Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 29: Lai San wants to learn martial arts and register as a disciple

The next morning Lai San came to Wang Li's house to continue working. Wang Li's family advised him to go back and rest for a few days, but he refused. He also said that it was okay and that he would recover quickly because he was young.

But he seemed to be worried all day long, and he didn't answer when Wang Li's parents asked him what was wrong. It was not until Wang Li came back from school.

Lai San finished his work and came to Wang Li's room. He knocked on the door and walked in. When Lai San saw Wang Li, he said: Wang Li, I want to discuss something with you.

Wang Li looked up at him and asked: "What are you hesitating about? If you have something to say, just bring it up. Don't be so reserved."

Lai San raised his head and said firmly: I want to learn martial arts from you, is that okay with you?
Wang Li was not surprised when he heard this, after all, every man has a martial arts dream. But Lai San was obviously stimulated by that incident, which made him determined to learn kung fu from Wang Li.

Wang Li replied: "Lai San, I will not be so formal with you. You are older than me, a little too old. It is difficult for me to accept you as my disciple and teach you real kung fu."

Lai San felt very depressed after hearing this, and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Wang Li say again: "But I can accept you as a registered disciple and teach you some kung fu that you can practice. Although it cannot reach my level, it will not be a problem for you to deal with five or six people. What do you think?"
Lai San was very surprised to hear the unexpected news and was about to kneel down and kowtow to Wang Li, but was stopped by Wang Li.

Wang Li said: "It is a new era now, this is not popular. Just offer me a cup of tea in front of my parents. You and my parents don't need to care about our relationship. You can just talk about yourselves as before."

He took him to his parents' main house, and in the presence of his parents, Lai San offered tea to Wang Li and became his apprentice, becoming Wang Li's first registered disciple.

Lai San and Wang Li agreed that he would come over early tomorrow morning to learn martial arts with Wang Li.

That night, Wang Li thought about what kind of Kung Fu he would teach Lai San the next day. Wang Li knew Lai San's characteristics. He had average physical fitness but was very fast. So Wang Li decided to teach Lai San the leg skills secrets from his three secret books.

He would not teach the Golden Body Sutra to others. Of course, he had taught it to his father, but his father did not master it, probably because he was too old. However, his father had learned the other three secret books and practiced them to a minor level. Wang Li was very experienced in teaching these secret books.

The first thing Wang Li did when Lai San arrived the next morning was to teach him how to do horse stance. After all, any Kung Fu must be practiced from the lower body. If the lower body is not stable, all Kung Fu is just castles in the air. Especially the leg techniques he was going to teach Lai San, which focused more on the Kung Fu of the lower body. Otherwise, if you lift your legs, the person will fall down, so how can you beat him?

Wang Li found that Lai San was very talented in martial arts, although he was already eighteen or nineteen years old, which was a bit late for him to learn martial arts. But Wang Li believed that as long as he persevered, he could still achieve more than a small success.

From that day on, there was one more person who got up early to practice martial arts in the Wang family, and the family became even more lively.

It was a hot afternoon and few people came to sell scrap.

At the suggestion of Wang Li's mother, his father closed the door and the three of them worked together to tidy up the garden. The reason was that Wang Li's mother wanted to clear out a piece of land to grow some vegetables. In fact, she was a little restless.

Because there were some waste materials in the garden, the three of them chose a place far away from the garden gate and close to the third courtyard corridor and turned it into a small vegetable garden.

When Wang Li returned home from school, they had already finished cleaning up and were building a fence with scrap wood around the cleared land.

Wang Li asked: "Mom, are you going to grow vegetables? I will have a good time in the future."

His mother rolled her eyes at him, said nothing, and went to the kitchen in the front yard to cook. As she walked, she said, "Lai San, don't leave tonight. Stay home for dinner."

Lai San responded and continued to build the fence.

Note: The reason why Wang Li accepted him as his apprentice was to get a reputation and to lay the foundation for the future plot and setting. After all, they all have to respect the protagonist in the future! There must be suppression of status. Only then can Wang Li live a more free and unrestrained life.

(End of this chapter)