Chapter 24: What About Him? Just Average Part Two
“I will take them!” Fang Jie nodded and took the silver certificates in all seriousness.
“Fang Jie, are you coming back?” a little girl asked with her cute voice as she was held up by her mother. Her clear eyes were filled with the reluctance of letting Fang Jie go. Although the emotion wasn’t as intense as that of the adults, it was purer.
“I will come back!” Fang Jie smiled and nodded.
“I was planning to invite everyone to a drink and spend all my money, but the owners of bars and restaurants didn’t accept my money. Therefore, instead of saying that I’m buying everyone a drink, you are all buying me a drink! I’m no righteous hero, but I’m a man! This drink is for me leaving and not for cutting all ties. If you think that I’m worthy of being your friend, then chug the liquor!”
Everyone grabbed a bowl, and even the kids were given liquor bowls.
The little girl who asked Fang Jie if he would come back looked at the bowl in her hand and asked timidly, “Mom, liquor is too spicy. I don’t want to drink it.”
Her mom rubbed her nose and said, “Baby, just take a little sip. After drinking the liquor, you have to remember that Fang Jie is a family member of Fangu.”
The little girl was slightly confused, but she still nodded.
Further away, a tough man slightly touched the liquor in a bowl with his finger and placed it into the mouth of his baby inside his wife’s arms. The baby sucked on the finger subconsciously before frowning and crying.
As the baby cried, many people teared up.
“I hope that I will see you again after today!” Fang Jie emptied the bowl and cried in the end. Da Quan sighed on the side, and even Mu Xiaoyao sobbed a little.
…
Fangu ran out of liquor this day.
Perhaps they didn’t want to see this scene, so the members of Beckon of the Red Sleeve left the city the night before.
Many people were drunk on the main street.
The girls who just matured had drunk liquor, and their faces turned red like the blooming peach blossoms. However, their eyes swelled a little as they cried too much.
Fang Jie wasn’t only a name to them. Perhaps when they got married and became wives, they would smile shyly when recalling the past and the young man who they couldn’t forget.
Perhaps Fangu was too little so that Fang Jie changed this place. Chang’an was much larger and might change him instead.
After drinking, the more than 700 soldiers went back to their positions under the lead of their captains. The ones who were responsible for guarding the city went onto the city walls, and those who were in charge of patrolling the region took their horses and left the city.
Qu Feng was the last one to leave. He was slightly tipsy, and he patted Fang Jie’s shoulder and said, “Regardless if you get into the Martial Arts Academy, you have to come back and visit us. It would be best if you don’t get in. Come back, and we can drink together and kill enemies together. Others don’t know, but I know everything. You hid when we battled the bandits, but those most dangerous bandits got shot by your arrows. The most righteous thing that Li Xiaozong did was not to ruin all your military merit.”
He added, “You are a qualified scout. Within hundreds of kilometers, especially the bandits on this side of Wolf Breast Mountain Range, you were the one who discovered them. In the last three years, the residents of Fangu became wealthy, and the life here had been extremely peaceful. The area around Fangu hasn’t been this clean for dozens of years.”
“Brother Qu…” Fang Jie opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
Qu Feng smiled and said, “But I still hope that you can get into that academy. Once you come out, you would be at least a captain. I know your abilities. What if you can’t cultivate? You can rival the masters in the world by tempering your body! We have many such generals in the military. For example, there is Luo Yao who is guarding the southern region of Great Sui. I heard that his external technique can rival level 9 masters! If you can become a general, you can come back to Fangu and lead us!”
“Fang Jie, are you coming back?” a little girl asked with her cute voice as she was held up by her mother. Her clear eyes were filled with the reluctance of letting Fang Jie go. Although the emotion wasn’t as intense as that of the adults, it was purer.
“I will come back!” Fang Jie smiled and nodded.
“I was planning to invite everyone to a drink and spend all my money, but the owners of bars and restaurants didn’t accept my money. Therefore, instead of saying that I’m buying everyone a drink, you are all buying me a drink! I’m no righteous hero, but I’m a man! This drink is for me leaving and not for cutting all ties. If you think that I’m worthy of being your friend, then chug the liquor!”
Everyone grabbed a bowl, and even the kids were given liquor bowls.
The little girl who asked Fang Jie if he would come back looked at the bowl in her hand and asked timidly, “Mom, liquor is too spicy. I don’t want to drink it.”
Her mom rubbed her nose and said, “Baby, just take a little sip. After drinking the liquor, you have to remember that Fang Jie is a family member of Fangu.”
The little girl was slightly confused, but she still nodded.
Further away, a tough man slightly touched the liquor in a bowl with his finger and placed it into the mouth of his baby inside his wife’s arms. The baby sucked on the finger subconsciously before frowning and crying.
As the baby cried, many people teared up.
“I hope that I will see you again after today!” Fang Jie emptied the bowl and cried in the end. Da Quan sighed on the side, and even Mu Xiaoyao sobbed a little.
…
Fangu ran out of liquor this day.
Perhaps they didn’t want to see this scene, so the members of Beckon of the Red Sleeve left the city the night before.
Many people were drunk on the main street.
The girls who just matured had drunk liquor, and their faces turned red like the blooming peach blossoms. However, their eyes swelled a little as they cried too much.
Fang Jie wasn’t only a name to them. Perhaps when they got married and became wives, they would smile shyly when recalling the past and the young man who they couldn’t forget.
Perhaps Fangu was too little so that Fang Jie changed this place. Chang’an was much larger and might change him instead.
After drinking, the more than 700 soldiers went back to their positions under the lead of their captains. The ones who were responsible for guarding the city went onto the city walls, and those who were in charge of patrolling the region took their horses and left the city.
Qu Feng was the last one to leave. He was slightly tipsy, and he patted Fang Jie’s shoulder and said, “Regardless if you get into the Martial Arts Academy, you have to come back and visit us. It would be best if you don’t get in. Come back, and we can drink together and kill enemies together. Others don’t know, but I know everything. You hid when we battled the bandits, but those most dangerous bandits got shot by your arrows. The most righteous thing that Li Xiaozong did was not to ruin all your military merit.”
He added, “You are a qualified scout. Within hundreds of kilometers, especially the bandits on this side of Wolf Breast Mountain Range, you were the one who discovered them. In the last three years, the residents of Fangu became wealthy, and the life here had been extremely peaceful. The area around Fangu hasn’t been this clean for dozens of years.”
“Brother Qu…” Fang Jie opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
Qu Feng smiled and said, “But I still hope that you can get into that academy. Once you come out, you would be at least a captain. I know your abilities. What if you can’t cultivate? You can rival the masters in the world by tempering your body! We have many such generals in the military. For example, there is Luo Yao who is guarding the southern region of Great Sui. I heard that his external technique can rival level 9 masters! If you can become a general, you can come back to Fangu and lead us!”