Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

After hearing what he said, Abao felt even more hopeless.

Both the person and the soul have entered a state of semi-death.

"Ugh……"

Jingzhi scratched his ears, frowned and said to him:

"Don't sigh anymore. You've broken up my family and lost all my good luck!"

"Get your act together! Men in their twenties and thirties should be striving for success. Otherwise, why would they get married?!"

A Bao: "I want to work hard, but even if I want to start a business, I need capital, right? And what kind of business is good?"

Jingzhi: "Think about it yourself. Find out what you are best at. You can't have wasted the first thirty years of your life."

Ah Hai held the back of his head, walked closely to her right, and said with a smile: "Selling shuttlecocks, my brother makes the best shuttlecocks, beautiful and strong."

"Well, isn't that an idea?" Jingzhi said.

A Bao shook his head and said, "I use the feathers of the roosters that our master usually slaughters. If I want to start a business, I still need the capital to buy feathers."

"Besides, anyone with a bit of dexterity can make something like this."

"makes sense."

The three of them pondered over it all the way, and in the end, there were only three people sighing.

Jingzhi had thought about letting Abao work in the martial arts school that Liang En mentioned, but to the Liang family, she was like a long-deceased ancestor.

She felt that she had no privilege to interfere in the business built by others.

On the other hand, to Lin Jiu, she might just be a familiar face, not even a friend. If she rashly made suggestions about his apprentice's future, would it hurt his self-esteem even more?

Ah Hai is a smart one.

Seeing his master return to the study and looking for something on the bookshelf, he quickly patted Abao's shoulder, pointed at the study door, and whispered:

"What's the point of sighing here? Go there!"

So, the three of them sat in a row at the door of Lin Jiu's study.

“Alas~” “Alas~” “Alas~”

"Don't sigh, take it."

Lin Jiu looked at the three backs of their heads that were lined up like Oreos, and couldn't help but blinking as he handed over ten silver coins.

"Master, this is all I have. Please take it all."

"Master..." A Bao took the coins and was deeply moved, but his brows were still frowned. He held the ten silver coins in his hand, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

"This... ten is not enough."

"I think that's enough." Ah Hai raised his index finger and tapped his chin, his eyes full of wisdom.

"Take it and gamble. If you win, 10 will become 20. Win again and gamble again, and 20 will become 40, 80, 160, 320!"

The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became, as if he had foreseen his senior brother's future of sudden wealth, until a fan hit him on the head, shattering his daydream.

"What if you lose? What should you do if you lose?" Jingzhi swung the tip of her fan and pointed at the silver coins in Abao's hand on the left. "It's not easy for Ninth Brother to save up some money. If you lose once, it's all gone."

Lin Jiu inexplicably liked the "利" in Oreo.

"I've thought about it for you a long time ago." Lin Jiu returned to the table and sat down, and called Jingzhi over for some tea.

Oreo’s profit was gone, and only Ao Ao was left looking at each other in bewilderment.

They walked in together.

Po asked, "Master, have you thought of a solution?"

Lin Jiu slowly handed Jingzhi a cup of tea and then said:

"Boss He has a stall he wants to sell recently and is offering 12 silver coins. I have some friendship with him, so I think silver coins should be enough."

"After you take over the stall and work hard, I think there is still hope for you to save enough money to marry Xiaozhu."

"Thank you, Master!"

Only then did Abao show a little smile.

"Well, let's go."

Abao and Ahai were very happy. They walked out of the study with the money and wanted to go out to find Boss He to buy the stall.

Then I heard a bell ringing from inside the house.

The two looked back.

Good guy!

A handful of silver coins were scattered on the ground, and their master was squatting there picking them up in panic.

Jingzhi was confused. She lifted her foot and silently picked up the silver coin that fell on her shoe.

This old man... is quite good at hiding.

By the way, besides Lin Jiu, could it be that Erdi also hides some private money from her?

No, she would have to go back and look for it later.

Po: "Master..."

Ah Hai also looked constipated: "Master, you..."

Lin Jiu smiled awkwardly, showing his eight neat teeth:

"Well, those are all misshapen silver coins. They can't be used."

The two men were skeptical, raised their eyebrows, turned around and walked out.

Jingzhi rubbed the silver coin in his hand and pushed it next to Lin Jiu's teacup with a smile.

"Here, your 'mismatched silver coin' is quite valuable for collection~"

Lin Jiu was speechless and his face flushed red.

With stiff fingertips, he quickly picked up the scattered silver coins on the floor, as well as the only seedling on the table that had caused him a second social failure. Then he walked silently to the bookshelf, closed his eyes, and tapped the edge of the wooden bookshelf with his forehead at an angle where she couldn't see.

"Uncle Jiu?" Jingzhi stood up and called out to his embarrassed figure, "Since you're busy... then I'll go back first."

"and many more!"

Lin Jiu hid the money and took a can of medicinal wine from the top shelf. "Sit down."

Jingzhi looked at the medicinal wine in his hand and smiled.

"I'm really fine. No need to apply any medicine."

Lin Jiu put one hand on her shoulder and pushed her back onto the chair when she was half standing up.

He extended his index finger and lightly tapped the slightly red and swollen spot on Jingzhi's forehead.

"Hiss—don't move!"

Lin Jiu withdrew his hand, pulled open the cork of the bottle, poured a little out and rubbed it in his palm to warm it.

"If I don't help you apply the medicine, I think you'll probably just let it go. You better pay more attention to your brain and don't be so reckless in the future."

Lin Jiu held her head with his left hand as it tilted back, stretched out his right hand, and gently rubbed her forehead with his palm.

Lin Jiu's eyes did not fall on the area below her forehead, but instead he looked at the small bump on her forehead very intently.

The frown was because of the doctor's kindness, and also because he felt sorry for this chivalrous and brave "hero".

It was clearly a very serious face, but Jingzhi, who looked up at him, felt very confused.

She started to attack herself again.

He must have fallen in love with me.

Otherwise, why would you apply medicine to me?

Let me make it clear first, Lin Jingzhi is not a face-chaser, it's just that his appearance just caught her eye, and she just wants to give a home to everyone named Lin Jiu in the world...

The corners of Jingzhi's mouth were almost curled up into a Nike logo, and Lin Jiu finally stopped.

As soon as his hand moved away a little, it was grabbed by Jingzhi with a look of deep affection.

"Ajiu~" She hesitated to speak.

Lin Jiu was stunned for a moment, then put the cork back into the bottle, put the medicinal wine into her hand, and spoke earnestly, like an elder, patting her hand and saying:

"Don't be polite with me, just take it back. Rub it on and it will probably be healed in a day or two."

Jingzhi closed her eyes.

…What if he becomes even more wooden in this life???

She had a dazed look on her face, her mouth opening and closing a few times, and apart from the two words "Ajiu", she didn't know what tricks to use to seduce him.

The main thing is that she is now dressed as a man. If she accidentally turns Lin Jiu gay, where will she go to cry?

At this moment, Lin Jiu disapproved and said sternly:

"I'm 35, so I'm older than you. Calling me Ah Jiu isn't appropriate."

Lin Jiu gently pulled Jingzhi, who was becoming increasingly confused, and knelt in front of the huge statue.

"Heaven above, Earth below, I, Lin Jiu, wish to become brothers with my brother Lin..."

At this point, Lin Jiu even turned around and smiled at her, "Brother Lin, we are really destined to be together. We both have the surname Lin."

Jingzhi was so anxious that he wished he could die on the spot.

She supported her knees and was about to stand up when she heard Lin Jiu's aggrieved and slightly puzzled voice:

"Brother Lin, you don't want to? It's also... I was too abrupt."

"But I felt a strong connection with Brother Lin from the moment I met him. His character also made me want to make friends with him. You..."

Jingzhi: Why don't you think about it from a different perspective? Why did you fall in love with me the first time you saw me?

Jingzhi knelt back, slowly closed his eyes, and began to brainwash himself.

Bye bye bye!

It’s both worshipping heaven and earth, so how can it not be considered a further step in the relationship?

Lin Jiu mumbled a long string of words.

Then he stuffed three incense sticks into her hand and said with anticipation, "Time is tight today, so just burn some incense first. I'll prepare some wine and food for you another day, and we'll formally become sworn brothers."

Lin Jiu took her arm, walked towards the center of the courtyard, and bowed deeply to the bright sunny sky.

Jingzhi silently said in his heart: Bow to heaven and earth!

Lin Jiu took her hand and turned back to bow to the ancestor twice.

Jingzhi forced a smile and said: I bow to my parents twice!

Lin Jiu took the incense from her hand and inserted it into the incense burner, then turned his back and went to pour tea.

'Where is my husband and wife's greeting?

Jingzhi secretly bowed deeply towards Lin Jiu's back.

Forced couples to bow to each other

"Brother Lin?"

Jingzhi straightened up her upper body, moved her neck and twisted her waist, "Haha, it's okay, I'm just a little tired."

"It will be ready soon." Lin Jiu handed over a cup of tea and said with a faint smile:

"I'll give you tea instead of wine."

Jingzhi took the tea, clinked glasses with him, and thought to herself, "I'm happy in this difficult situation..."

Well, why doesn’t it count as a wedding drink?