Chapter 14: The Death of the White Coat, 14
Just when Jintai was chatting with Wu's mother, Zhou Tong came back. Zhou Tong usually doesn't come at this time, and on this day, I don't know why Zhou Tong is always upset, so I came back to see this mother Wu who is better than her biological mother. I didn't expect to see a person here who shouldn't have appeared, he is the big boxer Jintai that Zhou Tong wants to apprentice to. The reason why Zhou Tong knew Jintai was because Zhou Tong had seen Jintai from afar once, and Zhou Tong remembered this future master deeply in his mind.
Zhou Tong knelt on the ground and asked Jintai to accept him as an apprentice. Zhou Tong didn't dare to expect Jintai to accept him as a disciple, Zhou Tong only hoped that he could make a trick or two with Master Jintai, and he could go back to avenge his parents. Zhou Tong ignored the coldness on the ground, and kept kowtowing to Jintai, begging Jintai to take him in. Wu's mother on the side also learned from Zhou Tong's words that this was the famous Jintai, and she also knelt on the ground to help Zhou Tong intercede.
Jintai did not immediately agree to Zhou Tong's request, he stood in front of Zhou Tong and constantly observed the child. Zhou Tong not only looks very upright, but also has slender limbs, which is a good material for martial arts. Coupled with the hard work of these days, Zhou Tong has met all the standards of a martial arts practitioner. But if you want to be a disciple of Jintai, these are not enough, Jintai also needs to further investigate Zhou Tong's personality.
Jintai pulled out a saber he was wearing and thrust it into a big tree surrounded by five people beside him. Jintai told Zhou Tong that this was a test, when Zhou Tong pulled out this knife, and when Zhou Tong was qualified to come to the villa to meet Jintai. After finishing speaking, Jintai ignored Zhou Tong and Wu Ma who were kneeling on the ground, and never looked back and left the mountain.
Zhou Tong looked at the knife that had been inserted into the tree for the most part, and a trace of joy appeared in his eyes. From then on, in addition to continuing to go up the mountain to chop firewood every day, Zhou Tong shook the knife that went deep into the tree whenever he had time. I have to admit that Jintai's strength is really great, and it is definitely not comparable to Zhou Tong. It was impossible for Zhou Tong to pull out this knife at once, so he had to shake the knife every day, trying to use time to slowly let the knife go, so that he could have a chance to pull it out completely.
If you can't use it for five days a day, you can use it for ten days if you can't use it for five days, and you can use it for a month if you can't use it for ten days. On the sixty-seventh day after Zhou Tong competed with this knife, Zhou Tong finally pulled out this saber that was deeply inserted into the tree. The moment Zhou Tong pulled out his saber, Zhou Tong felt a kind of happiness, as if he had finally completed a big thing. Wu's mother was also happy for Zhou Tong, and asked Zhou Tong to change into clean clothes immediately, and then go to Jintai with a saber.
Jintai was waiting for Zhou Tong in the villa, and Zhou Tong's arrival made Jintai feel that this child was a manufacturable material. The child has perseverance, determination, and the potential to learn martial arts, but Jintai is worried that Zhou Tong will not be able to endure loneliness and impatience. Therefore, Jintai wants to use this test to test Zhou Tong to see if Zhou Tong has perseverance and determination, whether he is patient enough, whether he can endure loneliness, and whether he can stick to his ideals and decisions in countless failures. Zhou Tong has the ability to rob homes and houses, and he can easily get wealth, but Zhou Tong did not do this. I'd rather go up to the mountain every day to chop wood than do bad things, which is a kind of benevolence. Wu's mother has taken care of him since he was a child, and in order to repay his kindness, he took care of the blind Wu's mother alone, which is a kind of righteousness. Zhou Tong knows how to be filial and respect his teacher, which is a kind of courtesy. Zhou Tong knew that he would find a way to come to Jintai to learn art to avenge his parents, and he could support himself and the blind Wu's mother alone, so he had a certain amount of wisdom. Being able to pull out a saber and come to the villa to find the golden platform is not only perseverance and patience, but also a kind of compliance with credit. A child has the five advantages of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, and is a rare talent. Even if Zhou Tong doesn't learn martial arts, he will be a talent in other aspects in the future, so Jintai decided to officially accept Zhou Tong as an apprentice.
Jintai knew that Zhou Tong didn't have any money, but it was impossible for Jintai to casually accept Zhou Tong as his own disciple. Therefore, Jintai did not accept apprentices immediately, and he confessed to Zhou Tong three days later, he officially came to the villa to apprentice. At that time, Jintai will tell Zhou Tong whether he is willing to accept Zhou Tong's apprentice. However, Zhou Tong heard what Jintai meant, if Jintai didn't want to accept apprentices, there was no need to let Zhou Tong come back to the villa three days later. Jintai meant that Zhou Tong would come to apprentice more ceremoniously, and Zhou Tong immediately readily agreed. When Jintai was leaving, he handed Zhou Tong a money bag and asked Zhou Tong to dress carefully when he came, so as not to lose Jintai's face.
Three days later, Zhou Tong took Houli and Wu's mother to the villa in Jintai together. At this time, Zhou Tong knew that Jintai not only accepted him as an apprentice, but also apprenticed with Wang Jin, who was two years older than him. It's just that Wang Jin and Zhou Tong don't know that Jintai is not an ordinary apprentice, but a disciple. When their brothers knelt down to bow to Jintai, Jintai asked them to bow to themselves. At this time, everyone who watched the ceremony knew that something was wrong, and the general apprentice only needed to perform the general etiquette, and even did not need to kneel. Only when the master is formally apprenticed and the master is admitted to the disciple in the room, the apprentice is required to bow to the master and worship the master as if he were his own parents. Such a request is tantamount to announcing that Jintai is not accepting ordinary disciples, but Jintai's in-house disciples.
Ordinary disciples don't need to worship their ancestors and grandmasters, they only need to give tea to their masters. Of course, it is necessary to hand in the apprenticeship ceremony, and the master will also give a red envelope in return. But the disciples who enter the room are different, not only to worship the ancestors and the ancestors, but also to give tea to the master and the master's wife, which is regarded as entering the master's house and living with the master's family for a period of time. At that time, the apprenticeship will be heavier, and the red envelopes given by the master are dispensable, even if there is none, it should be, because it also costs to eat and sleep at the master's house, and the master has not asked you for food expenses It is already good.
After learning of Jintai's intentions, Zhou Tong and Wang Jin's two children were very happy. They knew that Jintai did not have formal disciples, which meant that they would be the only two official disciples in Jintai. This meaning and identity will be envied by others. Zhou Tong is even more grateful to Jintai, who is not only willing to accept apprentices, but also accepts himself as a disciple, which is simply his reborn parents. Zhou Tong made up his mind that in the future, he must take care of Jintai and his wife as his own parents.
Because Wang Jin is Jintai's godson, in order to show fairness, Jintai also accepted Zhou Tong as his godson. When teaching martial arts, they were all Jintai's apprentices, and they called Jintai "master". Usually they can be called Master Jintai or father-in-law, and Jintai treats them equally. The two children called Jintai's wife godmother at the family banquet, and called Jintai's wife Shimu during the martial arts training field, which is a different name in different places. However, Jintai asked his daughter Jin Feng, no matter what the occasion, to call Wang Jin and Zhou Tong brothers. Because Wang Jin is older than Zhou Tong, Wang Jin is the elder brother and Zhou Tong is the younger brother. Except for very formal occasions, Wang Jin and Zhou Tong do not need to be commensurate with brothers.
Jintai took Wang Jin and Zhou Tong to salute their ancestors and grandmasters, and the two children followed Jintai very obediently. After the ceremony, the two children also saluted their master Jintai and their mother, Mrs. Jintai. Only then did Zhou Tong know the true intention of Jintai to give him the money bag three days ago, and he couldn't give in to the apprenticeship, let alone lose Jintai's face in front of so many people. Jin Taihe and his wife will not accept the apprenticeship in vain, and give each of the two children a red envelope. After Zhou Tong went back, he found that the red envelope was not money, but a house deed, and Jintai arranged Wu's mother's living room. Jintai not only found a place for Wu's mother to live, but also hired a few dexterous maids to take care of Wu's mother. Doing so can not only help Zhou Tong take care of Wu's mother, but also allow Zhou Tong to practice martial arts here without worries.
Five years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the children have gradually grown up. Wang Jin is a little concerned about fame, and he wants to become a martial artist and a general. Because Zhou Tong has a big hatred in his heart, he doesn't know what he wants to do in the future for the time being. Before Zhou Tong didn't take revenge, Zhou Tong didn't want to think about his future. Although Jin Feng is a girl, her personality is more like a boy, and with the favor of her two elder brothers, she is simply a little bully here. However, Jin Feng respects scholars more and more, and always goes to Mr. Xuetangting to give lectures. Jin Feng's behavior made Jintai a little embarrassed, originally Jintai wanted his daughter to choose one of the two apprentices as her husband, but she didn't expect that the three children were not interesting at all, and they really wanted to be like brothers and sisters.
Jintai once again assessed the results of Wang Jin and Zhou Tong, and found that the two children were a little in a hurry. Wang Jin wanted to take the martial arts test, and Zhou Tong wanted to take revenge early, so both of them were a little too much. Jintai repeatedly reminded the two apprentices that they could not pull out the seedlings to help them grow, and they could not be in a hurry, but the results were not very ideal. Because Wang Jin and Zhou Tong's kung fu has been a little successful, Wang Jin and Zhou Tong both have the intention of leaving temporarily. Jintai wanted to remind his eldest apprentice Wang Jin not to be famous and fortune in Taichung City, and also wanted to remind Zhou Tong not to be blinded by hatred about his wisdom, but the children couldn't listen to Jintai's words. Jintai had no choice but to let the children experience it themselves, and it was not a bad thing for them to suffer a little loss.