After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.
Chapter 144 Teach a man to fish
On the official road outside Huai'an City, Xu Qingman and her family of four were leisurely riding their horses, deciding to head further south.
After their investigation over the past few days, they learned that the environment in many places in the southern countries is extremely harsh, and the common people there live in great hardship.
Since they hadn't used much of the wealth entrusted to them by Fang Tianhao, the family decided to head south to take a look.
After more than ten days of continuous travel (while enjoying the scenery), the family finally arrived at Xiaguang City in the southern kingdom of Nanlin.
More than 80 percent of the land within Xiaguang City is mountainous, and most of it is deep forest, leaving very little space suitable for growing crops.
The grain they painstakingly grew for a year was barely enough to eat, and they also had to pay 40% of it as taxes, making life extremely difficult for the local people.
Those families with members who practice martial arts are better off; they can occasionally go into the mountains to hunt and exchange the game for some food and money.
Unfortunately, although this is an ancient martial arts world, practicing martial arts requires not only talent, but also money.
To learn martial arts, one not only needs money to become an apprentice, but also needs to consume a large amount of meat.
Therefore, for ordinary people who can't even afford to eat, wanting to learn martial arts is nothing short of a pipe dream.
Because they had a clear goal, the family did not go into the city first, but went directly to those mountain villages with harsh environments.
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"Master Yu, are you planning to take your wife hunting in the mountains again?"
Yu Jinchen smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yes, the weather is nice today, the miasma in the mountains should be lighter, which is perfect for hunting."
Since moving to this small mountain village called Linshan Village, Xu Shuyi and her brother have been responsible for distributing grain and money to villagers in need of assistance, while Xu Qingman and her husband have been living a leisurely rural life.
Whenever the weather is nice, the couple either go hunting in the mountains or try to pick mushrooms, and most of the villagers in Linshan Village have become accustomed to this scene.
Because the couple had rescued villagers who had encountered danger while hunting several times, the villagers saw that the family was kind-hearted and did not put on airs and look down on the poor like others, so they would always greet them with a smile when they met them outside.
Most of the villagers have received their assistance, and everyone is grateful to the family. They often bring them some vegetables they have grown themselves.
The living environment in Linshan Village is extremely harsh. There is little farmland and heavy taxes. Although the village is backed by mountains and can hunt and gather mountain products, the mountains are always shrouded in miasma due to the high humidity.
This is alright, after all, over time everyone has learned to read the weather, and there isn't miasma in the forest all the time. They have also learned to use herbs to prevent miasma poisoning.
The most dangerous thing is that ferocious beasts roam freely in these mountains. If you don't have some martial arts skills, you could easily be killed by them.
That evening, when the family gathered together, Xu Shuyi discussed with his sister the village they would visit the next day and suggested to his family, "I don't think giving them some money and food and leaving like this will do them much good."
Once this food is used up and the money is gone, they will still have to return to the days of not having enough to eat.
After her brother finished speaking, Xu Shuyin nodded vigorously, clearly agreeing with what he said.
"So what are your thoughts? Tell me," Yu Jinchen asked, looking at his son.
"Father, Mother, we can select some eager children and teach them some basic martial arts. After they learn, we can let them teach the other villagers, so that they will be able to go hunting in the mountains."
Xu Qingman smiled and nodded, "Okay, we also think this is a good idea. It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. However, you and your brother will be responsible for the specific implementation. Your father and I will only help you out at most."
It's rare for the two siblings to be so invested in something, especially since it's a charitable act, so their parents naturally have to support them. However, doing good deeds is fine, but one shouldn't go overboard, lest it ultimately harm their own interests.
Therefore, Xu Qingman said to the two children, "Your father and I are very happy that you are thinking of helping these poor people. However, you must ensure your own interests and safety before doing good deeds."
No matter when or where, you yourself are the most important, and you should only help others when you are sure you are in the right position.
You are helping ordinary people right now, so there shouldn't be any danger. But once you return to the Lingchuan Continent, you must think twice before doing anything.
Your parents would rather you be selfish than see you and your siblings get hurt because of this.
Xu Shuyi replied with a smile, "Mother, don't worry, we're not stupid. Once we return to the Lingchuan Continent, we will definitely become qualified cultivators."
“Mother, my brother and I agree, so don’t worry,” Xu Shuyin quickly replied.
Having made the decision, the brother and sister embarked on their apprenticeship mission with great enthusiasm.
People from nearby villages who knew the family, even though they weren't true master and apprentices and only learned some basic martial arts, rushed to sign up after hearing the news.
However, Xu Shuyi and her brother didn't accept just anyone; they only accepted four or five people from each village, because they couldn't handle too many people.
Moreover, before accepting disciples, the two repeatedly warned that no one, regardless of who they were, was allowed to use the martial arts they had learned to oppress ordinary people. For this reason, they made them swear an oath to Heaven.
In this way, even those with impure intentions would no longer dare to harbor bad thoughts.
After all, although this world seems to have been forgotten by the gods, and there is no ascension tribulation, it is still very effective in fulfilling the oaths of the Heavenly Dao.
In this way, Xu Qingman's family would not have to worry that their momentary soft-heartedness would lead some people to learn martial arts and kill innocent people indiscriminately, thus making them prone to karmic consequences.
And so, Xu Qingman and her family of four traveled on and off, stopping frequently in places where the conditions were so harsh that the locals were struggling to survive.
Only after teaching the local people life skills will the family continue their journey.
Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Over the years, Xu Qingman and her family have traveled almost all over the mainland.
During this period, they not only helped countless people, but also eliminated those who committed heinous crimes by practicing evil techniques.
He truly became a chivalrous knight-errant, wandering the world with a sword and upholding justice, finally fulfilling Yu Jinchen's and his two children's dream of becoming knights-errant.
"Husband, children, shouldn't we go back to Lingchuan Continent? There are still people waiting for us there."
Hearing his wife's words, Yu Jinchen agreed, saying, "It's time to go back. Staying here is not good for our cultivation. We should calm down and cultivate properly."
Xu Shuyi and her brother had no objections to this. They were already very satisfied with being able to play outside for so long and see so many different things.
Now that they were ready to go back, the family returned to their original place, the Longlin Mountains in Dongyang City, because this was the only place connected to the Lingchuan Continent.
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