Childhood Chapter 2 of I Am a Big Catcher
I've passed my twelfth birthday, and I've grown a head taller, and I'm supposed to be bigger. But the master still didn't teach me kung fu, just told me stories about the rivers and lakes, and never asked me to raise pigs and sheep or anything. However, the pig I raised by myself, the master loves to eat it, there are two large pots of meat, my mother and I ate half a pot, and the rest is eaten by the master. I told the master that it would be okay to raise another pig, even a sheep. The master disagreed, saying that he was afraid that my plaything would be discouraged, and I didn't understand, so I went back and asked my mother. My mother said that the master is for my good, and as for what a plaything is, I will naturally understand it when I grow up. I guess the master is afraid that I will be too tired to raise pigs, so I will not have time to practice kung fu. Because, the master has promised to teach me to practice introductory kung fu immediately.
This evening, the master called me to the courtyard and brought a rooster with me, and I asked the master strangely, "Master, do you want to kill the chicken?" We don't have a basin or a knife, do we? ”
"Ce'er, don't keep thinking about killing pigs and chickens. Today, the master will teach you light skills! The master reprimanded me with a calm face. Still, I'm happy. Because the master called me a strategist, he didn't call me a dog or a widow Cuihua's son. The master always asked me to be a planner, so even if the master scolded me, I was very happy. I was very comfortable when I heard the master call me Ce'er, no matter what he said, it was good.
The master tied a strip of red cloth to the rooster's leg, which was about three feet long. The master threw the chicken and said to me, grab it! I nodded, turned around and went into the house, grabbed a handful of beans, spilled them on the ground, and clucked, cluck, cluck, and the rooster immediately came up to my feet to eat. As soon as I reached out, I grabbed the and handed it to the master. But the master was not only unhappy, but also scolded me for being stupid.
Master, do you feel distressed when I use a handful of beans? Besides, the beans are my family's, and I don't use your beans, why are you not happy? Then the master told me that I had to catch it with my own hands, and I couldn't seduce it with beans. So I could only chase the rooster all over the yard stupidly, and the other kids laughed at me when they saw me, saying that I didn't even know how to seduce the rooster with beans, and that I was a fool. I wanted to tell them that I wasn't, but they certainly didn't believe me. So, I'm too lazy to say it.
It took a while to catch it and hand it to the master. The master instantly put it back and asked me to catch it again. I was not happy that the master did not hold on to it. However, I had to catch it again, and this time it took me longer, and I was so tired and sore that I caught the. The master nodded and said that he would catch it here today and come back tomorrow. I really don't know what the master thinks, is it possible to run after the rooster to make it and the hen hold more nests and hatch chicks?
The life of catching chickens continued for two months, until I was able to catch a rooster every time without blinking, and the master said that I could stop catching chickens and practice something else. Actually, I know that the is used to being caught by me, and now I see that I go to catch it, and I don't hide at all, and I can't stand it anyway. That's why I'm catching chickens faster and faster. However, I didn't tell the master this secret, I was afraid that he would change a new for me to catch, and it would be troublesome!
It was evening again, and the sun was shining red on the side of the mountain. The master got a swallow out of nowhere, and the red strips of cloth were tied around its feet, but it was thinner and longer than the one on the chicken, about eight or nine feet long, and maybe a zhang.
The master said to me, catch this swallow, and the light work will be a small success. You can't get it out of its nest, though, that doesn't count. I nodded, the master let go, and the swallow flew away without a shadow all of a sudden. The master urged me to chase after it, and I said strangely, "Master, didn't you say that you wouldn't let me catch it from the nest?" Now that it's dark, the swallow must be back to its nest, and I'll chase it again tomorrow morning. What do you say? I don't know if I said the wrong thing again, but the master must have been angry, turned around and ignored me, and went back to the house by himself.
At this time, the scenery by the river is beautiful, and I see that the master ignores me and just goes to the river to play. It's nice not to have to catch chickens today! I'm going to catch swallows early tomorrow morning, and I'm going to get up early. I don't sleep lazy, because my mother gets up every day when the sun doesn't rise, and I can't be lazy, otherwise I will be scolded by my mother.
When I came to the river, I saw seven or eight children older than me on the other side of the river learning boxing with Master Long. When Master Long saw me, he stopped teaching my disciple and waved me away. His apprentices also drove me away, saying that they would not let me steal from the master to learn the arts. Hmph, Master Long has never left Xiangyangzhuang, let alone been to Jiangnan and Shandong, let alone competed with the master of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance, and his art told me to steal and I didn't bother to steal. However, it was really fun to watch them practice boxing, and the master had never taught me these handstands. I think that the master will teach me in the future, for sure.