order to survive, many people had to die. There are also those who survive, and there are also the kind of people you mentioned earlier, 'for the country and the people, the great man of chivalry; hoe the strong and help the weak, and uphold justice. Such a person has very good martial arts and a strong background, either he can't kill him, or considering the consequences after killing him, the murderer can't afford it, and there are few such people who can survive, at least I haven't encountered it. There is also a kind of person who is particularly lucky, and if he is lucky, of course he can't die, and of course he can't be called lucky when he dies. The most common one is to be smart, and when you have a premonition of danger, you will avoid it from afar. What kind of person do you think? ”

Li Xin thought for a while: "The first type of person is obviously not me; The second kind of luck is good, and it's hard to say whether I'm lucky or not; I don't know the third type of people yet. ”

Cui Jiu said: "People who have never wandered the rivers and lakes envy the sword to go to the end of the world and come and go freely. In fact, they know what the rivers and lakes are, and if they don't go deep into the rivers and lakes, you don't know the suffering of the people in the rivers and lakes, and many times they have to earn an eye when they sleep, for fear of being plotted in the dark night, and they can no longer see the rising sun. To be honest, I only came here to get a good night's sleep. I don't know how long I'll live like this, but I'll be back one day. As soon as a person steps into the rivers and lakes, as long as you are alive, you will never be able to leave the rivers and lakes. ”

Li Xin has always envied the people who wander the rivers and lakes, and I saw in movies and TV that the protagonist is suave and suave, and the beauties around him are like clouds, no matter how big the matter, no matter how many tricks are used on the protagonist, it is thrilling and dangerous, and it is finally done.

Cui Jiudao: "On the rivers and lakes, I killed a lot of people, many of these people I think should be killed, and some people could have not killed, but in a certain environment, they had to be killed." As the saying goes, 'people are in the rivers and lakes, but they can't help themselves'. In the past few years, I have also been thinking, at that time, I thought that the people who should be killed, should they really be killed? I also know that many people in the rivers and lakes want to kill me, but they can't find where I am now. But things in the world have causes and effects, and one day someone will come to the door, I just want them to find me later. ”

Li Xin was silent.

"Martial arts are like weapons, when you are in danger, you will use it, if you win, it will cause you trouble, and if you lose, it will take your life. If you don't know martial arts, you can't pose a mortal threat to others, so you will only lose, and you will lose, and many times, you will not lose your life. ”

"Life is also like a gamble, martial arts is one of your capitals, so that you have a better chance of winning."

Cui Jiu saw Li Xin pondering and said, "Do you still want to practice martial arts?" ”

The summer sun is unusually strong, and the dense foliage can't block its light, and it is shrouded in heat.

The scorching heat made Li Xin break out in a cold sweat.

In Cui Jiu's eyes, the rivers and lakes are so complicated, messy, and full of danger. It's rare for Cui Jiu to say so many things today, and many words are contradictory and illogical, but this is Cui Jiu's feelings, and Li Xin can understand it.

Cui Jiu's core meaning is one: "The rivers and lakes are dangerous, you are armed with martial arts, and you have brought threats to others." Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are conflicts. In conflict, others can only destroy your life in order to eliminate the threat you pose. If you don't have martial arts and don't pose a threat to others, it won't bring you a fatal disaster. ”

Li Xin said secretly: "Cui Jiu ignored one thing, the sinister human heart is more dangerous than the ability of force, and the real master does not need to kill himself." Learning martial arts is just an extra layer of protection, and survival depends on wisdom, insight and judgment. I have traveled over by myself and gained more than 2,000 years of knowledge, which is my advantage. ”

Thinking of this, Li Xin strengthened his thoughts: "Uncle Nine, I want to learn martial arts, please teach me!" ”

Cui Jiu stared at Li Xin's half-salary, and sighed when he saw his resolute attitude.

Li Xin met Cui Jiu's electric gaze without fear.

Cui Jiu's last sentence was: "Come back the day after tomorrow!" ”

"Why?" Li Xinqi said, he was a little confused, and he didn't understand why Cui Jiu wanted him to come back the day after tomorrow.

Only Cui Jiu's back answered him.

Is there any difference the day after tomorrow?