The courtyard is deep, with pavilions and terraces.

Yu Yuan had just finished teaching the two direct descendants of the Wang family their daily martial arts lessons and walked out of the attic.

Not far away, under the roof with raised eaves, stood a young man dressed as a tenant farmer.

Yu Yuan recognized the young man. He was one of the tenants who was questioned by the Censorate when he left the mansion a few days ago.

He had sensed the boy a long time ago, and the boy seemed to be quite tactful and did not disturb him rashly.

Just waiting on the path that you must take.

"Young but mature."

Yu Yuan commented silently in his heart.

Seeing Yu Yuan coming out, Li Qinglin immediately walked over.

The closer Li Qinglin got to Yu Yuan, the more he could feel the tremendous pressure coming from Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan's body was like a furnace, and the area within several feet was as warm as early spring.

His eyes were shining with divine light, as if they could shine without any light, illuminating the room at night! The head coach of the royal training ground was indeed extraordinary!

"Manager Yu, I am a tenant farmer in the outer courtyard. I want to go to the outer courtyard to learn martial arts. This is my tuition. I hope Manager Yu will take the time to take care of it."

Li Qinglin went straight to the point, bowed slightly, and handed over the purse.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yuan did not take the purse. Instead, she looked at Li Qinglin with a half-smile, "Oh? Isn't it Manager Wang who is responsible for martial arts training and adding characters? Why are you looking for me?"

Li Qinglin felt helpless when he heard this, but secretly cursed Manager Wang for reaching out from under the coffin and asking for money!

As soon as he returned to Wang's residence, he only asked around and found out that the price of the tuition fees for studying martial arts in the foreign academy had actually increased!

It only cost eight taels before, but now it has risen to twelve taels! It has increased by 50%!

Wang Baopi, you are so brave! !

Li Qinglin was both angry and furious.

It’s not that Li Qinglin didn’t work hard or make money well.

But his meager monthly salary was not enough to stop Wang Baopi from talking too much!

Although Li Qinglin had made a windfall, he did not dare to take out so much money rashly for fear of attracting too much attention.

Moreover, there will be many places to spend money in the future, such as food, clothing, weapons, skills, and redeeming life contracts, which are all bottomless pits.

He couldn't possibly waste time and choose to be too tolerant.

And on the way back home, Li Qinglin spent an extra tael of silver...

As a last resort, Li Qinglin had to attack Wei to save Zhao and chose to join the foreign school through Yu Yuan, the internal affairs manager.

After all, Yu Yuan is the chief instructor of the guards inside and outside the Wang residence. Strictly speaking, it is not considered an usurpation of power.

It's just that he was obsessed with martial arts in the past and didn't want to be involved in too many trivial matters, so he appropriately gave up power to Manager Wang.

At this moment, Li Qinglin looked helpless and said bitterly, "It's because I don't have enough money for study, so I nag Manager Yu."

But he never mentioned the fact that Manager Wang had secretly increased the tuition fee.

Not enough tuition?

When Yu Yuan took the purse, he felt it was heavy with silver, exactly eight taels.

When Yu Yuan saw this, she seemed to understand something, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.

"Give me the sign."

Upon hearing this, Li Qinglin quickly took off his badge.

Yu Yuan gently pressed her fingers on the waist badge, and it actually went deep into the wood. As her fingertips moved, bits of wood chips flew out.

"You can go to the outer school to practice martial arts every morning and evening, and just follow the instructions of the martial arts master in the school."

After saying this, Yu Yuan no longer cared about Li Qinglin and left.

When Li Qinglin lifted up his waist badge, he saw that besides the original text recording his identity, responsibilities, age and other basic information, there was an extra line of words below it:

Wu, down

The handwriting is neat, the strokes are delicate and subtle, and there is a special charm flowing through it.

Li Qinglin tightly grasped the badge, unable to hide the joy in his eyes.

…

"I'm still short of three taels of silver. What should I do?"

"Why did the price suddenly increase? We are totally unprepared!"

"Manager Wang explained that there was a shortage of martial arts instructors, and that it was winter, so the supply of herbs and food was also reduced..."

In the kitchen, dozens of tenants from the outer courtyard were sitting sparsely around the dining table.

Most of them had sad faces and were mumbling loudly.

Joining a foreign school and practicing martial arts is one of the few ways for these servants to rise, and many of them hope to change their fate and fortune through this.

I don’t know how many people hate Wang Guanshi for doing this.

Li Qinglin, Donkey Face and several other insect-raising tenants sat together, and their faces also did not look very good.

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Donkey Face had already sold his old house, along with the wasteland behind it, for only fifteen taels of silver.

The price is actually a bit low, but on the one hand, the donkey faces are being sold in a hurry, and secondly, the land reclamation campaign just ended last month, and some space has become vacant in the shantytowns, so the price has been lowered.

Donkey Face had originally thought that after paying his tuition he would have some money left over so that he could buy some medicinal herbs for martial arts practice, but when the prices went up, he had to tighten his purse strings once again.

"Brother Lin, how much do you still need? How about we help you out?" Donkey Face patted Li Qinglin's shoulder.

Donkey Face didn't notice that when he said the word "we", the other insect-raising tenants showed some unnaturalness to a certain extent.

Li Qinglin shook his head and refused: "No, I have a way."

Donkey Face tried to persuade Li Qinglin a few more times, but when he saw that Li Qinglin did not seem to be lying, he stopped talking.

"Donkey face."

Suddenly, a sturdy young man spoke.

"I'm still short of three taels of silver, can you lend it to me?"

This man's name is Ruan Qi. He is usually taciturn. Donkey Face didn't expect that he would be the first to speak.

Donkey Face was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed, but still replied: "Okay, I'll lend it to you!"

Ruan Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed to the donkey-faced man in a proper manner.

"Thank you very much!"

"You're welcome, brothers! Now we can all go to the training grounds to practice martial arts together!"

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Feng, you two should save up some money. Who says we who raise insects are not as good as those who chop wood? We, the five insect-raising heroes, must all become martial artists!"

Donkey Face waved his hand, looking very ambitious.

Li Qinglin drank the white rice porridge, but his brows slightly frowned.

Putting down his bowl and chopsticks, he glanced at Ruan Qi and then looked away.

What is worrying is not the scarcity but the inequality.

After all, Li Qinglin has lived two lives as a human being, so he can see things more clearly than Donkey Face.

Either don't lend money, or lend all of it! But now, due to their own lack of money, they only lent Ruan Qi. How could Zhang Gong and Feng Dao not think too much? And Ruan Qi... doesn't seem to be as honest as he looks.

As expected, Li Qinglin noticed that Zhang Gong and Feng Dao's already unnatural faces seemed to be unable to hold back.

"The first snow has fallen. It's hard to raise insects in winter. When Master Ma calls us to get the female insects, we must be careful and ask more questions."

Seeing this, Li Qinglin changed the subject.

Winter insects are more difficult to raise than autumn insects, and you need to strike a balance.

Most insects do not have the habit of laying eggs in winter, so it is necessary to artificially create a suitable egg-laying and hatching environment.

When it’s hot, bugs become overly active and consume their own energy.

It’s cold, either hibernate or freeze to death!

Upon hearing this, several insect-raising tenants immediately focused their attention on raising winter insects, and talked to each other about their experiences.

(End of this chapter)