girl riding a horse

Chapter 7 Why is it back?

Father Shen waved his hand and said very heartily:
"Oh... isn't this thing over long ago? Besides, you have the eyes of a scholar, and that's what we want as martial arts practitioners. You see her many shortcomings, but to me they are all advantages. I'm happy It's too late! Just leave it to me, maybe you can be a general who commands thousands of troops in the future! Hahahaha..."

Father Xie glanced at Xie Yuan, blushed in embarrassment, and said in a low voice:

"It doesn't have to be so powerful, as long as you have the power to protect yourself when you encounter danger."

"It's easy...it's easy...hahaha..." Father Shen smiled happily.

Father Xie looked at Xie Yuan and said, "A Yuan, it was you who was wrong yesterday. You and Liu Zhen were not together. You two should study hard in the future and stop fighting, you know?"

Although Xie Yuan was not convinced, but thinking of his mother's words, he said that he should give in to him, so he reluctantly said:

"I was wrong yesterday, I shouldn't have pushed you."

Shen Liuzhen just opened his mouth with a smile, and before he could utter a word, Shen's father said with angry eyes: "...What is this that needs an apology? Leave him alone!! Crying after pushing is not enough to embarrass me !"

Shen Liuzhen's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately shut up, turned half of his body, looked ahead, and lost the slightest desire to speak.

When Father Xie saw that the two father and son were about to fight again, he quickly said: "...This matter is over, let's talk about the class. I don't know what brother Shen thinks?"

"Oh, brother Xie, take care of me. I'm on official business, and the time is not up to me. Fortunately, the most important thing in martial arts is to practice hard and endure hardships. I think as long as I am at home, I can teach Xie Yuan more. , and let him digest the rest of the time. Usually Brother Xie sends someone to supervise and supervise more, just don't let him be lazy."

When Father Xie heard this, he pointed to Shen Liuzhen and said, "That's right, let these two children supervise each other. It happens that both children are in the same class, and when they go to your place, they will be together."

"Okay, that's just right. Just let my kid practice a little too." Father Shen said happily, very satisfied with this plan.

Shen Liuzhen raised his eyelids, looked at Xie Yuan next to him, and then at his father, his lips moved, he hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing.

"Then let's start tomorrow." Xie's father said, "The Xie family's rules are generally that they arrive at school at the right hour, and the children have to read and recite early. After breakfast, we will talk about Wenjiezi and elaborate meaning in the text.

In the afternoon, I mainly practice calligraphy and copy books.During this period, whenever Brother Shen has time, I will let them go, and the writing class can be postponed later. "

"Very good. If that's the case, get up an hour earlier every day, and follow me to run and practice your legs before the child goes to school."

When Shen Liuzhen heard this, his eyelids couldn't stop jumping, and he turned around to look at Xie Yuan's expression quietly.

In the end, he could see a high-spirited feeling on his face, and he obviously had no intention of objecting.

Hey... He couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Before leaving, Father Xie asked Shen Liuzhen what he had learned and how many words he could recognize.Then he gave him an Analects and said:
"This is a transcript I copied by hand, and there are notes I wrote on it. You can take it back and have a look. If you don't understand anything, come to me at any time."

Shen Liuzhen held the book, looked at the beautiful handwriting on it, and smelled the special aroma of books in his nose.He immediately forgot the dissatisfaction and sorrow just now, and smiled so much that his dimples became dimples:
"Thank you, teacher."

He thanked him loudly, turned around and followed Father Shen out the door.

When he walked happily to the gate of Xie's house with the book in his hand, he remembered the big event that he had just worried about and suffered.

So he said to Father Shen:
"Father... I don't know two words, I'll ask the teacher how to read it."

After finishing speaking, before Shen's father agreed, he ran back.

Before entering the door, Shen Liuzhen saw that his father hadn't followed, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Liu Zhen, why are you back again? What's the matter?" Father Xie asked kindly.

Shen Liuzhen glanced at Xie Yuan who was standing beside Xie's father, and said pitifully: "Teacher, I only like reading books, not martial arts. Can you tell my father not to get up early to run, I want to save more Time to come out and read."

He paused, and added: "If I tell my father directly, he will definitely not agree, and he will beat me up."

Father Xie sighed and said patiently:

"Xiwen is not just about reading. A gentleman has six arts. Do you know which six arts?"

Shen Liuzhen shook his head honestly.

"The six arts of a gentleman are 'ritual, music, archery, imperialism, book, and number'. Among them, 'archery' and 'imperial' are bow archery and horseback riding. If you don't have basic exercise, you are too weak and How can you draw a hard bow?"

Shen Liuzhen opened a pair of big innocent eyes, and asked like begging: "Do I have to learn?"

Father Xie put his hands on his knees and said solemnly:

"To be a student of the Xie family, you must learn." He paused, "Besides, the current situation is turbulent, the world is difficult, and many man-made tragedies happen occasionally. If you can practice martial arts, how can you protect yourself at critical moments?" Why don't you do it for fun?... A Yuan is about to learn, why don't you learn?"

Shen Liuzhen felt that Father Xie's last sentence was really flawed. What does it mean "A Yuan is going to learn it, why doesn't he learn it?"

He glanced at Xie Yuan who was standing aside, Xie Yuan returned him a look of disgust and disgust, as if he was quite upset.

He silently withdrew his gaze.

But apart from this sentence, he really couldn't find any other words to refute, so he had no choice but to accept his fate and prepared to leave.

When he was about to cross the threshold, he suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, and he glanced back at Father Xie, who was somewhat thin and thin, and couldn't help asking in doubt:

"Teacher...do you also know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows? It doesn't look like it."

Hearing this, Father Xie coughed twice in embarrassment, picked up the book beside him as a cover, and said:

"Yes, yes, but there is a difference between being good at it and being good at it. It is far worse than your father...so you have to study hard."

When Shen Liuzhen heard it, he seemed to have grasped some great life-saving straw. He smiled so that the dimples on both sides seemed to be filled with honey. After answering "Yes", he left happily.

"Father, Shen Liuzhen's character is not good." Xie Yuan complained to Father Xie in a clear and tender voice.

Seeing that Father Xie was upset, he still asked patiently, "Why?"

"He behaved miserably on purpose, and asked my mother to beat me." Xie Yuan pouted angrily, his pair of red phoenix eyes were slender, and the corners of his eyes almost flew up.

Father Xie dropped the book and sneered, and said angrily, "The villain sues first! If you don't push him, then no matter what he says, your mother won't hit you! ... When the person makes a mistake, correct yourself first!"

Xie Yuan lowered his head and said nothing again.

(End of this chapter)