Until the road is lit

Chapter 4: Building a Foundation in Seven Days, Helping Others with Kindness and Meeting a Coach



Su Jie, can you help me buy a phone in town? My phone is broken

On the eighth day, it was a day of rest. Coach Gu Yang said that all members of the study class should thoroughly relax for a day, sleep and rest, and follow the principles of civil and martial arts. The seven days of hard farming work had already collapsed, and it was necessary to relax and restore energy.

However, Joss prepared a physical training plan for himself, including push ups, squats, barbells, abdominal rolls, plank supports, and various other exercises. He didn't want to waste time, but his phone broke again. He asked Su Jie to go to town and buy one for him.

No problem. "Su Jie's training wasn't that complicated either. He was thinking about practicing the move of hoeing and digging soil anywhere.

The school is five or six kilometers away from the town, and there are no buses, let alone subways. Generally speaking, school students who want to go shopping in town either call the nearby farmers' motorcycles or run there themselves.

After eating, Su Jie decided to walk over and practice the action of hoeing and digging soil while walking.

He has recently come up with some offensive and defensive tips for this move.

Raising the hoe is actually a blocking action, and then advancing to smash and dig down is an attack. When someone punches and attacks you, raise your arm, quickly hold onto it, and then fiercely strike forward.

Defeat, attack.

You can also directly attack.

The action is very simple, like an ordinary person swinging a Eight Fist in a fight. However, upon careful consideration, this hand contains human instincts. Coach Gu Yang explained in detail the power generation techniques and training points of this move. When lifting the hand, the curve spirals upwards, like a jumping monkey, to exert the leverage effect of the body. When falling, it is as swift as thunder, like an eagle pouncing on a rabbit. When retracting, it must be grabbed and stepped on to turn the land up for deep plowing.

These things, when applied to combat, have a great impact.

However, what Gu Yang is targeting is all about practicing how to dig soil more efficiently and effectively, without mentioning a word about combat.

Fortunately, Su Jie is good at learning, searching for information online and watching videos of martial arts masters. At the same time, during the process of being a Joss sandbag, he gained insights and gradually figured out that this skill is truly ingenious.

It's just a simple matter of raising one's hand, falling, advancing and digging, and there seem to be many changes.

He urgently hopes that a true expert can explain this move to him. Unfortunately, if you ask Gu Yang, he definitely won't say.

Su Jie noticed that Gu Yang's martial arts class only teaches practice methods and will never tell you how to fight.

As the saying goes, when it comes to earning and spending money, you can figure it out yourself.

Step by step, after leaving the school, Su Jie walked towards the town without caring about the opinions of others. Of course, all around here are martial arts schools, where martial arts is prevalent. Those who run on the road kick while running, practice boxing, Sanda, and even somersaults. Su Jie's performance is considered good.

It took a long time for Su Jie to reach the town.

The town is very bustling, with shops and people everywhere, and even some high-end hotels. The most common are foreigners who come for tourism.

Su Jie had no intention of wandering around this town, but instead bought a phone for Joe and went back. His time was also very tight, and he needed to practice some kung fu during the two month summer vacation.

Thirsty, buy a bottle of water first

He was sweating profusely from his exercise while walking, feeling a bit thirsty. So he went to a roadside convenience store and spent three yuan to buy a bottle of mineral water. He turned around and poured it into his mouth. It's hot now, and the water loss is very fast.

This? It's ten yuan per bottle

At this moment, a foreigner also came to buy water, but the boss shouted ten yuan directly. Upon hearing this, Su Jie suddenly turned around and was about to say something, but he held back. He knew that the people doing business here were all locals, and if he caused trouble, he might even be beaten.

This foreigner is a middle-aged man in his forties, carrying a large travel bag. It looks like he is a tourist from out of town, and he is alone. Moreover, he doesn't speak when buying things, just points with his fingers, as if he is not very familiar with Chinese.

The shopkeeper gestured for ten yuan, but he didn't bargain and bought water before leaving. Su Jie quickly followed up and gathered seven yuan himself, speaking fluently in English: "Hi, uncle, the owner of this small shop miscalculated just now. It should be three yuan per bottle. Let me return the extra money to you

Interesting, interesting. "The middle-aged foreigner turned around and looked at Su Jie, who spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese with a perfect pronunciation, similar to a TV announcer." Young man, it wasn't the boss who gave it to you, you paid for it yourself, right? Your English is not wrong

Hearing what the middle-aged foreigner said, Su Jie blushed, but then recovered: "I didn't expect you to speak Chinese so well, uncle. We Chinese people are still very good. Just now the boss may have been greedy for small gains, but don't think we are all such people. My name is Su Jie. The cursive Su, go to Li Jie." He compared his name slightly.

Hello young man, my name is Oudeli, Irish. "The middle-aged foreigner is a white man with blue eyes and a beard, but upon closer inspection, he looks very handsome with a tall figure of about 1.9 meters, while Su Jie is only 1.75 meters tall now. He has to look up and say," China is a great country, and I really, really like it

Is Uncle Oudeli here for tourism? "Su Jie asked.

No, I came to China to search for something, "Oudeli's gaze darkened." Su Jie, this name is interesting. Jie, Jie Shu, the meaning of this word in Chinese is not very clear. It represents disaster and destruction. In Buddhism, there are four major calamities of living, destruction, and emptiness. In Taoism, there is also the saying of heavenly calamity. Your parents gave you this name, which is interestingn/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Oudeli's catchphrase seems to be the three words' interesting'.

Uncle knows so much about our Chinese culture? "Su Jie became interested and, while talking to Oudeli, instinctively gestured with the action of hoeing and digging soil.

This is a sign of his recent obsession, constantly thinking about the use of this hoe. "Young man, your gesture is correct, but your idea is wrong. This kung fu is called pickaxe, which was created by ancient warrior monks by integrating Qigong, yoga, jujitsu, meditation, fighting, and fighting into agricultural work. When practicing kung fu, the most important thing is your idea. You can't do kung fu without your idea." Oudeli seems to be a foreigner on the surface, but when he speaks, he seems to be an authentic native Chinese teacher Fu, whose Chinese is many times better than Jos.

Uncle actually knows kung fu? This kung fu is called hoeing? The name of good soil. "Su Jie was overjoyed, it seemed that this foreigner Oudeli was a master?

"I am a fighting coach." Audley touched his beard and said, "But now that you are unemployed, I think you are also a student of the martial arts school. In fact, I also came to China to look for the mysterious power, which is gas! In your Chinese culture, no matter what school you belong to, you can't do without gas. Buddhism and Taoism need not say, even Confucianism, also pay attention to our noble spirit."

Are you really angry about this kind of thing? "Su Jie thought. Traditional martial arts, such as Tai Chi, are actually sports that cannot be separated from muscle and bone training. As for other mysterious powers, they are all nonsense. He still pulled back his words:" Uncle, what do you think is missing from my move? Can you give me some guidance

What you lack is hatred and ruthlessness! "Oudeli's Chinese is fluent without any language

barriers.

Hate and ruthlessness? "Su Jie asked," Why hate? Even ruthlessness

Martial arts themselves are used for combat. The earliest martial arts were the experience accumulated by our human ancestors in fighting against fierce beasts. If we don't hate and be ruthless, we can't survive at all. "Oudeli put down his backpack, lifted his hand like a hoe, and

then fell down.

Falling together was quite common, but in the moment of falling, Oudeli let out a shout.

Oh my The roar was like that of a monster, causing Su Jie to tremble all over his body and his courage

to break. He felt as if the other party had suddenly turned into a fierce tiger, a ghost or god, hating heaven and earth, trying to tear apart everything.

Hate is the power generated by the extreme anger in the human heart. The stronger the hatred, the higher the martial arts, "Oudeli said

Hate heaven without a handle, hate earth without a ring? "Su Jie seemed to understand.

You imagine yourself as a giant with infinite power, between heaven and earth, wanting to break free from the constraints of this world but unable to do so. You are always trapped in heaven and earth, unable to exert your power. At this moment, you hate why heaven did not break free, why do you hate why there is no ring, otherwise you could tear apart this world. In your Chinese mythology, there is a saying that Pangu opened the sky, and it is the same. Pangu woke up in chaos but could not escape. In the strong hatred, he tore apart and created heaven and earth. "Oudeli said.

Su Jie fully understood and immediately closed his eyes, trying to brew his emotions. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and his eyes were wide open with anger. His anger reached its peak, and he lifted his arms fiercely, then smashed and dug down in various movements, all in one go. He was like a giant opening the sky, like a fierce tiger pouncing on food, like an angry elephant trampling, like a vicious shark fishing, like a golden eagle glaring angrily.

The ground was shaken by his trampling, and there was a clicking sound all over. But after the fight, he seemed to have collapsed, his eyes shining with stars, and he was

panting heavily, as if this exercise had exhausted all his strength.

Is his talent so high? "Now it was Oudeli's turn to be surprised. After a while, Su Jie finally regained his breath. He didn't even want to try again, it was too exhausting and more tiring than doing homework all night.