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The old man arranged for Dugu Yishi to sleep in the right wing, and after walking so many ways, Dugu Yishi had long wanted to sleep beautifully. The old woman boiled a pot of water for him, and he wrung the hot and cold water into the bathing shed and lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep because he was too tired. When he woke up, it was already the next morning, he quickly got up, and the old woman said, "Wash your face, brush your teeth, and have breakfast." ”

After breakfast, Dugu Yishi walked around the old man's house. I feel that although this ravine is bitter, there are many advantages, the air is fresh, no one is noisy, it is indeed suitable for seclusion to study and practice martial arts, but it is a pity that the old man is not a secluded master of the world, if there is a master to teach himself martial arts, it would be great. The old man planted a few peanut fields, as well as soybean fields and sweet potato fields. It's actually not bad to be a farmer, to be self-sufficient in food, and to eat green food, if you don't encounter the heavy taxes of bad officials or suffer from bad people and evil people. However, there is no paradise in the world, and if you look closely at the vast sea of people, how many people are really happy? There are always contradictions, there are always entanglements, and there are always unexpected things happening, but the size is just the size.

Dugu Yishi thought about it while watching, and made up his mind that he would take root here first and use it as his base camp for taking off. Fortunately, I am still young, young is the biggest capital, skills can be learned a lot, as long as you learn skills, success can be caught a lot. "God rewards diligence", while you are young, you can learn your skills diligently, and over time, you will be able to achieve great achievements.

Back at the old man's thatched hut, the old woman said, "We don't know what your name is? The old man's name is Dai Tieshi. Dugu Yishi said: "My surname is Dugu, and my name is Dugu Yishi." "Oh, it's a coincidence, there is also a stone character in my name, and we are destined for each other!" said the old man happily. "Isn't it?" Dugu Yishi couldn't help laughing. He then asked, "Old man, do you have any martial arts masters here?" I want to learn martial arts. The old man replied, "I really don't know about that, so let's go to the village and ask later." I also liked it when I was young, but I was tired of life and didn't insist on learning. In the world, the first thing is to make money, solve the problems of food, housing and clothing, and then do other things, such as studying, learning martial arts, doing business, and finding a wife. Of course, if you were born into a wealthy family, or a family of officials, your family will solve your food and clothing, and will help you find a master to teach you martial arts. But in fact, many ordinary people have neither money nor power, and what they all have is ordinary, ordinary. There is a bad but not too bad house to live in, the food is not good but not too bad, at least it can fill the stomach, and the clothes are not luxurious but not old and worn. ”

Dugu Yishi said: "Yes, old man, you are so right! Is there anything valuable to sell on this mountain? such as precious medicinal herbs, or some gold mines." I saw that there were quite a lot of mountains on the other side of Xushan, and the mountains were one after another, and I couldn't see the edge! Old man, have you ever been to that part of Xushan?" the old man said: "I have not been to those mountains, and the villagers warned me not to go to that part of Xushan, saying that Xushan is the boundary between Qiyun Mansion and Qiyu Mansion, and the government does not allow the people to go to that mountain of Xushan. "Oh, I see. "Lonely stone road.

"Let's go, let's chop wood. The old man said, "Don't look at me in the water, but I can still flutter a few times on the mountain, and the trees that built the thatched hut were all cut down by me on the mountain of Xushan Pass ten years ago." "The old man made one of his wife's shoes smaller last night, and now Dugu Yishi is wearing it properly. He also took a knife and followed the old man up the hill.

There is a villager reservoir next to the mountain, which is also a fish pond for the villagers. The water in the reservoir is very clear, and sometimes you can see grass carp, silver carp, carp, and crucian carp swimming in the water. Most of the reservoir is surrounded by natural mountains, only the three-zhang long outlet is artificially blocked with stones and soil, starting from the outlet of the reservoir, there is a river naturally formed by the reservoir to flow downward, both sides of the river are basically grassland, only a few fields are reclaimed by the old man and his wife, planted with rice. The old man said to Dugu Yishi: "Both sides of the river can be reclaimed to grow rice, even in the season of high water, the water from this river can recede in three days at most, and it will not drown the seedlings." I'm too old to plow the fields anymore, and besides, the rice grown in these fields is enough for my husband and wife. In the future, you can also open two fields. Dugu Yishi said: "Yes, it's a pity not to farm, it's a waste of such a good land by the river." ”

The mountain on the edge of the reservoir is not very high, and the tree where the old man built the thatched hut is cut here, and the firewood that he usually burns is also cut here. The old man said: "Child, didn't you say that you want to learn martial arts? The people who learn martial arts have great manpower and stamina, and you come here every day to chop wood, and you just started to carry a bundle of sixty catties of wooden sticks and firewood, and when you have great strength, you will carry a bundle of eighty or ninety catties." Strength is practiced. If you persist like this for a while, you will develop stamina, which will be very helpful for you to practice martial arts in the future. Dugu Yishi said: "Old man, you are very right. I'll do as you say. ”

Dugu Yishi and the old man cut two bundles of wooden sticks and firewood, both of which weighed about fifty or sixty pounds. After the old man tied it up, he picked up a bundle and walked forward, and Dugu Yishi also carried a bundle on his right shoulder and walked forward according to his example. At first, Dugu Yishi could still keep up with the old man, and slowly fell, he felt that the bundle of firewood was getting heavier and heavier, his shoulders were pressed very painfully, and his breathing was heavy and uncomfortable, so he walked two feet and put one end of the firewood on the ground upright, and held it with his hand, so as to temporarily relieve the pressure on his shoulder, and the firewood pressed his shoulder too painfully. He rested for a few minutes with the firewood, and then carried the firewood on his left shoulder and walked in the direction of the old man's house. Walk two feet and take a break, one moment on your right shoulder, and the other on your left shoulder. In this way, it took him three hours to get to the old man's house. It only took half an hour for the old man to get home. It's no wonder that a ten-year-old child, who has never done such heavy physical work before, is really not good at doing such heavy work and is very tired when he suddenly does this kind of heavy work.

In this way, he chopped firewood for four days in a row, and Dugu Yishi cut a total of twelve bundles of wooden sticks and firewood to his home, and both shoulders were swollen. The old man said: "You can't be brutal, overwork is not good for your health." You can rest for two days. I'll kill a chicken again to replenish your body, children are growing up, you have to eat well, you can't lack nutrition. Dugu Yishi was very moved when he heard this, and said sincerely: "Thank you, old man, you are so good to me." You are my relative. ”