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

That guy is really something, wasting so much of his time.

In April, Li Jianguo planned to rebuild his tea trees, because his tea trees couldn't wait for anyone.

When I got home and had dinner...

"Yaoyao, it is said to have been rebuilt, with several hundreds of years old Da Hong Pao tea trees."

Let's dig it up and transplant it into our space. Then we won't lack tea leaves anymore.

"Brother Jianguo, where is the reconstruction taking place? How far is it from Beijing?"

"It's quite far from Beijing, about 1600 kilometers away."

However, my martial arts skills have improved significantly, and I estimate that a round trip will take about half a month.

"Brother Jianguo, do you know where the tea trees are located?"

The reconstruction would cover an entire province, which must be quite large.

"Don't worry, Yao Yao, I already found out about this."

These tea trees are located on the cliffs of Wuyi Mountain and Jiulong.

"It's easy to transplant something with spiritual spring water."

"But Brother Jianguo is so far away from Wuyishan."

We got lost when we went hunting in the mountains last time.

Are you sure you can rebuild it?

"It would be troublesome if we got lost."

What Yao Yao said was indeed a problem, and Li Jianguo thought about it for a long time.

They came up with a solution that wasn't really a solution.

"Yaoyao, how about we use a simpler method and head south along the railway line?"

If the railway enters the city, we'll go around it.

If you keep following the railway, you won't get lost.

Because I got lost last time, I even bought a compass.

The chances of us getting lost are probably not high.

At my travel speed, it might not even take one.

"Brother Jianguo, since you've already made up your mind..."

Let's set off tomorrow, and come back as soon as possible.

I'm just worried about delaying your deadline for submitting the task at the end of the month.

"Don't worry, Yao Yao won't be delayed."

Yan Jiecheng is a good-for-nothing; he hasn't lifted a finger in a month.

If I had known in advance, I would have left last month.

"Sigh, I really didn't expect a grown man to be so cowardly."

He wouldn't even dare steal money from home to buy a job.

Yao Yao frowned speechlessly.

The next day, Li Jianguo locked the door.

They took Yao Yao out of Beijing and arrived at a secluded road.

The two then entered the space and practiced martial arts for a whole day.

After having a full meal and drinks that evening, he changed into a black night outfit.

Li Jianguo even put on a pair of goggles to protect his eyes.

Li Jianguo then left the space and found the railway by following the direction he remembered.

Because they were afraid of running into railway workers or police officers.

Li Jianguo was traveling about 500 meters from the subway line.

The speed is indeed fast now.

Where there are trees, you can easily travel one or two hundred meters by just touching the treetop.

On flat ground, it was even faster, speeding south along the road.

When he encountered a railway crossing, Li Jianguo took out his compass to take a look.

They continued running wildly in the southward direction.

He passed through Baocheng a few hours later, but unexpectedly, it was just before dawn.

He had only reached the vicinity of Xingtai and had not yet left Hebei Province.

He returned to the space and saw that Yao Yao was still not awake.

After I made myself some food and ate and drank my fill, Yao Yao woke up.

"Yaoyao, you go ahead and eat. I'm going back to my room to sleep. I have to travel tonight."

"Okay, Jianguo, you go ahead. I'll make you some dry rations or something."

That way, if you get hungry at night, you can have a bite to eat.

"OK."

Li Jianguo slept until the afternoon, and didn't wake up until after 4 o'clock.

I was so tired that I stopped practicing my martial arts and started fishing right there by the lake.

We ate and drank our fill in the evening.

"Brother Jianguo has steamed buns, roast chicken and water, so you can have some when you're hungry."

You can just take it out and eat it. It's convenient if you have the space, and you don't need to carry it with you.

"Okay, Yao Yao, I understand."

Li Jianguo put on his gear and continued on his way, a journey that took six days.

I went into the rehabilitation center and took out a map to look at it.

We should continue heading east.

Li Jianguo continued heading towards Wu Yishan.

I checked my watch and it was four o'clock. It was so dark I couldn't even tell what mountain it was.

I looked around but couldn't find it, so I'll just forget about it and try again tomorrow.

Back in the space, Yao Yao was still asleep, so he simply hugged her and fell asleep.

I woke up around 1 p.m.

"Yaoyao, we've already started rehabilitation. If all goes well, we'll find Wu Yishan tomorrow."

After we dug up the tea bushes, we headed back.

"It's only been five or six days, Jianguo, you're really fast."

"Of course, although I don't know the exact speed."

But with just a light touch of the ground, I can dart several hundred meters away; the speed is quite astonishing.

"Brother Jianguo, the meal is ready, hurry up and eat."

"Okay, Yao Yao, you should practice hard too, you'll be just as strong in the future."

Yao Yao nodded firmly.

After Li Jianguo finished eating, he took advantage of the time before it got dark and traversed the jungle to find Wu Yishan.

I spent several hours carefully searching around Wuyi Mountain that night.

Fortunately, I had read similar advance reports before.

The words "Tea King" were so prominently displayed on the cliff; I never imagined they would be carved there now.

Otherwise, he really would be hard to find; Wu Yishan is not young anymore.

The most bizarre thing is that people in this era are also interesting.

I'm afraid he won't be able to tell which tea tree is the century-old one.

Red ribbons were tied specifically to these tea trees.

It's really beautifully dried.

Li Jianguo took out a shovel and dug for an hour.

They dug up these tea trees.

Because on the cliff face, the trees are not tall, the tea trees are only about the height of a person.

It was very easy to dig it up.

Li Jianguo didn't look for a cliff in the space; he simply fell onto flat ground.

Pouring spiritual spring water on it makes all sorts of other things, like dew, less effective than spiritual spring water.

Li Jianguo looked at the tea trees and nodded in satisfaction.

Then we started our return journey, with four or five hours left before dawn.

Li Jianguo quickly left the space and returned the way he came.

They then rushed to the vicinity of the railway line.

It was still dark, and I was too lazy to continue my journey, so I went back to my space.

Li Jianguo was exhausted these past few days and wanted to get a good night's sleep, so he started drinking heavily.

He took out the liquor and gulped down two or three jin (1.5-1.5 kg) of it.

I went to bed in a daze, and unexpectedly, the tiger bone wine took effect immediately.

Instead of being able to sleep, he pulled Yao Yao, who was sleeping.

A battle that shook heaven and earth took place.

After getting tired, I fell asleep holding Yao Yao.

I don't know when Yao Yao woke up.

Li Jianguo slept until five or six in the afternoon.

Li Jianguo smiled happily when he saw Yao Yao, who was limping, cooking.

It seems I do have some skills after all.

After eating and drinking to one's heart's content.

"Yaoyao, I've already planted the tree over there. You can take a look at it when you have time."

I've watered myself with the spirit spring water, now I'll get going on my way.

"Okay, Jianguo, go ahead."

Li Jianguo left the space and ran directly north.

Since I've been there before, I know the way very well.