Chapter 4 Ten Years in the Blink of an Eye
The Qu family has a little master, and as soon as the news came out, almost everyone rushed to tell each other. Naturally, children who are at the center of everyone's conversation have become the focus of attention.
In just a day or two, this young master showed something surprising. He doesn't cry or make trouble, he only cries when he's hungry or has three urgency, and he looks quiet on weekdays, staring at a pair of big eyes as if he is observing his surroundings.
Such a baby, everyone is different, and they all say that when this child grows up, he must be extremely smart. He also has his own name in the Qu family, and Qu Liang said to outsiders that this child was his illegitimate child. Although his mother is unknown, Qian Ying took him under her knees to raise him, and for a while she didn't dare anyone to say a word or two, and they all called him the eldest young master.
Qu Yi grew up slowly, spoke and walked earlier than ordinary babies, and his physique was exceptionally strong. Until the age of three, he had never been sick.
He loved to be close to the young maids around him, and when he was five or six years old, he often broke into the bathhouse where the maids bathed and bathed with them. The maids thought he was young and ignorant, and instead of rejecting him, they often played with him in the bathhouse.
It was the most carefree and happy time for him.
Ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the Qu family has a successor, like a haze swept away, and in the past ten years, it has been smooth sailing and continues to grow and develop.
It was another bumper year. In addition to the joy of the harvest, the eldest son Qu Yi and the eldest daughter Qu Xin are also ten years old, and the second son Qu Xu is only nine years old, but he is only a month away from his sister Qu Xin.
The three of them have been playing together since they were children, and they went to the school together to take classes, from learning literacy to poetry and writing. The three of them are young, and they are already very good elementary school teachers.
The rules of the Qu family, at the beginning of the age of ten, began to practice the cultivation exercises. Although Qu Xu is still young, Qu Liang thinks that he is the heir of the Qu family in the future, and he should be trained strictly from an early age, and let him practice together. The three of them began to accept the most rigorous cultivation of the Qu family again.
The practice takes place six days a week, and the remaining day also needs to be reviewed diligently. They had to get up every day before the rooster crows and go to the ashram, otherwise the teacher in charge of the supervision would punish them. Such a hard practice is naturally unspeakably painful for children with immature minds.
It was still dark on this day, and Qu Yi's door was pushed open, and a little guy trotted all the way to Qu Yi's bed. She saw that Qu Yi on the bed was still asleep, and she was so angry that her face, which was still a little baby fat, was even more round.
She pulled off Qu Yi's quilt, leaned into his ear and shouted loudly: "Brother, it's morning, get up!"
Qu Yi was so frightened that his dream was shattered, he sat up with a scream, rubbed his dream eyes and looked around, isn't this his room? As soon as he turned his head, he was frightened by Qu Xin's face in front of him, and said, "What, it turned out to be you, don't be scary early in the morning." ”
Qu Xin didn't give this brother any face, pulled him under the bed by tugging on his clothes, and said at the same time: "You are embarrassed to say early in the morning, what time is it, if it is any later, we will be late." Today, the second uncle gave us a lesson, and if we were late, we would definitely be punished very badly. ”
When it was mentioned like this, Qu Yi remembered that there was indeed such a thing, and he was so frightened that he crawled out of bed. On one side, he took off his pajamas, and on the other hand, Qu Xin had already found out the Taoist clothes he was wearing for his cultivation. Qu Xin handed him the clothes and urged, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”
"It's fast enough. ”
The two little urchins came out of the side room in the courtyard, where was Qu Yi's room. The main room is the living room of their mother, Mrs. Qu Ying, and Qu Xin's room is next door to the main room, with a room in the middle, which is the side room where Qu Yi lives.
After carefully closing the courtyard gate, the two little ones spread their feet and ran, like two little wild boars, rampage along the way, and all the people on the road retreated.
The dojo where the three people practice is on the right side of the backyard, where there is a large playground, a meditation room, a martial arts training ground, and a qi training room. Those who can practice here are the descendants of the Qu family's clan, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. And now in the early morning, this place has become a special cultivation ground for the three rising stars in the family.
Qu Yi and Qu Xin came straight to this dojo, and as soon as they entered the door, they ran straight to the big playground. When they arrived, there were already two people waiting in the large playground.
One of them is Qu Qian, who taught them today, Qu Liang's second brother, that is, their second uncle, the man in the iron mask they are most afraid of. And the other little guy who looks like them at first glance is their younger brother Qu Xu.
The two quickly ran to Qu Xu's side, lined up neatly in order of young and old.
Qu Qian looked at the two who were late, looked up at the sky, and didn't say much, just said to the two, "Stretch out your hand." ”
When the two heard this, their faces sank, Qu Xin glanced at Qu Yi with resentment, and stood up obediently. Qu Yi didn't dare to complain, and also stood up and spread his palms.
Qu Qian took out the ring ruler and slapped it on each of the palms of the two, and the small palms turned red all of a sudden. Just when Qu Yi thought that this was over, Qu Qian's ring ruler fell on his palm again.
"Oops. ”
Qu Qian said: "Yi'er, do you know why the second uncle wants to punish you?"
Qu Yi shook his head and replied, "I don't know." ”
"Look at your clothes. If you are not neatly dressed, how can you practice well? You are the eldest brother, and you should take the lead in setting an example for your younger brothers and sisters, and if your younger brothers and sisters learn from you, what should we do? Also, the second uncle heard from the teacher who usually teaches you that Qu Xu and Qu Xin both work extremely hard in their cultivation, and you are not thinking of making progress. Now I know why I punished you. ”
"Got it. ”
"It's not enough to know, it's only useful to change it. ”
"What the second uncle taught is that Yi'er understands. ”
Qu Qian nodded, asked the two of them to stand back, and then said, "A few days ago, the teachers only taught you the simplest way to exercise your body, so that you can have a solid foundation. And this foundation is for today's practice. Qi, which exists between heaven and earth and the universe, is the most important thing in this world. Qi training is the foundation of the foundation of cultivation, simple practice can strengthen the body, and good practice can go to heaven and earth to do anything. What the second uncle wants to teach you today is the Qu family's unique qi cultivation technique. ”
As he spoke, Qu Qian's eyes inadvertently glanced at Qu Yi twice. Although this is a strictly confidential matter to outsiders, the important clansmen within the Qu family all know that Qu Yi is not the blood of the Qu family, but the adopted son of Qu Liang. Therefore, in the eyes of many people in the Qu family, Qu Yi is an outsider.
As for whether the Qu family's secret qi training technique should be taught to him, many people in the family were opposed. Even Qu Qian himself had advised Qu Liang not to do this, but Qu Liang said that he went up the mountain to return to his gods that day, and in a dream, he met the fairy again, and the fairy asked him to treat Qu Yi as his own son, so Qu Yi could not be distinguished separately.
The reason why he would personally teach the three of them to practice qi art here today was because of Qu Liang's trust in him, and because of Qu Liang's request. Although he also had misgivings about teaching Qu Yi to practice qi, Qu Liang's request was in front of him, and he couldn't refuse.
Qu Qian walked to the center of the playground and beckoned to the three of them, and the three of them walked in front of Qu Qian.
Qu Qian said: "The first step in the so-called Qi cultivation is to perceive the existence of Qi. The best time to practice Qi is in the morning of the day, when Qi is most active. You sit down cross-legged here, close your eyes, and feel the outside qi instead of your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and skin, but with the qi from within your body.
Qi exists in the universe of heaven, earth and nature, and naturally exists in our bodies. You have all memorized the mantra that was given to you the other day, and that mantra teaches you how to sense and control the qi in your body. As I said, that mantra is not only for you to memorize, but for you to understand. You are here now to show what you have learned these days, and feel the qi around you. ”
The three of them nodded, and one of them separated the distance of more than one meter, then sat down cross-legged, and according to Qu Qian's words, they began to cultivate their qi according to their own comprehension. It was a morning.