Chapter 128 There is an unexpected gain
The four members of Zhou’s hunting team had already taken off their shoes and were lying on the kang. When they saw Yue Feng and Xiao Tao opening the door curtain and coming in, they all saluted in unison.

The leader of the Zhou family team is called Zhou Yuanchao, the eldest son of Zhou Hongbing, the eldest of the three brothers in the Zhou family. He is 39 years old this year. He has been following his father to hunt in the mountains since he was or years old and has rich experience.

Zhou Yuanchao’s family is the only hunter family in Xing’an Village, except for Yue Feng, who can afford to raise five hunting dogs to form a dog gang. Among the hunters in several surrounding villages, they are the leaders.

“Brother Yuanchao, you guys came early. I’m so sorry, I was busy at home and came late!” Yue Feng put on a harmless smile on his face and apologized as soon as he entered the door.

“Xiao Feng is here, come on, get on the bed! We just got here a while ago too!”

Zhou Yuanchao warmly invited Yue Feng to get on the kang, and even moved his buttocks to give the innermost main seat to Yue Feng.

“Xiao Tao and I are the youngest in the room, so we can’t sit here. Brother Zhou, please move inside. Xiao Tao and I will just sit on the edge of the kang!” Yue Feng said humbly.

“That won’t do! Today, Master Zhao is entertaining the hunting team. Once we get out of this door, everyone will definitely have no objection if you say you are too young, but in this occasion, you are the number one contributor!

Not only did you kill the black bear that was hurting people, you also brought back a 500-pound giant bear. We can’t do that at your age!”

Zhou Yuanchao’s emotional intelligence is very high when he chats. If you don’t know him well, you might be charmed by just a few words from him.

“That’s serious. You’re just taking advantage of the gun’s continuous firing! If you guys meet Brother Zhou or Uncle Zhang, they will definitely do the job more efficiently than me!” Yue Feng smiled and hesitated, refusing to sit inside.

“Look at you. I told you to get on the bed but you didn’t come. If you keep being stubborn I’ll go call Uncle Zhao.” Seeing that Yue Feng didn’t respond, Zhou Yuanchao pretended to be angry.

“We are close relatives in the village, so let’s not do those nonsense things! Age means seniority, and I will call you Brother Aid Korea in any occasion! Just think of it as taking care of your younger brother and let me sit on the edge of the kang!” Yue Feng continued to argue with a smile.

Now that things had come to this, Zhou Yuanchao couldn’t insist any longer and had to reluctantly move his butt inward, giving Yue Feng the position on the edge of the kang that was suitable for him to sit under.

Yue Feng gave Xiao Tao a look, and Xiao Tao sat down immediately. Yue Feng then sat down at the outermost edge of the kang.

Seeing this, many readers may still be confused. Isn’t it just eating on a kang table? Why is there so much fuss about arranging seats? What’s the point?

I can say responsibly that there is a lot of knowledge involved here.

Isn’t there a saying that a drinking place is also a battlefield? At first glance, the greetings between Yue Feng and Zhou Yuanchao seem to be polite and condescending to each other, but in fact, they are hiding murderous intentions, paving the way for the subsequent drinking party to begin.

Zhou Yuanchao knew that Yue Feng had betrayed his second uncle and third uncle’s family, so he must have stood on his family’s side. Deep down, he must have hated Yue Feng to the core. It was already very good that he could remain humble in Uncle Zhao’s house.

Yue Feng had prepared himself mentally for this celebratory banquet tonight before coming. When it comes to hunting in the mountains, you guys are not good enough, but when it comes to drinking, I will also teach you a lesson today!

Sitting in the main seat at the head of the kang is tantamount to acknowledging the fact that you have taken the lead. You will certainly not be able to avoid being toasted one after another. It will be difficult to get off the kang to go to the toilet. If you are not careful, you will easily be surrounded and fall.

Sitting on the edge of the kang is equivalent to the position of helping out at the door at a Shandong banquet. Here, even if the other party tries to find an excuse to toast, Yue Feng has room to maneuver, and at the very least he will not be besieged.

Even if you drink too much, it is convenient to go to the thatched house to vomit. It is a Feng Shui treasure land where you can attack or defend.

The dishes were served soon. In order to organize this banquet, Uncle Zhao made a lot of preparations in advance.

Well-cooked pork elbows, pork ribs stewed with potatoes, bear leg meat fried with peppers, rabbit and pheasant stewed with radish, clear dragon soup, pork stewed with vermicelli, plus a large braised carp weighing at least three or four pounds.

The standard of these six dishes and one soup is not low, and each dish is very filling. To prepare such a table in the middle of winter, even during the Chinese New Year, the food would be of this standard at most!
Soon, after finishing his chores, Uncle Zhao took off his apron and came to Yue Feng’s room. Seeing that Uncle Zhao had finished his work, everyone immediately put down their chopsticks, and Yue Feng, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, stood up directly.

Uncle Zhao waved his hand and said, “Don’t get up, everyone here is not a stranger, just treat it like you are at home! The food is ready, I will come over to have a drink with you!
But let me make it clear first, I’m taking medicine, so I can only drink a certain amount of wine. Hongbo only gave me a quota of one jar of wine (a small enamel cup, with a capacity of about three taels), and no more!

You guys should proceed as you want, don’t pick on me!! “

Uncle Zhao was a very generous and capable person. When eating and drinking with him, Yue Feng had the illusion that he was with Chen Pao.

The older generation of hunters seem to have a similar style of doing things. They do what they are told, cleanly and decisively.

After finishing a jar of wine, Uncle Zhao said hello and got off the kang. After Uncle Zhao left the house, the fight on the table continued.

It was almost exactly the same as what Yue Feng had expected before he came. Zhou Yuanchao came today to get Yue Feng drunk and make him look bad.

They were eating and chatting at the table, and soon the topic was deliberately brought up. They went up the mountain to kill the blind bear. Zhou Yuanchao gave a look, and Zhou Erfa next to him raised his glass to toast Yue Feng.

Seeing that the other party was beginning to show his true colors, Yue Feng grinned and said, “Brother Erfa, don’t be anxious. Now that we are at the table, we must enjoy our drinking today.

I can’t drink if we drink in circles one by one. Otherwise, let’s drink together. We are all relatives in the village. You are older than me, so I should toast you. I know you are all happy for me!”

There was nothing wrong with what Yue Feng said. It didn’t matter what he thought in his heart, but he had to explain it for the sake of face. Yue Feng’s words were equivalent to being modest. If Zhou Yuanchao and others wanted to make trouble again, it would be difficult for them to do so.

“That’s fine! You don’t have to complain about us for forcing you to drink when you’re drunk! Then let’s do it together!”

“Okay, Brother Yuan Chao is a righteous man!”

With just a few words, Yue Feng managed to stabilize the situation of being besieged and forced to drink. Then they started eating meat, drinking wine, and fighting.

When it comes to fighting a protracted war at the wine table, Yue Feng, a veteran who has lived two lives, is very good at it. He takes two sips of wine and a sip of food. When he feels about 60% to 70% drunk, he pours a cup of warm water from the thermos on the windowsill and takes a sip.

After each person drank about 600 to 700 grams of strong liquor, Yue Feng found an opportunity to get off the kang, put on his shoes and left the house. He walked a few steps into the hallway and kitchen, picked up the gourd ladle and scooped some cold water.

After gulping down two gulps of cold water, Yue Feng went out of the house and went to the thatched cottage in the southwest corner of the yard. He raised the tip of his tongue and pressed his upper palate back, and easily spat out all the wine and water in his stomach.

Yue Feng’s skill of spitting out wine was something he had mastered in his previous life. Whenever he encountered a formal occasion or felt drunk, he would basically use it.

Moreover, Yue Feng had a special trick, which was to spit out the wine but not the food. The two sips of cold water just now played a very crucial role. In less than two minutes, Yue Feng vomited out all the wine in his stomach, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, walked into the house with ease, and started another fierce battle.

At any time and in any form of battle, being well prepared in advance will give you extra advantages in the battle.

This is true when going up the mountain to hunt, when getting along with people, and even when fighting for face at the celebratory banquet.

Yue Feng controlled the rhythm of the scene step by step, like a god of wine who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. He drank cup after cup with the four people on the kang table, until each person drank about one catty and two taels of high-proof liquor. The four wine barrels in Zhou Yuanchao’s hunting team were all eight-tenths drunk, but Yue Feng still had clear eyes and his chopsticks for picking up food were steady.

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Yue Feng grinned and took out the wine bottle from the edge of the kang.

“Everyone has drunk enough, why don’t we share the remaining wine and let Uncle Zhao serve the meal? You guys are big drinkers!”

A man cannot say no. Yue Feng kept calling Zhou Yuanchao “big brother”. Although Zhou Yuanchao felt something was wrong, he had no choice now. It was not easy for him to leave the table.

Another glass of wine was poured, and Yue Feng picked up the glass again!
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Zhou Yuanchao felt like he was dreaming. In his dream, he kept replaying the scene of Yue Feng pouring wine with a smile and then picking up the glass to drink half of it in one gulp.

As for what happened later?

Sorry, my brain is blacking out and I can’t remember!

In this battle, Yue Feng fought one against four and won a great victory. The four big men from Zhou family hunting team were all forced under the table by Yue Feng. It was Brother Zhao Hongbo who sent them back home one by one.

After everyone else had left, Yue Feng turned around and went into the house. He didn’t treat himself as an outsider. He cleared the table, put away the cutlery and chopsticks, and then cleaned up all the odds and ends. Then he said hello to Uncle Zhao and prepared to go home.

“Hey man, don’t leave so quickly! You don’t look drunk, so I want to say something to you!”

“Okay, sir, you say!”

“Don’t panic, I’ll make some tea and we’ll talk slowly!”

Uncle Zhao took out a tea box from the chest of drawers, then made some jasmine tea. When boiling water was poured into it, the whole room was immediately filled with the fragrance of jasmine.

“I originally told your brother Hongbo to keep an eye on you and make sure Yuan Chao didn’t force you to drink too much. I didn’t expect you to be able to drink so much, even more than your father! Have some tea to sober you up!”

Uncle Zhao looked at Yue Feng with a smile and poured tea. Yue Feng hurriedly held the teacup.

“It’s OK, but the dinner is hard to come by in the evening!”

“You, although you are young, speak in an old-fashioned way. I don’t know who learned this from!” Uncle Zhao looked at Yue Feng and liked him more and more.

“Hey, you’ve watched me grow up, so I’m not an outsider!”

“I couldn’t say anything in front of the hunting teams of the Zhang and Zhou families. Now that they’ve left, after you finish your tea, take the big black cat away from the yard!
Yuanjie is gone, and the family is burdened with too much money to keep this hound. You helped Yuanjie get revenge, and this big black dog will obey you!” After a few pleasantries, Uncle Zhao got down to business.

“What?” Yue Feng was stunned when he heard Uncle Zhao mention the big black dog, and instantly remembered that the big black dog led everyone into the mountains yesterday.

This dog left a very deep impression on Yue Feng. Yue Feng didn’t know how the dog performed in the mountains when hunting, but in terms of intelligence, this big black dog was even smarter than the big yellow dog, the head dog in the family.

After more than two hours of mountain driving, the owner had an accident, but the dog actually knew to hold the remaining hand and go home to report the news and lead the way. Such a smart dog is rare.

When Yue Feng followed the dog into the mountains yesterday, he subconsciously evaluated the dog’s basic hardware, but he didn’t dare to think of taking the dog for himself. After all, the man had just passed away, and it would be unpleasant to think about his dog at this critical moment.

But unexpectedly, Uncle Zhao actually took the initiative to bring the big black dog over and wanted to give it to Yue Feng.

Uncle Zhao didn’t know what Yue Feng was thinking at that moment. He took a sip from his teacup and said, “Why? You don’t like this big black one?

Let me tell you, don’t be fooled by Dahei’s ugly appearance, this dog is very capable!
I got this puppy from a hunter friend in Hexi. It is the offspring of a genuine mountain dog!”

“The mountain dog cub from Hexi? Could it be the dog from Zou Qige’s family?”

When Yue Feng heard the key words “Hexi Mountain Dog”, the first person he thought of was Zou Laoqi, the one who sold wolf cubs whom he had seen at Chen Pao’s house.

“Why, you still know Lao Qi? This Dahei is his dog! The bitch is a fully alive head dog, this Dahei is quite useful, but the trip is a bit short, only about three or four miles! At that time, I was the one who helped Yuanjie to go up the mountain and put down the harness and drag the dog! Hey…”

“Yes, I know him. A few days ago, I went to Chen Pao’s house at the Fang’an market. It happened that Brother Zou Qi was selling wolf-blooded mountain dog pups at the market. There were four half-grown pups, and I bought them all! I didn’t expect that this big black one was also from his family!”

Yue Feng took the opportunity to talk about buying a dog a few days ago.

“That’s for sure. This big black dog is the offspring of the big yellow dog in Zou Laoqi’s family! You, kid, have quietly got so many dogs. In addition to the three dogs tied in the yard, you also have four wolf-blooded pups at home?”

“Well, the puppies are too small and afraid of the cold, so I have kept them in the room where I sleep. If I want to make a living as a hunter, dogs are my biggest support. Now that our family’s life is getting better, I will definitely not let go of a good dog.

I don’t know how brave this big black dog is. The three dogs that Chen Pao gave me just happen to be in need of a tough one!”

“No problem! This big black dog can hold down a 140-50 pound two-year-old!”

“Okay! I’ll take the dog away! But I can’t take the dog for free. My sister-in-law and the kids at Yuanjie’s house still have to make a living. Just consider the dog as something I bought!
I won’t give this dog away even if it’s too much. I’ll just give it fifty yuan. Please give it to my sister-in-law later! Don’t think I’m offending you. Let’s put it one way and consider it as living expenses for my eldest nephew!” Yue Feng said very kindly.

When Uncle Zhao heard Yue Feng giving money to buy a dog, he wanted to say a few words, but before he could open his mouth to continue the conversation, he was interrupted by Yue Feng’s words.

(End of this chapter)