Chapter 8: The Clouds and the Sun

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In the next few days, Ji Hong practiced the pile with the blue sky on his head in the morning, and practiced arrows with the blue sky on his head in the afternoon, and his life was fulfilling.

At dawn that day, Ji Hong entered the back garden, but saw that his sister in green was already waiting here.

Ji Hongqi said, "Xiao Su, are you interested in coming to see me practice today?"

Ji Xiaosu said, "Brother, in the past half a month, do you already feel that the next plate is stable enough?"

Ji Hong looked at the ground, there were already two faint footprints that he had stepped on, and he was full of pride, "Of course, now I can take root as long as I stand on the pile." โ€

Ji Xiaosu asked, "How stable do you think?"

Ji Hong showed an extremely confident expression, "I don't think even ten people can push me." โ€

Ji Xiaosu nodded and said, "That's good." He turned his head to Xiao Xun and said, "Xiao Xun, you go and push the young master with all your might." โ€

Xiao Xun agreed, ran over and pushed Ji Hong hard, and then was bounced back like hitting a wall.

Ji Hong said proudly, "My pile skills are already stable enough." โ€

Ji Xiaosu called a group of family members again and asked them to push their brother together.

Ji Hong panicked, "Hey, you're not here for real, are you?"

One or two family members pushed up, Ji Hong still felt that it was okay, three family members came up and it was already very difficult, four family members came up and could only barely resist, and in the fifth, Ji Hong finally stepped back a few steps.

Xiao Xun grinned and said, "Young Master, I also said that ten people can't push you, but there are only five people." โ€

Ji Hong's face turned red, and he was about to defend himself, but he heard Ji Xiaosu say, "Four people can't push you, this is enough." Brother, you can start practicing the floating cloud pile today. โ€

"Are you going to practice the new pile technique today?"

"Exactly. Ji Xiaosu said, "Standing on the flat ground is basically not helpful for you to practice your gods, so let's practice the floating cloud pile." โ€

She pointed to a wooden platform in the back garden and said, "Brother, this wooden platform is where you practice floating cloud stakes." โ€

At this time, the morning sun has just jumped out of the ground level, and the golden light of the morning light in the back garden reflects the high platform is also shining.

Ji Hong looked at this high platform, which was many times higher than the previous Tianzi archway, swallowed with difficulty, and said, "I didn't see this high platform yesterday, how did it come out overnight?"

Ji Xiaosu said, "This is what you set up yesterday when you practiced archery in the martial arts field, there is a prepared standard wooden frame in the village, and the mortise and tenon joints are readily available, and it doesn't take much effort to set up a good platform." โ€

Ji Hong asked, "How tall is this wooden platform?"

Ji Xiaosu said, "It's not high, it's only nine feet, nine feet, and nine inches." โ€

It's not high? It's more than 30 meters, and it's more than a dozen stories high.

Ji Hong felt bitter in his heart, thinking that when I lived in the fifth-floor dormitory when I was in college, I didn't dare to look down on the balcony, this time I was given three times the height, how could I stand up?

Ji Xiaosu pointed to the high platform and urged again, "Brother, please stand on the high platform and stand on the pile, this is the practice method of the floating cloud pile." โ€

Xiao Xun also persuaded, "Young master, standing on a stake and a flat stake are actually the same thing, as long as you don't fall down, it's no different at all." โ€

Ji Hong said in his heart, I'm just worried that it will fall.

Ji Xiaosu seemed to see his thoughts, "Brother, you stand up, and the four of you can't push you." Unless it's your own distraction, there's no way you'll fall off the platform. โ€

Ji Hong thought that this was indeed the case, he stood on the pile, that is, he took root, if he didn't panic, how could he fall? And as long as he didn't fall, there was really no difference between standing on a high platform and standing on a flat ground.

He fixed his mind and asked, "This floating cloud pile is also the kung fu of practicing gods?"

"Absolutely. Ji Xiaosu said, "This floating cloud pile is no more difficult than the flat pile in terms of practice, and the only requirement is that the mind is stable and not panicked." โ€

Ji Hong remembered the results of these days, and felt a little courageous, gritting his teeth and walking to the high platform.

He was about to reach out to climb, but Ji Xiaosu called out to him and handed over a big bowl of water, "Brother, you have to remember the blue sky above your head." โ€

This ......

Ji Hong held the bowl in his left hand, stepped on the wooden steps, and soon climbed to the top of this trapezoidal wooden platform.

The top of the wooden platform is just a thin plank, about the same width as a small bench, only slightly longer, just enough to stand on the stakes with your feet apart.

On this wooden platform with a height of nearly ten zhang, a cool breeze blows in from time to time, which makes people feel cold.

Ji Hong stood on his feet, lest he be a little unstable, put the water bowl on his head with trembling hands, and began the practice of this floating cloud pile.

He closed his eyes and planned not to ask, but he heard Ji Xiaosu say below, "Brother, you can't practice if you close your eyes." โ€

Ji Hong was helpless, so he had to open his eyes again. However, looking down at this height, the figures, houses, rockeries, and ponds are all a big circle smaller, which is really shocking, and then the heart is shocking.

He didn't dare to look down more, his eyes were level with the front, but he saw that it was the morning sun in front of him, and the fiery red light rushed towards him, stabbing his eyes painfully.

Why did I choose this angle?

You can't close your eyes, you can't look down, and there's the sun in front of you. I wanted to turn around and turn my back to the sun, but I didn't dare to move at all.

Ji Hong had no choice but to squint his eyes half-way, and his gaze moved as far as possible in the direction of the corners of his eyes.

After a while, the cool breeze blew on his body, and the wind became stronger and stronger, and Ji Hong only felt as if his body was shaking.

No, even the four family members can't push me, can this little wind make me shake?

Isn't this wooden platform shaking? Ji Hong thought about this together, and couldn't help but believe: how strong the wooden platform can be, and it is strange that it does not sway with the wind.

He complained even more in his heart, who said that this floating cloud pile and the flat ground pile are actually the same, not the same at all, this wooden platform is clearly shaking, it is shaking.

As time passed, he felt that the wooden platform was shaking more and more. Suddenly, there was a light on his head, and the blue sky had collapsed.

If it is standing on flat ground, Ji Hong can catch the green bowl as long as he stretches out his hand. But at this moment, he was on a high platform, and he felt that his whole body was shaking, how dare he move at will.

So Qingtian could only fall to the ground from the ten-zhang high platform and shattered.

Ji Xiaosu sighed wistfully, "Brother, the sky is falling." โ€

Lu Xiaoxun also shouted excitedly, "Young master, the sky is falling." โ€

This is the first time that the sky has reappeared after the first day of pile training. Ji Hong burst into tears: What's the matter with the two of you being so satisfied?

"Brother," Ji Xiaosu climbed up to the high platform and handed another bowl of water at his feet, "Don't fall again, this bowl is very expensive." โ€

Ji Hong leaned over speechlessly, took the bowl of water, and silently put it on top of his head.

He really didn't remember how to finish standing on this day's floating cloud pile, and when Ji Xiaosu told him that he could come down, he was numb under his feet, and when he stepped up, he directly stepped on the air and rolled down the ladder.

At this moment, he was clear-minded, just rolled down half a circle, saw the steps of the wooden platform, grabbed it with his hand to stabilize his figure, and then slowly climbed down. It's just that the second green bowl naturally couldn't be saved with this stumble.

Is it a certainty that as long as I practice a pile method every time, the blue sky will collapse twice at the beginning?

Ji Xiaosu turned very pale when he saw him come down, "Brother, what do you think of the effect of this floating cloud pile practicing gods?"

"It's really exhausting. Ji Hong said weakly, "I think it's more than the first day's lost mind." โ€

Ji Xiaosu said, "Brother, you are tired of practicing the floating cloud pile now, and when you get used to it, practicing the floating cloud pile is to nourish the spirit." โ€

Ji Hong didn't believe it, "How is this possible?"

Ji Xiaosu said, "After you stand firm on the high platform, you will find that there is a blue sky and a beautiful sun in front of you, floating clouds around you, a breeze blowing in your ears, and a pastoral scenery in the south of the Yangtze River unfolds under your feet.

"When you are on the high platform, in addition to feeling relaxed and happy, there is no fear of falling down, and the practice of this floating cloud pile is completed. โ€

Ji Hong asked, "In addition to practicing gods, what other function does this floating cloud pile have, can it be used to fight with others?"

"Of course it works. Ji Xiaosu said, "Brother, in the future, if you fight with an opponent on a cliff or a high-rise building on the city wall, you have practiced the floating cloud pile, and you are calm and can advance and retreat freely; One is walking on the ground, the other is walking on thin ice, wouldn't it be easy for you to win him?"

"This ...... It makes sense. โ€

On the second day of practicing the floating cloud pile, Ji Hong's heart was no longer as afraid as the day before.

Although he accidentally fell from the top of the stage yesterday, he also learned that with his own skills, he could easily grasp the wooden ladder and avoid accidents.

Strange to say, he had confidence in his heart, and the shaking of the high platform seemed to be much smaller than the day before.

Today, I put aside my worries and watched the beautiful scenery on the high platform, and I really felt that the clouds and beautiful days in this spring season were extremely lovely.

Ji Hong's gaze looked out from Tianqing Mountain Villa, the surrounding farmland was connected, and the green wheat waves were undulating, churning into a sea of green, exuding the smell of imminent ripeness.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "This idyllic scenery is truly beautiful. โ€

Ji Xiaosu said lightly under the stage, "Brother, the farmland you can see on this high platform is all from our Tianqing Mountain Villa." โ€

"What?" Ji Hong was taken aback, and in a blink of an eye, he was even more admired, "My family is really a big landlord." โ€

"When my father set up this nine-foot-nine-inch high platform to practice piles, he planned to buy all the fields he saw into the village. Ji Xiaosu said, "This is to let future generations think of working hard and keeping their family property when they see these fields when they are practicing." โ€

Ji Hong was speechless, "...... His old man was really far-sighted. โ€

Somehow, the young owner suddenly thought of a poem by the ancients, Yu Qianlimu, to the next level.

"If my father had built the high platform twice as high, wouldn't it have to buy more land, and my Ji family's property would have been more abundant. โ€

Ji Xiaosu said, "Brother, wake up! The height of nine feet, nine feet and nine inches is already the limit of architecture in the world, and no matter how high it is, it will exceed the limit." โ€

Ji Hong woke up to the fact that there were many restrictions on folk architecture in ancient times, and the rules set by the royal family in terms of height, scale, color, and decoration must be followed, and no slight exceedance was allowed.

"As long as I stand firm at a height of nine feet, nine feet and nine inches, I am not afraid of a higher house than this when I walk all over the world?"

"That's it. Ji Xiaosu said, "To go beyond nine feet, nine feet and nine inches, brother, you can only go to the monk's temple and climb to the top of those pagodas to practice piles." โ€

Why do I climb the stupa of the temple when I have nothing to do?

Ji Hong suddenly remembered that there is a chapter in the Heaven and Dragon Slayer called "A Hundred Foot Tower Ren Huixiang", a hundred foot tower, isn't it ten zhang, it seems that the world can exceed ten zhang tall buildings are indeed rare.

He said to himself, "I've heard that the Eiffel Tower is a hundred feet high. โ€

Ji Xiao Suqi said, "Eiffel Tower, which big temple is it?"

Ji Hong coughed and said, "It's a foreign building, it's hard for us to see it." "I said that the Eiffel Tower would not be built until 1889 in another half a century, and you and I might not be alive in this world at that time.

After practicing the floating cloud pile on this day, Ji Hong actually had the strength to go to the martial arts field to practice archery in the afternoon.

Xiao Xun saw that he was already able to stand ten steps away, with the blue sky above his head, pulling his bow and firing arrows, he was very convinced, "Young Master, you are making such rapid progress." โ€

Ji Hong said proudly, "As long as I don't stand on that high platform with the blue sky above my head, I feel that I am as stable as Mount Tai on the flat ground, and what is the top bowl shรจ arrow." โ€

Xiao Xun has been watching him shรจ arrows, but he is not as interested as yesterday. Ji Hong suddenly felt that something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Young master......" Xiao Xun said hesitantly, "My father and mother sent me a letter, saying that they were busy with farming and asked me to go home for a few days to help." โ€

"Then you can go back. When Ji Hong heard this, he didn't care at all, and picked up his bow and arrows again.

Xiao Xun was surprised, "Young Master, are you willing to let me go back?"

Ji Hong only cared about the arrows and didn't pay attention to her expression anymore, "Your parents called you back because your family was short of labor?"

Xiao Xun said, "Yes, I heard that in recent years, many people in Lujiazhuang have gone to the area of Jiangsu and Shanghai, and they have gone to the city to find a job to work, which is more profitable than shaving food in the fields." โ€

Ji Hong thought about it, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the commodity economy in the south of the Yangtze River was developed, and the consumption capacity of cities and towns was particularly active.

He sighed in his heart, this is the germ of capitalism, absorbing so much rural labor, so that the girls' families have to come out to help.

"Since there is a shortage of manpower, it is good for you to go back and help your parents, which is considered filial piety. โ€

Xiao Xun stomped his feet and said, "Young Master, this is actually unnecessary......"

The little maid stopped talking, and finally left the village.

Before Ji Hong went to bed at night, somehow, he suddenly remembered the beautiful pastoral scenery under his feet and the turquoise wheat waves that fluctuated with the wind when he stood on the high platform in the morning.

"Since the wheat is still green, why is it that the farm is busy?"

Ji Hong muttered to himself, faintly feeling that something was wrong.

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