Chapter 20: The Collapse of the Bow and Arrow
"No need, Xu Wenshan has already won." Lu Ze shook his head and said.
Next to him, Li Dazhuang looked at his father and said worriedly: "Father......"
"Luck, you must just be lucky...... You can't shoot better than me......" Li Siliu shook his head with a look of disbelief.
In this competition, if Xu Wenshan loses, he will only lose a wild boar, and if he Li Siliu loses, he will lose all the faith in life and all the pride.
He can't give up, and even if there is a glimmer of room for redemption, he has to prove that his bow skills are not bad.
Xu Wenshan smiled.
He doesn't really want a wild boar, but a crush!
Defeat the will of all the archers in Luhegou!
"Okay, then I'll finish cumming."
Xu Wenshan's next performance did not alleviate Li Siliu's embarrassment, he had three arrows left, one arrow hit the bull's-eye, and scored 5 points. has a total of 11 points, which is higher than Li Siliu.
Lu Ze clapped his hands for Xu Wenshan's victory, his son stood there dumbfounded, and Xu Wenshan slowly and methodically retracted his bow...... These things that happened in the outside world could no longer enter Li Siliu's heart, he stood in place blankly, thinking of the situation he taught Li Dazhuang on the first day......
"Archery is a painful sport." Li Siliu said to Li Dazhuang, who held the bow for the first time, "The fingers will be sore when the string is pinched, the bowstring will hurt when the arm hits, the bow will be tired if the bow is opened continuously, and the shoulder will hurt when I sleep at night." ”
"The bow is not a consumable, talent is a consumable, people can only shoot so many bows in a lifetime, what you have to do is to make your next bow good enough."
"Only by dedicating everything you have to the bow will the god of archery favor you. So, you have to be patient, endure the pain, endure the pain, endure the pain, no matter how hard and tired you are, you have to keep honing yourself. ”
"Remember, every time the bowstring is drawn on your arm, it is a spur from the bow god, because only if you are in enough pain can you understand the true meaning of the bow. Why am I the first hunter in Luhegou? It's because I can endure hardship, but others are afraid of hardship, so they are not as good as me. ”
"You will inherit my name in the future, so you must also learn to endure hardships, so that you will not fall into the prestige of your Lao Tzu in the future."
Li Siliu taught earnestly, and Li Dazhuang nodded heavily.
In the past, his own teachings are still in his ears, but at this time, Li Siliu's heart turned upside down.
Am I wrong?
Isn't the bowstring hitting the arm the spur of the bow god, and the sourness of pinching the arrow is not the test of the bow?
Isn't enduring hardship the only way to learn archery, this young master of the Xu family can shoot arrows well easily?
Facts speak louder than words, and Xu Wenshan's five arrows on the target are the best answer to Li Siliu.
That's right, you don't have to work so hard, that's how I am.
Li Siliu lost.
He not only lost a wild boar, but also lost the belief he had insisted on for a lifetime, lost the bow he cared about the most, and lost his only sense of superiority.
Li Siliu knelt on the ground: "I lost ......"
"There is really a bow in the world that you can learn without hardship, I was wrong, the bow I insisted on in my life was all wrong, and it was a mess wrong."
Li Siliu knelt on the ground and kept shaking his head.
It is precisely because of his love for archery and his attachment to archery that his regret for his mistakes is more profound.
"If so, what is the purpose of my bow?" Li Siliu picked up his bow and put it on his knee, intending to break it.
Xu Wenshan walked over and patted Li Siliu's shoulder, and said, "It's not like I'm not going to have to endure hardships. I also had a hard time practicing archery. ”
"Huh?" Li Siliu raised his head, a hint of doubt.
"When I practiced archery, I was also hit by the bowstring countless times, and my shoulders hurt at night countless times. There is no arrow in the world that can be practiced without hardship. Xu Wenshan said.
Lu Ze tilted her head to the side, she didn't see what Xu Wenshan suffered from practicing arrows.
"But look." Xu Wenshan raised his thumb, and suddenly Li Siliu thought he was praising himself, but after a closer look, he found that he was showing the "ring" to himself.
"It's not a ring, it's a wrench. It is used for hooking. It exists to avoid finger injury. The pursuit of archery requires hardship, but suffering is not the goal, shooting is the goal, and there is no need to suffer if you don't need to suffer. Since your previous shooting method was thankless, why do you have to stick to this method? Xu Wenshan talked eloquently.
Li Siliu was sweating like rain when he heard this. Indeed it is. His shooting method is obviously thankless, and he is often ridiculed, but he is not convinced, because he is stubborn, so he can shoot better than others.
But the reason why I shoot better than others is not because my method is correct, but because I have an attachment that others can't stick to. And in order to fight for a breath, he actually mistook hardship for progress, because he suffered more than others and had a sense of superiority. Now that I think about it, there are some hardships that I don't have to suffer, and there is nothing to show off.
Knowing this truth, Li Siliu became even more discouraged.
Xu Wenshan said, "Why don't you try to change your shooting method?" ”
"Change? I'm so old, how else can I change? Li Siliu lowered his head and said.
"Don't you want to pursue the ultimate in kyudo?" Xu Wenshan said, "Maybe you can achieve it by changing your technique?" Try my trick for example? ”
"Your modus operandi? Will you teach me? Li Siliu's eyes lit up.
"Do you want to learn?" Xu Wenshan smiled, "I'll teach you." ”
……
There is a big news in Luhegou: the first archer in Luhegou has begun to learn archery with the son of the Xu family!
How ridiculous! How funny!
Even the village women, who didn't know how to shoot arrows, began to laugh at Li Siliu.
"Hey! Do you know? That Li Siliu, the 'No. 1 archer in Luhegou', wants to learn archery from the son of the Xu family! ”
"Isn't it? It's about the other way around, right? Did you hear it wrong? ”
"Absolutely, yes!"
"Listen to me," said one of the hunters, "some time ago in the mountains, the son of the Xu family said that our shooting was wrong, and he demonstrated it himself, but he went to his grandmother's house!" ”
"Hahaha......"
Soon, the news that Xu Wenshan was deflated in the mountains and forests spread throughout Luhegou.
Everyone thinks that Li Siliu has not hesitated to resort to the worst means in order to curry favor with the Xu family.
Although Li Dazhuang argued in every possible way, no one believed that Li Siliu really had the need to learn archery from the eldest young master of a landlord's family.
The old-skinned Li Siliu was not affected, but it was Li Dazhuang who was most affected.
Every day, when Li Dazhuang set out from his home and walked to Xiyuan to learn archery, he would be thrown dirt by the children on the edge of the field.
"The fart is here! The fart is coming! ”
"That's not a fart, that's the son of a fart!"
"Phew! Poor worm who got into the money eye! ”
Bang, a dirt smash hit Li Dazhuang's cheek, and the mud scattered, making Li Dazhuang disgraced.
"You bastards!" Li Dazhuang gritted his teeth and pointed at the naughty boys, and when he rolled up his sleeves and was about to chase them, the children scattered in a hurry.
Li Dazhuang lowered his hand dejectedly, sighed, and continued on his own path.
Unlike these naughty boys, he has something to do.