Martial Arts: My Proficiency Panel

After the meal, Ning Xiu and Li Jin'er walked one after the other.

As she walked, she silently watched Ning Xiu who was walking in front of her. Thinking that she might never have such an opportunity again, Li Jin'er felt that if she walked like this, this road would never end, and she was willing to walk like this for a lifetime. of.

But it is always impossible to come true, time will not be frozen by someone's obsession, nor will it be turned back by someone's regret.

Entering Ning Xiu's room, Ning Xiu looked around, waved away the maid, and sat on a chair beside her.

Li Jin'er sat down beside Ning Xiu and asked, "Xiao Ningzi, what did you ask me to do?"

Ning Xiu took a sip from his teacup and almost spit it out. He raised his eyes and looked at Li Jiner, "Didn't you...didn't you let me teach you how to make lanterns after making dumplings?"

Li Jin'er was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it for a while, it seemed that this happened earlier.

Ning Xiu pointed to the opposite table: "I asked someone to bring over the bamboo and red cloth, let's do it now."

"Okay, we need to make a few more, and the parents and the younger brother must also have one."

"Naturally...Naturally, I have to do it." Ning Xiu coughed twice, walked to the table piled with dozens of sundries, picked up two bamboo slices, and looked at Li Jin'er.

Ning Xiu asked Yun Hui to teach him earlier, so although the technique of nesting bamboo slices is not mellow, it has a certain style. Li Jin'er leaned over slightly, watching the movements in his hands intently, and doing the same with her own hands a little clumsily.

Snapped.

Li Jin'er looked at the broken bamboo in his hand, and his ears started to turn red again.

Ning Xiu got up and walked to Ning Xiu, picked up another piece of bamboo and put it into Li Jin'er's hand, weaving and saying: "Yaoyao, your strength is too strong, you can bend like this..."

As if waking up from a dream, she quickly agreed and followed suit.

After a while, when the two lanterns barely took shape, Li Jin'er said leisurely, "Brother Ning, why are you getting more and more distant from me while I'm getting bigger and bigger?"

"You should keep your distance when you are older." Ning Xiu replied solemnly.

Li Jiner smiled wryly.

She is not as good as that little kid who didn't know anything back then. She worked so hard and forgot to eat and sleep. Over the years, for the promise of traveling together in the rivers and lakes, she did not dare to rest or play during martial arts practice. She was afraid that she was immature, and that her temperament would be annoying, so she would smash her teeth and swallow any grievances she suffered, and she didn't even dare to cry.

No one knows how much hardship she has put in these years, only she herself knows how much sweat and blood she has shed.

She did all this to make herself no longer look up to others, at least to have the power to protect herself and not to be looked down upon by others.

Seeing that Li Jin'er was unusually silent, Ning Xiu quietly got up and left.

After a while, Ning Xiu came back with a piece of white paper about three palms long, and something was written on the paper.

Ning Xiu handed the handwriting to Li Jin'er: "You said earlier that you liked my handwriting, and one copy has already been pasted on the door lintel. Just after you came back, you wrote another copy. Take it if you want."

In Li Jin'er's eyes, it was as if an extinguished candle was lit up again, with little jumping lights, she took it carefully, the paper was very thin, and a few words were written on it with high-quality Hui ink.

"good."

Ning Xiu glanced at the somewhat messy desktop and said, "You go back, I will do the rest myself."

"Yes, then I'm leaving..."

Holding the piece of paper, Li Jin'er walked out of Ning Xiu's room slowly. She squeezed the paper and looked back at the closed door for a long time.

It's almost New Year's Eve, and the weather is really cold.

Two days passed quickly, and it was the afternoon of New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Teacher Yang Shuxian and several female disciples were extremely busy in the kitchen. There were countless dishes to be prepared, and this side was just cooked in the pot, and they were about to leave to cut another dish. It's already opened... After Li Yun wrote the couplets in the main hall, he was in a panic, so he wrote a lot of couplets, pasted them on every door, and hung them up with various decorated red lanterns. The Guizang Pavilion, looking at the red and white, immediately became festive.

What Li Jin'er didn't expect was that Elder Bai and Elder Wang also came here together, and they also brought Bai Lao's apprentice: Jiu'er.

Bai Lao still had that scary look. He pulled Jiu'er, who only reached his waist, and smiled at Ning Xiu: "Chief, this year's Chinese New Year, you are so lively here and there. On New Year's Eve, you can't call me and Ning Xiu." Is the little apprentice by the deserted Tianchi Lake? You see, the little girls and boys have come to welcome us."

Elder Wang stroked his beard and smiled, "Xiao Yunyou looks good again."

"The elder is overrated." Yun You blushed upon hearing this.

Yunyou is tall and straight, with a young and handsome face exuding vitality and the calmness cultivated all year round. His eyebrows are dark and delicate, his nose is high and narrow, he is really a rare handsome young man, if Li Jiner is placed beside him, he will be a match made in heaven, a perfect match.

Bai Lao still kept a straight face out of habit, and found a seat to sit down. Li Jin'er picked up Jiu'er, sat beside Ning Xiu, and put Jiu'er on his lap.

Jiu'er is a little girl who looks no more than six or seven years old. She is very talented, she learns everything very quickly and is very smart, even if she is still there, she can't win the favor of Bai Lao and teach him his unique knowledge.

Bai Lao usually doesn't take Jiu'er out of Wanlang Pavilion easily, he dotes on Jiu'er very much, like his own little daughter. It was only a short distance from Tianchi to Guizang Peak, and he wrapped Jiu'er like a round rice dumpling.

Qu Feiyan, who was idle at the side, saw her, walked up with a smile, and hugged Jiu'er from Li Jin'er's arms. Jiu'er looks extremely cute, like a little white fluffy rabbit, with big eyes with long eyelashes, he smiled crookedly, and called out crisply, "Sister Qu Feiyan."

Qu Feiyan smiled: "Yes, Xiao Jiu'er finally remembered my name. Will my sister take you to meet other sisters?... Well... Let me do the math first, one, two, three...seven people, you need Take seven more pairs of chopsticks. There are so many people here today, I have to ask them to make more dumplings."

Bai Lao smiled gently: "Take care of her carefully, don't burn the fireworks in the kitchen."

"I see, Elder Bai, I won't hurt your little apprentice."

Qu Feiyan carried Jiu'er to the kitchen, looked at the busy room, and said with a smile, "Sister Wu, look at me..."

"Get out! Didn't I tell you not to come in?" Wu Hongying only cared about the food in her hand, and didn't even have time to lift her head.

When Jiu'er saw Wu Hongying, his eyes lit up, he broke free from Qu Feiyan's arms, and ran to Wu Hongying's side on short legs, and hugged her leg: "Sister Wu Hongying..."

She hurriedly put down what she was doing, and picked up Jiu'er: "Why is Jiu'er here? Is Elder Bai here?"

"Here we come, Elder Bai and Yunyou are here too." Qu Feiyan looked at Wu Hongying, biting Yunyou's name deliberately.

Wu Hongying's face was a little gloomy.

Mistress also came over, smiled and squeezed Jiu'er's soft face: "Jiu'er, do you want to eat something?"

Jiu'er's childish and cute voice was full of laughter: "I don't want to eat it."

Qu Feiyan also came over, her two big eyes were blinking, and the dimples around her mouth were sunken: "Sister Wu, I want to eat."

Wu Hongying smiled and pushed Qu Feiyan: "Go away." Then she turned around and squeezed a piece of meat, stuffing it into her mouth.

"Hurry up and take the child away, we will have dinner soon. Tonight we have to carry lanterns and set off firecrackers." The wife pulled Jiu'er out of Wu Hongying's arms, stuffed her into Qu Feiyan's, and pushed her out .

It was already dark, and the inner courtyard was illuminated by red lanterns hanging everywhere, which was really just like ordinary people's Chinese New Year.

The dishes had been gradually put on the table, and everyone started to get busy, carrying bowls and chopsticks, moving tables and stools, who looked like people who usually only focus on martial arts and kung fu. Only Li Yun, Ning Xiu, Elder Wang and Elder Bai were sitting like a Buddha, and no one had the courage to send them.

Elder Wang held a cup of tea and drank slowly. The left hand holding the cup had a missing little finger, which was a wound from a previous fight.

Yun You helped carry the bowls and chopsticks, and silently followed Li Jiner, taking advantage of this spare time, he started a conversation with Li Jiner: "Senior Sister Li."

Li Jin'er glanced at Yun You, and politely replied, "Junior Brother Yun, what's the matter?"

"No...it's nothing..." A tall and straight man like Yunyou blushed for no reason and scratched his head.

Li Jin'er didn't take the initiative to say anything to him, and let him follow her.

"Senior Sister Li, it's Chinese New Year, do you have... anything you want?" Yun You asked again suddenly.

"Thank you, Junior Brother. I don't want anything." Li Jin'er was still polite and distant.

"Oh..." Yun You's face was still shy.

Ning Xiu quietly looked at the two people who had been "sticking" together for a long time, then looked away, picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly.

Soon, the table was filled with all kinds of dishes, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the sea, and many, many, many dumplings.

Qu Feiyan said proudly: "There are copper coins in these dumplings. Whoever eats them will be very lucky this year."

Bai Lao asked with interest: "How many dumplings with copper coins have you made?"

She thought for a while and replied, "There are more than thirty."

"Wouldn't that mean that everyone should get some luck? It's really meaningless to play like this, otherwise, whoever gets the copper coins will drink three glasses of wine, and share the blessings equally for everyone!" Someone said with a smile.

Ning Xiu only asked leisurely: "You guys, have you washed the copper coins wrapped in?"

Li Jin'er chuckled, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, it's all cleaned up and ready to eat."

Qu Feiyan picked up his chopsticks, and hurriedly said, "Come on, come on, whoever comes first will try their luck first? I'll go first!"

Li Yun smiled lightly, watching the group of disciples bustle and bustle. Old people always like these lively scenes, so he didn't blame them too much.

Qu Feiyan picked one up, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed hard, and let out an ouch.

"Tsk, what a bit of luck, almost three glasses of wine!" Li Jin'er laughed and booed.

Qu Feiyan spat out the copper coin: "I almost bleed. I didn't expect this rule, the first one will count me out. Come on, come on, I'm afraid you won't make it with three glasses of wine!"

"Don't be ashamed of yourself, you'll go crazy after drinking!" Li Jin'er smiled disdainfully.

Ning Xiu silently picked up a dumpling, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. It seemed that no one noticed that he was eating.

After only chewing twice, Ning Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the crowd and turned around quietly. After a while, he turned back as if nothing had happened.

Others might not have noticed it, but Wu Hongying's gaze was always on Ning Xiu, how could his small movements escape her eyes. She said suddenly: "Chief Zhao, what are you doing?"

Ning Xiu looked indifferent: "I didn't do anything."

"Really? What are you holding in your hand?"

"Heh, chief, take it out when you have eaten it. Your junior brother drank three cups according to that, so you have to count." Bai Lao laughed and pointed it out.

"...Of course." Ning Xiu had given a sobriety order after drinking badly before, but he didn't expect that the first drink after breaking the sobriety was here.

"Come on, keep eating! You can't stop eating just because you don't drink, I'm watching, the owner of the sect has already drank, you can still afford it!" Qu Feiyan's three glasses of wine made his voice tremble. Twice as big, just like a little wine lunatic.

Although Yunyou was quiet, when he ate some copper coins, he drank them without hesitation. Everyone drank a lot one after another. Li Jin'er and Wu Hongying, on the other hand, were busy taking care of Jiu'er for dinner, so they didn't eat a few dumplings themselves.

Ning Xiu was in a lot of trouble. He kept eating honestly, but luckily he was really lucky, and many of them brought copper coins.

Qu Feiyan pointed to the pile of undrinked copper coins in front of Ning Xiu in fear of chaos: "Brother Zhao! You should drink up what you owe first."

"good."

Ning Xiu had no choice but to reach out for the flagon again.

But halfway, Li Jin'er snatched it.

Li Jin'er shook the flagon: "Brother Ning, you haven't drank like this for a long time, stop drinking, I'll drink this for you."

Qu Feiyan heard it on the side, and secretly laughed wildly, looking like he was waiting for a good show. Li Jin'er doesn't drink well at all, she was lucky that she didn't get any food with copper coins today, and now she's still looking for trouble for herself. If you want to show off your abilities, you don't take good care of yourself.

She was so stubborn that she couldn't even be persuaded by Li Yun and Ning Xiu, and she didn't use her internal strength to force the wine out. As a result, the dinner ended with Li Jin'er passing out drunk after drinking about sixty cups.

"Go to hell, go to hell, hahaha, tell her to show off." Qu Feiyan also drank some wine, laying on Wu Hongying's shoulder, his breathing was full of mellow alcohol.

"You are still laughing. It will be midnight in two hours, and firecrackers will be set off. I will go to the kitchen to make some hangover soup for sister Jin'er. You obediently look at Jiu'er. Sigh, you smell like alcohol, I have to cook some for you too." Wu Hongying smiled wryly and pushed Qu Feiyan's head away, looked at Ning Xiu, and turned to cook soup.

The men at the table were still reluctant to leave, they were addicted to drinking, except for Ningxiu. Qu Feiyan looked at Jiu'er as instructed, but in her eyes, Jiu'er had grown three heads, and she couldn't feed a spoonful of rice for a long time.

As for Li Jin'er, Ning Xiu had to help her back.

Li Jin'er wasn't completely drunk, but her eyes were so blurred that she couldn't open her eyes, she leaned softly on Ning Xiu's body.

Ning Xiu was taller than Li Jin'er, so it was easy to support Li Jin'er. She sent Li Jin'er to the dormitory, and then with difficulty moved one hand to close the door, Li Jin'er suddenly woke up, turned around and hugged Ning Xiu tightly.

Ning Xiu was startled, Li Jin'er's scorching breath mixed with the smell of wine sprayed on her ears, making her extremely sensitive ears turn red instantly. She turned her face to look at Li Jin'er, who was still half-closed.

"Why are you so stubborn, you won't listen to me if I tell you not to drink."

Li Jin'er moved her head back slightly, met Ning Xiu's eyes with difficulty, and called out very seriously: "...Brother Ning."

"Yeah." Ning Xiu raised his hand, and helped Li Jin'er pull up the hair that fell from her ear.

The cold fingers touched Li Jin'er's hot cheeks, which immediately made her feel extremely comfortable, and her eyes narrowed a little more.

"Let go of me, go to bed and sleep for a while." Ning Xiu said softly.

Li Jin'er rubbed his cheek against Ning Xiu's side face, and hugged him even tighter.