Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 64 Don’t Take It Seriously

After about ten minutes, a set of "morning exercises" called "Tranquil Qi and Health Preserving Exercises" was over.

I don't know if the person who created this set of "morning exercises" deliberately timed it, but when it ended, the rising sun just happened to jump out of the horizon, emitting infinite light to illuminate the world.

After completing the whole set, the gentleman who gave the 'commands' had explained everything very clearly. There were twelve sets of movements in total, and each set of movements clearly explained where to inhale and exhale. There were no exaggerated body movements, so naturally there was no difficulty. Any normal person could do it, and children have soft bones, so it was even easier.

After it was over, Chen Xuan still felt a little unsatisfied. During the process, his whole body relaxed and felt slightly warm, which dispelled the morning chill and made him feel comfortable from the inside out.

Unfortunately, his memory was only at the average level of a normal person. After his first attempt, he only remembered a few of the movements, not to mention that the key points required coordinating with the breathing rhythm.

If he could remember all of them, he would like to practice them by himself when he has nothing to do. After all, the feeling of warmth all over the body is really enjoyable. If he wants to do a set when he is tired, he can relax his body and mind.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s not like there will be no follow-up after the first time. It will happen every morning as long as the weather is good. You will naturally remember them all after doing them many times. It’s just like learning to do morning exercises in elementary school. It takes a while to remember them all.

"Okay, that's enough. Let's disperse and go have breakfast. Don't delay the class later."

After everyone stopped, the gentleman who gave the orders spoke loudly with a slightly helpless tone. How could he not see that few people took it seriously and were just perfunctory.

But it's normal. They are just children. It's good enough that they can move. What else can you ask for? You can't force them to be serious with a stick.

After all, it's just something the imperial court made for children to exercise in the morning and wake them up. Even if it contains some martial arts knowledge, it's not even considered farming martial arts, so let it be.

He said that those words about refreshing the mind, strengthening the body and prolonging life were all nonsense, and his purpose was only to make the children take it seriously. But they were all smart. In this world, martial arts were not a mysterious thing. Almost all wealthy families had guards who knew martial arts. Who would take it seriously?

Those who have the conditions to learn martial arts don't care about this crap. Those who don't have the conditions to learn martial arts can just go to a martial arts school or a sect to become a disciple. Who would waste time studying?

As soon as the order to dismiss was given, the children who had been relatively well-behaved immediately dispersed. They probably couldn't stand it anymore. It was like this every morning, which would be annoying for anyone. But they had to endure the rules, which was simply torture for the children.

"A Xuan, let's go. I'm going to take a nap first. Please get me breakfast. Salted duck eggs, soy milk and fried dough sticks will be fine. It's a light meal in the morning. Call me when you're back," Gao Jingming greeted Chen Xuan.

He is the young master, and Chen Xuan is there to serve him, so it's only natural.

"Okay, young master, but don't sleep too deeply, otherwise I won't be able to wake you up," Chen Xuan instructed. He had experience in taking naps. If no one called him, several hours might pass by in the blink of an eye.

Gao Jingming said perfunctorily: "Well, hey~ I'm so sleepy," and yawned as he spoke.

Chen Xuan thought to himself, am I really that sleepy? On the contrary, I feel refreshed and energetic right now. I'm just very hungry, but that's normal. Children have a physique and are in the growth stage.

As they were walking, Gao Jingming suddenly looked at Chen Xuan and said sarcastically, "Xuan, I just saw you taking your morning lessons very seriously. Haha, there's no need for that. Just do it for your own good."

"Really? I just followed everyone else's example. My movements were almost all wrong. I just treated it as waking up from a doze," Chen Xuan said with a smile. He didn't take it as indifferent as Gao Jingming, but he didn't take it too seriously either.

Shaking his head, Gao Jingming said, "Don't listen to the teacher's nonsense, it's all deception. Although my sister also said that there is no harm in practicing this quiet and healthy exercise, you can't really expect the effects that the teacher said. In the future, when we come into contact with the six arts of a gentleman, there will be some superior secret manuals for us to practice. As for this stuff, practicing a lifetime will not be as good as practicing a superior secret manual for a month or so."

Could the Gao family really have access to top-tier secret manuals? But considering Miss Gao is already a princess, with the royal family as her backing, what secret manuals could she not have?
That was a matter for the future. Chen Xuan didn't think about it too much for the time being. There was no point in being anxious. He smiled and said, "Since there's no harm in doing it, there's no harm in practicing with everyone." Although he said so, Chen Xuan felt pretty good about it. It was probably because he had never come into contact with martial arts with a fantasy color. Things that others didn't even look at, he found magical to be. It was all due to comparison.

"It's up to you," Gao Jingming said indifferently.

At this moment, Deng Lingfeng also came over and said, "Ah Xuan, Jingming is right. You can handle that thing. Don't listen to the teacher's nonsense. If you are interested in martial arts, I will teach you a few moves when I have time. It is much better than that quiet and healthy exercise that even dogs don't even look at."

Regardless of whether it was a spur-of-the-moment idea or not, Chen Xuan still thanked him in advance.

However, Deng Lingfeng, who came from a martial arts school, was extremely disgusted with the Qi-calming and health-preserving exercises. It seemed that they were really useless, especially since he was the team leader.

As they were talking, they had already returned to the dormitory and dispersed. As soon as Gao Jingming came back, he kicked off his shoes and jumped onto the bed.

Shaking his head secretly, Chen Xuan told him to cover himself with the quilt, and he took out his meal ticket and went to the cafeteria to get breakfast.

The closer he got to the canteen, the hungrier Chen Xuan felt as he smelled the breakfast. After thinking about it, he used his meal ticket to buy himself half of his usual amount of food.

Back in the dormitory, Gao Jingming was sleeping like a pig. When I woke him up, he just took a few quick sips and went back to sleep.

Chen Xuan almost rolled his eyes. He finished his meal but still didn't feel full. In order not to waste anything, he ate what Gao Jingming had left. Only then did he feel full and comfortable.

Chen Xuan had no psychological aversion to eating what Gao Jingming had left. It was all fine grains, eggs and soy milk. Thinking about the days in the dog cage, Chen Xuan felt that there was nothing he couldn't eat as long as it wasn't poison. Well, he couldn't afford to suffer a loss.

After washing and putting away the dishes, Chen Xuan began to prepare the things he would need for the next class.

Pen, ink, paper and inkstone are essential. There are a lot of these things in the dormitory. Homework also needs to be brought. In addition, there are three books that need to be used, namely "Chubiao Meng", "Four Seasons" and "Calculation".

Xiao Cai and her friends have introduced that Chu Meng is an introductory book for literacy, and Four Seasons can also be considered a literacy book, but it uses the four seasons as the core to explain the changes in the solar terms of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and even astrology, so as to let students understand all things in nature.

Calculation is equivalent to mathematics. A scholar cannot do without knowing numbers. Auxiliary tools such as counting rods are needed. If you want to go deeper, you need to use an abacus, but that is not something that Class D should be exposed to.

These three are to be learned every morning. Anyway, there are three classes in the morning, which rotate every day. There are also two classes in the afternoon, but the afternoon classes are cultural and art classes. Level D is not suitable for riding and shooting among the six arts of a gentleman, but the arts of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting must be cultivated from an early age. The four courses of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting rotate two of them every afternoon, and are not as important as cultural courses.

There is about an hour's break for lunch after morning exercises. When the preparatory bell rang, Chen Xuan had to wake up the mangy Gao Jingming from bed and take his school supplies to the classroom.

"I hate studying, Xuan, why don't you just help me read and I'll be responsible for playing," Gao Jingming said whimsically on the way to the classroom.

Nodding, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Okay, as long as the young master is not afraid of being beaten to death by the lady when he returns, I have no problem with that."

"Forget it, I'll still learn. But Ah Xuan, you're such a spoiler. Can't you let me have a sweet dream..."

(End of this chapter)