No.144 The hard training of chores and labor
The huge bow temple was extremely quiet, and even the sound of breathing was inaudible. Only the whistling of arrows through the air and the rustling sound of leaves, and finally pierced into the target with a dull low sound.
After the drums at the beginning of the training, the young girls immediately became quiet. It was not until this time that Xiaoye and Tongye truly realized that this was a bow temple with a long history.
For the two people who are used to Pokémon battles, the power of ordinary bows and arrows is not worth caring about. But compared with power or accuracy, the change in the atmosphere is more obvious.
Pull the arrow, pull the bow, aim; each movement is smooth and calm, not hasty, or too heavy.
The archway is not a martial art to kill opponents. It has rich philosophical connotations. It not only requires the archer to have superb archery skills, but also requires the archer to complete the high harmony and unity of the body, mind and bow and arrow under the guidance of "Tao", so as to express the pursuit of noble character, and the yearning and enjoyment of the beauty of power and accurate beauty. The reason why the archway is the Tao is because it not only cultivates oneself, but also needs to "cultivate the mind".
During the practice time, even the most lively children did not make noises, and devoted themselves to pour all their energy into the arrows in their hands.
Xiaoye and Tongye did not talk, and their eyes quietly followed the arrows and flew forward. The arrows shot by these young students were not very accurate, and many of them twitchedly thrust at the edge of the target. But none of them showed an annoyance expression, just drew out the next arrow and aimed at the target wholeheartedly.
The practice lasted for nearly an hour, and Midoko clapped her hands.
"The whole body suspends training and the God of the Underworld will realize it for ten minutes."
"yes--"
The young girls put down their bows and arrows and retreated to the edge of the training ground. Sparse conversations sounded and the volume increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It's completely a visual feeling when primary school students are out of class.
"Quiet!" Midoko shouted angrily, "The Underworld God's realization is not the time to let you chat!"
After the "Class Teacher" roar, the laughter suddenly became much more restrained. Unfortunately, less than half a minute later, the voice of speech rose again, so angry that Midoko wanted to use the bow as a teaching stick to teach the students a lesson.
Xiaoye and Tongye looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
He obviously always looked calm when practicing, but as soon as he put down the bow and arrow, he turned back to his original form?
...Or in other words, looking at Midoko's yelling aggressively, the order in the archery training might have been trained with voice and violence.
During the breaks between students' rest, the staff began to enter the venue and were busy.
After archery practice, there are quite a lot of chores to be handled. Clean the ground, change the target paper, pull out the arrow inserted into the target and put it back into the quiver. Only after all these tasks are completed can the next round of training be continued.
There were more than a dozen archer targets in the training ground, but there were only three staff members in Taoist uniforms, and they looked a little busy.
"I heard from Miss Midoko that when the normal school took the students out to practice, it also took away a lot of logistics staff." Kiriba said, looking at the busy staff with some confusion, "But it's really strange that there are only three people left..."
"That's because there was an accident in the Taoist temple the day before yesterday."
The two of them turned back in the voice. The strange boy waved his hand with a smile, "Oh, hello you guys!"
The boy had short red hair, and the belt of the Taoist suit was loosely tied, as if it could fall off at any time. His accent had a little Guanxi accent, and his snow-white teeth showed when he smiled.
"I heard Xiaotao say you are new practical training, so I want to say hello!" The red-haired boy's smile was very cheerful, "I am Katsuda Toshita, please give me some advice!"
Xiaoye, Kiriya and Tsubasa exchanged names. The enthusiastic young man quickly became familiar with the two of them. While looking up and down, he was amazed, "I originally thought that the coach would be a big and thick man. You two look like me."
"Have this temple never been trained in practice before?" Tongye asked curiously.
"No, the bow dou is not used for fighting. They are all troubles caused by the Yokoyama Dojo opposite." Junta grabbed his head and grinned, "But I don't hate fighting."
As he said that, Junta leaned forward and gestured on top of himself and Xiaoye's heads, "Are you really here to be a sparring player? You're obviously shorter than me..."
"Well, actually, I'm the best at actual combat." Xiaoye smiled, "You're welcome to wait a moment, just attack."
"Oh, I said something quite handsome! I won't be polite as you wish!"
Midoko's urging came from afar, and the three staff members rushed to speed up their movements. Xiaoye took a look at the situation in the training ground, "By the way, Junta-jun, is the 'accident' you just mentioned...?"
"Ah, that." Junta thought for a while, "It's no secret. The staff who stayed in the dojo cleaning the night before yesterday seemed to have a bad attack."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiaoye and Tongye both showed a slightly surprised expression.
"I don't know the specific situation. I heard from the injured staff that I encountered a hot and hot wind while repairing the roof, and everyone fell down."
"Hey, is it because... the person who encountered an accident was injured and asked for leave?" Tongye frowned with some concern.
"That's right." Junta spread his hands helplessly, "I took a lot of people away from the normal school again, but now there is another accident, which is really worse."
Xiaoye and Tongye looked at each other.
"Then...we'll help, too?"
Mitoko naturally accepted the suggestions made by Saya and Kiriha. Now the staff in the dojo are short of staff, so it would be better to have someone to help.
"Since that's the case, we will work with the staff during the time outside of actual training." Tongye smiled, "It would be great if we could help."
"I can definitely help!" Midoko patted Kiriya's shoulder hard, causing the young man to grin, "That's great, I'm worried that no one will apply for a job in such a remote place. Then I'll ask you two, I'll give you a salary!"
"thank you."
The work of the dojo staff is not complicated. During the morning archery training, all you need to do is to retract the arrows on the target during the rest period, put them into the quiver, and replace them with new target paper.
It's simple, but I really encountered some difficulties when I actually started.
The arrow target used in Kawahara Bow Dojo is a fine straw target that can protect the arrow from damage to the greatest extent. However, the straw target also has one disadvantage -
Drawing arrows is very difficult.
"It's hard to do this, it's even more tiring than cleaning." The middle-aged man's Taoist uniform was covered with mottled dust, and he lowered his voice, "Let's do it quickly, I've been scolded twice by Miss Midoko."
"OK!"
Drawing arrows is indeed a stamina. Xiaoye's strength is much stronger than that of girls of the same age, and she still feels very difficult. This is also the reason why students are not allowed to help draw arrows during rest time. After such high-intensity work, it may affect the subsequent bow practice.
After more than ten minutes of busyness, all the arrows were finally placed neatly in the quiver. The practice started again, but the work of Xiaoye and Tongye was not over yet.
——There are three rounds of archery training in the morning, which means that the same work must be repeated at least three times.
"Hahaha, you young people like you should exercise more! We who don't practice bows are much harder than those who practice bows!"
The middle-aged man laughed and patted Xiaoye and Tongye on the shoulders. The two of them looked at each other like an arm hammer, and a bad premonition arose in their hearts.
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Small theater:
Side mission [Work, boy!] is in progress:
Current mission: Draw at least three hundred arrows within the specified time
Task progress: 100/300
System prompt: The player's strength value is detected to be less than 30%, it is recommended to take a break
System prompt: Due to the low power base value of the player, the difficulty of side tasks has increased
System prompt: Obtain the title [Diligent Poor]
(Note: You can choose to be lazy and throw your work to your colleagues, but it will lead to a reduction in the task revenue. Please choose carefully)
Chapter completed!