Xiangye

Chapter 6 I have the determination and the ability
It must be a coincidence.

With a thought in his mind, Gao Wen drew another arrow and still effortlessly pulled the strong bow into a full moon.This time, he didn't rush to shoot the arrow, but took a careful look at the target leaning against the wall.

The yard was quite large, and the target was actually only about thirty meters away from him.Although it wasn't far away, the center of the circle looked like a small dot. In addition to the dim light at night, it was almost impossible to aim and hit the bull's-eye.

Yes, it's just luck.

Gao Wen let go of his hand, and the feathered arrow shot out.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that although the feather arrow was shot, his connection with the flying arrow was not severed.It was as if his arm extended infinitely forward, directly poking the arrow on the target.

"咻" and "哩", another exquisite arrow, no need to aim at all!

Unexpectedly, Gao Wen is also a sharpshooter.

Gao Wen lowered his head, looked at his calloused fingers under the moonlight, and seemed to understand something.It is conceivable that Gao Wen had practiced the action of drawing a bow and archery countless times in the past, and hitting the target has become an instinct.

It seems that this body still has a lot to be familiar with.

After putting down the bow and arrow, Gawain took off a white wax stick from the weapons rack. With a shake of his hand, amidst the sharp whistle, the stick danced into a ball of white light.As if driven by the white wax rod, the pores on his body were completely closed, his eyes went dark, and the powerful force in his body seemed to come out through his body, taking him soaring in the air.

At this time, the sound of the loom stopped, and then the door of the main room opened, indicating that the mother had finished today's work.

Being able to see things in front of him again, Gao Wen was surprised: No wonder the previous beating of Han Kui went so smoothly, no wonder the other three minzhuang dared not step forward when I hit Han Kui.It's just that in the past, people were a bit stupid and had a gentle temperament, which made others bully them.

Gao Wen, Gao Wen, so you were such a miserable person before!I think I was also a dignified intellectual and scholar in the past, but now I have traveled to the Ming Dynasty, but I have become a martial artist.No, strictly speaking, he is a city management officer who can fight.

In fact, this is also a good thing.In the ancient times when there was a lack of clothing and medicine, and a cold could kill a person, having a strong body was better than anything else.Moreover, this is a jungle where the jungle is prey to the weak, and there are skills at hand, and there are means of life-saving in case of emergencies.

At the moment when I crossed over, I still thought about becoming an official through the imperial examination and being a standard ancient literati.In fact, there is no conflict between having martial arts and being motivated by reading.In fact, many of the ancient scholars had good martial arts.For example, poet Li Bai is a swordsman, and Wang Yangming is also a master of martial arts.In the Ming Dynasty, many scholars also traveled around the world with swords.The so-called mounted general, dismounted phase.

Ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics are the six arts of a gentleman.This shooting, in addition to referring to archery, also includes the ability to kill the enemy.It can be seen that both civil and military skills are necessary personal qualities for the scholar-bureaucrat class.It's just that after the mid-Ming Dynasty, literature and martial arts were advocating, and the imperial examinations involved too much energy of scholars, so there were endless sour scholars who didn't work hard and didn't distinguish between five grains.

Hearing the sound of the door, Gao Wen threw away the stick in his hand, turned his head to look, and saw an elderly woman in her early fifties walking out with an oil lamp in one hand and groping with the other.

There were many wrinkles on her face, her hair was also gray, and her voice was weak: "Wen'er, mother has just finished knitting the cloth in hand, so I'm going to boil water for you."

In my memory, my father died when I was very young.My mother cried for several days, but her health failed.Later, in order to maintain the couple's livelihood, they bought a loom and pulled themselves up to now by darning.Probably because she stayed up all night spinning and overused her eyes, she couldn't see clearly three years ago.

Although he was still not used to having a new family member in his life suddenly, Gao Wen was still a little uncomfortable being called by his mother so kindly.However, as soon as he saw this loving face, the affection between mother and child welled up deep in his memory, and he couldn't help but stepped forward, helped his mother, and said in a low voice: "Mother, your eyes are inconvenient, please don't worry." No problem. I'm tired too, so I won't wash my feet today."

Gao's mother smiled: "Silly boy, you have been busy with the affairs of the yamen outside for so many days, and you have walked an indefinitely long way, and your feet don't know what the smell is like. If you don't wash it, can you sleep? You Now you are a person who eats at the public house, so you must be decent."

"What is decent or not? My son is a strong man who runs errands." Gao Wen thought to himself: As for eating public meals, he is just a city management officer. He beat up that villain Han Wei today. smashed.

"This is nonsense, even if you are not a public servant, you have to tidy up." Gao's mother held Gao Wen's hand: "To be a human being, we must be clean. Although we are poor, we must not be looked down upon by others." superior."

Involuntarily being dragged into the kitchen by his mother, his mother fumbled to pour some hot water from the pot into the tub, and asked Gao Wen to take off his shoes.

It turns out that the stoves of the ancients all hung a pottery pot filled with clean water.In this way, the hot air from the stove mouth can heat the water in the jar when cooking.When the rice is cooked, the water is also boiled.Coupled with the thick wall of the clay pot, the insulation effect is good, and it is a must-have for ordinary people.

He was indeed a little tired. Sitting on the bench and dipping his feet into the warm water, Gawain was so comfortable that he couldn't help moaning: "Have fun!"

At this moment, Mother Gao suddenly squatted down, stretched out her hands and vigorously rubbed Gao Wen's feet.

Gao Wen was so embarrassed that he couldn't stand it, he hurriedly said: "Mother, I'll do it myself, how old is my son, how can I let my mother do this kind of thing."

"Fool, since I was a child, didn't my mother help you wash your feet? You... you can't do this kind of thing."

"No, no, I'll do it myself." Gao Wen hurriedly stopped his mother's hand, and quickly rubbed his ankle, rubbing out the tiny dirt one by one.

He also sighed in his heart, it seems that I was really a useless person before!I can't even do things like wash my feet, let alone work for a living.I guess my mother dotes on my only son too much, so it's no wonder others call me a fool.

Gao's mother listened to it for a long time, with a look of surprise on her face: "Wen'er, you can wash your feet. Great, great, my son can wash his feet."

Gao Wen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, washing your feet was such a big deal, why are you so happy?
Mother Gao was relieved when she heard that her son already knew how to clean himself up. What could be happier for a mother than seeing her child grow up and become sensible!
Gao Wen saw this expression, looked at the dilapidated house, and said after a long time: "Mother, your eyesight is not convenient, why do you light the lamp?" Isn't this a blind man lighting a lamp in vain? This sentence is a bit unkind, but Gao Wen still endured Can't help but think so.

In my memory, my mother was a very frugal person, and the family was also very poor. She often had three meals a day without any oil.Throughout the year, you can eat a few meals of meat during the Chinese New Year.

Gao's mother smiled and said: "Wen'er is really sensible, and knows how to be frugal in housekeeping. It's my mother's fault, wasting lamp oil." She was a little embarrassed: "Wen'er, you were sent by the yamen for five days, mother guessed so much. God, you have never been out of the house, you will definitely miss home, maybe you will come back to have a look. You can't see clearly when you walk at night, if you fall, how about you, mother will light the lamp every night to show you the way. "

"Wen'er, mother misses you." The ancients were not used to expressing their emotions, and even to her own son, Gao's mother still blushed slightly after saying this.

Hearing this, Gao Wenxi stopped his screaming hands, and whispered: "Mother...the lamp is lit every night, just because my son can't see the way clearly...Mother...it is my son's unfilial piety that makes you suffer so much .Mom, you are so old, you should be enjoying life at home. It is your son who is incompetent and makes you worry about it day and night. "

There was a burst of sourness in my heart, before I finished speaking, tears came out of my eyes/
"Don't cry, don't cry, my Wen'er. In Mother's eyes, you are the smartest and most capable child in the world." Gao's mother heard Gao Wen's soft sobbing, and stretched out her hand to caress him. His face: "Mother is satisfied with a child like you."

Feeling the warmth of his mother's palm and the endless love, Gao Wen's tears gushed out like spring water no longer could be controlled.Only at this time did he fully accept this mother emotionally.

Gao Wen stretched out his hand, grabbed his mother's hand dripping with water, and said, "Mother, you are right, my son is the most intelligent and capable person in the world. My son swears that he will make your old man live an unimaginable life." Good day. I have the determination and the ability."

Mother Gao: "Fool, what are good days and bad days, as long as you are safe and sound, mother will be happy. Don't cry, don't cry, but when you encounter something unhappy when you are out on a business trip, tell mother."

Gao Wen hurriedly wiped away the tears on his face, and said with a smile: "Mother, there is nothing to be unhappy about. My son is very happy today, very happy. My son knows what to do in the future."

"It's good to be happy, it's good to be happy, let's go and rest. Your hands are wet, and your mother's gown is dirty. It's the same sentence, although we are poor, we have to tidy up and not let others despise."

(End of this chapter)