Entertaining Children

  Chapter 5 Learning

  Probably when he first arrived in an unfamiliar environment, Xiao Yao woke up before seven in the morning. After getting up to dress, wash his face and brush his teeth, and clean himself, Xiao Yao pushed open the door of his east wing.

  Walking out of the room, Xiao Yao saw at a glance the old man Xiao Chengru, who was wearing a white silk shirt, white silk pants and black cloth shoes, was doing morning exercises in the yard. Judging from the posture, it seems to be doing Tai Chi.

  The old man heard the door opening, and turned his head to see Xiao Yao already standing neatly at the door. He smiled and asked: "August Yi, I got up so early, how did you sleep yesterday?" He said, but the movement of his hands kept on.

  Xiao Yao walked to a stone bench next to the old man and sat down, clenched his fists with his chin and looked at the old man and said, "It's good."

   "Is you hungry? Grandpa will take you to breakfast?" Xiao Chengru asked.

   "I'm not hungry, it's still early, don't rush to eat breakfast, grandpa, take your time to practice. I think you practice boxing later." Xiao Yao said indifferently.

   "Oh, that's OK, grandpa will take you to breakfast after this exercise." Xiao Chengru said happily. Tai Chi practiced almost every day when he was okay. Although it was okay to delay a day or two for his grandson, it would be better to be able to finish it after all.

  However, Xiao Yao seemed to be too busy, and after watching it for a while, he spoke again: "Grandpa, are you playing Tai Chi?"

   "Yeah, what? You too?" Xiao Chengru smiled. It surprised him to know him. He didn't believe that his grandson could even do this.

  Sure enough, Xiao Yao shook his head and said: "No, so I want to learn, Grandpa, can you teach me how to do it."

  "Do you really want to learn?" Xiao Chengru asked.

   "Yes." Xiao Yao said seriously, "My mother said that she not only wants me to be smart, but also wants me to have a good body. Isn't this just to keep fit?"

   "Okay," Xiao Chengru promised, "but this yard is a bit small, how about we go to the park?" Xiao Chengru's yard was originally not very large. In the yard, an old locust tree, stone table and stone bench, some potted plants and other sundries he planted took up a lot of space. He was a little reluctant to practice Tai Chi alone, and Xiao Yao made it even more cramped. He usually goes to the park to exercise, but his grandson is here today. He doesn't want to wake up his grandson too early to affect his sleep, and is afraid that he won't find anyone after getting up, so he will practice in his yard. . Now that grandson wants to practice too, it's better to take him to the park. With such a clever grandson, he had received countless praises from neighbors yesterday, and he had long wanted to lead his grandson to show his older brothers and sisters who were exercising together in the park. He just felt that the act of dragging the child up to the park to earn face at such an early age seemed a bit too bad, so he suppressed this impulse. Now that the grandson gets up so early on his own, and still has to learn Tai Chi from himself, why shouldn't he bring it to his old friends to scream?

   Xiao Yao naturally has no opinion. It's not always the same where he goes to practice, and he is not a little girl ashamed to meet people.

  The park where Xiao Chengru usually exercises early in the morning is not far from his residence. It is only a ten-minute walk away. There is a small artificial lake in the park with small woods and green spaces. The environment and air are very good. It is a good place for exercise. When the grandfather and grandson went to the green area where they usually exercised by the lake, many old men and women had already exercised there.

Xiao Yao swept around and found that the group of old men and old ladies were punching, swordsman, and even babbling and singing, but there were no square dances all over the place in the previous life, and I didn’t know it was time. The location is wrong, or the world doesn't like that stuff at all.

   "Old Xiao, it's too late today. Oh, this is your grandson. You are starting to take your children?" Xiao Chengru led Xiao Yao just closer to this area of ​​exercise. People who saw them would say hello.

   "Yes, you have heard of what happened to my kid. My kid is now in the hospital to recuperate. Don't I have to help bring the children for a while." Xiao Chengru responded.

  The old guys in the Xiao’s family are all aware of the accident, and they have been comforted the first two days when they should be comforted. Now it seems that Xiao Chengru's demeanor is pretty good, so everyone won't mention that.

"If you want to say that your kid is pretty good, isn't it impossible to hand it over to you? It's like my little couple. The baby will be thrown to our old couple as soon as we are weaned, and I will go happily by myself." A familiar old man laughed. Said.

"Don't say that. Maybe your kid is afraid that you will be too bored when you retire. The kid brought you will make your old couple live a little bit more lively." Another old man also started immediately, " My daughter’s child was not allowed to be taken by us, but if we want our grandchildren, we still have to run half of the city of Yanjing if we want to see the child. It’s as good as you take it with you."

  The old guys have probably been practicing for a while, and it seems that it’s time to rest, so they all gather together and chat about the daily routine. Xiao Chengru took Xiao Yao and greeted the old guys in a circle. Xiao Yao's sensible performance naturally won a circle of admiration for Xiao Chengru.

   Feeling satisfied with his face, Xiao Chengru started teaching Xiao Yao to do Tai Chi.

"Come on, Bayi, follow me. This is the starting point, then the wild horse splits its mane, left, right, and then white cranes with wings..." Xiao Chengru and Xiao Yao stood opposite each other, slowly starting to fight I started Taijiquan and explained it while playing.

  Watching Xiao Chengru teaching Tai Chi for his three-year-old grandson, several old guys who were resting next to him immediately surrounded him curiously.

   "Lao Xiao actually taught his grandson to practice Tai Chi? This kid is too young, isn't Lao Xiao making fun of everyone?"

   "Yo, don't say it, it looks like this little doll is playing. Hey, this is clever..."

   Although Xiao Chengru seemed to turn a deaf ear to the comments of the old guys around him, and devoted himself to teaching his grandson to punch, he was happy in his heart. "Huh, the old Xiao family members, don't look at their young age, which of your grandchildren is comparable to your grandchildren with this cleverness."

  After one punch, Xiao Chengru nodded in satisfaction, and said to Xiao Yao: "How much do you remember? Let's do it again."

  Recalling for a while, Xiao Yao confidently replied, "I seem to remember all of them." Xiao Yao was also a little surprised in his heart. There are only twenty-four moves in this trip, and all the moves are more than thirty. Even when he was thirty years old in his previous life, he might not be able to make a single one and write them down, but now it seems I really remembered all of them. Xiao Yao also read a lot of science fiction novels, and knows a little about the development of the human brain's potential. When one's own soul enters this body, it can also be said that one's own mind has entered the brain of this body. Could it be that part of the child's brain was forcibly developed because his own thought entered the child's brain? You know that the original memory of this body is still there, and if you put the memories of two people in, it seems that the space that needs to be used in the head does need to be extra. Moreover, the brain of this body is still in the physiological development stage. Doesn't it mean that with the development of the brain in the future, it can be more powerful? Thinking of this, Xiao Yao couldn't help feeling a little excited.

  "Then you come and have a look again." Xiao Chengru was also surprised, and asked unbelief.

   "Okay, look at it." Xiao Yao's excitement did not fade, and he said enthusiastically.

  Starting up, wild horses have split manes, white cranes spread their wings... Xiao Yao is doing moves in a decent way. Because I remember clearly, the movements are coherent and smooth. It’s just that, Xiao Yao, who still doesn’t realize the true connotation of Tai Chi, can do a lot faster than usual when Xiao Chengru exercises, and to show that he remembers every action clearly, there is an extra at the end of the action. The force is applied to make the action have a short-term finalization. If Xiao Yao watches by himself, he will feel that he is playing like Tai Chi in the movie, with powerful beauty and visual impact.

   "Oh hello, old Xiao, this is the first time you teach your grandson to practice Tai Chi? Your grandson is terrible."

   "That's right, Lao Xiao, when you quietly taught you a lot of grandsons at home, did you specially wait for it to show up in front of us today?"

   Xiao Chengru smiled nonchalantly in response to the discussions and doubts of the old guys. "Go, go, who has the time to entertain you, besides, can your three-year-old kid partner with you to deceive others? Even if they can, can they pretend to be like this?"

At this moment, an old man with half-white hair wearing silk cloth practice clothes came out of a group of old guys and walked in front of Xiao Yao and said, "Little baby, what's the practice of this soft fist? Grandpa will teach you something. How about a tough boxing technique for you?"

When the old man said this, Xiao Chengru's face changed and he hurriedly intervened and said, "Go and go, old head Liu, your Baji is too domineering. My grandson is only so young. How can I do it now? Learn your domineering style. Now you want him to take his shoulders and lean against the tree. I don't agree."

   "Eight poles?" Xiao Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this. This is the famous boxing technique that has been known for a long time, and I have read too many novels. He has been fascinated for a long time for "the writing has Tai Chi to secure the world, the Wu has the eight extremes to determine the universe" and "the sharp gun Li Shuwen". Although Tai Chi is also well-known, this is the internal boxing. He doesn't know whether modern boxing can develop internal strength. At least it is not so easy to practice. Now Tai Chi is mostly used for self-cultivation rather than actual combat. But Baji is different. This is a foreign boxing, hard kung fu, which has been used for actual combat since its birth, and it is a kung fu that can be used for self-defense. If there is a chance, Xiao Yao is willing to learn 10,000.

It’s a pity that before Xiao Yao expressed his opinion, the old Liu Tou rolled his eyes and said to Xiao Chengru, "What good things do you think? Who said I want to teach your grandson Bajiquan? My Bajiquan can be casual. Did you pass it? Besides, you fancier knows that children are too young to practice Baji. Can a martial artist like me know?" Then he turned to Xiao Yao: "Little guy, I pass you a set of Shaolin Masters. Boxing, do you not learn?"

   "Hey, you old liu, I just taught my grandson Tai Chi, so you teach him about Shaolin. Shaolin and Wudang specifically work against each other?" Xiao Chengru said uncomfortably. Everyone talks about old and young, this old man is really like a child sometimes.

"Cut, what about Shaolin Wudang. I can barely get involved with Shaolin, but where do you have to do with Wudang? Just a few strokes of yours, you can tell from which instructional video on the Internet to learn." Old Liu Tou continued rolling his eyes.

   "You..." Xiao Chengru wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xiao Yao's immature and firm answer.

   "Learn!"

  (End of this chapter)