Chapter 25: Father Talks About Xu Shorty

Leaving the Crown Hotel, my father took me to the shores of Lake Glo.

I smiled a little wryly, I was about to get acquainted with Glo Lake, and I came here three times in two days, and each time there was a story.

I don't know, what will happen this time.

There was no one around, and I thought it was time for my father to tell me the truth.

He sat on a rock, stared at the lake, and for a long time, finally withdrew his gaze and looked at me.

"Son, tomorrow you will enter the barracks."

"Dad, I don't want to go, and I know you don't want me to go at all."

Father sighed, "No, you can't go, you will go to the barracks tomorrow, remember that you must go to the wasteland with Wood." ”

"Catch the stowaways?"

"It's not to catch, it's to release! You'll have to do whatever it takes to help the stowaways escape. If you can, save them. ”

"Dad, I don't understand."

"I'll tell you slowly, do you remember the man in the bucket hat you met on the street today?"

"Of course, if you don't say it, I also have to ask, who is he and what kind of kung fu he uses."

"His surname is Du, his name is Shen, the word is Xinwu, he is unique among the martial arts masters I have come into contact with, and Guo Yusheng, who is a half-step collapse, is also a martial arts idiot, he was thirteen years old from the old Tao Yu Hu enlightenment, just one year to learn the old Tao of the true style. Yu Lao Dao had nothing to teach him anymore, and when he left, he told him that if he wanted to go to the next level, he needed to keep in mind the words "see the sages and think together". At the age of thirteen, he ingeniously listed everywhere to seek teachers: "The kid is not talented, sincerely seek teachers." However, if you have to compete, those who can win the rest will be hired with a thousand gold courtesy, and they will never break their promises. ”

"Later, a friend wrote to him recommending an unborn senior master, and he was very interested in hearing his approach, and came to teach a few days ago, especially telling him to be respectful."

Du Xinwu was overjoyed, looking forward to this master every day, and suddenly one day, the person finally came, but he was not a tall man, but a short man, standing there only one head higher than the table. Du Xinwu couldn't help but look at this short man who claimed to be tall, and took some silver taels and wanted to send it away. ”

"But the dwarf said that he was here to be a master, didn't you say that as long as you can win the competition, you will be hired with a thousand dollars?"

"Du Xinwu said to that person that you are short in stature, like a martial artist, what amazing art can you have, besides, if I worship a short man as a teacher, wouldn't I be ashamed of the people in the rivers and lakes."

"That dwarf is furious, I came all the way here to teach my apprentices, but I don't admit it, your heart to seek a teacher is not only insincere, but also judge people by their appearance, look down on you, and I'm angry, you don't let me teach, but the number of thousands of gold, not a penny!"

"Du Xinwu is young and vigorous, and he also turned his face, although I am young, but I am not mentally disabled, I see that you are not only not a famous teacher, but more like a charlatan, come here to cheat money, so let the subordinates blow this dwarf out."

"Who knows, the next day when Du Xinwu was practicing in the courtyard, the dwarf didn't know when to climb the wall, sat on the wall and talked about his kung fu posture, Du Xinwu was furious, you said I can't practice, then try it. The dwarf laughed, you haven't given me a thousand gold, why should I teach you? After reading your showcase, you just begged me to teach, and I won't teach you anymore, what kind of climate can a smoker become. ”

"It turns out that this Du Xinwu has a bad hobby, that is, smoking, and he doesn't care when he hears the dwarf talk about it."

Du Xinwu saw that there was no martial artist to teach, but he moved the mind to study outside, he learned martial arts without abandoning literature, went to Yupu Academy to study, read scriptures and history, and practiced calligraphy. Because he has a strong mind and is very diligent, he is highly valued by the teacher, so he asked him to go to Lizhou to take the imperial examination, but he did not expect Du Xinwu to be in the top ten. After that, everyone thought that Du Xinwu was going to become an official, but this guy was obsessed with fighting tigers, which was the same as you. ”

Du Xinwu practiced the tiger fork, and went to hunt the tiger with great interest, the tiger did not hunt, but hunted a wild boar, Du Xinwu wanted to carry the wild boar back, but found that he was unable to do it, and suddenly thought about what the dwarf said, what kind of climate can a smoker become, and immediately regretted it, and made up his mind to quit smoking drugs, originally this cigarette is extremely difficult to quit, since the Opium War, how many people are addicted to big cigarettes, of course they know the harm, but the addiction attacks, the pain is unbearable, as if in a hell, only smoking again can be alleviated, For this reason, it is really deplorable how many people have gone bankrupt and sold their children and daughters. ”

"But this big smoke can't be easily quit, and the whole world is afraid that no one can be found, but this Du Xinwu gritted his teeth and actually quit this evil. All of a sudden, everyone in the rivers and lakes picked up their big fingers. ”

"Du Xinwu quit smoking and drugs, but he also fell seriously ill, and his health deteriorated."

"After quitting, I fell seriously ill, but my body also deteriorated. Thinking that his teacher Yu Hu Lao Dao was a Taoist, he found a teacher to regulate his body, and after Yu Lao Dao used the Taoist method to adjust his body, he told him that he could go to Mount Emei, Sichuan, to find Master Xu of the Natural Gate, if he could guide him, the art industry would be successful. ”

"Du Xinwu came to the natural gate of Mount Emei, and when he saw Master Xu, he was stunned, and Master Xu was actually the dwarf of the year," "Du Xinwu was embarrassed and apologized, and the Xu dwarf was even more angry when he saw that it was Du Xinwu, scolding him for having no eyes and not knowing masters, kicking Du Xinwu over, and finally driving him off Emei. ”

Du Xinwu returned to Yu Lao Dao, and Yu Lao Dao only knew about the past, but he repaired a book to let Du Xinwu return to Emei. He saw Xu Xiaozi again and presented Yu Laodao's letter, but Xu Xiaozi didn't even look at it, tore it apart, and drove Du Xinwu down from Emei again. ”

Du Xinwu was frustrated and discouraged one after another, at this time a peasant couple passed by, the woman was angry with her own man, scolding, but the farmer was smiling, endured it all the time, and finally let the woman lose her temper, and the couple went home together. This made Du Xinwu wake up suddenly, so Mikami Emei, this time he made up his mind, no matter how short Xu Xiaozi punched or kicked, he didn't leave. ”

"Xu Shorty still refused to accept him as an apprentice, Du Xinwu learned from Xu Shorty when he was practicing, riding on the wall, pointing fingers at Xu Shorty's kung fu, Xu Shorty was furious, scolded: If you have the ability, come down and try, if you lose, I will worship you as a teacher."

Du Xinwu waited for this sentence, immediately jumped off the wall, compared to the comparison, I will worship you as a teacher if I lose, and hit Xu Xiaozi with a fist, Xu Xiaozi dodged sideways, and punched Du Xinwu with a long nosebleed, Du Xinwu smiled and said You won, I lost, I worship you as a teacher according to the agreement, after speaking, I knelt down and kowtowed, saying that the master is above, the disciple sincerely worships the teacher, and asks the master to include the door wall.

Only then did Xu Xiaozi realize that he had been fooled, and he was so angry that his beard was tall and tall, and he suddenly laughed, and finally accepted Du Xinwu. Since then, Xu Xiaozi has taught Du Xinwu the housekeeping skills of the Natural Gate. ”

"This Xu Short is not a master in the world, he has practiced all kinds of soft and hard kung fu since he was a child, somersaulting, walking soft ropes, etc., and knows everything inside and outside, the north and the south. Because of his short stature and ugly appearance, he is often not valued, and not only Du Xinwu is so, Xu Xiaozi is not convinced, so he lives in seclusion in the mountains and rivers, concentrates on the study of skills, and comprehensively learns what he has learned, and concentrates on the study of various schools of martial arts, and creates a unique martial arts boxing method in a furnace, and names himself as the Natural Gate. ”

"The basic kung fu exercises of the natural gate have inner circle hands, crow step, and life-killing feet, Du Xinwu once saw Xu Dwarf practicing crow step on a big pot, only to see him step on the edge of the pot, round and wishful, amazing."

Later, Du Xinwu went one step further on the exercises taught by Xu Xiaozi, simplified the complex, and organized the natural martial arts into a kind of superior internal kung fu that was refined by the appointment and refinement, which is really the essence of the martial arts. Practice to a certain extent, but completely lost the fixed style, the footsteps are changed lightly, and the whole posture, footwork, and hand style are free and easy, so that the natural martial arts style is self-contained. ”

"After learning skills, Du Xinwu has been a dart master, a guard of the Forbidden City, and even killed the Jiangyang thief Li Boss who opened a black shop on the Sichuan-Guizhou border, rescued several women, and became famous on the rivers and lakes."

People thought that he would start a sect, but they didn't want him to resign from his position as a guard of the imperial city, study hard behind closed doors, and then after being introduced by Song Dezun, he took the Japanese steamship Kobe Maru to Japan in Shanghai and went to the sea to study. He was admitted to the Department of Agriculture of Tokyo Imperial University, and had a deep friendship with revolutionaries such as Song Dezun and Wu Yuzhang, and was deeply influenced. It is said that when Lafayette sent people to Japan to assassinate Sun Xing and Song Dezun, it was Du Xinwu's cooking. ”

"When I escaped from Middle-earth with Anne and traveled to Japan, I had a relationship with Du Xinwu, when that Saito was arrogant, and he was very arrogant when he was arrogant and fought against the Chinese in Japan in Hibiya Park in Tokyo. At this time, when he saw a person jumping into the ring, it was Du Xinwu, just a few faces, he grabbed Saito's belt and lifted it up, and threw it out of the ring. Later, I met Du Xinwu and learned martial arts from him. ”

"Today, I saw that he grabbed Saito's actions the same as back then, so I concluded that he was Du Xinwu, and I didn't know why he went to Australia, so I simply followed."

"After meeting and talking, I learned that Du Xinwu has joined the revolutionary party, and it is natural to need money to fight a war and do revolution, Du Xinwu's trip is to escort a group of craftsmen to Australia, since the discovery of gold mines in Australia, people from all over the world have come to pan for gold, and there are a lot of Chinese from Hong Kong, but they are all doing the drudgery of mining, and the Chinese who are tired and sick are afraid that there are countless people, but none of them have made a fortune."

I asked, "Dad, where are these craftsmen going to Australia?" ”

My father looked at me for a long time, and finally said, "At first, the revolutionaries wanted to bring these people to dig gold, but when they arrived in Australia, they found that the mine had been bought. After discussing with Du Xinwu, I decided to let these people go to our house to grow vegetables first? ”

I was puzzled, "Artisan grows vegetables?" Mistaken, right? ”

My father smiled bitterly, "Do you remember when I dug up a piece of green ore from our vegetable field a few days ago?" After I found someone to identify it, I found out that it was a rare turquoise, and if it was processed into jade, it could make a lot of money. ”

I rejoiced: "Dad, do you mean that our family is going to get rich?" ”

The father shook his head and said, "I want to give this money to the revolutionaries!" ”

My heart fluttered and I looked at my father, "Dad, did you also join the revolutionary party?" ”

The father shook his head, "No, but you and my father and son have always been Chinese, and Lord Lin, who sold cigarettes back then, once said that the life and death of the country of Gurli should not be driven away by blessings and misfortunes, and if these jade artifacts can give the country more help, it is also good." ”

I nodded, "Dad, I see." ”

My father grabbed my hand, "I didn't want to tell you this, I just let you join the army because of an emergency, you have to keep this secret, no one can say it," after a pause, he continued, "Including Anne! ”

I was shocked again, only to realize that the matter was serious, my father looked at my puzzled gaze, and sighed, "Whether this matter is a blessing or a curse is unknown, let's not let Anne worry." ”

I made up my mind and finally agreed to my father.

My father stood up and patted me on the shoulder, "Alright, let's go find Anne." ”

Anne and Pieu bought me lots of groceries, kindly took us back home, and arranged dinner.

The dinner was very sumptuous, and a large table was filled. Pi You knew that his father was Chinese, so he specially asked his father to invite a chef to cook at a nearby Chinese restaurant.

Pi You also ran out to bring back a jar of Chinese liquor, and after the altar was opened, the wine was fragrant, and his father was in a happy mood.

Then the old father walked in, "Mademoiselle, Mr. Standtier is here." "I was happy in my heart, why did Qian Yan come over so late.

Piyu frowned, "Why did he run over?" Then he walked out.

Anne looked at Piyu with a smile and said to me, "Tell Mom, how did you deceive this little beauty?" ”

I was in a hurry and secretly explained to Annie: "Nemo told you, Annie, you are mistaken, Nemo is not talking about her at all?" ”

"That's another girl, isn't it?"

I was fascinated by Luna's beautiful face, and Anne took my hand, "Billy, I haven't seen the other one, but I think it's Piyu who is the best fit for you." ”

I was a little scared, "Anne, don't guess. ”

"That's not good, the old Shen family still expects you to continue the incense."

"Anne, you're British, why do you talk about China?"

"My husband is Chinese, and half of my son is Chinese, besides, how do you know that British parents do not urge marriage, parents in the world are the same, even the Queen of England is no exception."

"You don't have to say a word, I can't say it in my heart, when I think about it, I'll be the first to tell you, okay?"

Anne rarely talks so much on weekdays, but today she talks more than ever, and I regret a little that I shouldn't have involved Piyu, but Piyu always ran to the front, and after knowing my father and Anne, she was very enthusiastic.

At this time, Qian Yan walked in, nagging as he walked, "Miss, you can build it, how much money can prevent you from building like this." ”

Pi You didn't pay attention to Qian Yan at all, "Qian Yan'er, if you are willing to let me be here with you, I will be here with you, if you don't want to, just say it, I will leave immediately." ”

Qian Yan looked aggrieved, "I would like you to go, but if you go from me, where can you go?" Back to Ottoman? ”

Piyu immediately shouted, "I will never go back to Osman for the rest of my life, Qian Yan'er, if you mention this matter again, I will be anxious with you." Then he strode in.

Qian Yan stopped at the door, blinked, and finally shook his head, and followed into the living room.

He glanced up at the table full of food, and his hand involuntarily touched his heart.

I secretly wondered if this miser had a heart attack because he was worried about money.

Pi Youxin introduced to his father and Anne, "Uncle, Anne, this is my uncle Stantier, he is full of money, and I have called him Qian Yan'er. ”

Then he said to Qian Yan: "Qian Yan, this is Mr. Shen, the father of the insect, and Annie, the mother. ”

Qian looked at his father with wide eyes, and suddenly his heart was full of joy and shouted: "I know you!" ”