The accommodation conditions of the Global Circus are quite good. Ordinary employees live in a dormitory of four people. Actors who can perform on stage can live in a double room. If they can star in the program, they can use a single room. Whether it is a single double room or a quadruple room, each room has an independent bathroom. Although hot water is not supplied for 24 hours, it can ensure that employees can take a hot bath every day.

Little Anderson prepared five double rooms for the old ghost and his party. Of course, the master had to occupy one by himself. The two Ganhe and Ganlian sisters were naturally one. Luo Lie and An Zhai thought they could live together, but they didn't expect the eldest brother to take Luo Lie away, but An Zhai followed the second senior brother Wang Tao.

"I want to live with Luo Lie." An Zhai muttered ignorantly, but it was a stare from the eldest brother. He was so scared that he quickly shrank his neck and followed the second brother Wang Tao's butt obediently.

It is indeed a pity that I was unable to live in the same room, but it could not extinguish the excitement of Luo Lian and Zhai Brothers. Not only was the excitement of these young men beyond words, but the four senior brothers and two senior sisters were also excited.

The room was bright and tidy, and the light bulbs hanging from the roof emitted a dazzling light. Two white sheets sat on it softly, as comfortable as the sofa I sat in Anderson's office just now. There was a row of wardrobes on the other side, and a large glass mirror was inlaid in the middle of the wardrobe. Especially the bathroom, it was even more amazing. If it weren't for the master's explanation, Luo Lie wouldn't have known that the white and white thing embedded in the ground was like a hole in the back of a flattened washbasin, which was actually a convenient toilet.

Senior brother Zhao Daxin became very interested in the shower shower. He looked left and right, touched the top and touched the bottom, but he still couldn't figure out how to use it. As a result, he accidentally turned on the faucet and the shower shower immediately sprinkled a splash of water, pouring Zhao Daxin all over.

Luo Lie, who had been staying at the bathroom door, couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Daxin turned his face and glared at Luo Lie, shouting: "Why are you laughing at? If you have the ability, come!"

Luo Lie was so scared that he stuck out his tongue and quickly retreated to the room.

Zhao Daxin, who finally figured out how to use it, took a hot shower beautifully. After taking a shower, he changed into clean clothes and drove Luo Lie into the bathroom. But the eldest brother was also bad enough that he didn't tell Luo Lie how to turn on and how to adjust the hot and cold things for the bath.

But Luo Lie was not stumped. When Zhao Daxin was fiddling with the thing just now, Luo Lie had already seen the trick. He successfully released water and adjusted the water temperature to the right temperature. Luo Lie was now embarrassed. What kind of bath should he use? The thing on the washbasin was as sweet as soap slices. Will it be used for bathing?

Happiness only ended before dawn the next day and ended abruptly.

Luo Lie was sleeping sweetly, so the elder brother twisted his ears and pulled up the bed. "Get up, get up, start today, I'm going to practice qigong." Zhao Daxin had already changed into a training suit. Seeing Luo Lie sitting up with sleepy eyes hard, he couldn't help but show contempt on his face: "Do you still want to sleep? It doesn't matter, you won't be sleepy when you slap two times on your butt."

When Luo Lie yawned off the bed, Zhao Daxin had already arrived at the door. When he was about to leave, he threw a sentence: "Five minutes, I will only give you five minutes. Within five minutes, if I don't see you, hum! Then wait, you will feel better."

In front of the master, Luo Lie could see the smile of his elder brother, but after he cared about his elder brother, he always looked fierce. When he was on the train, the elder brother once told him that he would only be more strict than his elder brother when he passed on his skills on behalf of his master.

When the eldest brother said this, the master was right next to him, but he nodded without any objection. Therefore, Luo Lie naturally did not dare to neglect the eldest brother's five-minute request.

He washed his face with cold water. He didn't bother to dry it, so he ran back to the bed and put on his clothes. Without even having time to button it up, he rushed out of the door and ran downstairs.

The dormitory building was next to the training ground. When Luo Lie went downstairs to meet the eldest brother, the eldest brother had already finished warming up. When he saw Luo Lie, he ordered coldly: "Run around that circle and run ten laps."

Where the elder brother pointed out was the circus training ground. The venue was not too big, but it was not small. I ran around and thought it would take more than 200 meters. Ten laps were more than 2,000 meters. This was not an easy task for Luo Lie. But after looking at the elder brother's expression, Luo Lie gave up the idea of ​​bargaining, gritted his teeth and ran.

"Run quickly! You're so silly, you think you're taking a walk!" After running down a circle, when passing by the senior brother, the senior brother was obviously not satisfied and almost kicked Luo Lie. Luo Lie could only grit his teeth and tried his best to speed up.

If he ran a little slower, Luo Lie might be able to hold on for ten laps, but he accelerated the speed from the second lap. As a result, before he could reach the third lap, Luo Lie's physical strength was overdrawn, and he had to stop, bend down, and breathe heavily.

At this time, the eldest brother threw it over fiercely and slapped Luo Lie on the back without saying a word: "What are you doing? Do you want to go back to the bed and lie down for a while?" Luo Lie looked at the eldest brother with aggrieved look, but the eldest brother raised his slap again without hesitation. Luo Lie had no choice but to continue staggering forward.

He ran and stopped, stopped and ran, and finally ran for ten laps. Facing Luo Lie who had already collapsed on the ground, the eldest brother had no mercy and said coldly: "Can you do push-ups? One group in ten, five groups, and then go to have breakfast. I have to know a little bit, that breakfast is not waiting for anyone, and I can't eat it if I go late, so don't blame your eldest brother."

When studying in the Chinese and Western School, I took Western physical education classes. The teacher taught the students to do push-ups. At first, Luo Lie could not do any of them, but after repeated practice, he finally achieved three.

But after running those ten laps, his whole body was soft. Not to mention making ten, even if he only made one, it would be a luxury. However, his stomach had already started to roar. If he didn't do it, he would probably not be able to eat breakfast. Luo Lie bit his lips and let tears roll in his eyes. He turned over stubbornly, supported the ground with his arms, and squeezed out "A..." from his throat, but his arms failed to support his body.

"Stand up first and relax your limbs." The eldest brother sighed and demonstrated to Luo Lie.

Through the same coin, I moved my limbs through the movements of my senior brother. I felt a little relaxed. I bent down and did three in one breath. I got up and relaxed, and then felt better. After lying down to do it. After this repeated, I finally completed fifty push-ups.

Seeing Luo Lie's eyes showing pride after completing the task, the eldest brother smiled contemptuously, leaned down, and used his thumbs to support the ground with his three fingers. Huhuhu did more than ten times. Not until it was over, the eldest brother actually took off one hand and supported the ground with his three fingers with his one hand, and did more than a dozen more. After getting up, the eldest brother did not change his expression and gasped, and said, "Look, this is called push-ups, you are still early!"

Luo Lie looked confused.

"If you want to practice a flying knife, how can you do it without strength? Not only do you need hand strength, but also arm strength, but also waist, you also need enough strength. Otherwise, your flying knife will not be able to achieve accurate head." The eldest brother still looked fierce. After scolding Luo Lie, he turned around and left: "Don't you keep up? Don't you want to have breakfast?"

If you want to be noble in front of others, you must suffer later!

On the train, the master said this to Luo Liean Zhai many times. Luo Lie is not a child who cannot endure hardships. When his mother was still alive, Luo Lie could help his mother with a lot of housework. When his mother was seriously ill, Luo Lie, who was less than seven years old, took on the burden of a family, washing clothes, cooking, and serving his mother. Although he worked hard, he had no complaints. Therefore, when the master explained this sentence seriously, Luo Lie did not have any special feelings. He thought that no matter how deep the suffering, no matter how great the sin was, could he still surpass the suffering of losing his relatives?

But I really didn't expect that this physical overdrawal would be so painful.

Luo Lie, who supported his will with breakfast, sat at the dining table, but couldn't eat a few bites. One reason was that the breakfast in the circus was full of Western bread butter, Luo Lie couldn't get used to it. The other reason was that his physical exhaustion caused a burst of soreness in his throat and he had no appetite at all. After barely taking a few bites, he returned to the room. Luo Lie thought that the next day should be relaxed. However, after only a moment of rest, he was taken to the practice room by the senior brother.

The training room has a small space and you definitely don’t need to run. Luo Lie was lucky, but after he arrived at the training room, he was stunned. What the elder brother had to do was to open up the tendons for Luo Lie.

The arm tendons are fine, and the waist tendons can be lifted down, but when it comes to the hamstrings, Luo Lie finally couldn't help but scream.

The eldest brother's way of opening the hamstrings for Luo Lie was simple and rough. He pressed Luo Lie against the wall, spread his legs apart, and he pressed against Luo Lie's feet with his feet, and then kicked to both sides. The eldest brother didn't seem to hear Luo Lie's scream, with expressionless face and continued to exert force. The screaming could not relieve the pain. On the contrary, the more he screamed, the more contempt the elder brother's face was, and the more fierce the force under his feet became. Luo Lie simply turned his head to the side, clenched his fists, and clenched his teeth, allowing the bean-sized sweat dripping from the pain, and no sound could be made again.

Unable to hear Luo Lie's scream, the elder brother seemed to lose interest, the force on his feet gradually decreased, and finally he withdrew his feet. Luo Lie closed his eyes and fell sideways in the corner of the wall. His legs were already numb and unable to move, but the piercing pain still existed.

"Hurry up and relax, and do it again in ten minutes."

The cold voice of the eldest brother sounded in his ears. Luo Lie had no choice but to get up with difficulty. He first turned over and knelt down, then held the wall with both hands and stood up little by little.

One morning, the eldest brother opened the arm tendons, waist tendons, and hamstrings for Luo Lie five times. When the time is almost the same, the eldest brother shouted that Luo Lie could go back to lunch with him, so how could Luo Lie move his legs?

"Can't walk anymore, right? Do you want someone to carry it on your back?" The elder brother was obviously slandering, and the questions were full of ridicule.

Luo Lie took a deep breath and shook his head.

When facing lunch, Luo Lie's appetite improved a little, but after only eating a bread and a few bites of vegetables, he could no longer eat it. The eldest brother seemed unwilling to miss any opportunity to torture Luo Lie, walked over and threw Luo Lie a plate of meat, and ordered coldly: "Eat it all!"

Luo Lie raised his head and said aggrievedly: "I'm full and can't eat anymore!"

The eldest brother snorted coldly and said, "You can't eat it? You have to eat it even if you can't eat it! Otherwise, you go and tell your master that you should never practice flying knives again."

Luo Lie snatched the eldest brother's eyes, picked up the fork, and buried his head. But just this glance, the eldest brother discovered it and sneered: "You hate me, do you?"

Luo Lie shook his head and forked a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. At the same time, two incompetent tears fell one after another on the dining plate.

The eldest brother smiled and said, "Since you don't hate it, that's fine. Keep opening your muscles in the afternoon!"

Two more incompetent tears rolled down his cheeks. Luo Lie was so angry that he reached out to wipe his hands on his face, and then vented all the resentment and grievances in his heart on the plate of meat.

The tendons in the afternoon were even more ruthless than in the morning, but Luo Lie was already stubborn. Not only did he not say a word, but he also squeezed out a smile on his face. But the eldest brother did not change the strength under his feet because of Luo Lie's performance. He also said nothing, with no expression on his face, and the force he should exert as much as he should exert.

The day was finally finished. After dinner, he returned to the room. Luo Lie didn't even bother to wash his face and lay down on the bed.

The eldest brother tickled in the bathroom for a while, then came out and twisted Luo Lie's ear: "Get up, go take a shower, you can't use hot water, you can only use cold water!" Luo Lie finally broke out, stared at the eldest brother, twisted his head, and asked, "Why?"

The eldest brother simply replied three words: "For your own good!"

Luo Lie rushes into the bathroom with a gale. Isn’t it just cold water? It can’t kill anyone!

The elder brother's emotional voice came from outside the door: "At least ten minutes, it's best to come out when you can't hold on!"

At that moment, Luo Lie really hated the eldest brother.

Although it was summer, the temperature in New York was not very high, and the cold water flowing out of the shower was a bit cold. Luo Lie was uncomfortable at first and was stirred up several times in a row, but after getting used to it, he felt that it was just that.

The cold water took away the body temperature and the soreness on the body.

This was an unexpected gain. As the soreness of the body gradually eased, Luo Lie's resentment and grievance also decreased a lot.

"It's almost done, wash it and be careful of getting sick!" The voice of the senior brother sounded outside the door again. This time, Luo Lie heard it, but he felt that it was not so disgusting. After drying his body, Luo Lie remembered that he didn't take the change of clothes, so he walked out of the bathroom wearing dirty clothes that had been soaked in sweat several times during the day.

"Take off your clothes and lie on the bed!" The eldest brother ordered coldly again.

Luo Lie was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what the eldest brother meant, so he naturally refused to take off his clothes.

The eldest brother said impatiently: "Okay, okay, it's up to you. Let's lie down and relax for you, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

Luo Lie then understood the elder brother's intention, so he quickly took off his shirt and lay on the bed.

The eldest brother rubbed Luo Lie on the back, but in the end, he rubbed the mud in the slap. "Bang..." The eldest brother picked up the slap from Luo Lie's back and landed on Luo Lie's butt, "What kind of bath is this?" The eldest brother said without saying anything, put his hands together, stripped off Luo Lie's clothes in a few seconds, and then carried it into the bathroom naked.

"I remember when the eldest brother and the master practiced the exercises, how could he have this condition? After practicing the exercises, he would go to the river to soak. Tell you, you can't take a hot bath just after practicing the exercises, otherwise you will not get up tomorrow!" The eldest brother was nagging, while rubbing Luo Lie's arms, legs and back. After rushing, he then used soap to fill his whole body, "Rubb yourself." The eldest brother got up and washed his hands in the washbasin, and was about to go out.

Luo Lie hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother, what did you use just now? It smells so fragrant and has a hint of sweetness."

The senior brother pointed to the soap and said, "Are you talking about this? Oh, this is a thing used by foreigners, called soap. We also had it in the Qing Dynasty. Before coming to the United States, my master and I used it when we were in Shanghai."

After coming out of the bathroom, Luo Lie was no longer wary of his elder brother. He only wore a pair of shorts and lay obediently on the bed. The elder brother's technique was very light and soft, completely different from that during the day. "Where is the most painful? Where is the most painful, right?"

The eldest brother laughed: "To be honest, you are really good, so you screamed twice in the morning. When I was as big as you, my master was venting my tendons. That hurt me so much that I howled. After a day, my howling voice became hoarse."

When talking about his embarrassing things back then, the eldest brother's voice also softened a lot.

Luo Lie lay on the bed and suddenly thought of An Zhai. He couldn't help but ask: "Senior Brother, why haven't I seen An Zhai all day?"

The eldest brother said, "You are practicing flying knives, he is practicing tricks, his abilities are different, and his methods of practicing qigong are also different."

Luo Lie said: "Then doesn't he need to run and open his tendons?"

The eldest brother said, "It's not necessary to run, but it's indispensable to open tendons. However, his tendons are different from yours. What he wants to open is the tendons."

"Finger tendons?" Luo Lie didn't know how to open his fingertips, but when he thought of not running or enduring the pain of tearing his legs, he still felt a little envious and said, "He is so lucky."

The eldest brother smiled and said, "How can you learn skills easily? He, he will suffer no less than you!"

What the elder brother said is true. An Zhai was trained by the old ghost all day long, and the suffering suffered was not much compared to Luo Lie. The trick of magic is to make one hand speed, and if you want to be fast, you must be flexible. If you want to practice a flexible five fingers that are beyond ordinary people, then opening your finger tendons is the first step.

Whether it is the arm tendon, waist tendon, hamstring or finger tendons, it is just a few ways to stretch and split. The arms and waist or legs are thicker and it will hurt when you open it. However, as long as you persist, you can adapt after a few days. Once the tendons open, the lightness of the body will change immediately. Later, if you don’t take the initiative to open it every day, you will feel uncomfortable.

But the fingers are different. The five fingers of a person have a normal degree of flexion and extension. If you exceed this level, the finger joints can be classified as abnormal or even deformed. If you want to practice the trick to the point of being superb, then the five fingers of both hands have to be opened to abnormal or even deformed. Only in this way can you make a hand shape that ordinary people cannot do.

Moreover, as long as you want to eat this bowl of rice, the skill in your hands will not be reduced in one day. Although it will not be so painful in the future, the twenty-eight knuckles will be opened one by one, and the offence will be greatly affected.

An Zhai was tricked by the old ghost for a whole day, and then screamed all day. However, the old ghost took An Zhai outside the circus, so Luo Lie could not hear An Zhai's scream.

After the eldest brother relaxed Luo Lie, Luo Lie was already confused. "Go to bed, go to bed early and get up early, and you will continue to suffer tomorrow!" The eldest brother pulled over the thin quilt on Luo Lie's bed and gently covered Luo Lie's body.

It's like this for three days in a row.

Luo Lie was still afraid of running ten laps early in the morning, while the elder brother was still on the floor with a fierce face as usual. However, after Luo Lie ran ten laps, he was not as painful as the first day. He also made progress in push-ups, and he could do five in one breath, but it was not very standard. The tendons in the morning and afternoon were not so difficult. Although it still hurts, it basically belongs to the tolerable range.

Another day, while having lunch, Luo Lie finally met An Zhai. And An Zhai's face could no longer show the pride that could be with his master, and all the substitutes were grievances and depression.

"An Zhai, you must persevere. Didn't Master say that if you want to be noble in front of others, you must suffer later. The elder brother also said that when they practiced the qigong, the conditions were far worse than ours now. The senior brothers and sisters could persevere, so we two would definitely persevere, right?"
To be continued...