Three days later.
Sun Siwen's house.
In the empty courtyard, Lu Yuan held a book and listened carefully to the teacher's explanation in front of him.
"Today we are learning the third chapter of the Thousand-Character Essay, which also has a hundred characters. I will read it to you first..."
The Thousand-Character Essay is a book of enlightenment in this world, with a thousand words in total. Sun Siwen originally used this book for enlightenment.
He was already very familiar with this, and he didn't need to read at this time. He put his hands behind his waist, narrowed his eyes, walked around the courtyard, shook his head and started reading.
The teacher was reading on the side, while Lu Yuan stared at the written content of today's explanation, comparing it word by word.
After a while, the third chapter was finished.
Sun Siwen turned around and saw his student's serious look, and couldn't help but sigh.
I originally accepted this student just to make some money to live on.
But after three days of teaching, he discovered that the Orion from the mountain was surprisingly talented.
Obviously I didn't know a single word at first, but after two days of studying, I had already learned 200 words.
Moreover, I can not only recognize these two hundred words, but also have a thorough understanding of their meanings and insights, and can write some short sentences.
Although those sentences are all vernacular and cannot be put on the stage.
But for a person who has only been studying for two days, being able to do this is already considered a monster. How can he expect anything else?
This kind of talent naturally shocked Sun Siwen's heart. I even started to doubt myself.
Because when he first started studying literature, he could learn two hundred words, but it took him more than ten days.
And it’s just recognition.
The rest of choosing words and making sentences, drawing inferences from one example and understanding the meaning of words, is something that can only be done after one or two years of studying literature.
But now what it took me one or two years to do, the student in front of me did it in only two days.
This kind of gap, this kind of blow, is simply not enough for outsiders to understand.
'With my qualifications, it is so difficult to become a scholar, let alone a scholar.
But Mr. Lu is different. His talent is infinitely greater than mine, and his wisdom is a gift from heaven.
With his talent, if he studied the classics diligently for several years, he would definitely achieve fame, and he would even be ranked first in high school. '
Testing for fame is an obsession in every scholar's mind.
At this time, Sun Siwen seemed to see the possibility of realizing what he couldn't ask for in Lu Yuan.
Because of this, a sense of expectation arose in his heart.
'My ambition cannot be fulfilled by myself, maybe I can entrust it to him.' Sun Siwen thought in his heart, he squatted down, picked up a branch on the ground, and began to write on the ground: "Let's learn The first character of this article, there are three ways to write this character..."
He must cultivate such a good seedling and must not let down his talent.
Beside him, Lu Yuan looked at Sun Siwen's writing and memorized it seriously.
He has quite a basic foundation, but he just doesn't know the words of this world.
At this time, the writing meaning of each word was determined, and the words were replaced and compared with the words in the previous life, and the learning was naturally very fast.
One hundred words a day is already slowing down.
Two hours later.
The sun was high in the sky and it was noon in the blink of an eye.
After Sun Siwen finished writing the last stroke, he put down the branch in his hand, stood up, stretched his slightly aching waist, then looked at the students in front of him and said: "That's it for today's academic system. You can go back and study some more with your books. We’ll talk about the fourth chapter tomorrow.”
"Yes." Lu Yuan stood up and saluted Sun Siwen: "Thank you, Brother Sun."
As agreed before, the two of them were just learning calligraphy and not teaching scriptures, so they called each other elder brother and son, not master and disciple.
"No need to thank you, just study better and don't waste your studies." Sun Siwen waved his hand.
Lu Yuan nodded, then turned and left.
I have finished reading today’s book and have written down a hundred words. It’s time to start today’s work.
Recognizing one hundred characters a day costs one hundred cents.
As he learned more words, he began to read the secret book he had obtained through the words he knew in the past two days.
Although he didn't know many characters, only two hundred, Lu Yuan could barely read a little of the secret book's contents through these two hundred characters.
At this time, it can be confirmed that it is indeed a martial arts secret book. As for what kind of martial arts it is, it cannot be confirmed yet.
But one thing, he was certain of.
That is to learn secrets, which really requires the assistance of various medicinal materials.
Because it is clearly written in the book, and there are several prescriptions listed on it. Although I can't recognize them all, I can tell at a glance that they are expensive.
"So even if you are studying, you can't stop hunting and making money."
On the way home, Lu Yuan thought about his increasingly thin wallet, as if he had seen the day when it was completely empty.
No, that day will never come.
He clenched his fists. He would not wait to become a pauper.
Home will arrive soon.
After studying calligraphy all morning, Lu Yuan was also hungry, so he just started to light a fire to cook.
Cut off a section of bacon and steam it with rice. After finishing his meal and clearing away the dishes, he picked up his bow and knife, turned around and went out.
Although it's snowing now, it's still early winter.
At this time of year, although many of the wild beasts in the mountains have begun to hibernate, there are still some that have not stored food for the winter and will still come out and move around.
Taking advantage of this last period of time, Lu Yuan planned to work harder and hunt more animals to earn money for his martial arts training.
"And there is also the Black Wolf Gang. A few days have passed and I don't know if they are still in the mountain?"
At the foot of the mountain, looking at the vast white mountains covered with ice and snow, he thought to himself and walked firmly into the mountains.
…
In the following days, besides busy learning calligraphy, Lu Yuan went into the mountains to hunt every day.
At the same time, during this period, he would travel across the mountains and ridges from time to time and rush back to the place where he originally lived to check. Confirm whether the Black Wolf Gang people have left, and monitor their movements.
The people of the Black Wolf Gang seem to be particularly concerned about the swordsman Ma Jiqing, and they will not give up until they find him.
At this time, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, but these people did not give up. They forced the hunters in the mountains and led them through the mountains and ridges, desperately searching for traces of their enemies.
But Lantau Island is vast, stretching for hundreds of miles, spanning several prefectures and counties, and has countless mountains.
No matter how many people there are in the Black Wolf Gang, Dingtian can only remove one or two hundred people.
With so few people, how easy is it to find someone in the vast mountains?
Those hunters who were caught by the Black Wolf Gang were unlucky and had to travel over the mountains with them in the middle of winter.
Not only could they not take advantage of the last time of the year to hunt and make money, they would also be scolded and beaten by the Black Wolf Gang from time to time. Some of them even lost their lives because of their anger. How could they even say a single word of injustice?
Fortunately, their difficult days did not last long.
Half a month later, during Lu Yuan's routine surveillance, he suddenly discovered that the group of people running around in the mountain were missing.
After hiding in the mountain for more than half a month, the Black Wolf Gang finally withdrew from the mountain unwillingly after they couldn't find anyone.
However, even though he found that the Black Wolf Gang was gone, he did not act rashly.
The rivers and lakes are dangerous, who knows if they are fishing.
Anyway, he had plenty of time and unlimited lifespan, so Lu Yuan was not in a hurry, so he waited slowly while looking for prey that was still moving in the mountain.
This lasted for another ten days. After confirming that the Black and Blue Gang people were really gone and there was no more movement, he began to return to his cave in the mountains.
…
The early morning mist still filled the mountains. Although the sun in the sky was already very fierce, the clouds and mist were still stubbornly rooted among the vegetation after being covered by the shadows of the trees.
Next to the gurgling stream, the springs in the mountains gather here and flow in the distance.
Among the snow-covered grass and trees, Lu Yuan moved his body carefully, his eyes warily staring at the surrounding wind and grass to confirm the situation here.
"It seems that the person is really gone."
After a long time, he emerged from the grass and trees and walked towards the stream next to him.
When I came to the stream, I picked up a handful of water and rubbed my face vigorously. The long-lost feeling of coolness immediately swept away the fatigue all over my body.
Regaining his previous feelings, Lu Yuan walked towards his cave.
Due to his previous experience, he was still cautious this time and slowly approached the entrance of the cave.
When he was still about ten steps away from the camouflaged vines, he stopped.
"But it's the same as when I left, no trace of being moved."
After staring at the vine layout for a long time, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that during the period of his absence, the Black Wolf Gang did not find this place, and his cave was not discovered.
"No, maybe it's not that he wasn't discovered, but that he was deliberately misled." He thought of the hunters who were captured to search the mountains in the winter.
Of course, in such a large Lantau Island, it is impossible for Lu Yuan to be the only hunter.
In fact, there are hundreds of hunters scattered throughout the mountains in Dayu County.
There are some intersections between various hunters from time to time. Naturally, they know where each other lives. Sometimes they will join forces to hunt wild beasts together, which is considered a friendship.
When the Black Wolf Gang went into the mountains to search, they relied on the hunters in the mountains to lead the way. But they were caught as coolies for no reason, so they naturally had resentment in their hearts.
At this time, it is difficult to say how many hunters are willing to work hard for the Black Wolf Gang, and will they take people to other hunters' homes?
After all, the Black Wolf Gang's search for the mountain is only temporary, but the time for each hunter to be active in the mountain lasts a lifetime.
Now that you have offended your neighbor, aren't you afraid of being shot in the face while you are hunting?
"This can only be said that the Black Wolf Gang has done too much evil. People hate it and dogs hate it."
Lu Yuan shook his head, pushed aside the vines, and stepped into his cave.
He left in a hurry, and in addition to taking away money and valuables, he also left hundreds of kilograms of bacon and hundreds of skins in the mountains, which together were worth five or six taels of silver.
Now he has finished reading three thousand words with Sun Si. He has also recognized all the words in the martial arts secret book in his hand and can now understand it.
Now as long as you spend some time studying it and understanding its meaning, you can almost start practicing.
It can be expected that there will be a large amount of money expenditure.
Martial arts training is a bottomless pit.
He put a large amount of furs and bacon into bamboo baskets and put them into the empty baskets, suddenly there were fifty or sixty kilograms more.
"It's all because of money."
Carrying the heavy bamboo basket on his back, Lu Yuan sighed, turned around and walked out of the cave.
There is still a lot of inventory inside. It is impossible to carry it all in one go this time. There may be two or three more trips in the future.
Alas, some of them ran away in the next few days during the dozens of miles of mountain road back and forth.
…
Three days later.
Under the dim red sunset, Lu Yuan was walking briskly on the mountain path with a large backpack on his back, a hare in his hand, a hunting bow on his back, and a short blade on his waist.
Smoke was rising from the peaceful town ahead. Some farmers working in the fields outside the town gradually stopped working, took their farm tools, and prepared to return home.
"Brother Lu is back."
"Xiaoyuan caught another prey today, it's really amazing."
On both sides of the trail, some farmers who were working in the fields saw Lu Yuan and greeted him one after another.
"Good luck, good luck." Lu Yuan responded with a smile on his face: "Everyone can come to my house to eat rabbit meat when you are free."
Over the past few days, the residents of the town have gradually learned that a hunter who came down from the mountains came to the town.
In order to take root in the town and integrate here, Lu Yuan spent some time making friends with some of the neighbors, and from time to time he would give them some game he had caught.
After a month of this, some townspeople who lived close to him gradually became familiar with each other.
At this point, although I can’t say how good our relationship is, it’s okay for neighbors to help each other with small things. Some of the neighbors who accepted his game meat would even give them home-brewed plum wine or some eggs as gifts.
It can be said that Lu Yuan has now completely integrated into Yangmei Town.
Walking through the field paths, entering the town, passing through the alleys, and soon returned home.
boom!
After closing the courtyard door, Lu Yuan put down his sword and arrow, walked into the kitchen next to him, then took off his backpack and put it on the ground, which made a dull sound.
Opening the lid of the backpack, it was filled with bacon.
He reached out and picked up a few strips of bacon and began to hang them on the wooden rack in the kitchen. He breathed a sigh of relief: "It took me three days to finally move my belongings back from the mountain."
Peel and wash the rabbit meat you caught today, add some vegetables, throw it into the pot and start stewing it.
Seeing that it would take a while for dinner to be ready, Lu Yuan took the opportunity to fetch water from the well and took a bath during the break.
Wash off the sweat stains and put on clean clothes. It's starting to get a little dark, and the night is coming quietly.
He took out a book from the room, walked to the kitchen stove, and started to read the book in his hand under the light of the fire.
"I didn't expect that Ma Jiqing was practicing palm skills. When I saw him holding a sword, I thought he was a swordsman practicing swordsmanship. It turned out that everything was just a disguise."
Lu Yuan flipped through the martial arts secret book he had obtained from Ma Jiqing. Now that he knew three thousand words, he could already understand the contents.
Therefore, after reading the content, I discovered that this was actually a palm technique secret book.
"Liuyunzhang, it doesn't sound very good."
After flipping through the secret book, he spoke with a bit of ridicule, but his heart was filled with joy.
Martial arts!
Now that I can finally practice martial arts, will I become a martial arts master?
