Chapter 43: Iron needs to be hard

Hu Lao has been a successful figure who has done revolutionary work for half his life, and at the same time has been engaged in politics for half his life, it is conceivable how rich the experience and experience he has accumulated, and Ah Ren has not known until now that in the huge political circle, or in the big dye vat of society, his own cheekiness is still quite thin.

Why?

Because his cheekiness is shown on the bright side, and in today's society, there are many people who call you brothers on the surface and stab you in the back, which can be said to be impossible to prevent, so the first lesson Hu Lao taught Ah Ren is: "Don't easily trust others, you have to rely on yourself in everything, only when you become strong, you will control everything, and don't easily believe in the so-called loyalty, loyalty is only because the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough." ”

Ah Ren was not interested in these conspiracies at first, but under Hu Lao's tireless explanation, Ah Ren understood that this was not a course, but an important experience to save his life, so he began a sponge-absorbing learning process.

Hu Lao has a wide range of knowledge, and there are many strange birds who didn't know Hu Lao before. Knowing astronomy and geography, down to the five elements gossip and humanistic customs, Ah Ren asked something, and Hu Lao answered. In the words of Hu Lao: "The superior person does not know astronomy, does not know the geographical advantages, does not know the strange gate, does not know the yin and yang, does not look at the formation map, does not know the strength of the army, is for the mediocre talent, not only for the mediocre talent, but also how to lead the people, and how to let others serve the people." ”

It is precisely because of this that Ah Ren has changed his previous views on Hu Lao, this is a legend who is deeply hidden and wise, and his wisdom is comparable to that of Jiang Taigong of Zhou and Xiao He of Han. I was so lucky to be able to worship him. Of course, Ah Ren will not show this kind of emotion, it is still the title of the old man and the old man, and respect, which is placed in the heart, not on the face.

Ah Ren admires Hu Lao, Hu Lao doesn't appreciate Ah Ren, the little grade competition has such a deep knowledge of calligraphy, what kind of italics, official calligraphy, Song style, thin gold body, etc., he has never heard of, and this little guy's ability to export chapters is really not covered. Not only that, when it comes to the country's future development, this guy's view is also surprisingly vicious, bold, and full of novelty.

The master and apprentice cherish each other, you come and go, and the days are happy.

During the day, Ah Ren studied with Hu Lao the "Comprehensive Canon" (the name given by Hu Lao to synthesize what he knew in the past few decades. In the evening, he went into Jade Perry and learned the method of cultivating the truth according to the mantra taught by the strange bird.

There has been no progress for a few months, in fact, it can't be said that there has been no progress, at least the two skills that I mastered before, a "night vision", and a "never forget" skill are a lot better than a few months ago, a thick book, Ah Ren can read it in less than a day, and memorize it by heart.

And the ability of night vision is even better, once, when Hu Lao's granddaughter, that is, Sister Hu's daughter, was taking a bath, Ah Ren urged her mind to see her figure through the wall......

It seems that there are no other benefits other than this, and Ah Ren has two things to look forward to now.

One is: Sister Hu can often bring her daughter to visit Mr. Hu, so that the old man will not be too lonely, and herself....

The second is: Hu Lao can let himself go to the army for exercise, and he really can't wait to go to the army to live that kind of military career.

As for the matter of cultivating the truth, Ah Ren really didn't take it to heart, because the strange bird said before he left that it was almost impossible for people in his own continent to cultivate immortals, and he still learned this bit of ability by relying on the fart of the strange bird, and it would be a bag to think about it. However, if you are not in a hurry, you are not in a hurry, some formulas feel very simple, as if you can break through a little deeper, but you just can't understand it.

"The work of initial tranquility, under the pure yin, must be refined with yang, so that the true qi can occur, and the gods will come naturally. Refining from skill, quiet work for a long time, natural spirit and energy are combined. What does that mean?

Bells, bells, bells....

The bell of the year 2000 rang, this is a cross-century New Year, but also a millennium change, the whole Huaxia country is full of laughter, firecrackers are deafening, fireworks are dazzling. As the countdown of the host of the TV Spring Festival Gala sounded, Ah Ren, who was thousands of miles away, felt a burst of sadness in his heart; Mother must miss herself very much at home, right? Father must be drinking a small bar without saying a word? Several uncles must still go to their own house on time after dinner to celebrate the New Year? Everything is so familiar, but unfortunately I can't accompany them at home for the New Year this year.

Ah Ren was lying on the roof of the villa, looking at the laughter and laughter of the old Hu family in the hall, and his heart was angry.

Obviously, he can go home this year, but this old guy doesn't let himself go back, and says that if you want to learn extraordinary skills, you have to endure the loneliness and loneliness that ordinary people can't bear, and you must properly cut off these children's affections. He also said that he was in the stage of learning and fighting, and he couldn't take care of his family so much, otherwise he would not be able to stabilize his mind when he performed tasks or encountered unexpected situations in the future.

"Old fellow, wait until I put your sweetheart granddaughter to sleep that day, and see that you are still clamoring for me to live in your house during the New Year, right? No, that's really the case, this old thing can't rely on me to stay in Kyoto, that's not good, Qing'er and Min'er are still waiting for themselves in Luoyun." But if this little girl is willing to follow her back to Luoyun, she will still consider accepting her, after all, this girl looks very handsome!" Ah Ren thought to himself, and when he thought of the wonderful place, he laughed out loud.

"Brother Ah Ren, why are you on the roof again, come down, my uncle will let you go down and continue drinking!"

Just when Ah Ren was thinking about Sister Hu's daughter, she ran up and called Ah Ren, the little girl's name is Liu Fei'er, and she is the only daughter of Sister Hu and her husband Liu Jiye.

Sister Hu got married relatively late, so Fei'er is two years younger than Ah Ren this year. The little girl is not very old, but she is already slim, her height is about to catch up with Ah Rengao, a pair of big eyes are full of fairy spirit, as if she can speak, goose egg face, willow eyebrows, and the two small dimples are really beautiful when she smiles, the most important thing is that Fei'er has a very good temperament, she is not in a hurry or impatient, she does not fight or grab, and she is really as calm and comfortable as a fairy daughter descending to earth. Ah Ren often compares her with Qing'er and Min'er, but the results are more and more than compared, and neither of them is willing to leave behind.

Fei'er stood on the open-air balcony of the villa and shouted at Ah Ren: "Brother Ah Ren, you hurry down!"

The open-air balcony of this villa is recessed, and Ah Ren can see the situation in the house below when he lies on the roof, but outsiders can't see Ah Ren. Fei'er often comes to play with Ah Ren because of the relationship between Ah Ren and Hu Lao, and she is familiar with Ah Ren after coming and going. Therefore, others don't know, but Fei'er knows that when Ah Ren encounters troubles or is homesick, he will lie here and be distracted, in Ah Ren's words, he is here to watch the clouds and see if anything can fall from the sky.

Ah Ren pretended to be angry and said: "Drink, drink, drink, just the amount of alcohol that your three uncles have, the master won't drink with them, last time the master drank all three of them down, this time they joined forces to pour me, didn't you see it just now? Your uncle is still frowning at your father, it's so embarrassing! A group of old men were drunk by a young man, and they dared to ask for help, don't go!"

Fei'er raised her head and said to Ah Ren's position: "Hehe, I know that Brother Ah Ren is the most powerful, in fact, I don't want you to drink with them, what's good about drinking, drinking too much will hurt your body, just right, take this opportunity, I also come out to breathe, Brother Ah Ren, can you come down?"

"Come on!"

Ah Ren jumped to Fei'er's side with a swish.

"Or Fei'er knows that it hurts me!" Ah Ren dotingly hooked Goufei'er's towering little Qiong's nose.

Ah Ren seems to like to use this action to express his love for the girl he loves, Qing'er is like this, Zhao Min is the same, and even Fei'er, the little girl, Ah Ren is not the first time to do this.

"Brother Aren, are you homesick?" asked Fei'er with a little face.

Fei'er also likes Ah Ren to spoil him like this, Fei'er has grown up with her uncle's cousins since she was a child, but although those cousins are very protective of themselves and love themselves, none of them are more fun than Ah Ren's brother, so Fei Er was deeply attracted to him at first sight when she saw Ah Ren, his ruffian appearance, bad smile, and jokes with his grandfather, no matter which point, he was full of curiosity and liking for him.

"yes, homesick!"

Ah Ren took Fei'er's little hand and sat down on the bamboo chair on the open-air balcony, re-wrapped her scarf, put the hat on Fei'er's clothes for her, and sat down beside her and said: "I haven't left home for so long since I was a child, and it's the first time I've spent the New Year outside, so I'm a little homesick, but with Fei'er with me, I'm much better, and I don't think so much!"

Ah Ren turned his head, stared at Fei'er's big fairy-like charming eyes, and said softly.

The winter night is still a little cold, Ah Ren doesn't wear much, and the breeze gently lifts Ah Ren's newly grown bangs, which makes people feel a little distressed when they look at it.

Fei'er gently touched Ah Ren's angular face, and said with a distressed face: "Brother Ah Ren, why don't I beg my grandfather and ask him to give you a few days off and go home to have a look!"

"Hehe, no need, I know that the old man is for my good, if I can't bear this little lovesickness, then what big things can I do, and how can I be worthy of our Fei'er little fairy daughter!" Ah Ren held Fei'er's cold little hand with his backhand and said with a wicked smile.

Fei'er said shyly: "Brother Ah Ren, you are here again..."

"Laba porridge after a few days, mile la la twenty-three,........ Twenty-nine steamed steamed buns, stay up for one night in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and walk all over the streets on the first and second days of the new year!"

This is to describe the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, regardless of the north and south of China, as long as there are people, this custom will not change, the New Year, is to go door to door, go to relatives, only in this way, will show this year more lively.

Ah Ren knew that Hu Lao's family would definitely be very busy these days, so he got up early in the morning of the first day of the new year, made an excuse and went out.

Kyoto is located in the north of the Chinese country, the Chinese New Year is still very cold in the past few days, Ah Ren did not call the driver, drove the car of Hu's old family to the East Ring, walked for about two hours, came to a sparsely populated lake, the lake has frozen, Ah Ren parked the car on the lake, walked to the middle of the lake, picked up his fist and smashed the ice on the lake, bang more than 20 times in a row, the hands are blurred with flesh and blood before it can break a small hole, it can be seen that the weather here is also very cold, the ice on the lake is thick, Ah Ren knocked the ice apart little by little, took a deep breath, quickly stripped naked and plunged into it。

After a while, a small human head appeared on the surface of the lake, trembling and trembling, while chanting a word: "The work of initial tranquility, under pure yin, must be refined with yang, so that the true qi can occur, and the gods will come naturally." Refining from skill, quiet work for a long time, natural spirit and energy are combined. ”

Does that mean that I should practice this mantra in extremely cold weather?