Shangguan Qianye has to go to Mei Feiyan to play almost every day. On this day, the two of them were also frolicking in the village as usual, Shangguan Qianye was running in front, holding Mei Feiyan's sugar man in his hand, and Mei Feiyan was chasing after him, and he kept shouting: "Brother Shangguan, return the sugar man to me, you bully me again, I won't play with you anymore." ”

Running and running, suddenly Shangguan Qianye stopped, looked ahead in a daze, Mei Feiyan felt very strange, and also looked in the direction of Shangguan Qianye's vision. I saw a young man, holding a wooden stick in his hand, dancing back and forth, and next to him sat a middle-aged man, who looked very strong, holding a tea bowl in his left hand, and constantly pointing at the young man with his right hand, and he didn't know what to say.

The young man was the son of the owner of Baiguanzhuang, in his early twenties, and his name was Shangguan Di. Mei Feiyan looked at it for a while, then turned her head to Shangguan Qianye and said, "Brother Qianye, what do you think they are doing?"

Shangguan Qianye said: "Sister Feiyan, do you know what Shangguan Di is doing with that person?" Mei Feiyan said: "I heard from my father that the owner of the village found a master with strong martial arts for Shangguan Di to teach him martial arts. Shangguan Qianye asked Mei Feiyan: "What is martial arts for?"

Mei Feiyan grinned and said, "Brother, why don't you even know what martial arts are?" and said that you want to protect me." Martial arts are things that can be learned by one person to defeat two people. ”

After listening to this, Shangguan Qianye thought about it again and again, took Mei Feiyan's hand and ran forward. Mei Feiyan said, "Where are you going, brother?" Shangguan Qianye said: "Let's go learn martial arts, and when I learn it, I can protect you." ”

The two children ran to the place where Shangguan Di practiced martial arts, and Shangguan Qianye looked up and down at the master who taught martial arts, and saw that the person was bare-chested, with two large and strong chest muscles, and the abdominal muscles were also very clear. The master who taught martial arts happened to sit down, watching Shangguan Di practice with his legs crossed, and he didn't care when he saw the two children coming.

Shangguan Qianye came to the man, pinched the man's arm with two small hands, and then said to Mei Feiyan: "Sister, you can also touch it, his arm is so hard." Shangguan Di heard it, came over and said: "Qianye, this is my master, everyone in the rivers and lakes calls him Iron Arm Zhou Tong, Master Zhou, that is, his arm is as hard as iron." ”

After listening to this, Shangguan Qianye looked at Zhou Tong with even more magical eyes, and asked innocently: "Can you defeat two people alone?" Zhou Tong laughed after hearing this. Shangguan Di said again: "Qianye, my master can't say that one defeats two, even ten or eight stick boys can't beat him." ”

Shangguan Qianye seemed to be a little unconvinced, but he still stared at Zhou Tong's arm intently. Mei Feiyan walked over, pulled Shangguan Qianye's clothes and said, "Brother let's go, they will only brag, one beats ten, brother, do you believe it?"

Shangguan Qianye took a step back after hearing this, and cast a suspicious look at Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong was proud, and suddenly heard the two children say that the apprentice was bragging for himself, and the expression on his face was a little unnatural, and then he peeked at Shangguan Di and found that Shangguan Di also cast an expectant glance at him.

In desperation, Zhou Tong said to Shangguan Qianye and Mei Feiyan: "Children, don't say that others can't do what you don't understand, and let you see an iron arm of mine in front of my apprentices today." After speaking, he turned his head and called Shangguan Di: "Di'er, go and marry ten wooden sticks!"

Shangguan Di knew that the master was going to perform, so he agreed, and quickly ran to get the wooden stick. After a while, he brought ten wooden sticks, all of which were prepared for Shangguan Di's practice, with the thickness of a wrist, hard and tough.

Zhou Tong looked at the wooden stick, snorted from his nose, and then said to Shangguan Qianye and Mei Feiyan, "Is a person's arm as hard as this wooden stick?" The two children shook their heads.

Zhou Tong said again: "If these ten wooden sticks can't beat me, won't the ten people can't beat me?" The two children nodded again. Zhou Tong put down the tea bowl and began to be lucky, stopped talking for a long time, and after a while, he made his face flushed, and then raised his right arm above his head, and his forearm was bent and carried horizontally on his head. Raised his head and said to Shangguan Di, "Di'er, hit my right arm with a wooden stick." ”

Shangguan Di smiled and said to Zhou Tong: "Master, don't dare, how can I beat you." Zhou Daodao: "This is not a fight, this is to let you see and understand, lest someone say that I Zhou Tong came to your village to have an idle meal, and it is useless." ”

Shangguan Di said: "That disciple is rude. Saying that, she picked up the first wooden stick and smashed it at Zhou Tong's right arm, Mei Feiyan screamed in surprise and hid behind Shangguan Qianye. There was only a click, and the stick broke in the middle. Zhou Tong said: "Change another one, until all ten of them are smashed." ”

Shangguan Di then picked up the second one, and then the third one, and smashed five of them, Mei Feiyan shouted: "Don't fight, it's so scary!" Hearing this shout, Zhou Tong hurriedly shouted to Shangguan Di: "Stop! Don't scare the child." ”

Shangguan Di put down the sixth wooden stick, and then looked at the five broken sticks thrown on the ground, and his face also showed a smug expression. Zhou Tong squatted down and said to Shangguan Qianye: "Little friend, do you believe it now?"

Shangguan Qianye couldn't stop nodding. Zhou Tong laughed and turned around and said, "Di'er, what are you still standing there for? Why don't you go and practice soon?" Shangguan Di replied yes, picked up the wooden stick and began to practice. Zhou Tong also took the opportunity to turn around, stretched out his left hand and rubbed his right arm.

Shangguan Qianye said to Zhou Tong from behind, "Can you tell me how you practice your arms?" Zhou Tong laughed, and then squatted down and said to Shangguan Qianye: "If you want to learn, let your parents invite me there, and I will discuss it with them then." Shangguan Qianye nodded happily, and then pulled Mei Feiyan and walked home.

When she walked a little farther, Mei Feiyan said, "Brother Qianye, do you really want to learn martial arts?" Shangguan Qianye replied: "Of course, I just want to practice like Zhou Tong, and I am not afraid of others beating me with a wooden stick, as soon as I stretch out my arm, the wooden stick will break, see if others are afraid." ”

Mei Feiyan said again: "Brother Qianye, he is a liar, just after the fight, I saw that his arm was red, and he turned his back to rub it." Shangguan Qianye said: "His arm is hard, but he is also a human being, of course it will hurt, if he changes to someone else, his arm will be broken." ”

Mei Feiyan let go of Shangguan Qianye's hand, pouted and said, "If you really start learning martial arts, brother, won't you come to play with me again?" Shangguan Qianye looked very embarrassed and said, "If I don't practice, how can I protect you when you meet a bad person?" Mei Feiyan said: "But there are no bad people now, you can play with me first, and then practice martial arts when there are bad people?"

Shangguan Qianye said: "But it will be too late by then." Mei Feiyan cried, and then said, "Okay, then you can practice martial arts, and I'll go to play with someone else tomorrow." ”

Shangguan Qianye took Mei Feiyan's hand and said, "Good sister, don't cry, anyway, Zhou Tong doesn't have time to teach Shangguan Di during the day, so it's better for me to tell my parents and let him teach me at night." In this way, I can still play with my sister during the day, and I will practice martial arts at night when my sister sleeps, do you think that's good?"

Mei Feiyan laughed after hearing this and said, "This is a good brother, then I'll accompany you home." With that, the two children ran hand in hand again.

When he got home, Shangguan Qianye told his parents what he thought. Mrs. Sun hurriedly said: "No, no, you have been weak since you were a child, besides, in the past few years, we have only been a boy in the village, how can my mother be willing to let you dance with a gun and a stick? Even if my mother is willing, the people in our village may not be willing to agree." ”

Shangguan Miaoshou said: "Yes, Qianye, our village is called Baiguanzhuang, and there are a hundred high-ranking officials who have walked out of our village, not to mention the states and counties now, even if they go to the capital, when they mention our village, they have to give three points of thin noodles." Every household in our village has a high-ranking official to take care of it, who dares to bully the people in our village? If we have something, the county magistrate has to come to the door to solve it in person. So it's useless for you to learn martial arts, you have to study hard, and you have to be a big official when you grow up. ”

Shangguan Qianye said: "No, I just want to learn martial arts, and I want to protect Sister Feiyan." After listening to this, Shangguan Miaoshou and his wife glanced at each other, and then Shangguan Miaoshou smiled and said to his son: "Okay, good, then I will give you this opportunity, but you are too young now, when you grow to Shangguan Di's height, I will let you learn, and I also want to find a better master than Zhou Tong, what do you think?"

Shangguan Qianye asked happily: "Really?" Mei Feiyan next to him continued: "Fake!" Shangguan Qianye turned around and said, "How could my parents lie to me?" Mei Feiyan said: "Brother, you don't want to think about it, how long will it take you to grow so tall?"

Mrs. Sun pulled her son and said, "Son, have you forgotten your father's name? His name is Shangguan Miaoshou, and he is the most famous doctor in our area. Shangguan Miaoshou laughed after hearing this: "Yes, kid, don't worry, wait a minute, I will personally prepare some medicine for you, and I will make you grow tall." ”

The two children laughed happily. Shangguan Miaoshou said again: "You two go out to play, don't ask me about this matter these days, I have to think about it carefully, which medicine grows the fastest." ”

Mei Feiyan said, "Uncle, can you give me some to eat too?" Shangguan Miao touched Mei Feiyan's little face and said, "Of course, of course, the two of you have to grow taller and grow up together." When the two children heard this, they jumped up for joy, and then ran out to play hand in hand.

Adults always think that children will stop talking about it for a long time after a while. But this incident was deeply imprinted in Shangguan Qianye's heart. He didn't mention it again to his father because he thought he was busy dispensing medicine for him.

And every day, when Mei Feiyan was tired of playing and went home to take a nap, he would always run to Shangguan Di's house, sit quietly on a small stone alone, and watch Zhou Tong guide Shangguan Di to practice martial arts. He is always fascinated by the sight and remembers every movement very clearly. When he returned home and was alone in the yard, he would imitate the gesture, and in his room, he secretly hid a half-broken wooden stick that he picked up from Shangguan Di's house.