Chapter 12, Bright Moon on the River

"Okay! Guanying, if you have this ideal, then you have to be prepared to endure hardships. And you have to stick to it for a long time, you can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days, then you can't become a master. Lu Chengfeng said, "You see that you are a scholar, you have practiced martial arts earlier than you, and you don't need to supervise, you have always persevered, and now you are a master." "From the perspective of the entire rivers and lakes, second-rate skills are already considered masters. Among the many small forces, the highest martial arts are only second-rate. For the big forces, the people who sit in the places are only the second-rate masters, the first-class masters, it is not so easy to break through, only the important places, will send the first-class masters to sit in the town. For example, the earliest temple in the Central Plains, the White Horse Temple, one of the holy places of Buddhism, has a first-class warrior monk sent by Shaolin to be responsible for the safety of the White Horse Temple.

"Uncle Lu has won the award. Li Shucheng said, "No matter what you do, you must persevere." I don't know the people who practice martial arts, after all, I only know Uncle Lu and a few of you. But there are people everywhere, and I still know about it. Let's just say that in Pingjiang Prefecture, how many students are there to study? Hundreds of thousands! And the number of places to take the test is only one or two hundred, so how big is the competition here! And if we pass the test but do not pass the provincial test, we will have to start the next test from the test solution, and if we do not persevere, there is no possibility of passing. Some students start in their twenties and don't take the exam until they are in their fifties. ”

"Yes! There are too many readers, not only in the city, but also in the countryside. Lu Chengfeng also sighed, "Every three years, there are only five or six hundred people who take the imperial examination, but there are so many scholars, of course the competition is big!"

"But for the virtuous nephew, it's not a big problem. Lu Chengfeng sighed and encouraged Li Shu to become enlightened. In his mind, Li Shucheng was precocious, and he knew the difficulty of the imperial examination, so he must have been mentally prepared for a long time, and he took a step ahead of others. Keep at it, and the hope of success is greater.

"The problem is very big!" Li Shucheng sighed, "Those who went to school at the same time as me, I am improving, they are also improving, in addition, I have to compete with countless seniors, although I also insist on studying, in fact, the hope is also very small." However, I didn't want to go far in the imperial examination, and I didn't plan to go until I was forty or fifty years old. ”

"That's right, the good years can't be wasted on the imperial examination. Lu Chengfeng said.

After playing with Lu Guanying in Guiyunzhuang for a while, Li Shucheng went home.

"The years have passed in the small town, the clear courage, and the washed memories ......" On the way, Li Shucheng looked at the red and willow green, a piece of spring light, and hummed a song in a good mood.

Humming the song, I couldn't help but think of the TV series "Huo Yuanjia", and I thought that when I was young, I watched it several times with a saucer.

"Huo Yuanjia is also a martial arts practitioner. At that time, most of the powerful martial arts were internal boxing, Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi, Wing Chun, etc., although it was internal boxing, but there was no internal strength. Well, it's not necessarily that there is no internal strength, it's just that the application is different. Li Shucheng thought of Neijiaquan and explained to himself.

"In any case, Neijiaquan has been popular for a period of time in history, and there have been a large number of masters, and it must have its superior side. Li Shucheng thought, "At least he is very good at controlling the body and the use of strength, what is the strength of the light and the dark, is the induction of the degree of use of strength, a person who only masters the strength of the light can lift hundreds of catties of things due to his strength, but the person who turns the strength into the dark may not be able to lift it." In the same way, a person with bright strength may not be able to defeat a person with dark strength. ”

"In today's martial arts, due to the existence of internal strength, it is easier to control the body, so the exercise method is very rough. Most people who practice martial arts first pursue strength, and only when their internal strength reaches a high and profound realm will they ponder the subtle control of their body and strength. Li Shucheng thought.

This is also when people with poor martial arts fight, like a TV series to create a screen effect, destroying the tables, chairs and benches around them, and even cracking big stones. It's not that they want to, it's that they simply can't hold it. Only when the martial arts are high and you can release and receive, you will not waste your strength.

"It seems that I need to start over and take better control of the power. If I can control it in a subtle way, then my martial arts will go further. Li Shucheng thought.

Back at home, Li Shucheng picked up the standing pile that he hadn't practiced for a long time and the Quanzhen Dao Boxing that he had not practiced, practiced it again, felt all over his body little by little, slowly adjusted, and carefully experienced the difference.

In addition, he added a new method of cutting down trees. He had never done the work of chopping trees, chopping firewood, and carrying water before, cutting trees, without internal force, was to practice the use of physical strength.

With the increase of cultivation time, Li Shucheng found that his food consumption gradually increased, but his body did not become thicker, but his strength did increase, and what made him even happier was that his internal strength could obviously feel the increase, and he was more motivated to practice.

Refining and refining qi, the internal force comes from the body's essence, and the body's essence comes from food, and if you eat too much, your blood and qi will be full, and your essence will be abundant, and the internal force will be transformed into more. The reason why the internal force grows faster after adulthood is because the amount of food is greater than that of a teenager, but the physical needs are less, and there is more essence for cultivating internal strength. After old age, the physical fitness declines and more energy is needed, but the body functions are aging, and the essence transformed is less and less, and the growth of internal strength is naturally slow.

After practicing this day, Li Shucheng came to the village, and planned to go up the mountain with the locks, but he didn't expect them to go up the mountain, but to go fishing.

"Why did you think of going fishing?" Li Shucheng was curious. As peasant children, although they are still young, they have also fished with adults. But this is the first time that a group of children have gone on their own.

"That...... During this time, we ate more and more food, and we always felt that we couldn't eat enough. We thought, go fishing in the river. The lock said. There is a river not far outside the village, and the village goes there for fishing.

The belly is large, and it was originally half the size, but it was the time to eat a long meal, and the amount of food was very large, plus the practice of martial arts, ordinary people really couldn't afford it. Li Shucheng also eats a lot now, and they are all nutritious, that is, his family has money, so he can practice martial arts with peace of mind.

It's not to say that it's not easy to cultivate a master. Don't look at the life in the village is getting better, but you can't raise idlers, last year's older children, except for the lock and the second egg were left in the school by Li Shucheng as a gentleman, the other children went to Li Shucheng's business house as a buddy. Not only can you solve the problem of eating, but you can also earn a lot of money.

"It's a good idea, but there are often people in the river with nets, and there aren't many fish, so it's okay to get some shrimp and crabs. Li Shucheng said.

After playing by the river for an afternoon, they all ate a lot of small fish and shrimp, and shouted that they would come often in the future.

In the evening, the father Li Yu said to Li Shucheng: "I think the two boys of the lock and the second egg are good, or let the two of them go to the business house." "Now my family's business house is developing well, but it is short of manpower. Ordinary guys can find it casually, but it's not easy to find the main thing, so Li Yu hit the idea of the two of them.

"He's gone, who's going to class?" Li Shucheng asked, "Although there are not many people in the school, it's not good if it stops." ”

"Who can't teach that lesson?" Li Yu said, "Just find a poor talent, that arithmetic is also simple, the same as the outside, but the symbols are different, let him learn while learning." ”

"Okay, bring Mr. here first, read and study for a few days. Li Shucheng thought for a while and said. Li Shucheng left the lock and the second egg because he learned the best. But now that I think about it, although they stayed, they must not be happy in their hearts. The other children in the village have gone to the trading house, and they have a lot of money every month, and they have no money to get it in the school.

The next day, Li Yu brought Mr. Liu, who found him. An old man with a girl who was a little younger than Li Shucheng. Although this little girl is a little thin, she has a different temperament. At first, Li Shucheng thought that this girl was his granddaughter, but how did he know that it was his daughter, although he looked old, he was actually only in his thirties.

"Mr. Jiang, there are no empty rooms in the school, and your father and daughter will live in our house for the time being. Li Yu said and beckoned the two to settle down in the guest room.

"Show me your arithmetic. As soon as the old man had sorted out his belongings, he offered to read the arithmetic book. He can also do arithmetic, but he heard Boss Liu say that he uses new symbols, so he has to take a look at it first.

Li Yu brought the prepared arithmetic book, Mr. Jiang opened it and looked at it, and his daughter also followed curiously.

Although it is still the same addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but there are more new symbols, Mr. Jiang was also a little confused for a while, and said: "It's still the same algorithm, but the symbols are different, give me a few days, I will learn while teaching." ”

"This ...... Mr. Jiang, the older children in the school are divided into two classes, and each progress is different, so you have to read the whole book first. Li Yu said with some embarrassment, he also felt a little difficult to catch ducks on the shelves.

"Why don't I try?" said Mr. Jiang's daughter timidly. She has been smart and has a good memory since she was a child, and she remembered these new symbols when she saw her father embarrassed and stepped forward.

"Yue'er, don't make trouble, you are a woman, how can you be a gentleman?" Mr. Jiang said busily.

"Yes, you can. Li Yu hurriedly said, "There are not only boys but also girls in the school, and women can also be husbands." "As long as the problem of teaching in the school can be solved, Li Yu doesn't care what kind of woman can't be a gentleman's dogma. Originally, there were a few girls in the village who came out of the school, but now they have something to do and make a lot of money, and Li Yu is embarrassed to ask others to go to the school. I went outside to find my husband.

Within two days, when Li Shucheng took the exam to teach Jiang Yue'er, Jiang Yue'er passed easily, she had completely mastered these contents, and she also pushed through the old and planned to write new textbooks.

"Could this be the legendary genius?" Li Shucheng sighed. He asked himself, even if he had learned arithmetic, but he couldn't do it in two days to memorize these new symbols and use them proficiently.

Now that it passed, Jiang Yue'er and her father officially went to the school to attend classes. Yue'er is a nickname, since she is a gentleman, Jiang Yue'er is also her own name, Jiang Mingyue.