Chapter 8 My father never said this
The next day, even before the rooster crows, Shen Liuzhen was sent by his father to cause trouble.
He stood in the yard in pain, and found his father's majestic figure in the black sky covered with stars and moon, and said in a daze:
"Dad, yesterday I went to ask Zi'er, and the teacher said that I only need to be a little bit good at horseback riding and archery, but I don't have to be proficient. You go ask Xie Yuan to run first, and I'll sleep for a while before running the second half."
"Master, my father didn't say this! My father said, let him study hard!" Xie Yuan's young and clear voice suddenly floated out, frightening Shen Liuzhen.
He took a closer look and found Xie Yuan's figure next to the small bushes.
What happened... I didn't expect Xie Yuan to come to their house so early, and he was caught lying right away.
He quickly raised his arms to cover his head and face, and ran away.
Sure enough, he saw his father's shadow pressing over him, and then a strong wind blew past his ears, followed by a furious cry:
"I let you play tricks with me!! You are too lazy to eat shit! You are not enough to embarrass me!!"
"Dad... I'm just joking. Just calm down and calm down. Can't you just follow me?" Shen Liuzhen shouted while hiding.
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The exercise route set by Father Shen for them was to go around the outer walls of the Xie family and the Shen family.
Because Xie and Chen's two courtyards are originally integrated, the exterior walls are naturally exactly the same, making them easy to recognize and safe.
To talk about the reason, this was originally the villa of a feudal prince in the previous dynasty, and it occupied a very large area.
Later, dynasties changed, and this place experienced several wars. Many houses in the city were looted and burned down, leaving only a few decent houses.
The current imperial court of the Southern Dynasties has just been established and is not stable, so there is no opportunity to build new ones for everyone to live in.
So we made a simple renovation of this villa, downgraded it and divided it into two halves, turning it into a two-family house.
Because Father Shen served as a lieutenant in the new dynasty and was a newly promoted general, he was given a slightly smaller half to live in.
The Xie family is a famous clan in the world because of its prominent family.
Although the Xie Yuan family was only a small branch of the Xie family, the Southern Dynasty court still gave half of the house to them in order to show that it was thirsty for talents.
So the wall that the six-year-old Xie Yuan was able to climb jumped to the Shen family yard:
First of all, it is indeed because of her extraordinary talent.
Secondly, the inner wall of the courtyard was not very high, so she had to climb over it with her child.
Outside the courtyard wall, Shen Liuzhen couldn't even lift his feet while running.
As he ran behind the two men in front of him from a distance, he almost recalled all the past events of his short six years.
This is not because he is not attentive and has random thoughts while 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, and his soul seemed to be floating out of his control, and he couldn't help but think about something.
Finally he shuffled to the wall, panting heavily, and kept complaining in his heart why he had to suffer like this?
In the past, he would just grit his teeth and let his father give him a beating and get away with it.
But now it’s to study literature, so I have to get through it even if I don’t want to...
Otherwise, I cannot be a student of the Xie family.
Xie Yuanke said that the Xie family has more than thirty cartloads of books, all of which he has never read, and he doesn’t know what they wrote...
He looked up at the sky, which was green. A few steps further, a lantern stretched out from the courtyard wall with a bamboo pole above his head, emitting a warm yellow light.
It was something that the Xie family ordered people to set up early so that they could see it and illuminate it for them.
This shows that he has run from the Shen family's courtyard wall to the outside of the Xie family's courtyard wall.
Sigh...it's so far...His father didn't have the heart to send a few people to illuminate the outside of the courtyard wall. When he first started running, he had to be careful not to trip.
He looked at the two blurry figures in front of him, one large and one small, which were almost out of sight. He felt a sad feeling of being abandoned in his heart. He finally gritted his teeth and continued to chase after them.
When Shen Liuzhen was panting like an ox, sweating profusely, and finally touched the courtyard door of his home.
As if he was disabled, he struggled to lift one of his legs into the high threshold.
Then he heard his father's loud voice shouting "Okay!"
He lowered his eyes and looked at his feet, thinking that this was his father's drink to encourage him to finally complete a difficult challenge.
As a result, the smile on his lips just started to rise... When he raised his eyes, he saw his father with his back to the door, clapping wildly towards Xie Yuan who was stretching his arms and kicking his legs in the yard:
"Okay! That's right, I learned well, that's it! Hahahaha... I just said you are a martial arts material. Yes, raise your hands a little higher..."
Also, when did his father ever praise him?
Shen Liuzhen fell down on the threshold with drooped lips and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
At this time, he felt a sense of desolation that he had never experienced before, and looked angrily at this pair of masters and disciples who were more like father and son.
He even hated Xie Yuan who never seemed tired. He wanted to go up and push him, or even beat him to get rid of the sourness in his heart.
When Shen Liuzhen didn't come, Father Shen kept looking at the door. Seeing that he never came, he was always afraid that something would happen to him. When Shen Liuzhen really came, he turned around and turned his back to the door. .
At this time, he pretended to have just seen him and mocked him and said:
"Are you a fucking tortoise?! Xie Yuandu learned a set of boxing from me before you came back, are you ashamed?!"
Shen Liuzhen licked his dry mouth hard. He was too tired and rarely choked back, but looked at Xie Yuan silently with his eyes.
But as he watched, the sourness in his heart began to turn in another direction. Because...
I have to admit that talent does exist.
Xie Yuan's boxing is really good... unlike him, he is so tired when he moves, and it's like he is disabled. He doesn't do anything right, and he gets a lot of beatings from his father.
Although Xie Yuan only learned it for a while, even though he is young, his hands and feet are still soft and cute when he moves them.
However, every move he makes is as graceful as that of an adult, and his movements have a sense of flowing beauty.
Shen Liuzhen tilted his head and leaned against the door frame, thinking about his mood at the moment in his wandering mind - maybe it was because he was exhausted, had chest tightness and shortness of breath, and his brain was not very clear.
He even felt that watching Xie Yuan boxing was a rare enjoyment and comfort.
It seems that even if he is allowed to watch this for the rest of his life, he can stand it.
At that time, the sky was about to dawn, and there was a layer of misty blue between the sky and the earth. Everything could not be seen clearly. The open door blew the breeze, taking away a lot of the sticky sweat on his body.
If the rested hands and feet could speak, they would definitely shout "comfortable".
Shen Liuzhen felt that his eyelids were heavy, and gradually, even the figure of Xie Yuan practicing boxing became blurred...
Chapter completed!