As they walked, Zhou held Su's hand affectionately and said, "Cousin, the New Year is coming soon. Although we are family, the children still need some new clothes. Tomorrow I will ask Hongyu to take their measurements..."

Guo followed behind, a slight smirk playing on her lips. She whispered to Li beside her, "Look at her, look at her. She was once the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, yet she's been completely bought off by this cloth shop bought with a hundred taels of silver. She's even trying to curry favor with a merchant's daughter..."

Her son had a quarrel with Xiao Youran today and was scolded by Tian Kuang and Madam Yun, so she was naturally angry.

Li glanced at her and said, "Let alone the cloth shop bought with this hundred taels of silver, when the three of them first arrived in Sanyang Village, we couldn't even afford a single penny for rice or flour. Don't you think about how many days your Tianyi went hungry? If it weren't for them, would we have the prosperous life we ​​have today?"

Guo snorted, but ultimately said nothing more.

The group went outside and returned to their rooms separately. As soon as Guo entered her room, she heard her daughter Yun Manyin coughing. Remembering her son still kneeling outside the door, she felt irritated and scolded, "Stop coughing! Are you trying to cough up your lungs?"

Yun Manyin clutched her chest, suppressing another cough, before slowly saying, "Mother, cough, Fifth Sister seems to be coughing too. Please, Mother, please...please get her a doctor..."

“That little hussy, just like her slutty aunt, is destined to be a lowly servant. Didn’t the village doctor come by? What, does she think she’s some noble lady, trying to get a royal physician to come and see her?” Guo’s voice grew louder and louder. Hearing this, Aunt Shen next door could only hug her daughter and shed tears.

...

The next morning, the side courtyard where the men lived was in complete chaos.

After the mudslide, Granny Li, Hongyu, and the others wanted to move back to the back courtyard. However, the main courtyard and the back courtyard couldn't accommodate so many people, so Zhou Shi and her sisters-in-law spent a lot of time and effort to clean up the side courtyard for the boys to live in.

It just so happened that Yun Tiankuang and Zhao Huai had agreed that Zhao Huai would teach him martial arts, and Zhao Huai would go directly to the side courtyard every morning.

Yun Tiankuang went to call his three younger brothers precisely at the hour of Mao (5-7 AM).

Xiao Wu Yun Tianzhi was a bit better off; he had prepared himself mentally last night and even woke up his sleeping younger brother Yun Tianjiao.

The two little ones, still half asleep, squatted in the corner and did horse stance as their third brother had instructed.

Xiao Si was forced to kneel until midnight last night before finally falling asleep, and then got a severe beating from his third brother. His whole body aches.

I finally managed to fall asleep, but before long it was dawn, and my third brother came and knocked loudly on the door.

Xiao Si had never been treated like this before, so she turned over and ignored it.

As a result, his third brother kicked the door open with a bang, grabbed him off the bed, and dragged him out the door.

Yun Tianyi cried and shouted, clinging to the door frame and refusing to let go.

Enraged, Yun Tiankuang pinned him to the ground and beat him again, threatening, "If you slack off even for a day, you'll be forced to kneel in the outer courtyard. For every quarter of an hour late, you'll kneel for two hours. Today's quarter of an hour starts now!"

Yun Tianyi suddenly came to his senses, and the incredibly painful feeling of kneeling on the ground yesterday surged into his heart again. He could only get up crying, wipe away his tears, and hurriedly put on his clothes before going to the door to practice horse stance.

Hearing her son's piercing cries, Guo hurriedly got up and went to the side courtyard, only to find the gate locked.

After knocking several times, Yun Tiankuang responded forcefully from inside, "Third Aunt, Grandmother said that I will take care of my younger brothers. Please rest assured, Third Aunt."

Helpless, Guo could only grit her teeth and return to her own courtyard.

A short while later, Zhao Huai arrived and was taken aback when he saw the four children lined up in front of him.

Yun Tiankuang cupped his hands and explained to him, "My three younger brothers are all too useless, so my grandmother had them learn some health-strengthening techniques from Brother Zhao, just like me. Please don't look down on them, Brother Zhao."

Zhao Huai had no complaints; teaching one was the same as teaching four, so he began to adjust their horse stance.

As dawn broke, a small figure appeared in front of the side courtyard gate and gently knocked on the door.

Yun Tiankuang was taken aback. "Who?"

Little Youran said in her childish voice, "Third cousin, it's baby."

Yun Tiankuang stepped forward and opened the door. He saw his little cousin, dressed like a cute little doll from a New Year's painting, and his mood inexplicably improved. He went forward to pick her up, but Xiao Youran dodged him.

He could only ask in surprise, "Little cousin You Ran, what are you doing here? Why didn't you sleep a little longer so early?"

Xiao Youran smiled and said, "I heard you all get up early to practice martial arts. I'm curious, can I learn too?"

Yesterday, when she was on the mountain, the lynx pounced on her, and she couldn't dodge it, even injuring others. This made her realize that she should learn some martial arts, at least enough to protect herself.

Moreover, she was quite certain that during the more than a thousand years she had been floating, she had seen many martial arts styles, and she was just not used to using this small body. If someone were to guide her, she would definitely be able to learn them by analogy.

Just like medical skills, there has to be a reasonable source, right?

We can't always shift the blame to my brother and Dingzhou.

"Of course you can, but little cousin, I'm afraid you're too young. Martial arts training is very hard."

Xiao Youran ran over to Yun Tianjiao's side and imitated him in a very proper horse stance, then sweetly asked Zhao Huai, "Master Zhao, is this how it is?"

Zhao Huai was speechless. He had no teaching experience with this group of toddlers.

...

Three days later.

The four little ones, Yun Tiankuang, lined up in a row, watching in astonishment as the toddlers fluently practiced the boxing techniques Zhao Huai had taught them.

Zhao Huai was also very surprised.

This is the third set of boxing techniques he taught Xiao Youran.

Basically, he only needs to demonstrate once, and Xiao Youran can type it out exactly as he sees it.

Little Youran finished her pose, then blinked her big eyes at Zhao Huai and said in a childish voice, "Brother Zhao, it hurts when you punch someone, I don't want to learn anymore. I want to learn..."

After thinking about it, she realized that it wasn't very elegant for her to be carrying around a wooden stick, a broadsword, a longsword, or a spear all the time... Her gaze fell on a pebble on the ground, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She asked, "I want to learn how to throw pebbles, is that okay?"

She firmly believes that even throwing pebbles can have the style of throwing hidden weapons!

Throwing stones is great! You don't need to carry weapons, and you can find handy stones anytime, anywhere. You can kill someone at the drop of a hat. How great is that!

Yun Tiankuang and the other three: ...

Zhao Huai: ...

Xiao Si Yun Tianyi was greatly provoked. He looked at his third brother, then angrily squatted down even lower, making his horse stance even more stable.

Yun Tianzhi was not to be outdone, and clenched his fist even tighter.

Only the youngest, Yun Tianjiao, looked at his little cousin with a blank expression, his eyes full of envy.