Chapter 8 Returning to Hometown
A few days later, the Jiangnan Province training team returned, and Xu Jingming also left the Star Fighting Gym, preparing to return to his hometown.
In the afternoon, Binhai North High-speed Railway Station.
"Be alone in Binhai City, take care of yourself." Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao hugged each other goodbye. Li Miaomiao was wearing a mask and was followed by a female assistant. Although Xu Jingming has reached the World Martial Arts Competition twice, once in the top sixteen and once in the top eight, he has rarely appeared in public, and few people can recognize him when walking on the street. But Li Miaomiao is different. She is very popular. Even though she is very Buddhist and only broadcasts live once a month, she still has tens of millions of fans. Without wearing a mask, she is afraid of being recognized quickly.
"I estimate that I will have two or three days to make all the arrangements, and then I can go back. Sister Kong has already gone to Mingyue City in advance, and their houses have been rented." Li Miaomiao said , Sister Kong is one of Li Miaomiao's two assistants.
"Xiao Zeng, you must take good care of your boss these days." Xu Jingming said to the thin female assistant 'Xiao Zeng' beside him.
“Yes.” Xiao Zeng immediately puffed up his chest and responded.
Xu Jingming nodded with a smile and hugged his girlfriend again.
"Send me a message when you get home." Li Miaomiao asked.
“Okay, I’m leaving.”
Xu Jingming turned around, carried his backpack, passed the checkpoint, and went to take the high-speed rail.
Li Miaomiao took the female assistant and watched Xu Jingming's back disappear into the passage before leaving.
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On the high-speed train, Xu Jingming was sitting with a three-foot light curtain suspended in front of him.
The light curtain can only be seen clearly from Xu Jingming's angle. At other angles, the light is not bright enough and will deform.
"Dear relatives, friends, brothers and sisters, from now on, I will settle in Mingyue City! Welcome everyone to travel to Mingyue City, I will entertain you all the way!" Xu Jingming sent a message in the social circle, and soon there were replies one after another. .
"Junior brother, have a nice trip!" This message was from Senior Brother Fang Xinglong, the owner of the Star Fighting Gym.
"Old Xu, have you left Binhai?" This is "Heng Fang", a former teammate of the national team and a good brother.
"Senior brother, you have finally returned to Mingyue City. Brothers have been waiting to see you for a long time!" This is "Zhu Tong", the junior fellow of Mingyue City's Baji Sect.
"I'm back, please come and see me early." This is "Dai Tongda", the master of the Mingyue City Sect, and one of Xu Jingming's two masters when he was a boy! When he was young, Xu Jingming's enlightenment master was his father, and then under the guidance of his father, he became his teacher Dai Tongda.
"I heard that Mingyue City is a very beautiful city. I will definitely visit it if I have the opportunity." This is the foreign world-class martial arts master "Hunter" Mikchi. Mikchi studied in Xia Kingdom and is proficient in Chinese.
"The great master is going back to his hometown. You must treat him to dinner. Many old classmates want to meet you." It was Wu Wei, a high school classmate.
As time goes by, messages appear one after another.
There are old classmates, relatives, teammates in the provincial team and the national team, as well as some master friends in the world martial arts circle who have never met each other before, and there are also some agents, coaches in the martial arts circle, who have taught me 's disciples.
Xu Jingming smiled when he looked at these messages and responded to his friends one by one.
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Beijing, in a Chinese-style villa.
Liu Hai, who was eating his third meal of the day, was also looking at the social circle on the light screen. During his annual retreat, he usually looked at the social circle while eating to learn about outside information.
"Jingming left Binhai and returned to Mingyue City?" Liu Hai understood. "He was forced by Cheng Zihao of the Tiger Shark Group."
"List of national key cultivation."
Liu Hai tapped the screen lightly, looked at the candidates on the list, and shook his head helplessly, "I found several old friends, and even talked about it, Jing Ming was still removed."
"There are a total of 100 people on the list. There are twenty people, twelve martial arts masters, and five from other fighting styles. Only three places can compete... In the end, these three places are two professional martial arts players and one professional Sanda. The player won."
"Professional Sanda player, a Grand Slam player."
"Two professional martial arts players, one has won the fourth place in the World Martial Arts Competition! He has entered the top eight in the world, and his results are better than Jing Ming.”
This time the list is too special, Liu Hai only has the right to recommend, he has tried his best.
...
The scenery outside the window whizzes by.
Xu Jingming raised his head and looked out the window. After just chatting in the social circle for a while, he had already entered the boundaries of Mingyue City.
From Binhai City to Mingyue City, the high-speed train only takes thirty-five minutes.
“I’m back home.” Xu Jingming was in a good mood. At a glance, there were countless weeping willows beside the river outside the high-speed train window. The scenery of Jiangnan Water Town is refreshing and refreshing.
Although in terms of economy, Mingyue City cannot be compared with Xia Kingdom's economic center city, Binhai City, but in terms of livability, Mingyue City is much better. The entire city seems to be built in a park. The pace of the city is slow, and many elderly people from all over the country have moved here to retire.
"Mingyue City, I'm back." After leaving the high-speed rail station and taking a driverless smart car, Xu Jingming went straight to his parents' residence, which was a villa area with quite a history. Before he was eighteen years old, Almost everyone lives here.
Inside the villa community.
Xu Jingming was walking in the alleyway. The stone bricks on the ground all had traces of time. Some were still old stone bricks, and some were probably damaged. They were replaced by new stone bricks by the property management. One part of the wall was blurred. Traces of graffiti caught Xu Jingming's eyes, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch it.
This graffiti was painted on the wall of my neighbor Li Da Niu’s house when I was five years old. After all this time, there are still vague traces.
Walking on this alley reminds me of the scene when I was carrying my schoolbag to school when I was a child, and my father picked me up and dropped me off. At that time, robots were not that smart yet, so my mother was responsible for cooking and my father was responsible for picking up and dropping off.
"Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye." Xu Jingming walked to the familiar door of the courtyard and pushed it gently. The door was unlocked and opened in advance.
Xu Jingming walked to the front yard. The front yard was a small courtyard of more than thirty square meters. Xu Jingming practiced martial arts here for a long time when he was a child.
"Dad, Mom." Xu Jingming shouted.
“Jingming is back!”
"It's Jingming who's back!"
A voice came from inside the house. Xu Jingming opened the door of the living room and saw that his parents had already gotten up. Xu's mother was wearing pajamas and slippers, and Xu's father was wearing short-sleeved pants. After all, in the summer, it’s very casual at home.
"Jing Ming." Mother Xu hugged her son happily when she saw her son, "I miss you so much, where is Miaomiao? Are you the only one coming back?"
"Miaomiao in two days. Come back." Xu Jingming said with a smile.
Father Xu came out, looked at Xu Jingming, and asked, "Where are your weapons?"
"It's all delivered by express delivery. Because there are a lot of things, they are all large and heavy items, so they won't arrive until tomorrow. They will be sent to the new house." Xu Jingming said.
Father Xu nodded.
Xu’s father, named Xu Hong, is about the same height as Xu Jingming, and much bigger and stronger. After all, he is the fierce man who founded the Baji Sect in Mingyue City. He majors in Baji and practices it every day. Zhuang Gong, Baji Gate's Zhuang Kung Fu, is like hitting tree stumps with your arms, chest, shoulders, back, elbows, etc. This is also considered Zhuang Kung Fu. There is also a one-arm handstand for main training of the arms. One-arm handstand is difficult. To simplify it, you can use 'handstand' with both hands. To simplify it further, it is 'push-up pile'... There is also Haidilaoyue Gong to exercise the legs...
< br>The various skills of Bajimen are to make every part of your body powerful and as fierce as a bear or a tiger.
Father Xu, even with a strong back and a strong back, had a domineering air when he stood there.
"Dad, you need to lose weight." Xu Jingming said, "You are now over two hundred pounds."
"Two hundred and ten pounds." Xu's father shook his head and said, "I can't help it, I'm old. , I often get back injuries, and I have to take it easy when I practice Qigong for only two hours a day. However, my weight has increased. . In the past, I have always kept my weight at 190 pounds."
"I have less time to practice, so I will ask you to eat less. Can you not get fat?" It's enough to make many young girls envious, but the wrinkles on her face and some white hair on her head reveal Xu's mother's age.
Xu’s mother is a painter. When she was young, she traveled around the world with Xu’s father, and later settled in Mingyue City together.
“I’m used to eating, I can’t control it.” Xu’s father said with a smile.
"You were too aggressive when you were young. You traveled around the world to visit those fighting schools, and you often had to spar with each other wherever you went." Xu's mother shook her head, "You were beaten all over, but you could bear it when you were young, and you will feel it when you are old. Well, it hurts here and there every now and then. Jingming, you have to take advantage of it. As a warning, in the future, we should focus on health care and avoid actual combat. "
"Yes, fighting with martial arts weapons is very dangerous." Xu's father also nodded. His son was killed in the World Martial Arts Competition when he was twenty. The opponent's leg was broken, and the couple were panicked when they saw it off the court.
"Don't worry, parents. I have returned to Mingyue City to settle down. Who can I find to fight with?" Xu Jingming said with a smile.
"Jing Ming is back?" a voice came from upstairs.
"Grandpa?" Xu Jingming was extremely happy.
"Your grandpa knew you were coming back today, so he came here early in the morning. He was sleepy in the afternoon and took a nap up there." Xu's mother said, "Maybe he heard the sound of our chat."
Xu Jingming put down his backpack and walked to the atrium of the villa. He saw the white-haired old man walking down, his gait was quite steady.
"Grandpa." Xu Jingming walked to the stairs.
"It's good to come back. Isn't Mingyue City more beautiful and comfortable than Binhai City?" The white-haired old man smiled and narrowed his eyes. Of course he was very happy when he saw his eldest grandson.
“I won’t leave when I come back this time, and I will spend more time with grandpa.” Xu Jingming also felt sorry for his grandpa.
My grandfather’s name is Xu Guishun. He comes from a rural family. When he was young, he became a professional e-sports player. He was nicknamed "Unknown Master" in the game.
Back then, it was still a mobile game! Grandpa once won Fmvp once, and his career income was quite high. Later, after retiring, he became a game anchor. He also saved a lot of money over the years, and the Xu family finally established the foundation.
It’s just that grandpa is eighty-eight years old and his health is getting worse.
“Here, let’s eat some fruit.” Dad and mom were carrying two large fruit plates, with grapes, bananas, and watermelons all ready.
"Eat fruit." Mr. Xu was in a good mood. He sat down and picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to Xu Jingming, "Try the watermelon from my hometown. These are all local melons."
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"Grandpa, I'll do it myself." Xu Jingming also sat down and picked up the watermelon.
I still remember that when I was a child, my grandfather often took me to play. At that time, my mother was still very young and my father was still in his prime. He often led a group of apprentices to practice martial arts.
Nowadays, grandpa is old, full of wrinkles and age spots on his face.
My mother also has a lot of gray hair, and her wrinkles are hard to hide. Although my father was tall and strong, he was already sixty years old and had some signs of aging.
"Birth, old age, illness and death, no one can stop me." Xu Jingming thought, "I have grown up, but my parents are getting older, and my grandfather is getting older every year."
When he returned home, he felt the warmth of his family, but Xu Jingming felt even more the ruthlessness of time.
"These fruits were bought by your father just this morning. They are all the freshest." Xu's mother said.
“It’s delicious.” Xu Jingming ate and smiled happily. (End of this chapter)