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Chapter 4 Old Books

"Master Ye! Someone is here to learn boxing!!!"

Sitting on a chair, the third aunt with a bandage on her left foot was shouting suddenly, which scared Ip Man and Zuo Xiaoyou who were helping to dry the bed sheets.

Ip Man pulled the bed sheet and flashed out. Seeing the handsome guy bent over and wearing a hat in front of him, he asked, "Do you want to learn from Wing Chun?"

"Look! I don't know what Wing Chun is?"

Seeing the familiar scene and hearing the familiar dialogue, Zuo Xiaoyou, who was standing aside, smiled without saying a word.

Master Huang, finally arrived.

It has been more than ten days since I was a disciple of Ip Man, and Ip Man's family has moved to his house for three or four days.

I don’t know if it was because Zuo Xiaoyou gave Ip Man too much favor, or because Zuo Xiaoyou is currently a disciple, Ip Man taught him boxing very carefully. Not only did he pass on all Wing Chun Fist, but he even passed on Baizhan Dao to Zuo Xiaoyou.

What is the Hundred Knife? It is the sword technique of Ip Man when he uses two swords to chop people in the fish stall, which is amazing.

Ip Man's intention, coupled with his good talent in roots and bones, and he also studied hard. In just over a dozen days, Zuo Xiaoyou felt that his combat power had improved a lot.

With his heart, time flies quickly. Just when Zuo Xiaoyou almost forgot that Huang Liang was still a disciple, Master Huang finally came.

"You don't have to tell me so much. If you fight me, I will pay the tuition if I lose."

Master Huang's words were very domineering, but I heard them very harsh in my ears. If I hadn't accepted Zuo Xiaoyou, he would have tolerated it for life, but now his living conditions are better, and Ip Man's old habit of following suit is followed.

"Practicing martial arts is not about fighting with others, but about strengthening your body. If you are just as good as your teacher, you are not worthy of learning Chinese martial arts." Ip Man's answer surprised Zuo Xiaoyou.

Master Huang sneered: "I think you are not that great either." After that, he threw away the leaflet and turned around and left.

Zuo Xiaoyou opened his eyes wide.

What is this... what's going on!?

Ip Man's eldest disciple Huang Liang was gone just like that???

"Master..." Seeing that Master Huang was really leaving, Ip Man did not try to keep him, Zuo Xiaoyou was a little confused.

"Ah You." Ip Man said earnestly: "You must remember that our Chinese martial arts emphasize benevolence, and the importance is Zhongzheng. If you are brave and fierce, you will not be a warrior, but a gangster."

"What the master said," Zuo Xiaoyou turned his promise, but his mind was confused.

Without Master Huang, how can the subsequent series of plots be drawn out?

The confrontation between Ip Man and Hong Zhennan was also caused by the conflict between Huang Cult Master Huang and Hong Zhennan's apprentice. If there was no such conflict, Ip Man missed the confrontation with Hong Zhennan, and the subsequent plot would be completely chaotic. Without the foresight of the plot, the subsequent tasks would be difficult to complete. If the task could not be completed, he would always stay in this world and could not go back.

Absolutely not possible!

"Master, I think that young man is not bad by nature, but he is young and has not determined." After Ip Man finished teaching the lesson, Zuo Xiaoyou hurriedly defended Master Huang: "But because of this, Master can't watch him go to the evil path!

It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level Buddhist temple. It is also a great merit. Master, what do you think?"

Zuo Xiaoyou looked at Ye Wen with anticipation. Ye Wen was also moved by Zuo Xiaoyou's remarks, and his expression became a little hesitant.

"Master, I'll call him back." After saying that, Zuo Xiaoyou ran away immediately despite Ip Man's objection.

Fortunately, Master Huang was not walking fast, and not long after, Zuo Xiaoyou chased him downstairs.

"Hello!"

Master Huang, carrying a bag, turned his head and looked at Zuo Xiaoyou who was chasing him, frowned: "What are you doing?"

"I am Ip Man's eldest disciple Zuo Xiaoyou." Zuo Xiaoyou stopped one meter in front of Master Huang, and looked at Master Huang at close range. He was really handsome and handsome. In comparison, Zuo Xiaoyou's ordinary person is far inferior. But as the saying goes, he is full of poetry and literature, and even Master Huang cannot cover up the demeanor that Zuo Xiaoyou has developed for many years of study. This is also the reason why Master Huang is willing to stop and talk to him.

Before Master Huang could speak, Zuo Xiaoyou said, "Don't you want to know whether Wing Chun is powerful or not! Come with me, I'll let you see it."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards an alley.

Master Huang's eyes narrowed and he followed.

Not long after, the two of them came to a deserted place. Zuo Xiaoyou turned around to face Master Huang, posed for Wing Chun's starting move, and said, "Come on!"

Master Huang threw away his backpack, shook his neck, and posed as a boxer.

Master Huang is 179cm tall and is a big man in front of Ip Man, but in front of the left and right of 185cm, he is still a little petite, and he doesn't seem very imposing.

Master Huang probably discovered this problem. He knew that he could not take advantage of the momentum, so he started to use a straight left hand punch.

I thought it would cause some trouble to Zuo Xiaoyou, but the next moment, Master Huang only felt that his wrist was pushed from the inside by one hand, causing the middle door to open. The next moment, a fist with a big sandbag was in the middle of the door.

Bang--

Master Huang groaned and squatted down swayingly covering his nose.

"This is Wing Chun." Without waiting for Master Huang's next move, Zuo Xiaoyou stepped forward, stood in front of him, and said condescendingly: "It is a close-fitting boxing technique. It is best at close combat. The smaller the space, the closer the distance is, the stronger it is. Wing Chun has the strongest defense. If you cannot break Wing Chun's defense, Wing Chun is invincible. Do you understand?"

"I was just careless just now." Master Huang shook his head and stood up, with war in his eyes.

Zuo Xiaoyou was speechless, knowing that all the words just now were in vain.

"Then come back."

Since it doesn't make sense, then fight until Master Huang is convinced.

"See the trick!"

Bang—bang—crack—

A few minutes later, Zuo Xiaoyou looked at the blue-faced leader Huang who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, rubbed his fist that was a little painful, and said, "Now you know that Wing Chun is powerful! Let me tell you the truth, Master is ten times better than me. When I was in Foshan, Master was hungry and defeated the siege of ten Japanese karate masters by one. If you are like this, Master can beat 100."

Master Huang was shocked and looked at Zuo Xiaoyou in disbelief.

"Don't think I'm exaggerating. There are many people in Foshan who know about this." After saying that, Zuo Xiaoyou stepped away: "If you want to become a disciple, show your sincerity. If your master hadn't been in trouble in recent years, how could he openly accept disciples?"

This time, Master Huang listened to all his words and remembered them in his heart.

The next day, Master Huang, who had tape on his face, brought three young people to the rooftop, and was beaten by Zuo Xiaoyou. However, four were hit at a time, which was a bit forced for Zuo Xiaoyou. He was hit by three punches and two kicks. Fortunately, the problem was not big, and he also surrendered the young man who was overblown and had nothing to do.

Then the young man with four questions knelt down on the spot to become a disciple.

Ye Wen glanced at Zuo Xiaoyou, laughed dryly, and said, "Pay the tuition first, pay the tuition first."

Although he has received so many benefits from Zuo Xiaoyou, his life has improved a lot, but it is funded by Zuo Xiaoyou after all. Now four apprentices come to him, and Ip Man also hopes to share some of Zuo Xiaoyou's funding. It is too unreasonable for a teacher to always rely on students to make a living. Ip Man also has self-esteem.

After the four masters Huang became disciples, the plot finally returned to normal. In the following days, Master Huang relied on his relationship in the "Jianghu" to attract many young people to learn from his masters. As a result, Ip Man's income increased and his smile on his face became more and more.

Seeing that the plot is normal, Zuo Xiaoyou felt relieved and finally spent more energy to do what he liked.

For example, reading a book.

Reading is Zuo Xiaoyou's only hobby since he was a child. As long as he has free time, he basically reads books. But the one he reads the most is novels and biography, and he has read a lot of famous works from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

In addition, he also likes to collect old books. If he encounters more precious old books, even if he doesn't like reading, he will find a way to buy them. In reality, there are two boxes of old books in his small rental house, which are basically published before 1980 and a small number of books from after 1980, which is basically the type that Zuo Xiaoyou likes to read.

After coming to Ip Man's world, he had no intention of reading books except for planning and arranging future strategies in the first few days. After Ip Man's family moved to his house, he finally had the intention of reading books.

Although it is only 1950, there are many bookstores in Xiangjiang. The size of the bookstore is not large, most of which are just the area of ​​a small shop, but there are many types of books, many of which Zuo Xiaoyou has never read.

Seeing that the hunt was happy, Zuo Xiaoyou rushed around bookstores everywhere during the afternoon rest time when he didn't practice martial arts. He would buy some rare ancient books or books that he thought were very interesting.

Thanks to him, the bookstore owners within a radius of more than ten miles knew him, and knew that this was a little god of wealth who liked to collect ancient books. Bosses from all walks of life thought of ways to acquire ancient books, and then reselled them to Zuo Xiaoyou to make a profit.

This is of course a good thing. It is exactly the appetite of Zuo Xiaoyou. So in just over a dozen days, the cubic meter of space in Zuo Xiaoyou's watch was filled with. There were still many books that he couldn't hold at home. But when he saw these books, Zuo Xiaoyou felt very distressed. Because the space of the watch was so large, although these books were his reasonable and legal income, he could not take them out due to the limited space.

The feeling of being in front of you but not being able to take it out is so bad.

Even so, it still cannot stop Zuo Xiaoyou's heart that collects ancient books.

On this day, Zuo Xiaoyou came to a bookstore. The owner of the bookstore was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing a green gown, a pair of goatee, and a pair of round glasses. He had a very old-school style.

When he saw him, Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and said, "Old Sun, do you have any new books?"

"Haha, you guys are a coincidence." Lao Sun took out a yellowed ancient book in thread from the cabinet in front of him: "The "Shennong Bencao Jing" should be a year ago, and I just collected it from below."

Zuo Xiaoyou didn't follow the matter and silently flipped through the book. The book looked like it was a long time ago, but it was still well preserved. Although it was a little damaged, it was not missing pages, and the text was very complete.

"How much?" Zuo Xiaoyou asked with the book down.

Lao Sun looked at Zuo Xiaoyou. Zuo Xiaoyou's expression was very calm and his eyes were also very calm.

Tsk!

Lao Sun said: "One price, twenty."

"Hehe." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled: "Five pieces."

"Let's go! Go! Go quickly!" Lao Sun's face turned red with anger and he pushed and said, "I won't do your business!"

"Don't be anxious, the business is not successful, what about the eight yuan?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slowly.

"I won't sell it if I'm missing fifteen!" Lao Sun lowered the price...

It was another bargaining, and the book was sold for 12 yuan in the end. Zuo Xiaoyou was quite satisfied with this price. Although this is an ancient book, it should only be about a hundred years, and the printing was relatively rough. It should be a big product a hundred years ago and it was not valuable. In addition, there are many new books published now. If Zuo Xiaoyou had not liked to collect ancient books, no one would have bought this book.

Gold in troubled times, collection in prosperous times. In this era, the world is difficult, and no one wants to spend money to buy a dirty ancient book. If Zuo Xiaoyou had not drawn one million purchase power of this era, he would definitely not be willing to spend money.

Although Lao Sun seemed to suffer a loss on the surface, he was actually secretly happy. This book was collected by a rag and spent a cent to collect it, and then resold it to him for two cents. He sold it to Zuo Xiaoyou for twelve yuan, making eleven yuan.

"No matter how evil you are, you should drink my foot wash water." Lao Sun was very proud.

At this moment, a petite girl with medium-length hair stepped into the bookstore, and her eyes swept over Lao Sun and Zuo Xiaoyou, and asked, "Is there a vernacular version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

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