After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 563 Difficult Martial Arts Lesson

Hai Chang'an began to teach students at home.

Among the three students, Haijiao had the best foundation in riding and archery, and he had been exercising on a daily basis. Hai Changan certainly would not hold him to the same standard, so he gave him an advanced training plan. In addition to the necessary training during school hours, he also had to practice from morning to night in his spare time, which made Haijiao exhausted.

However, Haijiao did not dare to complain at all and trained obediently according to his uncle's arrangement. He knew that if he trained well, his grades in the military academy would also improve. If he could graduate from the military academy with the first place, he would no longer have to worry about his future. Even if he wanted to return to his hometown in Zhili to join the army, there would be military generals who valued talent and were willing to help him arrange it.

Compared with Haijiao, Jin Jiashu and Wu Ke suffered much more.

Although the former had learned boxing from Hai Changan and Hai Jiao, and also exercised on weekdays, it was less than half a year since he recovered from his injury, so the intensity of his practice was limited. He was the head of the family, and without the supervision of his elders, he would inevitably slack off sometimes. Now Hai Changan personally arranged the training menu for him, and he complained bitterly when the intensity was increased. But both his teacher Xie Wenzai and Ma Ma, who was in charge of the family, thought that it would be good for him to suffer a little. For the sake of his long-term health, he could only bite the bullet and persevere.

Jin Jiashu still found it strenuous, not to mention Wu Ke. Since he lived in the palace, he had no time to exercise. After becoming the seventh prince's companion, he could only practice health-preserving boxing with the latter. After arriving at Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, he had his own small courtyard, so he could exercise. But the image of the Wu family as a family of scholars was so deeply rooted in people's hearts that Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion had never considered finding a martial arts teacher for him. He spent most of his time studying, and was always distracted by the affairs of his aunt and cousin.

When he first arrived in Chang'an, he was a completely weak boy, and his complexion was much paler than that of his cousins ​​of the Zhou family. For more than half a year, the Zhenguo Mansion was basically busy getting him to leave his aunt and return to the control of his wife, and arranging for him to study under a master, and temporarily did not take care of his martial arts training. With his current body, he would be out of breath even if he just walked from the small courtyard where he lived to the main courtyard where the Zhenguo Duke and his wife lived, not to mention other things.

At the beginning, Hai Changan just took the two weak boys to run laps in the courtyard of Chen's house rented by Xie Wenzai to practice leg strength. Hai Changan thought that the courtyard was not big, and running ten laps was considered a warm-up before practicing other items. But after these ten laps, Jin Jiashu was already sweating all over and could hardly breathe, while Wu Ke almost fell to the ground after running eight laps, and was unable to complete the warm-up at all.

They are already like this, what else is there to say?
Hai Changan could only let them walk slowly in circles in the yard until their breathing slowed down. Afterwards, he asked the servant to massage the muscles of the two boys so that they would not be unable to get up the next morning. He also asked the kitchen staff to prepare nutritious food and soup for them to eat quickly.

They were so weak that there was no need to mention the subsequent courses. Hai Changan could only take them for a run first, and then consider the horseback riding course after they got used to it. As for martial arts, archery and other lessons, there was no need to mention them for the time being. For two young scholars who were destined to take the imperial examinations, martial arts training was not necessary. It was better to make sure that their physical strength could support years of hard study and the imperial examinations!

Hai Changan and his friend trained separately, but he was relatively comfortable with it, and he could even take time to run back and take a look during the breaks. Seeing the miserable state of Jin Jiashu and Wu Ke, he felt a little embarrassed. In the past, he always trained Jin Jiashu with him. Obviously, the latter learned boxing well, and although he lacked strength, he was skilled. He thought that was enough, but he forgot about Jin Jiashu's physical strength. If he had trained Jin Jiashu's legs and feet a few months in advance, would he not be so exhausted now?

Feeling guilty, Hai Jiao privately asked his grandmother Ma to prepare some nourishing food and soup for him, and also prepare some for Jin Jiashu. It was just an apology for his previous negligence. Ma did not object, but said: "If you want to give some, give some to the young man from the Wu family as well. Otherwise, how can you treat them differently when they are both practicing martial arts with your second uncle? Don't let the young man Wu feel suspicious, and outsiders will gossip about it."

Hai Jiao naturally would not object. The Hai family was wealthy, and it would not cost much to provide for one more half-grown boy.

However, to be on the safe side, Ma had already communicated with the people in Jin Jiashu's and Wu Ke's families. If the other family also prepared meat soup, then she would have to be careful not to conflict with them. If the portion was too large, it would be bad to waste the ingredients.

Wu Ke's daily life is now basically arranged by the Zhenguo Mansion. Ma only needs to send someone to tell Mrs. Zhou Liu. Everyone in the Zhou family practices martial arts. His family has more experience in how to nourish the weak teenagers during martial arts practice, so there is no need for others to worry about it. Mrs. Zhou Liu thanked Ma and took over the whole matter. She also arranged for someone to go to Wu Ke's courtyard every day to massage his body, and arranged for him to use horses, bows and arrows in the future, and even found him an old soldier as a long-term follower. In addition to Hai Chang'an's daily martial arts lessons, this old soldier can also instruct Wu Ke in his spare time and take him to train.

As for Jin Jiashu, Ma will have to communicate with Ma Shangyi.

Since Ma Shangyi moved into the Jin family, she did not disclose her identity as a court lady to the public. She was only known as the chief steward of the Jin family, and was called Ma Ma. Although she seldom interacted with her neighbors, she fulfilled all the necessary etiquette and never made mistakes in exchange of courtesy, but she basically never visited other people's homes.

Ma knew her identity long ago, and whenever she thought of the scene when she saw her in the West Courtyard, she couldn't help but feel scared. If it weren't for Jin Jiashu's health, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to come and talk to him.

However, Ma Ma was very polite to her, and her manner of speaking did not show any airs of a palace lady. If Ma had not met her before, she would not have believed that she was the Shangyi lady sent by the Empress Dowager to deal with Madam Ma.

Ma's kindness made Ma feel less worried. After the greetings, she talked to Ma about Jin Jiashu's tonic. The Hai family was originally a military household, and they had studied the tricks of tonic for people with poor health over the years. The three children they raised, Hai Dingcheng, Hai Chang'an and Hai Jiao, were all healthy and strong since childhood, and they were very authoritative in this matter.

Although Mama is also the daughter of a military family, she has been away from home for a long time and has lived in the palace for many years, so she is more familiar with the palace rules. But in Chang'an, how can she raise a child according to the palace rules?
Ma Ma didn't hesitate at all and entrusted the matter to Ma, and thanked her again and again. At the same time, she also proposed that in order to better take care of Jin Jiashu's daily diet, she hoped to communicate and learn with Ma from time to time in the future, and asked Ma if she minded her frequent visits?

What else could Ma say? The other party was so kind and enthusiastic, and his request was so reasonable. What other choice did she have except to nod and say welcome?
(End of this chapter)