Yue Fei’s story

Yue Fei practiced calligraphy in the sand

When Yue Fei was a child, his family was very poor, so he relied on his mother to do needlework for others. Yue Fei likes to study very much, but his family is poor and cannot afford to go to school. He helps his mother go to the mountains to collect firewood every day, and his mother teaches him how to read whenever she is free every day. Because I don’t have money to buy paper or pens, I can’t write.

One day, it was getting dark, and many children were playing hide and seek. They saw Yue Fei coming down the mountain carrying a bundle of firewood from a distance, so they called him over to play with him. Yue Fei said: "No, I have something to do!" and walked home quickly. It turned out that today he thought of a good way to practice calligraphy without paper and pen. He was anxious to go home and tell his mother.

When Yue Fei got home, he asked his mother to teach him how to write. When his mother saw that he loved learning so much, she said, "Okay, son, let me do more sewing work for others and save some money to buy you paper and pens." "Mom, you can teach me today. No need to buy paper." With a pen, I can also learn to write." After saying that, Yue Fei put down the firewood, took out a big dustpan, and ran out like flying.

After a while, Yue Fei came back with a bucket full of sand and soil, with a few thin willow sticks stuck on it. He poured the sand on the ground and smoothed it, and drew on the sand with the willow stick. Said: "Mom, look, isn't it good to learn to write like this?"

Later, my mother used wicker sticks to teach Yue Fei to write on the sand every day. Yue Fei was attentive, and later his handwriting was good. Awesome.

The story of Yue Fei learning martial arts as a child

When Yue Fei was a child, his master was a martial arts master named Zhou Tong. Yue Fei and several of his brothers, including Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and Tang Huai, all started practicing martial arts with Zhou Tong when they were very young. These people were pretty much the same at the beginning. The basics between Yue Fei and his brothers are almost the same. But why did Yue Fei stand out later? And the other brothers are relatively unknown? This can be seen from a story. One winter it was extremely cold, the north wind was howling, the snow was flying, and the sky was freezing. Of course, Yue Fei and his brothers were greedy for the hot bed. Who was willing to get up? None of them want to practice martial arts in the morning. At this time, only Yue Fei lifted up the hot quilt and went out to practice sword dancing in the snow. Master Zhou Tong saw this and said something at that time. He believed that among his apprentices, Yue Fei would be the most successful and the most promising in the future. Of course Yue Fei later inspired his brothers. These brothers later became generals and led troops to fight with meritorious service, but they could not compare with Yue Fei.

So we can see how important it is to lay the foundation of learning and form learning habits from an early age. Maybe many parents will say that if their children are so young, they should let them play so that they can have more childhood fun. Is that right? Nothing wrong with that. But it definitely doesn’t mean that you can’t pay close attention to your child’s learning.