Qi Xu was an extraordinary martial artist, especially in swordsmanship, but the team was on the road most of the time and did not stop for long to rest each day, so the time available for practicing martial arts was even more limited.
It is naturally impossible for Qi Xu to instruct everyone in such a limited time.
Because of the promise he had made to Wei Yunlan in advance, he personally taught Wei Yunlan and Wei Mingxuan, while the others followed Liu Quan to practice some simple self-defense moves. Feng Ping, Yu Qi and others saw this and occasionally gave some pointers.
Except for the moment when he was distracted just now, Wei Yunlan had learned it quite well otherwise.
On the contrary, Wei Mingxuan, who could hold a pen, had difficulty picking up a sword with his hands, and almost cut himself several times. In the end, Qi Xu carved a wooden sword for him so that he could continue to learn.
With the leftover materials from carving the wooden sword, he also carved a small one for Xiao Jiayan.
When Wei Yunlan and Wei Mingxuan were practicing martial arts, little Jiayan also came over with his small wooden sword and wielded it in the same way as them.
Qi Xu couldn't help but praise: "This child has some talent."
Wei Yunlan's eyes lit up, "Really?" She had considered earlier whether she should hire a martial arts master to come home after arriving in Beiguan.
If Jiayan has a talent for martial arts, then this would really be necessary.
"Really, but martial arts training is hard work. It depends on whether he has the perseverance."
As soon as Qi Xu finished speaking, Xiao Jiayan, who was still swinging his sword, stopped his moves, straightened his chest and said, "Master Xiao, I have perseverance!"
Then he looked at Wei Yunlan and said eagerly: "Aunt, I want to learn martial arts!"
The Wei family has not produced any military generals for several generations. Wei Maolin is a pure civil official, and Jiayan's brother Wei Mingyi is also a civil official. Wei Yunlan wanted to learn martial arts only to give his family more self-protection capabilities. He never thought that Jiayan's desire to learn martial arts was so strong.
She squatted down and asked seriously: "Tell aunt, why do you want to learn martial arts?"
"I want to go find my father, but my mother said that the world is in chaos and only heroes with great martial arts skills can travel the world alone." Jia Yan said seriously, "I want to be a hero with great martial arts skills and rescue my father, so that our family can stay together forever."
Wei Yunlan felt sad when he heard this.
Until her death in her previous life, she never heard any news about her elder brother. The people sent to Tanzhou from the Duke's Mansion said that her elder brother might have died in the Tanzhou flood.
After all, not only were nine out of ten people killed by the flood, but almost no one survived.
Even though he was ready to give up hope, Wei Yunlan didn't show it on his face. He reached out and touched Jiayan's head, encouraging him, "Then Jiayan should practice martial arts well and grow up quickly."
"Jia Yan's father is missing?" Qi Xu asked.
"Yes, my brother disappeared in the flood in Tanzhou and there has been no news since then." Wei Yunlan answered without paying attention to Jiayan, and then asked, "Mr. Xiao, can Jiayan learn some moves from us in the future?"
"Of course." Qi Xu nodded slightly and said truthfully: "Jia Yan's progress is almost the same as that of Master Wei."
Wei Mingxuan, "..."
On the other side of the backyard, in the open space in front of the stable.
Wei Maolin had just followed Liu Quan in practicing a set of boxing techniques to strengthen his body. He wiped the sweat off his forehead, turned his head and looked over there, and asked Gao, "Madam, do you think Guard Xiao looks a bit like someone?"
"Who is it?" Gao looked puzzled.
Following Wei Maolin's gaze, he looked for a long time but still couldn't figure out who the ordinary-looking "Guard Xiao" looked like.
Aren’t most of the unmemorable faces similar to this?
"Forget it, maybe I saw it wrongly." Wei Maolin retracted his gaze and shook his head.
Why did he feel that Mr. Xiao's temperament when he was instructing Lan'er on her moves was somewhat similar to that of the extremely noble prince in the capital?
It must be because of the long journey that my eyes are tired.
…
They set off at dawn, and Wei Yunlan sat in the second to last of the five carriages.
In the same carriage with her, besides her maids, there was Heiyun, who was grunting as he gnawed on a large bone, and Jiayan, who had been clamoring to be with the big dog since she got up early in the morning.
"Miss, this is something the eldest young lady's wife just embroidered. Let me show you first. But is it the style you mentioned?"
Ningshuang trotted over from the carriage in front and handed the thing in her hand to Wei Yunlan.
This is a hand warmer.
The surface is made of brightly colored Danzhou silk and is filled with a lot of kapok. When you put your hands inside from both sides, you will sink into the softness, which is both warm and comfortable.
After Wei Yunlan tried it, he passed it to Ningshuang, Tingxue and others, "You try it too."
"It's not as warm as a hand warmer, but it's much more convenient." Tingxue has been Wei Yunlan's maid since she was a child. She is used to good things and has used hand warmers quite a lot in winter. Therefore, this satin hand warmer is not too strange to her.
Suihe, however, was quite fond of it. She had suffered from cold during her escape, and her hands and feet would become cold in winter. It was not so bad if she put on two layers of socks on her feet, but there was no way to deal with her cold hands. After all, even if the marquis's mansion had many hand warmers, how could a rough maid have the chance to use them?
Seeing that Sui He liked it, Wei Yunlan gave the hand warmer to her directly, and then asked: "If this thing is taken to the north and sold for only one or half a penny of silver, do you think anyone will buy it?"
Now, the three maids said in unison, "Yes!"
Half a penny of silver, that's only fifty cents!
Even if it was one penny, it was only a hundred coins, and according to the current grain price, it would not last for a few days. With this little money, one could buy a satin hand warmer, which could keep out the cold and look good. Any family with a beautiful woman and extra money would probably buy one.
Wei Yunlan also felt that this business had some potential.
In the past few days, because the people from Tianshu Pavilion were following her closely, she no longer easily took things into the space. In her spare time, she was thinking about how to use the goods stored in the space. The hand warmer was just one of the things she thought of.
In this way, the damaged silk in her space could be put to good use. The damaged parts could be cut off or sewn into the inside of the hand warmer. The remaining parts that were not damaged were just enough to sew the surface of the hand warmer.
Let’s prepare the patterns now. After we settle down in Beiguan, we can hire some embroiderers and speed up the preparation of the first batch of goods so that we can start selling them before winter.
While he was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped and Wei Yunlan almost bumped into the frame.
"What happened?"
He drew aside the curtain and looked outside.
Someone actually rushed into the Wei family's team, and the carriage in front almost knocked him down.
Looking closely, it was a woman with messy clothes and makeup.
After seeing the Wei family's team stop, he knelt down and begged, "Please, please be kind and save my life!"
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