After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

However, paper drawing has limitations. It cannot withstand multiple attacks within a certain range at the same time, otherwise it will be difficult to defend itself.

Simply put, iron blocks can defend against attacks over a wide range, while paper paintings are much less effective, and paper paintings also require a high degree of physical flexibility.

Women, or other highly skilled martial artists with exceptional flexibility, are able to bring paper drawing to its highest level thanks to their heightened sensory perception.

As a male, I am somewhat stiff and muscular, but my perception is only average compared to Joel's, so the iron block is more practical.

It's said that everyone dies from iron blocks, and this iron block with its inexplicable overconfidence is now reaping the bitter fruits of its actions.

Fortunately, it was just a bump on his head.

But the iron block broke his power, which immediately gave him a sense of crisis.

My own iron block needs some reinforcement.

Nami and Nojiko entered the room: "Brother Martin, are you alright?"

"fine!"

Martin stood up and took the two little girls downstairs.

Dinner was ready, with Joel in charge of cooking and Robin helping out.

However, the dishes that were served were really strange, and felt a bit like culinary disasters. The fried potatoes were burnt, the sausages and fish were burnt, and even the fried eggs were burnt.

"Martin... I... I didn't expect things to turn out this way. I wanted to cook something to make amends."

"Sorry……"

Upon seeing Martin, Joel, wearing an apron, immediately bowed his head and apologized.

"It's okay, it's my fault."

Martin smiled. "On the contrary, I should thank you for helping me find my weakness."

Yes, he had to thank Joel for that blow, which thoroughly woke him up and prevented him from recklessly using iron blocks to parry attacks in the future.

However, he still whispered something in Joel's ear: "I won't let you off after dinner!"

Joel: "━Σ(?Д?|||)━"

……

Although some food was burnt, everyone ate it alright.

"It's a little mushy, but it's better than eating oranges all day long."

"It's all fresh meat, so it doesn't matter if it's a little burnt."

Nami and Nojiko didn't mind.

Since they had lived in the small village, eating meat was a luxury, so they didn't mind. Anyway, it was a bit dark and had a very faint burnt taste.

Martin, who always has a good appetite, didn't mind and ate heartily along with everyone, making Joel feel embarrassed but also touched.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two thanked Martin and began to tour his small home.

Wow, so many books!

Upon seeing the books in the bookcase, Nami was astonished: "So many books! Are there any books on navigation here?"

Robin explained, "Yes, but it's all advanced nautical knowledge."

Can I take a look?

At Nami's request, Robin took out two navigator's books from the display window.

Instantly, Nami entered the world of the book, oblivious to everything else around her.

Noki also asked for a book about planting and began to read it carefully.

“Martin, these two kids are quite interesting. They live in the remote village of Cocoysia… I heard you forcibly brought them to Orange Town. You didn’t do it because they’re pretty, did you?”

Robin looked at Martin with a suspicious expression and said, "They are both beauties, and they won't be inferior to me in ten years."

"Don't overthink it. I just feel sorry for them and I also feel a bit of a connection with them."

Martin said seriously, "Especially that girl named Nami, I think she has the potential to become a first-class navigator."

"I want to train them."

Yes, you shouldn't doubt a man's upright and selfless actions, even if the doubt is justified.

Robin nodded. She had a good impression of the two little girls, and they were very smart, especially Nami.

But she always felt that her husband had some ulterior motives for helping the two little girls.

After seeing the young girl off, Martin immediately closed the door, looked at his two wives, and said in a deep voice, "I'm very unhappy today, so I won't be polite to you. You'll both experience what a husband's anger is like."

He stepped forward and pushed the two people down.

The dining table shook violently, and bowls, chopsticks, and tableware fell all over the floor.

……

Nami and Nojiko had just returned home when they heard screams coming from the building next door.

"Sister, listen, he's beating his wife right after dinner."

Nami said angrily, "I thought they got along really well during dinner."

Nojiko was speechless, unsure how to answer her sister: "Don't overthink it, that wasn't hitting a woman."

She took out a few homemade cotton earplugs: "I'll wear these to bed tonight."

Nami stuffed cotton earplugs into her ears, but pouted, "It's useless, it's so noisy. The screams were so loud today, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit user is hurting me again."

Nokiko nodded helplessly: "Indeed, the noise was too loud today."

Sigh, Mr. Martin is really full of energy, when will this ever end!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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Chapter 66 The Young People Under Great Pressure

Next, Martin enrolled Nami and Nojiko in Robin's school, so that the two girls could learn some knowledge and culture, which was a formal way of cultivating the two girls.

Nochiko's life ideal is to manage her mother's orange grove, which does not conflict with learning academic knowledge.

Nami is a future genius navigator. She is self-taught, but she will become more knowledgeable after learning cultural knowledge, and hopefully she can change her money-grubbing personality.

Well, isn't he lacking a navigator wife? Well, he'll raise her for now and wait for her to grow up.

cough cough...

We'll talk about the future later.

These two little girls really don't stand on ceremony.

Robin and Joel both liked the two little girls very much, and as a result, the two little girls came over for meals every day, often two or three times a day.

After meals, it's usually time for exercise, and only occasionally is it time for lectures.

Because these two little girls liked to come over for free meals and often lingered, the evening entertainment turned into a lecture series.

From then on, the evening lectures had two more young listeners.

"Today, I want to talk about the only female emperor in Chinese history, whose life was full of legendary stories... Wu Zetian had many charming characteristics, which constituted her unique personality and were one of the reasons why two emperors were captivated by her."

"Although Wu Zetian was a woman, she was extremely intelligent and courageous. During her reign as empress, she was very resourceful and adept at using her talents to maintain the stability and prosperity of the empire."

"It all started when Wu Zetian was fourteen years old. That year, she met Emperor Li Shimin and was given the title of 'Talented Lady,' and Emperor Li Shimin gave her the name Meiniang..."

After dinner, Martin Guo channeled his inner Lao Guo, chatting leisurely. The two kids ate snacks, and the two women drank red wine, all lounging lazily on the sofa, looking completely relaxed.

Martin naturally didn't use the historical text to explain the legendary Empress Wu Zetian. Instead, the outline referenced a TV series he watched as a child called "The Legend of Wu Zetian," which incorporated elements of love, power struggles, and palace intrigue, and even included jokes, eliciting bursts of laughter from time to time.

This makes the story more dramatic, the characters more fleshed out and naturally more complete, which the audience will like more. It can also lengthen the story and make it more engaging.

This lecture ended at midnight.

Martin controlled the story's pace at the point where Wu Zetian was imprisoned in Ganye Temple, forced to become a nun, and subjected to endless humiliation. Later, due to her pregnancy, she was brought back to the palace by Emperor Gaozong…

"Wu Zetian's fate has changed from this point on. To find out what happens next, we'll talk about it another day... That's all for today, everyone should rest now."

Martin chose to end the chapter here.

"Hey, you disconnected at the crucial moment again."

This immediately angered Robin and Joel, who then voiced their protest.

Excerpting is a skill, and that's the effect I'm aiming for—to make the audience unable to put it down, to make them unable to leave me.

"Brother Martin, please continue."

"Brother Martin, you're so mean, you had to break it off here!"

Nami and Nojiko were also unhappy.

Martin ignored the two young girls, put his arms around his two wives' waists, and went upstairs, not forgetting to remind them, "Don't forget to close the door before you leave."

Nami stuck out her tongue: "Brother Martin is going to beat his wife again."

"Don't talk nonsense, that's not beating your wife, let's go home."

Nojiko immediately interrupted her sister's nonsense.

Martin remained silent, pretending not to have heard anything.

Children say the darndest things, but their voices were indeed a bit loud. Robin was alright, but Joel has always been completely unrestrained, with an extremely loud voice. He'll have to be more mindful of his behavior in the future.

Speaking of which, I need to assign some homework to my two little girls to burn off their energy and let them experience the kind of "sea of ​​questions" tactics I went through back then.

Incidentally, experience the horror of exam-oriented education.

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The East China Sea enjoys a spring-like climate year-round. Although it is already December, the entire East China Sea remains sunny and breezy.

Today is a holiday, and there are no classes at school. Robin is resting and reading at home, while Joel, wearing black stockings, is standing on Martin's back, giving her man a massage.

Martin lay lazily on the sofa bed, enjoying the massage of Joel's feet.

This Thai massage is actually quite good; it can relax tense muscles.