Chapter 240: On the Importance of Talent
After saying that, Du Jia asked for an arrow from the side, and then folded his hands into several pieces with a little force to match his vow.
Hu Cheng was moved immediately. Du Jia had already expressed his attitude very sincerely. If he talked too much, he would seem too manly enough.
Therefore, he immediately said, "Young Master Jia is really generous. Then I, Hu Cheng, is not a ungrateful person. To be honest, I don't want to go against Guishan. My father is the same, but I have to tell the truth that it is not my father who is in charge of my family, but my girl."
Except for Du Jia, the rest of the people couldn't help laughing when they heard this. Qin Ming mocked: "What's the reason? Aren't women just like clothes? I've only heard that they follow their husbands before they marry, and their husbands follow their husbands when they die, and they must listen to their elder brother even if they don't help. The rules in your family are strange enough, hahaha."
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter. Hu Cheng's face suddenly turned red. He naturally knew this truth, but even though he knew, he had no choice. The reality was so cruel, how could outsiders understand it?
It turns out that Hu Taigong has three children in total, the eldest is Hu Cheng, the second and third brothers are all girls, so they are named after the female names "Er Niang" and "San Niang" commonly used in this era, which is similar to the current Erya and Cuihua.
After a few children are a little older, the Hu Taigong will start to train them. According to the customs of this era, men must first study. Everything is inferior, but they are high-level. What a glory if they can read it and seek a job with a single official position?
It’s a pity that this eldest young master Hu Cheng was born not a good student. He had been studying the Three-character Classic for Enlightenment for more than two years but could not recite it. The only thing I remember was the sentence "The son is not the fault of the godfather." He often used it to refute his father and made Hu Tai angry. He simply used a bamboo stick to "educate" the unfilial son. He beat the guy to cry and call his mother, and then he let out a sigh of relief.
But after being angry, Hu Taigong also showed that Hu Cheng was not a good source of study - according to his wife's words, he would just follow his father (Hu Taigong behind the scenes suddenly turned red. Can you not mention this paragraph? Hu Cheng is stupid and has nothing to do with him!).
After discussing it, the couple simply asked this kid to abandon his literature and martial arts. If he could practice, he would take the military exam and take the military officer. Although he was not as noble as a civil servant, he was still an official. Even if he couldn't practice so profoundly, he could protect his family and the hospital. In fact, he could have a lot of children. He could have a promising person in the house. He was willing to study and make up for his father's regret.
(Hu Cheng, who was behind the scenes, turned red and shouted at his father, "Old man, it turns out that you still have this idea. No wonder you got married for me so early and kept urging me to have a grandson. I care much more about my martial arts progress."
In this way, Hu Taigong found a teacher to teach Hu Cheng's martial arts. After learning it for a while, it turned out to be quite good. Although it was not talented, it was definitely ten times better than his study. So Hu Cheng started to learn martial arts.
By the time Hu Cheng was fifteen years old, he was already a little bit like a little girl. At this time, Hu Sanniang was already nine years old. While learning the enlightenment lessons, she also liked to go to the playground to watch her brother practice martial arts. The little girl is not a lady in the city. She must be rather naughty and active. She saw these swords, guns, sticks, axes, hooks and fork weapons and they even played with each other when they were fine.
When the teacher saw that the little girl was so beautiful and cute, and she was the boss's daughter, she casually taught her the 12th way of Yue Girl's sword technique. On the one hand, she was happy, and on the other hand, she was also trying to please the boss. However, after he only demonstrated it, Xiao Hu Sanniang practiced it as if she was a cat and a silly girl. After asking a few key questions, she became very decent.
It's only half a day!
You should know that Hu Cheng practiced the Black Tiger Sword Technique with the same difficulty for half a month before he achieved such results. It was also quite good, and he was praised by the coach.
But the same thing is said, you are not afraid of not knowing things, you are afraid of comparing things. Hu Cheng's martial arts talent is simply a scumbag compared to Hu Sanniang.
The instructor was shocked when he saw Hu Sanniang's talent and hurriedly taught her a more complex set of nineteen Meishan swords. This set of swordsmanship requires a double coordination of pace and moves, which is very hard to work. Generally, even if he can practice within a year, he wants to use this to test whether this little girl is really talented, or was it just a coincidence before.
After he taught Sanniang and gave her the sword score, he forgot about this and continued to teach Hu Cheng. But just a month later, Sanniang came to him again and said that he had mastered it.
The coach was not willing to believe it. He thought the little girl was just a entertainment, so he asked her to practice it. By the way, he planned to "teach her a lesson" to let her know that swords are not practiced like this, so that she must be united with her waist and legs. Don't be proud if you think you can have some fur.
As a result, Sanniang was stunned when she practiced. She divided into eight moves, nineteen moves, one hundred and sixty-two moves, and the nearly 100 steps of cooperation, Sanniang practiced it without making any mistakes.
The coach was completely convinced now. Looking at Hu Cheng, who had seen him before, was like a mentally retarded person. Hu Cheng felt wronged. Didn’t you praise me for learning well yesterday? Why did you look at me with this kind of eyes today? You can’t be like this in life.
The teacher didn't care about Hu Cheng's feelings, so he hurriedly reported the matter to Hu Taigong and his wife. Hu Taigong didn't believe it at first, and also thought the coach was willing to "teach him a lesson" to let him know that he was not a fool. He asked you to teach your son a lot of money, so you don't think about making another share.
The coach knew that he had no limits on his words, so he took the opportunity to let Hu Cheng officially use the Nineteen Swords of Meishan, which was considered to be his midterm exam. Hu Taigong and his wife were also happy to appreciate it.
The formal drill of the 19 Swords of Meishan requires a plum blossom stake and a wooden man, and then the performer will follow the footwork to walk on the thirty-six wooden stakes and use a sword to stab the marks on the wooden man's body. The footwork and sword moves must be coordinated. At that time, the score will be calculated based on the points stabbed by the wooden man. As long as you can stab it to eighty times, it will be considered qualified. The more you have, the better.
Hu Cheng had just finished practicing this sword technique not long ago, and immediately used it in front of his grandparents and masters. As a result, he stabbed the wooden man more than 90 times without blushing or breathing. His grades were quite good.
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Third update
Chapter completed!