Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

As the lights came on, the moonlight cast a faint glow on the two people in the yard.

Lin Jiu's deep eyes seemed to be illuminated by her words. He suddenly stretched out his strong arms and held Jingzhi in his arms.

"Blame me. You said you didn't mind, but I mind like hell."

His fingertips trembled slightly, as if revealing his uneasiness.

Lin Jiu hugged the beautiful woman in his arms even tighter, "Zhizhi, from now on, only me is your only choice. Don't look at anyone else."

He is a narrow-minded person. Once he has her in his heart, he can no longer have room for anyone else.

He hoped that she could be like him.

Jingzhi was cursing the heavens in her heart, but when she saw Lin Jiu's insecure look, the heartache in her eyes almost overflowed.

"Okay, just you."

As if to give him a sense of security, Jingzhi hugged his waist and repeated to him the promise Lin Jiu had made to her in the previous life.

"Brother Jiu, I know you're still worried even if I just talk about it. I'll prove it to you with my actions in the future."

Somehow, she really felt that there was such a thing as karma.

Once a cause is created, it will eventually produce a result to warn the world.

"Tian Dao, just treat what I just said as bullshit. It doesn't matter if he doesn't remember me. I... will try my best."

She thought silently in her mind.

……

"Zhizhi, come and review your lessons. I'll test you."

The two people who were holding hands sweetly in the moonlight suddenly ran away.

Then another person carried him on his shoulders and brought him into the study along with his schoolbag.

"Why are you running? Let's finish today's work today. Come, let's recite the first lesson. If you can't recite it, you... have to kiss me."

"I've only read it a few times, you, you are shameless!" Jingzhi pointed at him with shaking fingers, gritting her teeth, with an expression of "you are unreasonable", which made Lin Jiu laugh.

He gently pinched her index finger and gave it a gentle kiss.

"I memorized it after reading it a few times. You're so smart, you can do it too."

"Come on." He spread out the paper, ground the ink, then gave his workstation to Jingzhi and pulled a chair to sit next to her.

Not human!

She was not even allowed to review before being given the exam!

She thought he was innocent but had bad intentions.

"I don't believe it anymore."

The war drums sounded, and the competitive spirit reached its peak.

Jingzhi glared at the man next to her who was supporting his head with one hand and looking at her leisurely, then lowered her head to write silently.

Fifteen minutes later, she proudly handed him a section of the medicine song that she had checked several times, and slammed the textbook onto the table in front of him.

"Come on, check it out. If there's any mistake, I'll take your last name!"

Lin Jiu held the paper tightly and checked it at a glance. "Zhizhi, we both have the surname Lin. If there is any mistake, you must fulfill your promise."

Jingzhi: "...Hmph, okay."

The more Lin Jiu looked, the lower his brows furrowed.

"Right? What's wrong?"

Jingzhi began to wonder if she was shortsighted, and leaned over to look with him.

The light sweet fragrance lingered along her hair and lingered on his side. Lin Jiu glanced at her silently from the corner of his eye and replied with some displeasure:

"Yes, that's all correct."

"Ha! I knew it! How could something as simple as this be difficult for me?!"

Lin Jiu turned a page of the textbook and came to the second lesson - the human body acupuncture point map.

"You have the basics, so what just happened doesn't count."

"Come, I'll point to the acupuncture points on your body, and you have to tell me, otherwise you lose."

Jingzhi was completely shocked by Lin Jiu's shameless words that were against the rules.

"Do not……"

He pressed a finger against the center of her collarbone and, ignoring her objection, asked:

"What acupuncture point is this?"

"Xuanji."

Haha, when she was learning martial arts, she also had to learn some medical skills and massage. With just these few things, do you think she can be stumped?

Lin Jiu: Wow, you are really good at it.

He pointed maliciously at an easily confused spot - the center of her navel.

He secretly placed his fingertips flat, increasing the area he touched, and pressed two adjacent acupoints at once.

"Where is this?"

Jingzhi raised his chin and said without thinking:

"Shenque acupoint! It's the key to the circulation of essence, qi, spirit, and blood. Brother Nine, if you want to test me, why not test an unimportant and difficult-to-remember acupoint? Testing this point would be like feeding the answer to me."

"Oh?" Lin Jiu curled his lips slightly, without moving his left fingertips, and lifted her hem with his right hand, exposing her white belly.

"Look again, where did I press?"

"Yinjiao acupoint, no, Shenque acupoint." Jingzhi was puzzled and squinted at Lin Jiu, "Did you move secretly?"

Lin Jiu looked at her and said, "If I move, you are so sensitive, I believe you will be able to feel it."

His eyes were too innocent, and she really didn't feel his fingers move. Jingzhi curled her lips, admitted defeat, and kissed him on the cheek.

Then ask: “What’s the answer?”

Lin Jiu smiled mysteriously and said, "You've pressed both the Yinjiao and Shenque points. Did I say I only wanted to test one?"

Damn, it turns out it’s still multiple choice.

Jingzhi looked at him with gritted teeth and said unyieldingly:

"Come again!"

Lin Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly. Little cat, you have lived for so long, why don’t you become more smart?

"Okay, don't deny it when you lose later."

Jingzhi patted his chest and said, "No way, am I that kind of person?"

……

That night, the simple-minded Jingzhi and the cunning Lin Jiu fought a battle of wits and courage. The little kitten was deceived until nothing was left of her underwear and her mouth was kissed to pieces. She never won once.

At some point, Jingzhi rolled onto the bed again, panting and pushing Lin Jiu, crying and saying:

"Wow, wow, you won't even give in! I'm still studying, and you keep bullying me."

Lin Jiu pressed his forehead against hers, and his hot lips fell back on hers. "Heh, did you remember what I just asked?"

Jingzhi bit him in frustration, "Remember this, I will never forget it even if I die!"

Lin Jiu let her bite, his eyes full of joy, he smiled vaguely and said:

"It shows that my method is very effective. After the mid-month assessment, you will definitely be first in the class."

Jingzhi shrunk back into his arms, clenched her fist and punched his chest, "Who wants to be first in the kindergarten class? I'm going to apply for skipping a grade tomorrow!"

It’s good to skip grades.

Medicine becomes increasingly difficult as you progress.

If she loses again, he can...

Lin Jiu, lost in his reverie, was suddenly pinched on both sides of his face. "Are you thinking of something bad again?"

Lin Jiu slightly widened his eyes, revealing a clear look to her, "No, skipping a grade is a good thing. Since you already know the basics, there's no need to waste time."

“…That’s what I thought.”

Unable to see what was wrong with Lin Jiu, Jingzhi let him go, hugged his arm and sighed.

"Brother Jiu, learning never ends. Since school ends early, we can come back in the afternoon and you can teach me martial arts, okay?"

Since she can't use her spiritual power, she has to improve her own skills. It's always good to have more skills.

Lin Jiu didn't expect that the little white rabbit would fall into the trap herself. He was very happy and he wished she would spend more time with him.

"Okay, but you'll be too tired."

Jingzhi got up and said solemnly:

"I've thought about it. No matter what the future holds, whether the enemy will invade or when, as long as I'm prepared, it doesn't matter whether I stay in the government office or not."

"I... plan to quit that job. From now on, you have to support me!" She said teasingly, gently stroking his straight nose with her slender index finger.

Lin Jiu answered seriously:

"Okay, I'll support you. Just focus on your studies and don't worry about these things."

“…You speak so nicely.”

Jingzhi paused slightly, then hugged his neck affectionately and rubbed against him wildly.

After she had rubbed enough, she raised her head with a red face, "I have money too, don't worry about it. There is something I need your help with."

Lin Jiu: "What's the matter?"

She wouldn't want to visit some grave again, would she?

"We talked about digging a bomb shelter before."

"dugout?"

I haven't heard of it, but I roughly understand what it means.

He had witnessed it a few years ago when the foreigners fired their cannons in.

"Yes." Jingzhi racked her brains to recall what she had learned from her textbooks and told Lin Jiu everything:

"This hole must be deep and solid enough, otherwise if the enemy fires, we won't even have time to dig the grave."

"Then, we need to maintain good ventilation and have emergency food and medical supplies."

"Also, the temperature underground is low, so bedding and clothes must be prepared."

"It would be best if there were a secret escape route. And we should also pay attention to escape drills..."

That night, Jingzhi chatted with Lin Jiu for most of the night.

He didn't know what she was afraid of.

However, since this is what she wants to do, he will definitely support her to the end.

Until one day, Lin Jiu finally realized the magical use of this cave.

That was the seventh year of our marriage.

Like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, Lin Jiu, who was still sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the emergency luggage on the bedside, and rushed to the air-raid shelter with Jingzhi, who jumped up instantly.

As soon as I walked out of the hospital, I saw the town was on fire.

Every time a shell lands, a family disappears.

Broken tiles and bricks were scattered all over the ground, but the residents of this area were not unable to escape because of the secret actions of Lin Jiu and Jing Zhi over the years.

However, some people who were unlucky were directly blown away by a cannon.

Blood mist was flying, broken limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground, and the peaceful town in the distance seemed to have turned into a purgatory on earth.

Jingzhi stood at the entrance of the cave with a solemn expression, observing the situation, his palms cold.

"Ajiu... do you think they can escape in time?"

Lin Jiu put down the telescope that she had polished until it was patinaed, and said to her:

"Don't worry, I saw them. They should be here in less than a quarter of an hour."

Jingzhi turned her head and her eyes swept over Lin Jiu, Abao, Xiaozhu and Xiaohai who were standing beside her.

Everyone she cared about was here.

So...what about the country she cares about?

"I mean... the people in the town."

Over the years, in addition to digging caves large enough to hide the Liang family and themselves, they also dug several more caves in inconspicuous suburbs free of charge.

"Ajiu... I want to go out after the shelling stops."

Lin Jiu held her hand, which had been trembling slightly, and said firmly:

"I knew this day would come. I'll be with you."

"If you're not careful... you could die," she said.

"I'm not afraid."

During these seven years, she had indeed fulfilled her promise and only had eyes for him.

But she is very busy, either studying medicine or saving people.

Lin Jiu watched her light up like a little sun.

When he woke up in the middle of the night, he discovered that his whole body was also covered with golden light, and even Abao and Xiaohai were also emitting a faint golden light of merit.

The storm is rising.

These seven years seemed like a happy life that he had stolen, and Lin Jiu was already very satisfied with it.

"Okay, Brother Nine, come with me."

Jingzhi slowly held his hand back.

Abao patted Xiaozhu's hand and stood up.

"I am coming too!"

Xiao Hai also patted his chest and stood up, "Me too."

Jingzhi glanced at Xiaozhu, who was pregnant, and gently pushed Abao back, "Don't go, she needs you."

There were tears in A Bao's eyes, "Master's Wife, I, I am Chinese too!"

Jingzhi paused for a moment, then gently patted his thick shoulders, "You don't want your child to be born without a father, do you?"

"Xiao Hai, you haven't spent your fifty taels yet. Are you sure you want to go?"

Xiao Hai looked at the town engulfed in flames and couldn't help wiping away tears.

"Master's wife, what are you talking about? Where can I spend money? Senior brother is right. I am also Chinese. I don't have a wife or children, and I know some medical skills. I am the most suitable person to go out and save people."

Having said that, his brain suddenly jumped and he thought of the key point.

"You...could it be that you knew this would happen and that's why you didn't have children?"

Lin Jiu looked at his apprentice who was almost thirty years old and couldn't help but pat him on the back.

"Everyone's life is filled with a mission. I've spent half my life teaching and slaying demons and monsters. I've already spent a lot of energy on this. I can't move the child. Your master's wife has also agreed to this."

Xiao Hai looked at Jing Zhi, "Master's Wife, you..."

"What do I mean by a child? I consider anything that is cultivated with my hard work to be my child. For example, my medical skills, your senior brother's shop, and your ever-improving Taoist skills are all your children."

"Xiao Hai, as a person, you should have a long-term vision."

Xiao Hai scratched his head and felt that Jingzhi's words had become more and more mysterious over the years.

……

This war with a huge disparity in strength lasted for four years.

The outside was a scorched earth, with corpses and bones scattered all over the ground.

The people hiding in the cave were fine at first, but later they had to leave the air-raid shelter to find food and launch an inevitable counterattack.

In the past few years, Lin Jiu and Jingzhi led the Liang family to secretly practice medicine outside to save people. Everyone has lost a lot of weight, even Abao, who has always been fat, has lost a lot of weight.

But the hope in their eyes never faded.

As long as there are people around, they believe that one day the grassland burned by wildfires will become fertile land and the flowers of hope will bloom again.

October of the same year.

"The Qing army has retreated, knowing full well that this battle is doomed to fail. Everyone here...will you fight?"

Lin Jiu looked around at everyone in the cave.

"war!"

Everyone who participated in the Liang family martial arts competition stood up.

"Fight!" Liang Yuan stood up with crutches.

Looking at everyone's hesitant faces, she smiled and said:

"I don't have many years left to live. The Qing army cannot represent all of us Chinese. Although I know that the enemy has tens of thousands of troops here and we will definitely lose this battle, what I want to say is... It's time to open these foreign devils' eyes. Today, I must let them know..."

“Not all Chinese are the sick men of East Asia!!”

"Fight!" Xiaoguang turned into a handsome white-haired boy named Zhongguang.

He came up behind Liang Yuan with high spirits and said, "If grandma goes, I want to go too!"

Jingzhi used to think that he was bald because he didn't have long hair. It turned out that he inherited her hair color and shaved it off for fear of being bullied.

He not only inherited her hair color, but also her physique and Erdi's good brain. It can be said that he is both civil and military.

"You're only thirteen, go to hell, stay here!"

Jingzhi's sword sheath hit his chest, but did not push him away.

Hey, you kid!

If she hadn't been afraid that the Liang family would be extinct, she wouldn't have stopped it.

Zhongguang grasped the scabbard and said, "Isn't thirteen years old enough to make me no longer Chinese? I want to go too!"

"Go to hell..."

"Jingzhi, if he wants to go, let him go."

Lin Jiu said, "However, we need to formulate a strategy first and not just rush forward blindly."