Chapter 225 The chicken is formed and the money has arrived
"The main purpose of chicken legs is to grow them strong for eating. You play with them first, and I'll go over and give them a boxing match."
However, Du Ruo was only stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately and continued to explain to Xiang Yuanyuan. However, he only explained briefly, and his mind had even begun to drift away. After Du Ruo finished speaking, he went to the side on his own.
This time, Du Ruo did not practice boxing, but instead started to practice the Xingyi Santi posture for the first time in a long time.
Xiang Yuanyuan just watched Du Ruo's back as he left, still thinking about the relationship between chicken legs and eating.
The truth was that Du Ruo had never answered her questions so frivolously before, and now that Du Ruo said this, she was a little unresponsive.
But after thinking about it, seeing that Du Ruo had gone to the side to practice martial arts, she realized belatedly that Du Ruo seemed to have understood something just now.
This time, Du Ruo was no longer doing the single-weight three-body stance, but the ordinary three-body stance. However, in his mind he was visualizing the chicken's feet he saw in life and its usual activities.
He was mistaken, thinking that the true meaning of animals must be related to boxing, either for attack or for defense.
So he has been observing the chicken claws. In fact, the most important part of the chicken is the chicken feet. And the chicken feet are not to be observed for their shape or attack method.
What chicken feet training actually is about is leg stability, just like when standing in the Trikonasana pose or practicing various Xingyi boxing techniques, the feet are required to stand like chicken feet.
As for why chicken feet are used, it is naturally because the way chicken feet exert force is more suitable for the Xingyiquan style of fighting.
Xingyiquan is about rising like a hook and falling like a knife file, and it is about continuity. Every move is an attack, and when the hand is retracted, it is also an attack. The chicken feet standing method can make this way of exerting force continuous, so as to avoid the burst of force being too strong and then weak, or the force being too weak, resulting in a soft fist.
Only by using the chicken feet like a spring at any time can you easily deal with various situations.
In addition, long-term practice of chicken feet can make the lower body more stable, make the power more flexible, and make the footwork more flexible, and more effectively protect the crotch, which is a fatal weakness.
It can be said that apart from not looking good, the Chicken Step is actually perfectly compatible with Xingyiquan.
The chicken step is actually the form that Du Ruo practices the most.
It can be said that Du Ruo's understanding of chicken feet is actually no less than that of others, but he misunderstood it. He always thought that chicken feet must have other uses. Du Ruo seemed to be suddenly enlightened just now and figured out the key point at once.
Du Ruo stood in the three-body stance, with his body forward, and the dragon palm on his hand immediately changed into the eagle-claw stance, and he began to slowly practice the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing.
Du Ruo moved slowly, each move was slow, but the red mist around him gradually became blurred.
When Xiang Yuanyuan saw this scene, she subconsciously stood up and looked around to see if anyone had noticed this place.
Fortunately, there were not many people here today and no one noticed this place, so she felt relieved, but she still did not dare to be careless.
"ke!!!"
The red kestrel seemed to be full and couldn't help but want to cry out in comfort. However, as soon as the sound came out of its mouth, Xiang Yuanyuan immediately turned around and grabbed the red kestrel's mouth with a hand speed that was not inferior to that of a mantis boxer.
The red kestrel was able to call out, but only half of it rang out. Not only that, Xiang Yuanyuan also grabbed the red kestrel's claws with her other hand. At this moment, Xiang Yuanyuan seemed to be protected by Du Ruo and subdued the red kestrel in one go. The red kestrel was so scared that it could only look at Xiang Yuanyuan helplessly.
However, Xiang Yuanyuan completely ignored it, staring at the red mist on Du Ruo's body, and then paying attention to whether there was anyone around.
Fortunately, there wasn't much red mist around Du Ruo, only a little bit scattered around. In broad daylight, if you were far away, it would actually be difficult to see clearly.
Although the red mist was light, the scales on the chicken's feet gradually emerged, and the red shadow slowly began to highly overlap with the feet of the big rooster that Xiang Yuanyuan had seen.
Each of Du Ruo's steps was like a chicken's foot stepping, he walked very steadily and was even more flexible in moving forward and backward.
However, Du Ruo only showed it briefly, and then the red mist dissipated, and Du Ruo returned to his ordinary state again.
"How about it?"
Xiang Yuanyuan was still holding the Red Falcon in her hand, and all her attention was on Du Ruo. When she saw Du Ruo stop, she hurried over and asked curiously.
"Well, the chicken has taken shape. That's a big improvement. And if you keep pinching it, it'll die."
Du Ruo stopped talking and didn't say much to Xiang Yuanyuan about martial arts. He summed up everything with just one sentence: "Great progress."
After saying that, he pointed at the red falcon in Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and gave a somewhat amusing reminder.
"Ah!! Sorry, sorry, are you okay? Ouch~~"
Xiang Yuanyuan looked down and saw that the kestrel was almost stretching straight, so she quickly let go of the kestrel. She originally wanted to stroke the kestrel's head to comfort it, but the kestrel pecked Xiang Yuanyuan instead.
Xiang Yuanyuan felt the pain and immediately let go. The falcon fluttered and flew onto Du Ruo's shoulder. "kek~kekek~~~"
The kestrel kept jumping on Du Ruo's shoulder, barking angrily. Although it was impossible to hear what it was barking, it could be heard that it was probably quite dirty.
"Is your hand okay?"
Du Ruo ignored the kestrel and walked over to grab Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and looked at it. The kestrel's beak and claws are its powerful weapons, and their lethality is not low at all. If it pecks at it with all its strength, the hand will definitely be torn into pieces. This can be seen from the time when the kestrel ate beef.
"It's okay. This little guy still has some conscience."
Xiang Yuanyuan showed her hand. There was a small red dot on the base of her palm, but the skin was not broken. It was obvious that Hong Xun had gone easy on her.
"kek～～"
The kestrel jumped a few times on Du Ruo's shoulder, then flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
"Now that this guy has found this place, I guess we'll have to keep some beef in the house. I suspect he'll have to come here every now and then to improve his diet."
Du Ruo watched the kestrel quickly turn into a small dot and disappear in the sky, and smiled and talked to Xiang Yuanyuan.
As Du Ruo made progress, the animals became more and more fond of being close to him. To be honest, this feeling was quite good.
"Well, I'll prepare some every now and then."
Xiang Yuanyuan smiled and nodded. It was indeed very comfortable to deal with animals. If you give them some food, they will be grateful and will be close to you.
"Well, let's go check out the wine in the tavern, and also check out the B&B."
Although Du Ruo is about to achieve financial freedom, he still plans to continue running the B&B. However, it is no problem to give Yang Ling more bonuses.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan first went to the second floor of the tavern, which had been slightly renovated by Xiang Yuanyuan and turned into a small wine cellar. Although it was not comparable to the large wine cellar in her home, with some modifications, it was still no problem to temporarily store some wine. This was because Du Ruo's demand for medicinal wine had increased greatly, otherwise there would be no need to do this.
In the wine cellar, Du Ruo drank while watching. Xiang Yuanyuan was no longer so obsessed with drinking. She took out a small notebook and counted the amount of remaining wine.
"Hubby, should I prepare some more wine for you to take with you?"
Xiang Yuanyuan, who was counting, suddenly spoke.
"It may not be convenient to bring it with you, so no need to prepare anything extra. I'll see if I can bring some with me when the time comes."
Du Ruo thought about it and finally shook his head to refuse. He was not sure how to get out of the customs this time, and it was completely different from the situation in China. However, Xiang Yuanyuan did remind him.
If you can't bring too much alcohol with you, you may need to eat a lot occasionally to replenish your energy. This may require more attention. It is best to consult whether you can bring medicinal wine to the United States.
This can be considered a drawback of practicing martial arts. The stronger the strength, the greater the consumption, and there is no so-called spiritual energy to replenish it, which is still not very convenient. Fortunately, Du Ruo does not need it every day, so it is not a big problem to be hungry for three to five days.
"Ah."
Xiang Yuanyuan just nodded, but also marked a jar of unblended tiger bone wine. Now Du Ruo was drinking blended wine. If it was not convenient to take too much wine out, then the quality would be improved. Then you only need to take one bottle out. If that didn't work, Du Ruo could drink it anytime when he came back.
I accompanied Xiang Yuanyuan to order some wine, sorted out the accounts of the B&B, and gave some small gifts to the two shop assistants. Then I went back to my parents' house for dinner in the evening.
The next morning, the two went to the mountain to see the clouded leopard family. The two little clouded leopards were now fully grown, chubby and quite cute. They did not feel strange at all when they saw Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan.
However, the beef the two brought this time was all eaten by the mother clouded leopard, leaving nothing for the little clouded leopard.
After the clouded leopard mother had eaten, she no longer accompanied Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan to bask in the sun, but instead took the two hungry little clouded leopards to start hunting practice.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan did not interfere with the clouded leopard mother teaching her children to hunt. They just watched from a distance, although they felt a little sorry for the squirrels and rabbits on the mountain.
After returning from the mountain, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan went to watch Yang Chenguang's live broadcast. Now Yang Chenguang broadcasts live in the tea garden in the morning and in the village committee in the afternoon. His main feature is that he is a village cadre selling goods. He has become more relaxed, but he does not have much free time.
At night, Du Ruo received a call from the bank. It was the vice president of the bank, who said he wanted to visit Du Ruo and gave her some small gifts. Du Ruo felt puzzled and refused and hung up the phone.
Later, he received a call from Li Yu, who said that 100 million yuan had been transferred and asked about Du Ruo's arrangements and plans.
Only then did Du Ruo realize why the bank called him. He also understood that He Feng was probably getting anxious after seeing that he hadn't responded for so many days, and was afraid that Du Ruo would quit.
(End of this chapter)
