The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 23, Apprenticeship

Li Weiguo touched his head, smiled coquettishly, and then told Uncle Wang the whole story.

Some unspoken secrets were deleted, and the other causes and consequences were told to Uncle Wang.

After listening to Li Weiguo's explanation, Uncle Wang finally understood.

He looked at Li Weiguo with a complicated expression, and said, "I didn't think much about your father Li Tieniu's accident. Later, when Zhang Biao targeted you, he became a little suspicious, but there was no evidence, and he was not sure, so I can only let you Be careful."

Then he patted Li Weiguo on the shoulder and said with emotion: "I didn't expect you to be able to achieve this level. It's great."

"Hey, master, I've won, right? Zhang Biao and Zhang Tai can't escape from the inside and deal with me." Li Weiguo said with a smile.

Uncle Wang was silent for a moment and stared at Li Weiguo with a serious face: "Do you really want to learn from him?"

As soon as you hear this, you know there is something going on.

Li Weiguo quickly replied: "Yes, Master, I really want to!"

Uncle Wang was silent for a moment, and then he said: "My real name is Wang Zhenhai. I am 58 years old. I was wounded in the battle and retired from the army a few years ago. I have no children. If you take me as your teacher and learn my skills, you will have to teach me in the future." I will die in retirement, are you sure?"

He thought it was such a big deal, Li Weiguo didn't hesitate to make this request.

"I'm sure, Master. Once you are a teacher, you will be a father all your life. It is the right thing to do to support Master in his old age. A hundred years from now, you will have disciples who will wear sackcloth and wear filial piety." Li Weiguo expressed his feelings without hesitation.

If the first or second uncle asked this, he would definitely not be happy about it.

But Uncle Wang is different. They have similar temperaments, and he has no financial pressure. There is no psychological barrier to providing for Uncle Wang in his old age.

After a month of getting along with each other, Uncle Wang also knew Li Weiguo's temperament and nodded: "Okay, now is a new era, and we don't pay attention to the previous rules of apprenticeship and apprenticeship. Just give me a cup of tea and kowtow, and we'll forget it." Master and disciple are accomplished.”

Li Weiguo was overjoyed. He immediately picked up Wang Zhenhai's enamel jar, made a cup of tea, and put it aside.

Kneeling down to Wang Zhenhai, solemnly kowtowed three times, brought tea from the side, cupped it with both hands, and shouted respectfully: "Master."

"Okay. Okay."

Wang Zhenhai took the tea with both hands and took a sip, his eyes turned red.

The more you never have it, the more you desire it.

People of the older generation always have an unspeakable obsession with carrying on the family line and providing for old age.

The uncle who watched the original drama knew it, and it was almost blackened.

Over the years, he has also wanted to find an apprentice who can pass on his mantle and provide for him until the end of his life.

But I have never found one that I like, and today I finally got my wish.

Wang Zhenhai put down the tea, wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, lifted Li Weiguo up with both hands, asked him to sit down next to him, and began to introduce to him the origins of what he had learned.

His Tan Kou comes from a family tradition. His ancestors studied in Shaolin. Each generation has not neglected this skill and has passed it down.

The other branch of the art, also known as Zhanyi Eighteen Falls, was learned from a traveling Wudang priest during the Anti-Japanese War.

Wang Zhenhai said: "Although you are a little older now, it's not too late. First, learn the Twelve-Road Tan Kung from me. When the Tan Kung is completed and the lower body is stable, you can learn how to wrap the muscles and bones together with the Dragon Hand. "

"As the saying goes, poor literature and rich martial arts. To learn martial arts, you not only need to supplement enough nutrition, but also need the necessary medicinal materials to help, so as not to lose both energy and blood and damage the foundation."

Immediately afterwards, he warned: "The situation is not good now, and everyone's rations are not much. If you don't have enough to eat, it will be difficult to practice Kung Fu well. When you practice, you must pay attention to proportion and don't try to be brave."

"Yes, Master, I will pay attention. But don't worry, I will not be short of food." Li Weiguo asked him to rest assured.

Wang Zhenhai didn't ask him where the food came from. Even if it was lacking, with Wang Zhenhai's ability, it would be easy to get some food for his apprentice.

Then he said: "Since you want to learn Tan legs, I will give you the first lesson. As the saying goes, strength starts from the ground, and strength comes from the waist. Any kung fu, if you want to practice it well, you must have a stable foot. I will teach you the first one first, Zama step."

"Zama step?"

When Li Weiguo heard this, he taught this meeting when he was in the primary school martial arts team.

He immediately threw off his arms, squatted half way, stretched out his hands, and squatted firmly, motionless. "Is that so, Master?"

Wang Zhenhai didn't speak, just looked at it with a smile.

After a while, Li Weiguo's knees began to feel sore, and after a while, his legs also began to tremble, and then his waist also became sore. His whole body was hot, his forehead was sweating, and his whole body was trembling.

After only a few minutes, I couldn't hold on any longer. I took a deep breath, stood up, and rubbed my knees and thighs. "Master, is this true?"

Wang Zhenhai shook his head: "It's useless for you to stand motionless like this. It will only strain your lumbar muscles. Horse step, horse step, the important thing is to stand up like a horse."

What the hell?

One horse has to stand out, the Arima or the Penguin horse?

"Have you ever seen a person riding a horse?" Wang Zhenhai said: "When a person gallops a horse, his body rises and falls with the horse. The horse's steps also stand together and rise and fall, and a horse stands out of thin air."

"Look at how I'm squatting." Wang Zhenhai said, also taking a horse stance.

I saw his body rising and falling slightly, like a breeze blowing water waves.

"Come on, you tie one, and I'll correct it for you." Wang Zhenhai became a teacher and asked Li Weiguo to follow suit.

"When squatting, the force must reach the soles of the feet first. When you stand up, the five fingers of the soles of the feet should be dug into the ground like chicken claws. When the five toes dig in, they will affect the bones and muscles of the calf, and the knees will naturally stand up. When the knees are straightened, Once the thighs are tight, lift the waist and tighten the abdomen. This is the energy."

"Fold down, the soles of your feet should be like a duck or goose, and the webbed feet and fingers should be loosened. In this way, the knees should be loosened, the thighs should be loosened, the waist should be seated, and the abdomen should be bulging."

"It is between these ups and downs that the body's center of gravity is constantly shifted, so as not to cause the body to be damaged by the center of gravity falling in one place for a long time."

At the beginning, Li Weiguo couldn't do this ups and downs at all. It was difficult to grasp the slight ups and downs, either more or less.

Wang Zhenhai was right next to him, explaining and correcting him over and over again.

"The range of ups and downs should not be large, just one inch from the toes. When you rise and fall together, you have to squat with a precise distance of one inch. The more precise the better."

Ten minutes later, Li Weiguo felt a little strenuous, so he stopped for a while.

Being able to squat for more than ten minutes at the beginning shows that his physical fitness is very good. Wang Zhenhai is quite satisfied: "During this period, you should practice horse steps first, and practice whenever you have nothing to do. When you can squat for more than half an hour at a time, we will Start learning leg skills.”

(End of this chapter)