Reborn in 1977

Emerging from the alley, Chen Fan was still pondering Fourth Master Lu's words.

The so-called "Four Unique Skills" were indeed useful, but not omnipotent. The reason was simple: times had changed!

What was popular during the Republic of China era might not be suitable now. Who knew what those in power liked these days? What if you happened to encounter someone who detested these things?

However, he couldn't simply disregard Fourth Master Lu's good intentions. He had to accept them and remember them for life.

Besides, the "Four Unique Skills" wouldn't be learned in vain. The only difference was where they would be used.

If, like playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, they were used to cultivate the mind and body, as a hobby, that would be quite good.

Later, he could learn things like burning incense and tasting tea, tending flowers and plants, and other pretentious things. Adding wine tasting and opera singing, he could also pass himself off as a refined scholar.

Or, after the opening up in a few years, these skills would definitely come in handy.

As for Fourth Master Lu's concern about interacting with dignitaries?

Chen Fan never intended to do that!

Instead of worrying about any dignitaries, he focused more on brewing wine.

Now that he had the wine recipes from Fourth Master Lu, it seemed his brewing plan would have to be delayed for a few days. It would be better to thoroughly understand these recipes and then brew a few pots of good wine.

...

Clutching the wine recipes and using his drawing board as cover, Chen Fan happily returned to the brigade headquarters. He even took a peek at the office as he passed by.

Lin Yuanxiang was sitting inside, chatting and smoking with Captain Xiao. Seeing Chen Fan poking his head in, he immediately snorted and looked up at the ceiling, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Chen Fan's face fell. What did that mean?

I was the one who got thrown just now, not you. Why are you angry?

Looking at Xiao Liewen again, he grabbed the newsletter he had read eight times from the table and began to study it carefully again.

Chen Fan curled his lips. Tch, if you ignore me, you ignore me. Anyway, I don't want to learn your kung fu. What's so great about it?

Not at all!

Then he went straight inside.

By this time, the broadcast had already ended, but Zhang Cuie was still buried in her work in the broadcasting room. Seeing Chen Fan return, she immediately wanted to get up.

Chen Fan gestured, "You write yours, don't mind me."

After a pause, he added, "Think about the writing methods I taught you before. If you don't know how to write, first record a chronological account, then form a picture in your mind, and then turn the picture into words. After writing all this, then polish it."

Zhang Cuie pursed her lips, smiling and nodding, "Okay, I understand."

Then she continued to bury herself in coding with a frown.

Chen Fan put down his drawing board bag, silently took off his cloth bag, put all the books inside, and then walked away freely.

Riding his little mare back to the educated youth spot, Jiang Lili had already prepared the ingredients. Seeing Chen Fan return, she immediately leaned on her crutch and was about to cook.

Chen Fan didn't stop her today. After all, if he didn't let her do anything, she would be restless. It was better to let her do some work that she could handle.

It just wasn't time for lunch yet.

He waved his hand, "I'm not hungry now, let's wait for Huang Ying and the others to come back before cooking."

Then he beckoned to her, "Come here, I'll change your dressing for you."

Jiang Lili slowly hobbled over on her crutches. Seeing Chen Fan taking the medicine bottle out of the room and walking into the general room, she slowly followed him in.

Chen Fan pulled two chairs opposite each other, sat down on one chair, turned to look at her, "Come here."

Jiang Lili blushed and said softly, "Or, I should change the dressing myself."

Chen Fan looked at her speechlessly, "Your sole is injured, how can you change it yourself? You have to disinfect it with strong liquor first, then change the medicine, and then re-bandage it. I'll do it for you, it'll be done in two minutes. If you do it yourself, it'll be a mess in ten minutes."

Then he pointed to the chair, "Stop talking nonsense, sit down."

Jiang Lili pouted, moved to the chair and sat down, then slowly took off her shoes.

Chen Fan shook his head as he watched her, grabbed her foot, unwrapped the gauze bandage from yesterday, and then wiped the wound with a cotton ball dipped in liquor.

While wiping, he could clearly feel her foot trembling.

He looked up at her and said softly, "Now you know why I insist on changing your dressing, right? Injuring the sole of your foot will be very painful. If you change the dressing yourself, it will be even more painful, not to mention you may not be able to clean the wound."

Then he looked at the wound, "It's recovering well, there are no signs of inflammation, it should be almost healed in four or five days."

Jiang Lili pursed her lips, "It will take so long."

Chen Fan applied the medicine to her and re-bandaged her foot, smiling and saying, "Don't think it's slow, this is a wound. Some people's heels crack in winter, and it takes one or two days for the ointment to heal. You can't rush it."

Jiang Lili secretly glanced at him, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and muttered in her heart, "I'm not in a hurry."

Chen Fan turned his head, "Huh?"

Jiang Lili raised her head in panic, "Huh?"

Did I just say something?

Chen Fan looked her up and down, seeing that even her earlobes were red, and her face was about to drip blood, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. What's wrong with her? How could she be so shy?

However, since Jiang Lili didn't say anything, he didn't ask any further, and continued to bandage the wound, tying a beautiful bow as he did yesterday, and said, "Later, I'll make some fish soup, and you can cook yourself an egg. Eating these will help the wound recover."

Seeing that Chen Fan was no longer looking at her, Jiang Lili finally came back to her senses, and quickly nodded lightly, "Oh."

But she didn't even hear what he was saying clearly.

Chen Fan put away his things, stood up and said, "Don't rush to work, sit for a while longer, and wait for the medicine to absorb."

After speaking, he turned and walked out.

Throwing away the trash and putting away the medicine, Chen Fan found a book from the cabinet and sat in his room to read.

He originally thought that his kung fu was not bad, that he could fight back and forth with Captain Xiao, and that he could suppress Zhang Wenliang, but he didn't expect that today, when he met Uncle Lin, who was over 60 years old, his bubble was burst and his true form was revealed.

Uncle Lin made more than twenty moves in a row, each one different. He only recognized two of them, which seemed to have shadows of Xingyi Quan, and he couldn't understand the rest at all.

This suddenly hit Chen Fan hard.

There's no such thing as bullying people!

He now had enough reason to suspect that Captain Xiao hadn't taught him real kung fu, otherwise how could he have lost so miserably?

Since the kung fu taught by Captain Xiao was useless, Chen Fan decided to use something else.

It just so happened that he bought a book called "Taijiquan Exercise" yesterday. Anyway, his martial arts skill had already reached level 3. Eating this experience book should be able to level up a bit, right?

At the very least, it could kill him with a surprise attack, so that he could touch him a few times, instead of just being beaten.

This "Taijiquan Exercise" was compiled by the Wushu Section of the Sports Department of the Sports Commission, including the basic principles and health care effects of Taijiquan...

Health care effects?

When Chen Fan saw the words on the catalog, although the sun was blazing outside, his heart was cold.

Where's the promised martial arts secret book?

Didn't they say that the martial arts secret books of this era are all real?

Chen Fan was a little unwilling to give up and continued to flip through it.

After the basic explanation, there was the Taijiquan routine. First, the "24-Style Simplified Taijiquan" compiled collectively by many Taijiquan "masters" in 1956, then the Eighty-Eight Style Taijiquan, Thirty-Two Style Taiji Sword, Taiji Pushing Hands, Taiji Quan Footwork...

Chen Fan scanned through it quickly. Before long, he had thoroughly understood the entire "secret book."

The prompt sound of experience points rising in his mind kept ringing. The moment he closed the book, Simplified Taijiquan, Eighty-Eight Style Taijiquan, Thirty-Two Style Taiji Sword, as well as Taiji Pushing Hands for sparring and Taiji Quan Footwork for actual combat, had been engraved in his mind.

He threw the book on the table, and without going out, he began to practice in the narrow space of the room.

The first posture comes and steps together, the eyes should be level and the shoulders should be relaxed, the left hip is drawn to the right and the right hip is dropped, the left foot steps to the left...

Between the rise of the hands and the fall of the feet, the characteristics of Taijiquan's relaxation and gentleness are fully displayed.

After practicing two sets of boxing, he only felt comfortable all over, as if every muscle and bone had been exercised, which was completely different from the exhaustion and comfort after practicing Xingyi Five Elements Boxing and Big Spear Stance.

However, it was of no use.

There are no moves for practicing strength or actual combat in this book.

However, after carefully sensing it, Chen Fan recalled the moves Lin Laobo used when sparring with him in the morning. It seemed... hmm? It seemed like two of them were Tai Chi?

He scratched his head, carefully recalling the two moves Lin Yuanxiang used at the time, and always felt that they were Tai Chi, but they didn't have a single word in common with "relaxation, tranquility, softness, and slowness"?!

Looking at his posture at the time, it seemed even fiercer than Xingyi Quan. That fellow was called Tai Chi?

However, based on the understanding Chen Fan gained after learning Tai Chi, he felt that it was Tai Chi. This contradictory feeling made him a little crazy.

"Teacher Chen?"

Huang Ying stood at the door, hesitantly calling out softly, "Are you... okay?"

Chen Fan let go of his hair and turned to look at her as if nothing had happened. "I'm fine, what's wrong?"

Huang Ying silently pointed to the kitchen, "Dinner is ready."

Chen Fan gave an "Oh" and said, "You go first, I'll be right there."

After Huang Ying left, he immediately tidied up his hair, then coughed lightly, put his hands behind his back, and walked out.

When he got to the kitchen, he found that he had forgotten to make fish soup, so he slaughtered and cooked one on the spot, made a pot of fish soup and put it on the table, and then the meal officially started.

Chen Fan glanced at Liu Dan next to him, "Why are you looking at me?"

Liu Dan quickly lowered her head and glanced at Huang Ying.

Huang Ying glared at her twice, then raised her head and grinned dryly, "No, we're just a little curious, did you encounter any difficulties just now?"

Chen Fan immediately denied, "No."

Huang Ying was immediately puzzled, and even put down her bowl and chopsticks, reaching out to scratch her head, "Then why...?"

Chen Fan glared at her fiercely, "You saw it wrong, I was fixing my hair."

Huang Ying shrank her neck and obediently picked up her bowl and chopsticks, "Then I must have seen it wrong."

Noticing the strange gazes of the others, Chen Fan coughed lightly, and while serving Jiang Lili fish soup, he said, "So, seeing is not necessarily believing. For example, now I'm serving soup to Xiao Jiang, will you think I have something to do with her? That's wrong.

As a wounded person, drinking fish soup helps her wound recover, so this first bowl of soup will be served to her."

Jiang Lili blushed, lowered her head and spoke like a mosquito, "Thank you, Teacher Chen."

Chen Fan nodded very properly, "You're welcome."

Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan were silent, but their eyes were a little erratic, and they didn't know whether they believed Teacher Chen's nonsense or not.

Chen Fan continued to serve Huang Ying soup, "Look, as long as you continue to look, you will know that I'm not just serving her soup, I'm serving soup to all five of us. The difference lies only in the order."

Huang Ying and the other two retracted their gazes and then nodded together, "Oh."

Chen Fan looked at them, then threw the soup spoon away, "Forget it if you don't believe it."

Yang Ju and Liu Dan quickly said, "We haven't had any yet."

Chen Fan picked up his rice bowl and ate, "You don't believe me, so help yourselves."

Yang Ju and Liu Dan were very aggrieved, "We didn't say we didn't believe you."

Then they looked at the soup bowls in front of Jiang Lili and Huang Ying. Why did they both have it, but not us?

Huang Ying was like a fox who had eaten a chicken, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop turning up.

Chen Fan swallowed the rice in his mouth, looked at them, and said solemnly, "Life is full of learning. Sometimes it's 'seeing the leopard through a spot,' and sometimes it's 'being blinded by a leaf and not seeing Mount Tai.' Therefore, whether it's learning or being a person or doing things, you must first understand the whole thing before you can draw conclusions and make decisions."

Yang Ju immediately raised her hand, "I know, Mr. Li said, 'No investigation, no right to speak.'"

Liu Dan also quickly said, "Ten thousand years is still necessary to conduct investigation and research work!"

Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction, "That's right."

Huang Ying quickly lowered her head and repented, "Teacher Chen, I was wrong, I will never guess randomly again in the future."

Chen Fan turned to look at her, "Well, you're not bad either. It's great to be able to correct your mistakes. Just remember the lesson."

Chen Fan glanced at Jiang Lili, who was secretly laughing beside him, and continued, "You wash the dishes today."

Huang Ying's face stiffened slightly, "Oh."

Chen Fan then coughed lightly, "Eat."

However, he still took the initiative to serve soup to Yang Ju and Liu Dan.

On the surface, at least, he had to be fair to everyone, otherwise, if they went back and told their parents, Team Leader Yang would criticize him again.

After dinner, Huang Ying stayed to wash the dishes, Yang Ju and Liu Dan went back to their rooms to rest, Jiang Lili went to the comprehensive room to study, and Chen Fan returned to his room, picked up the book again, and pondered.

Those two moves of Lin Laobo's clearly had nothing to do with Tai Chi, but why did it feel like they were moves from Tai Chi?

His own feelings might be wrong, but the skill board couldn't be wrong. This kind of intuition from Deep Blue told him that this was the truth!

Thinking about it, he simply put down the book, recalling Lin Yuanxiang's movements while silently gesticulating.

At first, he was very uncomfortable, but when he used the techniques of Tai Chi to perform it again, he suddenly understood.

What Lin Yuanxiang used was Tai Chi Peng Jin.

The book didn't write about the method of practicing Jin, but it had an introduction to the Eight Tai Chi Jin.

Peng, Lu, Ji, An, Cai, Lie, Zhou, Kao, among which Peng Jin is the foundation, and must be Peng at all times. As for the usage, Zhou Jin is the core. Except for the last "Kao", all other Jin methods are related to the elbow.

Today, he was almost knocked unconscious by Lin Yuanxiang's elbow.

It was precisely because of this that he couldn't believe that those two moves actually came from Tai Chi.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan simply pulled open his posture, silently recalling Lin Yuanxiang's moves in the morning, and restored all twenty-four moves he had used one by one.

So far, he had only learned Xingyi Five Elements Fist. The five fist techniques of Pi, Beng, Zuan, Pao, and Heng were practiced to perfection, and he had also practiced the five Jin forces of Cai, Pu, Guo, Shu, and Jue. After practicing the Great Spear Post, he had made all five of these Jin forces alive. In addition, with the newly learned Tai Chi, using the Jin force of Xingyi Fist to set it, he had practiced most of the 24 scattered hands.

Of course, the power couldn't be compared with Lin Yuanxiang, and it only looked like it.

But no matter what, if it happened again, Chen Fan was confident that he would definitely not be knocked down with one punch.

At least he could last three or five more moves!

Just as he was complacent, a roar suddenly came from a distance.

Chen Fan was stunned and immediately got up and walked outside.

Almost at the same time, Jiang Lili and the four girls also walked out.

Chen Fan looked back and walked straight to the outside of the yard, staring blankly at the village road behind the forest.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything.

Walking a little further forward, he finally saw a big-headed tractor rushing over with a bang.

Chen Fan looked at the tractor, which was as slow as an ox-cart, and stood still.

At this time, half of his body emerged from the tractor's window, shouting at him, "The cement and steel bars are here, where should I unload the goods?"

This person was none other than An Quan, who had helped Chen Fan buy building materials.

Chen Fan took out a cigarette, stepped on the tractor's pedal and clung to the car body, handed the driver a cigarette, "Thank you, Master."

Then he pointed to the intersection ahead, "Please turn left and go around to the back of this yard."

The tractor driver, who was in his thirties, smiled and took it, clamping the cigarette on his ear, and then smiled, "No problem."

With that, he put it in gear and drove forward.

Chen Fan didn't come down either, put his hand on the car window and followed forward.

He also had time to look back at the carriage he was towing.

It was just a large truck bucket filled with a large pile of cement bags, with several bundles of steel bars on the side, and the other places were not empty, filled with several large sacks.

Chen Fan asked curiously, "What's in those bags?"

An Quan waved to him, took a cigarette in his hand, lit it and said, "What else could it be? Didn't you want to make glaze ore? This was brought from the county by a water transportation company. If it weren't for me, ordinary people really wouldn't be able to handle it."

Chen Fan grinned and laughed, "That's why I said it has to be Brother An who comes forward."

An Quan shook his head pretentiously, but his whole body shook with the tractor, "The glass has also been arranged, just go get it when you need it. Secretary Yang said that the team has the wood, so there's no need to look for it outside. Alas, everything is almost ready, when are you planning to build the house?"

Chen Fan thought for a while and said, "Let's wait until after the double rush, my house is a bit complicated, so I'll leave more time."

An Quan nodded, "Okay, just say hello to Lao Yang in advance."