Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Gourd Baby Saves Grandpa
The surrounding spectators looked at Gu Tianzhi, and at this time, everyone knew that Gu Tianzhi was the senior brother of Zhao Jinhong just now. This kind of scene where the junior brother is invincible and the senior brother is out of the horse is simply a bridge in the storytelling, and it is also very eye-catching in reality.
Even some passers-by began to whisper, what is the origin of this senior brother Gu Tianzhi.
Hearing that someone inquired about Gu Tianzhi, the disciples of the Zhenwu National Art Hall couldn't help but start boasting about it:
"Our elder brother began to practice martial arts at the age of three, and now he has received the true inheritance of his master."
"Senior Brother's light skills are in our Zhenwu National Art Hall, but they are among the best, even among the young people in the entire Jinmen, there are few people who are his opponents."
"Our senior brother once studied art with Henan's 'Saitaibao', does the 'Saitaibao' know? Taibao is the Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong in the Water Margin, he can travel 800 miles a day, this 'Sai Tai Bao' is even more powerful than Dai Zong! ”
The juniors and disciples boasted for a while, which suddenly made the surrounding spectators feel that this senior brother Gu Tianzhi was so powerful.
At this time, Gu Tianzhi had already stood on the starting line, although he put on a look of ambition, but he didn't dare to underestimate Chen Qiang in his heart. After all, Zhao Jinhong lost to Chen Qiang, and Gu Tianzhi also saw it with his own eyes.
After a gong sounded, Gu Tianzhi lifted the dantian qi, put the tip of his tongue on the tooth socket, used the skill of light power, and rushed forward with a step.
Gu Tianzhi has indeed done some hard work in light work, I saw him running, his steps were elegant, as if he was flying high, it was really a downfall, overbearing, even if he was chasing hard, he also had a free and natural backbone!
Just looking at Gu Tianzhi's running posture and movements, he does have a master's demeanor, but unfortunately, this is a sprint race, not a handsome performance. No matter how elegantly Gu Tianzhi's running movements are, he still lags behind Chen Qiang.
"I can't lose, if I lose, wouldn't it mean that the national arts can't compare to the track and field of Western sports!" Gu Tianzhi took out all his strength without reservation, but found that he still couldn't catch up with Chen Qiang in front.
The distance of fifty or sixty meters is very short, and it can be completed in more than six seconds, which is the kung fu of taking a sip of tea, but it is the kung fu of this sip of tea that makes Gu Tianzhi feel like falling into hell.
"I lost!" Gu Tianzhi watched Chen Qiang rush to the finish line first, and his deeply stricken appearance was no worse than Zhao Jinhong before.
In Gu Tianzhi's view, his failure was not only a loss of face for the master, but also a loss of face for Tianjin Wulin and the entire national art. This failure means that "local sports" lost to "foreign sports", if the national art is sluggish in the future, then he Gu Tianzhi will become a sinner in history!
Chen Qiang didn't know that Gu Tianzhi would have so many ideas, if he knew, he would definitely persuade Gu Tianzhi not to think too much, things are not so complicated.
Martial arts are not inherited by Gu Tianzhi alone. What's more, history has also proved that the so-called "foreign sports" will eventually evolve into a worldwide competitive sport and become a part of the exchanges between different countries and different nationalities, which is the trend of the times and cannot be stopped by one or two people.
"Bow down and say goodbye!" Gu Tianzhi lowered his head a little ashamedly, hugged his fist at Chen Qiang, and then slipped away without replying. The other disciples of the Zhenwu National Art Hall also followed suit and left here.
"Isn't it just a loss of a game, and it's not a shame, as for that!" Chen Qiang complained in his heart, and then continued to greet other visitors.
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The next day, the temple fair continued, and it was still crowded.
In front of the booth of Wuzhou Pharmacy, Chen Qiang was still performing sprints and interacting with passers-by.
After outrunning two passers-by, Chen Qiang asked the crowd, "Which other official is willing to give it a try?" ”
A short young man suddenly burst out of the crowd and hugged his fist at Chen Qiang: "In Xia Zhuang Ziping, the teacher in Xia is 'Scud' Wu Guang, I am here to ask you for advice today!" ”
"Another martial arts practitioner? There are many people who practice martial arts in Tianjin, every day. Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart, and then walked onto the starting line.
Ten seconds later.
"Today, I Zhuang Ziping admitted that it was planted, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, we will have a period in the future!" After Zhuang Ziping finished speaking, he ran away with his head down.
Chen Qiang stayed in place, his face was confused, this Zhuangzi came suddenly, ran faster, and before Chen Qiang could react, the person slipped away.
Chen Qianggang was about to continue to greet other visitors, and someone walked out.
This person also hugged his fist at Chen Qiang: "Under Liu Renjie, I have been learning Tan legs since I was a child, and I came here to ask for advice." ”
Ten seconds later.
"Liu Renjie bowed down and said goodbye!"
After Liu Renjie finished speaking, he didn't enter the crowd and ran away.
"Zhou Congyi, a Shaolin lay disciple below......" A flat-headed man walked out.
Ten seconds later, Zhou Congyi also slipped away.
Chen Qiang suddenly felt that this really seemed to have a sense of déjà vu for a gourd baby to save his grandfather.
has outperformed six martial arts people in Tianjin one after another, and all six of them are ten-second fast men.
After winning six games in a row, Chen Qiang was a little afraid to ask, "Which judge still wants to come up and give it a try", he looked at the crowd around him with a weak face.
Fortunately, no seventh gourd baby came out.
Maybe it's because the six babies are invisible, Chen Qiang can't see it.
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The next day, Chen Qiang had just appeared at the temple fair, and before the warm-up exercise was finished, a strong man in short clothes walked over.
This is the first month, the big winter, but this strong man is wearing shorts with a shoulder, and Chen Qiang feels cold when he looks at it.
"In Xia Yang Jingang, I came to ask for a lesson or two!" The strong man hugged his fist at Chen Qiang.
"I haven't digested my breakfast yet, and the gourd baby is here again!" Chen Qiang couldn't help complaining in his heart.
Now Chen Qiang, when he saw someone hugging his fist at him, he was a little afraid, he looked Yang Jingang up and down, and then asked: "Mr. Yang, it's winter now, and it just snowed a few years ago, aren't you wearing so little?" ”
"Those of us who practice martial arts are practicing three times in winter and three times in summer! Besides, what I am cultivating is a golden bell hood iron cloth shirt, and the thirteen Taibao are practicing horizontally, not afraid of cold and heat! Yang Jingang said proudly.
"Mr. Yang, aren't you practicing light skills?" Chen Qiang asked subconsciously.
"Of course, I have also practiced light skills, but the most proud of it is still the 9981st King Kong Sweeping Leg!" Song Jingang said, patting his thigh.
Chen Qiang looked at Yang Jingang's thighs, he was indeed thick enough, and estimated that if he kicked a ball, he could abolish an opponent with one kick.
"Mr. Song, I'm comparing who is faster here, but I don't want to kick people." Chen Qiang said with a little weakness.
"You are a young student who is less than twenty years old, what am I kicking you for, don't worry, I'm just here to compete with you, which of us is fast!" Yang Jingang opened his mouth and said.
"You can't kick anyone if you lose." Chen Qiang said again.
"I, Yang Jingang, have always been a spit and a nail when I speak, and if I don't kick people, I won't kick people!" Yang Jingang patted his chest and said.
"Alright then, let's do it once." Chen Qiang agreed.
Ten seconds later, Yang Jingang lowered his head in shame and fled like a rat crossing the street.
When he left, Yang Jingang was still secretly thinking, he really wanted to give Chen Qiang a kick of King Kong to sweep the hall!
On this day, Chen Qiang defeated four gourd babies again.
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Chen Qiang is not a person who practices martial arts, and he doesn't know anything about martial arts, so he doesn't know that at this time in Tianjin martial arts, there are many conservative martial artists who have regarded Chen Qiang as a thorn in the flesh.
The thirties was the time when the competition between Tuyang and foreign sports was the most intense, and Tianjin, as the largest city in the north at that time and the city with the largest concentration of martial artists in the north, was naturally the most critical place for the battle between Tuyang and foreign sports.
In the eyes of those martial artists who support "earth sports", light skills are lost to sprinting, and that's worth it! Doesn't this mean that traditional Chinese arts have lost to Western sports?
That's a no-no, so you have to take on the challenge! You have to fight back the face of the national arts.
So the gourd baby's action to save his grandfather began, and every day the gourd baby came to line up to send people's heads.
Some reporters also came to join in the fun, and then deliberately hyped up the dispute between traditional Chinese arts and Western sports to boost the sales of the newspaper.
Ordinary people are not too big to watch the excitement, anyway, there are no cultural and entertainment activities in this year, go to the teahouse to listen to cross talk, go to the theater to listen to the play, go to the cinema to watch the movie, it all costs money, come to this temple fair to see the martial arts masters challenge the athletes, you don't have to spend a penny to watch a fun, right good thing!
So at the temple fair, Chen Qiang always watched countless people, and many people simply came early in the morning, took a horse and sat in the front row, waiting to see the excitement.
Wuzhou Pharmacy is happy to see it, they invited Chen Qiang to come over, it was originally to attract popularity, and now most of the popularity of the temple fair has been attracted, and it is too late for Wuzhou Pharmacy to be happy!
The people who came to challenge Chen Qiang were all young people in the Tianjin martial arts.
The masters of the Grandmaster level in Tianjin are also in their early forties, and the older ones are in their sixties and seventies. Chen Qiang is only seventeen years old this year, and those masters who have become famous must not be able to challenge Chen Qiang in person, otherwise they will inevitably fall into the reputation of bullying the small.
Moreover, to challenge Chen Qiang as a famous master, if he wins, he will bully the small, and it will not be glorious at all, and if he loses, it will be even more embarrassing, and it is estimated that he will not be able to raise his head in Tianjin martial arts in the future.
The masters who became famous all cherish their feathers very much, so they sent their own apprentices and grandchildren, the kind of young people in their twenties and thirties, to challenge Chen Qiang.
The younger generation of martial artists are happy to challenge Chen Qiang, as long as they can win against Chen Qiang, it will be a victory for "local sports" against "foreign sports", then the challenger who wins can also be famous in Tianjin martial arts!
But the younger generation of Tianjin martial arts, whether it is a master of light skills, a master of footwork, or a master of legs, no one can win Chen Qiang.
Of course, this does not mean that these challengers cannot practice kung fu at home, nor is it that national martial arts are not as good as Western sports. It's because national arts and track and field are fundamentally different things, and there is no comparison at all.
If it were in later generations, people would definitely think that it was a ridiculous thing to compare light skills with sprinting, but in the twenties and thirties, not long after modern sports entered China, people didn't know about sports at all. Many people think that light work is running and jumping, and track and field is also running and jumping.
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The temple fair in Tianhou Temple lasted until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and then Nankai University also opened, and Chen Qiang returned to campus life.
There is no gourd baby to save grandpa, and there is no martial arts master to send the head, Chen Qiang's mood is much more comfortable.
The Spring Festival in 1931 was in mid-February, and now after the fifteenth day of the first month, it has entered March, and there are still more than two months before this year's North China Games.
"Gourd baby, gourd baby, seven gourds and one flower, wind and rain, not afraid, lalalala......" Chen Qiang hummed a little song, walked out of the classroom, and walked towards the playground.
A figure flashed and appeared in front of Chen Qiang very abruptly.
"Is Your Excellency Chen Qiang?" The man asked.
Chen Qiang nodded: "I'm Chen Qiang, do you have something to do with me?" ”
This person clenched his fist at Chen Qiang.
Seeing the other party hugging his fist, Chen Qiang was shocked, and before the other party could speak, Chen Qiang guessed what this person was here for.
"The gourd baby is here to save grandpa again! It's really casual chatter, I'm also cheap, and I don't hum a gourd baby! ”
I only heard this person speak: "In Xia Liu Beizhou, the master of the rivers and lakes gave the nickname 'Sai Shi Qian', I heard that Your Excellency's Western light skills are very good, and you are invincible all over Tianjin, and you specially came from Cangzhou to ask for advice!" ”
"Western light work? Where is this, I just practice sprinting, and it becomes a Western light skill in his mouth. This person is still from Cangzhou, this is far away, as for it! Chen Qiang shook his head helplessly, he knew that the gourd baby who came this time was a sports novice.
In the eyes of Zhao Beizhou, sprinting with Chen Qiang is probably a duel on behalf of the national art and Western light skill.
At this time, Chen Qiang was really helpless, he thought that the temple fair was over, and these martial arts masters should not come to challenge him, but he didn't expect people to come directly to the school.
"If it goes on like this, it's endless!"
Chen Qiang didn't bother to explain to Zhao Beizhou what track and field was, so he went directly to the playground and ran a hundred meters, driving away Zhao Beizhou, who was "moving in time for the race".
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Half an hour later, Chen Qiang was called to the principal's office by Zhang Boling.
"I heard that someone came to the school today to challenge you?" Zhang Boling asked with a smile.
"Sir, I'm worried about this!" Chen Qiang told Zhang Boling what happened.
Zhang Boling nodded and said: "The dispute between Tuyang and foreign sports has indeed been around for a long time, but in the final analysis, it is because Chinese people don't understand sports. As you said, those who don't know about sports regard athletics as a Western light skill. A few years ago, when Western gymnastics was introduced to China, many people regarded gymnastics as a national martial arts, and some people even looked for Germans to compete in gymnastics. ”
After Zhang Boling finished speaking, his voice changed, and he continued: "I really don't blame you for this matter, since it is a fair competition, it is also appropriate not to give in to each other, and it is correct that you did not release water." But this martial arts in Tianjin is extremely face-saving. In the early years, there were foreign masters who came to Tianjin to call for battle, but all of them were defeated, and there were also southern masters who wanted to come to Tianjin to gain a foothold, and they all returned with feathers. This martial arts in Tianjin can't tolerate outsiders. So you're really in trouble. ”
"What Mr. said is, I'm not worried about losing to those martial arts masters, it's just that this endless challenge is indeed a bit annoying. It also affected my usual training. Chen Qiang said.
Zhang Boling thought for a while and said, "In this way, tomorrow morning, I will take you to meet someone, maybe he will have a way to solve this matter." ”
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