Seeing the plaque of "Temple for the Chivalrous Cat and Chivalrous Dog," Famous guessed that in real history, Old Time Tea must have saved Wu Ning alone. This would be a Temple for the Chivalrous Cat, and the plaque wouldn't have "Chivalrous Dog." In order to thank Old Time Tea for its rescue, Wu Mancheng and Wu Ning built a temple for it to receive incense offerings.
Old Time Tea's memory changed because of Famous's appearance.
The ancestral hall wasn't big, but it was well-built. The pillars were painted with tung oil, and the doors were heavy and thick. The roof wasn't covered with thatch, but with glazed tiles that shone under the sun. Although it was only a little bigger than the master bedroom in the pet shop, it was a good thing that such an ancestral hall was built in the middle of nowhere. There were many ungrateful people.
For Old Time Tea and Famous, the existence of this ancestral hall was a good thing. At least they had a place to shelter themselves from the wind and rain, so they didn't have to sleep in the wild. The mosquitoes in this mountain were so poisonous that they covered the sky and the ground at night. Famous had experienced it firsthand.
Zhang Zian pushed open the door. The light in the ancestral hall was dim, but that was by human standards. It had no effect on Old Time Tea and Famous.
The layout of the ancestral hall was very simple. On the flat bluestone, there was a low-legged altar. The altar was covered with yellow brocade, and there were smoked fish, steamed pig head meat, and roast goose on several large plates.
Behind the offering table, there were three memorial tablets. The one in the middle read "Benefactor, Amazing Fate Pet Shop." Next to it was a string of Zhang Zian's cell phone number, which looked inexplicably funny.
The two tablets on the left and right read "Benefactor, Chivalrous Cat," and "Benefactor, Chivalrous Dog," respectively.
Old Time Tea didn't know whether to laugh or cry when it saw the writing on the tablet. Famous didn't care what was written on the tablet. It raised a front paw and pointed at the roast goose. "This is for us, right?"
"It should be." Old Time Tea guessed that it must have been left by the Woo family.
Famous had been hungry for a long time. Hearing this, it took the roast goose from the offering table without a second thought.
There were three yellow futons placed in front of the altar for people to worship, although Old Time Tea doubted that anyone would come to worship. A porcelain incense burner was placed in front of the praying mat, with three lit sandalwood incense sticks slowly emitting green smoke.
Famous sat down on the futon and happily ate the roast goose.
Old Time Tea also picked up the smoked fish and ate it slowly while picking out the fish bones.
There were also clay statues of a cat and a dog on the left and right respectively. Famous looked at them while eating. These two statues personified the cat and dog. They were standing on their hind legs, with their front paws cupped. They were also wearing robes, looking like dog-headed people and cat-headed people. It was indescribably weird.
Neither Old Time Tea nor Famous liked the smell of sandalwood. After putting out the sandalwood, they closed the door at night, each occupied a futon, and slept in the ancestral hall.
At the same time of year, the ancient wilderness was much colder than the modern cities. Famous was very lucky to have such an ancestral hall. It didn't have to suffer from the wind, rain, and scorching sun. The weather was getting colder and colder, and it would soon starve and freeze. It didn't know how long it had to stay in Old Time Tea's memory. This world was too real, and it didn't want to freeze to death.
In the quiet night, all kinds of nocturnal animals began to become active. There were beasts howling in the distant mountains. With Famous and Old Time Tea's hearing, they could hear some unknown small animals moving around the ancestral hall at night, fighting for the fish bones and goose bones that Old Time Tea and Famous had thrown out. Some bold animals smelled the steamed pig head meat and came to the door, but were scared away by Old Time Tea's roar. They were probably foxes and mice.
"Famous, tell me more about the pet shop," Old Time Tea was not used to sleeping early. It turned over on the futon and asked, its eyes shining in the dark.
In the past few days, Famous had been talking about some of the pet shop's stories. Some were personal experiences, and some were hearsay. Old Time Tea was fascinated by the strange and dazzling new world.
Famous was a little sleepy. It lay on the futon and said, "Don't call me Famous. Just call me Famous. My surname is not Famous. What do you want to hear?"
"What kind of person is Zhang Zian?" Old Time Tea was very interested in the person that Famous said would become its student in a hundred years.
Famous thought about it and felt that it was difficult to summarize a person in a few short sentences. After all, people were too complicated. It didn't think it had been with Zhang Zian for a long time, so it was not qualified to summarize him. It just said, "The customers in the pet shop all agree that he is a stingy single dog."
Old Time Tea was even more interested. If Famous described him as the reincarnation of a saint, then everything seemed to be reasonable. However, from Famous's words, it couldn't find any reason why it would accept Famous as its student. There must be a deeper reason for it to do so. It believed that even though it was old, its eyes were still sharp.
Before it could ask for more details, it heard a long and even breathing sound from Famous. It seemed that Famous had fallen asleep.
Old Time Tea turned over again and gradually fell asleep with the hope of a bright future in its heart.
...
The next morning, the first ray of morning light shone through the crack of the door and onto Famous's eyelids. It shook its head and woke up.
After a while, Old Time Tea also woke up and stretched its body.
The steamed pig head meat was too big. They ate some of it, but there was still a lot left. They didn't like the taste of pig head meat, but they didn't want to go hungry. Old Time Tea especially didn't want to eat raw meat.
It opened the door. The weather was good. The sun was shining, and the grass was covered with last night's dew.
Old Time Tea had the habit of exercising every morning. In the past few days, it had been jumping in the forest. When the craftsmen were building the ancestral hall, they opened up a flat space in front of the ancestral hall. They mixed lime in the soil to prevent vegetation from growing again. They also mixed special secret medicine to drive away insects and ants. So, Old Time Tea had been exercising in this open space.
Famous snuck into the forest to solve its physiological needs. It was bored and squatted on the steps of the ancestral hall, basking in the sun and watching Old Time Tea jump here and there. In its opinion, Old Time Tea was just playing.
After about ten minutes, Old Time Tea suddenly stopped. It raised one of its paws and observed carefully.
"What's wrong, Old Time Tea? Did you sprain your arm?" Famous asked. "Zhang Zian does warm-up exercises before he practices boxing every day. He says it can prevent sprains."
"That's not it." Old Time Tea shook its head and said in a very uncertain tone, "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel that my strength and speed today are stronger than usual..."
Famous thought for a while and guessed, "Is it because the food is better these days? Old Time Tea, what do you usually eat? "
"I don't think that's the problem." Old Time Tea walked over to it. "Brother Famous, why don't you try running around or jumping a few times to see if your speed is different than usual?"
Famous couldn't stand Old Time Tea's repeated urging. It ran around the empty space, jumped a few times, and stuck out its tongue. "No, I don't feel any difference. Old Time Tea, are you confused? Besides, sometimes we are in good condition, and sometimes we are in bad condition. Isn't that normal? We are not robots. "
In fact, it had eaten too much since yesterday. Its stomach was bulging, so it ran slower than usual...
Old Time Tea took a deep breath. It also wondered if there was something wrong with its feeling, so it stopped thinking about it and asked, "Brother Famous, what is a robot?"
Famous was speechless.
It was too lazy to explain or correct Old Time Tea's wrong name.
...
Days passed like this for a few more days.
Every day at noon, the Woo family would send someone to carry a small bag into the mountain. In the bag, there were all kinds of food wrapped in oiled paper, including smoked fish, smoked duck, smoked sausage, roasted goose, soy sauce beef, crystal pork trotters, roasted chicken, and so on. One day, they even sent a whole roasted lamb... This place was near the sea, so there were several kinds of smoked fish, including saltwater fish and river fish.
The Woo family really treated them as their benefactors. They roughly understood Old Time Tea and Famous's preferences through the leftover food, so they no longer sent them things that they didn't like to eat, such as pig head meat.
During these peaceful days, because Zhang Zian didn't plan a reasonable diet for it, Famous ate as much as it could. Every time, it ate until it couldn't even walk. It became fat and strong, and the tips of its fur were dripping with oil. At first, it was a little happy, but gradually, it realized that something was wrong. According to its observation, Old Time Tea, who had a more moderate diet, was running faster and faster, while Famous, who was gaining weight, was running slower and slower. When it went to the forest to relieve itself, it would be panting after running a few steps...
It was afraid that it would not be good if it continued like this. It remembered that it was a chaotic time. If it encountered thieves like the last time in the wilderness, with its fat body, it probably wouldn't be able to escape. Sooner or later, it would be killed and made into a dog stew...
When it woke up that morning, Old Time Tea walked into the center of the open space. It didn't rush to exercise, but stared at its paws thoughtfully. Famous was full again. It squatted on the steps, leaned against the door frame, and lazily basked in the sun to digest its food.
"Old Time Tea, why didn't you run?" Famous asked, bored. Every morning, watching Old Time Tea run around the open space and jump up and down between the branches had become a habit for Famous.
Old Time Tea didn't answer. Instead, it used its hind legs to stand on its hind legs, and its two front paws took turns attacking. Its movements were swift, and there was a whooshing sound.
Famous felt that this posture was a little familiar. It thought for a moment and remembered, and asked, "Eh? This is the Japanese Forward Punch? "
When it was in the pet shop, it watched Zhang Zian practice boxing every morning. Almost all of them started with the Japanese Forward Punch. Although there was a big difference in the size of humans and cats, it was too familiar with Famous, so it recognized it at first glance.
Old Time Tea stopped its posture, nodded and said, "I don't know why, but recently, I always feel that there is endless power in my body. My body is as light as a swallow, and my movements are much more agile. I have nothing to do, so I want to try the Wing Chun boxing that I saw from Chen Gonghuashun."
Famous was stunned. It remembered that when it was fighting with the thieves that day, Old Time Tea only relied on its rich experience and agile movements to dodge the enemy's attacks and find opportunities to fight back. It didn't have a set of boxing routines. Old Time Tea hadn't practiced Wing Chun yet?
Old Time Tea laid on top of the wall, silently memorizing Chen Huashun's movements when he practiced Wing Chun Kung Chun alone. However, it had never formally practiced it before. Humans and cats had different body structures, so it couldn't be copied.
Since the temple was built, Old Time Tea felt that its physical strength had improved rapidly, and its thinking had become very clear. A lot of things that it couldn't understand or didn't even think about in the past were suddenly understood. In other words, its intelligence was quietly being enlightened.
It thought it could try to transform human Wing Chun boxing into cat Wing Chun boxing. Even if it didn't work, it didn't matter. As it said, it had nothing to do anyway.
"Old Time Tea, if you want to practice, I can provide some guidance for you," Famous suggested.
"Oh? Brother Famous, you also know Wing Chun? "Old Time Tea asked in surprise.
"Not really. I told you that when you taught Zhang Zian every day, I was lying next to you. I can roughly remember a lot of what you said. Maybe I can help you? "Famous wasn't sure.
"That's great!" Old Time Tea nodded happily. "Thank you, Brother Famous!"
Famous quickly said, "It's nothing. You don't have to thank me. I just repeated what you said at that time."
Starting from the next day, Old Time Tea's morning activities changed from running around the open space and jumping up and down in the woods to practicing Wing Chun Kung Fu. Famous's experience was a great help, because it took Old Time Tea several years to extract the essence of theory and actual combat. Although some things were not suitable for cats, the principles were the same.
Day after day, the weather was getting colder and colder, and Old Time Tea's Wing Chun boxing was improving rapidly. When they encountered difficult problems, Old Time Tea and Famous would discuss it carefully and verify it with practical practice.
Even with Famous's experience, Old Time Tea couldn't avoid getting injured during the practice because it lacked the practical experience of its predecessors … no, the former cat as a reference during the practice process. Old Time Tea couldn't avoid getting injured when doing some difficult movements. Fortunately, it had learned a lot of Chinese medicine knowledge from Chen Huashun. After getting injured, it went to the mountains to find the corresponding herbs, or chewed them up and applied them externally. After a few days, it was back to normal.
Famous was worried that it would be caught and stewed into a dog meat pot, so it stopped eating. When it had nothing to do, it would run around the open space and become a little more normal. Slowly, it began to notice that its physical strength had indeed improved. A while ago, it had been dragged down by the fat all over its body. After losing weight, it could run a few laps around the open space without panting at all, and it could easily jump onto the roof of the ancestral hall. From then on, it changed to basking in the sun on the roof, which was convenient for it to observe the movements around it.
...
It was another day.
Famous went up to the roof with the futon in its mouth and watched Old Time Tea practice Wing Chun boxing.
When Old Time Tea finished, Famous asked curiously, "Old Time Tea, you only practiced for a few days, but the effect is better than Zhang Zian who practiced for a few months. Why? Is it because he is too stupid? "
Old Time Tea looked up at Famous and answered with a smile, "No, it is because the body structure of humans and cats are different. If you want to know, you can come down and have a look. "
Famous jumped down from the roof and followed Old Time Tea into the ancestral hall.
There used to be an incense burner in the ancestral hall. Because they didn't like the smell of sandalwood, they cleaned the incense burner and used it to hold water.
The incense burner had a big belly and a small mouth, but there was no water in it. Old Time Tea gestured for Famous to keep an eye on the incense burner. It jumped on top of the incense burner and crawled into the incense burner. Then it came out easily.
Famous was stunned. No matter how hard it tried, it couldn't get in. If it tried, it wouldn't be able to get out. As long as someone lit the fire under the stove, it would be a proper pot of dog meat.
Old Time Tea smiled and explained, "The collarbones and scapulae of cats are not fixed. They are born with the ability to shrink bones. When practicing Wing Chun boxing, which is famous for its fast and flexible movements, it should be twice the result with half the effort."
Famous suddenly realized why Old Time Tea was practicing Wing Chun boxing so fast.
Old Time Tea said, "I also thought about it. This is a dangerous place, and it is a chaotic world. I regard you as my confidant, so I should teach you some self-defense skills. However, Wing Chun boxing is not suitable for dogs to practice …"
Famous also understood that Old Time Tea was not hiding anything. It was just that dogs really couldn't practice Wing Chun boxing. It was a little regretful, but it still comforted, "It's okay, Old Time Tea. I have Crisis Omen. It is enough to protect myself."
Old Time Tea didn't agree. It smiled and said, "Brother Famous, you are wrong! That day, I saw your agile steps. It seemed that you could predict the future, but you kept running away and missed the opportunity. It is such a pity … In fact, I have thought of a few martial arts that may be suitable for you to practice. "
"What kind of martial arts?" Famous pricked up its ears and listened carefully.
Old Time Tea recalled the past and said, "A long time ago, there was a famous martial artist with the surname Huang who came to compete with the young Chen Gonghwa Shun. At that time, they agreed to win two out of three rounds. Chen Gonghwa Shun defeated his opponent with the Bridge Hand and the Double Flying Butterfly Palm, which made Wing Chun famous. Under such circumstances, there was no need to compete in the third round. However, in order to save face, the martial artist with the surname Huang performed three leg techniques on the spot and then left. Chen Gonghwa Shun was impressed after witnessing it. He repeatedly studied alone, trying to restore these three leg techniques. However, because he only had a glimpse of them, he only knew the power but didn't know the method. Therefore, he only achieved a small success before he passed away. I happened to see it during his last practice, so I wrote it down. After these days of observation, I feel that Brother Famous's lower body is stable, especially your amazing leg strength. It is suitable for practicing these three leg techniques. "
After explaining the origin of the three leg techniques, Old Time Tea paused for a moment, then said in a roundabout way, "However, these three leg techniques must be the essence of a certain set of Kung Fu. Individually, they are very powerful, but they do not form a system. I wonder if Brother Famous is interested?"
Famous was a little interested. It knew the power of Wing Chun. Even if these three leg techniques were incomplete and not as powerful as Wing Chun, it could at least reduce the chance of being cooked into a dog stew.
So it asked, "Do these three leg techniques have a name?"
Old Time Tea nodded. "Chen Gonghwa Shun doesn't know the original name of these three leg techniques, but because they are as fast as lightning and very fierce, it is called 'Foshan Shadowless Kick'!"
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