Chapter 6: Troubled Mountains
With the roar of insects and beasts, another night passed.
Nothing was said all night.
"Wake up, get up. Xiao Huaijin was sleepy, and suddenly felt that someone was shaking herself.
"Hurry up. Nanyutang looked at his sleeping little grandson and said loudly helplessly.
"Huh?" Xiao Huaijin was startled and instantly sobered up. Then he got up and got dressed neatly.
He remembered that before going to bed last night, his grandfather Nanyutang said that he would teach him the Chaos Mountain Knife Technique. This is a knife technique, and if you learn it, you can easily kill a ferocious wolf like your grandfather.
Every boy has a heroic dream in his heart, and Xiao Huaijin is certainly no exception.
Xiao Huaijin got dressed, stepped out of the door, and found that his grandfather Nanyutang was already standing outside, waiting for him quietly.
The sun had not yet risen, and the sky was just dawning. A gust of wind blew in front of him, Xiao Huaijin shivered and tightened the clothes on his body.
It's still spring, the cold of winter hasn't passed, and the morning is still relatively cold.
"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. So, it is important to have a good body. Now you run three laps around this valley and get moving. Nanyutang turned around and said to Xiao Huaijin.
"Got it. Xiao Huaijin responded.
Then he took two short legs and ran around the small valley.
"Whoop. ”
After running for a while, Xiao Huaijin began to gasp for breath. Although the valley looks small, it is quite large after running a lap. For the young Xiao Huaijin, it is a big burden.
Nanyutang looked at Xiao Huaijin who was gradually running away, and he was also a little helpless in his heart, his little grandson was still a little fat.
Yes, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Those who are close to the little fat are, of course, also fat. As a chubby friend who runs an inn at home, Xiao Huaijin doesn't eat and drink a lot.
The consequence of this is that Xiao Huaijin is getting fatter and fatter, and the overall trend is growing horizontally. One of the important reasons why Nanyutang let Xiao Huaijin run is to let him lose weight.
Xiao Huaijin naturally didn't know his grandfather's intentions, and his round little body was running with a snort. It's still quite difficult for him to run three laps.
After a while he couldn't run, but he didn't stop, and continued to run around the valley step by step on his two short legs.
After running for nearly an hour, Xiao Huaijin finished three laps with difficulty. The clothes all over the body have long been wet with sweat, and it is indescribably uncomfortable to stick to the body.
"Gollum. ”
Xiao Huaijin's stomach screamed uncontrollably. After all, he was woken up by his grandfather before he woke up, and then he ran around the valley three times, and he still hasn't eaten breakfast.
"It smells so good. Xiao Huaijin returned to the hut and was attracted by the smell of rice wafting out of the hut.
"Come and eat. "Grandpa's voice came from inside the house.
"Okay. Xiao Huaijin happily agreed and happily ran towards the hut.
As soon as he heard that he could eat, he felt that his running fatigue had decreased a lot.
Breakfast was simple, Nanyutang made some porridge with the rice he brought, and put some wild vegetables from the mountains and rabbit meat left over from last night.
Xiao Huaijin eats extremely happily, and there is nothing more pleasant than a full meal after being hungry.
After breakfast, Nanyutang and Xiao Huaijin came to the valley. Now, Nanyutang is going to officially teach Xiao Huaijin the Chaos Mountain Knife Technique.
"There are three types of Chaotic Mountain Knife Technique. The first type is to see the mountain, the second type is the lost mountain, and the last type is the chaotic mountain. Nanyutang looked at Xiao Huaijin in front of him and said solemnly.
"The sword technique in the world is ever-changing, but it is just a twist, blow, roll, roll, and break the five words. Therefore, if you want to learn the knife technique well, you must do a good job in the basic skills. Nanyutang continued.
"What I'm going to teach you is a chaotic character, that is, the rotation in the five characters. The so-called chaotic mountain is to attack the opponent with a peculiar body rotation speed, each rotation speed has a subtle difference, teaching people to grasp the time of attack in advance, like a whirlwind in the desert as unpredictable, making the opponent unpredictable. Nanyutang concluded.
This is the experience he has summed up after practicing the Chaotic Mountain Sword Technique for many years.
"Next, I'll demonstrate the three styles of the Troubled Mountains, you can see it carefully. ”
"Hmm. Xiao Huaijin nodded solemnly. Then answered.
I saw Nanyutang pull out the hunting knife he was carrying, slash left and right, and follow the hunting knife and cast it.
Every time the hunting knife slashes out, a cloud of sand and dust flies up. All of a sudden, the dust was flying.
Seeing his grandfather so majestic, Xiao Huaijin couldn't help but be full of expectations for his future. When I learn it, I can be as powerful as my grandfather.
At the end of the demonstration, Nanyutang put away the knife and stood. Gasped softly. When he was young, he didn't feel anything, but now it's still more exhausting for him to play this set of chaotic mountain knife techniques.
"Now to start practicing, first you have to learn how to split. There are horizontal splits, side splits, upper splits, left splits and other methods, I will teach you one by one. Nanyutang said.
"Hmm. Xiao Huaijin replied, and at the same time took out his hunting knife.
Nanyutang taught Xiao Huaijin how to chop with a knife, leaving Xiao Huaijin to practice by himself, and then left.
He's not lazy. Now that Xiao Huaijin has just started to learn knife techniques, nutrition must keep up. Poor and rich in martial arts, this sentence is particularly true. I can't even eat enough, how can I have the strength to learn martial arts.
And the Nan family is relatively poor now, so Nanyutang had to go and collect some medicinal herbs, mountain ginseng, yellow essence or something to boil Xiao Huaijin's body bones.
By the way, you can also hunt some wild game in the mountains, which not only solves the problem of eating, but also changes the taste.
That's the benefit of backing. Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water. Lin Xiashan is not small, and it can barely be regarded as rich in products.
Back to Xiao Huaijin's side, after his grandfather left, he was not lazy and relaxed, but practiced his knife skills hard.
On the one hand, I hope that I can be as good as my grandfather, and on the other hand, I hope that my grandfather can be happy.
The children of the poor are in charge of the family at an early age. Although Nan Huaijin is not very old, it is not that he does not understand anything.
When he was younger, Xiao Huaijin was not very sensible. Seeing that everyone has a father, he asks his grandfather every day where his father and mother have gone and why they haven't come back yet.
Grandpa told him every time that they were going out and would come back soon, and they would bring back a lot of delicious and fun things for Xiao Huaijin.
But Grandpa always said that he would come back soon, but this time it was really not a long time. Xiao Huaijin is still looking forward to it with longing.
Later, once Xiao Huaijin and Xiao Pang went out to play, and heard someone say behind their backs that their father and mother had passed away a long time ago.
He was so angry that he turned around to refute the man's words. But the man told him that his grandfather lied to him, and he didn't tell him the truth of the matter because he was afraid that he would be sad.
Xiao Huaijin dropped Xiaopang, cried and ran back to ask grandpa, hoping that grandpa would tell him that what the person said was false.
But no, the grandfather told him that what the man said was true, that his father and mother had died a long time ago, and led him to see his father's tomb.
Xiao Huaijin was sad for a long time when she learned the truth of the matter, and then she never mentioned her father and mother in front of her grandfather. Every year, I would go with my grandfather to worship my parents.
Children without fathers and mothers are always bullied, and Xiao Huaijin is young and can't beat them. But he never came home and told his grandfather about these things, because he was afraid that he would be sad when he found out.
Later, Xiao Huaijin stopped playing with those children, and only played with Xiaopang alone. Chubby is the only one who doesn't bully him and brings him something to eat.
Behind everyone, there is a past that you don't want to mention.
So Xiao Huaijin worked hard and didn't dare to relax and practiced the knife technique. Not only for himself, but also for his grandfather, and his good buddy Chubby.
In his heart, after learning the knife technique, no one would dare to bully him and Chubby. In the past few years, he and Chubby have been bullied by other children, and every time the two of them go out to play, they have to avoid them.
Xiao Huaijin is still young after all, and after practicing for a while, he is sweating profusely and can't hold the hunting knife in his hand.
"Whew. Xiao Huaijin sat down on the ground and gasped heavily. He really didn't have the strength anymore.
After resting for a while, Xiao Huaijin got up from the ground and continued to practice.
God rewards hard work, and he thinks that he will be able to learn this set of knife techniques quickly.
With Xiao Huaijin swinging the knife again and again, the sun went from just rising to sunset. In the middle, Grandpa Nanyutang came once, brought him some rabbit meat and steamed buns, and solved his lunch.
"That's it for today, and I'll continue to practice tomorrow. Grandpa's voice from Nanyutang came into Xiao Huaijin's ears.
"Okay. Xiao Huaijin responded, put away the hunting knife, and carried it behind his back like his grandfather.
Nanyutang looked at the little grandson in front of him and showed a satisfied look. He believed that his grandson would become a great figure in the future.
The road back to the thatched hut was a bit long, because Xiao Huaijin was very tired after a day of knife practice, and he was carrying a hunting knife of about five or six catties on his back, so his steps were not fast and seemed a little heavy.
However, Grandpa Nanyutang did not help him, and he did not seek his grandfather's help.
If you don't go through a thorough training, you won't break out of your cocoon and become a butterfly.
Back at the thatched house, Xiao Huaijin finally relaxed, and at this time, grandpa also brought out goodnight.
Compared to the dinner of the previous days, today's dinner is particularly rich. There are not only roasted rabbits, stir-fried wild vegetables, but also braised pork, and even a pot of chicken soup stewed with old mountain ginseng.
Xiao Huaijin immediately picked up the chopsticks and devoured them, after this day's practice, he was already hungry.
After the meal, Xiao Huaijin did not go to sleep as usual, but soaked in a large bucket.
This is the result of Nanyutang's efforts when he left during the day, and the medicinal materials produced by Lin Xiashan and the prescription he received when he was young combined this barrel of medicinal bath.
He hopes that Xiao Huaijin can have a solid foundation, so that in the future, he can have the opportunity to soar to the sky.