Chapter 4: Old Books
"Master Ye! Someone came to you to learn how to box!! ”
Sitting on the chair, the third aunt, whose left foot was bandaged, yelled abruptly, startling Ip Man and Zuo Xiaoyou, who were helping to dry the sheets.
Ip Man dragged the sheet and flashed out, saw the handsome young man in front of him bent over and wearing a hat, and asked, "Do you want to learn Wing Chun?" ”
"Check it out! I don't even know what Wing Chun is? ”
Seeing the familiar scene, hearing the familiar dialogue, the left and right who stood on the side smiled and said nothing.
Sect Leader Huang is finally here.
It has been more than ten days since I apprenticed to Ip Man, and it has been three or four days since Ip Man's family moved to his house.
I don't know if it's because Zuo Xiaoyou has given Ip Man too many favors, or because he is currently an apprentice of Zuo Xiaoyou, Ip Man teaches boxing very carefully. Not only did he pass on all the Wing Chun boxing, but even the hundred chopping knives were also passed on to Zuo Xiaoyou.
What is a 100 Slash? It is Ip Man's knife technique when he slashes people with double knives in the fish stall, which is amazingly powerful.
Ye Man's intentions, coupled with his own talent and hard work, in just ten days, Zuo Xiaoyou felt that his combat effectiveness had improved a lot.
With his heart, time flies quickly, and just when Zuo Xiaoyou almost forgot about the matter of Huang Liang's apprenticeship, the Huang Sect Master finally came.
"You don't have to tell me so much, you fight with me, and if you lose, I'll pay the tuition."
Sect Leader Huang's words were very domineering, but they were very harsh in Ip Man's ears. If he hadn't accepted Zuo Xiaoyou before, he would have endured it for the sake of life, but now that the living conditions are better, Ip Man's old problem of being at ease with his encounter has followed.
"Martial arts training is not to fight with others, but to strengthen the body. You are just a teacher who is powerful, and you are not worthy of learning Chinese martial arts. Ip Man's answer stunned Zuo Xiaoyou.
Sect Leader Huang sneered: "I don't think you're so powerful." With that, he threw away the flyer, turned and left.
Zuo Xiaoyou's eyes widened.
This is...... What's the situation!?
Huang Liang, Ip Man's eldest disciple, is gone???
"Master......" Seeing that Sect Master Huang was really gone, Ye Man didn't stay, Zuo Xiaoyou was a little confused.
"Ahh Ip Man said earnestly: "You have to remember that our Chinese martial arts pay attention to benevolence, and the value lies in the righteousness, if you are brave and ruthless, then you are not a martial artist, but a ruffian." ”
"That's what Master said." Left and right promised, but his mind was confused.
Without Sect Leader Huang, how can the following series of plots be introduced?
The confrontation between Ip Man and Hong Zhennan was also caused by the conflict between Sect Leader Huang and Hong Zhennan's apprentice. If there was no such conflict, Ye Man would have missed the confrontation with Hong Zhennan, and the rest of the plot would have been completely messed up. Without a prescient understanding of the plot, the tasks that follow will be difficult to complete. If you can't complete the mission, you will never be able to go back to this world.
Absolutely not!
"Master, I don't think that young man has a bad nature, but he is young and undecided." After Ye Man's lesson, Zuo Xiaoyou hurriedly defended Sect Master Huang: "But because of this, Master can't watch him go to the evil path!"
It is said that saving a person's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and guiding people to goodness is also immeasurable. Master, what do you say? ”
Zuo Xiaoyou looked at Ip Man expectantly, and Ip Man was also moved by Zuo Xiaoyou's remarks, and his expression was a little hesitant.
"Master, I'll call him back." After speaking, Zuo Xiaoyou ignored Ip Man's objections and immediately ran down.
Fortunately, Sect Leader Huang didn't walk fast, and it didn't take long for Zuo Xiaoyou to catch up with him downstairs.
"Hey!"
Sect Master Huang, who was carrying a bag, turned his head to look at Zuo Xiaoyou who was chasing after him, and frowned: "What are you doing?" ”
"I'm Ip Man's eldest disciple." Zuo Xiaoyou stopped at a distance of one meter in front of the Yellow Sect Master, and looked at the Yellow Sect Leader up close, he was really sword-eyed and handsome. In comparison, the ordinary ones like left and right are far behind. But as the so-called poetry and writing are self-contained, even Sect Leader Huang can't hide the demeanor that Zuo Xiaoyou has cultivated after years of reading. This was also the reason why Sect Leader Huang was willing to stop and talk to him.
Without waiting for Sect Master Huang to speak, Zuo Xiaoyou said: "Don't you want to know if Wing Chun is powerful!" Come with me, and I'll show you something. ”
With that, he turned around and walked towards an alley.
Sect Master Huang stared at him and followed.
Soon after, the two came to a no-man's land, turned to face the Huang sect leader, put on a Wing Chun starting gesture, and said, "Come on!" ”
Sect Leader Huang threw away the backpack on his body, shook his neck, and put on a boxer's posture.
Sect Leader Huang is 179CM tall, and he is big in front of Ip Man, but in front of the 185CM left and right, he is still a little petite, and he doesn't look very imposing.
Sect Leader Huang probably also discovered this problem, knowing that he couldn't take advantage of the momentum, so he swung a straight punch with his left hand first.
I thought that I could bring some trouble to Zuo Xiaoyou, but the next moment, Sect Leader Huang only felt that his wrist was pushed from the inside by a hand, causing the middle door to open wide. The next moment, a punching bag-sized fist was in the middle of the door.
Bang -
Sect Leader Huang snorted, staggered and sat down with his nose covered.
"This is Wing Chun." Without waiting for the next move of the Huang Sect Master, Zuo Xiao took a step forward, stood in front of him, and said condescendingly: "It is a kind of close-knit short punching method, which is best at close combat, the smaller the space, the closer the distance, the more powerful." Wing Chun's defense is the strongest, and if it can't break Wing Chun's defenses, Wing Chun is invincible. Do you understand? ”
"I was just careless." Sect Leader Huang shook his head and stood up, his eyes blazing with fire.
Zuo Xiaoyou was speechless, knowing that what he had just said was in vain.
"Then come again."
Since it doesn't make sense, let's fight until the Yellow Sect Leader is convinced.
"Look at the move!"
Bang-pop-crackle-
A few minutes later, Zuo Xiaoyou looked at the Huang Sect Master, who was lying on the ground with a blue nose and swollen face like a dead dog, rubbed his fist that was a little painful, and said, "Now you know how powerful Wing Chun is!" To tell you the truth, Master is ten times more powerful than me, when I was in Foshan, Master was hungry and defeated the siege of ten Japanese karate masters by himself. If you're like that, Master can fight a hundred. ”
Sect Leader Huang was shocked and looked at Zuo Xiaoyou in disbelief.
"Don't think I'm exaggerating, in Foshan, there are many people who know about it." After speaking, Zuo Xiaoyou walked away: "If you want to apprentice, show sincerity, if it weren't for the master's difficulties in life in recent years, how could he openly accept apprentices?" ”
This time, Sect Leader Huang listened to all the words in his ears and remembered them in his heart.
The next day, the Huang sect leader, who had a tape on his face, came to the rooftop with three young people, and then was beaten by Zuo Xiaoyou, but he beat four at a time, which was a bit reluctant for Zuo Xiaoyou, and he was punched and kicked three times on his body, but fortunately, the problem was not big, and he also surrendered these four problem young people who were overly enthusiastic and had nothing to do.
Then the four troubled youths knelt down on the spot to apprentice.
Ye Man glanced at Zuo Xiaoyou, laughed thoughtfully, and said, "Pay the tuition first, pay the tuition first." ”
Although he has received so many benefits from Zuo Xiaoyou, his life has been much better, but after all, it is the funding of Zuo Xiaoyou. At present, there are four apprentices coming to the door, and Ip Man also hopes to share some of the funding. A teacher who always relies on students to eat is too unreasonable. Ip Man also has self-esteem.
After the four apprentices of Sect Leader Huang, the plot finally returned to normal, and in the next few days, Sect Leader Huang relied on his relationship in the 'rivers and lakes', and recruited many young people to learn from him, so that Ip Man's income was high, and there were more and more smiles on his face.
Seeing that the plot is normal, Zuo Xiaoyou is relieved, and he can finally spend more energy on what he likes.
For example, reading a book.
Reading is Zuo Xiaoyou's only hobby since he was a child, and as long as he has free time, he basically reads books. But what I read the most is the biography of novels, and I have also read a lot of famous works from ancient and modern China and foreign countries.
In addition, he also likes to collect old books, and if he encounters a more precious old book, even if he doesn't like to read it, he will find a way to buy it and collect it. In reality, there are two large boxes of old books in his small rented house, which are basically published before 1980, and there are also a small number of books after 1980, which is basically the type that Zuo Xiaoyou likes to read.
After coming to Ip Man's world, except for the first few days to plan and arrange future strategies, he didn't have the heart to read, and after Ip Man's family of three moved to his house, he finally had the mind to read.
Although it is only 1950, there are many bookstores in Xiangjiang, and the scale of bookstores is not large, most of them are just the area of a small shop, but there are many types of books, many of which have not been read.
Seeing that Hunting Xinxi was happy, Zuo Xiaoyou would wander around the bookstores in the afternoon when he didn't practice martial arts, and when he found some rare books or books that seemed interesting to him, he would buy them without hesitation.
Thanks to him, the bookstore owners within a radius of more than ten miles basically knew him, knowing that this was a little god of wealth who liked to collect ancient books, and the bosses from all walks of life were thinking of ways to buy ancient books, so as to resell them to Zuo Xiaoyou to make a profit.
Of course, this is a good thing, it is facing the appetite of the left and right, so in just ten days, one cubic meter of space in the surface of the left and right hand has been filled. There are still many books that he can't fit in at home. But when I saw these books, I was very distressed. Because the watch space is so large, although these books are his reasonable and legal income, but the space is limited, he can't take them out at all.
The feeling of having a good book right in front of you and not being able to get it out is terrible.
Even so, it still can't stop Zuo Xiaoyou's heart to collect ancient books.
On this day, Zuo Xiaoyou came to a bookstore, the owner of the bookstore was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a blue robe and coat, a handful of goatee, and a pair of round glasses, very old-fashioned and pedantic.
Seeing him, Zuo Xiaoyou greeted with a smile: "Old Sun, is there a new book?" ”
"Haha, you kid came by a coincidence." Lao Sun took out a yellowed thread-bound ancient book from the cabinet in front of him: "Shennong's Materia Medica, it should be a few years old, and it was just collected below." ”
Zuo Xiaoyou didn't pick up the stubble, silently took the book in his hand and flipped through it, the book looks like it's been around for years, but it's still well preserved, although it's a little damaged, but it's not missing pages, and the text is complete.
"How much?" Putting the book down, Zuo Xiaoyou asked.
Lao Sun looked at Zuo Xiaoyou, Zuo Xiaoyou's expression was very calm, and his eyes were also very calm.
Tut!
Lao Sun said: "One price, twenty." ”
"Huh." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled: "Five pieces." ”
"Let's go! Walk! Let's go! Lao Sun's face flushed, and he pushed twice: "Don't do your business!" ”
"Don't worry, buying and selling is not benevolent, how about eight yuan?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled unhurriedly.
"If you don't sell fifteen, you can't sell it!" Lao Sun has reduced the price......
It was another bargain, and in the end the book was sold for 12 yuan, and Zuo Xiaoyou was still quite satisfied with this price. Although this is an ancient book, it should only be about a hundred years old, and the printing is relatively rough, it should be a hundred years ago, it is not valuable, and there are many new books published now, if it is not for Zuo Xiaoyou likes to collect ancient books, this book is put in Lao Sun This no one buys it at all.
Gold in troubled times, collected in prosperous times. In this era, the world is difficult, no one wants to spend money to buy a dirty ancient book, if it weren't for the one million purchasing power of this era, he would definitely be reluctant to spend money.
Although Lao Sun looks like he is suffering a loss on the surface, he is actually secretly happy in his heart. This book was collected for a dime below, and then resold to him for two cents, and he sold it to Zuo Xiaoyou for twelve dollars, making eleven dollars and eight.
"Let your kid be like a ghost, and you have to drink the old man's footwashing water." Lao Sun was very proud.
At this moment, a petite girl in a white dress with medium and long hair walked into the bookstore, her eyes swept over Lao Sun and Zuo Xiaoyou, and asked, "Is there a vernacular version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" ”
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Thanks to 'sam~tang' for the 500 starting coins.