Chapter 3 On Words, Catching Chickens, Old and Young
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"Get up, Zixu. โ
"Ah, it's still dark. Let me sleep again, Grandpa. โ
"When the sun sets, the rooster crows. Don't you understand that?"
"How can there be a rooster crowing? โ
"You doll, at such a young age, why are you so noisy, and if you don't obey, I will beat you ten boards. โ
When Yang Zixu heard this, he sat up, what are you kidding? "Grandpa, I'm up, why are you going?"
"Here are a few pieces of clothing, you can put them on first. As he spoke, Zhang Zhenren handed him a few short jackets and pants. There is also a hemp rope, which should be used as a trouser belt. Yang Zixu picked two pieces that fit together and put them on.
"Zixu, here are the fruits I just picked, you can eat a few. I'll teach you how to read after eating. Zhang Zhenren pointed to a few fruits on the table that looked a bit like apples and said.
"Well, this one is quite delicious, sweet and sour. Yang Zixu ate heavily, "By the way, you don't need to teach, I almost recognize the words." โ
"A doll who is only eight or nine years old, dare to be so arrogant?"
"If you don't believe me, you can test me. โ
"Okay, I'll write you read. Zhang Zhenren said that, and wrote on the ground with his empty fingers.
"Hey, this Zhang Sanfeng is really the best in the world of martial arts, this is really like not wanting money. Yang Zixu thought to himself, then looked at the words on the ground and read it, "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is knowing." "Hehe, this old man took the opportunity to taunt me. However, these characters are all in traditional Chinese, and fortunately I have been practicing calligraphy since I was a child, otherwise I really don't know all of them.
"Yes, keep reading. With that, Zhang Zhenren jumped into the courtyard and continued to write.
"Drunk to pick up the lamp to look at the sword, dream back to blow the horn company camp.
Eight hundred miles of scorching, fifty dazzling outside the sound. Autumn soldiers on the battlefield.
The horse sat on Lou fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt.
But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens. Yang Zixu finally read it fluently.
"Good, good, the afterlife is terrifying. I didn't think that at such a young age, you would be able to read and hyphenate. How is this better than the country tune you hummed yesterday?" Zhang Zhenren said with a smile as he stroked his white beard.
"Grandpa, don't tease me, how can that little song get into your ears. But grandpa wrote good words. Yan muscles and willow bones, round and sparse. Yang Zixu praised with a thumbs up, to be honest, Zhang Zhenren's calligraphy is absolutely first-class.
"Oh, it seems that you are also good at calligraphy, so you rate it as grandpa's handwriting?"
"The grandson didn't dare to speak. โ
"But it's okay to talk about it, will grandpa still be angry?"
"Then do you want to hear the truth or do you want to hear lies?" Yang Zixu kicked the pebble on the ground and said with a smile.
"Of course, I listened to the truth. Zhang Sanfeng said, pulled Yang Zixu over, and sat on the steps.
"Grandpa writes a calligraphy, the pen is natural, simple and soft, subtle and unassuming, floating like a floating cloud, delicate like a dragon. But my father once said to me, 'There will be no family after the Tang and Song dynasties.'"
"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Zhenren interrupted.
"Well, the sage of the book Wang Xizhi does not need to mention it, Yan, Liu, Zhao and the Tang and Song dynasties, each of them is a school of its own, and the masterpieces are all amazing to the world. However, since the Tang and Song dynasties, all those who practice calligraphy imitate Wang, Ou, Yan, Zhao, and draw scoops according to the gourd, and there is no innovation. Therefore, my father said that there would be no family after the Tang and Song dynasties. Yang Zixu said, but these are exactly what his father told him.
"Well, it makes sense, it makes sense. Zhang Zhenren couldn't help nodding his head and brushing his beard.
Yang Zixu continued to talk loudly: "My father also said that the later the innovation is successful, the more worthy of admiration. Because our ancestors have taken fewer and fewer roads, it is becoming more and more difficult to innovate. โ
"Ling Zun is really a high opinion, if you have the opportunity, you must come to visit. โ
Yang Zixu bowed his head and was silent, thinking of his parents, knowing that he would never see each other again in this life, he couldn't help but cry and cried: "My parents are no longer in this world." Zhang Zhenren also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and gently stroked his back, and Yangzi Xu suddenly felt a burst of warmth flow into his heart, and his body suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
"Do you have any other family?"
"There are three younger sisters and a younger brother, but I don't know where they are now, whether they are dead or alive. Gao Feng sobbed.
"In this way, the teacher will divinate for you. For the teacher to study the art of the six masters, come, you throw this copper coin in the sky, and then throw it after falling to the ground, six times in a row. Zhang Zhenren said and handed him three big copper coins.
As soon as Yang Zixu was about to throw it, he heard a real person say: "A person can only be counted as a hexagram, and sincerity is spiritual." He nodded to the real man, and silently recited Fayamรกn's name in his heart, thinking of her appearance, and threw the copper coin away.
Zhang Zhenren sighed secretly after seeing him throw it six times. "This hexagram has not yet been learned. โ
"Grandpa lied to people, a total of eighty-eight sixty-four hexagrams, if grandpa can't learn it, he won't count it for me. Yang Zixu ran to him, pulled his robe and said.
The real person looked at his expectant eyes, and he couldn't bear it, and gritted his teeth for a while and said: "Hey, the gold, silver and jewelry are ultimately empty, it is difficult to seek fame and fortune, it is difficult to marry a wife, and the relatives are missing." Endure all things, and let go and ponder. โ
Hehe. Ha ha..... Ha ha...... Yang Zixu listened, pondered for a while, and then laughed wildly.
Isn't this kid crazy? Zhang Zhenren thought to himself.
"Grandpa, there is a saying in my hometown: believe in fate, but never accept fate. โ
"Okay, you look like grandpa and me. Don't admit defeat, fight with fate, fight with the sky. Good grandson, since you know all the words, it is much more convenient, what do you want to learn?" Zhang Sanfeng said regretfully.
"I want to learn my grandfather's martial arts, fly to the sky, dance the sword in the Central Plains, walk the world, and look at the rivers and lakes. Zixu said sincerely.
Zhang Zhenren stood up, paced to the broken incense burner, looked up at the sky, and said in a loud voice: "Yesterday, I saw that you have strange muscles and bones, tempered by the thunder and do not die, it is unheard of, and you are still young and erudite, you are really a genius once in a hundred years." But I'm afraid you're ใใใใใใ The real person turned around, looked at Yang Zixu and said, "Hey, I've lived for a long time, but I'm timid." Doll. I teach martial arts, as long as there are five rules and precepts. If you keep it, I will pass it on to you, and if you break the precepts, I will nullify your martial arts. โ
When Zixu heard it, he knelt down on his knees in front of the real person: "Grandson, please ask for the precepts." โ
"One: loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. Zixu sighed secretly: My mother, this first article is seven major items.
"Two: Respect teachers and friends, and do not kill in vain.
Three: Don't love women, don't be afraid of the powerful.
Four: do not be flattering, do not lie, and have a good heart.
Five: Punish adultery and eliminate evil, and never tolerate it.
Hear me, can you keep it?"
"There's something my grandson wants to askใใใใใ โ
Zhang Zhenren interrupted him and said, "I know what it is, when you are old, you can naturally marry a wife and have children, I will accept you as a precious grandson, and I will not let you be a Taoist priest." โ
"A grandson can keep the precepts, and if he violates them, he will be punished by his grandfather. โ
"Hey, Lao Dao has no children and grandchildren, today I accepted this fat grandson, and promised to pass on his martial arts, it is inevitable to dot on him. It seems that the rivers and lakes will not be peaceful in ten years. The real person sighed to himself.
"Well, martial arts are divided into internal and external skills. Internal strength, mainly qi refining, meditation and internal fisting. External skills are mainly light skills, physical skills and blades. You are still young, and you can only succeed if you cultivate both inside and outside. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you to refine qi after the rooster crows, I will teach you physical techniques in the afternoon, and practice meditation at sunset. Do you have any objections?" said the real man.
"Everything is up to Grandpa's arrangement. And what about today? Grandpa. โ
"Well... The fish you burned yesterday was delicious, but unfortunately Grandpa wasn't hungry yesterday, can you burn one for me to eat today?"
"There was no seasoning yesterday, and it didn't burn well. โ
"What's the spice?"
"Oh, Grandpa, listen up. This roast chicken, duck, fish, and sheep are all available. Salt, wine, soy sauce, oil, green onion, garlic, ginger are the seasonings. Yang Zixu thought about it, MSG, spicy, cumin or something should not exist in this era, but these things should be available now.
"There are no goats in this place, but there are many pheasants and ducks. Are you waiting for me here, or are you going to catch it with me?" Zhang Zhenren asked.
"I'll go with my grandfather, I haven't caught pheasants or ducks yet. โ
"Let's go, then. After that, Zhang Zhenren put Yangzixu on his shoulder, and then jumped out of the courtyard with his feet.
"Grandpa, go catch chickens and ducks first, or prepare seasonings first?"
"Of course, I'm going to catch chickens and ducks first, catch a few more, and then go to change some spices, grandpa is also a poor Taoist, can't I go and steal seasonings for you?" Zhang Zhenren was happy and was about to pick it up, Zixu said: "It's not fun for grandpa to catch it like this." โ
"And how do you want to catch it?"
"Grandpa, go back and get a big wooden basin, a long piece of rope, and a few handfuls of millet rice. Yang Zixu said.
Zhang Sanfeng listened to it and went back to the Taoist Temple to get things, although he was suspicious, he didn't ask this little elf ghost more, and after a while, he took all the things to Zixu.
Yang Zixu found a flat and wide place, and said to the real person: "Grandpa is optimistic," and then he sprinkled the millet on the ground, then set up a large wooden basin with a branch, tied a rope of more than ten meters, and then ran to a piece of grass with a rope. He beckoned to Zhang Zhenren, and the real person took one step and came to his side.
"So this chicken can also be fished?" the real man sighed, rubbing his beard.
"My father once said, 'Grass insects can catch koi, rabbits can catch eagles, lambs can catch tigers, and fame and fortune can fish the world.'" All beings in the world can fish. Saying that, Zixu thought of his parents, felt sad for a while, and bowed his head silently.
"Failing to meet Ling Zun is a regret in life. The real person was also emotional.
"Don't talk about that. By the way, it seems that grandpa had a very boring life when he was young. โ
"Grandpa was born in Yizhou, Liaodong (Fuxin), his parents died when he was a child, and then he went to Shaolin Temple as a fireman in his teens. โ
"Liaodong people, no wonder you talk with a lot of flavor."
"What's the two-person turn?"
"Nothing, yes, Grandpa. I haven't been to Shaolin Temple yet, so I really want to go. Grandfather. โ
"A herd of bald donkeys, what's so nice. When you're older, I'll take you. โ
"Okay, that's a deal. Shhhhใใใใใใh As Zixu spoke, he saw two pheasants flying to the bottom of the big pot to eat millet rice.
"Pull the rope, pull it. Zhang Zhenren whispered excitedly.
"Don't worry, go in a little more, go in a little more. Zixu said, as soon as he pulled the rope, he saw the big wooden basin clasp the two pheasants in it, he hurriedly ran over and held the big basin, for fear that they would run away. Zhang Zhenren also ran over, put his hand in like a child, took out two pheasants, tied them up, and still in the grass in the distance. Then, under Zhang Zhenren's hard work, the task of pulling the rope was given to him.
Zhang Zhenren took pictures of cats and tigers, and after a while, he caught two more pheasants.