girl riding a horse

Chapter 8 My Dad Never Said That

The next day, when the rooster didn't crow, Shen Liuzhen was sent to make trouble by his father.

He stood in the yard in pain, and found his father's stalwart figure in a black sky full of stars and moon, and said in a daze:

"Father, I went to ask questions yesterday. The teacher said that I just need to know a little bit about horseback riding and archery. You don't need to be proficient. You can tell Xie Yuan to go for a run first. I'll sleep for a while and then go for the second half."

"Master, my father didn't say that! My father said, let him study hard!" Xie Yuan's tender and clear voice suddenly floated out, scaring Shen Liuzhen into a shudder.

He took a closer look, only to find Xie Yuan's figure beside the small bush next to him.

What the hell... I didn't expect Xie Yuan to come to their house so early, and he just happened to be caught lying.

He quickly raised his arms to cover his head and face, and ran to the side.

Sure enough, he saw his father's shadow pressing over, and then a strong wind brushed past his ears, followed by a furious voice:
"I'll let you play tricks with me!! You're lazy to eat shit! It's not enough to embarrass me!!"

"Father... I'm just kidding, you calm down, why don't I just follow?" Shen Liuzhen yelled while hiding.

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The exercise route Father Shen set for them was to go around the outer walls of Xie's and Shen's houses.

Because Xie and Shen's two courtyards were originally integrated, the outer walls were naturally exactly the same, easy to recognize and safe.

To talk about the reason, this was originally the other courtyard of a feudal prince in the previous dynasty, and it occupied a very large area.

Later, the dynasty changed, and the place experienced several wars. Many houses in the city were destroyed by looting and burning, leaving only a few decent houses.

The imperial court of the Southern Dynasties has just been established not long ago, and it is not stable, so there is no chance to build a new one for everyone to live in.

So a simple transformation was made to this other courtyard, and the grade was lowered and divided into two halves, making it into two houses.

Because Father Shen served as a school lieutenant in the new dynasty, he was a military general who was newly valued by his superiors, so he divided half into a slightly smaller one to live in.

And the Xie family is a well-known clan in the world because of its prominent family.

Although Xie Yuan's family was only a small branch of Xie's family, the Southern Dynasty court still gave them half of the house in order to show their thirst for talents.

So the wall that the six-year-old Xie Yuan was able to climb over jumped into the courtyard of the Shen family:
Firstly, it was indeed because of her extraordinary talent.

Secondly, as the inner wall of the other courtyard, it is not very high, so she was allowed to climb over it with a child.

Outside the courtyard wall, Shen Liuzhen couldn't lift his running feet.

When he fell far behind the two people in front and ran, he almost recalled the past of his past in just six years.

It's not because he's inattentive, and his mind wanders while he's running.

It was really because the first two people ran too fast.

He was alone, and when he was desperately chasing after him, he couldn't breathe, his head was dizzy, his soul seemed to be floating, and he couldn't control himself, and he couldn't help thinking about something.

Finally he dragged his steps to the wall, panting heavily, complaining in his heart why he had to suffer so much?
In the past, he gritted his teeth and let his father beat him up so that he could escape.

But now it's for studying literature, even if you don't want to, you have to get through it...

Otherwise, you can't be a student of the Xie family.

Xie Yuan said that Xie's family has more than 30 books, all of which he has never read, and he doesn't know what they wrote...

He looked up at the sky, the sky was blue, and a few steps forward, a lantern protruded from the courtyard wall with a bamboo pole above its head, emitting a warm yellow light.

That's why the Xie family specially ordered people to set it up early to illuminate it so that they could see it.

This shows that he has already run from the courtyard wall of Shen's house to outside the courtyard wall of Xie's house.

Hey...it's so far away...his father didn't have the heart, he knew how to send a few people outside the courtyard wall to illuminate it, and when he first started running, he had to be careful not to trip over it.

He looked at the two blurry figures, one big and one small, who were almost out of sight ahead of him, feeling a sense of sadness of being abandoned, and finally gritted his teeth and continued to chase after him.

When Shen Liuzhen was panting like a cow, sweating profusely, and finally touched the courtyard door of his house.

As if he was disabled, he struggled to lift one of his legs into the high threshold.

He heard his father's loud voice shout "Okay!"

He lowered his eyes and looked at his feet, thinking that this was a drink from his father to encourage him to finally complete a difficult challenge.

As a result, the smile on the corner of his mouth just picked up... Looking up, he saw his father with his back to the gate, clapping wildly at Xie Yuan who was stretching his arms and legs in the yard:

"Okay! Not bad, my baby is learning well, that's it!! Hahahaha... I said you are a material for martial arts. Yes, raise your hands a little more..."

Also, when did his father praise him?

Shen Liuzhen sat down on the threshold with the corners of his mouth drooping, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, he felt a sense of desolation that he had never felt before, and looked at this pair of master and apprentice who were more like father and son with resentment.

I hate that Xie Yuan who never seems to know how to get tired.He also wanted to go up and push him, it would be better to beat him up, to vent the sourness in his heart.

When Shen Liuzhen didn't come, Father Shen kept looking at the door. Seeing that he hadn't come, he was always afraid that something would happen to him.When Shen Liuzhen really came over, he turned around and turned his back to the door.

At this time, he pretended to see him, and mocked him:
"You motherfucker is a turtle?! Xie Yuan learned a set of punches from me before you ran back, are you ashamed?!"

Shen Liuzhen squeezed his dry mouth hard.He was so tired that he rarely choked back, but silently looked at Xie Yuan with a pair of eyes.

But looking at it, the sourness in his heart began to turn in another direction.because……

I have to admit that talent really does exist.

Xie Yuan's boxing is really beautiful... Unlike him, he was so tired from moving, he was as disabled as if he was disabled, he didn't do anything right, and he was beaten a lot by his father.

Although Xie Yuan only learned it for a while, even though he was young, he was still soft and cute when he moved his hands and feet.

But every move and every move looks like a grown-up, with a sense of flowing beauty in every gesture.

Shen Liuzhen tilted his head against the door frame, thinking about his mood at the moment in his wandering head - maybe it was because he was exhausted now, his chest was tight and short of breath, and his head was not very bright.

He even felt that watching Xie Yuan boxing was a rare enjoyment and comfort.

It seems that if you let him look at it like this for a lifetime, he can stand it.

At that time, the sky will be bright, and there will be a layer of misty blue between the sky and the earth, and everything can't be seen clearly. The open door blows the wind, which also takes away a lot of sticky sweat on his body.

If the rested hands and feet are eloquent, they will surely shout "comfortable".

Shen Liuzhen felt that his eyelids were heavy, and gradually, even the figure of Xie Yuan practicing boxing became blurred...

(End of this chapter)