Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Since he started learning Xingyiquan, He Yuzhu's life has been particularly fulfilling. Every day after the rooster crows, He Yuzhu first goes into the blessed land cave to check the situation, and then uses the enlightenment stone to practice Ba Duan Jin and Xingyiquan. As time goes by, He Yuzhu finds that he seems to be getting smarter and his memory has become particularly good. He Yuzhu guessed that it should be the effect of the enlightenment stone.

Wu Baotian asked He Yuzhu to go home and rest for one day every half a month. Three months passed in a blink of an eye. After the first month of the lunar year, He Yuzhu began to grow fast. After three months, He Yuzhu grew from 132cm to 138cm. He Yuzhu felt that his lowest height in his life was about 1 meters. In terms of cooking, He Yuzhu has begun to try to practice flipping the pot with 8 kilograms of sand. Wu Baotian is also very pleased with He Yuzhu's progress. He feels that he has found a treasure and accepted a good apprentice. In Xingyiquan, Shang Zhirong was surprised by He Yuzhu's talent. In three months, He Yuzhu has mastered the three-body horse stance and can stand in the horse stance for half an hour every day. Shang Zhirong taught He Yuzhu the five elements boxing of Xingyiquan, and He Yuzhu got started in a few days. The five elements boxing is the most basic boxing of Xingyiquan, including splitting fist, drilling fist, collapsing fist, cannon fist, and horizontal fist. It is a boxing style named after the Five Elements Theory in traditional Chinese culture. It combines the Five Elements Theory with the boxing styles, simplifies the boxing styles and moves, and then combines the Chinese medicine theory of the human body to explain the boxing theory and attack and defense techniques, thus creating the Five Elements Boxing.

Piquan: Piquan in the Five Elements Fist belongs to the metal element. It is a powerful striking fist, divided into double-handed Piquan and single-handed Piquan. Piquan not only has downward cutting force, but also forward knife-cutting force and backward pulling force. The force trajectory is from the forehead to the chest and abdomen, so that the Piquan can be strong and powerful. Practicing Piquan requires first hitting the bright force, then the dark force, and finally the transformed force. In addition to the bright, dark, and transformed forces of Piquan, there are five different kinds of forces: catching, patting, bumping, pressing, and chopping. There is also a formula for practicing Piquan: "You don't need to look at the Piquan, the two feet are in a line. The front hand punches and the back hand follows, the elbow covers the ribs and hits the center. The front foot steps forward and the back foot pushes, rising and falling, drilling and flipping are considered successful.

Bengquan: Bengquan belongs to the wood element. It is named because its movements are like sharp arrows piercing objects, its punches are powerful, and its force is as fierce as a landslide. There are several different footworks of Bengquan, such as half-step Bengquan, twisted-step Bengquan, straight-step Bengquan, step-over Bengquan, and fast-step Bengquan. Among them, half-step Bengquan is the most basic training method of Bengquan, and all other types of Bengquan are derived from it, so half-step Bengquan is called the "mother fist".

Drilling Fist: Drilling Fist belongs to water, and its momentum is like throwing something from the sea into the sky, hence the name Drilling Fist. When practicing Drilling Fist, you should sink your shoulders and elbows, and coordinate the movements of your shoulders, hips and hands. The front hand should not go over the front toe, so that the shape does not break the body and the force does not come out of the tip, thus keeping the body balanced. Compared with Collapse Fist and Cannon Fist, Drilling Fist pays more attention to the word "skill".

Pao Quan: Pao Quan belongs to the fire element, it is vigorous, fierce and imposing, hence its name. It is the most ferocious boxing style among the Five Elements Boxing.

Horizontal Fist: Horizontal Fist belongs to the earth element, and the earth element is neutral. It is a kind of boxing method that balances yin and yang, and combines hardness and softness. It is the mother of the five elements boxing, and can be transformed into the four punches of chopping, drilling, collapsing, and cannon, as well as the twelve forms of boxing. As the saying goes, "One root can scatter ten thousand branches, and ten thousand branches all return to one root."

Shang Zhirong specifically told He Yuzhu that the core of Xingyiquan is moderation, and the most representative boxing style of moderation is horizontal fist. If one only pursues "strong and fierce, indestructible" when practicing horizontal fist, it will lose its original intention and must be avoided.

Three months later, the corn, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans in the blessed land have been harvested, and the second round of sowing has sprouted. The Jingxi rice has just been harvested, and the cotton has already bloomed. He Yuzhu took out the cotton seeds from the picked cotton and planted it again. He Yuzhu calculated that as long as he planted 200 cottons, it would be enough for him to wear cotton clothes and make quilts in the future. The pepper seedlings planted with the seasoning seeds have grown to a height of one person, and the peppers have already harvested more than they can be eaten. Because he was learning skills in Fengze Garden, he had a long time and was not very free, so He Yuzhu did not expand the planting area much in the second round. He only planted half an acre of land for each. He Yuzhu also found the person who delivered ducks to Fengze Garden and asked for five ducklings, one male and four females, to be raised next to the waterfall.

However, the foxtail grass has begun to produce seeds in the past three months, and the area of ​​growth has expanded several times, while the alfalfa is still in bloom. The tree seeds planted on the mountain have basically sprouted, and the fastest ones are already more than 2 feet tall. The three sheep he raised have grown up, and He Yuzhu estimates that they should be able to breed the next generation by the end of this year. The five hens have already started laying eggs, and 5 chicks have been hatched. He Yuzhu can easily achieve egg freedom and chicken freedom next year.

During the three months, He Yuzhu also used his free time to go to Qudeng Hutong and find out the family situation of Zhao Changchuan, the owner of the house. He heard from his neighbors on both sides that Zhao Changchuan was born in the Gengzi year. His grandfather was a small official under the Ministry of Revenue during the Guangxu period. His father died early, and he was raised by his grandfather since he was a child. Later, after the abdication of the Qing emperor, his grandfather was promoted from the original official of the Ministry of Revenue of the Qing Dynasty to an official of the Ministry of Finance of the Beiyang government. Zhao Changchuan's grandfather passed away the year before the Northern Expedition of the Skinheads, but before his death, he was arranged to work in the Ministry of Finance of the Beiyang government. When the Japanese invaded Beijing in 37, Zhao Changchuan fled south with his family. As for what happened to him in the future, no one knew.

Maybe because of martial arts training, He Yuzhu feels that his hearing and vision are much better than before, and he feels that he can have half the strength of an ordinary adult man. One day at noon, after finishing his work in the kitchen, He Yuzhu went to the front hall to take a look, and he inadvertently heard a voice from a private room: "Director Xu, the 200 boxes of medicine you requested have been delivered to your house in Xiaoranfu Hutong. The market is very good recently, and you can earn at least this amount from this business."

He Yuzhu heard this and immediately started to think about it. The waiter Hu Zi said that the guest in this private room today was Xu Tieying, the director of the Liaison Office of the Party Members' Communication Bureau, the director of the Beiping Municipal Police Bureau, and the director of the Detective Department of the Beiping Security Command. According to He Yuzhu's memory in his previous life, Xu Tieying was appointed as the director of the police station because of investigating the corruption case of the Beiping Survey Committee. In his memory, Xu Tieying was also a corrupt official. He participated in the reselling of Ameika's aid materials with the Kong and Song families. It seems that the materials resold by reselling materials add up to five or six million dollars. Based on the conversation between the two, He Yuzhu speculated that the house they were talking about might be a place where Xu Tieying hid his money. As long as he knew where the house was, he could go there at night to be a thief and redistribute the money that Xu Tieying had embezzled. He Yuzhu secretly wrote down the Xiaoranfu Hutong they mentioned. It happened that his master would give him a day off tomorrow and let him go home to see his father He Daqing. He Yuzhu continued to stroll around, greeting the waiters he met as he walked.

The next morning, after He Yuzhu said goodbye to his master, he did not go home immediately after leaving his master's house. Instead, he walked southward towards Xiaoranfu Hutong. After walking through Xiaoranfu Hutong, He Yuzhu first walked around. After a circle, he immediately determined which house belonged to Xu Tieying, because when he passed by a house, he happened to see Xu Tieying walking out of a house and got into a Studebaker car and left.

He Yuzhu found that Xu Tieying's house was surrounded by corridors and had no neighbors. The house was a three-entry courtyard, about 30 meters long from front to back and less than 200 meters wide. He Yuzhu not only sighed that Xu Tieying was really greedy, but after looking at the house, He Yuzhu felt that God was really helping him. As long as he stood outside the walls on both sides of the yard, he could use the blessed land cave to cover the yard by touching the walls. Now he didn't have to wait until dark, he could empty his house during the day. He Yuzhu first found a lot of medicines in the east wing of the front yard. It was estimated that he accidentally heard about the 5 boxes of medicines. He didn't say anything, just one word, and directly sent them to the Wuji Hall in the blessed land cave. He Yuzhu found a mezzanine between two walls in the study room in the middle courtyard. Inside the mezzanine, he found five password boxes and a wooden box. He Yuzhu took them all away without saying a word. After walking around the walls on both sides of the courtyard and making sure that nothing was missed, He Yuzhu left Xiaoranfu Hutong and walked towards his home.

Because it was a holiday on Sunday, He Daqing did not go to work at the steel mill and stayed at home. After He Yuzhu returned to his home, He Daqing first asked about He Yuzhu's cooking skills during this period. After dealing with He Daqing's questions, He Yuzhu took He Yushui to play for a while. He Yuzhu felt that it was boring, so he decided to take He Yushui to Shichahai to see if he could dig some wild vegetables and transplant them to the blessed land. So He Yuzhu took a shovel and led He Yushui to Shichahai.

He Yuzhu came to the shore of Shichahai Lake, looking at the sparkling water, and led He Yushui to walk around in the grass on the shore. In the end, he dug a basket of wild vegetables, including purslane, shepherd's purse, gray-gray vegetables, and plantain. He Yuzhu secretly transplanted part of them into Fudi Dongtian while He Yushui was not paying attention. He Yuzhu found that the plants in Fudi Dongtian were too simple. When digging wild vegetables, He Yuzhu also dug up a few earthworms, which He Yuzhu also put into Fudi Dongtian and threw on the mountain.

He Yuzhu looked at the lush and flourishing Shichahai Lake and felt that the food chain in his blessed land was relatively simple. It seemed that he would have to collect some insects, such as grasshoppers and crickets, so that the chickens would grow faster after eating them.

He Yuzhu looked up at the sun in the sky and felt that it was almost noon, so he took He Yushui's hand and walked home. When they got home, He Daqing had already prepared lunch soup noodles. While eating, He Yuzhu asked his father a question that he had never thought clearly: "Dad, our house has three main rooms and a wing room, why are the two side rooms next to the main room not ours?"

He Daqing recalled: "When your grandfather bought the house, someone was living in the wing, so he didn't buy it. Later, the family living in the wing moved away, and the house was big enough for him, so he didn't consider buying another one."

"Dad, why did that family move away when they were living there well?"

"The house is not theirs, they rented it. As the family grew in number, the house was not big enough, so they moved to another place."

"Who are the owners of those two side rooms? I don't think anyone lives there. Why don't we buy them and make a kitchen there? It would be quite convenient. We don't have to cook in the main room anymore. My master's kitchen is in the side room, and it has a clay stove, so it's very convenient for cooking."

"The house belongs to Lou Bancheng, the boss of the steel mill where I work." When He Daqing heard what He Yuzhu said, he immediately started to think about the problem of the house. "Yeah, why didn't I think of buying the two side rooms next to it? Although the west wing of the house is still empty, in a few years He Yuzhu will grow up and get married and need a room. Yu Shui will also grow up and need a room. By then, the house will be in short supply. While no one lives in the house now, I can buy it. It happens that the owner of the house is also Lou Bancheng, the boss of the steel mill. Then I can build a wall to enclose the side room and it will be my own yard." The more He Daqing thought about it, the more excited he became. He decided to talk to Lou Bancheng when he went to work tomorrow.

After finishing his meal, He Yuzhu lay on the bed and took a nap. After waking up, He Yuzhu washed his face and said, "Dad, I'm going to my master's house."

"Be careful on the way, don't run around on the road, and get there early."

"I understand, Dad, Yu Shui, brother is leaving. I will take you out to play when I come back next time." He Yuzhu bent down, picked up Yu Shui and kissed her. After putting Yu Shui on the ground, He Yuzhu left the house.