Chapter 106 Tai Chi
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. How about we talk about the Pegasus Festival?"
Du Ruo changed the subject and brought the conversation back to what Qiangzi was good at.
"Well, the Pegasus Festival will hold its opening ceremony tomorrow. I know a good spot. You can watch from there. It will definitely be a good spot."
Qiangzi regained his spirits and began to introduce everything that had just happened to Du Ruo as if nothing had happened.
"Can we go horseback riding together during the opening ceremony?"
The one asking the questions was Xiang Yuanyuan. She was even more curious about this and wanted to get involved.
"No, no, that won't work. It looks spectacular, but it's actually quite dangerous. Besides, we can only arrange one person to go to each ranch here, and we won't allow outsiders to enter at will. But if you want, you can ride the horses in my house. It's definitely not as good as the galloping horses, but it will be much more exciting than the heavenly horses bathing in the river."
Qiangzi shook his head like a rattle. He really had no way of making the decision on such matters.
"Well, I wanted to go see the stars and gallop with them."
Xiang Yuanyuan is still daydreaming.
"I should have a chance to meet some celebrities, so I'll ask them for autographs. Here we are, my home is right in front."
As they were chatting, Qiangzi suddenly pointed to a house on the ranch in front and spoke.
Although it is still quite far away, one can vaguely see that the house is quite large. Different from houses in other areas, the houses in the pastoral areas here are particularly dark in color, with blue walls and red tiles that look like a gorgeous gem under the blue sky.
"We are the only ones here these days. The house is big enough for us to live in. My parents have already moved to the place where the show will be held tomorrow. This time, the Ten Thousand Horses Galloping has gathered all the horses in the town. Basically all the farmers have to participate."
Qiangzi drove the car to the door and asked Du Ruo and the other two to get out of the car and go into the yard.
As soon as Du Ruo got out of the car, he saw sandbags in the yard. Just like in the video, sandbags were everywhere, making it convenient for Qiangzi to hit them anytime and anywhere.
"The air here is really good and comfortable."
Xiang Yuanyuan opened her hands and breathed deeply, and even Li Qiyao beside her nodded.
"As long as you like it, we're going to have a roasted whole lamb today. I killed a lamb this morning and marinated it. I'm going to roast it now and we'll have it tonight."
Qiangzi was very enthusiastic. He first gave the three people a brief tour, then arranged the room, and finally carried out a large stainless steel barrel, opened the lid, and a whole marinated lamb appeared inside.
"Isn't this too expensive? We are embarrassed to come here to trouble you, and you are killing sheep and so on."
Li Qiyao felt a little embarrassed, mainly because they had not originally planned to trouble Qiangzi this time, so they did not buy any special gifts or anything. Who would have thought that the other party would be so enthusiastic, and now they felt a little embarrassed.
"No, it's not a big deal. Eating lamb here is just like killing a chicken over there. Just don't mind the lack of vegetables."
Qiangzi smiled and quickly tied the marinated lamb to the iron rack, then prepared to light a fire and roast it.
"Leave this to us, and you just go about your business."
Li Qiyao took the initiative to take over the task of roasting the lamb. Qiangzi had already prepared everything, and all that was left was a matter of time. Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao sat around the fire, roasting the lamb while whispering to each other.
"Boss Du, what would you like to drink? We have kumis here. Do you want to sing?"
Qiangzi came to Du Ruo and started asking questions.
"Thank you. No, the bar owner was diagnosed with liver damage a few days ago. She can't drink alcohol during this period. She just came out to travel. Don't drink, so as not to arouse her alcohol addiction."
Du Ruo shook his head, then walked towards the sandbag and tried to hit it a few times.
"Hehe, that's going to be tough for the boss lady. We stayed at Boss Du's B&B because we wanted to go to the boss lady's tavern to drink. If the boss lady doesn't drink anymore, we'll lose a lot of business."
Qiangzi smiled. Although he didn't know how much Xiang Yuanyuan drank in a day, he could get a rough idea from the video.
"Let's not talk about that. How do you feel about your practice of hitting the sandbag?"
Du Ruo asked about Qiangzi. No matter what, it was still necessary to care about the other party's progress.
"Hey, Boss Du, your teaching is really good. Anyway, I feel that my arm swing is very powerful now, and I can vaguely feel the power you described."
In order to prove himself, Qiangzi stretched out his palm and slapped the sandbag a few times.
"You have to send it off. When you practice, your body should be relaxed so that the power can be released. Don't tense up."
Du Ruo gave some pointers and demonstrated a little. After finding that the other party was really practicing well, he asked:
"How long do you practice this a day?"
"It depends. If it's busy, it'll be two or three hours. If it's not busy, it'll be four or five hours."
Qiangzi spoke truthfully, and while he spoke, he kept hitting the sandbag.
Du Ruo opened his mouth, but in the end didn't say much.
In fact, Qiangzi has been practicing like this for quite a long time. Don't think that you can just keep hitting the sandbag gently, and use the most comfortable posture and strength to hit the sandbag.
In fact, over time, something that was originally easy can become very difficult. Such long-term practice can indeed make bones more resilient, but it is also inevitable that hidden injuries will be left. After thinking about it, Du Ruo said:
"Wait a moment, I'll go get something." After a while, Du Ruo came out with two bottles in her hands, and Du Ruo stuffed them into Qiangzi's hands.
"Boss Du, what is this?"
Qiangzi took the bottle and looked at it, then looked at Du Ruo in confusion.
"This is tiger bone wine. You should dip your hands in tiger bone wine every few days and massage them using the rubbing method. You practice for too long every day. You should reduce the time appropriately."
Du Ruo shook his hands. This tiger bone wine was the one diluted by Xiang Yuanyuan. He originally just wanted to secretly drink some at night to supplement nutrients if he couldn't eat enough. But when he saw Qiangzi, he finally took out the wine. These were diluted, and he had some more at home. What's more, after a while, his tiger bone wine would be available, and he would not be short of it by then.
"Thank you, Boss Du!"
Qiangzi was immediately excited when he heard about tiger bone wine. How could he not have heard of it if he hadn't seen it? In fact, Du Ruo had asked him to buy medicinal wine at the beginning, but he had never found the right one. Later, he felt that it didn't matter whether there was any or not, so he didn't take it seriously. Today, Du Ruo gave him this bottle of wine, which made him pay attention to it.
"Okay, stop shouting and put it away quickly. If that drunkard sees it, she'll be nagging about it all night. You can also carry some of this wine with you at ordinary times. It's very effective for bruises and injuries."
Du Ruo waved his hand. This was enough for the other party to use for a long time. He didn't bring any gifts this time, so it was just right to give this to him now.
"Okay, okay, I'll go put it away now. It's just right to have this. My dad might need it, too. He's been a herdsman for a long time and has all kinds of injuries on his body. His joints are more accurate than the weather forecast."
Qiangzi took it and went into the room, but the first thing he thought of when he got it was his father, which Du Ruo did not expect.
"Forget it, let's teach him something else."
To be honest, the first thing Qiangzi thought of when he got the tiger bone wine was his father. This was something Du Ruo had not expected. After thinking about it, he opened the attribute panel and decided to teach the other party something.
Name: Du Ruo
Age: 31
Fine:
Qi:
God:
Attribute points:
Skills: Xingyiquan LV3 (∞)
Natural Gate Technique: LV2 (132/500)
Baguazhang: LV2 (131/500)
Tongbiquan: LV2 (4/500)
Bajiquan: LV1 (108/200)
Bronze Man Technique: LV2 (50/500)
Springy Kick: LV1 (40/200)
Tai Chi: LV1 (10/200)
Wing Chun: LV1 (10/200)
Special Skills:
Hidden Weapon: LV3 (∞)
Heart method: Hunyuan Yi Qigong (∞)
Among them, Tai Chi and Wing Chun were the reward skills obtained from yesterday's Tongbiquan and Hidden Weapon upgrade draw.
But Du Ruo didn't take these too seriously.
When Du Ruo reached this stage in boxing practice, actually having more skills would only enrich Du Ruo's methods and increase his knowledge. There was nothing special about it, so Du Ruo didn't take it too seriously. What he needed now were those skills that could bring about a substantial transformation for him.
For example, there is Hunyuan Qigong, but unfortunately it does not exist. Du Ruo does not know how many skills there are, and he is not sure whether there will be other changes to this system in the future. For now, he can only practice it.
"Qiangzi, do you know why Tai Chi can be promoted here?"
After Qiangzi walked out of the room happily, Du Ruo asked a question.
“Is it because it’s easy to learn?”
Qiangzi didn't understand why Du Ruo asked this, but he still answered according to his own thoughts.
"That's one aspect, but it's not the most important. Tai Chi movements are not intense, and combined with breathing techniques, long-term practice can also have a certain training effect on the heart and lungs. You are in a plateau, and the oxygen here is relatively thin. Practicing Tai Chi is actually very beneficial to you. This is why Tai Chi can be widely promoted here."
Du Ruo said that he didn't know any health-preserving exercises to strengthen the body. They were only aimed at people like Xiang Yuanyuan who wanted to get something for nothing and who wanted to improve their condition by practicing martial arts when they were drinking heavily. In that case, it would be strange if their condition didn't get worse the more they practiced.
In fact, many types of boxing are good for the body, including the radio gymnastics we did when we were in school. It’s just that Tai Chi is indeed most effective in plateau areas.
"Look, I'm going to teach you the basics of Tai Chi today. Don't always hit the sandbags in the future. Practice this when you have time."
Without waiting for Qiangzi to say anything more, Du Ruo walked aside and started teaching him Tai Chi.
It’s just that Du Ruo was performing the most basic Tai Chi routine, which could even be said to have no special features at all. Perhaps you can learn a lot about it on the Internet.
However, Qiangzi watched with great interest and began to learn from Du Ruo's movements.
This is the idol effect. Du Ruo's image has been established in Qiangzi's mind, so even if Du Ruo teaches the most basic things, he can listen carefully.
(End of this chapter)
