Cutting trees is undoubtedly much simpler than the previous cutting of bamboo, after all, no matter how hard the trees in the back mountains are, they are not as hard as the "cold iron bamboo", but although the cutting is relatively simple, but the old man has an extremely strict time limit, not to mention that they have to be chopped into firewood, and they have to be sent to the kitchen of the college, which takes more than half an hour just to walk back and forth, so Hualong's life is not easy.

Especially in the first period of time, Hualong spent almost every day cutting down trees and catching hares, and as for the other military classes and cultivation classes, he didn't take a single class, who let him not complete the task within the specified time every day?

And after this period of getting along, Hua Long also found out that the old man is indeed an interesting person, he only eats in the academy at noon every day, if Lei Wen doesn't catch game, then he won't come back in the afternoon or even in the evening, as for what to do, no one knows.

And just like that, the three-month period passed quickly.

After three months of "inhuman torture", Hualong has obviously changed, not only his face has become slightly more mature, but even his body has become a lot stronger, and his fingers are also covered with calluses that have faded from the blisters, which are the results of the tree felling.

It was already winter at this time, and wearing a simple coat, Hua Long went up the mountain to cut down trees at the prescribed six o'clock as usual, and ran happily in the snow in the early morning, he gradually became familiar with the environment here, the way down the mountain, and even the places where the animals often hid were roughly clear.

Didn't cut down the tree first, Hua Long ran directly to a few places where the animals often avoided, because if the tree was cut down first, the nearby animals would run away because of the sound, this is the law that Hua Long summed up after several months of hard exploration, and today his luck is obviously good, and the simple trap set yesterday has caught a mountain hare, so it saves him the time to go hunting.

After tying up the rabbit and setting it aside, Hua Long began to swing his axe and began to cut down the tree.

At this time, after three months of exploration, he also initially mastered the use of "qi" in his body, and every axe allowed him to obtain the maximum results with the least physical strength, so under the flying of tree debris, about half an hour, Hualong had successfully cut down the first tree.

Then the second and third!

When the third big tree fell to the ground, the sun was already in the middle, at this time it was about ten o'clock in the morning, without the slightest stop, a drum, Hualong continued to chop firewood in an orderly manner, and this process is also very difficult, you can imagine that three trees of human thickness have to be turned into firewood about 30 centimeters in length, how much physical strength does it have to consume to complete it!

Fortunately, Hua Long was already familiar with the road, and when he panted and sent the last firewood to the kitchen of the women's college and returned to the hut, the time was exactly twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

This is the first time in three months that Hualong has completed the task assigned by the old man within the specified time, so according to the agreement, when the old man eats the braised rabbit meat he brought back, he should teach him military affairs in the afternoon, but what Hualong didn't expect was that this old man didn't play cards according to common sense, and threw a fishing rod to him and said that he wanted him to go fishing.

It's winter, catch a fart fish! No matter how good Hualong is, he wants to explode at this time, but who makes the situation stronger than others? Accept fate!

Therefore, Hualong, who looked helpless, had to follow the crazy old man to the back mountain after the afternoon, and walked for about half an hour, that is, there was a lake behind the hillside where Hualong usually cut trees, and it was at the highest point of the slope.

It was already the depths of winter, and a thick layer of ice had already formed on the surface of the lake, and the crazy old man only threw down a sentence: "I'll go to the thatched house, you can fish by yourself, and you can teach cultivation if you can catch ten finger-long fish before night." ”

Looking at the old man who had left, Hua Long looked depressed, does this fishing have anything to do with military and cultivation?

"What a crazy old man!"

Hua Long muttered and then smashed the ice open, sitting on the ice, Hua Long felt unusually cold, especially the oncoming cold wind made him shiver with cold.

But how can you catch a fish if you keep shaking?

So on the first day, Hualong didn't catch anything.

At six o'clock the next morning, Hualong started the tree cutting operation as usual, because of the success of the previous day, so today Hualong seemed to work harder, and the time to complete the task was naturally one minute less than yesterday.

At noon, Hua Long picked up the fishing gear handed over by the old man and went out again.

The old man who was eating this barbecue and drinking a little wine on the side looked at the young man who was still moving forward bravely although there were many doubts and puzzles in his expression, and the old man nodded with relief for the first time.

However, today's Hualong failed again, but happily, he almost caught one again, but in the final process of dragging it up, he still let it run.

However, Hualong was not discouraged, and the third, fourth, and fifth days ...... It wasn't until the tenth day that Hua Long finally caught his first fish in the evening, although this fish was not a finger long, but it was enough to make Hua Long happy for a long time.

Time flies, and Hua Long's time at the lake is getting longer and longer, from the lake ice with a thick ice layer to the beginning of melting and then all melting, Hua Long finally caught more than ten fish in an afternoon, of which ten are a finger long, and this means that the second task assigned to him by the crazy old man has finally been successfully completed.

In the evening, at the dining table.

The crazy old man served Hua Long a bowl of steaming fish soup and asked, "How long have you been studying with me?"

"It's been six months, and if you count the half year before when you cut bamboo, it's already a year!" Hua Long didn't drink the soup but kept looking at the old man.

"Well, what have you learned in the past six months with the addition of bamboo felling?" asked the mad old man.

"Cut down trees, catch hares, and fish!" Hua Long replied honestly, noticing that the crazy old man did not speak, Hua Long asked again, "Can you teach me cultivation today?"

The crazy old man smiled faintly, as if he was a little disappointed: "Is it all that? I thought you were a different child, it seems that I was wrong." ”

The old man stood up, and his tone was a little helpless: "You go ahead and cut down trees, catch hares, and fish!"

At this time, Hua Long also realized something, but didn't the crazy old man teach him to cut down trees, catch hares, and fish? What else was there to do about it?

At night, Hua Long, who couldn't sleep, came to the lake alone with fishing gear, and sat there quietly fishing.

The cold mountain wind blew from the other end of the forest, but Hua Long, who was used to the cold, could not calm down at the moment, and the fishing rod in his hand trembled slightly from anxiety.

Until midnight, Hua Long had been sitting here for six hours, but not a single fish had been caught.

"Are you doing the right thing with me?" Hua Long angrily threw away the fishing rod in his hand, and the fishing rod fell into the water in an instant, breaking the calm of the lake in an instant.

Wait, calm?!

Hua Long seemed to think of something, so he hurriedly sat down, staring at the fish floating on the water, quiet for a long time, suddenly at a certain moment, Hua Long jumped up and shouted loudly: "I know, I know!"

"What do you know?" the mad old man had been standing behind Hua Long, and he was also waiting for Hua Long to wake up, but Hua Long was too engrossed and never noticed his existence.

Hua Long sincerely apologized for the first time: "Master, I was wrong!"

The crazy old man walked to Hua Long's side and picked up the fishing rod that fell into the water: "So Hua Long, what have you learned in the past six months?"

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