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My Adolescence - Chapter 33

Published at 16th of May 2022 05:44:17 AM


Chapter 33

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Because Zhang Qingqing has asked for two days off for me, I don't need to go to school today. However, my father-in-law Zhang Dagui was in high spirits today. Just after breakfast, he asked me to change a suit of sportswear and learn boxing with him in the park.

I had no choice but to change a suit of sportswear and follow him to the nearby Zhushan park.

There are many middle-aged and elderly people doing morning exercises in the park, and most of them know my father-in-law. They greet my father-in-law one after another. My father-in-law looked very proud. When others greeted him, he just nodded slightly.

He took me to a remote corner of the park and began to explain to me the boxing he was going to teach me. He slowly said to me: "The boxing I want to teach you is called eight door gun boxing, which is an important representative routine of eight door boxing. Together with tear hammer, nine ring hammer and full back fist, it is called the four boxing pillars of eight door boxing. It is characterized by strong force, powerful momentum and dense techniques. It pays attention to one fist like a gun, like a dragon..."

Zhang Dagui is very talented as a master. As he spoke, he demonstrated to me with his body movements. He put on a posture, shouted a "Mountain Gun", and suddenly waved his fist. He punched a big tree with a thick bucket around him, making a dull sound.

The trunk trembled slightly, the branches swayed, and countless leaves rustled down. What made me stunned was that a large piece of bark on the trunk was concave, as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer. I thought that this punch was full of power. If it hit a person's body, would it be enough?

When Zhang Dagui saw my shocked appearance, he finally smiled with satisfaction, and then continued to explain to me the history, characteristics and gist of eight gun boxing.

I learned that the original eight gun boxing originated from the Qing Dynasty. Later, in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, soldiers in the army loved to learn a set of boxing. However, few people have learned it in recent years. Even if someone learned eight gun boxing, it is also a mixture of many new fancy moves, without the domineering of ancient and primitive gun boxing, and my father-in-law calls himself his gun boxing Boxing is the most authentic.

Zhang Dagui told me about the historical origin of gun boxing alone for more than two hours, and then he officially taught me boxing. However, according to him, I just started boxing now, and I started late. It seems that I don't have much chance to practice well. However, it's no problem to fight three or five strong men with good practice.

I thought I didn't have to fight three or five big men. If I could beat Wang Niba in our school, I would be very satisfied.

Zhang Dagui finally officially taught me the moves of gun boxing. I followed him for two hours and was as tired as a dog. Zhang Dagui was very dissatisfied with my physique. He said that eight gun boxing is a fast and domineering boxing. Fist is a shell, body is a gun bore, and body is not good. How can I make fast gun boxing?

So, after lunch, he continued to take me to the park and began to let me practice various physical exercises, such as pull-up, pressing on one palm, squatting and so on, which tortured me to death and live.

Before I knew it, it was sunset. I was so tired that I didn't want to move my fingers.

However, Zhang Dagui didn't intend to let me go. He kicked me hard with his foot and scolded: "don't pretend to be a dead dog. Get up quickly for the last exercise and pull the tire with a load."

Zhang Dagui prepared me a large tire weighing 80 kg. There was a big rope tied to the tire. One end of the rope was around my waist. He needed me to drag the tire forward for 200 meters.

Seriously, if you ask a person to drag 80 kg of tires and run 200 meters, it will be very tired, not to mention that I have been exercising all day. When I am tired, I look at the open square in the park, then turn my head and gasp while shaking my head and say: "Dad, my current physical fitness. If you ask me to run 200 meters empty, I can kill me, let alone bear 80 kilograms. I think it's my ability to climb 100 meters with this heavy tire. I can't do 200 meters."

Zhang Dagui snorted coldly: "this problem is difficult for you? I think you can climb more than 200 meters by dragging this tire. Don't believe us to try?"

I was tortured all day. My clothes were soaked with sweat, and my hair was wet and stuck to my head. I felt like I was going to be tired to death. I shook my head and said, "don't try, I can't do it."

Zhang Dagui looked at me seriously and said, "Chen Yu, how do you know you can't do it if you haven't tried? Are you the kind of person who makes excuses for yourself when you encounter a problem?"

"I'm not, but I'm now..."

Zhang Dagui patted me heavily on the shoulder and said seriously, "let's try it again. I don't care if you've tried to go all out before, but I hope you can try and fight all out this time, OK?"

I looked at my father-in-law Zhang Dagui in amazement. His eyes were very firm and his expression was very serious. There was no sense of joking, and there was a smell of encouragement in his eyes. I looked down at the huge black tire at my feet, bit my lips, then nodded heavily and said, "well, I'm going out today."

Zhang Dagui showed a happy expression, then took a towel to wipe sweat and asked me to close my eyes.

I was a little confused and asked, "why close your eyes?"

Zhang Dagui explained, "I want to tie your eyes so that you can't see anything, so you won't be distracted. The only thing you have to do is go all out, keep moving forward and keep this belief in mind."

After my eyes were covered with a towel, although I couldn't see anything, the senses of other parts of my body became more sensitive. Zhang Dagui said in my ear, "Chen Yu, start --"

I took a step towards the front exhausted and forcibly dragged the tire weighing 80 kg. The tire was dragged out by me for a small step and made a "Shua" sound when it rubbed with the ground.

"Well done, young man, keep moving forward..."

My father-in-law Zhang Dagui's encouraging voice sounded in my ear, which encouraged me very much. Then I clenched my teeth and continued to take a step forward. I dragged out the huge tire again.

"Keep going, keep moving forward. Don't think about anything in your mind. Just think about moving forward. Don't give up..."

I was like an old cow dragging a plow. My front body leaned forward, with a large rope tied to my waist and a huge car tire tied to the other end of the rope. I dragged the tire forward step by step. Every time I went further, I felt that the tire became ten kilograms heavier. After struggling for some time, I felt that the tire behind me was getting heavier and heavier. There was a feeling that the monkey king was carrying a mountain weighing more than a thousand kilograms. In the end, I almost used my hands and feet, panting and crawling forward.

"Dad, how far is it?"

Zhang Dagui said loudly, "Chen Yu, leave it alone. You keep moving forward and don't give up."

"Dad, I feel so bad. I feel like I'm going to die."

"Go on, don't give up. Think about what you want in your life. Just treat it as something in front. You can't give up. You must go all out..."

"Dad, I feel my arm muscles are burning. It hurts..."

"Chen Yu, it doesn't hurt so much. You're a man. You can continue. Don't stop. Continue for me..."

"I feel so bad. The rope makes me unable to breathe. My feet are as heavy as lead. I feel that my whole person is going to explode."

"Then let him explode. You did a good job. Straighten up and move on like a man. Don't give up..."

"I really can't."

"You can do it, you must do it. Stick to it with your will. Don't stop. Tell yourself you can do it, and you can do it."

I can't see the front, and I don't know how far I dragged the giant tire forward. In the encouragement of Zhang Dagui, I can only drag the tire forward recklessly. At first, I thought of doing my best, and then I thought of Zhang Qingqing. I imagined Zhang Qingqing waiting for me at the end of 200 away. I was like a soldier who was seriously injured and dying on the battlefield, struggling to climb home

The pain of my arm was like being burned by fire, the fatigue of my whole body, and the pain of my feet as if they were going to break. The rope at my waist made me almost unable to breathe and seemed to suffocate at any time.

At first, I was able to support my progress with a will and belief. In the end, it has become an instinctive behavior. My body gradually has no feeling, and the whole person has become numb. The only thing I can feel is the encouragement and cry of my father-in-law Zhang Dagui in my ear. Every time he cries, I instinctively struggle forward

"Chen Yu, you can do it. Don't give up. You've done a good job. Continue to hold on to me."

"There are ten meters left. Don't stop. Raise your hand, move forward, take another step, take another step for me..."

"Five meters, only five meters left, hold on, don't give up at the last moment..."

"It's almost there. Take another step for me, just one step..."

It seemed that I was really going to die. When I heard Zhang Dagui's words, I clenched my teeth and moved forward one step. Then I couldn't bear it anymore. I collapsed directly on the ground with a plop. I've never been so uncomfortable and hard in my life. I feel that I can't even move my fingertips now.

Zhang Dagui gently helped me remove the towel that covered my eyes. I struggled to lift my head. My nose was a little sour and I had the impulse to cry. I looked at Zhang Dagui's close face and asked weakly, "Dad, is there 200 meters? Did I do it?"

"See for yourself!"

Zhang Dagui helped me untie the rope around my waist, and then helped me up. Looking back on the road I had just climbed, I suddenly found that I had dragged an 80 kg tire from one end of the park square to the other end. I knew the diameter of the park square. It was 400 meters away, twice as far as the 200 meters I thought I couldn't reach.

There was a shallow trace on the ground of the square in front of me, which was the proof of my struggle to climb from here. Zhang Dagui whispered in my ear: "Chen Yu, see, don't underestimate yourself in the future. You are far stronger than you think. No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, I hope you will never give up. As long as you are willing to go all out, there is nothing you can't do."

I looked at my father-in-law Zhang Dagui foolishly. Today, he not only taught me boxing, but also taught me how to be a real man. Under his encouraging eyes, I couldn't help nodding heavily: "Dad, I know."




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