When Wu Yugang woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. After packing up this comfortable antique wooden bed, I noticed the light and elegant atmosphere in the room.
As soon as you enter the door, the hanging basket on the wooden frame near the window is growing lushly. Next to it is a basin rack with clean water in the basin and a clean towel on the rack. There is a desk in the room, a wooden chair behind the desk, and a standing cabinet like a bookshelf at the back.
On the other side of the gable wall hangs an ink painting, "Wind in the Bamboo Forest". In the wind, the virtual bamboo must eventually stand, even though there are thousands of joints growing towards the sun. The unknown artist's calligraphy and seals adorn this tough bamboo leaf.
Just when Wu Yu saw this, a little boy walked in from the door holding a bamboo basket in his hand.
It turned out to be Yang Chenguang. Yang Chenguang put the food in the basket on the table and said to Wu Yugang: "Eat something! I've been here several times. Look at you sleeping soundly, you must be exhausted! You wash first Wash your face, I've already prepared some water for you."
With that said, the seven or eight-year-old boy sat beside the bed, took out a big apple and ate it.
Wu Yugang smiled and said: "Okay! Thank you!"
The little boy said mischievously: "You're welcome! I still have something to ask you!"
Wu Yugang finished washing his face and said to the naughty little boy, "What can you ask me for?"
The little boy said: "You eat first, and I will tell you while you eat!"
This is a big bowl of rice porridge with homemade pickles on the side. Next to the plate are chopsticks and two sticky pancakes. Wu Yugang took a sip of rice porridge and said, "Go ahead! I'm listening!"
The little boy said: "You know! My father has accepted you as his disciple."
Wu Yugang said in surprise: "What did you say!"
The little boy said: "Don't worry! My father values you very much and knows that you don't have a good place to go now, so he decided to keep you here to teach you martial arts. My father is a famous master of Tai Chi, and he can fly in the clouds and mist."
Wu Yugang looked at the little boy with a smile and said, "I didn't do anything for you, this-!"
The little boy said: "Didn't you help my second uncle and the others? Besides, it seems that you are also an educated person. If you feel that you owe something, you can also give your father some good ideas and help him manage the village. You won’t suffer anything here!”
Wu Yugang nodded. Yang Chenguang said: "That means you agreed!" At this time, Wu Yugang couldn't refuse the kindness.
The little boy said happily: "That's great." Wu Yugang also smiled.
Yang Chenguang continued: "I will be responsible for your daily life from now on, but you are such an old man, you know how to take care of yourself. I can relax!" Wu Yugang was struck by this seven or eight-year-old boy who looked like a little adult. Made him laugh out loud.
Yang Chenguang continued: "My father will take the time to teach you martial arts, and my brother and sister will teach you. My sister will spend more time teaching you, because my brother and father are very busy, and the apprentices in the martial arts school will practice by themselves. If you have any questions, you should come to your father or ask for advice. Cultivation depends on the individual, right?"
Wu Yugang nodded in admiration and looked at Yang Chenguang and asked, "Then what do you want from me?"
Yang Chenguang sighed and said, "Hey! Do you know? Now that you are ranked behind my sister, I will call you senior brother."
"Oh!" Wu Yugang nodded.
The little boy then said: "It's nothing, do you know my sister!"
Wu Yugang asked: "What happened to your sister!"
The little boy said: "She is amazing! Don't you know that as soon as you walked in and before you finished eating, she would pull you out and beat you!? Didn't she beat you yesterday?"
Wu Yugang nodded and asked, "Then how does she usually treat you?"
"Don't mention it!" the little boy said with a distressed look on his face.
"You said, sometimes when a martial arts move is not done right, she doesn't teach her, but just kicks her. I can't bear it. Sometimes I am chased everywhere. The most annoying thing is that he colludes with my brother to block me. Look at me, male and female! Do you think I am so young, can I stand such violence? Who dares to marry such a vicious and violent sister? "Do you think anyone will dare to marry her in the future?" Wu Yugang looked at this naughty girl! The little boy didn’t know what to say!
Yang Chenguang said: "I saw that you had a good foundation in martial arts that day. If there is a chance in the future, help me repair my sister and help me resolve my hatred."
"What are you talking about!" With a loud shout, Yang Wushuang appeared at the door.
I saw Yang Wushuang dressed in white sword embroidery, with red edges and gold thread, a row of red hoop buttons on his chest, a pair of white bloomers on his lower body, and low-top white leather training shoes on his feet. Holding a red-tasseled sword in his hand.
"Is this apple for you to eat?" Yang Wushuang asked the little boy.
Yang Chenguang muttered while clearing Wu Yugang's dishes and chopsticks: "Whoever eats is not eating!"
"How dare you talk back!" Yang Wushuang was about to hit his brother.
Wu Yugang has not spoken yet. The little boy said: "Don't do anything yet, I tell you, this new senior brother will help me take care of you!" With that, Yang Chenguang ran out of the room with the bamboo basket.
"Don't run!" Miss Yang shouted, "Junior brother, you didn't look at this beforehand!" As she said that, she put a book on the table and chased him out of the house.
Wu Yugang noticed that this was a Tai Chi book. Taking the boxing manual with him, Wu Yugang walked out of the room.
This is a spacious courtyard with five main rooms and two wing rooms on each side. The east and west wing rooms are located on both sides. There is a cross corridor in the yard and flowers and plants are planted in the open space. After passing through the corridor of the corner door, you will enter the same courtyard in front, but it is more spacious. This is the place for martial arts training.
Passing through this courtyard, next to the wide corridor are the houses and gatehouses facing the street.
Mrs. Yang walked in from the street and said to Wu Yugang: "Get out!"
Wu Yugang said: "We just got here! Go outside and take a look."
"It's good to get some air! Don't go too far." Mrs. Yang said with concern.
Wu Yugang nodded and said, "Don't worry!" He walked out of the yard.
Here, surrounded by mountains, green pines and cypresses can be vaguely seen on the distant mountains. On the nearby mountains are terraced fields, lined with fruit trees. In the distance, a mountain spring flows down from the mountain, passing through the valley in front of the village and flowing into the distance.
The scenery here is so beautiful. Wu Yugang slowly walked up the mountain behind him, and then he saw the whole village clearly.
The villagers' houses are scattered on the hills, and the mountain roads intersect in the middle of the village, connecting the entire village.
"I didn't see it clearly at night, but this place is indeed like a paradise. No wonder there is such a martial arts master hidden!
No wonder people often say: beautiful mountains and clear waters, outstanding people, such a place will have talented people. This makes sense. "Wu Yugang thought about this, took out the boxing manual in the quiet dense forest on the mountain, sat on a rock and read it. (To be continued)