Ma Fuquan also saw that their chess styles were exactly the same, as if they belonged to the same school. They played with bold moves and liked to attack and kill. Therefore, when they exchanged moves, the chessboard became a battlefield where two armies faced off, full of murderous aura.
He and Ding Youtian shared the same thoughts. After all, they both came from another time and space, and neither of them connected Jian Ning's Liubo master to Blind Liu. One thought his master's chess moves were also mastered by someone in another time and space, while the other thought Liubo, passed down from ancient times to the present day and evolved into Xiangqi, had no idea that the ancients of their own time and space had also passed down the same chess moves as Blind Liu.
Ma Fuquan assumed that Jian Ning's chess style was passed down from the ancients of their time and space. Huo Jincheng, on the other hand, assumed that Jian Ning and Ding Youtian were husband and wife and grew up together, so he assumed that their chess skills were taught by Nan Xiang and therefore naturally followed the same path, which was not surprising.
That night, after playing chess, Jian Ning returned to her room and recounted to Ding Youtian the entire story of how she had been abandoned by her parents and met Grandma Wu. She had mentioned this to Ding Youtian before, but only briefly. This was the first time she had recounted her childhood in detail.
It continued until Grandma Wu said that her time had come, and she hid among the grass and disappeared from her life.
"Do you think my master could be someone from the Dayan Dynasty who traveled through time and space to our time?" She asked Ding Youtian with a burning gaze.
Ding Youtian never expected that Jian Ning had such a miserable childhood. He felt so sorry for her that he couldn't help but hold her in his arms. Although he was later neglected by his father and mother, at least he had lived a life of luxury in that family for a few years.
Besides, what does it matter if his father doesn’t love him and his mother doesn’t care about him? He will love himself and pamper himself!
He whispered in Jian Ning's ear, "From now on, I would rather humble myself than let Madam suffer even the slightest injustice. In this life, you and I have our four children, and we will have more children in the future. We also have a father-in-law and a mother-in-law who regard you as the apple of their eye. I believe it is the merits Madam accumulated in her past life as a soldier and police officer that have brought her this fulfillment in this life."
Jian Ning's nose felt sore. She put her arms around his waist and rubbed her head against his chest. Then she looked up at him, her tone rarely showing a hint of coquettishness: "You haven't answered me yet. Could it be that my master traveled through time from you?"
Ding Youtian narrowed his eyes slightly, "You mean your mentor is my great-grandmaster? Doesn't that make Madam my aunt? But let's not do that. I don't want that."
"Hey, don't think about it for now. Tell me, has Uncle Liu ever mentioned your great master to you? Did you pay homage to the great master when you became his disciple? Tell me quickly, tell me."
"No, that day, we had a disagreement and Master almost refused to accept me. He even wanted to return the three kowtows I made to him."
"Oh." Jian Ning thought about it and asked him again, "Did Uncle Liu tell me whether his master was a man or a woman?"
Ding Youtian stroked her back and said, "I haven't heard Master mention this before. If Master comes back before we leave, I will definitely ask him about it. But I don't want to become your nephew. It's getting late, you should rest."
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up Jian Ning and carried her sideways.
The next day, Huo Jincheng had breakfast and was about to go to town to look for Yang Jinyu. When Third Master Ding harnessed his car to take him there, Ding Youtian stopped Huo Jincheng and said, "My master won't be back for a while. Are you planning to wait here forever?"
"He can't possibly not come back for a year or two, right?"
"That's hard to say. To tell you the truth, he went to the Moon Country. You've met some of the people there, and one of them is Meixiang's uncle."
Moon Country? Huo Jincheng secretly wondered what Nan Xiang was doing in Moon Country. After a moment's thought, his face suddenly turned cold, and he secretly exclaimed, "Do you know when he left?"
"Even if we have already reached the Moon Country, what's the matter?"
It's bad, it's bad. The Yue Kingdom has always been eyeing the Central Plains covetously. Nan Shang's entire family was executed that year. Could it be that he would defect to the Yue Kingdom and use the Yue Kingdom's soldiers to take revenge?
Huo Jincheng bowed to Ding Youtian and said, "I'll leave Man'er in your care for now. Brother Ma and his wife will take him back to Beijing. I won't be back. So, goodbye!"
Could this guy be going to Yue Country to find his master? Ding Youtian shook his head and walked towards the headman's house with his hands behind his back.
The wife of the village head had problems with her legs and feet. Jian Ning had examined her before. She said that she had developed the disease after drinking cold water during the confinement period after giving birth to her youngest daughter. However, after examination, Jian Ning found that it was not the case. She actually suffered from lupus erythematosus, a chronic and recurrent autoimmune disease.
Lupus erythematosus is a difficult and complex disease, with no cure currently available. It slowly damages internal organs, and its primary symptom is deformity of the hands, feet, and hip joints. The village head's wife has had the disease for over a decade, and while it's not too serious—she can still take care of herself—it's the deformed hip joint that makes walking difficult.
Last year, Jian Ning told the village head and his wife that she could replace her hip joint so that she would be able to walk much better in the future. She also gave her a brief explanation of how to replace her hip joint. She was horrified when she heard it. "Oh my God, we have to remove the bone and replace it with a fake one." She waved her hands repeatedly, refusing and not daring to do so.
Even though she knew that San Gouzi could walk with prosthetic limbs, she would rather take the glucocorticoid medicine prescribed by Jane Ning. This morning, her youngest daughter came to Jane Ning to get the medicine, saying that she had finished taking the medicine prescribed last year. Her mother had been in severe pain in the past two days, so Jane Ning carried the medicine box and followed her.
Hormone drugs have side effects. When Ding Youtian went to see Jian Ning, she was trying to persuade the village head's wife to get a hip replacement. The village head was also scolding his wife, "You have earned so much luck in your life. You refuse to accept the treatment offered by the princess. You insist on enduring it. What good is there in being stubborn?"
"Uncle," Jian Ning said, "Don't blame my aunt for being scared. Hip replacement is a major surgery, with large blood vessels and nerves surrounding it. While the success rate is high, it also carries risks. I can't do it alone, so I need my eldest disciple to help. You have to stay calm before the surgery. If my aunt is extremely scared, the risk will increase. Let me prescribe some medicine for her first. If she figures it out during this time, you can come to me anytime."
Jian Ning gave the medicine to the wife of the village head and said to her, "Don't worry, auntie. Doctor Yang from Pu Ren Tang in town who performed hip replacements is my senior apprentice. He has performed several similar operations and has much more experience than I do. Although I am his master, he taught me how to perform the surgery."
The village head believed that because Jian Ning had always claimed that she and Yang Jinyu were nominally master and apprentice, but in reality, they were teaching each other. Wasn't it Doctor Yang who helped with the surgery when he installed a prosthetic foot on San Gouzi?
The older people in the village still had great trust in the golden signboard of Pu Ren Tang in the town. A week later, on the second day after Yue'e came back, the wife of the headman finally came to her senses and agreed to have a hip replacement surgery.
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