1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 10: Big Gun

No wonder Master Wang thought Xia Tian was bragging...

The Liuhe spear had a thick handle, was over ten feet long, weighed eight pounds, and the spear head was over a foot long, weighing one to two pounds. Because it was thrust forward six times, it was called the "Liuhe spear."

You are less than 1.6 meters tall, what are you using to practice with the spear? Can you straighten the spear?

Old Liu is really just playing nonsense.

Master Wang and Coach Liu are old acquaintances. This time, Coach Liu was invited because he had an excellent talent and wanted Master Wang to teach him a few tricks.

Because Coach Liu told Xia Tian that it was rare in the sky and hard to find on earth, he came to take a look.

As a result, after seeing this, I wondered if Liu Anxi's brain had been damaged by practicing martial arts? Or was this guy his nephew? !

Coach Liu's name is Liu Anxi. I don't know who gave him that name. Anyway, he doesn't like people calling him by that name.
Xia Tian didn't care what others thought. He took the gun, went outside, and stood on the cement ground outside the house. The gun was almost twice as long as him when standing up.

The snow in the sky seemed to be getting heavier, like goose feathers, covering the ground with a layer of velvet.

Winter came very early this year. It snowed so heavily in mid-December.

Xia Tian narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, kicked the gun handle lightly with his foot, twisted his hands, and swung the gun horizontally. The strong wind stirred the snowflakes in the air and began to spin!

Ok? !

As the saying goes, an expert can tell whether something is good or not with just one move. With just this one move, Master Wang became excited: It seems... a bit interesting?
Xia Tian held the end of the gun with one hand and thrust the three-meter-long gun straight out. His arm was so steady! As steady as a mountain!
Hold the end of the gun handle with one hand, stretch your arm straight, and keep the tip of the gun motionless!
Coach Liu couldn't help but nodded and grinned.

This summer, my skills have improved a lot, and the progress is frighteningly fast. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to look for people to teach me boxing and equipment. I'm really being squeezed dry. There's nothing left!
And Master Wang stared with his eyes wide open!
He wondered if he was dazzled and even rubbed his eyes.

Xia Tian saw the ten-foot-long spear in his hand flying up and down like a fierce dragon crossing a river, stirring up the snowflakes into a messy dance... The scene of this young man dancing like a wild dragon and snowflakes flying around the spear was too much of a martial arts scene, wasn't it? !
The students in the martial arts class had been leaning against the window and secretly observing, and they were all dumbfounded.

It turns out that martial arts can be practiced to this level? It's so cool!

Of course, they were somewhat mentally prepared. After all, who hasn't been hit by Xia Tian's iron fist of love three or five times?

Those with stubborn tempers have been beaten more than six or seven times.

That was the first time I met those students from other classes at the Children's Palace!
I had only heard about summer before, but this time I saw it for real and was really impressed!
The gun shot out like a dragon, with momentum like a rainbow. The thick gun barrel formed various arcs in his hand. The snowflakes were entangled in the gun flowers, and the red tassels and white snow were intertwined... This scene was so shocking!

After a set of Liuhe spear dance, Xia Tian didn't blush or breathe hard. He put away the spear and clasped his fists as if nothing had happened: "Coach, I'm done."

Professor Liu was so satisfied!
"How is it? Lao Wang? Lao Wang?!" He asked repeatedly when he saw that his friend didn't respond.

"Ah? Ah! Very good! You practiced really well..."

The Liuhe Spear has already been mastered, which means that Bajiquan has been mastered!
How can he wield a 10-jin gun with the lever principle at his age? ! ! !
Today's snow has somewhat disrupted Master Wang's worldview.

"What about swordsmanship?"

"Leave it to me?"

"Your set of Liang Yi Fen Guang Sword?"

"teach!"

Coach Liu smiled widely, "Okay, Xia Tian. Don't you want to learn swordsmanship? Starting next week, this Master Wang will teach you swordsmanship. Now it's okay. You can go back."

"Okay. Thank you Coach Liu, thank you Master Wang." Xia Tian returned the rifle, put on a scarf, hummed a song and went home in the wind and snow.

"Showing off with the spear, doing a backflip, turning the waist, and standing in a steady horse stance. Showing off with the spear, more beautiful than anyone else, then singing a verse, Yu Ji and Overlord..."

……

Afterwards, Coach Liu Anxi treated Master Wang to a drink, which cost more than six yuan, which was a huge expense.

Coach Liu spoke sincerely: "Old Wang, we have known each other for more than ten years, right?"

"Sixteen years." Master Wang spoke concisely.

"Has it been that long?"

"Ah."

"Over the years, do you think I have ever lied to you?"

"Yes, he cheated me. Last year he even cheated me out of my bicycle seat."

"Hey... my car broke down, and you just happened to have a spare one! I'm telling you, when I was a kid, the stories my master told me were just like those in the novels, and I didn't really believe them... but now I do!"

"Because of summer?"

"Hmm! He is born with supernatural powers, has trained his muscles and bones, and has a terrifyingly strong understanding... He can fight a hundred people alone on flat ground, and a thousand men cannot break through a dangerous place! In ancient times, he would be a peerless general! I finally see such a person! I tell you, I must train him with all my strength! I will definitely see a mythical figure like that..."

Master Wang was silent at this time. He just realized that Xia Tian was not fourteen or fifteen years old as he thought. He was only ten years old?! He was growing too fast?!
If it's this kid, maybe it's really possible...

Master Wang couldn't help but take a sip of wine.

……

It was already the end of the year, and the weather was freezing cold. The city of Yanjing, which was not yet that modern, was even more quiet in the snow.

Summer didn't do much in this "awakening" year.

What can I do now?
In the summer, I learned a lot of musical instruments, music theory, singing, etc. in the dance troupe. In the Children's Palace, I systematically learned some painting, learned some calligraphy, and practiced martial arts more.

However, Coach Liu is determined to train Xia Tian to become a "modern-day enemy", but Xia Tian himself does not have those ideas.

Summer: Times have changed, Coach!

Practicing martial arts is more of a hobby and a way to kill extra energy. There is no need to make it a lifelong goal.

As for his academic performance in school, although he always seemed to be in a trance during classes in the summer, his grades were still among the best. Whether he could get first place in the grade depended mainly on whether he was willing to answer the questions seriously.

He discovered that he was not only physically gifted, but also had an unexpectedly good brain. For those problems that required calculations, he could naturally come up with the answers, without having to do mental arithmetic.

Moreover, his memory is too good - he can now easily recall the books he read when he was autistic in his early years, and he can even remember which book, which page, and which line contained which words.

The scene at that time can appear directly in my mind, every detail, every punctuation mark, even the folds of the pages are clear.

Xia Tian: "After nine years of suffering, I finally got my time-travel benefits."

Having a photographic memory is a basic benefit for time travelers!
Xiatian is very studious and relies on his good memory to read a lot of books.

After all, there are really not many entertainment options nowadays, and being able to read a book peacefully is already a kind of enjoyment.

It is impossible to understand the fast-paced and impetuous era of later generations.

Looking up, I saw that the bookshelf in Xia’s bedroom was filled with all kinds of books, all of which she had started reading since she was a child.

For example, the second edition of "100,000 Whys" was published by the Children's Publishing House.

In the years that followed, "100,000 Whys" sold hundreds of millions of copies in total, and the jacket was very impressive: "100,000 Whys" will be useful for a lifetime and will never be forgotten by generations.

The current version of "100,000 Whys" is extremely hardcore, with everything from driving tanks to fighting with bayonets! Xia Tian is grinning from ear to ear.

Because of the current special circumstances, the atmosphere of war is strong.

In addition, there are "Xinhua Dictionary", "Quick English Vocabulary Handbook", "Introduction to Daily Russian", "Barefoot Doctor Handbook (First Edition in 69)", "Youth Technology Production", "Technical Transformation of Traditional Coking", "Militia Military Training Manual"...

In the early summers, I wondered: What is my dad going to do? Is he going to let me rebuild civilization after the apocalypse?

There is also a complete set of yellow-covered "Zizhi Tongjian", published in 56, with the words printed vertically.

This was left by Grandpa Xia Tian. Although he never went to school in the beginning—he served in the army and fought for more than ten years—he later attended literacy classes and night school, and he can recognize more words now that he is old.

However, Grandpa Xia Tian died before Xia Tian was born, and he never got to see his beloved grandson.

Although there were many books and a record player in the house, there was no sewing machine, which was more important to a family.

Xia Tian's family is not in financial difficulty. They have two working parents and one child.

Among the three major items, there are two bicycles in the family, which can be said to be very wealthy!

But in the past few years, the family actually wasted a lot of money to treat Xia Tian's illness.

Of course, the main reason for not having a sewing machine is that Mother Xia is not very good at needlework.

Once she was sewing a small coat for her son and forgot to leave the cuffs. In the end, she had to resort to trickery...

Dad Xia is also good at talking: This vest is sewn beautifully!

……

Xiatian looked at the time and decided to cook first.

There are no electric rice cookers now. After washing rice in summer, I put the rice cooker on a small honeycomb coal stove. When I think of the rice cooker, summer has more information in my mind. It seems that the first domestically produced electric rice cooker will be available next year?
Nowadays, rice cookers are all imported appliances, which are not affordable for ordinary people.

The gas stove has been used.

A few years ago, gas cylinders began to become popular in Yanjing City, and in the past two years, fewer people have started to use stoves to cook.

Mother Xia got home from get off work first. After all, Shougang, where Father Xia worked, was a production unit and was very busy, so he came home late.

Mother Xia smelled the fragrance before she even entered the house. "My good son is really capable. Oh, potatoes stewed with dried eggplant, so delicious!"

Not long after, Father Xia also came back, took off his hat and shook the snow off the door frame: "It's snowing really hard today."

The family was having dinner, and halfway through the meal, the lights went out.

"The power is out again?" Dad Xia looked out the window while holding the bowl. It was pitch black.

Power outages are normal nowadays. When the power supply is insufficient, electricity can only be used for production.

Mother Xia stood up to get the candle. On the candlestick was a reflector that Xia had made by cutting up a can...

(End of this chapter)