At that time, Xu Chen had an idea. Since no one accompanied him to practice swordsmanship, why not try to let these children practice swordsmanship with him?

One-to-one may not be able to learn much, but if you have one-to-many, you seem to be able to learn a lot.

With this idea in mind, Xu Chen tried to practice with a few children, so that they would not worry too much, even if they set out to attack themselves.

They have great confidence in the young master, so they are naturally extremely obedient. Each sword-like stance is powerful, and the attacking parts are also key positions.

Even after a while, Xu Chen fought against twelve children alone, but he still did not lose the upper hand. During this period, Xu Chen did not use his internal strength and simply relied on Mo Zi's sword technique to fight against him. Now his moves to keep his rules have reached a state of superb level.

After that, the twelve children became more respectful and admired the young master. Because of the frequent cooperation of many people, the relationship between several people became better and better. The cooperation with the sword style became wonderful and beautiful. After all, Xu Chen was not the only one who improved the sword skills.

"Last time the housekeeper saw you practicing swordsmanship, he praised you very much." Xu Chen said with a smile, "So he suggested to me that you will become part of the Xiao family."

The twelve children couldn't help but look at each other. After all, their oldest was nine years old and the youngest was only seven years old. They didn't have any resistance to being a servant of the Xiao family.

"You go back and tell your parents about this matter. The monthly fee is 200 yuan, and the food and accommodation are all in the Xiao family. At that time, everything will be arranged by the housekeeper. However, I think as long as you don't let go of your swordsmanship every day, you will be more than enough to be a guard of the Xiao family when you grow up." Xu Chen glanced at the children's reaction and said slowly: "If there are children who are willing, I will take them to the Xiao family before the beginning of spring."

Huang Dadan frowned and raised his hand.

"Bold, what's wrong?"

"Young Master, can't you learn swords with you after you go to the Xiao family?" Huang Dada asked.

As soon as these words were said, several children looked at Xu Chen seriously, wanting to know the answer.

"Yes." Xu Chen didn't want to lie to them and admitted directly: "But everything I can teach you has already taught you. You also know that in the past five months, the twelve sword techniques I have taught you are all ordinary swordsmanship. You can even close your eyes and fight backwards, so what else can I teach you?"

"But..." Huang Dadan felt reluctant, "It is a blessing to be a servant of the Xiao family. If possible, Dadan would still want to follow the young master. Even if he couldn't practice martial arts and swords every day, Dadan would be willing!"

Suddenly, the children agreed, and they, who were originally very disciplined, all started to make noise.

"Yes, so are I, young master!"

"I want to be an escort for the young master, too!"

...

Looking at these persistent faces, Xu Chen felt extremely comfortable, but he had other plans and could not bring these children with him.

After being together for so long, he naturally has feelings for these twelve children and is extremely reluctant to leave them.

However, Xu Chen had already decided that after he broke through the tenth level of internal strength, he would take Huang Ying'er to travel around the world and realize his former ideas and agreements.

Even if these children were allowed to enter the Xiao family, it was actually Xu Chen's own proposal to the butler. Seeing that these children were extremely polite and calm, the swordsman was not very good, at least he had a little success, and there was a lot of room for growth in the future, he accepted Xu Chen's proposal.

"Everyone is quiet." Xu Chen was not angry when they saw them being so noisy. After they calmed down, he comforted: "I know everyone's mood, you also know how my martial arts are. My little boy is not very useful. I don't need your guards, nor do I need you to serve my daily life. What do you think I'll keep you by my side?"

How could a child have Xu Chen so eloquently? No one knows how to answer.

"Actually, it is a good thing to let you go to the Xiao family. You can temper you. And I am a member of the Xiao family. You do things for the Xiao family, just for me, so why should you distinguish them so clearly?" Xu Chen waved his hand, "Okay, you go back first, and tell your parents after you go back that they will help you make a decision."

Although the children were a little unhappy, they all left obediently.

Seeing the children leaving, Xu Chen also returned to the room. Although the wind and cold outside would not affect his body, there was no need to keep blowing the cold wind outside.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw that the room was burning red and the room was warm.

"Brother Xu, drink this bowl of red ginger soup to get rid of the cold."

As soon as he took off his robe, Huang Ying'er came over with a bowl of red ginger soup. Xu Chen took it with a smile, but was not afraid of being hot, so he drank the red ginger soup.

"Slow down." As he said that, Huang Ying'er took Xu Chen's robe and stretched out her hand to stroke Xu Chen's chest.

After Xu Chen finished drinking, he handed the empty bowl to the maid next to him and asked Huang Ying'er: "Where is your father, I have rarely seen him recently."

Because it is winter and it is no longer the farming season, Huang Dashan has been staying at home for the past few months, but in recent days, Xu Chen is a little confused.

"Dad has gone to the village chief's house. I heard it was a matter of negotiating the 'year money'." Huang Ying'er smiled and took out a hand warmer bag from her sleeve and stuffed it into Xu Chen's arms.

Xu Chen enjoyed the care of his wife. Although he didn't need it, he would not refuse.

"The annual money?" Xu Chen was a little confused and asked, "Is there someone from the government here to collect taxes?"

"No." Huang Ying'er took Xu Chen's hand and sat down, and said slowly: "We don't have to pay taxes in our village. I remember that the imperial court issued a decree a few years ago saying that the villages near Fengqi Town do not need to pay taxes within thirty years."

After Huang Ying'er asked Xu Chen to sit down, she stood behind him and rubbed his temples: "As for the regular money that year, it only took place in the past three years. Every spring, I have to pay it before the New Year. My father said he was going to give it to Huangkeng thief."

"Give it to the Huangkeng thief?" As soon as these words came out, Xu Chen couldn't help but be shocked. To be honest, he always thought that the Xiao family would attack the Huangkeng thief at any time, but there was no movement in the past five months. With Xiao Weifeng's temperament, there was no reason to suppress his hatred for the Huangkeng thief. After all, they had robbed Xiao Lian.

"Yes, Huangkeng thieves only rose in Huangkeng Mountain three years ago. At that time, their thieves went to villages everywhere to collect annual fees. If they didn't give it, they would be slaughtered!" Huang Ying'er explained slowly, "Of course, basically every village will pay annual fees to them, and our village is no exception. After all, the money they ask for is not too much, and everyone can afford it."
Chapter completed!