Father Liu smiled at Qingya who was showing off, and took his two sons to learn words, so that they would not disturb their two older sisters from reviewing.
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"Xuemei, Qingya, now that you've finished your exams, start getting up early tomorrow with your brothers and me to practice military boxing."
"Dad, will I be good at fighting after practicing military boxing?" Ruirui asked.
"Dad, if I practice military boxing, can I go hunting in the mountains like you?" Qingya said while turning the wooden spear in her hand.
"You're too young now. Even if you practice military boxing, you can't go hunting in the mountains. I'm letting you practice military boxing to strengthen your body. Once you're good at it, you can use it for self-defense, but it's not for fighting. Even if you're good at it, you can't use it to bully others. The most important thing is to persevere. You can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days. That would be useless. Do you understand?"
Xuemei and her three siblings nodded to show that they understood.
The next morning at 6:30, Father Liu woke the children. Ever since returning from the army, Father Liu would practice boxing for half an hour before going to work. He first had the children run a few laps around the yard and stretch their legs to loosen up their muscles before initiating the boxing exercises. On the first day, Xuemei and her four siblings were curious and excited, and they took their lessons quite seriously.
After a few days, Xuemei and her two siblings lost interest. Children don't like getting up early in the cold winter, and now they only eat two meals a day. Getting up early and boxing makes them even hungrier.
Liu's father felt sorry for his children, but he also wanted them to learn more about self-defense and physical fitness. So he discussed with Liu's mother that they should steam some sweet potatoes for the children in the morning and give them to eat after boxing.
Now, Mr. Liu practices boxing for half an hour every morning. After that, he steams the sweet potatoes and calls the children to do boxing. After that, the children can eat the sweet potatoes.
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