The city of the Yu family is actually the same as other big cities, except that the beggars on the street may all be related to you.

It's not that the Yu clan doesn't care about the livelihood of tens of thousands of people, it's really that most people are born lowly and lose their lives.

Although he took the family's monthly payment, he still couldn't eat enough and didn't have enough clothes, he was lavish and didn't work hard, he was used to a luxurious life, and finally sold his ancestral house.

For these clansmen, the family actually has no good way, it is really impossible to recognize them, and it is really embarrassing to recognize them, so they simply let them beg in the clan, after all, everyone reads that little incense, and they live much more comfortably than the beggars outside.

In addition to the descendants of the clan, there are more people in this city, in fact, there are people from outside, some come to seek refuge, some come to do business, some of the Shijiao family admires the Yu family, and there are many other idle people, those who have traveled the world, those who do not learn and do not know how to learn, gamblers, bandits, in fact, there is everything in this city.

Yu Yanke's family lives in Meihua Lane, not big, not small, the house is the only valuable thing left by the ancestors, his family, like most of the clansmen, has gone through the glory of the early years, and now it has become a small person in the market.

It's just that the Yu clan is a princely family of the imperial court, and the descendants are mixed up in such a situation, which is really a bit unworthy of the name.

Of course, after the death of the ancestor who was truly crowned king hundreds of years ago, the Yu clan went into decline.

From the origin of the Yu family to the present, the history has gone through thousands of years, and it has always been a famous family before the king, but I don't know why, after the king, it seems to have exhausted his luck.

Coupled with the fiefdom of Xiping County, the family moved to this desolate place where birds don't, and the power of the whole family became more and more declining.

So much so that now even most of the descendants have to find their own livelihood, not to mention those small families who are related to their relatives.

It is not more than 100 steps away from the plum blossoms, and it is the blacksmith shop of the pottery master.

Master Tao is a rough iron man with considerable strength, Gou Chenren, committed a bloody crime in his early years, fled all the way to the west of Yunlang, finally got rid of the pursuit, and then hid in the big city of Yujia.

Relying on the iron-striking skills of making a living in the early years, he fell to the roots, and with the increasing fame, it crushed several blacksmithing shops that were originally opened by the children of the Yu family, but those Yu families were also hard-hearted, and their skills were not as good as others, so they closed the door decisively, and they didn't even have trouble finding Master Tao.

I think I have the bottom in my heart, and I know that relying on the family, the most poor thing is still hot to eat. So, Master Tao gradually settled down.

When Yu Yanke first remembered, Master Tao and his father often got together to drink and have fun, Yu Yanke still clearly remembered that his mother at that time was not as busy as now, always taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard, at that time, the flowers and plants in the yard were much more lush than now.

Before Yu Yanke's father had an accident, he also told Master Tao that the woman was his best friend and served in the Iron Guard with him.

That girl is a violent person, but after seeing Master Tao, she was docile, and personally filled Yu Yanke's father with a glass of wine, and she and Yu Yanke's father drank a glass of wine each, and drank it cleanly in one go.

Master Tao watched from the sidelines and smiled softly. Even if that face is really not good-looking, it makes people feel gentle.

Later, she and Yu Yanke's father were attacked by the enemy when they were guarding the border town, and the two characters who are also a generation of grandmasters were exhausted in the despair of the enemy armor all over the city, and then they were cut off by the inconspicuous pawns, and they didn't even leave a word before they died, even if they were brave.

If it weren't for the small chain of iron on the two of them that recorded their life experiences, I am afraid they would have been buried as unknown martyrs.

The clan was afraid that their family would be sad, so they simply handed over a handful of ashes to each of the two families.

But the two families who knew the family's traditional ways of doing things were unwilling to check carefully, and finally learned about the tragic death of the two, and finally broke the nerves of the two families.

Master Tao didn't say anything when he found out, because he didn't know what identity he should count to comfort the family, and for the tragic death of that rare friend, he didn't say anything to Yu Yanke, just like Yu Yanke's mother.

He buried many words in his heart, and over the years, he has lived more and more like a little old man.

And after a long time, Master Tao looked at the young man with firm eyes, and swallowed the words of refusal, even if he had indeed rejected the young man many times, this time he still agreed to help him in his small shop.

Although he also knew that the young man's motives were really impure. I don't know where this kid heard that he is a strong person, so he begged him to teach him.

But he only taught him to strike iron, and he was actually afraid that the boy would follow his and his father's old ways.

On the way to martial arts, fighting with the sky, fighting with people, the family is ruined, and the killing is like a mountain, he is afraid that such a good young man will end up in a bleak end.

When other teenagers had already picked up their swords and picked up their knives tremblingly, Yu Yanke was still striking iron.

It's not that Master Tao is testing his patience, it's true that Master Tao hasn't thought about whether to teach him or not.

However, this little boy has struck iron without saying a word, rain or shine, and has persevered until now.

Just chong the young man's hard-working temperament, he can have some achievements without him, Master Tao looked at the flow of people outside the store and thought.

The Yu family is actually really strong, Master Tao told Yu Yanke more than once that although he was afraid that the young man would end miserably, he also knew that if he didn't enter the martial arts, he would be miserable for the rest of his life, especially in the Yu family, such a big family.

If the young man is willing to practice with his family, he may already be worthy of the title of young man.

The Yu family, that is the family that has really had the existence of a saint, and he is just a small third-rate martial artist.

Helplessly, for some reason, the young man identified him, and for several years, he didn't even go to the school palace to listen to even a single lesson related to cultivation.

Regarding Master Tao's persuasion, he just smiled and said that he knew, but he didn't take it to heart.

Every afternoon, he was supposed to go to the martial arts class, and he came to the blacksmith shop, from doing chores at the beginning, to now being able to swing the sledgehammer steadily, the growth rate of the boy is really amazing.

As a result, Master Tao now has nothing to teach him, about iron-striking and forging, Master Tao has taught him what can and can't be taught.

The only thing I don't dare to teach is just practice.

However, a few days ago, Master Tao finally made up his mind and planned to teach him.

Master Tao was afraid that he would delay the child. Although he hadn't taught anyone about martial arts yet, he was going to give it a try.

After taking a sip of tea, Master Tao savored it, tea is not a precious product, and the cup for making tea is only made of clay pottery, but Master Tao really has a little taste.

In addition to bitterness, there is also astringency.

He doesn't drink tea, but he likes the taste, and it really doesn't matter if the tea is good or bad.

He just sat on the chaise longue, shirtless, and passed the time like this on days when there was no business.

Until Yu Yanke came to the shop.

At noon, he went home for dinner, and Yu Yanke only rested for half an hour, and then ran to the blacksmith shop.

He always remembered that a few days ago, Master Tao said that he would teach him to practice qi.

Master Tao's originally squinted eyes opened slightly, sat up, and rubbed his somewhat red and swollen eyes, these days he has been thinking hard about how to teach Yu Yanke to initially embark on the martial arts, but he really didn't sleep well.

Yu Yanke ran over to help him, but Master Tao scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu is not so squeamish." ”

With a familiar tone, Yu Yanke relaxed and stopped his figure.

I watched the unkempt man stagger into the back room and bring over a yellowed pamphlet.

He handed it to Yu Yanke and said: "This thing was given to me by a good Taoist priest when I went up the mountain to help that group of shabby Taoist priests strike iron, saying that it was counted as wages, and it was not precious to think that the things that could be given casually were not precious, but it was an orthodox Taoist temple, and this thing was not bad to think about, but it was still a little worse than your Yu family's things." ”

Yu Yanke took the yellowed pamphlet, opened it and looked at it, the word qi filled the first page, and then he turned the next page, the pamphlet with a total of less than ten pages was finished in less than a quarter of an hour, and the whole page was less than a thousand words, and each page had a pitiful number of words.

But what surprised Yu Yanke was that with his memory, after reading it, he didn't have any impression at all, only remembered the two big words of Qi induction.

"Your strength is actually enough, you just need to learn a body of martial arts, and then wait for you to practice your qi again, and you can be regarded as a real master in the hall, and you can be regarded as a little grandmaster. In a few words, Master Tao told him Yu Yanke's future path.

As for the higher realms, even he is an admirer, unattainable. He doesn't explain what he knows.

"As for the martial arts, I can't teach you, but I can teach some basic things, and martial arts are all the same after all. Master Tao stopped and motioned for Yu Yanke to come with him.

The two of them walked through the inner room to the inner courtyard, where there were several wooden stakes, piles of sandbags large and small filled with dirt, and even a very ugly straw man standing crookedly aside.

Master Tao didn't explain, just said: "You really want to learn, you don't need to strike iron in the future, come here every day to stand on the pile, by the way, the sandbags there, you go and tie them to your legs, waist, arms, stand on the pile for two hours a day, tie the sandbags and run in place for an hour, and then practice the basic style for an hour, after you go back, you must remember to follow what the booklet says, refining qi into the body, washing the body, when you can be refreshed the next day after resting for a night, when you start practicing martial arts." ”

After Master Tao explained this, he told Yu Yanke in detail what to do, and demonstrated it, and then turned around and left. And Yu Yanke took a deep breath after Master Tao left, and did as he said.

These things are really easy to say but difficult to do.

Yu Yanke finally had some foundation that had been grinding iron all year round, but he couldn't stand it for the first hour of standing on the pile, and he even wondered if he was in the wrong posture, but when he thought of seeing Master Tao standing on the pile like this, he suddenly understood that he was just too useless.

Yu Yanke felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he really felt a little weak under his feet.

But he gritted his teeth and persevered.

By the time he finished running, he was unsteady on his feet, and sat down on the ground, looking at the sky that had begun to darken, and his mind went blank.

He didn't expect that he wouldn't be able to finish what Master Tao told him, and after a short period of confusion, a strong desire was born in his heart, this was his way to becoming stronger, and he would not give up.

Master Tao came over, helped him up, and sent him back to Yu Yanke's house, Yu Yanke caught a glimpse of Master Tao giving his mother a packet of herbs, but he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he was so tired that he went back to the house and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Later, when he woke up again, it was in the large wooden bathtub, the strong smell of herbs stimulated his sense of smell, and the first thing he saw was his mother's face, which already had a trace of age.

Li Xiangrong kept guarding him, and he looked really tired, so he fell asleep with his chin on the side.

No one knows how she moved Yu Yanke to the bathtub, because Yu Yanke's perennial body is really not light, and because he is unconscious, it will only be heavier.

Perhaps the women who are in charge of the house alone have a kind of great power, and they can always burst out at critical moments.

Yu Yanke twisted his sore limbs, soaking in the herbs and not wanting to move.

He knew it would be bitter, but he didn't expect it to be so bitter.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he Yu Yanke has the intention of retreating, he just thinks that if he wants to become a person like Wang Chunru, he really has to pay blood and sweat.

"Ugly, are you awake?"

Li Xiangrong's tired face could vaguely see a touch of charm, but she was really a little haggard now, and even her hair, which was usually carefully groomed, was scattered at this time.

Yu Yanke had seen her mother like this, but it was many years ago when she had just heard the bad news about his father.

Yu Yanke felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Mother, go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow, I can do it myself. He pursed his lower lip and spoke.

But Li Xiangrong ignored him, and she didn't leave softly until Yu Yanke was really going to sleep when she lay down in bed.