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

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Of course this is true. If you don't believe it, just plant some in the yard."

Upon hearing this, Ikkyu quickly apologized, "Amitabha, I am sorry for being rude, I hope you won't mind."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Why would I be surprised? This is indeed hard to believe, but what Xiao Dao said is not a lie."

Yixiu said, "When I travel in the future, I will definitely bring these seeds with me and do my best to promote this seed."

Seeing that the matter had been discussed, Jiang Li said to Yixiu, "Master, don't you want to see your uncle? He should have finished his work by now."

So Ikkyu asked Qingqing to put the pumpkin seeds back into the house, and then the master and disciple followed Jiang Li to the Simu Dojo.

As soon as he entered the house, Ikkyu knocked on Simu's door and asked, "Brother Simu, are you feeling better? I heard you screaming miserably next door this morning."

Simu had just finished applying the medicine and heard Yixiu knocking on the door to ask questions. He immediately said impatiently, "No need, I can still hold on."

Yixiu could tell Simu's tone was unfriendly, so he turned to Jiang Li with a smile and said, "Since Brother Simu is fine, I won't bother you anymore."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Jiang Li silently tried to persuade him to leave, "Master Yixiu, please don't worry. Junior Brother Jiale has already prepared the meal. Please eat something before you leave!"

Master Ikkyu said with a smile, "How can this be so embarrassing?"

Jiang Li smiled and said it was okay, then pulled Ikkiu to the table. At this time, Simu heard that it was time for breakfast, so he opened the door and walked out with a stern face.

Ikkyu turned around and saw Simu, so he smiled and said, "Seeing how you look, I think there is nothing wrong with your health. I feel relieved."

Simu said proudly, "There's nothing wrong with my body."

At this time, Yixiu looked at Qingqing beside him and said to her, "Qingqing, come and pay your respects to the Taoist priest."

Qingqing asked curiously, "Master, is this the Taoist priest Simu you told me about?"

Upon hearing this, Simu asked immediately, "What did he say about me? Did he say bad things about me behind my back?"

Qingqing noticed from the beginning that Simu's attitude towards the master was not right, so she naturally said good things at this time and praised Simu so much that he held his head high.

Finally, I couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that such a good girl like you has to worship such an old monk as your master."

Qingqing heard this and said, "Master has profound Buddhist knowledge and a kind heart. It is my honor to meet you when I am desperate. How can I feel sorry for it?"

Simu had nothing to say after hearing this. After all, there was nothing to question about the two points Qingqing made, so he stopped talking and walked to the table and sat down.

Seeing Yixiu sitting down, Simu picked up the teacup and poured two cups of tea. He handed one cup to Yixiu and said provocatively, "Drink tea!"

Ikkiu nodded and said, "Okay."

Simu stretched out his wrist and pressed down Yixiu's hand. Seeing that the two of them were holding their breath like children, Jiang Li didn't want to get involved and just said, "Uncle Simu, Master Yixiu, you guys drink tea first. I'll go see if Junior Brother Jiale needs help."

Ikkiu turned around and said, "Qingqing, go and help too!"

Upon hearing this, Qingqing went to the kitchen with Jiang Li.

After a while, Jiang Li and Jiale Qingqing brought some porridge and side dishes to the living room, but as soon as Jiale entered the room, he saw that the table was scattered all over the floor.

After handing the things to Qingqing, he went to move a table over.

After putting the food on the table, Jiale called Simu and Yixiu and said, "Master, come and eat!"

The two men who were fighting fiercely finally stopped and came to the table to eat breakfast.

But before Jiang Li had taken two bites, Simu started to act up again. Seeing this, Jia Le said to Jiang Li and Qingqing, "Let's eat away from them!"

Qingqing glanced at Jiale and said, "Why are you hiding from eating? That's rude!"

Jiale looked at Jiang Li again after hearing this, but he did not persuade him anymore. Instead, he said to Jiang Li, "Take care, brother. I'll go out to eat."

Jiang Li naturally knew what was going to happen next. When Jia Le left, he also greeted the three people at the table and said, "Uncle Master, Master Qingqing, I'm going to go see if my men have eaten."

"If they don't eat, it won't be nice for me to eat here alone."

After getting the consent of the three people, Jiang Li also retreated decisively to avoid being implicated.

But Qingqing looked puzzled. She looked at Jiale and Jiang Li and said, "This is inexplicable."

But ten seconds later she understood the situation and came to Jiale at the door with a look of grievance on her face.

Jiale said with an expression as if he had known this would happen, "I told you to come over and eat."

"Look, the fermented tofu is a double-edged sword." Then he used chopsticks to scrape the fermented tofu off Qingqing's face and put it into the bowl.

Qingqing was furious. She raised her foot and stomped on Jiale hard, then turned around and walked out.

Simu and Ikkyu were throwing peanuts and dried radishes at each other, and the scene was very chaotic.

At this time, Jiang Li, carrying a bowl of porridge, came to the place outside where several people were making a fire and cooking. Looking at them drinking the soup made from dried meat and eating the steamed buns softened by the broth, he suddenly felt that the porridge in his hand was not fragrant anymore.

He immediately put the bowl down, picked up a large bowl and filled it with food, then picked up two steamed buns and started eating.

After a while, Jiang Li saw Qingqing walking out of the yard angrily and heading back to the Ikkyu Dojo, so he called out, "Qingqing, where are you going? Come over here and have a bowl of meat soup."

Upon hearing this, Qingqing came over angrily and said, "Did you know that Master and the Taoist priest didn't get along? That's why you left so early?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "If they don't care about this matter, you can tell from what they say. As for why I came out, it's because I'm not used to eating alone, and I want to come and see my brothers eat together."

Then he asked Qingqing, "Would you like to try the meat soup and steamed buns? They are much better than the porridge."

Qingqing was furious when she heard this, "You did this on purpose, didn't you? I'm a Buddhist disciple, and you asked me to eat meat!"

Then he turned and left angrily.

Jiang Li didn't try to persuade him to stay. He shook his head and continued eating. After a while, Yixiu limped back home.

After a while, when he had almost finished eating, he picked up a large bowl of meat soup that he had prepared in one hand and a bowl of steamed buns in the other hand and walked towards the house.

When he came into the house and saw Jiale cleaning up the house, he handed him the big bowl of meat soup and said, "This is the meat soup cooked by my men. Ask Master Simu to come out and have some!"

Then he was about to leave with the bowl of steamed bun. Seeing this, Jiale quickly said, "Brother, aren't you going to give us your steamed bun? The broth alone isn't enough to fill us up!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master Ikkiu and his people don't eat meat, so this is prepared for them."

He was about to leave when Simu in the room suddenly said, "Nephew, wait a minute."

Then he reached out and grabbed two from the bowl and said, "Just drinking the broth won't fill you up. Give me two steamed buns to fill your stomach. The bald donkey is old, so he should eat less to avoid being stuffed to death."