Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

As time passed, the thick haze in the air finally dissipated slowly, and the golden sunlight gradually penetrated the clouds and hung high in the sky.

I was in such a good mood last night that Jingzhi, who was always diligent and hardworking, couldn't help but be lazy. I didn't practice the whole night, but slept soundly.

At this moment, she closed her eyes tightly and had not yet fully woken up, but a clear and loud crowing of a rooster came from next door at an inopportune time.

In silence, he unconsciously arched his body and rolled around on the bed like a caterpillar.

Her petite body twisted like a maggot, as if trying to shake off all the sleepiness.

After tossing and turning like this for a while, she finally reached out and pushed the quilt away from her head.

She had a head of slightly messy and frizzy long hair and was just about to sit up.

At this moment, a dark shadow suddenly pounced on her. She only felt a hint of coolness on her lips, and then she saw that the person had quickly straightened up and sat steadily at the end of the bed.

Jingzhi's first reaction was to turn her head and look at Liang Zan in the opposite corner.

When she found that he was still sleeping soundly, snoring loudly, and was not disturbed by the noise here at all, she breathed a sigh of relief.

But just as she was about to turn around and glare at Erdi, she felt a chill on her cheek again.

"...Let me see if I can beat you up!!"

She was so angry that she picked up the soft pillow behind her, which still had some warmth left, and threw it at Erdi without hesitation.

However, this was just a delaying tactic. She had already witnessed Erdi's impatience and poor kissing skills last night.

After throwing the pillow, she rolled backwards and landed on the ground at the head of the bed. She stood up in her slippers and, without caring about Erdi's expression, she suddenly opened the door and rushed out.

Erdi slowly withdrew the hand she had extended to her, and touched her lips again, with the corners of her mouth gradually rising.

He resigned himself to his fate and put the pillow away. Then he untied the quilt that she had twisted into a knot, held it in his arms and walked out.

When I reached the door, I couldn't see her, but I could hear her voice from the left.

He looked sideways.

Tsk, why did she go there?!

Erdi wanted to call her back, but she noticed her senior brother coming out of the house.

He snorted inwardly, quickly threw Jingzhi's quilt onto the bamboo pole, and then quickly spread it out to completely block his senior brother's sight.

……

The yard next door.

Jingzhi gurgled the handle on the well and greeted the owner of the house who was buttoning his clothes and stepping out of the door:

"Uncle Huabao, good morning. I'm going to your well to get some water. I just told my sister."

Hua Bao glanced at the quietly closed door next door, rolled his eyes at that side, then turned to Jing Zhi and said with a smile:

"You're up so early? It's okay. You can use it. It's just a little bit. I'm not a stingy person."

While feeding the chickens, the girl muttered:

"You said you weren't stingy. Yesterday morning you said you would only give Uncle Shi two eggs."

Hua Bao looked a little embarrassed. He gave Jingzhi a wry smile, glared at Qingmei and said:

"What are you talking about? Put your things down. From today on, Dad will teach you martial arts."

The girl was a little confused, but also had a hidden expectation:

"Didn't you say before that girls don't need to learn martial arts?"

He curled his lips, pointed at Jingzhi who turned the handle to fly and said:

"Look at him, his movements are swift and his strength is great. Learning some martial arts would be good for you, not to mention..."

"Not to mention what?"

He glanced at Jingzhi who was pouring water into the bucket she brought. Seeing that she was busy, he leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"Ever since that kid next door came here, we've lost a chicken. In the future, maybe even your pig will be eaten!"

Sister Xiao was not so petty. She smiled, walked a few steps to the pigpen, gently stroked the newborn pink piglets twice, and then turned to her father with a sweet smile on her face:

"Dad, don't worry, I'll leave this pig of mine to you to slaughter when the time comes."

"What nonsense! Do you think your father is a pig butcher?"

"Puchi~Hey!"

The two turned to look at Jingzhi. Jingzhi pursed her lips, her face flushed red, and she lifted two buckets full of water and said:

"You guys practice, I'm going to go back and get busy."

After saying that, she ran away easily carrying two buckets of water. The water in the buckets kept shaking and forming layers of ripples, but not a drop of it spilled out.

The girl was looking at him with envy, stretching her neck. At this moment, Hua Bao patted her shoulder gently from behind and said:

"See, practicing is good for you. Come here!"

"Oh!"

……

As soon as Jingzhi returned to the yard, the door creaked open.

She looked inside and saw that Liang Zan had also gotten up and was sitting on the bed getting dressed, occasionally sticking his head out to look around.

He asked, "What's going on next door?"

Jingzhi looked at him with a half-smile:

"He was just saying that someone found out his chicken was missing, and he was afraid his daughter was also missing, so he was teaching her martial arts."

Liang Zan had only kung fu in his mind. When he heard the word "practice", his eyes lit up like searchlights and he stood up and was about to rush out.

The next moment, the hem of his clothes flying behind him was pulled.

"Hey, you weren't beaten enough yesterday, are you just going to leave like this? Don't you want to bring him some gifts to apologize? Uncle Hua Bao is not a man who is easy to talk to."

He stopped, groping the back of his neck with a confused look on his face:

"So what should I bring?"

Jingzhi shrugged and spread his hands:

"Think about it yourself. I'm very busy and won't tell you anymore!"

After saying that, she ignored him and went straight to the kitchen to light the fire and cook.

Thanks to the fact that she and Aunt Zhou had been spending a long time at the stove, she could now cook quickly and well.

In a short while, the rice was in the pot and the side dishes were ready.

As the boiler and the small medicine stove next to it were bubbling with steam, she picked up the dustpan on the bamboo rack in the corner and walked out of the kitchen with the medicinal herbs that were so natural that almost the entire plant was still intact.

As soon as I came out, I ran into Erdi, who had been sitting in the yard for some time.

He asked, "What are you doing?"

Jingzhi showed what was in his hand:

"Just take your medicine, I'll wash it and let it air dry."

Erdi stood up, rolled up her sleeves and said:

"I'll help."

"...You, go to the kitchen and get a few more dustpans. These are not enough."

You little sickly kid, you still want to touch the water?

The well water in the morning is so cool that it will freeze him to death.

She gently placed the dustpan aside, then reached out and grabbed the scoop in the bucket, quickly began to pour clean water, and at the same time washed the medicinal plants at a rapid speed.

At this moment, Erdi had already moved all the necessary things out of the kitchen.

When he returned to the original place again, he was surprised to find that Jingzhi was so efficient and completed the task at hand so quickly.

"How are you?" he couldn't help asking.

"...Tsk, how long will it take with just this little bit of stuff?"

Jingzhi frowned slightly and muttered to himself that the quantity of these medicinal herbs in front of him was really pitifully small. According to this quantity, it might not be enough for even half a month.

"what happened?"

"...It's okay. Where's your teapot? Give it to me. I'll get you a hot one."

Jingzhi shook her head gently, trying to get rid of the distracting thoughts in her mind, then turned around and explained to Erdi.

Hearing this, Erdi was stunned for a moment, and then a gentle smile appeared on her face.

He slowly took a step closer, stretched out his hand and gently pulled Jingzhi's sleeve, and said softly:

"From now on, just make tea for me, okay?"

What to soak?

Make tea, or make her?

Jingzhi raised her eyebrows, looked at him with a half-smile and said:

"That depends on your performance. Go get it now."

"Ok!"

……

There are two large pots on each side of the stove, one on the left and one on the right, for boiling water and porridge.

Just as she was scooping boiling water into the big teapot, a slightly cold body suddenly came up from behind, and two arms covered with a thin layer of muscle instantly wrapped around her waist.

Suddenly, she heard his satisfied sigh:

"very nice."

Jingzhi rolled his eyes:

"What the hell, aren't you afraid that I'll burn you to death?"

Fortunately, she had a steady hand, otherwise she would have poured a bucket of hot water on his hands.

He tutted and twisted her waist again:

"Don't be so rude."

Jingzhi's hand shook, and some boiling water splashed out and fell on the stove, making her couldn't help but let out a "hiss".

Erdi let her go helplessly, looking up at her hand.

"Where did you burn? Let me see."

Jingzhi hid her gloved hands behind her back and mumbled:

"No, it's okay. You twisted my waist and it hurt."

Seeing his suspicious face, she quickly changed the subject:

"Here's the little teapot I told you to get. Bring it here."

Erdi handed her the small teapot that had been placed on the table beside him and asked again:

"Is it really okay?"

"...Who am I? I'm a spirit cat, with top-notch reflexes!"

"...Tsk."

Just as the two were arguing and the atmosphere was getting tense, Liang Zan rushed out of the inner room into the yard with a feather duster in his hand, then turned and ran straight to the next door.

Jingzhi covered the teapot with the lid and thoughtfully wrapped it with a handkerchief before handing it to Erdi and saying:

"Warm your hands, don't drink yet, it will burn you to death!"

After that, she pulled Erdi out of the kitchen and headed straight for the yard, whispering in his ear:

"Hurry up! I told him to give a gift to the neighbors. What's the big deal about that brat holding a feather duster? I think he's going to get into trouble again!"

Just as she was about to walk out of the fence, Erdi couldn't move it no matter how hard she pulled.

"Why don't you leave?"

"Can't you just go over there and watch from here?"

"...Tsk, do you have a grudge against your senior brother, or what?"

Even though she said this, she did not go over. Instead, she walked back to the yard, stealthily stuck her head out from the quilt that was hanging to dry, and looked towards the yard opposite.

At this moment, another piece of dog-skin plaster was stuck behind him.

She shook her waist, somewhat speechless:

"...Liang Erdi! This is outside!"

Erdi rested her chin lightly on her shoulder and answered irrelevantly:

"They were all around, and...I didn't kiss you."

Jingzhi was stunned.

It seems that he kept his promise last night that he would ask her before kissing her, and he took advantage of her words to find loopholes, and he wanted to hang himself on her!

Seeing that she couldn't break free, she didn't bother to pay attention to him.

A pair of clear cat eyes with a hint of curiosity stared straight at the opposite side.

Erdi didn't seem to be interested in watching. He didn't even blink, but tilted his head to stare at Jingzhi's profile.

As he looked, he got closer and closer.

Suddenly, a palm was raised between her mouth and face. Erdi was caught off guard and was kissed on the back of her hand, even through a layer of gloves.

She sighed and said coldly:

"If you bother me again, I'll go over and take a look, and you won't even get to hug me!"

"..."

Just a second later, she felt an itchy and tingling sensation in the hair on the back of her head again.

She gritted her teeth and glanced at him sideways:

"What are you doing again?"

He looked innocent, his five fingers slightly bent as he combed her slightly messy hair at the back of her head:

"Your sleeping posture is bad, your hair is messed up. I'll comb it for you...hiss!"

Jingzhi moved his feet away and snorted.

"Say it again!"

Just as the two of them were interacting with each other and about to start fighting again, a commotion came from next door.