Early the next morning, when Li Yunze arrived at the martial arts training ground, all the children were waiting there.
They usually get up at midnight, but today is their first day of martial arts training, and they got up a quarter of an hour earlier than the time prescribed by their master.
Several adults got up earlier than them and were digging in the fields.
Before it snows, plow the ground all over and freeze the eggs in the ground so that they can be sown next spring.
Zhang Daqian's three brothers and sisters were wearing new cotton-padded clothes and stood with them in the whole hall.
The cotton-padded clothes they were wearing were made by several aunts. They also made new quilts for them, which kept them warm at night.
Li Yunze asked everyone to start walking. Since it was the first day of practice, he set the time for half a quarter of an hour, fearing that they would be exhausted and unable to go out to chop wood.
After this period of training up and down the mountain, Ye Yutong's physical fitness has improved a lot.
She had been in the saddle for five minutes, and now her face was a little sweaty, but she could still hold on.
"Time's up." Li Yunze looked at a few people, "Let's rest for a while and then continue."
By the third time, Ye Yutong's legs were a little weak.
Li Yunze announced, "Let's stop here today, wash up and have breakfast, and I will go out to chop wood later."
"Yes, Master."
The boys bowed their hands to him and ran to the big kitchen.
Li Yunze saw Ye Yutong's face turned red and asked with a smile: "Can you bear it?"
Ye Yutong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly: "You have to practice even if you can't stand it. What else should you do? You have to go out, right?"
There are wild beasts on the mountain, and there are enemies watching eagerly below the mountain. If you don't have some time to stay close to you, it will be really difficult to move forward.
Li Yunze did not advise her to rest if she didn't want to do it as before.
If you want to practice martial arts, you must endure hardships and learn martial arts. He cannot be soft-hearted on this matter.
He said encouragingly: "Just work hard at the beginning and you'll get better once you get used to it."
Ye Yutong glanced at him sideways, it would be strange for her to believe him.
After breakfast, Li Yunze took the boys to chop wood.
Ye Yutong followed with a small hoe. She didn't chop wood, she went to find medicinal materials.
There were many dead trees near the valley, but they did not cut them down here.
Li Yunze planned to keep the dead trees nearby and let everyone cut down the dead trees here when he went out.
If there is any danger, it is close to the valley and the family can help in time.
Each of their families has two kangs, and they use a lot of firewood this winter.
There is a lot of space in the valley, so you can cut more and keep it there for later use. When the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, you won't be able to come out.
Li Yunze climbed up to a big tree and looked around, "Go to the west. There are many dead trees there. Let's cut them down today."
Li Yunze knocked down the dead tree, Mantang and Ye Mingxuan chopped it with axes, and Ye Mingzhe led a few boys to tie the branches together.
There was a "swish" sound, and the knife that was in Li Yunze's hand just now was now stuck in a hare.
Goudan said with envy: "Master is so awesome. He killed the rabbit without anyone moving. I wish I could be as awesome as that anytime soon."
Ye Cheng ran over to pick up the rabbit and put it in a large basket. There were already two rabbits and a pheasant in it, both of which were hunted by the master.
Ye Yutong didn't have much harvest today, but he dug a few common medicinal plants.
She was wandering around with a small hoe.
Ye Mingxuan was afraid that she would go far away, so he shouted: "Sister, don't go forward, we will go back soon."
"I know, brother, I'll just hang around here and won't go far."
Li Yunze walked over and said, "I just saw a river over there. I'll take you there tomorrow."
"Aren't you going to chop wood tomorrow?"
"Chopping firewood in the morning, and letting them build a firewood shed at home in the afternoon. We go out for a walk and take out some prey from the basement."
Ye Yutong nodded, "It's okay. We brought back a lot of salt this time. If the prey can't finish it, pickle it and eat it slowly when the mountains are closed by heavy snow."
The prey inside was caught on the road, and there is no way to sell it now without going down the mountain. It's better to take it out and eat it instead of taking up space.
The basement will be freed up to store the grain, fruits and various eggs produced in the space.
"By the way, is the river you mentioned big? Is there any fish in it?"
The fish and crabs in the space creek reproduce very quickly. How about taking some out to make salted fish tomorrow?
"It looks quite wide. I'm not sure if there are any fish in it? Let's go take a look tomorrow!"
Several boys each dragged a large bundle of firewood, while Mantang and Li Yunze each carried a dead tree.
After walking three or four times in a row, I finally picked up all the firewood I chopped today.
After dinner in the large dining hall, several women began to make cotton-padded clothes and sew quilts.
Master Zhou taught the children, and Yongchang and Wencai also sat behind and listened.
They didn't bring many pens, inks, paper and inkstones, so Li Yunze asked Uncle Wencai to make several wooden boxes, filled them with fine sand and soil, and let everyone practice calligraphy on them.
Ye Yutong was thinking about papermaking. She read a book when she was in college. The above is an introduction to the ancient papermaking technique, which seems to involve forming bark or bamboo.
She has seen many paper towel trees on this mountain, and there is also a bamboo forest not far from the valley. How about studying it one day?
With so many of them reading and writing, they need a lot of paper, and they will be unable to do without it even when going to the toilet.
Although she has stored a lot of paper in her space, she will eventually run out of it.
What to do next? It’s impossible to use bamboo slices like Mom and Big Brother, right?
Thinking of using a bamboo blade to scrape her buttocks, she felt goosebumps rising on her body.
Master Zhou taught very carefully and patiently. Knowing that these children had no basic knowledge, he started teaching from the simplest ones.
The children listened very carefully. Even Ye Chun from Uncle Yongchang's family and Zhang Daqian's sister Zhang Xiaohua sat there obediently and listened to the class. They also held a small wooden stick in their hands and scratched the sand table a few times from time to time. .
Li Yunze saw that everyone was in a good mood, so he quietly left the door.
He walked to the martial arts training ground, picked up a sword Lin Zhong gave him, and started swinging it.
When Li Wenxiu and Yongchang's wife came out of the big kitchen, they saw him flying over the stone walls of the valley at a dizzying speed.
Everyone knew that he was good at martial arts, but they didn't expect him to be so powerful.
Yongchang's wife opened her mouth, and it took her a while to come back to her senses, "Sister-in-law, Ping An's skills are really amazing."
Li Wenxiu already knew Ping An's identity and his plans. Since they were a family, she would definitely support her children.
Although she was a little uneasy during this period, she didn't show it for fear of putting more pressure on her children.
Now that I see how good my son-in-law is, I feel a little relieved.
She smiled and said: "Let Ye Songyecheng practice hard, and he will be as good as Ping An in the future."
"Sister-in-law, we still don't know if the two brats in our family can do it? Not to mention they are as powerful as Ping An, even if they are half as good as Ping An, I will be satisfied." Yongchang's wife sighed with a smile.
