Jiang Jin stamped her foot hard, "Really, I'm so angry! What did dad mean when he said that this morning?" After that, he started counting with his fingers: "Xiao Shengchu told me to ask more questions from your brother.
If you ask, he will teach you if there is anything you can do; if you are in junior high school, tell me, ask your brother about the new curriculum and let him teach you - until today, if you tell me that the high school entrance examination is coming, there are many things to do
Ask you."
"Isn't there no problem?" Jiang Yan scratched his head and saw Jiang Jin reaching for her schoolbag, so he hung her schoolbag on his sister's back. "I'm your brother. I don't have to do anything I can't do.
Can I teach you something?"
Jiang Jin bit her lips and said angrily, "This is the biggest problem!"
"You obviously have to take exams, so why doesn't dad care about you? Won't the homework after the division of subjects be very heavy? He didn't even ask!" Jiang Jin raised her forehead and said helplessly, "I know.
You're against me, but it's better for yourself. I'm going to tell my dad about this in the morning, why are you stuffing a bun into my mouth?"
Jiang Yan's eyes darted to the side, "Dad is also under a lot of pressure. Can't we just say a few words and things will be over?"
Jiang Jin stared into Jiang Yan's eyes, "Huh?" The ending tone deliberately raised a rising tone.
"Then you decided to inherit the martial arts gym, and participating in the competition is also included in the 'stop talking'?"
Jiang Yan didn't say anything anymore, but just walked forward with his bag on his back. Jiang Jin had to walk two steps faster to keep up - girls grow fast, but in fact, they were only about the same height as the two of them three years ago. But.
Now, being a head shorter, she had to look up at her brother's back.
His hand unconsciously pulled the corner of the brother's clothes in front of him.
"...Brother, I'm sorry..."
Jiang Yan turned around and gently poked his sister's forehead with the tip of his left index finger. This was a tacit understanding between brother and sister, which meant——
No need to say any more.
——
Walking to school and commuting every day will naturally take a longer time, but this has also made Jiang Yan develop a habit: walking around while planning what to do next. Although daily chores do not often need to be arranged one after another, but
This sense of order can make him feel at ease.
So as planned, he arrived at school, read early, and went to class - it was time for lunch break. He deliberately ate quickly and reserved the second half of the lunch break to deal with some relatively troublesome things.
After standing in front of the teacher's office door for three seconds, Jiang Yan finally knocked on the door. "Report." He found the man behind the desk who was covered by piles of education books and said, "Teacher Wu, there is an application here.
, please take a look."
"Huh? Show me." The man wearing plain glasses climbed up from the pile of books and took the application form. "Personal leave application form..." After glancing at it twice, the man stopped talking and just looked at the application form.
There were repeated transfers between the book and his students. Seeing the man's expressionless face, Jiang Yan asked with a little embarrassment, "Teacher, does the time for leave conflict with some activity?"
Teacher Wu shook his head and responded, "No, in fact, there is no conflict in time. Participating in Chinese martial arts competitions is a good thing, and it is not a shameful or hard-to-say reason. Students can develop in many aspects, cultivate special hobbies, and can continue to work after participating.
What a great thing to bring glory to the school. Don't say it's me who approves it, even if you give it to the director or the principal for approval, it will definitely be fake." After saying that, Teacher Wu stared into Jiang Yan's eyes.
After sitting there for a long time, Jiang Yan almost went crazy. Sighing, the man tiredly pointed to the chair next to his colleague. "Sit down and let's talk."
Jiang Yan sat down carefully and watched Teacher Wu start to rummage through the cabinets. He must have been unable to find a second teacup in his desk drawer, so he simply handed his cup to Jiang Yan and held the small teapot himself. Jiang
He took the cold teacup and couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his eyes. Teacher Wu just drank from the spout of the teapot.
After sitting for two minutes and seeing no one around, Teacher Wu asked:
"How are you doing, Master?"
Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, realizing that the person sitting in front of him was not talking as his class teacher, so he responded: "Thanks to senior brother, everything is fine. It's just that my mother's old illness has relapsed recently, and she still needs my father."
Accompanying me in the hospital."
"...Is this so?"
Wu Zhuo was also one of the many disciples in the Jiang Family Boxing Gym. Among those who were his disciples, he was the one who had the best relationship with Jiang Shao, who was still a child at the time. Jiang Shao's grandfather also taught a few good ones.
Disciple, but most of Jiang’s brothers and fellow apprentices went out to work hard in the wave of openness and no longer adhered to this path. Originally, Jiang Yan should have worshiped a fellow disciple as his disciple, but it was really difficult to find someone who could handle this important task, so he decided to
He had no choice but to worship his father as his disciple - from then on, Wu Zhuo and Jiang Yan became fellow disciples.
This was almost ten years ago - Wu Zhuo was about the same age as Jiang Shao at that time. Due to the circumstances at that time, he finally had to say goodbye to the boxing gym. Unexpectedly, he eventually became a teacher and returned to his hometown to teach.
What's more, I didn't expect that I would become Jiang Yan's class teacher. It was a strange fate.
"Now that I think about it, I haven't practiced boxing for almost five or six years. It would be too shameless to train with you again." Wu Zhuo laughed at himself, "I'm afraid I won't be able to take three moves when I get in the ring - where is Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin
How is Sumire doing?"
Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Xiao Jin is much more talented than me. I'm afraid she is just as strong as me."
"Hey, I was obviously still a girl crawling around with her butt naked." Recalling the interesting things in the past, Wu Zhuo couldn't help but smile a little, but the sadness on his face did not dissipate.
"Well, at that time, the master always told us that we should have an attitude in doing things and be careful in everything. Otherwise, what we are now will be what we will be in the future - I think it is very reasonable. Just like the predecessors also said, at the age of three
Look." Wu Zhuo sighed, "We are also brothers who have practiced Kung Fu together. Let me put it bluntly: your talent is definitely much higher than mine, and you have been practicing for nearly ten years. You suddenly want to participate
Competition? You have never wanted to participate in a competition before, so suddenly it could only be related to your family. If you want to show your results to inherit or even revitalize the boxing gym, you are missing one of the most important things.
"You are too uncompetitive in this matter."
Seeing that Jiang Yan was listening carefully, Wu Zhuo continued, "Actually, everyone has the emotion of not wanting to lose. You have indeed shown this emotion, but in my opinion it is too weak: it seems like you don't care about these things, or
Saying that there is no interest from the inside out means that you are not doing it for your own purposes, but out of a sense of responsibility. In contrast, your too abrupt sense of responsibility makes people feel more...
strangeness.
"You are indeed studying hard, and you are indeed practicing Bajiquan well, but I don't think you are getting enough fun from it for your hard work. Do you really have friends in school? I remember when you were in the first year of high school, you were because
Were you worried that someone would bully you if you were criticized by the teacher for being too independent? After that, you deliberately made a few friends to make yourself less conspicuous. I remember all this."
"As a school teacher, of course I can happily grant you this leave. But as your teacher and your senior brother, I have to care about another issue:" Wu Zhuo's voice was full of concern, "Are you really
Are you happy, Jiang Yan? Is your youth really what you want it to be?"
Jiang Yan was silent for a short while and showed a very relieved smile.
"Well, although it may be hard to understand, I do find happiness in my own way."
"Maybe there's nothing wrong with trying something else, but I don't have that opportunity: I basically spend all my time in martial arts and studying, and what they say is a bit far away for me - I
These are the only things that can be mastered.
"It's enough for me to master these things. I can teach Xiao Jin, make my parents relax more, and I can get enough rewards from my family.
"But I noticed that my parents' health is actually not as good as before, and the pressure at home is not easy. My mother's illness is actually related to this, but they just don't say it.
"Jinire is different from me. She knows what she likes very well. Although her talent is more suitable for inheriting the boxing gym, she won't be able to realize her dream. I don't have any other skills, but I want to help her inherit the boxing gym."
It’s not impossible to take on the responsibilities of the boxing gym, even if you work hard.”
"She said she wanted to be an animal photographer in the future. She is a wild girl, and she likes to run around outside. But after all, studying art costs a lot of money. If I still go to university, I'm afraid
Dad will have to sell the boxing gym. I don’t want that.
"So I want to find something that can prove myself and prove that I am capable enough to help them make a decision. Now I don't have much time, and I am so stupid. This is the only thing I can think of."
Jiang Yan's eyes were unconcealed, and he had only one answer.
"...I understand." Wu Zhuo put away the application, "I will have two days off, so you can train well."
"Thank you, senior brother."
Watching Jiang Yan close the door of his office, Wu Zhuo couldn't help but murmured:
"Master, the efficaciousness of naming is not always good..."
Jiang He, Jiang He. It seems that there are many people for company, but after all, it is a lone boat crossing the cold river alone.
…
"rise!"
After hearing the command, Jiang Yan immediately put on the Liangyi posture. Extra lessons before the competition are very necessary, Jiang's father will personally serve as the instructor. Seeing the posture taking shape, Jiang's father knocked twice, and saw that the posture was not moved at all, and nodded gently.
.
"Have you handed in your personal leave application?"
"Yes, master."
"...Then, there is no turning back when you draw a bow." A trace of unnoticed melancholy flashed across Father Jiang's face. "Cultivation of martial arts means cultivating the mind, and you need to keep the philosophy in mind. Let me ask you - 'Wen You Tai Chi'
To secure the world, Wu has eight extremes to determine the universe. Do you understand the truth?"
Jiang Yan didn't squint his eyes, "'Tai Chi' doesn't mean Tai Chi, it means the power of Tai Chi's yin and yang, which can harmonize and balance all things naturally, and can stabilize the world. 'Baji' doesn't mean Bajiquan, it means martial arts practice.
The goal is to reach the pinnacle in all directions and reach the ultimate state, then you can stabilize yourself and the world."
"That's right." Jiang's father affirmed the answer. "To reach the peak of the Eight Extremes, you must not rest on your laurels. The word 'open' in our boxing has such a meaning. Times are changing, and competitions are changing.
The form of the arena will also change, and you need to learn to be flexible and use different techniques to enhance your ability to cope with these changes.
"In addition to the follow-up postures and fighting, the youth group also has items for data comparison through instruments, and they are ranked first. If you want to achieve good results on these instruments, it is very useful to learn some Western boxing techniques-"