The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

Li Cunyi waved his hand:

"That's not what I meant. I know that your older brother didn't teach you for very long. Your later achievements are all your own and have nothing to do with your older brother."

So you don't need to emphasize the relationship with the older brother.

I know what kind of person my elder brother is; he's probably worried about the sect's successor being lost!

He Yuzhu didn't mention this, after all, it was considered to be making fun of his own master, and he couldn't make fun of his own master.

So he said to Li Cunyi:

"Second Uncle, let's not talk about this. Since we're all family, no one owes anyone anything. Who should and shouldn't we support each other?"

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Cunli said:

"Alright, since Zhu Zi says so, from now on, if any of our little rascals cause trouble outside, you can deal with them properly. As long as you don't kill them, you can deal with them however you want!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Uncle, you're too kind. If I have the chance to help, I certainly won't stand idly by!"

When the others heard what Lao San and He Yuzhu said, they all understood what He Yuzhu meant.

He Yuzhu also understood that Li Cunli meant that his third uncle's descendants respected him and had to listen to whatever he said.

Moreover, He Yuzhu also knew that a hero needs three helpers, and the Li family was also a large and influential family.

With seven siblings, there are quite a few children, all of whom are already grown up. In the future, these will all be part of his network of connections.

He Yuzhu didn't care whether he was taken advantage of or not, since there was no question of taking advantage or not in this matter.

The things I've saved up are basically things I didn't invest in.

The rice and flour were all left over from Black Gold, and the meat was also left over from Black Gold's operating funds. Moreover, he hadn't even used up all of those operating funds.

He Yuzhu bought so much meat.

As for meat, once I've recovered, I can go to the mountains to hunt some wild game.

In twenty or thirty years, they will all be helpers that I won't have to worry about. After all, I am of the same generation as their children, and my two children have so many uncles and aunts. They can take care of me in the future, right?

That's why He Yuzhu agreed so easily.

Li Cunyi said:

"Zhu Zi, none of the children in the family are older than you. The oldest is our eldest son, who is a year younger than you. From now on, you will be their eldest brother!"

He Yuzhu said:

"It's alright, if you need anything, I'll definitely help if I can!"

Li Cunyi nodded, but He Yuzhu's status was still above everyone else's. The children probably wouldn't be able to play with He Yuzhu, so they would have to visit each other more often in the future!

At this moment, Li Zhiwen ran in and said loudly:

"Dad, when is dinner?" (Dry)

Chapter 192: Paving the Way for His Child

Upon hearing Li Zhiwen's words, Li Cunyi asked:

"Is it ready to eat? Is everything prepared?"

Li Zhiwen nodded:

"Everything's ready, let's eat!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Everyone's hungry, let's eat and talk again afterward?"

Everyone nodded, and then went to eat.

At the dinner table, everyone ate quickly, but without being impolite.

Because the Li family still maintains proper etiquette.

After about an hour, everyone, adults and children alike, had eaten their fill.

Seeing that there was still a lot of meat left to eat, everyone felt that they had a really satisfying meal today.

Keep in mind that before 1958, people could eat this kind of food.

But after that, we couldn't afford to eat there much, especially this year, even though everyone's salary is quite high.

But now the whole country is like this, there's nothing to eat, nobody has any, even if you have money you can't buy it.

The Northeast is alright, there's plenty of wild game there, but other places aren't so great.

Basically, everyone ate everything they could. This time, there was a nationwide famine, not just in one place.

After finishing his meal, Li Cunyi said:

"Zhiwen, Zhiwu, this is your uncle's apprentice, He Yuzhu. From now on, you can just call him Brother Zhu!"

After hearing Li Cunyi's words, the group introduced themselves to each other:

"Brother Zhu, hello, my name is Li Zhiwen!"

"Brother Zhu, hello, my name is Li Zhiwu!"

"Brother Zhu, hello, my name is Li Zhiqin!"

"Brother Zhu, hello, my name is Li Zhihan!"

……

There are also Li Zhiqin, Li Zhiqi, Li Zhishu, Li Zhihua...

He Yuzhu greeted them one by one, since the Li family had quite a few children.

After everyone had gotten to know each other, Li Zhiwen asked He Yuzhu curiously:

"Brother Zhu, I heard that you and your uncle are learning traditional Chinese martial arts, is that true?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's right. I've learned several Chinese martial arts, including Tai Chi, Bajiquan, Wing Chun, and Baguazhang. But I haven't learned Xingyiquan, and neither has my master. My uncle-master, however, has learned Xingyiquan!"

After hearing He Yuzhu's words, Li Zhiwu asked:

"Brother Zhu, can we learn this with you?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Of course you can, why not?"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, everyone was very excited. Li Zhihua said:

"Brother Zhuzi, can girls learn this?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Of course, my sister and my wife both learn martial arts from me. Girls can practice martial arts too!"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Li Cunyi said:

"Zhu Zi, these are all techniques from your sect. Can you pass them on to others?"

He Yuzhu said:

"No problem. Besides, the national martial arts masters opened martial arts schools to teach our people martial arts. Now martial arts are no longer divided into different schools."

Later, the War of Resistance against Japan broke out across the country, and all those who had studied martial arts went to fight, which is why the school was eventually shut down.

The reason no one is teaching them now is firstly because our country has experienced such a long period of war and resources are scarce. We are short of people who know martial arts, but we don't know what the country's attitude is.

After all, if you learn martial arts, you'll be more powerful than an ordinary person. If you get into a conflict with an ordinary person, the ordinary person will be the one who gets killed or injured. And our country still has laws.

Therefore, no one opened a school to take on apprentices. Most people secretly found a few good apprentices to avoid the extinction of their lineage.

You must understand, since the war began, many people's traditions have been broken, and for the people of our country, what they value most is tradition, followed by the continuation of bloodlines!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Li Cunyi said:

"Oh, I see. I thought everyone was just being stingy with their own possessions."

He Yuzhu said:

"This has little to do with being overly attached to one's own possessions. After all, the poor are good at literature while the rich are good at martial arts. Without resources, martial arts training is really not very useful."

Therefore, when people choose apprentices, they tend to choose those from wealthier families. The reason I'm teaching my younger siblings is because I have sufficient resources to help them build a foundation!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Li Cunyi said:

"If we consume too much, let's just stop. After all, we're not exactly wealthy yet!"

He Yuzhu said with a smile:

"Second Uncle, that's you. I've come here. I've invented quite a few things. As for what I invented, I won't tell you. But for each invention, the country gives me tens of thousands of yuan in bonuses."

So you don't need to worry about this. As long as they don't give up, that's all that matters!

Li Cunyi said: