My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

As soon as Simu opened the door, he saw Jiale sleeping on the recliner. He was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and immediately closed the door quietly.

Then he pulled Jiang Li to the yard and said, "Nephew, wait for me for a moment. I will teach you a lesson, my useless brother."

As he said this, he put the thing under the eaves and picked up a pile of bamboo tubes at the foot of the wall. However, because there were too many of them, one of them fell to the ground.

Jiale, who was sleeping in the room, was also puzzled. He was not awakened by several shouts, but was awakened by the sound of the bamboo tube falling. After waking up, he went to the door to check the situation.

I happened to see Simu casting a spell on the zombies. I only heard him chanting the spell "Heaven and earth, zombies have spirits, zombies have sex, forget the ringing sound, if you hear it, you will be beaten, if you hear it, you will be beaten, oh my god, this is my command."

Then he jumped aside and shouted, "Follow my orders."

Seeing that his spell had taken effect, he still took out a pot lid and propped up a pottery basin for safety, squatted in front of the zombie and shouted "Oops."

Upon hearing the order, several zombies swung their sticks and started hitting, smashing the pottery basin on Simu's head into pieces on the spot.

Seeing this, Jiang Li quickly stepped forward to dissuade him, "Uncle Master, you'd better not go. This matter doesn't need to be this serious."

Simu said righteously, "If jade is not polished, it cannot be made into a useful tool. Today I will teach this apprentice a lesson."

Then he swaggered into the house with a group of zombies. Jiang Li shook his head and whispered, "I'm not helping Jiale, I'm helping you, uncle!"

Sure enough, just a while after Simu entered, Simu's cries of "ouch, ouch" were heard from the room, as well as the sound of intensive sticks hitting flesh.

It turned out that Jiale saw his master casting a spell, and after being beaten by Simu, he endured the pain and didn't cry out. Simu was surprised that Jiale didn't cry out, so he cried out and was beaten on the head by the zombies.

Fortunately, Jiale covered Simu's mouth in time, preventing Simu from suffering more serious injuries.

Then Jiale led the group of zombies to the morgue while shouting "Aiya", and then cast a spell to break the spell of the prankster.

Jiang Li came into the room and said to Simu with a smile, "I wonder how badly Master Uncle was injured. I have some excellent healing medicine here, all made by Master himself."

Simu was so embarrassed at this moment that he just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. There was no way he would accept Jiang Li's medicine.

He just said nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's okay. Uncle, I have a high level of cultivation and a strong physique. This little skin injury is not a problem at all."

But the occasional twitching of his mouth made his words less convincing.

After that, the two chatted for some more small talk. When they saw the sun rising, they said something to Jiang Li and then went to the portrait of the ancestor to pay their respects to him.

Jiang Li naturally followed Simu, but he was speechless when he saw Simu's strange movements. After respectfully greeting the ancestor, he went outside with Simu.

Jiang Li asked in confusion, "What did those gestures of greeting that Master Uncle made just now mean? Why do I feel so strange?"

Simu replied, "That's what my master taught me. He said that the Grand Master doesn't like disciples who follow the rules. He is happy to see those who don't follow the usual etiquette."

Jiang Li was speechless upon hearing this. This corpse-driving tradition was really weird.

After watching Jiale for a long time without him coming over, they said loudly, "Jiale, what are you doing? Your Senior Brother Jiang is here, but you didn't even come over to greet him?"

Upon hearing this, Jiale hurried out and asked, "Where is he, where is my Senior Brother Jiang Li?"

When he saw Jiang Li in the room, he immediately smiled and bowed to him, saying, "When did you come, Senior Brother Jiang? Why didn't I see you?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I came here with Master Uncle Simu. You were so busy playing with Master Uncle that you didn't even see me."

When Simu heard the word "play", he felt embarrassed and immediately scolded, "Master, your Senior Brother Jiang and I have been traveling all night and are starving. Why don't you go get something to eat? Why are you talking nonsense here?"

Jiale then left in a huff. When he reached the door, he turned around and said to Jiang Li, "Brother Jiang, how many people did you bring? I'll make more food."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Junior Brother Jia Le, you don't have to worry about them if they eat a lot. We brought pots and bowls and they can cook for themselves."

Jiale no longer insisted after hearing this and turned to leave, but then he seemed to have thought of something and turned to Simu and said, "By the way, Master, I forgot to tell you that Master Ikkyu is back."

Simu immediately frowned when he heard that and said, "So what if he's back? Do you still want me to go and pay my respects to him?"

Jiale smiled awkwardly and said, "That's not necessary." Then he went to the kitchen to cook.

Seeing that Simu didn't look very well, Jiang Li immediately said to him, "Uncle Simu, take a rest first. I will go visit the master for you."

After saying that, he turned and left, and the bottle of healing medicine was placed on the table.

Simu heard Jiang Li's words and said unhappily, "What's so good about a bald donkey?"

Jiang Li went out and told several Taoist soldiers to make a fire and cook. Then he took a package from his horse and went to Master Ikkyu's residence.

At this time, Yixiu was walking towards Simu's house with a girl. Jiang Li stepped forward, bowed, and asked with a smile, "Master Yixiu, how are you these days?"

Ikkyu put his hands together and said with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, I am doing well recently. I listened to your advice and accepted another disciple this time."

"Oh, I'd like to introduce her to you. This is my new lay disciple Qingqing."

Then he said to Qingqing, "This is Jiang Li, the disciple of Senior Brother Simu Daochang. You two are of similar age, so you can walk around more."

So Jiang Li and Qingqing greeted each other and became acquainted.

Then he asked Ikkiu, "Master, are you going out?"

Ikkiu smiled and said, "Oh, I heard Brother Simu screaming in the house before, so I wanted to go over and take a look at the situation, maybe I can help."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I see. But it would be better if you go later. He should be applying medicine on his wounds now!"

Ikkiu smiled and said, "Brother Simu, are you injured? Is the injury serious?"

Jiang Li said, "It's just some superficial injuries, nothing serious."

Then he took off the package on his back and said to Ikkyu, "I heard that Master Ikkyu often travels outside. I have some pumpkin seeds with a high yield."

"If you see a poor family in the future, you can give them a few seeds, which may help their lives."

Ikkiu took the package blankly and said, "This pumpkin is not filling, so even if the yield is high, it's probably useless, right?"

Jiang Li did not explain but said truthfully, "This pumpkin seed is called Nanfeng No. 1. We planted a lot of it this year, and the yield per mu is 1,500 kilograms."

Ikkiu and Qingqing both widened their eyes when they heard this, and Ikkiu asked in disbelief, "Is this true? The pumpkin yield is so high. If this is promoted, how many people will be saved from starvation in the world?"