The Gu family returned to the village on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
That very night, upon returning to the village, Gu Shouxin asked Yang to sew sandbags for the children. Under the cover of darkness, he and his uncles drove to the riverbank in town to fill them with sand.
Uncle Gu was speechless: "Second son, why did you suddenly think of playing with sand at this late hour? My son Enzi doesn't play with sand anymore, and he even complains that it's too much trouble to wash it."
Gu Shouxin: "It was made for several children. From now on, their training time will be extended, and they will have sandbags tied to their feet and hands."
Uncle Gu: "Second brother, aren't you being a bit too strict? It's understandable that Enzi is a boy, but your nieces are all so pretty. Do you want them to be soaking in sweat every day?"
Uncle Gu wholeheartedly agreed: "Exactly! Aren't pretty, fragrant girls good enough? Do you want to turn the whole family into a bunch of stinky boys? My Huihui is already fierce enough. What if you make her even more fierce and she can't get married?"
Gu Shouxin calmly said, "Fierce enough? Brother, you reminded me. I'll get the basic poison manual from Aunt Xiao and have them memorize it for me, what each poison tastes like, so I can be prepared in the future! It's impossible for her not to get married! She's strong, and the person she marries won't be weak either!"
"Isn't there a colorless and odorless poison?" Uncle Gu quickly corrected himself after being glanced at by Gu Shouxin, "...Don't tell Huihui I reminded you. She hates reading!"
Uncle Gu: Never have a daughter, never have a daughter! Let the brat play with the second brother, waaaah, the second brother is so scary.
The three brothers hauled more than twenty sandbags home.
Then Gu Shouxin dragged his fourth uncle to the second house and worked through the night to get him some wooden stakes.
The next day, Gu Shouxin ordered the Gu siblings to tie sandbags to their bodies and told them that from now on, each of them would get up at 5 a.m. to practice martial arts until 7 a.m., for a total of two hours, and then practice again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., for a total of two hours.
Gu En can go to school, but he can skip an hour of practice in the morning. However, he must wear sandbags to school and run there by himself, rain or shine.
Gu Nian's eyes widened. Two hours in the morning and two hours at night, that's eight hours!
What is the Ninth Prince trying to do?
Train the Gu siblings to be assassins?
What's even more frustrating is that he has to wear the sandbag every day. After a month, the burden will increase, and he will have to wear the sandbag whether he's practicing swordsmanship or anything else.
They are not allowed to leave the village without his permission if they do not meet the training standards.
Gu Nian wanted to lead her siblings in a rebellion, but Gu Shouxin glanced at her indifferently and said, "Tell me about this when you're out there and you're not ambushed or kidnapped on the way!"
Gu Si weakly raised her hand: "Second Uncle, I wasn't ambushed or kidnapped. Can I have two fewer sandbags tied to me?"
Gu Shouxin glanced at Gu Si: "What do you think?"
Gu Si shuddered in fright: "No! Yes, sisters united can move mountains! I want to share joys and sorrows with my sisters! Second Uncle, I will try my best!"
Gu Shouxin gave Gu Si a smile: "Of all the children in the family, you're the most obedient!"
The disobedient children: "!"
Seeing the children with sandbags strapped to their hands and feet, clearly struggling to adapt on the first day, Cai Xiaolian felt a pang of sympathy. She quietly discussed with Gu Shouxin, "Dad, take it slow. You're going too fast; the children won't be able to adjust all at once."
Gu Shouxin sighed: "They can't adapt now, I can give them time. But when they grow up, will the world give them time to adapt? Will bad people give them time to adapt?"
Cai Xiaolian knew that Gu Shouxin was right, but she still felt sorry for him.
Gu Shouxin held Cai Xiaolian's hand: "Xiaolian, we can't always be by their side protecting them, especially the four girls. We need to enable them to protect themselves."
Seeing that Cai Xiaolian was still sullen, Gu Shouxin suddenly laughed and said, "Now I know how to raise children. I'm sure I can raise another one even better!"
Cai Xiaolian blushed and said, "Get lost!"
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