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Chapter 22 Practicing Stance Training
Eager to return home, the oxcart moved slowly.

The familiar road home seemed to have become much longer.

Along the way, Shen Wenxing would occasionally stand up and gaze in the direction of Jinliu Village.

Once the outline of the village came into view, he jumped off the oxcart.

"Father, the oxcart is too slow, I'm going back now."

Upon hearing the sound, he had already started running forward.

"Smelly boy..."

Watching his son's retreating figure, Shen Yuan laughed and cursed, then lashed the old ox's back with the whip rope in his hand.

"drive!"

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In the courtyard, when Shen Yuan drove the oxcart back home, Shen Wenxing was carefully holding his younger sister Shen Wenping and grinning foolishly.

Although he said he was fine with either a younger brother or sister, he secretly preferred his sister.

Shen Yuan quickly washed his hands and took his youngest son from his wife.

"It looks more and more like a stone when it was a child."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenxing quickly came closer and asked, "Father, did I look like this when I was little?"

Shen Yuan nodded.

As evening approached and the sun began to set, Shen Yuan brought Anu back.

This marked the first time that all six members of the family had gathered together.

"Father, the teacher asked me to ask you when we're going to hold a full-moon celebration for my younger brother and sister," Anu asked, picking at her rice during dinner.

A full moon celebration?
The couple exchanged a glance.

There were rules in this era: only the eldest son born to the legitimate wife could have a full-month celebration.

The family had already held a full-moon celebration for Shi Tou. Generally, they did not hold another full-moon celebration for the eldest daughter and the second son, unless they were prominent families with many connections. In such cases, they would symbolically hold a few tables when a second son was born, just to strengthen their friendship.

Shen Wenping and Shen Wen'an had never planned to hold a full-month celebration for their baby.

But now that Master Lu has asked Anu to inquire, he must want to come and have a drink at the wedding. It wouldn't be good to refuse.

Hu Yufen looked at her two children in the cradle and hesitated, saying, "Husband, how about we just have a simple banquet with two tables?"

"Several neighbors in the village have sent congratulatory gifts, so let's invite them over for a simple meal and a drink at the wedding."

Shen Yuan nodded slightly, "That's fine too."

"Wenping and Wen'an will be a month old in twenty days. I'll make some preparations in a few days."

"Slaughtering one of the piglets in the pen and buying some other vegetables should be enough."

After dinner, Anu stayed in her room and played with her mother, younger brother, and younger sister.

Shen Yuan then quietly pulled Shen Wenxing into the courtyard.

"Stone, your father has a question for you."

Have you noticed any changes in your body recently?

He was still concerned about the matter of bloodline tempering.

The second son, Anu, wasn't so lucky; he wanted to see if the eldest son had received any special favor.

"How did Father know?"

Shen Wenxing was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't had a chance to mention the changes in his body and the sudden increase in his strength.

"So, your body has changed?" A hint of surprise flashed across Shen Yuan's face.

The eldest son's martial arts training seems to have tempered his bloodline, which appears to be more beneficial.

Shen Wenxing did not hide anything from his father and described the changes in his body in detail.

After hearing this, Shen Yuan secretly compared it with what he had experienced, and it was similar to what he had felt.

When he heard that his son's power had suddenly increased due to the advancement of his bloodline, a surge of impulse rose in his heart.

"Stone, is it really possible to pass on your stance training technique?"

Shen Wenxing nodded without hesitation: "It's just stance training. Without the aid of medicinal diet, it's just good for strengthening the body for outsiders, but not very useful."

"Father, do you want to learn?"

He had always wanted his father to practice standing meditation with him.

The family has dozens of acres of land, and all sorts of things, big and small, fall on his father's shoulders. If he could practice standing meditation in his spare time to nourish his body, he wouldn't be so tired. After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yuan nodded and said, "Then demonstrate it for your father."

The father and son began practicing stance training in the courtyard.

The overall movements were not difficult, but because Shen Yuan was already twenty-seven years old and had worked hard for many years, some of his tendons and muscles had become stiff and old. After practicing for a while, he was in so much pain that he was covered in sweat.

“Father, you must practice this skill diligently in the future, otherwise you will have health problems when you get old.”

Shen Wenxing helped him sit down with a touch of heartache.

"Ugh!"

Shen Yuan, supporting his lower back, let out a heavy sigh.

"Standing exercises combined with some punches and kicks would be even better, but I dare not teach you the martial arts techniques from the school. However, I do have some simple military boxing techniques that I can demonstrate for you, Father."

Shen Wenxing stood in the courtyard and demonstrated some simple fist and foot techniques commonly used by soldiers.

Shen Yuan was very pleased to see his son's skillful movements.

In his previous life, he would have been at least a national-level martial arts athlete.

The money was well spent!
The military boxing moves were simple. After Shen Yuan roughly memorized them, he planned to practice them after standing in the stance for a while to warm up his body.

The next morning, he got up first and took Shen Wenyan to Lu Zhiyuan's place, and solemnly presented him with an invitation, inviting Lu Zhiyuan to come to his home for a wedding banquet.

Lu Zhiyuan gladly accepted the invitation.

When he got home, Shen Yuan stared at a blank invitation in front of him and fell into deep thought.

He originally intended to give this invitation to Huang Qingzhou when he sent the stone to the martial arts school, but he was worried that this might seem a bit presumptuous.
Although the two families had some interaction because Shen Wenxing studied martial arts at the martial arts school, their previous friendship was not renewed.

Sending out invitations abruptly would be rather presumptuous.

After some hesitation, he finally picked up his pen and began to write.

After the ink dried, Shen Yuan tucked the invitation into his pocket.

At the entrance of the martial arts school in Yunshui Town, Shen Yuan took out the invitation from his pocket.

"Stone, you keep this."

He handed over the invitation.

"Is it for Uncle Huang?" Shi Tou asked doubtfully.

Shen Yuan shook his head slightly: "Yes and no."

"Keep this invitation and don't tell anyone else yet. If your Uncle Huang asks about your younger brother and sister, then give him the invitation."

"Tell him that Dad asked you to deliver this, but you forgot."

"If he doesn't ask, you can just throw this invitation away after your younger siblings' one-month celebration."

Shen Wenxing was somewhat puzzled after hearing this, but he still nodded seriously.

He had inadvertently revealed to Huang Qingzhou that his wife was pregnant, and if Huang Qingzhou was so inclined, he would remember it.

If people don't ask, it means they don't care much, and there's no need for us to stick around.

"Okay, let's go in."

Watching his son's figure disappear at the entrance of the martial arts school, Shen Yuan drove the oxcart towards the town market.

If you don't have any high-ranking or influential friends, when you invite people to dinner, some simple seasonal vegetables, along with chicken, fish, meat, and eggs, will suffice.

The seasonal vegetables available this time of year are nothing more than radishes and cabbages. If you slaughter a pig and manage to get some fish, that should be about it.

In the evening, Shen Yuan returned home with a cart full of groceries he had purchased.

Hu Yufen came up and looked at him with a puzzled expression, asking, "Didn't my husband buy any wine?"

How can you invite people to a wedding without wine?
Shen Yuan smiled wryly: "I've already spent several taels of silver on these vegetables, fruits, and seasonings. The wine in the town's distillery is too expensive."

"I plan to scoop out the rice wine I brewed at home and use it."

The rice wine was brewed by Shi Tou himself when he was born. He originally planned to save it for Shi Tou's wedding, but now the family is really short of money, so he has to use it for the time being.

"Is it a little lacking?"

Hu Yufen was somewhat worried, after all, besides the neighbors, there was also a great scholar like Lu Zhiyuan.

Shen Yuan, however, was quite confident.

In his previous life, he was from Hubei, and brewing rice wine was a skill he had mastered since childhood.

He wouldn't dare say his wine was superior to the inferior liquor from the town's distilleries, but he was confident in his abilities.

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