The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

"This is the martial art that the Taoist priest taught me."

After Li Jianguo finished hitting her, he walked over to Yao Yao and explained.

"Brother Jianguo, this is way too exaggerated. Is this still martial arts? I feel like this is more like cultivating immortality."

"My skills are far from being at the level of cultivating immortality. Yao Yao, I'm going to tell you a very big secret."

I'm still worried about you. We just met today, and I'm afraid you'll leak anything, so I have to leave some protection for you. I hope you can understand.

Li Jianguo steeled himself and said it bluntly.

Yao Yao was stunned after hearing this, and was also a little scared. She pretended to be calm and looked at Li Jianguo.

"Brother Jianguo, what kind of methods are you using? You're not going to poison me or something, are you?"

"Yaoyao, it's not poison, but it's more terrifying than poison. Look."

As he spoke, Li Jianguo stretched out his hand, drew some water from the lake, and used his internal energy to form several small ice cubes in his palm.

"This thing is called the Life and Death Talisman. After it is injected into a person's body, it will cause intense itching and pain, which will become more severe day by day and continue until it reaches its peak after 81 days."

It will pause for two days, and then the cycle repeats. It is not a poison, but a kind of internal energy. Once it is implanted, no hospital can detect it.

However, if I suppress it with internal energy once a year, it won't relapse within a year. After that, if you stay by my side and don't betray me, this thing won't work.

After Li Jianguo finished explaining, he stared intently at Yao Yao.

"Okay, I understand, Brother Jianguo, come on over."

Yao Yao closed her eyes and waited quietly.

Seeing her resolute expression, Li Jianguo felt a pang of pity, but he steeled himself and plunged the Life and Death Talisman into her acupoints.

As soon as it entered her body, Yao Yao immediately felt an intense itching and pain all over her body, and couldn't help but cry out in pain, reaching out to scratch.

Li Jianguo quickly used his internal energy to suppress the effects of the Life and Death Talisman. In just 3 seconds, Yao Yao was already covered in a cold sweat.

It seems that Yao Yao is in even more pain when her internal energy is not protecting her.

Yao Yao rested in Li Jianguo's arms for a while before recovering.

"Brother Jianguo, this Life and Death Talisman is more painful than I imagined. I never thought there really was such a legendary method. It's amazing."

Seeing that she was covered in sweat, Li Jianguo carried her directly to the bath.

This bath was dug out by Li Jianguo from a large rock in the lake.

Normally, when he takes a bath, he simply puts the water into the large groove of the stone and uses his internal force to heat the water.

The Tianshan Six Yang Palm has two applications, Yin and Yang. At that time, it could turn water into ice or boil water.

Li Jianguo carried her across the water, and in a few steps they reached the bath. After preparing the water, he looked at Yao Yao in his arms.

"Yaoyao just worked up a sweat, let's take a bath."

Yao Yao blushed and leaned on Li Jianguo's shoulder.

"It hurt so much just now, I haven't recovered yet, can you help me?"

Li Jianguo was also stunned after helping her return to her birth state.

This reminded Li Jianguo of the description of Liu Bei's relationship with Lady Gan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Her skin was as smooth as jade, like snow gathered under the moon."

Yao Yao closed her eyes shyly and covered her private parts with her hands, trying to deceive herself.

What a feast for the eyes! There isn't a single mole, not even a trace. It's perfect.

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Looking at the marks on his body, he was really too reckless.

In the end, Li Jianguo and Yaoyao went back to sleep on the bed in the courtyard house.

The next day, seeing Yao Yao still fast asleep, he kissed her before getting up.

Then they brought out the old actor Wowotou, and only then did they make two bowls of egg noodles in the space.

Yao Yao slept until around 10 o'clock before waking up hungry. Just as she was about to get out of bed, she cried out in pain.

She seemed to be quite badly injured. Li Jianguo made her another bowl of noodles and brought it over. It had been half an hour since he'd been waiting for it, and it was already a bit soggy, so he'd already eaten it himself.

"Brother Jianguo, can martial arts increase this kind of ability? You're too amazing, I won't be able to handle you in the future."

Yao Yao saw that there were still egg noodles and white flour noodles left, and happily started eating. Actually, she was already hungry, but she was too sleepy and fell asleep again.

Li Jianguo stayed at home with Yao Yao, even carrying her to the toilet.

In the afternoon, I finally managed to get out of bed, albeit with a limp.

"Brother Jianguo, I haven't visited my future in-laws yet. Let's go tomorrow. It would be too embarrassing to go now."

"Okay, let's go tomorrow."

Li Jianguo went to the factory to hand in his task and then hurried home.

I set up two rocking chairs in the space and spent an afternoon drinking tea with Yao Yao there.

The next day, Li Jianguo watched as Yao Yao got up and got ready quickly, though she still walked a little awkwardly.

"Yaoyao, are you alright? Are you okay?"

"I feel much better, but I'm still a little uncomfortable. Let's set off soon, it's already a day late."

After observing her for a while, Li Jianguo noticed that although her walking was still a little unnatural, it didn't affect her much anymore, so he took her back to his parents' house.

"Mom, I'm home."

Before you even entered the house, Li's mother saw the girl next to Li Jianguo.

"Who is this?"

"She was introduced to me by my grandmother, and we've already registered our marriage."

"That's wonderful! Come on in!" Li's mother quickly pulled Yao Yao into the house.

The mother and Yao Yao started chatting. Since it was a day off, Mr. Li was also home.

Outside, Li's father also began to inquire about the situation.

"Where is this girl from? What's her family background?"

"She's from Wangjiazhuang, and her family is relatively poor. She has one older brother and two younger brothers, and they gave a bride price of 5 yuan."

"What's your personality like? Are you easy to get along with?"

"Yeah, she's easy to get along with."

"Okay, now that you have a wife, you should live a good life from now on. Why don't you stay for dinner later? It'll be a good opportunity for you to get to know each other. How about we take care of things?"

"Then let's have a wedding, which will cost money. We can't collect much in monetary gifts, and it's quite troublesome to organize."

"Fine? If that's the case, then forget it."

Li Jianguo and Yaoyao stayed at their parents' house for lunch before leaving.

In the afternoon, the two went to see a black and white movie.

As soon as I got home that evening, Xu Damao rushed over to my door and started shouting before I even entered the house.

"Brother Jianguo, I heard you got married." Li Jianguo opened the door and saw Xu Damao holding a wine bottle. He guessed Xu Damao was looking for an excuse to visit Yaoyao.

"Yes, that's right. I got married. People from my hometown introduced us."

Xu Damao was stunned when he first saw Wang Yao upon entering the room; he hadn't expected her to be even more beautiful than Qin Huairu.

"Brother Jianguo, your wife is so beautiful! I definitely want to marry a beautiful wife someday."

"Just ask your parents to introduce someone," Li Jianguo thought to himself, "no matter what kind of person you find, it won't work."

"It's a pity I'm not old enough, otherwise I would have wanted to find someone much sooner."

"Da Mao, you're not much different. It's been a few years. Once you take over the job and become a projectionist, it'll be easier for you to find a wife."

"Yes, that's true."

The two started drinking and chatting. Li Jianguo was really annoyed by Xu Damao's constant glances at Wang Yao, so he got him drunk and helped him home.

After returning home, Li Jianguo quickly introduced the animals in the yard.