Chapter 27 Wu Hong
During the meal, Uncle Erba drank too much.

To be honest, Uncle Erba's alcohol tolerance is really not good. Although this jar of wine has been buried for fifteen or sixteen years, it is still rice wine in essence and the alcohol content is not high. For Chen Jie, who has experienced all kinds of alcohol in his previous life, it is not too strong.

However, for an older man like Uncle Erba, this wine was a bit stronger. Chen Jie estimated that Uncle Erba only drank the equivalent of two bottles of beer.

Uncle Erba was finally carried back by Xiaohu.

After Chen Jie had his fill, he went to practice the Yangchun Jue (Nourish Spring Technique) and soon the drunkenness went away.

Standing up and seeing that it was already noon, Chen Jie washed his face, brushed his teeth with salt, and asked Su Yunjin to change his clothes.

This way, the smell of alcohol on your body will be eliminated a lot and it will be almost undetectable.

Su Yunjin found some mugwort and patted it on his body. The smell of the mugwort could cover up the few remaining smells of alcohol on his body.

The first time you go to Doctor Bai’s house, you must not get drunk and leave a bad impression.

Soon Chen Jie finished washing up, changed into a set of freshly washed clothes, and looked quite energetic.

"Ma'am, I'm leaving."

Su Yunjin nodded, helped Chen Jie straighten his collar and said, "Be careful. Ruirui and I will wait for you to come back."

"Ah."

Chen Jie nodded, and then said to Xiao Douding: "Brother-in-law Ruirui is gone."

Little Douding ran out: "Brother-in-law, Ruirui will miss you."

"Forehead?"

Chen Jie looked at the little kid and said, "I'll be back in the evening."

Ruirui looked up and said, "Yeah, I want to do that too."

"Just your sweet mouth."

Chen Jie rubbed Ruirui's head, then turned and left.

……

Doctor Bai's house is the largest tiled house in the village. It was built by Wu Zhong when he became the manager of the fish pen. It is quite grand.

Doctor Bai opened a small clinic here, with a separate small house, which could be said to be both a home and a clinic.

When Chen Jie arrived, the door of the Bai family was closed. Chen Jie knocked on the door, but no one opened it.

Chen Jie knocked on the door again, and then there was a sound in the yard. Soon the door opened, and it was not Bai who came out, but a shirtless, sweaty young man.

Chen Jie looked and saw that the boy had very long arms, broad shoulders, a body full of tendons, and strong pectoral muscles, but his muscles began to contract at the waist, making his waist not thick.

His legs are very long, neither thick nor thin, and very explosive.

Chen Jie immediately thought of a physique suitable for martial arts training that he had heard about in the martial arts world in his previous life: ape arms, bee waist, and mantis legs!
"Who are you looking for?"

The young man asked Chen Jie.

"I am Doctor Bai's new apprentice. Who are you?"

Chen Jie asked politely.

The young man immediately laughed when he heard this and said, "Chen Jiusi, come in quickly. I am Doctor Bai's grandson, Wu Hong."

Chen Jie said: "It turned out to be Master Wu."

The young man laughed and said, "What young master? That's wrong. Just call him by his name from now on."

Wu Hong said, politely leading Chen Jie to the yard, and thanked him: "Jiu Si, I have heard about your story. My grandfather is grateful to you, otherwise he would be in danger. You have done a great favor to our family."

After hearing this, Chen Jie said quickly: "Mr. Wu... Brother Wu, let's not talk about this, what kind of favor or not, Doctor Bai accepted me as an apprentice and taught me the skills to make a living, that's a benefactor, I, that, it's just a coincidence, it's just a coincidence."

Chen Jie said politely, while Wu Hong looked at Chen Jie and couldn't help but look up to him. He was a man who knew how to do things without expecting anything in return. It was a good thing to show favor to others, but after showing favor, some people repeatedly emphasized, "I have done you a favor, you owe me..."

Not only will gratitude fade over time, but it will also easily give rise to resentment. A truly smart person will never expect anything in return for a favor.

If someone knows how to be grateful, they will remember it even if you don’t say it. If they don’t know how to be grateful, it will be useless even if you say it, and it will only annoy people. Why bother?

Wu Hong asked Chen Jie to come in, sit on the stone pier in the yard, pour some tea and say, "My grandfather has the habit of taking a nap at noon, and he will wake up in a while. Please wait for a while."

Chen Jie said: "No hurry, no hurry."

While waiting for Doctor Bai to wake up, Chen Jie started chatting with Wu Hong.

Chen Jie was good at chatting, and Wu Hong also had a good impression of Chen Jie because Chen Jie saved Doctor Bai. Soon the two of them got to know each other's situation.

Wu Hong does not live in the village, he lives in his master's house.

His master is Captain Zhang of this county.

Doctor Bai has a fellow apprentice who works in the government office and has a good relationship with the chief constable Zhang Liye.

Once, Doctor Bai took the five-year-old Wu Hong to visit his fellow apprentice's home. Captain Zhang happened to be there too. Captain Zhang took a liking to Wu Hong at first sight. He thought that Wu Hong had arms like an ape, waist like a bee, and legs like a mantis. He was a natural talent for martial arts.

He wanted to take him as his apprentice and told Doctor Bai about this. Doctor Bai thought it was a good idea.

Captain Zhang, Zhang Liye is no ordinary man. He is one of the Thirteen Guardians of Mianshui County and a famous master of Hua Jin.

Even if the leader of the fishing gang saw him, he would have to give him some face.

His status is much higher than that of a small fish pen manager. He is willing to accept him as a disciple, so the Bai family is marrying up.

So I agreed.

Captain Zhang was very strict and required him to study at home, which lasted for fifteen years. Captain Zhang liked him very much and even took the master-disciple relationship a step further by adopting him as his son.

He even helped Wu Hong get a job in the government, and now he is a constable.

The reason why he came back this time was because of Doctor Bai. Doctor Bai fell yesterday, so Bai asked someone to bring a letter to his son. Wu Hong was also worried, so he told Zhang Liye about the matter. Zhang Liye directly approved Wu Hong to take a seven-day vacation.

He just rushed back from the county town.

As the two were talking, Doctor Bai woke up. He walked out of the door with a cane, and saw the two people who were chatting. The two people also saw Doctor Bai and stood up.

"coming."

Doctor Bai didn't say anything polite. He said to Wu Hong, "Go to the storehouse and find those two sacks of herbs."

"Hey."

As Wu Hong spoke, he entered a nearby warehouse and found a sack of herbs.

At this time, Doctor Bai said, "Pour all the herbs on the ground."

Soon the ground was covered with herbs, and these herbs were mixed together, very messy.

Doctor Bai said: "Your task today is to separate these herbs. Once you have done that, you can leave."

After saying this, Doctor Bai walked into the house with his hands behind his back. Yesterday he was polite as he was a guest, but today he was strict as they were master and disciple.

Doctor Bai will not be lenient towards his apprentices. If they are polite to each other, he will teach them everything he can. He is sincere in passing on his skills.

Wu Hong looked at the mess of herbs on the ground and said, "Jiu Si, work hard. I won't accompany you anymore."

After saying this, Wu Hong went to the side and lifted the millstone to build up his strength.

Chen Jie looked at the herbs on the ground, even some that had been cut into tablets, which were obviously mixed together on purpose. He didn't expect that his first lesson would be this.

(End of this chapter)