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Ning Zhongze nodded in understanding, then instructed Jiang Ning: "Be careful going down the mountain, and come back immediately if there is any danger."
"Don't worry, Master's wife."
Jiang Ning smiled and nodded.
"Come and eat tangyuan (sweet rice balls), hoping we can be reunited as a family."
Ning Zhongze distributed the glutinous rice balls to the two of them, offering her blessings.
Jiang Ning and Yue Buqun then picked up their bowls and began to taste the food.
It has red bean paste filling.
"I wonder where Ling Shan went."
Ning Zhongze also sat down, shaking her head as she ate.
"They must have gone to find Chong'er."
Yue Buqun took a bite of the glutinous rice ball and said.
Ning Zhongze shook her head again: "Now we can't find that girl all day long."
Yue Buqun couldn't help but nod: "A daughter is like a tree that cannot be kept at home once she grows up."
Jiang Ning remained silent, eating his glutinous rice balls while listening to his master and mistress chat.
"correct."
Ning Zhongze seemed to have thought of something and looked at Yue Buqun: "Didn't you say last time that you had your eye on an Emei disciple? You also said you were going to ask Abbess Qingwei if Emei now forbids its disciples from getting married. How's that going?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun put down his bowl and said, "I already spoke with Abbess Qingwei a few days ago. Most of the Emei disciples are lay disciples, and they do not prohibit lay disciples from getting married. The child that Dayou likes is a lay disciple. As long as she and Dayou are in love, there should be no problem."
"That's good."
Ning Zhongze was relieved and then smiled and said, "Actually, these lads have joined my Huashan Sect. You are their master, and I am like a second mother to them. Besides their usual training, I am also worried about their marriage. If they find a good match, I, as their master's wife, can rest assured."
While saying this, Ning Zhongze did not name names, but her gaze was directed at Jiang Ning.
Seeing that his wife was implying something, Yue Buqun didn't say anything more.
Jiang Ning kept his head down, eating his glutinous rice balls without saying a word.
Chapter 266: It's not easy for the elderly to grow flowers and plants.
"Cough cough."
Yue Buqun then spoke up.
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Although marriage is indeed a major event, it cannot be rushed."
Yue Buqun wouldn't care about other matters, but Jiangning is a special case, so he has to speak up.
"Hey."
Hearing Yue Buqun say this, Ning Zhongze didn't say anything more, but just sighed silently.
"Master and Mistress, this disciple takes his leave."
After finishing his meal, Jiang Ning planned to leave.
"Well, let's go."
Yue Buqun also put down his bowl and prepared to go find Tianmen Daoist to play chess.
He usually enjoys playing chess, but no one from the Huashan Sect plays with him. Now that Tianmen Daoist has arrived, Yue Buqun can finally indulge in his passion.
Watching the two figures of master and disciple leave one after the other, Ning Zhongze couldn't help but shake her head.
"Let's hold an internal assessment in a few days."
While walking on the road, Yue Buqun suddenly brought up a topic.
Since learning that Ren Yingying's subordinates were planning to besiege Mount Hua, the monthly internal assessments have been suspended. They had to focus on fighting the enemy. Now that the crisis has been resolved, it's time to resume the assessments.
"You can host it then."
Yue Buqun suddenly said.
"I?"
Jiang Ning asked in surprise, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
Although his martial arts skills were second only to Yue Buqun in the Huashan Sect, Lu Dayou and the others were his senior brothers, so it was against the rules to let him preside over the assessment.
"fine."
Yue Buqun smiled and said, "The main target of this assessment is those newly recruited disciples, all of whom are your junior brothers."
The dozens of new disciples who joined the Huashan Sect were all quite young. They usually just exercised and practiced basic Huashan sword techniques.
“We’ve been preparing for this battle all this time. Da You and Liang Fa haven’t had time to practice. The Huashan crisis has only just passed, so it’s pointless to test them. On the contrary, Zhao’er and Ye Ying didn’t participate in the preparation. This test is mainly to see if they’ve been slacking off. You’re the most suitable person to preside over it.”
"As for Dayou and Liangfa, they will be assessed again next month."
As Yue Buqun walked, he suddenly remembered something: "Right, Ping'er doesn't need to participate in this assessment either."
Although Lin Pingzhi did not participate in the preparations for the battle at Mount Hua, he was being chased all the way down the mountain, so he probably didn't have much time to practice his skills.
"I will have Da You and the others assist you at that time."
"it is good."
Without much hesitation, Jiang Ning nodded in agreement.
After finishing his business, Yue Buqun went to play chess with Tianmen Daoist with a smile on his face.
Jiang Ning returned to his room, but his eyes widened in surprise as soon as he entered the courtyard.
"Oh, Grandpa Mao is back?"
There, edamame, which hadn't been seen for a long time, was munching on the grass.
Upon hearing Jiang Ning's voice, Maodou raised its head and galloped towards Jiang Ning on its donkey hooves, but Jiang Ning dodged to the side, avoiding its wild donkey charge.
Maodou missed its target, then, with its donkey eyes wide open, aimed at Jiang Ning's position and pounced again. Jiang Ning reached out and pressed down on its donkey head to prevent it from bumping into him.
"These are new clothes my teacher's wife gave me, so don't get them dirty."
Maodou struggled for a long time but couldn't break free from Jiang Ning's hand. She had no choice but to stop in frustration and look at Jiang Ning with resentment in her eyes.
"How dare you look at me like that?"
Jiang Ning laughed and said, "So you finally decided to come back? I hadn't seen you in so long, I thought you'd been captured and stewed."
Maodou grunted twice.
Jiang Ning patted its head, looked it up and down, and then nodded: "It's alright, not as fat as it was last year."
After several months apart, Maodou was not as plump and strong as before, but instead became even more robust, with shiny and smooth hair.
Maodou rolled her eyes, stepped back and broke free from Jiang Ning's hand, then walked out of the yard. When she reached the yard entrance, she nodded to Jiang Ning, signaling him to follow.
"What are you doing? Where are you going?"
Jiang Ning was surprised.
But Maodou just kept nodding at him, urging him to follow.
Jiang Ning became suspicious, but then followed, intending to see where Maodou was going to take him.
Seeing that Jiang Ning had followed, Maodou led the way. It seemed to be in a better mood, hopping and skipping all the way.
Jiang Ning followed it all the way to Jade Maiden Peak, and when he saw it walking up Jade Maiden Peak, he became suspicious.
Seeing that Jiang Ning had stopped, Maodou turned to him and grumbled a few words, urging him to hurry up and catch up.
Jiang Ning frowned slightly, said nothing, and then followed.
Maodou seemed to come here often, as it was very familiar with the terrain. It led Jiang Ning up the mountain with a clear purpose, and only slowed down after arriving at a certain place on the back of the mountain. At this time, it looked somewhat sneaky, glancing around.
It didn't stop until it brought Jiang Ning to an unknown cave.
Maodou carefully surveyed the area around the cave, and finding no one there, he tilted his donkey ears to listen for any sounds inside. His movements were fluid and practiced, as if he had done it many times before. Only after confirming that no one was around did he relax. He looked at the ground in front of the cave and saw a glint of light. Then he turned to Jiang Ning and hummed, as if asking him to keep watch there.
Jiang Ning frowned as he looked around.
He had never been here before, but he could see that the herbs in front of the cave were obviously planted by someone. He even saw some Ganoderma lucidum, but they were not very big and looked like they had grown recently.
Maodou's eyes lit up as he looked at the patch of herbs covered in snow.
它偶然来了一次这里，发现这里的草比其他地方的好吃，而且它还发现一个问题，那就是这里的草好像是能无限生长一样，每次它吃饱走了后下次再来这里又长满了草，它就爱上这里了，经常来这里吃自助，直到被一个老头抓到揍了一顿。
Although the old man warned it not to come again, Maodou was tough and resilient, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water. After being beaten a few times, it started to play guerrilla tactics, showing off the medicinal herbs here when the old man was not at home.
Today is another day for it to play guerrilla warfare. It specially called Jiang Ning over to keep watch for it. In case the old man comes back and wants to beat it up, Jiang Ning will cover its retreat so it can take the opportunity to slip away.
After calling out to Jiang Ning, Maodou grinned and started showing off his big mouth close to the ground.
At this moment, Jiang Ning had no intention of keeping watch for it and frowned as he looked at the surroundings.
"So you've been living here all these years."
Jiang Ning muttered to himself.
Looking at the cave entrance, Jiang Ning had no intention of going in. He glanced at the edamame that was showing off wildly and laughed.
"Looks like this isn't your first time here. You still want me to keep watch for you? You've probably gotten a lot of beatings before."
Maodou was busy cooking rice and didn't have time to pay attention to Jiang Ning.
"With the way you eat, my grand-uncle is already being kind by not beating you to death."
Jiang Ning shook his head, reached out and pulled Maodou's head up, stopping it from causing any more trouble.
"It's not easy for the old man to grow flowers and plants. If he sees that you've eaten them all, his blood pressure will probably go up. Let's go."
Maodou was a little disappointed, but she listened to Jiang Ning and didn't show off anymore. She left with Jiang Ning.
As Jiang Ning left, he carefully cleaned up the footprints he had left behind, and no one noticed that he had been there.
Chapter 267: People's talents are different.
"Grand Uncle."
Thinking over the cliff.
Linghu Chong sat in front of the stone, on which were placed two jars of wine and two bowls.
"Why are you coming to see an old man like me instead of spending the New Year with your junior sister?"
Feng Qingyang looked at Linghu Chong speechlessly.
"Hehe, I just wanted to have a couple of drinks with my grandmaster since it's almost Chinese New Year."
Linghu Chong chuckled as he spoke, lifting the lid of the wine jar, and a rich aroma of wine wafted out.
Feng Qingyang twitched his nose twice and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, this is Fenjiu?"
"Grand Uncle has great experience!"
Linghu Chong gave Feng Qingyang a thumbs up and said, "Among the famous wines in the world, Fenjiu is the best in the north and Shaoxing wine is the best in the south. There is a restaurant in Xi'an Prefecture that sells Fenjiu. I spent all my savings to buy these two jars. I'm sure Grandmaster Uncle has never tasted it before, so I thought I'd share this fine wine with him."
"What kind of wine haven't I tried?"
Feng Qingyang hummed softly.
"Back in the day, your grand-uncle was a tyrant who roamed the world freely. I've drunk not just this mere Fenjiu, but even the tribute wine that the emperor drank."
After saying that, Feng Qingyang picked up the wine jar and started drinking.
"Grand Uncle, drink slowly."
Seeing Feng Qingyang drink the wine as if it were water, Linghu Chong felt a little sorry for him. It wasn't that he was sorry for the wine, but he was worried that Feng Qingyang was so old and that drinking so much would cause health problems.
Feng Qingyang gulped down several large mouthfuls before stopping, and said, "Look how stingy you are. You're already worried about how much I drank."
"That's not what I meant."
Upon hearing this, Linghu Chong hurriedly explained, "I was worried that you, Grandmaster Uncle, would harm your health by drinking too quickly."