The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 553: Being a Naughty Child in Troubled Times 16

Before the next day, the two village chiefs came to the door in a hurry.

The head of Dawang Village heard about it from the villagers. He was extremely happy to know that there was such a capable person who could teach the children in the village kung fu.

Especially since their family has the most boys in the village. He has several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, more than ten in total. If they can all learn good kung fu, then who will he have to fear in the future?

Of course, the village chief of Xiaowang Village did not follow Dunzi when he went down the mountain, but ran directly back to the village.

When he got home, he told his family about Xiao Bao. However, at that time, the village chief of Xiaowang Village, his great-grandfather, had not returned yet. His grandfather was at home, but he could not make the decision, so he waited for his great-grandfather to come back before coming.

After arriving, Xiong's family, who came with the village chief of Dawang Village, mentioned this matter to Lao Hui and the others. They discussed it first, and then went to the yard together to look for Xiao Bao.

After all, Xiao Bao had just come out and was a little naive. It was easy for him to be tricked or fooled when facing two experienced people.

So after they met, everything he said was conveyed to him by Bai Qiu and Lao Hui, and he did as they said.

Ask him to make as few expressions as possible and not to have a tense face. He can smile and relax, but don't move his eyes or blink. Just look at the other person when talking.

Because his pupil color was lighter than that of ordinary people, he looked very imposing when he squinted his eyes. This gave the two village chiefs a feeling of being unfathomable, and they also looked up to Xiao Bao even more.

Finally, the three parties discussed and decided on the charter.

Xiao Bao holds classes in this yard. If there are many people, the drying yard outside the yard can also be used.

After all, there are quite a few children in the two villages of Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang. When the surrounding villages hear the news, they will probably come too. It is definitely too big to fit them all in the yard, so the drying yard outside is just a ready-made venue.

And if it is cloudy or rainy, the warehouse over there can also be used. Although the warehouse built by Lao Hei is not as high-ceilinged as those in later generations, the area inside is also very large.

This is specially used to store grain harvested in the season. It is impossible to keep the grain piled up in the warehouse all the time. It is lucky if it can be used for one or two months a year. It is usually empty, so this way the problem of space is directly solved.

As for tuition fees, Xiao Bao didn't know how to charge them. He hadn't done any research and didn't know the market conditions here. It was also impossible for him to charge the same fees as the martial arts schools in the city.

Besides, he didn't come out to make money, it was just a by-product. His main purpose was to find a source of power for Xiao Yun and Xiao Erhei's future military force, and training these other people was secondary.

Finally, after a few people discussed it, they decided on a relatively low price of one dollar a year, since he wouldn't provide food, clothing, or shelter anyway.

Of course, if there are families that are really in financial difficulty but still want to learn, they can also use other things as compensation, such as grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, etc.

Moreover, he accepted disciples without discrimination between male and female. After all, Xiao Yun still had to learn, so girls could come and study. With the tuition fee, most families could squeeze in the money.

However, the phenomenon of favoring boys over girls was still quite common at that time, so it is hard to say how many female disciples we would receive in the end.

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Just as they thought, almost all the boys from the two villages came to sign up, ranging from four to twelve years old, with a total of more than 120 people.

There were only eleven girls besides Xiao Yun, seven of whom were from the families of the two village chiefs. The other four had one thing in common: apart from having slightly better family conditions, they were all relatively beautiful.

Maybe girls who are prettier will be more favored at home, and their families are also worried that they are more likely to get into trouble, so they make more plans for their future.

On the day of the formal class, the drying yard was extremely lively. Not only the children came, but also their parents. Even people from other villages heard the news and wanted to see how Xiao Bao taught.

If it's a good idea, people from other villages are also planning to send their children here. Apart from anything else, it's also good to have someone to help look after the children, which is better than letting them act naughty and mischievous everywhere.

More than a hundred children were divided into several rows according to age and height. Xiao Yun and several girls were in a separate row. Everyone did the same thing and started by squatting.

Xiao Bao was taught the martial arts secret book that Xiao Yun took out. He didn't know how to do it himself, so he just happened to learn it together.

Because the weather is hot, we only do horse stance in the morning and end it when the sun is high. We only teach a simple set of moves for everyone to practice repeatedly. Children will get bored if they just do horse stance.

Children only have these two tasks, but those over seven years old have an additional task of tying sandbags on their bodies. They usually tie them on their arms and legs and take them off at night when they go to bed.

The parents watched for two days but didn't see anything special. However, there were a dozen children who were too young to leave and were making a lot of noise. The parents couldn't bear to let the children go, so they took them back and said they would send them back when they were older.

Two months passed like this. Not only did the progress of the younger children become visible to the naked eye, they could walk with more vigor. The older children were even as light as a swallow after removing the sandbags. They could run over houses and climb trees in just three or two steps.

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During this period, someone from every household in the village went to the county town one after another to visit the young and strong people who had been conscripted.

The last time Lao Hui and his men went to the county, they heard this news from Fox Lao San. Because they were led by Lao Hei, they performed better than those old soldiers, so the higher-ups made an exception and set up an independent battalion for them in the county, and the soldiers in it were all from this place.

Now that they don’t have to go to the battlefield and have a regular organization, the young and strong men are not happy to come back.

County Magistrate Zhao was also very happy. Although this team was not under his control on paper, if something really happened, this was the armed forces of his own county. He didn't need to say anything, and those people would defend their home.

Because of his excellent leadership ability, Lao Hei was directly appointed as deputy battalion commander. The battalion commander was sent down from above. There was nothing he could do about it. It was because he had a weak foundation. This could not be rushed and could only be developed slowly.

Fortunately, the battalion commander was just there to gain credit and gild his reputation. He didn't really care about anything and didn't even participate in their training. Lao Hei and the others just treated him as a mascot.

And it's not completely without benefits. Because of the other party's family background, the military salary was not deducted or divided up, and it was given in full. He was also granted a piece of land to build barracks. Now that he has his own barracks, his family can visit him.

Bai Qiugungun also took Xiao Yun and Xiao Erhei there once and stayed there for two days. Lao Hei's residence was an independent small courtyard, which was more than enough for the whole family.

It's not far from the county town, only three or four kilometers away. If Xiao Yun's mission wasn't here, they could have lived there.