Zamabu was very physically demanding, and Shen Yun's food volume increased significantly. Originally, he ate for nothing, but he couldn't go away, and he was afraid that he would be disgusted and eat too much, so he insisted on not adding food. It's just that in this way, at night, he will be woken up hungry, holding his empty stomach, tossing and turning on the small wooden bed and unable to sleep.

Two days later, Lao Liu Tou suddenly asked him: "Yunwa, is there a rat in your house?"

Shen Yun was confused: "No." ”

Lao Liu's face was full of suspicion: "In the middle of the night in the past two days, I always heard a noise from your side. ”

For a while, Shen Yun didn't know how to answer, so he could only hook his head silently - he couldn't say that it was the noise that he made when he was so hungry that he couldn't sleep. I can only tell myself in my heart: be honest when you sleep at night.

Seeing this, Lao Liu Tou didn't want to ask any more questions, so he deliberately diverted the topic: "Hmm, have the leeks been washed?"

"Alright. Shen Yunru was released, and hurried to get the sieve containing the leeks.

However, Lao Liu Tou secretly paid more attention.

I ate leek mixed dough cake this morning. The palm-sized mixed dough cake was burned brown on both sides, and it was fragrant. Shen Yun loved it so much that he ate two of them in a blink of an eye. However, it seems that he is not even half full. When he came back to his senses, he forced himself to stop looking at the mixed dough, held the cornmeal batter bowl, and drank it all in one go.

After eating, hurry away. He said to himself in his heart. Without him, the aroma of leek cake is too enticing. He was afraid that if he walked a little slower, he would not be able to control his legs.

At this moment, a piece of mixed dough cake was handed over.

"Eat well. Old Liu Tou stuffed the mixed dough cake into his hand and said lightly, "When you grow your body, how can you do it if you don't eat enough?" He saw that the little guy must have not eaten enough, he was so hungry that he couldn't sleep, and he tossed around blindly at night.

For Shen Yun, the mixed dough cake in his hand was like a red-hot iron: "Grandpa Liu, I'm ...... It's already a hassle for everyone. ”

"! When you're full, chop wood for me. Old Liu Tou glared at him.

"Huh?" Shen Yun was stunned.

Before, when he saw Lao Liu Tou chopping firewood, he also took the initiative to ask Ying to help chop firewood. As a result, Lao Liu Tou refused with a disgusted face, saying that it was not as high as an axe, so what kind of firewood was chopping. It's only been a few days, and he hasn't seen anyone else, why did Grandpa Liu let him chop wood?

Old Liu Tou explained: "I see that your horse is getting more and more stable, and you have a little flesh on your little arm, so you should be able to lift an axe." ”

It turned out that it was because he had become stronger! Shen Yun was overjoyed, and sat down at the small table with peace of mind, took a big bite of the mixed bread, and made a vague promise while chewing: "Grandpa Liu, all the firewood in the future will be mine." "As the eldest sister said, the food you get from working is not a shame when you eat.

"Okay. After that, I will be blessed. Old Liu Tou happily took a chopstick pickle strip, chewed it creakingly, and praised his jaw, "Well, the pickles pickled a few days ago were very crispy." ”

Shen Yunle was happy: "The ones we pickled together, right?"

"That's right. Yunwa, do you remember how to pickle vegetables?"

"Remembered. ”

"Haven't you chopped wood at home before?"

"No, I don't. ”

"Well, I'll teach you later. ”

"Good!"

Shen Yun always thought that chopping wood was a fun thing. No, when he actually took over the long-handled axe in Grandpa Liu's hand, he realized that chopping wood was far from being as simple as he imagined.

"How is it, it's heavy, isn't it?" said Old Liu's face playfully.

Shen Yun admired his face: "Grandpa Liu, your axe is much heavier than the firewood knife used by my father!" However, Grandpa Liu made the tiger angry.

Lao Liu Tou pouted disappreciatively: "Old man, all your strength has returned." The axe I used to use weighed fifteen pounds, and three of them weighed. Three years ago, I used that heavy axe to chop wood, and I had no problem chopping for half an hour in a row. Not anymore. If you change to this light one, you can only split for a quarter of an hour at most each time. ”

"Wow, Grandpa Liu, you are so amazing!" Shen Yunxin said, could it be that Grandpa Liu is also a martial artist?

"It's just chopping wood, what's it. If you want to save effort, chopping wood is also a bit of a trick. Old Liu Toufu took the long-handled axe again.

Shen Yun hurriedly stepped aside and looked at it seriously.

Old Liu Tou calmed down, held a long-handled axe, and stood in front of the one-foot-high thick wooden pier: "First of all, you must tie up the horse steps." Standing firm, you can not only protect your waist and feet, but also save a lot of effort. ”

I didn't expect the benefits of Zamabu to become apparent so quickly. Shen Yun was once again ashamed of his previous ignorance and short-sightedness.

"However, the horse steps when chopping wood are a little different from the horse steps you usually practice. Lao Liu Tou explained in detail while demonstrating.

He said it very carefully, and there was a demonstration of action. Shen Yun quickly understood. The biggest difference is that Grandpa Liu's two feet are not parallel, but slightly one in front and one behind, shoulder-width apart, and the back heel is slightly raised;

Lao Liu Tou deliberately patted his slightly straight right leg: "This leg can't be too straight, otherwise, the strength on the waist can't be borrowed, and it will be very laborious when chopping firewood." This is the standing position. You try to stand for a moment. ”

"Hmm. Shen Yun learned to stand a.

Old Liu nodded: "Looks decent." "I feel sorry in my heart: it's a pity that he is a person with bad martial arts qualifications. Destined to only do rough work for a lifetime.

Then he began to teach how to hold an axe.

There's no point in this, just be careful to hold the axe tightly and keep your hands too close to the axe. In that case, it is difficult to use force when chopping wood, and it is easy to get scratched by wood.

The most important step is the third step, chopping wood. Lao Liu Tou shared his experience: "When chopping wood, you must be calm, and you can't be full of cranky thoughts." This is one of them. ”

"Second, wood has textures. Splitting along the lines, the most labor-saving. Therefore, before chopping wood, it is necessary to see where to place the axe from. ”

"Also, be resolute and decisive in chopping wood. It's sticky, laborious, and easy to get stuck with the axe. ”

He demonstrated several times in a row, and when he saw Shen Yun eager to try on the side, he smiled, and handed over the long-handled axe: "You come." ”

"Yes. Shen Yun took the long-handled axe again. This time, he was full of confidence, and it was very different from before.

Taking a deep breath and calming down, he stood up as Lao Liu Tou taught, clenching the axe with both hands.

Lao Liu Tou picked a piece of log and placed it firmly on the thick wooden pier: "Split!"

Shen Yun looked at the wood grain of the log block carefully, shouted, and slashed it with an axe.

"Horn!"

The long-handled axe was stuck.

Shen Yun lifted the axe hard, but he even lifted the log block together, and he was so frustrated in his heart: Obviously Grandpa Liu was chopping firewood and cutting pumpkins, why did the wooden block seem to have turned into an iron lump in his hand?

"Wrong. Lao Liu Tou pointed out, "Look, if you land on this wood grain, you will definitely be able to split it." ”

Shen Yun took a closer look. The axe was a finger's width away from the grain.

"You just swung the axe resolutely enough, and your strength is not weak. It's just that the axe is not cooked, and the accuracy is a little worse. Old Liu Tou comforted, "It was the same when I first started. There's no trick here. If you have it in your hand, split it a few more times, and you'll be fine. ”

Then, he assigned the task: "This morning, you just need to chop this pile of firewood." These are used to make coarse wood, don't chop too finely, just split each piece into two pieces from the middle. ”

The wooden blocks next to it are long and short, and there are about 100 roots. Shen Yun nodded: "Yes." ”

Old Liu Tou had other work, and after telling him to be careful not to hurt his hands, he left with his hands behind his back.

Shen Yun spat in his hand, took the axe off the log block, put it back on the thick wooden pier, and continued to work.

With the first failure, the second swing, he paid special attention to the point of the axe.

"Boom!"

The axe falls accurately on the wood grain. The half-foot-high log splits in half from the middle!

Sure enough, it's not very strenuous!

Again!

Shen Yun picked up another log block from the pile of wooden blocks and continued.

Thinking back to the action of swinging the axe just now, he found that it would be easier if he used the dexterity on his waist. Next, he gave it a try.

As a result, he was pleasantly surprised to find that this was really the case!

Oh, that's great!

Tasting the sweetness, he corrected the posture and strength of chopping wood again and again.

Before he knew it, his head was getting better and better, and the long-handled axe was getting smoother.

When Lao Liu Tou passed by, he glanced at it from a distance, nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart: A very clever baby, she will be a good hand at doing work in the future.

When he went to the main courtyard to deliver lunch at noon, he specially mentioned to the owner of the hall about Shen Yunxue chopping wood: "Yunwa is just a little less strong in her hands. If he were two years old, he would definitely be able to chop wood. ”

The owner of the hall shook his head repeatedly: "Diligent, clever, not bad." He added, "I asked Lei'er to teach him to go to the tree every day to hang his arms and practice his arm strength." "Old Liu Tou has been busy all his life in front of the saddle and behind the horse by his father's side, and has been doing chores for him for more than ten years. He didn't find a good candidate before, so he never mentioned it. Since Shen Yun closed the eyes of Old Liu Tou, he didn't mind mentioning Shen Yun more. And the latter grows up quickly, and the sooner he tops things, the sooner Lao Liu Tou can be idle.

Thinking of this, he asked Fu Lei: "How many words does Yunwa know?"

Fu Lei was truthful: "It's almost fifty words." Nearly half of the "Literacy Song" was read. ”

"It's too little. It is not yet possible to keep accounts. "The owner is a little sorry.

Is this disgusting Junior Brother Yun? Fu Lei hurriedly added: "Junior Brother Yun is stronger now than before. I plan to teach him five words a day in the future. ”

Old Liu Tou understood the intention of the hall owner: "It's okay. It is not difficult to keep a running account. I taught him slowly. "The hall owner is Mingjian, he is indeed old and dizzy, and he can't see the account book clearly. The daily turnover costs half of his energy. If he had taught Yunwa earlier, he would have had a lot easier.

"Okay, Uncle Liu, you can bother to bring him more in the future. The hall owner sighed, "My parents died early, I was abandoned by my relatives, and my sister who depended on each other was gone." has a rough background, but he is simple, capable, sensible, and a pitiful baby. "In this world, untouchables don't live as well as ants. Staying in the gym as a handyman, he felt that it was the best way out for Shen Yun's baby.