Chapter 10: Unable to refine qi
Train, eat, go to class, nap, train, sleep.
Two hours of training, one hour of class, and one hour of napping. Getting up at dawn every day and returning to the room in the night, the life of the new patrol soldiers, under the discipline of the long sticks in the hands of the instructors, is becoming more and more like a military camp on the verge of battle.
One day out of every ten days.
As soon as I slept until the sound of the trumpet of the meal woke up from the sweet dream, after the meal I washed the dirty military uniforms that had been accumulated, the time of noon passed quietly in the labor, and before I knew it, I heard the horn of the meal, leaving the teenagers to play games free time, only three or two hours after lunch.
The snow melts, the spring rain is like silk, the green willows outside the courtyard are only yellow and half uneven, the cold plum remnants in the courtyard fade away, and the spring flowers stretch out the branches, it is the early spring of the year, but also the drizzle is sprinkled, outside the window, the altar of flowers and plants is hazy, and the thoughts of the young man in front of the window are so engraved.
It has been more than a month since I entered the camp, and I am used to the daily rigid life, and I get along well with my companions. Everyone is an orphan, and they don't mind Gao Yuan's life experience, and his parents hurt relatives and friends, which is pure nonsense of the poor people who have avoided the border. The 675 cadets of the standard battalion did not see the instructors to death, and one by one they were still fierce and fierce, and they used long sticks to whip people up, how painful it was.
Growing up in gossip since childhood, accustomed to hesitation and dodging, even the best leopard head and wild boar skin only dare to sneak to play when adults go out, and the two of them don't know how many whips they have received for this. The training was hard and the instructors were strict, but no one here saw themselves as an outlier. The rest of the month is not long, but Gao Yuan has the same feeling as the Remnant Soldier's Hospital, which is the feeling of home. Without the care of five grandfathers, but with more partners and brothers, for teenagers who grew up in loneliness, the recognition and friendship of peers can better resolve the timidity and loneliness left in their hearts when they are in the group.
"Grandpa, don't worry, everyone here is very good to me, and I won't cause trouble. Takagaki seemed to see the satisfied smiles of the five old men, standing in front of the window and muttering to himself in his heart: "It's just, Grandpa Gun, since I came here, I haven't practiced Tuna Kung Fu anymore." ”
Before the horn sounded, the cadets could not get out of the small courtyard, nor could they go out, and the guards patrolling outside the courtyard strictly performed their guard duties. Gao Yuan got up early and went out on the first day, and was driven back, for the sake of the first day of camp, he was not arrested on the spot, but the patrol sentry commander still sternly warned: "There will be a next time, be careful of the fifteenth military stick." ”
Takagaki naturally wouldn't tell anyone about the shame, so he broke off the idea of going to the school and chose to practice under the big tree behind the small courtyard, but he met his teammates who got up at night, and the kid was so scared that he almost fell, and almost made Takagaki practice angry, and he had no choice but to give up after a false alarm.
"Gao Yuan, what are the benefits of refining qi?"
Meng Yichuan, Li Changgong, and Chang Hai have all asked, and every time the children next to them are prickly ears, with envy and some jealousy, refining qi, that is the legendary mysterious kung fu, I heard that cultivating to a high depth can make people immortal.
"It also makes people more deaf and clear-sighted. ”
The old man of the gun didn't feel it when he was practicing, and he just wrote down the acupuncture point mantra and instructed Gao Yuan to practice while groping, Gao Yuan only knew that it was true and didn't know why, how to explain the qi refining clearly, and finally summarized his feelings, but he saw that his partners were full of disbelief on their faces.
"That's really all there is to it. When I hunt, I can hear the roar of wild beasts before anyone else, and at night, I can see farther and see clearly than others. ”
Takagaki tried to think about it, trying to explain the benefits as much as possible, and this was also the truth, and there was not the slightest hint of falsehood. At the age of three, he knew how to read and memorize formulas, at the age of six he learned to practice boxing and refining qi, and at the age of nine he had his first knife, a chai knife!
For more than a month, the long stick of the instructor in the training ground, the questions of the gentlemen in the class, the pranks between the games and slapsticks, the partners of the three teams all knew that Takagaki didn't like to talk, and a person who didn't like to talk would not lie and deceive people, and the partners satisfied their curiosity and felt that Tuna Kung Fu was nothing more than that, at least Takagaki Qi Refining Kung Fu was nothing great.
"I see, haha, I thought it was amazing. Meng Yichuan came to a conclusion bluntly: "Originally, I wanted you to teach me, hehe, don't learn, get up early in the morning and sit for an hour, you kid is amazing, you can persist in this work, hahaha." ”
Takagaki will take in the attention aroused by kung fu, and dissipate in the laughter of the children, like a layer of ripples on the surface of the lotus pond caused by the wind, and the wind will return to calm.
A few years later, Meng Yichuan, the successful general of the imperial heavy infantry, took a break from the complicated military affairs, looked at the stars in the night sky and whispered: "At the beginning, if I insisted on asking for advice, would I still be fighting with you at this moment?" The military department said that you rose and fell like a meteor, I believed in my intuition, and several of them also believed that we all knew that you were still alive, in a place where we needed to look up, but it was a pity that the brothers of the third team could no longer fight with you. ”
The rain was still falling, and there was no intention of stopping, and the cold raindrops were floating on his face, and Takagaki stood motionless in front of the window, looking at the unchanged scenery outside the window, listening to the laughter coming from next door.
Today is a rest day, I declined the invitation of my partners to visit the outside team, washed my military uniform and hung it in the aisle, and after closing the door of the house, I stood alone in front of the window for a long time.
If there is no suitable place for refining qi, can he give up completely like this? Gao Yuan was a little unwilling, and went to Instructor Qin, he should have a way to help himself, and the thought of hope flashed again, but it was quickly dispelled. Even if Instructor Qin and Instructor Hua saw Grandpa Gun's face and were willing to come forward to help him speak, but this is a standard camp, everything is running according to the rules of the barracks, whether the master in charge will be accommodating, Gao Yuan is not the slightest sure, so he does not dare to go to the two chief instructors, so as not to let them hurt their faces in vain.
"Alas-" A helpless sigh unconsciously came out of his contemplation, brushing the cold water off his face, Takagaki forced himself to retract his mind, and picked up the book by the pillow after going to bed. Herbs, formations, battle examples, imperial military history and political situation...... There are all kinds of courses in the standard camp, these Gao Yuan have never set foot in before, and it is much more difficult to learn than other teenagers, and it is only time to shorten the gap.
Gao Yuan had no choice but to give up temporarily, but with the same scenery and the same feelings, some people made different choices.
Gentle and gentle, the instructor of the new first patrol female corps, a beautiful female officer who came to the standard camp this year, speaks a standard imperial official dialect, smiles before meeting people on the road, is as gentle and lovely as the girl next door, and stands in front of the cadet team during training, which always makes people wonder if she can suppress the recruits, or a group of brutal female soldiers who are accustomed to the life of the stars and the moon.
Qin Rufeng and his companions used their own experiences to tell people the answer.
Once hiding in a distant corner to peek at the new patrol female soldiers practicing boxing, they were habitually judging their heads, and after the sharp-eyed female soldiers found out, the movements of the women's team gradually became casual.
"Stop! Let's go!"
The gentle instructor never holds a long stick in his hand, and the usual punishment is to run around the school field, leading the running with the women's team, but this time the running is a little strange, the women's team is led by the instructor, the team turns left and right quickly, and from time to time turns and turns to run, as if practicing the queue in a fast maneuver.
Changing directions casually during the run, the female soldiers are obviously not adaptable, from time to time someone collides with their teammates, and the girls are ugly and shy after making mistakes, so that the peeking seniors shout and forget the basic essentials of being a thief: vigilance.
"Fence it off. ”
The women's team appeared nearby without warning, and as the soft instructor commanded to surround them, Qin Rufeng turned around and ran when he saw that the opportunity was not good, and then volleyed in the air like a sharp arrow, and he couldn't get up after landing on the ground for a long time. Qin Rufeng, who has always been confident in speed, never thought that there was still a distance, and he instantly let people grab the collar and throw him away, what a fast speed, and the attack was so heavy.
A black shadow flashed in front of the boys, and then they saw Qin Rufeng who was slipping away, and let the gentle instructor throw him out, no longer daring to sneak away, and stood stupidly with a bitter face.
"One team at a time, fight!"
Although the instructors took the lead in beating people, the girls were still a little hesitant when they heard the order, and the standard camp brawl was going to be beaten with a military stick, which was still a group fight, but the girls' fists and feet did not delay for long, because in the gentle instructor's command, a girl rushed forward.
The teacher has his own affairs, the disciple obeys his work, and the girl interprets the true meaning of these words with her fists and feet. In the face of a few seniors who didn't dare to fight back, the girl didn't feel embarrassed at all, and rushed to a front of her is a series of punches and kicks, and the seniors didn't dare to shoot but they wouldn't stand stupidly and be beaten, but unfortunately they couldn't dodge the pink fist and show their legs, so that the girl swept in the crook of the leg with one leg and fell to the ground by taking advantage of the situation - this kid is a smart person, and he knows that hard resistance will only be worse.
"Fight-" Someone took the lead, the girls were bold, several people dealt with one, Ren is seniors are flexible and thick-skinned, but the tigers can't stand the wolves, not to mention that the tigers don't dare to show their teeth and bite, the five people have accompanied Qin Rufeng to lie on the ground, and they really obeyed the rules: five people have a whistle, and they are in trouble.
The battle is over, the gentle instructor is fine, leading the women's team back to the school field and then practicing boxing, the girls in the boxing interval, and then look at their instructors, the more they look at the more they feel tall, punching and kicking unconsciously, they use a little more strength, one by one they are so tired that they still insist on training.
Qin Rufeng would not give up after being beaten, and ran back to cry and complain about the unfair treatment he had received, the instructor first "appeased" the five people one by one with a long stick, and then went to the gentle instructor with a blushing face - the instructor of each team is both the captain and the parent, and each one is the master of the calf protector.
The confrontation between the two instructors didn't know the process, only the parties knew the answer in their hearts, but from the analysis of Instructor Qin Rufeng's flushed face, the competition between the two seemed to be won by the gentle instructor, or if the gentle instructor walked out, he would not still have a signature gentle smile on his face after the gentle instructor walked out and faced the three chief instructors at the door.
"Chief instructor, it's my fault to start beating the student soldiers, and I'm willing to be punished. The gentle instructor finally gave his colleagues a step, but the next words made the faces of the three chief instructors even more ugly: "The standard camp strictly prohibits the trainees from fighting, but my trainees are carrying out orders, and they must obey the instructor's orders during training, otherwise the majesty of the military order will not exist! Since I am willing to accept punishment after giving the wrong order, there is no need for them to be confined, there is no such article in military law: if the instructor makes a mistake, the disciple is unlucky." ”
As soon as the new women's team was escorted into the confinement room by the big sisters of Wei Biao, the buttocks were not yet hot, and the closed door was kicked open, and the head instructor Hua vented his anger on the door, announced the end of the women's team's confinement with a cold face, and looked at the gentle instructor to greet the girls with annoyance.
"Rely on earning rights, don't expect others to give them charity. When you encounter injustice, remember, fight back with your fists and feet and your wisdom, only then can you get the dignity you deserve in the barracks!"
The gentle instructor taught the disciples to defend their rights and interests bravely, and they never imagined that they would lift a stone and hit their toes, and soon someone would stand in front of them, and it was the short-haired girl who was the first to obey the order that day.
"Instructor, we are not allowed to leave the hospital before the wake-up horn of the standard camp is sounded, and there is no suitable place in the camp, which is a disguised deprivation of our right to refine qi. ”