The caravan steward and a few prominent people were also invited in and sat in the living room.

"Xianggong Bai returned from studying in Japan and came to a humble abode for the first time. I should try my best to be a landlord..."

Guo Juren said.

The martial arts test not only tests bravery, but also military strategy.

When it comes to learning, he is not good at it, but he has read poetry and books and can be considered a scholar.

"This time the roads are blocked due to heavy snowfall, so there will be a lot of disturbance when we come here."

"Please don't blame Guo Juren."

Bai Gui cupped his hands and smiled.

The two talked for a while.

The sounds of sheep and pigs being slaughtered could be heard in the backyard.

From time to time, several long-term workers came in carrying a large iron stove.

Freshly slaughtered lamb chops were stewed in a casserole.

Steaming and gurgling,

The bottom is lined with red-hot charcoal.

Hospitality is thoughtful!

"This is just an appetizer..."

"Xiangong Bai and all the brothers in the caravan encountered wind and snow, and it was inevitable that the cold would invade the body. This is the best goat meat. It can nourish the spleen and kidneys, warm the heart and dispel cold, and nourish blood and nourish qi."

"The cook in the courtyard is cooking. Let's eat the mutton first to fill our bellies."

Guo Juren pointed to the large pieces of lamb chops in the casserole and said generously.

There is also a need to pay attention to what you eat. Generally, when you come in this kind of snowy and cold weather, the first meal is usually mutton stew. If you don't have the conditions, you will cook a bowl of ginger soup. It is considered a dietary therapy. It helps the body to dispel cold and prevent diseases.

catch a cold and get sick.

Several people followed the situation and gathered around the stove with Guo Juren, eating and drinking.

Guanzhong has been an imperial state since ancient times, and mutton has been eaten for thousands of years from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the present. Anyone who knows how to cook will remove the mutton smell. In Guanzhong, there are many ways to eat mutton.

Finished eating the lamb chops.

The long-term worker brought a few more large porcelain bowls. The soup was fragrant with rotten meat, similar to mutton soup, except that the soup was not white and clearer. There was no mutton smell when drinking, and it was similar to ramen soup.

Next to everyone's tray, there were a few freshly baked white buns that exuded the aroma of wheat.

"This is Pucheng's mutton water basin."

"But in our provincial capital, vermicelli is always added to the soup..."

Guo Juren took a sip of the mutton soup and said with a smile.

There are no vermicelli in the authentic water basin mutton, only soup and meat, and some small side dishes of fungus and day lily. The more extreme version only has soup and mutton.

Bai Gui also echoed a few words. He was from Qin Province and knew this very well. He took the Bai Ji bun, separated the two halves from the middle, added a little pickled shredded cabbage, and fished out a few pieces from the basin.

Slices of mutton.

Take a bite of the steamed bun and sip the soup.

From time to time a cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew in outside the house.

It feels really good!

"Xianggong Bai has also practiced martial arts? What a great appetite!"

Guo Juren's eyes were slightly bright. Just now Bai Gui was wearing a coat, which could not reveal his body, and could only make outsiders think that he was in good spirits. But now that he knew how to eat, Bai Gui ate lamb chops and a basin of water.

The mutton was not enough, and the understatement made Guo Juren, a martial arts practitioner, immediately suspicious.

"When I was young, I could eat three to five kilograms of meat in one meal, and I also had a lot of wheat cakes with it."

"Now that I am older, my appetite is stronger than that of ordinary people. Even ordinary young men cannot eat as well as I can."

he said.

Having practiced martial arts consumes a lot of energy, so eating meat is essential for every meal. Not only eating meat, but also being able to eat it. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as learning literature and martial arts while being poor.

The average family really cannot provide enough embryos to take the martial arts examination.

"Have practiced some martial arts."

"Under the gate of Phi Hang Men, the master is one of the Three Heroes of Yannan, his surname is Huang Tao and Lin Biao..."

Bai Gui put down the sheep and scorpion meat he was holding and said casually.

There's nothing to hide about this.

Although mentioning his martial arts background seems to be a bit of a show off, in fact it is common sense. What is the Guangmen sect?

…

This is a respected teacher!

Now that you are famous, let’s promote the reputation of your sect.

"Although I'm old, my skills are still there. If Mr. Bai doesn't mind it, you can go out with me later to help me eat."

When Guo Juren heard that Bai Guiguo had martial arts, he looked delighted and said.

He had heard of the name of Huang Linbiao, the Three Heroes of Yannan, when he was young, and he was from the same era as him. Huang Linbiao was born as a scholar. After practicing martial arts, he became the chief instructor of Yanjing Green Camp. He was well-known among their martial arts practitioners.

Not small.

"Can."

Bai Gui nodded, he also wanted to try Guo Juren's martial arts skills.

Learned the art of literature and martial arts, and brought goods to the emperor's family.

I have a background in martial arts, I will never be a reckless hero, fight in boxing matches, play on the battlefield, and take the exam to be a martial arts examiner and the number one scholar in martial arts. This is a serious background and path...

When he was in the Jingwu Sect, he heard Huo Yuanjia mention that in the first year of Xuantong, he had a martial arts competition with Zhang Sanjia, the top martial arts champion in the 24th year of Guangxu, but Zhang Sanjia hit his horse and he kicked him three times.

Zhang Sanjia did not move at all. After a few moves, he felt ashamed and gave up.

This doesn’t mean that Huo Yuanjia is much worse than Zhang Sanjia, but it’s just that he knows he can’t beat him, so there’s not much point in fighting again. Both of them are very old, and a fight will hurt their muscles and bones, and it’s not worth losing their longevity.

Already.

Although Qin Province is not as well-known as Ji Province in the martial arts world, as a border area, wars have not stopped all year round. If we talk about competition, the southern provinces are seriously involved in involution, but in terms of martial arts, the northern provinces are not far behind in involution.

If you can pass the martial arts examination in Qin Province, Guo Juren's quality will not be too bad!

After eating the mutton, wash your hands.

The two of them left the living room and went to the backyard. There was a martial arts training ground in the backyard, which was clean and tidy. Under the eaves, there was a weapon rack with eighteen kinds of weapons, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, hooks, hammers, etc.

.

The weapons have never rusted.

You can see that it takes a long time to practice.

There are also several stone locks placed in the courtyard, of different sizes, but the places where they fall are all covered with paste and shiny.

The Guo family's clerks, long-term workers, chefs, and their wives and concubines all came out.

It was a snowy day, and I had been playing music at home for a long time. When I saw the excitement, I didn't want to join in. Besides, people in the courtyard had spread the news that the family received an important guest, a scholar who had returned from studying abroad.

Studying abroad is still a new thing, and everyone wants to see what happens.

"Come on, let's compare our strength first."

Guo Juren raised his arms, moved his body bones, took a step forward with his right foot, bent his knees and squatted slightly, and held the stone lock under his crotch.

Holding his breath, he threw the stone lock upward with his right hand, above his head, and flipped it over his head. Then he bent his elbow with his left arm to meet the stone lock. At the same time, he bent his knees and squatted down into a horse stance.

With a loud sound, the stone lock fell on the bluestone slab, and the ground trembled slightly.

Only then did Guo Juren exhale, and fine beads of sweat immediately seeped out from his forehead and temples. The wife on the side, Guo Pan, walked over and wiped Guo Juren's sweat with a sweat towel. She was very used to it.

Look.

A boxing proverb goes: "If the two lips are united, the sealing force will be greater."

Bai Gui took off his jacket and put on a long gown. He walked closer and took a look.

This stone lock carved from bluestone weighs fifty kilograms.

Not bad.

This is just an appetizer.

In the martial arts examination, the first horse-step arrow is shot at a target 150 steps away. If you shoot nine arrows, you will be qualified if you hit three arrows. The step arrow uses a step bow with a force of fifty kilograms.

To shoot an arrow with a bow, you must be precise and fast, and you cannot draw the bow slowly.

Therefore, the strength of a general martial arts practitioner is much greater than fifty pounds.
To be continued...