Upper portion; The wind is calm and prosperous, and now Chapter 9 Pushing stones and smashing holes
The autumn breeze is blowing, and the weather is getting cooler.
The water flow in the cave is getting smaller and smaller, and there are fewer fish. Seeing that winter is approaching, there has been no rain in the Daojing Valley for several months. The weather is dry and the leaves are falling!
Suddenly, the weather turned cold, the sky was gray, and the drizzle was non-stop. A week later, the north wind blew, the dark clouds cleared, and the sky cleared again!
In the cave, the old man still sat still in the cabin. The light around his body brightened and wrapped him tightly. The lights on the spaceship are also brighter, which can be used for Liang Qiangping to light and keep warm. Now that the weather is cold, Liang Qiangping has no warm clothes, so he has to rely on the light to keep warm.
The golden dragon is still in good spirits, and he has been with Liang Qiangping for a while and has regarded him as a good friend, or even half a master. Liang Qiangping signaled that he would do whatever he wanted, and he would do it, but the only thing that didn't work was that he was not allowed to get close to the old man.
In the evening, they grilled fish together and ate it again.
Liang Qiangping's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he feels hungry all day long. The golden dragon is very patient, catches a lot of fish every day, and the crab comes back for him to eat. Because of the long time he spent practicing every day, Liang Qiangping didn't have much energy to catch fish, and it was all caught by the golden dragon in the hole. At present, there is less groundwater, and there are fewer and fewer fish and crabs, and if this continues, the fish and crabs in the cave must be eaten!
Liang Qiangping held the grilled fish in both hands, took a heavy bite, and stared at the golden dragon with both eyes. The golden dragon craned its neck and hung its head to watch him eat.
Liang Qiangping smiled and said, "Brother Long, I've worked hard for you this time!" ”
The golden dragon snorted a few times.
Liang Qiangping continued: "Brother Long, the fish in the cave are almost finished by us, what should we do next? ”
The golden dragon swung the tentacles on its head for a moment, stretched its neck and pointed out of the hole.
Liang Qiang understood calmly and said, "Brother Long, did you say that you were looking for food outside the cave?" ”
The golden dragon nodded. Liang Qiangping said: "But I can't get out, what should I do?" ”
The golden dragon waved its tentacles again, straightened its head and thought for a moment, then pointed to a stone wall on the left side of the cave with its tentacle finger.
Liang Qiangping didn't know what he meant, could it be that he wanted me to get out of that stone wall? The golden dragon shook his head. Liang Qiangping asked: "What does that mean?" ”
The golden dragon climbed under the stone wall, rolled up a small stone with its tail, and threw it upwards with all his might, smashing the stone into the stone wall. Liang Qiangping seems to have realized, could it be that Brother Long wants me to smash an exit on this stone wall?
The golden dragon nodded. Liang Qiangping looked dazed, this stone wall is extremely solid, how can it be smashed? Isn't this like a mayfly shaking a tree?
The golden dragon straightened the tentacles on its head and nodded frequently at Liang Qiangping, as if its pair of tentacles contained infinite wisdom.
Liang Qiangping thought to himself, Brother Long shouldn't lie to me, it will definitely work if it says it's okay! In the past few months, the strength I have cultivated is worrying about nowhere to go, and I can just vent it.
As soon as he said it, Liang Qiangping collected stones in the cave, moved them to the bottom of the stone wall, grabbed the stones with both hands, and smashed them the stone wall.
The stone hit the stone wall and bounced off the bones.
Liang Qiangping picked up another 20-pound stone and smashed it hard.
The stone was crumbled off again, and the sound of impact resounded throughout the cavern.
The golden dragon snorted at Liang Qiangping and shook his head.
Liang Qiangping walked up to it and asked, "Brother Long, isn't it like this?" ”
The golden dragon climbed up to a large rock and patted it with its tail. Liang Qiangping followed and walked over, presumably Brother Long wanted me to use a bigger stone to smash it.
The golden dragon nodded. Liang Qiangping looked at the stone, which was round and weighed more than two hundred pounds. He tried to carry it, but the stone was too heavy. He barely picked it up, and after a while, it slipped down again!
Liang Qiangping said to the golden dragon: "Brother Long, I don't have enough strength to carry it, how can I smash it?" ”
The golden dragon shook his head and walked away.
Liang Qiangping wanted to say something more, but he couldn't say it, because his strength was too small to carry it. He secretly made up his mind, although I can't carry it now, I can practice, and one day I will carry it and smash a hole in the stone wall!
Liang Qiangping was not in a hurry, and started from a small stone first. At the end of the day, the stone wall was undamaged. His arms, his lower back, were already sore!
The golden dragon sneered at him again.
Liang Qiangping stared at the stone wall in a daze. At the end of the day, he smashed at least a thousand stones, but each time the stones were hit in a different position, so he only made many marks on the stone walls.
Liang Qiangping thought to himself that if the stone could be smashed on the same point every time and accumulated over a long time, the stone wall would definitely be pierced. He began to figure out how to push the stone accurately, how hard to push it, and he didn't close his eyes all night. As soon as he had a good idea, he immediately picked up the rock and tried to smash it. Although he tried and failed repeatedly, he couldn't help but feel a little lost, but he believed that he could finally come up with a solution. He tossed all night, his body was exhausted, and he lay down and fell asleep.
As soon as the morning dawned, the golden dragon slapped him in the face with its tail and woke him up.
Liang Qiangping's whole body was sore, and he couldn't exert his strength, but he didn't want the golden dragon to laugh, no matter how difficult it was, he had to grit his teeth and hold on. He picked up the stone and smashed it as if he was venting, whether he hit it or not, and fought indiscriminately for a while, as if he was fighting with the golden dragon.
When his mood calmed down, he stopped, squatted on the ground, and thought to himself that it was not a way to smash it like this, he had to practice a set of ways, and he could smash it out of the hole with rules and methods!
However, he had never practiced and didn't know how to get started! There was no one to instruct, and the golden dragon would only laugh at him, and the old man would not come out.
As soon as he thought of the old man, Liang Qiangping immediately came to his senses. Why don't I sit calmly like the old man, recuperate, gather strength, and then smash stones. He immediately followed the example of the old man, sitting cross-legged on the stones, placing his hands on his knees, sitting up straight, and meditating and pranayama.
The golden dragon curiously crawled to his side and circled around him, thinking to himself how he could learn how to meditate with his master? The master is healing, what is he going to do?
Liang Qiangping ignored the golden dragon at all and continued to meditate and breathe.
At first, he felt numb in his legs, but after a while, his breathing was smooth, his whole body was relaxed, there seemed to be a force surrounding him, and his head was clear. This method really works, no wonder the old man refuses to wake up after sitting for so long!
Liang Qiangping thought to himself, the old man has been sitting without eating or drinking for so long, there must be a secret in this, otherwise how could he last so long? When winter comes, and there is nothing to eat, I will sit quietly like him for a year and a half, how nice it would be!
At dawn the next day, Liang Qiangping recovered his strength and began to smash stones again.
He felt that his body was more powerful than yesterday, and he pushed the fifty-pound stone with both hands and smashed it against the stone wall. Then he carried a larger stone, with all his might, and pushed with both hands. The stone rushed out quickly, hitting the spot where the previous stone hit.
Liang Qiangping was full of joy and seemed to have an understanding. If I push the stone out with both hands every time, I think the odds of hitting the same spot are much greater.
He first experimented with small stones. Take a step forward with your left leg, move half a step back with your right leg, drop slightly in the center of your body, and lift the stone to your right shoulder with both hands. Concentrate on the arms, waist at the same time, and push out quickly.
The stone rushed to the stone wall, and in the blink of an eye, it shattered.
Liang Qiangping followed up and pushed out a few more stones, all of which smashed on the same spot. He laughed out loud. In the past half a month, he has mastered the technique of pushing stones, and his strength has increased a lot, and he can easily push out stones weighing seventy or eighty pounds.
The golden dragon caught a few mice in the cave and celebrated him that night.
Liang Qiangping hadn't eaten fragrant meat for a long time, and when he smelled the aroma of rat meat, his mouth was so hungry that his mouth watered.
The rats in the cave grew fat, and the golden dragon caught two of them, enough for him to eat a full meal.
After half a month, Liang Qiangping has made a lot of progress, but his strength is still insufficient.
He was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, who was supposed to receive cultural education in school like other children, but the world was unpredictable, and he died nine times later in this cave, but fortunately he was rescued by a master to survive.
Hard-working people, the sky does not pay! After hard training, his body was much stronger and he grew much taller. Throwing stones every day, his hands are already calloused, and his body is covered with scars. He spent the whole day pushing stones against the stone wall, which, though strong, had been carved out into a deep pit.
Liang Crazy pushes the stone more and more accurately, each stone can be accurately hit at the same point, just like the water drop stone wears, and if you push it for a while, the stone wall will be pierced through a hole!
Liang Qiangping is full of confidence, and the more he pushes, the more courageous he becomes. When he was tired, he sat cross-legged on the stones, meditated and pranayama, and accumulated energy. Over the past few days, his strength has increased greatly, and he can push more than 100 catties of stones, and with diligent tempering, he will definitely be able to carry that two or three hundred catties of stones. When the time comes, you can be angry with the golden dragon, thinking of this, Liang Qiangping laughed.
Winter is coming, the temperature plummets, and the mountains are cold and cold. The sky was gray, the drizzle was falling, and the top of the high mountain was already icy.
The water in the cave is nearly dry. Liang built a dam out of stones at the outlet to reduce the outflow of water.
However, the fish, crabs and rats in the cave have been eaten by Liang Qiangping.
The golden dragon had to spend most of the day every day barely catching some small fish and crabs, which were not enough for him to eat. After a long time, the golden dragon lost his temper and stopped catching fish.
Liang Qiangping had to take the lamp and go into the cave to catch fish by himself, but fortunately, it was warmer in the cave and would not catch a cold. After catching for most of the day, he only caught a dozen small fish. The big fish had already been caught by the golden dragon, and now the underground river was drying up, and the fish were hiding in the deep holes. The rats are afraid of the golden dragon and hide in deep holes, and it will be even more difficult to catch them!
Liang Qiangping wandered anxiously at the entrance of the cave, he had to come up with a way as soon as possible, and if he continued like this, he would have to be hungry. The golden dragon is good, it can fall asleep as soon as its eyes are closed, and it will not hibernate. He had been thinking for a long time that he had to break through the stone wall and climb outside the cave to hunt.
He went to the bottom of the stone wall again to investigate. He had smashed a half-meter-deep hole into the stone wall, and there were some cracks around it. A large pile of smashed stones was piled up under the stone wall, like a small stone slope.
Liang Qiangping stepped on the small stone slope and jumped onto the stone wall, carefully inspected the pit, and saw that a crack had been cracked in the middle of the pit. He tried to look towards the crack, and a faint light was visible. He was immediately overjoyed, this must be the exit! He slapped his right hand the crack. This palm is fierce and contains great power.
Liang Qiangping was pleasantly surprised, it turned out that his hand strength was so big! He slashed down with a wave of his palm. The stone wall shook violently, and the cracks were more obvious. However, after all, it was the palm of his hand that hit the stone, and the two palms split down, and his palm was already numb and painful.
He jumped off the stone wall, walked to the two or three hundred pounds of stone, and took a deep breath. He felt like he was full of strength, and he would be able to carry the stone this time.
The golden dragon crawled over from the door of the cabin curiously, staring at Liang Qiangping with two big bulging eyes, as if he was smiling and asking, are you okay?
Liang Qiangping glanced at it sideways, then clenched his fists with both hands, and moved up and down, believing that he would definitely be able to do it!
The golden dragon sat cross-legged and watched as if disdainfully, its two tentacles standing upright.
Liang Qiangping took two steps towards the big stone, bowed down, hugged the stone with both hands, took a deep breath, and carried the stone with a loud shout with his legs, waist, and hands at the same time.
Two or three hundred pounds of stone is indeed heavy! Liang Qiangping's face was flushed, and beads of sweat were pouring from his forehead.
He took two steps under the stone wall, stepped forward with his left leg, stopped with his right leg, pressed the stone with his palm, and pushed the stone out with the force of his legs, waist, and hands at the same time.
The stone was pushed into the pit with a loud "boom", knocking out a one-meter-wide hole in the stone wall like a cannonball. The stone immediately cracked several pieces and fell under the stone wall, causing the cave to hum.