In Luoyang, in the Yue Mansion, Yue Fei's wife, Li Xiao'e, was keeping accounts carefully with an abacus, but her face was full of headaches.
"Alas, the government's expenses have exceeded again this month. It seems that we will save a little next month."
Li Xiao'e couldn't help but mutter to herself as she typed the abacus.
Li Xiao'e's husband, Yue Fei, was a general in Zhennan and a Marquis of Yiling. His salary was naturally very high, but the life in the Yue Mansion was not very good, and could even be called a financial hardship. The reason lies in Yue Fei, the head of the family.
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When Yue Fei was the governor of Jingbei, every time salaries and rewards were distributed, most of them would be given to disabled soldiers, leaving only a small part for their families.
As a mansion at the level of a marquis, the Yue Mansion naturally had a large daily expense. The little money Yue Fei left was not enough to cover the daily expenses of the Yue Mansion, so Li Xiaoe dismissed most of his servants.
This also resulted in the huge Yue Mansion. Including the cook and housekeeper, there were only five servants in total, and then there were Yue Fei's family of nine.
Living in the most luxurious mansion but living a simple life, this is the Yue family.
Yue Fei knew nothing but fighting. With his dismissal from office, the Yue family's only source of income was cut off, and his father-in-law's life became increasingly difficult.
If Qin Hao's previous reward had not been spent yet, and the eldest son Yue Yun's military salary had not been handed over to subsidize the family, the Yue Mansion would have been unable to survive.
After finishing the last calculation, Li Xiao'e let out a long breath. Before she could even finish stretching, a group of children gathered around her.
"Mom, in addition to a kind of fine silk and satin in Jinxiu Pavilion, Yin Ping wants to buy a new piece of clothing."
"Mom, the previous weapon was not strong enough. Lei'er wants to make a new weapon."
"Mom, Lin'er wants to eat..."
Except for the eldest son Yue Yun who is away from the army, Yue Yinping, Yue Lei, Yue Lin, Yue Zhen, Yue Ting, Yue Anniang, two daughters and four sons are all by Li Xiao'e's side.
Yue Lei, Yue Lin, Yue Zhen, Yue Ting, and Yue Anniang are not the leading figures, but the children born to Yue Fei and Li Xiao'e after he was born.
It has been ten years since Yue Fei was born. Although he spent most of these ten years fighting abroad, he still did not neglect the reproduction of offspring. In the past ten years, he and Li Xiao'e gave birth to five children. The eldest Yue Lei is nine years old, and the youngest Yue Aniang is three years old.
Several children surrounded Li Xiao'e, chattering non-stop, which made Li Xiao'e's head shake.
"What kind of clothes and weapons do I need? My family is almost at a loss to solve the problem. I also want new clothes and weapons, but I don't have any..."
After Li Xiao'e scolded her for a while, the children did not dare to ask for anything anymore, and Yue Lei said with an aggrieved face: "But dad agreed..."
Li Xiao'e's eyes widened: "Then go to your father for money, don't come to your mother."
Yue Lei immediately stopped talking, and Yue Fei, who had just walked to the door, looked embarrassed when he heard this. After all, the money in the house was owned by his wife, so how could he have a dime in his hand.
Li Xiao'e also saw Yue Fei and greeted him with a smile: "Husband, why are you here?"
Yue Fei smiled and said: "Madam, my husband wants to open a martial arts gym, what do you think?"
"Open a martial arts gym?"
Li Xiao'e looked surprised, and Yue Fei explained: "My husband is currently at home, and there is nothing to do anyway. Why not open a martial arts school and teach people how to practice martial arts, so as to earn tuition and support the family."
Although Yue Fei's political skills were low, his brain was not stupid. He knew nothing but fighting, and his martial arts became his only way to make a living.
I have to say that Yue Fei's method is very good. There are so many people practicing martial arts in today's troubled times. And with Yue Fei's reputation and master-level cultivation, if he opens a martial arts hall in Luoyang, it will definitely attract a large number of martial artists to come and learn.
, let alone subsidizing the family income, there will be no pressure at all even if you make a fortune.
Such a good way to make a fortune was in front of him, but Li Xiao'e said hesitantly: "Will this affect your reputation, husband?"
After all, Yue Fei was once the governor, but now he is living in exile and opening a martial arts gym among the people. If this spreads out, it will inevitably give people the illusion that Yue Fei has completely lost power, and it may even affect his future comeback.
Yue Fei waved his hand indifferently: "What's the matter? I, Yue Fei, make money with my own skills. Who would gossip? Besides, Yuchi Laohei also opened a knife shop. When he was not fighting, he also worked as a blacksmith part-time. He didn't even look at it.
Who said anything about him? What's wrong with me, Yue Fei, opening a martial arts gym?"
When Li Xiao'e heard this, she thought for a moment and nodded, saying: "In that case, let's go."
Yue Fei smiled, then looked like he was discussing, and said: "Madam, once Wuguan is opened, our family will definitely not be short of money. I promised my husband to the children. Do you think you can make an advance? The head of the family always
It’s not easy to break your promise.”
Hearing this, Yue Lei and others all looked happy and looked at Li Xiao'e with great anticipation.
Seeing this, Li Xiao'e rolled her eyes at Yue Fei and said angrily: "Buy, buy them all."
"Yeah, long live daddy..."
Yue Lei, Yue Lin and others all cheered, and the whole family was filled with joy.
In this way, during the period of being demoted, Yue Fei not only did not sink, but also opened a martial arts gym and taught martial arts disciples.
To open a martial arts gym, you must obtain authorization from the government. After all, if the martial arts gym is not managed well, chaos will occur, so it is not easy to obtain a business license.
But who is Yue Fei? With his connections in the DPRK and China, it was easy to obtain authorization. In less than five days, the license was issued and Pengju Martial Arts School was successfully opened.
After learning that Yue Fei, the former Governor of Jingbei and a master master, actually opened a martial arts school to teach apprentices, a large number of children from aristocratic families and young martial artists came to Luoyang to become apprentices, almost breaking the threshold of the Yue Family Martial Arts School.
Since there were too many apprentices, far exceeding the number stipulated by the government, Yue Fei had to raise the threshold for apprentices, and finally recruited 300 apprentices with good potential, and taught them Yue Family Boxing in batches.
After all, Yue Fei is a master and cannot accept apprentices casually. However, these three hundred apprentices only have a teaching relationship with him and have no real relationship with masters and apprentices.
If you want to become Yue Fei's disciple, you must pass his test. Among these three hundred apprentices, Yue Fei only accepted three named disciples and not even one true disciple. This shows that Yue Fei's success in accepting disciples is clear.
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In the first month when Yue Fei opened the martial arts gym, martial arts practice was at its peak. The apprentices practiced loudly every day, which could be heard from several streets away. People who didn't know it thought Yue Fei was training.
Because of this incident, some ministers in the court impeached Yue Fei, saying that he was unwilling and intended to rebel, but Jia Xu suppressed him.
After Yue Fei learned about it, while he was grateful to Jia Xu, he was also a little angry because it was so obviously aimed at him.
After this lesson, Yue Fei also changed his teaching methods. The apprentices were much less noisy in practicing, and their lives were relatively stable after that.
Days passed day by day, and gradually, Yue Fei had opened the martial arts gym for three months, and during these three months, the situation in the world has changed even more.
When he learned that the Southern Han Dynasty was conquering the Qin Dynasty with five routes, that Jingbei was in crisis and that a large number of cities had fallen, Yue Fei was so anxious that he could not sleep all night. Although he was in Luoyang, he had already flown back to Xiangyang, but he was now an ordinary citizen.
, I can only wait for the news and be anxious.
On this day, Yue Fei was teaching his son to practice martial arts with his apprentices in the martial arts hall. Suddenly Qin Ji, one of the registered disciples, rushed over and shouted: "Teacher, teacher, Lord Jia Xu is here."
Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, and then he thought of something. Without saying a word, he went straight up to meet Jia Xu, and within a few steps he bumped into Jia Xu.
Jia Xu, holding the edict of King Qin in his hand, said to Yue Fei with a smile: "Captain Yue Fei, long time no see."
Yue Fei's eyes were full of gratitude, and he cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Wenhe, I have offended you many times before. Please forgive me."