Chapter 3 What is martial arts and what is virtue
Since leaving Liang Village, the three teenagers have stopped and watched the sun rise and set three times. Tired, of course tired, how can you not be tired. Teenagers, even if you are physically strong, energetic, and exhausted. In fact, they don't have a destination, and how do children who haven't even been to the county a few times in more than ten years know what the outside world is like.
Originally, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have much dry food to bring. Fortunately, I met a small stream before and washed my face, otherwise a few people would not look much better than beggars with unkempt hair. The meat dragon couldn't help it and asked: "Brother Rui, we've been gone for three days, how long will it take to go?" I replied depressedly: "How should I answer you, brother, you haven't been here and I've never been here, you don't know how I know." "Okay, okay, it's only been three days, and even Liuyang County hasn't walked out yet, so where to go, find a place to rest first, and then continue to move forward" The old dog rudely interrupted our conversation and gave a goal to move on!
The only thing we know is to continue to go south, if we don't deviate from the direction, we should be able to reach Youzhou, Youzhou is a martial city, where there are not only many Han warriors, and even many warriors of different races are begging for a living, it can be regarded as multi-ethnic harmony, the most important thing is that it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Axe King, even if the Axe King is high above the tragedy, but after all, it is all under his control, just in case, we still can't continue to stay on his territory. When we set off, the goal we set was Youzhou, and we were unfamiliar with the place, and the motivation to continue to move forward was only hatred in addition to faith. We gritted our teeth and climbed over another mountain, and when we reached the top of the mountain, the scenery in front of us suddenly opened up, and we could see the patchwork of artificially cultivated terraced fields, and there were neat houses on the edge of the fields.
The meat dragon shouted excitedly: "Brother Rui, Brother Dog, it's been three days, it's been three days, we have finally seen people!" The old dog said with a lack of interest: "What do you mean to finally see people, aren't we two people, but looking at people's houses, people's terraces, it looks better than our village." "Fart! no matter where it is not as good as our village, there are so many ...... in our village" said that the meat dragon stopped arguing, obviously mentioning our village, even if it mentioned the sad place, everyone suddenly lost interest in talking. Then I just kept my head down and hurried, and the excitement of seeing people before was gone.
After walking for a while, we walked down the hill and saw an old man resting on the side of the road, sitting on an ox cart carrying a wine gourd and drinking it leisurely. I walked up to me and asked, "Old man, please ask you what kind of place this is." The old man took a sip of wine and replied slowly: "Why don't you even know where you are going when you are in a hurry?" The old man glared at him and said, "Don't call me grandpa, I'm young, and I don't have a grandson as big as you." You are still fleeing from the famine? You started to flee from the famine when you just harvested the rice? You are making two fools, when you fled from the north for a year, I think you are more like you have committed a crime at this age to escape the wanted people of the enemy or the government. I hurriedly replied: "Uncle, don't get me wrong, although we are not very old, we are by no means traitors, we are just from the mountains on the edge of Axe State, and we want to go to Youzhou to practice martial arts, not what he said to escape from the famine." The old man took another sip of wine and said, "Actually, where did you come from, whether you committed a crime or not has nothing to do with the old man of my crop." Seeing that you kid is quite polite, and he doesn't look like a cheating person, I'll just tell you, this is still Xichen County under the rule of Axe Prefecture, and it is still hundreds of miles away from Youzhou. However, this is the jurisdiction of the second young master of the axe king, and the other troops dare not enter and exit casually, so it seems relatively clean, if you are not too troublesome and not in a hurry, you can go home with me and talk slowly, anyway, the old man, I live alone, it is rare for a young man to talk to me, and I will also talk to you about the customs and customs around here, and you will also accompany the old man, and I will have a good drink of two glasses of wine. "We hurriedly responded, jokingly, these days we have only eaten dry food, and the dry food is almost finished, and we will have to gnaw on the bark of the tree soon, so it is good to have a good meal and learn about the situation in the neighborhood.
"Oh, the firewood is on the shelf at the door of the house, you go and chop some firewood to get the stove, I'll kill a chicken for you, this half of the guys are martial arts people who can't afford nutrition." After speaking, I walked to the chicken coop by myself, and I stopped it and said, "Uncle, you're welcome, why don't you kill chickens during the New Year's holidays, you can make do with the whole two side dishes." The old man waved his hand: "What's this, it's a guest from afar, and it's polite and regular, and it's a small thing to say that even if it's the New Year's holiday, I'm also a person, and I can't finish killing a chicken, so it's not easy to come to a few guests and don't kill chickens, and I can't rooster I'm waiting to lay eggs." "I heard the old man say this and didn't persuade again, in fact, I am also selfish, fifteen or sixteen years old is still hungry, who doesn't want to eat something good, so he turned around and took a firewood knife and chopped firewood with the pig and dog brothers. As soon as I took the firewood on the shelf, I heard the old dog reprimanding the meat dragon in a low voice: "Say that you are a pig, you are really a pig's head, we said before that it was not good, when talking to people, try to let Ah Rui say that people didn't ask us, let's talk less nonsense, if you talk too much, you will lose, and when you go out, it is not better than at home, you see that your casual two words make the old man look alert, if you continue like this, you may lose the lives of the three brothers, do you know?" I will never hurt my brothers because of my mistakes. I know that at this time it is time for me to be a peacemaker: "Okay, okay, it's almost okay to say a few words, pay more attention to what the brothers have when they come out, it's not terrible to be wrong, it's okay to change it if it's wrong, if something really happens, it's a bad fate." Hearing me say this, the old dog didn't talk anymore, but just buried himself in chopping wood and preparing to make a fire. After working for a while, I lit the fire, and I heard the old man outside the house shouting: "Okay, okay, you have been busy as guests for so long, sit and rest and wait for dinner." "Okay, it's up to your craft, uncle." We echoed in unison.
At this time, the old dog whispered: "Actually, there is something I have been planning to say, but I haven't thought about whether to tell you or not, and I don't know if this is a clue." I also deliberately lowered my voice and said, "You can say anything, anyway, there are only three of us here, and we will sum it up together." The old dog glanced around to confirm that the old man was still far away, and no one else was there, so he said: "Actually, not all places in our village have no traces of turning, the ancestral hall of our village has been turned over very messy, and it seems that he is looking for something, and the statue of King Liang has also been smashed." The meat dragon suddenly shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, I did see that there are many traces of footprints in the ancestral hall, I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and I remembered it when you said that." I hurriedly stopped: "Why are you so shocked, can you shout this kind of thing loudly, you are afraid that others will not hear it? As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the old man shouting, "Young man, come and serve the food, it's time to eat when the food is served!" I trotted over and helped the old man bring the food. The meat dragon smiled when he saw the dishes on the table, a roast chicken, an elbow, a large plate of beef and two green vegetables, and said happily: "Wow, uncle, your dish is really rich, and you have put a lot of effort into it." The old man returned while taking the wine from the cabinet: "Okay, okay, just get a few home-cooked food, as the saying goes, the poor are rich and martial, and the nutrition of children who practice martial arts can't be pulled down." Sit down, we don't pay so much attention to our crops, let's eat quickly!" everyone was also hungry, and as soon as they heard the old man's words, they hurriedly sat down and began to eat like an old man toasting a glass of wine.
After three rounds of drinking, the meat dragon couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, why are you the only one in your family?" The old man put down his chopsticks and took a sip of wine: "Since you said this, if you want to hear it, how about I tell you a long story?" We replied one after another: "Uncle, you say, you say, we all want to hear it." The old man took another big sip of wine: "Young man, then you should first tell me what you think, what is martial arts and what is virtue." Seeing that the three of us were all bowing their heads and being silent, the old man smiled and said, "Also, how can a teenager answer this question that many people can't answer after practicing martial arts all their lives."